Des Moines Fire Damages Stationery Store Hotel and Theater
A rapid blaze beginning with an explosion destroyed the Des Moines Stationery Company building, damaged the moving picture theater, and set the Franklin Hotel roof ablaze. Total losses hit about 200000 with five firefighters injured and property damages to the Legionnaire club and 40 and 8 headquarters.
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DES Moines
Des Moines Stationery Company
Franklin
Fifth and Locust
M. A. Fallon
Boston
The
Legionnaire Club
Osborne Williams
American Legion
William Anderson
Williams
Associated Press
Cannon to Address Fayette Breeding Association Meeting
Dr. C. Y. Cannon of Iowa State College will speak at the Fayette County Artificial Breeding Association annual meeting at the Legion hall in Fayette on Tuesday afternoon March 14. The association board has declared a dividend to patrons to be distributed at the meeting.
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West Union
C. Y. Cannon
Iowa State College
Fayette County
Funeral for Clinton Adler Held in Ottumwa
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning in Ottumwa for Clinton K. Adler 76 who operated a large cleaning plant here for 33 years before retiring in 1946. He died Saturday.
Tipton Dog Wins at Des Moines Kennel Show
An Irish setter shown by Jack A. Spear of Tipton was judged best American bred at the Des Moines Kennel Club’s 25th annual all dog show. About 5 000 persons attended the event at the state fairgrounds.
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Des Moines
Jack A. Spear
Tipton
Calmar Pupils Win School Spelling Contest Titles
Martha Weselmann won the public school spelling contest and Robert Mashek won at St. Aloysius parochial school. The two eighth graders will represent Calmar at the Winneshiek county contest on March 18 in Decorah.
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Calmar
Martha Weselmann
Robert Mashek
St. Aloysius
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Sign of Scholastic Talent and Local Elections in Iowa Briefs
Iowa brief items show 12 year old Beverly Llone Denny winning a county spelling contest in Keokuk County and local election filings in Delta. West Union leases and sales in Onslow and farm services, plus marital unions, a Mardi Gras at a Tipton club, and an Arlington Texas baby show winner living in West Union.
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Sigourney
Beverly Llone Denny
Keokuk County
Charles Denny
West Laffer School
Onslow
Harold Jordan
Clyde Welch
West Union
Russell W. Cadwallader
Farm Bureau
Ralph Pixler, Jr
Cadwallader
DELTA
O. O. Utterback
Lester Stanley
Dewey Keck
Russell Rankin
Oliver McNabb
H. R. McGuire
Roy Simpkins
Tipton
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Fred Elder, Jr
Joe Conway
Henry Peter Coke
C. E. Coke
Fort Worth
Texas
Cokes
Arlington
Dysart
Janice Naomi Hupfeld
John Hupfeld
James O. Schreiber
Walter Schreiber
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Traer
Charles Vanicek
L. H. Wagener
Wendell
Renewed effort to rescue 12 farm animals near Oxford
IOWA CITY INS Renewed rescue efforts planned for Monday to save 12 farm animals two miles northeast of Oxford trapped on a flooded lowland island. Five horses and seven mules fed for first time Sunday after workers hauled hay across flood waters. The stock valued at 1500 dollars includes a prize pulling team, all alive and apparently well after days in eight inches of water.}
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Iowa City
INS
Oxford
Iowa River
Iowa
Fred Cochran
Elmer Hospordosky
Maytag Reports 1949 Profit of 7.45 Million Dollars
Maytag Company posts a 1949 net profit of 7,447,836 dollars or 3.99 a share, down from 8,172,893 dollars or 4.44 a share in 1948. Sales fell to 58,039,646 dollars from 68,517,484 dollars. President Fred Maytag expresses optimism for 1950 if business conditions stay favorable.
