York to retire from Sixth District Republican post
Willis B. York announced he will not seek re election as Sixth district Republican committeeman at the Des Moines state convention on July 23. He will serve as assistant sergeant at arms at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia. York has a long record as delegate and former state chairman.
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Madrid
Willis B. York
Des Moines
York
Philadelphia
Midwest
Whitney Gillilland
Glenwood
S. R. Torgerson
Lake Mills
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
Former Vinton Man Is Killed In Idaho Plane Crash
A former Vinton man Murray E. Gallaher, 40, was killed in a plane crash near Jerome Idaho Sunday. He was a five year Navy veteran. Surviving include his wife and infant son in Coeur d Alene Idaho, another son Murray Gallaher Jr. Van Horne a daughter Beverly Waterloo his father Charles Gallaher Vinton two sisters Mrs Frank Kulhay Coggan and Mrs Glenn Lyons Van Horne. The body will return to Fry Holland funeral home. American Legion services will be held later Burial will be in Brandon cemetery.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Jerome
Idaho
Murray E. Gallaher
Navy
Coeur du’ Alene
Murray Gallaher
van Horne
Beverly
Waterloo
Charles Gallaher
Frank Kulhay
Coggan
Glenn Lyons
Fry-Holland
American Legion
Brandon
Plane Crash Kills Hesseltine Teen In Columbus Junction
A light airplane crash near Columbus Junction left Robert Hesseltine 20 dead and Leroy Evans 19 seriously injured. The elder Hesseltine owned the plane and was hospitalized in Kansas City. Evans was taken to University Hospital in Iowa City. West of town witness Lorain Lukenbach reported the wing tip struck the ground during a turn. The deceased had a sister and the family is identified in local records.
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Columbus Junction
Here
Robert Hesseltine
Hesseltine
Henry Diers Dies, Rites Planned for Tuesday
Henry H. Diers 74 prominent Clayton county farmer died Saturday night. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran church Clayton Center. He served as president of Com munia Insurance, director of Elkader fair board Farmers Cooperative Creamery and Farmers Cooperative Commission at St Olaf, secretary of Zion Lutheran church council 25 years and Read township school board 33 years. Survivers include two sons Willis and Vernon and a daughter Mrs Arnold Koss.
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Elkader
Henry H. Diers
Clayton County
Zion Lutheran Church
Clayton Center
Communia Insurance Company
Elkader Fair Board
Farmers Cooper, Alive Creamery
Farmers, Cooperative Commission
St.Olaf
Zion Lutheran Church Council
Read Township
Willis, Elkader
Vernon Diers
St. Olaf
Arnold Koss
Garnavillo
Prisoner Escapes From Reformatory in Anamosa
Max Haner, 22, fled the Anamosa reformatory Saturday night. A green car from C and D Implement Co. was later reported stolen from Main street. Haner, released after three years of a ten year Webster City sentence for breaking and entering, was described by Warden Foss Davis as 5'8", 140 pounds, light complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, and had recently served as houseboy at the prison.
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Anamosa
Max Haner
Haner
C and D Implement Company
Main Street
Webster City
Foss Davis
Five Injured In Marengo Car Collision
Five persons were injured Sunday when two cars collided at a gravel road intersection five miles south of Marengo and went into a ditch. The Hahn family from Lincoln township and Littenberg party were in one car. Collingwood and Faas from Williamsburg in the other. X rays to assess Mrs. Hahn injuries. Faas had a brain concussion. others suffered cuts and bruises. All were taken to Watts hospital. Visibility was hindered by weeds at the intersection.
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the Gazette
Marengo
Watts Hospital
Melvin Hahn
Rebecca
Lloyd Wittenberg
Hanry Collingwood
Richard Faas
Hahn
Louis Wittenberg
Lincoln Township
Collingwood
Faas
Williamsburg
Three Children Die in Dubuque Barn Fire
In Dubuque a fire swept the rebuilt barn hayloft where a family was living. Julia Marie Ward eight Robert Eugene Ward three Loretta Ann Ward nine died from burns and smoke with Michael Edward Ward thirteen in hospital. Fire Chief Hickson cited an overloaded electric circuit from the landlord Ernest Forciffer's home as the likely cause. Ward discovered the blaze and alerted the fire department.
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Ernest Forciffer
Ward
Hickson
Iowa's Progressive party names seven candidates for offices
The Iowa Progressive party convened naming seven nominees for U.S. Senate Governor and Congress and 34 central committee members. They pledged support to Wallace and Taylor and adopted planks on disarmament civil rights education taxes housing labor and farm programs. Delegates to the national convention and party officers were announced.
