Heincys Die on Gallows at Iowa Penitentiary
Fort Madison Iowa AP reports Phillip H Heincy 72 and his son William Henry 45 were executed at 6 01 a m for the 1944 murder during a robbery of Robert W Raebel a Lake Okoboji resort operator Also present were 100 observers including three women The two left statements expressing belief in forgiveness from God and thanks to Father Rongers who gave last rites
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Heincys
Iowa Pen
Fort Madison
Phillip H. Heincy
William Henry Heincy
Iowa Penitentiary
Robert W. Raebel
Lake Okoboji
Father Rongers
Heiney
Henry
Father Bongers
Phillip
John Bennett
Gus Reisenrath
Bernard Nelson
Cooney Memens
Percy Lainson
R. L. Feightner
G. R. Blackburn
S. E. Bigelow
Heiney’s
Rongers
Dickinson County
W. B. Bedell
E. N. Wood
Mason City
Heineys
Iowa Falls
Lainson
Ed Heiney
Labell
Lillian Hanna
Quincy
Knox City
Associated Press
Phillip M. Heincy
William H. Heincy
Father H. Y. Rongers
Iowa State Penitentiary
Classical Conference Speakers at Cornell College
Mt. Vernon Prof Oscar Ny bakken of the University of Iowa will preside at Saturday morning's session of the third annual classical conference at Cornell college. Speakers include W C Kormacher of St Louis University C Mierow of Carleton College Gerald Else of the University of Iowa and A P Doorjahn of Northwestern.
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MT. Vernon
Oscar Nybakken
University of Iowa
Cornell College
W C. Kormacher
St. Louis University
Co. C. Mierow
Carleton College
Gerald Else
A. P. Doorjahn
Northwestern
Language conference lists speakers for inheritance topic
University and Edward F DArms of Colorado host sectional meetings on Our Linguistic and Literary Inheritance presided by Prof. Mierow. Speakers from Kansas, Knox, Drake, Northwestern, Montana, Augustana, Iowa, St Olaf, Muscatine, Chicago, Coe, Clinton, and Milwaukee attend. A panel on Language in General Education chaired by Prof Mark E Hutchinson of Cornell will close the conference.
Laws Hinder Fight on Tuberculosis in Iowa
At the Iowa Tuberculosis Association dinner Dr. J. C. Painter of Dubuque argued state law now focuses on patients ability to pay for treatment. He urged segregation and free care to control disease, criticizing tax liens on hospitalized patients and stigma of relief status.
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DES Moines
Iowa
J. C. Painter
Dubuque
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Fire Hazards Found in 271 Iowa City Buildings
Iowa City survey finds 271 buildings with definite fire hazards. Hale Baldwin of the Iowa State Fire Prevention association reports results after a survey on Wednesday and Thursday. Thirty-four participants including insurance underwriters, fire department members, and Boy Scouts assisted. Recommendations will go to each establishment within 10 days, and hazards must be eliminated within 30 days or the fire chief will be notified.
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Iowa City
Hale Baldwin
Iowa State Fire Prevention Association
Fire Department
Des Moines
Baldwin
Held for Death Of His Wife
A discharged navy veteran Edward Gordon, 25, is held without bond in Page county jail on a first degree murder charge. He is accused of killing his wife Mildred, 22, with an axe and knife at her parents home in Shenandoah, Iowa. Officials say Gordon claimed she married another man in California while he was in the navy and that the marriage was annulled when he returned. Mrs. Gordon had filed for divorce recently.
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Edward Gordon
Page County
Mildred
Shenandoah
Gordon
California
Missing Manchester Pilot Declared Dead
Captain William E. Boone 23 who went missing over Germany a year ago has been declared dead. A war department letter to his father Ivan G. Boone of Manchester states Boone was shot down over Munster on March 23 1945 on his last mission. He was born in Delaware Iowa joined the army in 1939 earned commission and wings in 1943 served as flying gunnery instructor then trained as a pilot overseas in 1944 earning the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters. Surviving are his father a Minneapolis brother First Lt Howard Boone his foster mother Mrs. Ivan G. Boone and grandmother Mrs. Luella Boone of Manchester.
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Manchester
William E. Boone
Germany
War Department
Ivan G. Boone
Boone
Munster
United States
Delaware
Army
Howard Boone
Minneapolis
Luella Boone
North English Man's English Wife En Route North
The British wife of Robert W. Davisson of North English is due in New York April 1 aboard the Bridgeport. She is Freda M Davisson, 25, of Bingley Yorkshire, who sailed from England with 476 other dependents of former American servicemen. Bees eat 20 pounds of honey in making 1 pound of wax.
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Robert W. Davisson
New York
Bridgeport
Associated Press
Freda M Davisson
Bingley
Yorkshire
England
Fire on Crescent bridge traps two tenders
Davenport A P report says two bridge tenders Emil Swanson and Walter Strathman escaped a blaze that destroyed the Crescent railroad bridge control house between Davenport and Rock Island. Fire blocked traffic leading to rerouted Milwaukee and Burlington trains. Cause not determined.
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Davenport
Crescent
Rock Island
Emil Swanson
Walter Strathman
Milwaukee and
Burlington Railroad
ISTA Public Relations Director Speaks on School Legislation
Belle Plaine event hears Moyle outline future school laws as 150 teachers attend Benton County Educational council meeting. Candidates for office to be chosen by mail include President Dorothy Pavioveka and Lulu Sheets, Vice-President Vergil Magomarcino and Donald Southard, Secretary-Treasurer Lynn Dankle and Donald Rowe.
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Belle« Plaine
B. S. Moyle
Iowa State Teachers Association
Benton County Educational Council
Dorothy Pavioveka
Belle Plaine
Lulu Sheets
Blairstown
Vergil Magomarcino
Keystone
Donald Southard
Garrison
Lynn Dankle
Donald Rowe
Vinton
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Herbert V Bongers
Joe L. McQuirk
William Heincy
P. H. Heincy
Fred M. Hudson
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Cornell
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Sandy Bukhide
Ex Gyndicats
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