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Newton
Maytag Company
Fred Maytag
Maytag
Llwan Observes 100th Birthday in Waterloo
Eden Floyd celebrated his 100th birthday with open house at his granddaughter Eleanor Fox's home in Waterloo. Born in Highland County Ohio and living in Iowa since age four, Floyd was a long time cemetery sexton at Fairview in Waterloo for 17 years and previously at Evergreen in Vinton for 25 years. He has three daughters, three grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
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Waterloo
INS
Eden Floyd
Eleanor Fox
Floyd
Highland County
Ohio
Iowa
Fairview Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
Vinton
Burglars Grab Safe From Filling Station in Marshalltown
Marshalltown police hunted burglars who broke into the Corn Belt filling station near the post office Saturday night. The thieves moved a 150 to 200 pound safe containing about 450 dollars in cash and checks including a hundred dollar bill. They entered via an outside door to a men’s restroom then through a ceiling hole to the grease room and into the office.
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Marshalltown
INS
Corn Belt
Tom Meyers
Four-H Club Organizes in Lamont
A new Four-H club forms in Lamont with officers led by President Delva Wessels and Vice-President Betty Karsten. Other posts include Secretary Louise Stanley Treasurer Eileen Linderwell Reporter Judy Wessels Historian Kay Short and Recreation Chairman Delores Nielson.
Young Iowan Dies from Gas Fumes in Nebraska Cabin
Seward Nebraska police report Frederick Philip Abbey twenty two from Corning Iowa suffocated likely from a gas stove in a cabin camp. companion Robert Wesley Long twenty two also of Corning revived and hospitalized in Lincoln. Camp operator Leonard Springer and Police Chief John Bredow forced entry finding Abbey dead as Long recovered.
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Seward
Neb
Corning
John Bredow
Frederick Philip Abbey
Robert Wesley Long
Lincoln
Roy McCalip
Long
Abbey
McCalip
Leonard Springer
Bredow
New Officers Elected By Rainbow Veterans
DES MOINES Iowa Rainbow veterans elected W L Beck of Burlington Junction Mo as president at their annual reunion. New vice presidents include Wilbur Priebe Waterloo Fred Boysen Council Bluffs Glen Lorence Des Moines and George Beaves Dubuque. The women’s auxiliary named Ruth Vesey Council Bluffs as president with vice presidents Dorothy Lewis Dubuque and Irvin Dayton Waterloo.
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Des Moines
W. L. Beck
Burlington Junction
Iowa Rainbow Veterans
Wilbur Priebe
Waterloo
Fred Boysen
Council Bluffs
Glen Lorence
George Beaves
Dubuque
Bill Steenbock
Anamosa
Ray McMellen
Herbert Poe
Sioux City
Willis Royce
Creston
Women’s Auxiliary
Ruth Vesey
Dorothy Lewis
Irvin Dayton
Dr W B Jayne Dies At West Liberty
Dr W B Jayne 80 longtime West Liberty dentist died Sunday after a long illness. He practiced here from 1896 to 1947 and served eight years as mayor. Born March 5 1870 near Durant he studied at Iowa dental college class of 1894. Survived by wife son Harold daughter Martha and a granddaughter. Services set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the Presbyterian church.
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West Liberty
W. B. Jayne
Durant
Jayne
University of Iowa Dental College
Nebraska
Masonic and
Knights of Pythias
Rotary Club
Ratner Named Editor of Meredith Magazine
Des Moines reports J E Ratner aged 40 assumed duties as editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine succeeding the late Frank McDonough Appointment announced by E T Meredith vice president and general manager Ratner Navy lieutenant commander in World War II joined Meredith in 1946 as research department associate McDonough died March 3 after a heart attack in Harlan
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J. E. Ratner
Better Homes and Gardens
Frank McDonough
Ratner
E. T. Meredith
Meredith Publishing Company
Meredith’s
McDonough
Harlan
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Fayette Breeding Assn
K. Adler
Iowa Briefs
Keokuk County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Frank Conkity
Roy Snakenberg
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Wanda I. Howard
W. C. Howard
John R. Walker
Stockton
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William Gises
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William Gisel
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