State Board Plans Dairy Cade Sale
Des Moines reports the state executive council approved public auction of the dairy herd and equipment from the School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs after a fire destroyed the barn. Dairies in Council Bluffs and Omaha will contract to supply milk at a savings of about $2,000 from operating costs. The sale includes a farm northeast of Eldora to Mr and Mrs Roscoe Cain for $20,000 and the purchase of three Ford cars for the state dispatcher at $16,900.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
State Board of Education
Gairy
Omaha
Eldora
Iowa State College
Roscoe Cain
Ford
Schick Barracks Dismantled for La Crosse Housing
The federal housing authority authorized Benjamin Chalmers of Chicago to dismantle 11 barracks from Schick General hospital in Clinton Iowa and the Savanna Ordnance depot for conversion into 53 dwelling units at La Crosse Wisconsin. Work must finish by June 28.
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Chicago
Regional
Federal Public Housing Authority
Benjamin Chalmers Company
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Savanna Ordnance Depot
la Crosse
Wis
Leo Crowley To Speak At Loras College Commencement
Leo T. Crowley former head of the Office of Economic Warfare and noted economist will deliver the commencement address at Loras College on June 2. He currently serves as president of the Milwaukee Railroad.
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Leo Crowley
Loras
Iowa State Gets Quonset Buildings For Poultry Tests
Iowa State College received seven straw steel quonset buildings to house chickens for egg and meat production experiments. The 20 by 48 foot structures will have insulated walls windows concrete floors and heaters. Dr H L Wilcke will direct the hatching and cross breeding studies as part of the poultry husbandry program. The packaging arrived before the coal strike freight embargo.
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Detroit
Iowa State College
Great Lakes Steel Corporation - Manu Ae Division
Monay
H. L. Wilcke
Ben Schaffer
College
Marine Sends Mother Beater to Hospital
Davenport reports a Saturday assault on Mrs. Lena Lotspich by her son, Robert Duncan, ending with a fractured cheekbone for him after a marine on leave, William Schumacher, intervened. Police will file charges once Duncan’s condition improves. the mother is said to be in fair condition at home.
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Davenport
Robert Duncan
Lena Lotspich
William Schumacher
Duncan
Schumacher
Ten Blairstown schoolhouses auctioned by board sale
Ten country schoolhouses were sold at a Blairstown auction for 7532.50. A consolidated school will open next fall. Purchasers include Raymond Coffland, William Wittenburg Jr, William Schultz, Rollin Bruch, Vernon Vohoska, Raymond Gillis, Ernie Eckert, and land involved in several lots. Buildings not moved are Leroy No 6 and those with land.
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Blairstown
St. Clair
Raymond Coffland
William Wittenburg, Jr
William Schultz
Leroy
Rollin Bruch
Leroy No. 6
Tracks Cleared After Derailment Slays Transient
A derailment on the Northwestern railroad near Ames scattered 12 freight cars along the right of way. One transient was killed and two others injured. The dead man was tentatively identified as Rudy Madrich of Gary Indiana. Injured were Emil Duborja of Gary and Joseph Wiley of Dayton Ohio, listed in critical condition at an Ames hospital.
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AMES
North Western
Rudy Madrich
Gary
Ind
Emil Duborja
Joseph Wiley
Dayton
Ohio
St Germain Heads Building Council Addressing Prefab Homes
The Iowa State Building Trades Council met in Burlington and adopted a resolution to support prefab home construction in Iowa cities. Ernest St Germain was re-elected president with J W Washburn as vice president and J S Bartholomew as secretary and treasurer. Board trustees named were M W Dietrick Leo Morgan and Rudolph Richter.
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Burlington
Iowa State Building Trades Council
Iowa
Ernest St. Germain
Eighteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Washburn
Muscatine
J. S. Bartholomew
Ottumwa
M. W. Dietrick
Leo Morgan
Rudolph Richter
Lions Club Fun Night Promises County Fair Vibes
Toledo hosts Ye Old County Fair night at the Community hall under Lions Club sponsorship. A 10 piece band, confetti and balloons set carnival mood with a queen crowned for selling the most tickets and a $20 prize. Boy Scout handiwork on display and an athletic show accompany merchandise booths and dancing by the Marshalltown orchestra. Arnold Wiebold chairs the arrangements committee.
