One Dead and Three Injured In Hotel Fire
Rock Island AP reports a hotel fire on Wednesday near midnight killed 46 year old Russell Darnell and injured three others including Orville Wells 41 of Lacon Illinois Edwin Scherer Des Moines and Francis Gilmore 30 of Indianapolis None seriously harmed Scherer with one leg crawled 100 feet to safety firefighters recovered the artificial log he left behind Roughly 100 guests fled the Harms hotel as the blaze threatened the five story building Fire Chief Joe Valentine estimated damage at 25000 and the cause was not known at the time
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Rock Island
Harms Hotel
Russell Darnell
Orville C. Wells
Lacon
Edwin P. Scherer
Des Moines
Francis Gilmore
Indianapolis
Scherer
Joe Valentine
Services for Pvt Jerry Miller Held in Hawkeye
Private Jerry Miller killed in action on Leyte on December 7 1944 is to be honored with 2 p.m. Saturday services at the local Methodist church. Burial will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Miller son of Mr and Mrs F F Miller of Fayette formerly Hawkeye he enlisted January 1943 served with the glider infantry.
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Hawkeye
Jerry Miller
Leyte
Oak Lawn
Schmitz and Aspenwall
F. F. Miller
Fayette
Jury Frees Clinton Man After Quick Deliberation
A Clinton jury freed Melvin B. Batts 33 of a charge of going armed with intent after a Sunday dinner shooting incident. Batts and his step-daughter argued on December 5 over who would eat a Sunday steak from the platter.
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Clinton
Melvin B. Batts
Batts
Stennett Community Loses Sole General Store to Fire
A two story limestone store of 1878 in Stennett was gutted by fire Tuesday leaving about 100 residents without the town’s only general store. None of the merchandise was saved.
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Stennett
INS
Iowa high school essay contest offers 650 prize pool
Iowa students competed in a statewide essay contest titled Lets Write About Iowa sponsored by the Iowa Development Commission. Top prize of 300 goes to the winner for a college scholarship. District winners receive 35 and 15 for first and second place.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Prosecutor Named In Election Case
Dubuque at the county seat Paul Kempter Jr of Bellevue was named special prosecutor to represent the state in the trial of Assistant Dubuque County Attorneys Frank Gillon Jr and Peter Klauer charged with subornation of perjury. The appointment followed a request by County Attorney Francis Becker and stems from alleged help given county home residents to complete absentee ballots in the November election. Clarence Hammerand Republican board member contested the 1951 election of John B Domayer to the supervisors post. a three member board voted 2-1 to declare the election null and void.
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Dubuque
INS
Paul Kempter, Jr
Bellevue
Frank Gillon, Jr
Peter Klauer
Kempter
Francis Becker Gillon
Klauer
Clarence Hammerand
Hammerand
John B. Domayer
Dyersville
Cornell Alumni Elect New Officers at Cedar Rapids Marion Chapter
David G. Peterson 1938 Cornell graduate was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Marion chapter of the Alumni Association of Cornell College at the annual chapter dinner in St Pauls Methodist church. Claude Runner ex'45 was named vice president and Mrs Robert B Martin 44 secretary treasurer.
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Gasette-Shipton
Cornell
Cornell College
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
M. A. Morrill
Paul Auh
William Bell
Cedar Rapids-Marion
F. M. McGaw
Auh
Korea
David G. Peterson
Seventh Avenue SE
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Claude Runner
Robert B. Martin
Peterson
First 1949 Polio Death Reported in Council Bluffs
Richard Wheeler 5 son of Mr and Mrs William Burt Wheeler died at Mercy hospital ending an iron lung treatment that began October 15 1948. The case marks Southwest Iowa's first polio death of 1949 and was reported late Tuesday by AP from Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Richard Wheeler
William Burt Wheeler
Services Thursday for Pvt. Wilford Medlock
Funeral services for 35 year old Pvt. Wilford E. Medlock will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m in the Baptist church. He was killed January 8 1944 in Italy while serving with the armored infantry. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Medlock of Oelwein a brother James of Oelwein two sisters Mrs Maxine Stirks East Moline Ill and Mrs Jewel Westendorf Oelwein.
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Oelwein
Pvt
Wilford E. Medlock
Baptist Church
Medlock
Italy
Armored Infantry
Ernest Medlock
James
Maxine Stirks
East Moline
Jewel Westendorf
Eight Madison pupils press for steps repair in Council Bluffs
Eight grade students from Madison school accuse old WPA steps of causing slips and injuries on Huntington street. Mayor Sparks says council will likely consider action March 14 after Street Commissioner Taylor inspects the hazardous ice plagued access to the Mehl building.
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Council Bluffs
Jack
Jill
Madison School
Huntington Street
Mehl
George Sparks
Jack and
Kline Taylor
Iowa High School Press Convention Set for Sept in Iowa City
The 1949 annual convention of the Iowa High School Press Association will be held in Iowa City from September 9 to 10. Professor Leslie G. Moeller, director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, announced the event on Wednesday.
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Iowa City
Iowa High School Press Association
Leslie G. Moeller
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Richard Kell Services Scheduled at Marengo
The body of Richard Kell, killed in Africa Aug. 31, 1945, will arrive Friday and be taken to the home of his uncle and aunt, Wandling Wendell American Legion post will hold graveside services at 2 30 p.m. Kell is survived by his mother Mrs Florence Kell of Marengo a brother Vette of Woodstock and a sister Mrs E B Forbes of Pekin Illinois.
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Marengo
Richard Kell
Africa
R. E. Hatter
Wandling-Wendell
Vette
Woodstock, Il
E. B. Forbes
Pekin, Ill
Thomas Duffy Fairbank Retired Farmer Dies at 100
Thomas Duffy a Fairbank retired farmer died at his home Tuesday. He would have turned 101 May 15 and came to the United States from Ireland with his family 98 years ago aboard a sailing vessel.
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Fairbank
Thomas Duffy
Duffy
Ireland
Jack Berry Found Guilty Life Term Recommended
Eldora Iowa story reports Jack Berry a 31 year old war veteran from Iowa Falls found guilty of first degree murder for the June 28 1947 shooting of Ernest Knott 51 of Iowa Falls. Jury recommends life imprisonment with judge requesting the sentence.
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Eldora
Jack Berry
Iowa Falls
Sherwood A. Clock
Berry
Ernest Knott
Knott
Berry described as drunk before forceful entry in home incident
The testimony of Ora Knott, the victim’s brother, says Berry was “just like any other man who has been drinking” after officers used tear gas to force him out of the house.
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Ora Knott
Berry
Traffic Fatality Strikes 84-Year-Old Sioux City Man
Sioux City police investigate a weekend collision that left Edward Rathbun, 84, dead after being struck at a west side intersection by a jeep driven by Edward Yusten, 26, of Concord Nebraska. Rathbun died in a hospital Tuesday from injuries suffered Saturday night in the crash.
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Sioux City
Edward Rathbun
Rathbun
Edward Yusten
Concord
Neb
Farmer
Rockefeller grant supports ISU genetics research
Ames Iowa State College received an $18000 Rockefeller Foundation grant announced by President Dr Charles E Finley. The funds, directed to genetics research under Dr J W Gowen head of the genetics department, mark the fourth such grant the college has obtained from the foundation.
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AMES
INS
Iowa State College
Rockefeller Foundation
Charles E. Finley
J. W. Gowen
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