Train Crews Blamed for Iowa Wreck
Des Moines reports that the Iowa state commerce commission blamed train crews for a Remsen collision involving Illinois Central trains on Feb 15. The rear-end wreck injured 12 passengers, two government mail clerks, and two train service workers. The inquiry, done with the Interstate Commerce Commission, cited failure to obey speed rules and to control following trains.
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Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Illinois Central
Remsen
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commission
H. A. Franklin
Eastern Iowa Town Elections Show Broad Council Nominees
A listing of mayoral and council candidates across multiple towns in Eastern Iowa. Officials named include incumbents and challengers such as Solon mayor C F Shimon, West Union mayor E A Traeger, North Liberty mayor Jesse G Musgrave, and many council candidates, with a noted tie between Al Ehl and C A Shimon and a defeated waterworks addition proposal by 105 to 67.
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G. D. Smith
C. W. Grimes
Roy Learn
J.S. Crowe
North Liberty
Jesse G. Musgrave
Lester A. Martin
John W. Stoner
James Stuart
William “Bud” Pirks
E. L. Baker
Aaron Albright
North English
Elmer Miller
Frank Allen
Keith Mason
Gene Smith
Theodore van Auken
Ernie Graham
E. B. Warner
E. C. Lortz
Strawberry Point
M. If. Harwood
Don «Courtnage
Harold Frederick
Charles McCarron
Alex Schmidt
Walter Tegen
George Dunfrund
Carl Zwanziger
Greeley
F. H. Schenke
Ossian
Lloyd Strand
Lester Hexom
Lloyd Sampson
Richard Becker
Elmer Rosa
M. E. Wyverberg
A. S. Andresen
W. E. Cornell
Arlington
John Frederick
Fred Breckner
James J. Carnall
Robert Hutchison
Florian Burchett
Fred Peiper
Alma Dem
C. H. Westphal
W. E. Demoss
Ralph Orth
W. W. Bronson, Jr
Victor
J. F. Bott
Harry Muller
Joe Lafken
Horace Wahl
Ellis Bowman
John de Sutter
Harry Chittenden
Karl Kerr
Riverside
Thomas Bowstead
Albert Navy
Newton Whetstine
Wilfred Bouquet
Ivan Cummings
Pat Holderness
C. Fitzsharon
William Kne
Oxford
J. L. Kinney
Manley Springmire
Eugene Maske
Lou Klimes
H. A. Paul
Homer Nunn
F. L. Schweitzer
Claude Blattler
Ethel Tumilty
van Horne
O. W
Ilen
W. L. Meyer
Douglas Wilson
D. A. Bowen
R. H. Weart
Henry Gulstorf
Osborne O’brien
Sani tary sewage bids lead for several towns
Bids opened Wednesday for a sanitary sewage system and disposal plant in multiple Iowa communities. Listed officials include Center Point Mayor Clifford Wears and council members Sam Lewis and William Simon. South English Mayor O D Brubaker. Volga City Mayor C E Lovett. Earlville Mayor James Bramley. Hawkeye Mayor Don Warnke. Treasurers and assessors named for each town.
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H. H. Herzberger
Center Point
Clifford Wears
Sam Lewis
William Simon
Avery McNeal
Howard Dufor
B. W. Leslie
Hattie Rogers
E. E. Silver
O. D.brubaker
Charles Keiser
Don Buchanan
Paul Roberts
Pete Stansbury
John Cox, Jr
Howard Raplinger
Will Good
Volga City
C. E. Lovett
H. F. Baars
Leo H. Becker
W. C. Goodin
Francis Kitterman
Emmett Thyne
W. M. Hoskyn
H. L. Taylor
Earlville
James Bramley
Burt Bishop
Seares Bisgrove
Ray Busch
F. 5. Otis
O. K. Kittleson
Carl Laxson
Les Hunt
Hawkeye
Don Warnke
Harold Schlegel
K. R. Henderson
C. L. Parker
W. C. Robinson
H. F Hauth
L. E. Billmeyer
H. H. Tonne
Vets Housing Group Formed in Iowa City
Twenty two Iowa City men from business and veterans groups were named to a veterans emergency housing committee by Mayor Wilber J Teeters. The group will meet Thursday afternoon in city hall to mobilize housing resources for veterans needs and promote home sharing as a temporary expedient.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Wilber J. Teeters
Season's First River Boat Passes McGregor
The Walter G. Hoagland a diesel tow boat from Paducah Kentucky passed through the pontoon bridge in McGregor Tuesday bound north with four barges. It marked one of the earliest spring starts on record for Mississippi River navigation in the area.
