Knee Iowa Highway Patrol Chief Dies at 58
DES MOINES AP C A Clint Knee 58 longtime Iowa highway patrol chief died Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He collapsed after breakfast at his home. Knee previously Dallas County sheriff and a Perry railroad worker. Survived by wife and a step daughter. He led patrol since 1939 and served through Gov Wilson era. Appointment of his successor will be by Gov Blue and State Public Safety Commissioner Wilkins.
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Des Moines
C. A
Clint” Knee
State Highway Patrol
Knee
Dallas
Perry
Statehouse
George Wilson
Motor Vehicle Division
Bureau of Investigation
State Department of Public Safety
Dallas County
Marvin “Buck” Barrow
Blanche Barrow
Barrow
Dexter
Governor Tells Iowa's Support of Red Cross
Des Moines report shows Iowa raised 3,701,408 for the Red Cross war fund in 1945. Iowa had 129 chapters with 832,867 members and volunteers totaled 2,820,566 hours. Red Cross recruited 264 nurses and trained 882 aids to ease wartime shortages.
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Des Moines
Army
Navy
Iowa
Red Cross
Blue
VA To Expand Contact Service In Iowa
DES MOINES AP The Veterans Administration plans to greatly expand its itinerant contact service for Iowa veterans and dependents within a month. Iowa officer Ben H Williams said new contact representatives are arriving and training. The service currently calls on 16 cities and will add about 30 to 35 more by end of April, with visits spreading to nearly every county seat.
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Des Moines
Veterans Administration
Iowa
Ben H Williams
Williams
Two Accused of Drunk Driving in Tama County
Special to The Gazette Tama county grand jury bound over two men on drunk driving charges with $500 bonds each. Pete Dostal of Toledo arrested Monday near Gladstone by Highway Patrolmen Hallgren and Gearhart of Marengo. James O Tippett of Waterloo arrested Saturday by Tama police chief Fred Van De Walle after driving on railroad tracks before the Milwaukee depot. Tippett waived preliminary hearing. George Sanache, Indian from the Tama reservation riding with Tippett, fined $10 for intoxication.
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Gazette
Toledo
Tama County
Grand Jury
Pete Dostal
Gladstone
Hallgren
Gearhart
Marengo
E. C. Carnal
Tama
James O. Tippett
Waterloo
Fred van de Walle
Tippett
Milwaukee Depot
George Sanache
Tama Reservation
Bids on Airport Work At Iowa City Sought
Sealed bids for grading and paving runway extensions at the Iowa City airport will be received by the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Kansas City until April 9. Five bids from last September were rejected as extremely high. The CAA has allocated 325000 dollars for runway extensions and grading at the airport.
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Iowa City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Kansas City
CAA
Child Dies of Burns Suffered at Farm Home
Funeral services for Marjorie Frances Lawrence four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lawrence were held at Sacred Heart church in Monticello. She died Monday of burns received when she poured kerosene into a kitchen stove while her mother was away. The family lives on a farm southwest of Monticello and she died at John McDonald hospital.
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Montcello
Sacred Heart Church
Marjorie Frances Lawrence
Robert Lawrence
Lawrences
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Wolfe Re elected Head Of Mt. Vernon Chamber
R B Wolfe was reelected president of the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting. E G Fredericks was named vice president, and Jay Fordyce secretary and treasurer. John Weisley A E Kudart Frank Starry D A Van Metre and Lester Cook named as new directors.
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MT. Vernon
R. B. Wolfe
Chamber of Commerce
E. G. Fredericks
Jay Fordyce
John Weisley
A. E. Kudart
Frank Starry
D. A. van Metre
Lester Cook
Irish Girl Visits Dead Husband s Kin
VOLGA CITY The Irish war widow of Lt. James F. Henderson is guest of Lt. Emerson s parents Mr and Mrs L C Emerson at their home here The widow Shiela Roche of Ireland was married to Lt Emerson in London August 1944 Less than two months later on October 2 1944 he was killed over Germany She came to the States on the Queen Mary met two brothers in Boston and sent to Iowa arriving Sunday She hopes to remain in this country.
