Two Lives Lost In Tipton Farm Fire
Special to The Gazette Tipton Iowa 31 year old Mrs Oliver Ehresman and her daughter Doris Luella 2 1/2 died in a farm home fire five miles southwest of Tipton about 5 30 Tuesday Mrs Ehresman reportedly poured kerosene into a dying fire causing an explosion which trapped them A friend in the kitchen was blown into an adjoining room The husband escaped and firefighters confined the blaze to the kitchen recovering the bodies No inquest will be held Funeral services Thursday at 2 p m in the McCormick funeral home Tipton with burial in the Tipton Masonic cemetery Survivors include two other children Green 8 and Gladys 9 and her parents near Mechanicsville Local authorities and relatives attend to a tragic incident.
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Tipton
Oliver Ehresman
Doris Luella
McCormick
Cedar County
A. M. McCormick
Davenport killing looting suspects identified
Fragmentary report notes a murder and loot in Davenport involving Juan Olivares, a transient, who confessed on Wednesday after the crime. Delores Varg, an 18 year old woman, is named in the partial text with indication of Mexican nationality for some individuals.
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Davenport
Juan Olivares
Ted
Delores Varg
Soth
Superman Joins Navy to Teach Reading in Classrooms
Superman has joined the navy not on combat duty but in navy classrooms at a naval air station. The approach uses comic magazines with limited vocabulary to help sailors improve reading and writing skills. Each 32 page issue uses about 300 unique words to reinforce basic literacy.
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S.milar
Cigarettes Seized At Des Moines Show Grounds
DES MOINES AP authorities report 30 cartons of popular brand cigarettes seized on show grounds. None bore Iowa tax stamps. If ordered forfeited by the court the cigars must be sold at public auction by the sheriff with proceeds directed to the state treasury. The cigarets are valued at 1.90 per carton.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Francis J. Kuble
Iowa
Kuble
Blue Announces 8 Appointments for State Boards
Gov. Robert D. Blue announced eight appointments including Maurice Crabbe to the state printing board for a two year term. Crabbe, Eagle Grove business manager, will replace Tom Purcell. Adelaide Peters Beers of Burlington was named to the state board of nurse examiners. Re appointments for three year terms were made to the boards of accountancy barber examiners cosmetology dental pharmacy examiners and chiropractic examiners.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
Maurice Crabbe
Eagle Grove Eagle
State Printing Board
Crabbe
Tom Purcell
Hampton
Ward Barnes
Blue
Eagle Grove
Printing Board
Walter W. Sharp
Burlington
Chet B. Akers
Wayne Ropes
John M. Rankin
Adelaide Peters Beers
State Board of Nurse Examiners
L. R. Henderson
Muscatine
Board of Pharmacy Examiners
C. B. Kerr
Ames
Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Witzigman Memorial to Be Unveiled in Oelwein
A memorial dedicated to Mrs Gail Witzigman will be unveiled June 17 at Grace Methodist Church Oelwein. The large picture of Christ shows the verse Revelations Behold I stand at the door and knock. Bishop Charles W Brashares will attend the dedication ceremony.
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Oelwein
Gail Witzigman
F. C. Witzigman
Grace Methodist Church
Christ
Charles W. Brashares
Unblock Your Digestion with Carter's Pills Ad
An advertisement urges relief from indigestion by unblocking the intestinal tract rather than soda or alkalizers. It promotes Carter's Pills as a gentle, thorough solution to unblock the bowel, enabling natural digestion and genuine relief, with a 25-cent price and drugstore availability.
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Nature
Carter
Edgar A Guest The Poet of the People
Poem envisions a peaceful future after war with June roses and weddings. The speaker hopes for a day of simple joy, fishing and golfing with loved ones, and a return to nature and peaceful pursuits after conflict.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
After 25 Years Trebem Divorced in Waterloo
Edward H. Trebem aged 65 and Magdalen Trebem aged 66 were divorced after 25 years of marriage in Waterloo. They retain right to occupy separate quarters in their home under a decree by District Judge W. T. Evans. If Mrs. Trebem leaves her portion and returns, she must give 30 days notice.
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Waterloo
Edward H. Trebem
Magdalen
Lt Glenn Poulson Killed in Germany
Special to The Gazette Williamsburg reports Lt Glenn Poulson of the Army Air Corps was killed in action April 8 over Germany. He enlisted February 1943 and went overseas last February with the Ninth Air Force, based in France. Survived by his father and sister Ruth Poulson of Williamsburg.