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McGregor
Mississippi River
Walter G. Hoagland
Paducah
School Officials Set Meeting in Des Moines on April 2
Miss Jessie Parker state superintendent of public instruction announced a school of instruction and conference for school board members school secretaries and superintendents on April 2 in Des Moines More than 500 people are expected the first wartime restrictions lifting event in three years Topics include teacher supply state aid transportation and new school laws Speakers will include Dr Howard M Dawson from the National Education Association Dr E T Peterson of the University of Iowa and C Fred Porter state comptroller.
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Des Moines
Jessie Parker
Department of Public Instruction
Howard M. Dawson
National Education Association
E. T Peterson
University of Iowa
C. Fred Porter
North English Superintendent McCurdy Resigns
M. B. McCurdy has resigned as school superintendent in North English. He began his tenure in 1929 when he came to North English as a coach.
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North English
M. B. McCurdy
University Student Accused of Assault in Gazette
Irving Potter, 34, of Providence R I, a University of Iowa student, is free on 1000 dollar bond after being charged with lascivious assault on a minor. He denies guilt as police identify him with a 23 year old woman and a 13 year old girl as the alleged victims. Police say no charges yet announced for the second alleged assault.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Irving Potter
Providence
R. I
University of Iowa
Potter
Girl Drowned At Waterloo After Boat Capsized
Rescue efforts continued for Irene Pratt a six year old who disappeared after a boat capsized in a water slough off the Cedar river at Waterloo Firemen searched the area while Irene’s father recovered another child and a neighbor found two others leaving the little girl missing and presumed drowned.
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Waterloo
Irene Pratt
Cedar River
Clara
Robert
Martha
Gilbert Kent
Kent
Vets Returning From Overseas Eastern Iowans Named
The Associated Press lists Eastern Iowa service members returning to the United States including Cedar Rapids residents T/5 Victor D. Strait Pfc. Robert D. Ray Pfc. John O. Rutan Pfc. Lester D. Dickey Pfc. Robert J. Mason T/Sgt. Gus Lucas Pfc. Loyd E. White T4 William J. Hoyt T5 Mose Nassif and others from Oelwein Marion Cedar Rapids Oelwein San Francisco Eldora Manchester Belle Plaine with arrival dates noted as March 28 or March 26 and an editor note that dates may be estimates and lists may contain errors.
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Associated Press
William J. Hoyt
Cedar Rapids
Mose Nassif
San Francisco
Benson
Mathew Greensweig
Eldora
Clarence Scovel
Manchester
Vance C. Oliphant
Belle Plaine
Iowa War Bond Sales Near Wartime Level
DES MOINES County war bond sales for February nearly match the wartime peak, totaling 13,517,446 across counties. Notable figures include Linn 759,497 and Johnson 223,776 with other counties such as Clayton 171,912 and Fayette 187,867 contributing substantial amounts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Johnson
Jones
Linn
Poweshiek
Tama
Winneshiek
Income Tax Collections In Iowa Lower This Year
Iowa residents paid 106.218 million dollars in federal income taxes from the start of the year to date, with an estimated total of 112 million dollars for the year. The current total is about 5 million dollars below last year’s for the same period, and 1.5 million dollars under the prior year’s collection.
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DES Moines
Iowa
E. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
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Conway
Farmer
Carroll
Army Air Corps
Bedford
Worm
Henry Schmitt
Schmitt
Keokuk, la
Taylor County
Lenox
Vets’ Housing Group
Gon” School
Pennsylvania Oil
Pennsylvania
Moontsomery Ward
Pierce Watch
Pierce
United Artists
Captain Kidd
Charles Laughton
Randolph Scott
Barbara Britton
Fed
House OF Diamonds
Smatherei
Second Street
Sterling
Loretta” Potters
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