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Dwight McCormack
Waterloo
Iowa
New Progressive Party
New Party
Philadelphia
E. E. Roelofs
Sioux Center
U. S
Seymour M. Pitcher
University of Iowa
Clarence E. Biederman
Mitchell Farmer
Congress
Charles Dengler
Davenport Farmer
Allen Heald
Cedar Rapids
Mable Bennett
Sioux City
Commerce
Scott Mardis
Six Boys Selected for Citizenship Awards at Hawkeye State
Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge closed with six members chosen to receive citizenship awards. Recipients include Richard Fincham Ames Richard Strasburg Des Moines Richard Williams Iowa City Clarence Triplitt Jefferson Whitney Wharton Waterloo and Richard Staples Jewell. The event ended with a fried chicken dinner.
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Des Moines
INS
Hawkeye Boys State
Camp Dodge
Richard Fincham
Ames
Richard Strasburg
Richard Williams
Iowa City
Clarence Triplitt
Jefferson
Whitney Wharton
Waterloo
Richard Staples
Jewell
Toledo To Get New School Building
Des Moines AP says the legislative interim committee approved a $500000 juvenile home school building at Toledo. State board of control will prepare specifications for bids this fall. The old building is condemned and will be replaced with classrooms through ninth grade, a gym, admin offices and storehouse. The committee also allowed bids for a $65000 physical plant shop at the University of Iowa.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
Toledo
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
Former Iowa Mayor Dies in Minnesota
Joseph H. Allen, 77, former Des Moines mayor and 12 year Iowa state senator, died after a long illness in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. He was native of Marshalltown and University of Iowa graduate who practiced law and banking in Iowa before moving to Minnesota in 1938. He owned farms in western and central Minnesota at his death.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
Joseph H. Allen
Des Moines
Iowa
Byron G. Allen
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Allen
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
New Liquor Permits Go on Sale Tuesday
The state liquor commission announced the 1948 49 permit books will go on sale at the state stores Tuesday. The books cannot be used until July 1. A total of 300000 permit books were printed this year.
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Des Moines
INS
State Liquor Commission
Beardsley Gillilland Meet in Des Moines
William S. Beardsley Republican governor candidate says he will focus on the agricultural plank of the Republican platform at the Philadelphia convention next week. He will attend as a nondelegate after breakfast with Whit ney Gillilland Iowa GOP chair and campaign manager Charles R. Fischer.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Philadelphia
Beardsley
Whitney Gilliland
Charles R. Fischer
Gillilland
Iowa
Taxpayers Group Highlights Rising Iowa School Taxes
The Iowa Taxpayers Association reports the average school mill levy rose from 14 mills in 1941 to 21 mills in 1947 while property valuation increased only about four percent. Rural districts saw levies climb from 9.59 to 15.72 mills and urban districts from 23.04 to 31.52 mills.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Decorah Couple Weds at Local Ceremony
Decorah June 10 marriage joins Arlene Sweet daughter of Mrs Ida Peterson and Robert Clasen. Both are employed at the Decorah Posten.
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Decorah
Arlene Sweet
Ida Peterson
Robert Clasen
The
Decorah Posten
Tom Maley and Jo Ann Thornbury Die in Mason City Crash
Tom Maley age 17 and Jo Ann Thornbury age 16 were killed when their car failed to negotiate a turn on highway 18 near Clear Lake. Two other Mason City youths, Hanford O Leary and Joan Tracy, were injured and hospitalized. The vehicle skidded 150 feet, slid 75 feet on gravel, and 57 feet through the air, finally hitting a tree. The Maley family was vacationing at Clear Lake.
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Associated Press
Clear Lake
Mason City
Tom Maley
Walter F. Maley
Des Moines
Jo Ann Thornbury
A. B. Thornbury
Highway 18
Hanford O'Leary
Joan Tracy
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Third Party
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United Nations
Palestine
England
Israel
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George Turner
Charles W. Hobbie
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Zukovsky
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E. C. Richards
Michael Kennedy
Coffing
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E. T. Smith
Herbert Eveland
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Hansen
Robert Biederman
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Jerald Fisher
Charles City
Edward Krueger
Ben D. Lee
Webster
John Bailey
Marjorie Longstreth
Alex Stach
Oskaloosa
C. L. Heald
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Winnerpous Brewing
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Taxpayers Group
Meara
Walter Maley
Maley
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Kansas City
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