Restrictions Easing for Iowa Fishing Limits
Des Moines Iowa conservation officials move toward removing catch possession and size limits on major lakes. Commission actions open crappie season early and remove bullhead limits while new legal size authority awaits use. Bruce Stiles cites balanced populations and natural checks as reason to reduce restrictions though local limits may remain.
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John W. Henderson
Towa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Conservation Commission
Commission
Lost Island Lake
Palo Alto
Clay Counties
Bruce Stiles
Stiles
Marengo Students to National Music Contest in Missouri
Ten Marengo high school students who won state firsts traveled to St. Joseph Missouri on Friday to compete in the national contest. The group included Janis Paulson Dolores Glentzer Norma Beer Alice Baack Mary Lou Colson John Lillie Wayne Folkman Virgil Newkirk Dick Kruse and Betty Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Marengo High School
St. Joseph
Janis Paulson
Dolores Glentzer
Norma Beer
Alice Baack
Mary Lou Colson
John Lillie
Wayne Folkman
Virgil Newkirk
Dick Kruse
Betty Ellis
Crimes in Iowa Increasing Says Chief Nebergall
Des Moines reports Iowa crime rising across all types with a 35.9 percent jump in bureau investigations in 1946 and a 60 percent rise in fingerprints in early 1947. Chief R W Nebergall cites easier access to cars tires and gasoline as enabling cross‑state gangs and notes rising juvenile offenses amid wartime family breakdown.
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Iowa
Chief Nebergall
Des Moines
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Nebergall
New Accident Report Law Takes Effect in Iowa
Iowa's new traffic accident reporting law became effective Friday after publication in the Northwood Anchor. Any accident causing $50 or more damage must be reported to the state Department of Public Safety, with drivers filing within 24 hours. Forms available from highway patrol, county sheriffs, and local police. When multiple drivers are involved all must file. Reports are confidential and not usable in court. Police forward completed forms to the safety department.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Northwood
State Department of Public Safety
Alfred Kahl
Safety Department
Police
Chief of Dubuque Fire Department to Retire
Perry H. Kirch the Dubuque Fire Chief will retire May 16 due to ill health at age 60. He began as a fireman in 1909 and became chief in 1944 after William L. Ryan's death. Two senior captains Harold H. Cosgrove and Thomas C. Hickson will lead temporarily.
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Dubuque
Perry H. Kirch
Kirch
William L. Ryan
Harold H. Cosgrove
Thomas C. Hickson
Ward Named Lieutenant Colonel by Gov Blue Des Moines
William W. Ward of Des Moines was named lieutenant colonel in the Iowa National Guard and battalion commander of the 100th Engineers battalion. Announcement came Friday from Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl’s office as Governor Robert D. Blue approved the appointment.
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Des Moines
William W. Ward
Iowa National Guard
100Th Engineers
Charles H. Grahl
Robert D. Blue
Mothers Guests Of SUI Students For Three Days
Iowa City events celebrate University of Iowa mothers with Mortar Board host. Friday features Aquamoods pool show and May Frolic in Iowa Union. Saturday includes ROTC review, home economics exhibits, YWCA open house, Ohio State baseball, plant exhibition, Craft Guild, and housing tour. Sunday offers a mother daughter meeting at 7:30 p.m. and university sing finals at 7 p.m.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Mortar Board
Iowa Union
Gov Blue
Y. C.A
Ohio State
Botanical Laboratory
Craft Guild
Virgil Hancher
Camp Fire honor awards at Marion High School gym
Camp Fire girls receive awards at a Marion High School gym program open to the public. Trailseeker’s rank is awarded to a long list of girls and boys, with babycraft and other honors given by Cedar Rapids district supervisor Mrs. John Battin. Local officials and hosts are named. hospital and employment notes follow, plus local advertisements and a birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. Lydia Merrill and Ruth Carlson.
