Iowa Amvets Adopt Three Resolutions
DES MOINES AP The first meeting of Iowa Amvets post officers closed Sunday with passage of three resolutions and the announcement of seven committee chairmen. The resolutions praised passage of the Iowa bonus bill and urged Congress to back justice department anti monopoly measures in building trades and industry. Seven chairmen named: Finance Peter W Kern. Membership John Murphy. Program and Policy George Heath. Legislative Clarence Churchman. Family Welfare Ray Horn. Americanism Matt Walsh. Agriculture William Wisdom. Lou Cumpston named state finance officer by Commander Edgar C Corry Jr.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Amvets
Assage
Justice Department
Peter W. Kern
Fort Madison
John Murphy
Clinton
George Heath
Waterloo
Legislative
Clarence Churchman
Council Bluffs
Ray Horn
Garnaville
Matt Walsh
William Wisdom
Lou Cumpston
Edgar C. Corry, Jr
Mrs Pearl Converse Dies Head of Iowa State College Journalism
Services will be held Tuesday in the Episcopal church for Mrs Pearl Converse 55 widow of Blair Converse former head of the journalism department at Iowa State College. She died late Saturday night after an operation.
Legislature Gets Praise from Iowa Taxpayers Group
DES MOINES UP The Iowa Taxpayers Association praised the Fifty second general assembly for passing significant legislation. It lauded the county assessor system and 13 of 20 tax study proposals, and the right to work bill as far reaching. The group criticized the double income tax and labeled WWII bonus as ill advised. It noted appropriations rose over prior sessions by about 35 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Fifty-second
General Assembly
Iowa Taxpayer
Iowa
Association
Help Control Cancer Fund Drive Note
Community appeal urges donations to the American Cancer Society. Checks should be sent to 2427 B Avenue NE as part of a local fundraising effort supporting cancer research and patient care.
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American Cancer Society
B Avenue NE
Uncle Sam Laxative Breakfast Food claims relief
A customer testimonial from South Dakota credits Uncle Sam Laxative Breakfast Food with resolving years of severe constipation within two weeks. The ad promotes a blend of flaxseed and toasted whole wheat flakes, urging daily consumption and water intake, and notes the Omaha Nebraska maker.
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Uncle Sam
South Dakota
Uncle Sam Breakfast Food Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Carlsen Permitted Private Plane Use For State Trips
Des Moines state executive council approved E W Carlsen of the state board of control to use a private airplane on business trips around the state but denied an extra mileage allowance for flying He may instead apply the automobile mileage he would have driven The council also renewed a Cedar Rapids employment commission lease at 300 and authorized buying nine new trucks and cars for state use.
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Des Moines
INS
State Executive Council
E. W. Carlsen
State Board of Control
Carlsen
Employment Commission
Cedar Rapids
Stunt flyer killed in Perry area air crash
Emmett C. Emery, 25, a navy air veteran and stunt flyer, died when his light plane crashed two miles west of Perry. He and Duane W. Adamson, manager of Adamson Airways, were practicing stunt maneuvers in separate planes for summer air show appearances. The wreckage cut a two foot deep gash in a plowed field. parts lay 200 feet away and Emery's body was wedged in the cockpit.
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Emery
Duane W. Adamson
Adamson Airways
Perry
New Legion Home to Be Dedicated in New Hampton
The town will formally dedicate a $50,000 American Legion home on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard will deliver the dedication address. A degree team from Marshalltown will initiate more than 250 World War II veterans into the New Hampton post.
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New Hampton
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Marshalltown
New Hampton Post
Waukon Toastmasters Club Receives Charter
WAUKON M A Eaton elected president as the Waukon Toastmasters club is presented a charter last week by Carleton Sias of Waterloo district president. Judge G B Richter is vice president, G W Eaton deputy governor, L L Samek secretary and treasurer, F L Indekofer sergeant at arms, Leon Henderson editor, and Truman Sliter educational chairman.
