Tornado Toll and Flood Havoc Hit Western Iowa
Des Moines AP reports three Iowans died as tornadoes and floods battered central and northwest Iowa. In Maxwell near Nevada a 12 year old and Merrill Hoyt died, while Frank Maxwell drowned near Mingo and Leonard Elliott near Ames survived a heart attack. Sioux City area saw injuries, farm losses and widespread property damage from tornadic winds. Odebolt Paton Washta and Pocahontas areas faced heavy destruction with rail cars overturned and farms wrecked. Des Moines reported 1.66 inches of rain and a 40 mph wind storm with damage including a lineman injured and traffic disruptions.
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Des Moines
West Mohler
Harold Mohler
Merrill Hoyt
Maxwell
Nevada
Frank Maxwell
Mingo
Leonard Elliott
Ames
Skunk
Odebolt
Paton
Maple River
Mapleton
North Western
Missouri Valley
Monona County
Washta
Cherokee County
Fonda
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Patonia
Greene County
Stanley Moore
Charles L. Moore
Frank R. Finley
Iowa Power and Light Company
Rock Island Train Wreck Near Fernald Injures Crew
Five cars and the tender derailed two miles south of Fernald on the Rock Island line amid heavy rain washouts at Colfax and Cambridge. Engineer H P Murphy of Des Moines suffered a broken leg and an express messenger was injured. Service was disrupted with trains rerouted via Allerton until the line reopened Friday morning.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Fernald
H P. Murphy
Colfax
Cambridge
Allerton
Derailment disrupts Rock Island service near Cambridge
A derailment from West Liberty to Cedar Rapids left the tender overturned and a mail car plus two baggage cars crosswise on the tracks while two coaches stayed upright. A work crew worked to clear the line with promises of Friday completion if washouts near Cambridge are repaired. Murphy was taken to a hospital in Ames and the express messenger to Marshalltown. North Western reported two washouts, rerouting some trains via the Milwaukee line.
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West Liberty
Cedar’ Rapids
Rock Island
Cambridge
Des Moines
Murphy
Ames
Marshalltown
Minneapolis
Kansas City
North Western Railroad
Nevada
Flooding from Linn Creekcuts rail line near Marshalltown
Heavy Thursday night rain caused Linn Creek to overflow, flooding tracks between Marshalltown and LaMoille and washing out several bridge abutments west of town. Traffic rerouted via Milwaukee road and Council Bluffs. Water reached three feet in the Minneapolis and St Louis shops by 10 a.m. Friday as residents in south Marshalltown lowlands were evacuated.
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Marshalltown
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Here
Lamoille
Tama
Milwaukee Road
North Western
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Marion High School Alumni Elects Gibson as President
Elizabeth Hess Gibson was chosen president of the Marion High School Alumni Association at a banquet hosted by the Legion auxiliary with Ralph Michel as vice president and Arminta Davidson secretary. The event honored 1944 graduates and included greetings from 1925 alumnus Stanley Kellams and various class representatives.
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Elizabeth Hess Gibson
Marion High School Alumni Association
Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Ralph Michel
Arminta Davidson
Hillis Gill
A. W. Salisbury
Stanley Kellams
John Palmer
Lulu B. Secrist
Teresa Naso Meci
la Verna Crew
Calvin Robison
Lois Parks
Carrie Reichert
Lulu Secrist
Dorothy Hutton
Sarah Hutton
Ralph Hutton
Robert Scott
H W. Erwin
Irvin Scott
Ina Dye
Pvt
Verle Howe
Camp Douglas
Ariz
Verle Breed
U.S.C
Camp Campbell
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Foot Relief
An Osco Drug Co advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil for aching tender inflamed feet. It claims first application relief and rapid improvement with continued use, promising a money back refund if not satisfied.
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Osco Drug Co
Moone
Local Notices and Social Announcements From Marion Area
Birthday greetings for Mrs. A C Maxwell Mrs James A Pringle and Mrs Pyle readers are told Linn County Rural Letter Carriers and auxiliary hold a picnic supper Saturday at 6 30 p m Walter E Van Fossens E J Stabel a Seventh Day Adventist Reformed church minister is moving from Marion to Oskaloosa St Paul s Lutheran church vacation Bible school opens Monday at 9 a m Pfc Richard D Comley visits from Indian Town Gap Pa to see parents Albert Comleys of Central City Howard M Titus Mildred Titus attend Fred Titus funeral in Independence Ralph Parks travels to Marfa Texas to see son Aviation Cadet Lowell B Parks who earned a second lieutenant commission Patty Galligher moving to Pillager Minn and gift given to her during a Meggers Christian Sunday school picnic at the Meggers home
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Patty Galligher
Pillager, Minn
Clarence Meggers
Christian
Meggers
Patty
Iowa Small Loan Groups Elect New Officers
The Iowa Association of Small Loan Companies elected H. M. Roth of Ottumwa as president at the Waterloo convention. Other officers include Jay Cherniack of Council Bluffs as vice president, Ellis J. Levitt of Des Moines as secretary, and W. C. Carpenter of Cedar Rapids as treasurer. District directors are R. L. Stotesberg of Dubuque Louis Bockenstedt of West Union J. A. Schulte of Bee City and Walter Ewald of Sioux.
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Waterloo
Iowa Association of Small Loan Companies
H. M. Roth
Ottumwa
Jay Cherniack
Council Bluffs
Ellis J. Levitt
Des Moines
W. C. Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Stotesberg
Dubuque
Louis Bockenstedt
West Union
J. A. Schulte
Bee City
Walter Ewald
Siouxity
Hickenlooper To Deliver Ames ISU Commencement Address
Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper will speak at Iowa State College graduation on June 9. Dr Charles E Finley ISU president announced Friday.
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Ames
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Triplets Born to Iowa Circus Performer’s Wife
At Lutheran hospital in Fort Dodge Iowa on Thursday night a boy and two girls were born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Duke Rockwell. The boy weighed 5 pounds 6 ounces the girls 4 pounds 5 ounces and 3 pounds 11 ounces. Mother and babies are reported doing fine. Duke 34 is a circus performer on tour in Canada and the couple already have three daughters aged 10 7 and 3.
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Fort Dodge
Lutheran Hospital
Ralph Duke
Rockwell Ity
Duke
Canada
Pharmacist Mate Gurnsey Ends Pacific Service Leave
Pharmacist Mate Joe E. Gurnsey wraps up a 19 month service in New Zealand New Caledonia New Georgia and the Russell Islands and is spending a leave with his parents Mr and Mrs L A Gurnsey in Urbana.
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Urbana
New Zealand
New Caledonia
New Georgia
Russell Islands
Joe E. Gurnsey
L. A. Gurnsey
Three Iowa Soldiers On Gripsholm Repatriation List
The War Department released 64 U.S. soldiers being repatriated from Germany aboard the Swedish liner Gripsholm with return to the United States likely in early June. They are sick or wounded and leave furlough hospitalization options are planned. three Iowa troops are listed Sgt George D Rice Shenandoah Tech 5g Francis D Nugent Mason City Pfc Herbert P Echter Sibley.
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Washington
War Department
U. S
Germany
Gripsholm
Barcelona
Spain
Iowa
George D. Rice
Shenandoah
Tech
Francis D. Nugent
Mason City
Herbert P. Echter
Sibley
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Smita Opt
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E. J. Stabel
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