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Marion High School
Trailseeker
Jean Dunt
Patricia Chapman
Marilyn LeClerc
Joan Wenger
Juanita Fuller
Anna Jean Marchant
Ruth Ann Knapp
Sandra Storm
Alyce de Wald
Charlese Birmingham
Virginia Goodrow
Marilyn Tritle
Marilyn Conklin
Judith Ann Gipp
Sharon Ozburn
Alice Engel
Margaret Evans
Marion Rural School District Bonds Sold At Par
Marion rural district sold bonds totaling 160000 at par with a 900 premium for site purchase and centralized school construction. Bonds bear 1.5 percent interest. Purchasers include Becker and Downie Iowa-Des Moines National Bank Des Moines Quail and Company White Phillips Company Davenport Duncan Wood and Paine Webber Jackson and Curtis Chicago.
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Marion Rural School District
Marion Independent Rural School District
Concord
Becker and Downie
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank
Des Moines, Quail and Company
White Phillips Company
Davenport
Duncan, Wood and Paine
Webber, Jackson and Curtis
Chicago
Marion area notices and visits span weekends
Mrs. Hanscom's family mourns and lists relatives in Vinton and Iowa City while Marion ministers attend district meetings in Walker. Marion Softball Association sponsors meet at Legion hall tonight. Local families travel to Chicago Hendersonville and Terre Haute to visit kin and celebrate Mother's Day as others recover from injuries.
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Marion Softball Association
Legion Hall
Carl Wightman
Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Nurse Graduates From Silver Cross Training School
Anamosa native Phyllis Jensen daughter of County Extension Director and Mrs C B Jensen of Anamosa graduated Thursday from the Silver Cross hospital training school for nurses at Joliet Illinois.
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Anamosa
Phyllis Jensen
C. B Jessen
Silver Cross Hospital Training School For Nurses
Joliet, Ill
Hughes Named Editor of Daily Iowan in Iowa City
R Bruce Hughes of Sioux City named editor of the University of Iowa student daily The Daily Iowan. Appointment announced at journalism school award banquet. Hughes also AP correspondent at the university and former Sioux City Journal-Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle staffer.
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Iowa City
Bruce Hughes
Sioux City
University of Iowa
Daily Iowan
School of Journalism
Hughes
Associated Press
University
Sioux City Journal-Tribune
San Francisco Chronicle
Barbara Henderson
Frivol
Sam Fulkerson
Cedar Rapids
Leah Mendelson
Omaha
Hawkeye
Carolyn Anderson
Mallard
Robert Widmark
Moville
WSUI
Gene Goodwin
Nashua
Dick Davis
Milford
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Veterans Administration
Knoxville
Lloyd Davis
Dainsville
Max Ulrich
Humboldt
Wayne Milbur
Mystic
Jess Robinson
Carroll
Commonwealth Dining Room
Virginia
Owen
Ward
Gov
Blue
America
Aree
Wn. Tehel Bottling Co
SUI
Marion News
Ness
Marion
Camp Fire
Myrtle Cunningham
St. Luke’s Hospital
W. E. Cooper
Milwaukee
University Hospital
J W. Barnoske, Jr
Austin, Minn
Mercy Hospital
Joey
Lydia Merrill
Ruth
Seventh Avenue
Merrill
Mary Carlson
Dewey Carlson
Werwitz
John Herwitz
Central City
Prairie Chapel
A B Curran
Curran
South
Tenth Street Market
Diana Fret Club
Elk’s Club
John FF. Coakley
Charles Duster
Coakley
Excelsior Springs
Aurora
Duster
Knapp Grocery
A. E Granger
Fred Smith
Andrew George
Frederick
Richland
Smith
George
Cleo Stickley
Minnesota
A. H Hanscom
Boston
Ruby Secrist Hans Com
Culbert’s Food Market
Thurs
Sat
Wilson
Texas
California
Nash
Edison
Iowa Electric Uchtan 0 Power Company
Robert Kline
Vinton
James Rozek
Hanscom
Marion Methodist Church
Harry Hense
Lawrence Gordon
Robert, Hense
Helen Davis
Cleveland
Gordon
Carl M. Cunningham
Marion Free Methodist Church
Cunningham
Walker
Marion Church
W. C. Hemmerling
Chain Lakes Road
R. Bruce Hughes
State of
Linn
Dora Tvrdik
Iete
Arthur Axmear
Kubicek
Novak and
Kaibicek
Dickey
Monarch
Jack Sprat
Richelieu
Maxwell House Coffee
Perfex
Lang’s Dill
Eagle Brand
Robin Hood
Montgomery Wid
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