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Williamsburg
Allamakee County Farmer, 29, Killed in Runaway Team Incident
Special to The Gazette WAUKON Donald Vickery, 29, a Post township farmer, was fatally injured when his team ran away and he was thrown under the disc he was operating. He died en route to a LaCrosse hospital. Survived by wife Ruth Ewing a four year-old son and his parents. Body taken to Postville for burial.
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Waukon
Donald Vickery
Post Township
LaCrosse
Wis
Vickery
Ruth Ewing
Martin Vickery
Postville
Ensign Cannady Commissioned in Naval Reserve
Robert F Cannady of Oelwein has been commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve. He finished training as a member of the twelfth class of midshipmen at Cornell University Ithaca New York last Friday. His mother and brother Melvin attended the ceremony in Ithaca.
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Oelwein
Robert F. Cannady
Joseph Cannady
Naval Reserve
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Melvin
Cowles Foundation Gives 100000 to New Negro Co
In Des Moines up to a new Negro community center may be built with 100000 dollars from the Cowles Foundation. Wendell Willkie who visited Wednesday praised the foundation and its leaders Cowles and Gardas for backing the project.
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Cowles Foundation
New Negro Co
Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Moines
Willkie
Katee Gardas Co
U Cotin Cowle
Wilkie
Wagner Trial Jurors Drawn in Marengo Case
In Marengo district court jurors and two alternates were drawn for the manslaughter trial of Vincent Wagner of North English after a December crash near Marengo that killed Dean Patterson and fatally injured Rita Tedrow. Jurors include Emil Pelcher Regina Berry Charles Misel Lydia Jenkins and others.
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Marengo
Vincent Wagner
North English
Emil Pelcher
Regina Berry
Charles Misel
Lydia Jenkins
Lloyd Heller
Rudolph Blechsmidt
Herbert Hanson
Muriel Hunzelman
Elmer Simmons
Irene Zillmer
H. Rhomberg
Fred Pine
Charlotte Ingram
Della Sayers
Dean Patterson
Rita Tedrow
Wagner
Victor
Wadena Girl Hurt In Freight Train Collision
OELWEIN Iowa Francise Welsh seven year old and her mother J Clinton Wadena were injured when their sedan was struck by a western freight train northwest of Oelwein. The car was demolished and the crash ripped the vehicle from its foundation at the crossing signal. The extent of injuries was not immediately known.
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Wadena
Oelwein
Francise Welsh
J Clinton Wadena
Fuesday
Oelwe
Nt Crossing
Prominent Attorney S. H. Frank Dies at Waterloo
Waterloo AP report says Ssey H. Frank, 51, prominent attorney and Republican leader, died of a heart attack. He chaired Black Hawk County party from 1922 to 1936, state chairman in 1932 to 1936, and district chairman 1930 to 1932. Since 1933 he practiced with Longley and Frank, continuing under the firm name after Alfred H. Longley died in 1936.
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Aterloo
Pressey H. ‘Sk
Black Hawk Coinchairman
Longley and Frank
Alfred H. Longley
Staff Sgt Joe Lillis Relieved From Army Air Corps
Williamsburg report says Joe D. Lillis son of Mrs. James P. Lillis is released from active duty after four years service. He earned the Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Oak Leaf clusters for service in the Pacific and European theaters. He is at his mother's home in Williamsburg.
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Williamsburg
Joe D. Lillis
James P. Lillis
Army Air Corps
Sgt
Friends conference at Scattergood in Iowa this week
A West Branch Iowa Friends conference is held at Scattergood this week. Howard Brinton and his wife Anna Cox Brinton of Beadle Hill school Wallington Pa are leading the studies.
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West Branch
Conference of
Iowa Friends
Scattergood
Howard Brinton
Anna Cox Brinton
Beadle Hill School
Wallington, Pa
Two Iowa Patriotic Groups Elect Officers
In Des Moines AP reports Mrs Mabelle Rickhoff of Waterloo was elected president of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War at a one day meeting. Ida Bell of Marengo was chosen treasurer and Carray Roums of Rapids appointed staff. Howe of Spenser served as class commander of the Veterans group. Mrs Grace Hares of Town Falls was elected president of the auxiliary.
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Des Moines
Mabelle Rickhoff
Waterloo
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Ida Bell
Marengo
Waterlad
AP Howe
Spenser
Seref Phi
Wao
Grace Hares
Town Falls
State restaurants warn on summer ration cuts
DES MOINES AP Paul H. Martin secretary of the Iowa Restaurant association said Wednesday that the states restaurants and hotels already pinched too hard by rationing will be squeezed almost out of business by proposed reductions of summer rations.
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Des Moines
Paul H. Martin
The
Iowa Restaurant Association
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