Stassen to Speak on World Policy in Jefferson Iowa
Former Gov Harold E Stassen of Minnesota returns from Europe to address the Jefferson audience on world policy from the courthouse balcony at 8 p m Gov Robert D Blue to introduce him The United Nations theme includes a parade with 56 flag bearers on palomino horses and a Miss United Nations coronation followed by a ball game vaudeville show and band concert Stassen aides and local officials coordinate the events during the celebration
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Jefferson
United Nations
American Legion
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Robert D. Blue
Richardson
U.N
Iowa
Blue
Greene County
Courthouse Square
St. Paul
Marshal Stalin
Roche Memorial Library Fund For Wyoming Town
A $4879 bequest from Lucy Rising Roche of Spokane Wash funds a Roche Memorial Library in Wyoming. The town council will establish and maintain the library with trustees Mrs Herbert Groening, Mrs C R Smith, Mrs L M Koch, Mrs E F Kleineck and Mrs Everett Vrooman holding an organization meeting this week.
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Wyoming
Lucy Rising Roche
Spokane
Wash
Roche Memorial
G W. Ireland
Herbert Groening
C. R. Smth
L. M. Koch
E. F. Kleineck
Everett Vrooman
Catholics To Collect Fund For Ames Church
One hundred thousand Catholics in the Dubuque archdiocese will give next Sunday to a drive for a student church and religious center at Iowa State College Ames. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas Aquinas, will be built on land opposite the Ames Memorial Union with construction starting soon. Estimated cost is $200,000.
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Dubuque
INS
Archdiocese of
Child Falls From Second Story Window in Iowa City
In Iowa City a 16 month old girl, Judy King, fell from a second story window while playing at home. She sustained only a skinned knee and a loose tooth, with injuries described as minor. The window screen allegedly was secured with a strong hook by her mother, Mrs. Stanley King.
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Iowa City
INS
Judy King
Stanley King
Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs A B Knight observed in Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs A B Knight celebrate their golden wedding with an open house next Sunday from 2 to 5 pm. On the following day they will be honored at a family dinner hosted by their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Wilbur Bell in Cedar Rapids.
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Maynard
A.B. Knight
Wilbur .Bell
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Drexler Named Coggon Band Queen Candidate
Dorothy Drexler, senior at Coggon high, is chosen as queen candidate for the Eastern Iowa Band Festival to be held June 7 in Cedar Rapids. She plays saxophone, edits the school paper, captains the girls basketball team, sings, sews, acts, writes poetry and is the fastest typist in her class. She is vice-president of the 40 member band, a church choir singer, and has earned Hawkeye Girls State delegate honors and history medals.
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Dorothy Drexler
Coggon High School
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy
Coggon High
Coggan
Queen
Hawkeye Girls
Coggan American Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids Festival Opens June Seventh Amid Events
Coggan, secretary of Future Homemakers of America and actor in school plays, is one of 19 entrants in the Festival starting at 9 am June 7 with an evening show at Hawk eye Downs. The Young Men's and Retail Merchants bureaus of the Chamber of Commerce organize band concerts a parade through Cedar Rapids business district and an evening show.
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Homemakers of America
Coggan
Hawk‘eye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s and Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Patrolman Doubles as City Prosecutor in Traffic Court
Des Moines reports Patrolman N B Wilson, who studied law at home, was appointed acting city prosecutor by Municipal Judge Don Allen. After removing his weapon, he prosecuted two traffic cases and won convictions, then returned to duty as a patrolman.
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Des Moines
Llp
N. B. Wilson
Don Allen
Wilson
Iowa Reserve Officers Will Fly to Florida
Iowa Reserve Officers Association announced it will invite the national convention to Des Moines in 1948. Brig Gen George Olmsted will extend the invitation at this year’s Miami convention. Delegates traveling by special plane include Lt Col Milo Mitralsky, Maj Lucius Fitch, Lt Col Joseph H Buchanan, Lt Col Franklin C Mohler, Capt Richard L Wynes, Maj Sophus Kling, Capt Robert A Peterson, Capt William Moss, Lt A D Riveal, and Col Eugene Smith.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of the Reserve Officers Association
George Olmsted
State Council
Miami
Fla
Iowa
Milo F. Mitralsky
Cedar Rapids
Lucius Fitch
Joseph H. Buchanan
Ames
Franklin C. Mohler
Creston
Richard L. Wynes
Dubuque
Sophus Kling
Robert A. Peterson
Council Bluffs
William Moss
Storm Lake
A. D. Riveal
Mason City
Eugene Smith
Waterloo
Vacation Bible Schools Planned by Four Congregations
Decorah churches announce four vacation Bible schools with start dates. Congregational and Methodist programs open May 26, while two Lutheran schools begin June 2.
