Linn County Legislators Give Views on Key Bills
Linn County legislators returned to Des Moines after a 10 day recess to weigh senate approved county assessor and farm to market road measures. They voiced support for board of control funding reforms and uniform property assessment for fair state aid and school funding.
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Senate
Linn County
Gazette
Des Moines
Frank C. Byers
Linn
Knickerbocker
Kosek
Iowa State Education Association
Byers
Notice of Dissolution of Cedar Rapids College Company
The Cedar Rapids Business College Company of Cedar Rapids Iowa dissolves by unanimous stockholder vote on December 31 1946. Harold H Hunt president and Bruce F Gates secretary sign the dissolution notice recorded in Iowa corporate records.
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Cedar Rapids Business College Company
Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Harold H. Hunt
Bruce F. Gates
Carrie Chapman Catt Dies at 88 in New Rochelle
Carrie Chapman Catt 88 pioneer suffragist and peace advocate died Sunday at her New Rochelle home after a sudden attack. Alda Wilson, her companion of 19 years, was with her. Born 1859 in Ripon Wisconsin she led Iowa and national suffrage efforts and helped found the National League of Women Voters. She lived in New Rochelle since 1928 and was honored by UN circles and the American Association for the United Nations. She is survived by two nephews.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alda Wilson
Amity Gray Peck
Mra Catt
News Rochelle
United Nations
Carrie Lane
Ripon
Wis
Catt
Iowa State College
Ames
Mason City, In
Leo Chapman
Mason City
State Suffrage Association
Iowa
San Francisco
Marshalltown
Woman Suffrage Assocsociation
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
National League of Women Voters
George William Catt
Seattle
Clarence Lane
Riverside
Calif
Warren Lane
Charles City
End of Life Tragedy Shocks Des Moines Man
Des Moines authorities report Anthony Marasco 67 died by his own action after leaping from the Seventh street bridge. His body was found on the ice of the Raccoon River. Coroner A. E. Shaw noted a 60 foot plunge. Marasco grieved over his daughter Mayme Catrine 34 killed last summer by a truck.
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Des Moines
Anthony Marasco
Raccoon River
A. E. Shaw
Seventh Street
Marasco
Mayme Catrine
Retired Davenport Fire Chief Kelley Dies at 73
Davenport funeral services are planned Wednesday for Richard A. Kelley 73 a longtime fire chief. Kelley served as chief for nearly 17 years and spent about 42 years with the Davenport Fire Department before retiring last January.
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Davenport
Richard A. Kelley
Kelley
Department
Eastern Iowa Business Notes roundup
Marengo Dar ling sells beauty shop to Ottumwa’s Jean Ping who will take possession this week. Dysart Busy Bee cafe sold to John Scheel with son-in-law Marvin Lewis to operate from April 1. Postville Donald Estes becomes assistant cashier at Postville State Bank as family moves. Hazleton Harry Blosch opens new meat market with QO Busby assisting. Newhall Hurley Weekly buys C. H. Thompson transfer business after 20 years. Thompson retires. Anamosa water rate increase approved, about 94 cents per meter average. max rise around $1.80 per three months. Waukon council defers electric plant contracts until March 17. Decorah Alton Nelson secures airport site eight miles southeast for flight school and charters.
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Dysart
George E. Oster
Busy Bee
John Scheel
Marvin Lewis
Newhall
Hurley
C. H. Thompson
Thompson
Anamosa
Waukon
Decorah
Alton Nelson
Here
Joint Funeral Rites For 2 Fire Victims
Des Moines reports two children killed in a two room house fire on the city outskirts. Four month old Gary Ritter died at the scene and his 3 year old brother Frederick died hours later. Their brother Robert, 2, remained hospitalized with second degree burns.
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Des Moines
INS
Gary Ritter
Frederick
Robert
Ruth Ritter
Northwestern seminary student accepts Baptist church call
Lawrence Bong of Northwestern Theological Seminary in St Paul has accepted a call to serve as pastor at a Baptist church that has been pastorless since last November.
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Waukon
Lawrence Bong
Northwestern Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Baptist Church
Iowa Doctors to Study Kenny Polio Treatment
A group of Iowa doctors will attend a brief observation course at the Elizabeth Kenny Institute in Minneapolis. The Iowa Kenny Foundation outlines plans to train nurses and expand facilities for polio treatment, with expenses paid for a week or two per participant. Interested physicians may contact Dr. James F. Dyson in Des Moines or Wesley Day at the Kenny Foundation.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Elizabeth Kenny
Minneapolis
Kenny Foundation
Kenny
Kenny Institute
Wesley Day
James F. Dyson
Day
Liberty Building
Rainbow Vets Elect C R Man to Office
James Day of Council Bluffs was elected president of the Iowa Rainbow division veterans in Des Moines. Mrs. Helen Welsh led the auxiliary as president, with Ralph Hartwig and Richard Campbell as vice presidents and Anton Nordquist as secretary. Col. Claude Stanley serves as chaplain and Ralph Butler is re elected treasurer. Foss Davis of Anamosa joined the executive committee.
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Des Moines
James Day
Council Bluffs
Iowa Rainbow Division
Helen Welsh
Ralph Hartwig
Cedar Rapids
Richard Campbell
Anton Nordquist
Ralph Butler
Claude Stanley
Foss Davis
Anamosa
White couple marks 53rd wedding anniversary at family dinner
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. White observed their fifty third wedding anniversary with a family dinner Sunday. They are parents of Bob White Davenport Richard White Waukon Lester White Spencer and Grant White and Mrs Margery Floyd Tipton.
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Tipton
R. E. White
Bob White
Davenport
Richard White
Waukon
Lester White
Spencer
Grant White
Margery Floyd
Taxpayers Group Urges Lumped Iowa School Bills
The Iowa Taxpayers Association urged lawmakers to bundle all school aid bills into one measure, arguing it would be sound politics and help legislators express proportional preferences. The group notes current bills include an $8 million general aid plan and a $10,087,200 department program with multiple allocations.
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Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Department of Public Instruction
Bily clocks moved to Spillville museum
Spillville hosts the Bily clock collection moved from the Bily farm to the 1893 Dvorak house. The Spillville Commercial club owns the building, now a museum and shrine, with 17 volunteers transporting the clocks last week. The museum opens to the public on April 1.
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Bily
Spillville
Frank
Joe Bily
Antonin Dvorak
Spillville Commercial Club
Dvorak
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C. J. Knickerbocker
Ernest Kosek
Board of Control
Rep. Knickerbocker
Rep. Kosek
Special Legislative Mental Hospital Survey Committee
Bayer PO Een
Killian Company
Brassieres
Killian
Bones
Killien
Mrs. Catt
Lowan
Eastern
Marengo
Dorothy Darling
Jean Ping
Ottumwa
Postville
Donald Estes
Postville State Bank
Hazleton
Harry R. Blosch
QO. A. Busby
NEW Waukon
Rainbow Vets
C.R. Man
Alaska
Libby
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