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Gazette
Toledo
Lions Club
Marshalltown
Arnold Wiebold
Guthrie Center Woman Killed in Auto Crash
Guthrie Center Iowa Mrs Harmon Brady 50 was killed and her daughter Neva Brady 19 injured in a Sunday afternoon highway 64 collision east of Guthrie Center. The other car carried two unidentified Red Oak men who were uninjured.
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Guthrie Center
Ins
Harmon Brady
Neva Brady
Here
Brady
Highway 64
Iowa Postmasters Nominated in Iowa
The senate approved postmaster nominations for Emma M. Skoda of Protivin and Edward F. Floody of Castalia in Iowa.
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Washington
Senate
Iowa
Emma M. Skoda
Protivin
Edward F. Floody
Castalia
Olmsted accuses Blue of muddying voter views on state funds
Webster City Iowa dispatch reports Republican governor candidate George Olmsted accusing Gov Robert Blue of confusing voters by calling idle dollars a reserve. Olmsted cited three point tax fund balances from 1945 to projections for 1947 and urged returning surplus to local subdivisions to cut property taxes and fund schools and roads.
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Webster City
George Olmsted
Robert Blue
Olmsted
Blue
Grinnell
Acee Olmsted
Bass Season To Be Opened Early In Iowa
Iowa anglers will be allowed to fish for bass and other nesting fish on all waters south of U S highway 30 starting June 1, two weeks earlier than usual. The early opening applies to large and small mouth bass crappie calico warmouth rock bass sunfish and bluegills with paddlefish and rock sturgeon remaining without an open season. Crappie seasons on certain lakes remain unchanged.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U. S. Highway 30
State Conservation Commission
Okoboji
Sto’ Manawa
Clear
Black Hawk Lakes
Priorities Sought for 4523 Homes in Iowa 1946
Des Moines ap report shows H R McBride says since Jan 20 priorities have been asked for 4523 homes or multiple unit dwellings. Weekly starts in Iowa near 500 despite lumber shortages. Experts say 1946 may approach 1930s mid rates though not reach 1941-42 levels. In 1938 Iowa built 10236 new residences.
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Des Moines
H. R. McBride
Federal Housing Administration
Iowa
Notice of Probate of Will in Iowa
Notice is hereby given for the proof and admission of a will. Dated in Cedar Rapids Iowa on May 16. The message lists names and officials involved in the probate process and the district court references.
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Atate
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Axmear
Gllerk E District
Otto L. Mbohiuter
Asteone
Edgar A Guest The Poet of the People
A poem by Edgar A Guest personifies memory as an inescapable companion that follows a person from waking to dreaming, promising to accompany them wherever they go through life. The verse emphasizes memory’s persistent presence and inability to escape.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Troop Arrivals List From United Press
Troop ships due in U S ports Monday include New York Gen Brooke from Le Havre with 1883 personnel and General Le Roy Eltinge on board. San Francisco Rawlins from Samar with 1920 Navy personnel. LCI 356 from Pearl Harbor with 15 Navy personnel. San Diego Maumee with 30 Navy personnel. LCI 561 with details unavailable.
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United Press
United States
New York
J. R. Brooke
le Havre
LeRoy Eltinge
la Havre
San Francisco
Rawlins
Samar
Pearl Harbor
San Diego
Maumee
Murray says CIO Steel Workers vow no repeat of 46 strikes
Philip Murray asserts the CIO Steel Workers will honor their wage agreement and avoid another 1946 strike even if Congress drops OPA and inflation controls. He calls on Senate leaders to extend the OPA act and set an adequate minimum wage to speed reconversion.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Philip Murray
CIO
Congress
OPA
Steel Union
Murray
Senate
Barkley
D.-Ky
White
Maine
B 29 Sets Honolulu to Mainland Flight Record
The B 29 Fluffy Fuzz Vv piloted by Lt. Col. Robert L. Gould flew from Honolulu to Hamilton Field California in seven hours and 140 minutes, shaving 30 minutes off the prior record set a week earlier by a Pan American Constellation clipper.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Honolulu
Robert L. Gould
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