Eastern Iowa Weeklies Win State Honors
Iowa Falls Citizen Traer Star-Clipper Malvern Leader led Iowa Press Association awards for general excellence. Top honors included first place for cities over 3,000. winners also recognized in categories such as service to agriculture and community, best use of pictures, and coverage of women's news across several weeklies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Falls Citizen
Traer Star-Clipper
Malvern Leader
Iowa Press Association
Clarinda Herald-Journal
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Osage Press-News
Red Oak Express
Tracr Star-Clipper
Clarion Monitor
Laurens Sun
Walnut Bureau
Keosauqua Register Service To Agriculture
Sigma Delta Chi
Iowa State College
Hardin County Index
Eldora
Independence Bulletin- Journal
Harlan Tribune
Spencer Times
Anamosa Journal
Schleswig
Denison Bulletin
Emmetsburg
Democrat
Maquoketa Jackson Sentinel
Alta Advertiser
Oakland Acorn
Keosauqua’ Register
Iowa Falls Times
Bayard News
Hick: Curtailing Federal Spending Is Main Problem
Des Moines AP report quotes Len Bourke Hickenlooper in Iowa addressing the Iowa Press Association. He argues the key congressional issue is curbing rising federal expenditures while acknowledging aid to Europe and social programs have merit. He stresses balancing Europe recovery, military costs, and domestic government luxuries.
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Des Moines
Len Bourke
Hickenlooper
Europe
Iowa Press Association
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Retired ISU Teacher College educator to resume professorship
Cedar Falls Iowa AP Dr E C Denny retires as head of education at Iowa State Teachers College effective September and will return to the rank of professor of education in the same department.
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Cedar Falls
E. C Denny
Iowa State Teachers College
Maish Wins $6250 Damages in Fatal Car Case
Francis E Maish administrator of 18 month old Jacklyn Mae Marsh receives $6250 from Walter Newkirk after a district court jury found him liable for the Aug 29 death near the Clarence Naack home in Williamsburg. Court costs taxed to Newkirk. Judge Harold D Evans presided. LH Yoder chaired the jury.
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Marengo
Walter Newkirk
Francis E Maish
Jacklyn Mae Marsh
Newkirk
Clarence Naack
Williamsburg
Harold D Evans
LH Yoder
Arthur Clark of Dysart Dies While Chopping Wood
Arthur E Clark 71 of Dysart died from a heart attack Thursday afternoon while chopping wood at his home. Found by his granddaughter, he had lived in Dysart since 1894 and worked as a farm laborer, painter, and city maintenance employee. He retired three years ago. Body at Wunder Funeral Home. funeral plans pending arrival of a son from Tacoma and a daughter from Missouri.
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Dysart
Arthur E Clark
Wunder Funeral
Tacoma
Muissouri
Woman bites husband’s ear in self defense DES MOINES
DES MOINES AP. A woman calling as Mrs Wayne Howard told police she bit her husband’s ear off in self defense after he beat her. Detectives said the upper part of his right ear was severed. he was treated and released. No charges were filed against either.
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Des Moines
Police Department
Malcolm Dailey
Wayne Howard
Howard
Wind Storms Sweep Iowa Causing Injuries and Damage
A State wide wind storm damaged farms near Woolstock and Grafton with a unroofed home damaged barns and loss of livestock. Two people were injured with cuts at Woolstock and Des Moines saw plate glass and wire damage. Total losses estimated around fifteen thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Mason Doughton
Arthur Hanson
Woolstock
Webster City
Frank Dewey
Grafton
Emil Walk
Alvin Krueger
Des Moines
Work Stoppage At Deere Plant In Des Moines
CIO United Auto Workers at John Deere Des Moines works report all 1,150 members stayed away from the job in an unauthorized walkout that began in the sheet metal workers department after protests over incentive production standards. Plant officials say production halted in some departments while many workers remained in the plant. the union claims 1,150 of 1,907 employees are union members.
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G. Slade
Iowa City Candidate for Drake Relays Queen
Miss Joan Fraseur of Tipton will be the University of Iowa's candidate for queen of the Drake relays in Des Moines on April 29 and 30. The 20 year old junior competes with entries from colleges and universities entered in the relays. She is a Pi Beta Phi member selected by Hawkeye yearbook staff from ten entries representing women's housing units at Iowa. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Fraseur of Tipton.
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Iowa City
Joan Fraseur
Tipton
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Fraseur
Pi Beta
Phi Social Sorority
Hawkeye
Iowa
George Fraseur
Browner Drops Bid for Iowa Congress Seat
Vincent L. Browner of Des Moines withdrew his challenge to Rep. Paul Cunningham in the 1948 Fifth Iowa district race. Browner, a Democrat, trailed by 2,733 votes and cited errors and questionable Ames voting, but said evidence failed to alter the outcome.
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Des Moines
Vincent L. Browner
Friday
Congress
Paul Cunningham
Browner
Cunningham
Iowa
Polk
Story
Ames
Story County
Sarah Burns Dead at 106 Oldest Traer Resident
Mrs. Sarah Jane Burns 106 longtime Traer resident died at 3 30 a m Friday after a fall. She was born Andes New York and married John Burns in 1869. Surviving are 11 children 26 grandchildren 46 great grandchildren and 25 great great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are at States funeral home with Daughters from out of state. She celebrated her 100th birthday last October 4 with a family dinner. They moved to Traer in 1918.
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Gazette
Sarah Jane Burns
Traey
States
John Burns
Iowa
Geneseo Township
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Mary Sprole
Cedar Falls
Loretta Mossman
Vinton
Irene McElhiney
Geneseo
Bills Estate Worth 278803 in Benton County Court Inventory
VINTON The estate of B M Bills a Vinton jeweler and optometrist is valued at 278803 in an inventory on file in Benton county district court. It lists three Eden township farms valued at 89400 government bonds 132440 property in Vinton bank stock mortgages other securities and cash in banks.
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B. M Bills
Vinton Jeweler
Benton County
Eden Township
Vinton
Police Hold Suspects In $2400 Burglary
In Rock Island robbers stole 2400 from the Central Oil and Grease Co. Two men, Harold Johnson 23 of Milan Illinois and Warren Ishmael 25 of Moline, were detained without charge after loot was recovered. Johnson was arrested in a Muscatine hotel and Ishmael in Moline.
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Rock Island
Central Oil and Grease Company
Harold Johnson
Milan
Ill
Muscatine
Warren
Ishmael
Moline
Lawmakers Hear Iowa Flag Song Recited and Performed
In Des Moines the Iowa Legislature held a joint session to hear Ernest O Osborn, a Knoxville druggist and poet, recite poetry and present a musical selection titled Iowa's Flag Song. Esther May Clark of Oskaloosa set the words to music and Rep G T Clark of Knoxville moved a late resolution to adopt the song as Iowa's official flag song.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Ernest O Osborn
Knotville
Iowa
Osborn
Esther May Clark
G T. Clark
Knoxville
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Frank Euler
Grove
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Euler
Denny
Maish
Arthur Clark
Cedar Rapids Piano CO
Baldwin
Baldwin Electronic Organ
Edar Konig
First Avenue
Deere
Sarah Burns
True
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M Lee Parner Lees
Ran
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