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Volga City
James F. Henderson
L. C. Emerson
Shiela Roche
Ireland
Emerson
London
Germany
States
Boston
Iowa
Blairstown Votes on $158,000 School Bond Issue
Blairstown residents in a newly formed consolidated district will vote Thursday on a $158,000 bond to finance a new school building and gymnasium. Polls open at noon and close at 7 p.m to serve elementary and high school pupils, with buses for rural transport to be purchased.
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Blairstown
Mental tests to be given to Eldora boys at Anamosa
Des Moines AP reports 16 of 84 Eldora training school boys housed at Anamosa will be sent to University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City for psychiatric evaluation. Dr Harold Skeels said 16 are mentally ill and require study while 23 may return to Eldora and others diverted to state facilities or kept at Anamosa.
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Des Moines
Eldora
Anamosa
State Board of Control
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa City
Harold M. Skeels
Skeels
Herbert Hauge
H C Jensen Re elected By Beer Distributors
Davenport AP The Iowa Wholesale Beer Distributors association ended a two day convention with re election of officers H C Jensen Cedar Rapids president Fred Nesbit Des Moines vice president Norman Magers Des Moines secretary and Harry S Flodin Burlington treasurer Speakers urged educating retail outlets to keep taverns as respectable as corner drug stores.
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Davenport
Iowa Wholesale Beer Distributors Association
H C Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Fred Nesbit
Des Moines
Norman Magers
Harry S. Flodin
Burlington
Grand feeling from St Joseph Aspirin ad
An advertisement touts quality fast action and economy for St Joseph Aspirin in St Joseph. It claims the product is the world's largest seller at 10 cents with a bigger 100 tablet size for 35 cents, signaling substantial per unit savings.
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St. Joseph
State Tells Low Road Work Bids
Ames reports a low bid of 131,105 from Fred Carlson Company Decorah for four miles of paving on Highway 59 from the Cherokee county line to No 10 in O'Brien County. Other low bids included Clyde Elliott Independence for box culvert extension at 4396, Schmidt and Hanson Winfield for five culverts and related work at 52477, and Lowe Construction Marion as low bidder on three grading jobs.
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LLP
Fred Carlson Company
Decorah
Cherokee County
O'Brien County
Iowa Highway Commission
Clyde Elliott
Independence
Buchanjan-Fayette
Schmidt
Hanson
Incc
Winfield
Jones-Clinton
Lowe Construction Company
Marion
Burch Construction Low Bid For Clinton Jones Grading Project
Burch Construction Co of Cedar Rapids submitted the lowest bid for 7.5 miles of grading in Clinton Jones counties at 83,948 dollars. Other bids included 7 miles in Buchanan Fayette counties at 7,928 dollars, 2.5 miles in Butler county at 34,878 dollars, and 4.3 miles in Butler county at 48,873 dollars.
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Buchanan- Fayette
Butler County
Burch Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Clinton- Jones
Lowe Construction Low Bid On Buchanan County Roads
Lowe Construction of Marion was the low bidder for 1714 miles of Buchanan county secondary road work bidding $60,175.03 on six projects. Cedar Rapids rivals Burch Construction and M. L. Johnson also bid. The improvements were planned four years ago but the supervisors rejected the only bid submitted.
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Independence
Lowe Construction Company
Marion
Buchanan County
Lowe Company
Cedar Rapids
Burch Construction Company
M. L. Johnson
Two Day Fire Prevention Inspection in Iowa City
The Chamber of Commerce and Iowa City insurance agents sponsor a two day fire prevention inspection set for March 27 and 28. More than 30 fieldmen from fire insurance companies linked to the Iowa State Fire Prevention Association will arrive March 26 to set up headquarters. The program closes with a noon luncheon at the Jefferson Hotel on March 28, featuring Richard E. Vernor of the Wester Actuarial Bureau in Chicago as speaker.
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Iowa City
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa State Fire Prevention Association of Des Moines
Jefferson Hotel
Richard E. Vernor
Wester Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Wikl Jspeak
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