IHC Traffic Weights Crew Reports Eastern Iowa Truck Traffic
Mechanicville officers Buell Pieper and J Clark Hughes oversee highway weight checks across 10 counties proving eastern Iowa carries heavy truck flow on highway 30. A 47 ft 3 in Detroit cargo trailer with a show car exceeded length limits but lacked permission, highlighting ongoing weight enforcement and planned permanent scales statewide.
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Iowa
IHC
Iowa Highway Commission
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Mechanicsville
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City
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Poweshiek
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Linn
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Cedar
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St Patrick Day Note Passages Watershed in Washington
Iowa readers report on political ribbing as Rep Talle of Decorah criticizes welfare state expansion and tax policy while clerks, veterans, and Navy families in Cedar Rapids share updates from Washington. Commander Jadrnicek and Seaman Walker are noted with postings abroad.
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Internal Revenue Department
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Dan O’brien
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Rep. Talle
Decorah
Hugh Scott, Jr
Scott
Doe
Uncle Sam
Martin
Iowa City
Eire
St. Patrick’s
Ireland
Saint Patrick, Mo
Navy
James R. Jadrnicek
Karel L. Jadrnicek
Seventeenth Street NW
1503Rd Air Transport Wing
Pacific Division
ATC
Jadrnicek
Tokyo
Far East
Ronald E. Walker
Lawrence B. Walker
Seventh Avenue SE
Arneb
Sixth Fleet
Young Walker
Augusta
Sicily
Sfax
Tobruk
North Africa
Rhodes
EP. Talle
America
Poston Stake in Iowa Bolsters Anti Brannan Campaign
Iowa state representative Poston denounces the Brannan plan as politically expedient and urges a long range farm program. He cites PMA pressures, notes Kraschel may oppose Brannan, and stresses broader campaign issues beyond one plan. Poston frames a forward looking Democrat stance with farm, labor, and small business concerns.
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Brannan
Poston
Nelson G. Kraschel
the Gazette
Kraschel
Ence
Alberta
Canada
Byner
Corydon High School
Drake University
Hennepin’s 1680 Mississippi Voyage Map Milestone
In 1680 LaSalle dispatched Michel Ace and Father Hennepin to explore the Upper Mississippi. They were among the first white men to travel beyond Iowa territory on the river. In 1698 Hennepin published a map outlining his view of North America.
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LaSalle
Michel Ace
Father Hennepin
Upper
Mississippi
Iowa
Hennepin
North America
Hobbies Build Iowa Firm Into National Buyer Favorite
The Dealers Hobby Supply Company, founded in Ottumwa in 1941, grew to about 500000 dollars in annual gross sales within ten years. Ottumwa branch accounts for 300000 and Kansas City for 200000, stocking 10000 hobby items focused on miniature trains and airplanes. Partners William C. Brunk Ed Silk and Robert Hallgren expanded shipments from Ottumwa to Alaska Canal Zone and coasts with inquiries from several European countries.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Hobby Supply Company
Kansas City
Silk
Brunk
Robert Hallgren
Hallgren
Alaska
Canal Zone
Bednasek Trial Hears Pentathol Aid In Memory Recall
Hamilton told the jury Bednasek’s memory blanked during the incident and was later restored by sodium pentathol at the university psychiatric hospital where he was a voluntary patient for two weeks before the trial. Benny will testify and details will be revealed under defense and possibly state psychological testimony. The trial resumes Monday at 10 a.m. with the state about to call its sixth witness.
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Bednasek
Benny
Hamilton
East Washington Street
White
Iowa Territory and State Boundaries History
The text notes that in 1938 Iowa Territory stretched from Missouri to the Canadian border and from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. It states Iowa became a state in 1846 and received its current boundaries.
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Missouri
Mississippi
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