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Decorah
Vandals Damage 1000 Dollars in Oakland Cemetery
Iowa City police seek vandals who toppled or defaced 17 tombstones in Oakland cemetery last weekend. Chief Edwin Ruppert said many stones were smashed and damage likely exceeds 1000 dollars. Beer bottles and cans were found around the area and the cemetery may be closed at night. Couples reportedly used the area as a late night recreation spot.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Oakland Cemetery
Edwin Ruppert
Ruppert
World Federalists to Convene at Iowa City
Delegates from seven Iowa chapters of the United World Federalists will hold their first state convention in Iowa City Saturday and Sunday. The meeting aims to expand the world federation movement in Iowa with a new constitution policy statement and action program. Speakers include Edison B Dick Harris Wofford and Lawrence Dennis. Other Iowa chapters are at Central College Pella Cornell College Mt Vernon Drake Des Moines Iowa State College Humboldt and Muscatine.
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Iowa City
Iowa
United World Federalists
Harris Wofford
Student Movement For World Government
Lawrence Dennis
Daily Iowa
UWF
Central College
Pella
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
Humboldt and Muscatine
Chiropractic Society Elects New Officers
DES MOINES AP Dr George A Knoke of Missouri Valley was elected president of the Chiropractic Society of Iowa at the convention’s close. He succeeds Dr Clarence Clark of Waterloo. Dr Lyman Perkins of Monticello was named third vice president and Dr J G Perkins of Anamosa was elected a two year director. The 1948 convention will be held here June 13 and 14.
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Des Moines
George A. Knoke
Missouri Valley
Chiropractic Society of Iowa
Clarence Clark
Waterloo
Lyman Perkins
Monticello
J. G. Perkins
Anamosa
Land
Army Calls for 2000 Nurses for Regular Corps
DES MOINES, INS. The army seeks about 2000 nurses for the regular army nurse corps to staff general hospitals and fill vacancies at camps posts and stations at home and abroad. Col. Stone T. Sutton said thousands of battle casualties remain. Veteran nurses from World War II will have priority, with others in the army nurse corps seeking integration. Vacancies filled by applicants without prior military experience. New retirement rules set age 50 for captain and 55 for major, with 20 years service.
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Des Moines
INS
Army
Regular Army Nurse Corps
Stone T. Sutton
Iowa Military District
Sutton
J Army
Army Nurse Corps
Regular Corps
Regular Army
Burglar Sentenced In Iowa City Court
District Judge Harold D. Evans sentenced 26 year old George A. Furman to the Anamosa reformatory for terms up to 10 years on each of 14 counts of breaking and entering. Sentences run concurrently after Furman pleaded guilty to all charges. He was arrested last month and indicted May 9 by the Johnson County grand jury for 12 burglaries in Iowa City and two in Coralville.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
George A. Furman
Anamosa
Furman
Johnson County
Coralville
Barbers Convention Names 1948 Site In Iowa
The Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of Iowa re-elected all officers at Muscatine closing session. Des Moines was chosen as the 1948 convention site. A. E. Morehouse of Cedar Rapids remains secretary and treasurer.
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Muscatine
Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of
Iowa
Des Moines
A . E. Morehouse
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Marriages and Engagements
Iowa notices announce several marriages and engagements across Decorah Waukon Keystone Springville Vinton and nearby towns. The lists include Anna Rohm and Leonard Iverson wed at Big Canoe Lutheran church, Katherine Hegeman and Aldo Minegar engagement, and multiple ceremonies set for June and May in Decorah Zion Reformed Church St. Patrick’s and other local parishes.