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Waukon
M. A. Eaton
Waukon Toastmasters Club
Carleton Sias
Waterloo
G. B. Richter
G. W. Eaton
L. L. Samek
F. L. Indekofer
Leon Henderson
Truman Sliter
Rotarians Name New District Governor at Waterloo
Dallas M. Harrison a Hampton dairyman was elected governor of the 132nd Rotary district at the annual convention in Waterloo. He succeeds Alvin R. Edgar of Ames. A committee was appointed to study possible redistricting of the district.
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Dallas
M. Harrison
Hampton Dairyman
Rotary
Alvin R. Edgar
Ames
Veterans Benefit Payments Decline in Iowa April
Des Moines AP says Iowa World War II veterans received 1,285,000 in allowances and benefits in April, down from 2,543,000 in April 1946. Most funds came from the federal government. payments were processed by the state employment security commission. Unemployed veterans received 20 weekly readjustment allowances totaling 515,142, and self employed veterans earned up to 100 during the month totaling 526,435. State unemployment insurance payments fell 21 percent from March to 243,459, with the average weekly payment at 1402.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Employment Security Commission
Commission
Unemployment Downward as Weather Aids Hiring
The unemployment trend is decidedly downward due to the arrival of more favorable weather and the opening of outside work, according to the commission.
Klaver Named G.O.P. Publicity Director
DES MOINES IA Robert L Klaver a former Davenport newspaper man has been elected Republican state publicity director by the Iowa Republican Central Committee He will begin duties around May 15 and will have offices in Des Moines Klaver spent 33 years at the Davenport Times including 25 years as city editor
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Des Moines
INS
Robert L. Klaver
Davenport
Iowa Republican Central Committee
Klaver
Willis York
Klauer
Davenport Times
Anti-Measles Serum Shipped to Iowa Des Moines
DES MOINES AP reports an air express delivery of 1100 vials of anti measles serum to the state health department. Director Nor Carl F. Jordan said the serum would be distributed through the department and pharmacists. The department had 500 vials on hand but depleted due to measles prevalence, especially in Des Moines, with a limited supply of measles convalescent serum expected early this week.
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Des Moines
State Department of Health
A Cross
New Brunswick
Carl F. Jordan
Preventable Disease Division
Health Department
Woman Killed Taking Driving Lesson in Des Moines
Mrs Blanche Day aged 52 died when the car she was using for a driving lesson jumped the driveway alley and struck a house. Her husband Claude Day 56 reported she pressed the accelerator in low gear and her foot froze. The death marked the third traffic fatality in Des Moines in five days and the fourteenth since January 1.
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Des Moines
INS
Blanche Day
Cross Convicted in Cedar County Drunk Driving Case
Cross, Sid ney H Cross of Tipton Sidney Mo line, convicted by Cedar county jury after 11 hours deliberation for drunk driving. Indicted by Cedar county grand jury. pled not guilty at preliminary hearing. Sentence not yet pronounced.
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Tipton
Sidney H Cross
Moline
Cross
Cedar County
Grand
Agg Reported Slightly Improved After Critical State
Ames AP says T. R. Agg, former dean of the engineering division at Iowa State College, was reported slightly improved by physicians Monday at the hospital where he is a patient. His condition had been critical Saturday night.
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AMES
T. R. Agg
Iowa State College
Allamakee Bachelor Farmer Found Dead
Adolph Jacobson, 74, a bachelor farmer, was found dead in his farm home about eight miles south of WAUKON on Sunday night. The body was discovered by relatives and authorities investigated the death as a possible natural cause.
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Waukon
Adolph Jacobson
Here
Neighbors Find Man Dead in Home. Coroner Names Cause
Neighbors alerted authorities after not seeing Ingeman Jacobson for days. Coroner Clark Roeminger and Deputy W. R. Ryan found the bachelor, likely dead for several days, with natural causes suspected. Surviving relatives include a Waterville brother and another in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Jacobson
Clark Roeminger
W. R. Ryan
Ingeman Jacobson
Waterville
la Crosse
Wis
Traer Farmer Buys Peter McEwen Estate Home
Earle Dunlavey of Tama county, a prominent local farmer, purchased the Peter McEwen estate home for $12,000. The residence is noted as one of Traer’s finest houses.
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TRAER
Earle Dunlavey
Tama County
Peter McEwen
Traers
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