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Decorah
Anna Rohm
Ole Rohm
Leonard Iverson
Marvin Iverson
Highlandville
Big Canoer Lutheran Church
Waukon
William Hegeman
Katherine
Aldo Minegar
Harry Minegar
St. Patrick’s Church
Marriages filed across towns in Iowa region
In a series of notices from West Liberty Cedar Rapids Riverside Calmar and nearby areas couples announce their marriages. Names include Katha ryn to Leo Ott, Dorothy Jacobs to Lester Walker, Edward Mannion to Arla Christi, Norma Barnhart to Robert Thomas, Walter Gehling to Jewel Sexton, Teresa Brophy to Edward Werthmann, Marguerite Amundson to John Rominger.
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Katharyn
Leo Ott
St. Lucas
West Liberty
Dorothy Jacobs
James Butler
West Branch
Lester A. Walker
Glen Walker
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Riverside
Edward Mannion
Riverside Leader
Arla Frances Christi
Chanute
Kas
Norma Jean Barnhart
Edward Barnhart
Robert Thomas
Paul Thomas
Wilton
Calmar
Bernard Gehling
Walter
Jewel Sexton
Granite City
Ill
Teresa Brophy
Lea Brophy
Edward H. Werthmann
Davenport
St. Mary’s Church
Waukon
Marguerite Amundson
Arthur Amundson
John Rominger
C. W. Rominger
Chicago
Pacific
Europe
Medical
Miss Scott to Speak in Delaware County
Grace Leigh Scott the field secretary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union will speak in Delaware county on May 27 and 28. She will appear at Colesburg Methodist church at 10 a.m. Earlville Methodist church at 2 p.m. and Delhi Methodist church at 8 p.m. on May 27. On May 28 she speaks at Manchester Methodist church at 2 30 p.m. and Oneida Methodist church at 8 p.m.
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Grace Leigh Scott
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Delaware County
Colesburg Methodist Church
Earlville Methodist Church
Delhi Methodist Church
Manchester Methodist Church
Oneida Methodist Church
Mother of 16 Children Files Suit for Divorce
A Des Moines court petition alleges cruel treatment by James V. Gilchrist from 30 years of marriage. Mrs. Ariah Gilchrist seeks support from six of their children while ten are self supporting. The youngest triplets Jean Joan and Janice are 14.
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Des Moines
INS
Des Moines District Court
Ariah Gilchrist
James V. Gilchrist
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Barbers Convention
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Albert Gundacker
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Protivin
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William Dunt
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Arlene Kavalier
John Strachota
Elberon
Leon Kruckenberg
Victor Kruckenberg
St. John’s Parsonage
Marlys Johnson
Walter Johnson
Everett Seath
Albert Lea
Minn
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Springville
J.E. Archibald
Patsy Arlene
Charles Harderson
Thomas Harderson
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
West Union
Ethel Boyle
George Boyle
Elgin
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P. M. Grimes
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Vinton
John N Lindt
Arlene Margaret
Charles Rabe
George Rabe
Belle Plaine
Etta E. Byram
Ralph E. Young
Joseph Hagerman
Miss Scott
Kaiser and Frazer
Card Motor Company
New Hampton
Monnahan Motors Delwein
Dewey Tatro Co
W. Water Decorah
Platt Motor Co
Manchester
Dwyer Motors McGregor
Hunter Motors, Inc
Second Ave. and
Tenth St. SE
Eden Service
Farm Supply & Service
Aplington
Harnack Motor Co
Commercial St
Galena
Illinois
Feltes Motor Co., Inc
W. 12Th St. Dubuque, Iowa
Cheeseman’s Garage
Eleader
Stewart Auto & Tractor Shop
E. 7Th St
Washington
Wade & Company Wellman
West Side
Dyersville
Olson Motor Co
Reed Motor Co
Burlington
Severn Farm Supply
Dellabella & Selleck Motor Sales
Cuba City
Wisconsin
Wellsburg Motor Service
Wellsburg
Halverson’s Motor Co
Clermont
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Manhattan
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