Three Passengers Hurt In Milwaukee Train Wreck
CHARLES CITY AP Three passengers were injured early Tuesday when a Milwaukee passenger train left the rails a half mile west of Bassett seven miles east of Charles City. Sister Mary Charlotte of St Josephs hospital Ann Arbor Mich released from Cedar Valley hospital after back injury. A O Grubbel 48 Wilmette Ill and Mrs Eliza Metoxen 67 Milwaukee hospitalized. Jubbel neck injury and Mrs Metoxen a fractured rib. Engineer Art Peterson Mason City said head pair of driver wheels left rails tearing up about 300 yards of track. A sleeping car left rails and two coaches ahead of sleeper partly off track. Accident happened shortly after 3 am. Westbound passenger train The Sioux was on route from Chicago to Rapid City South Dakota. Sleeping car overturned on its side. two coaches tilted. Two baggage cars and a mail car remained on tracks.
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Charles City
Bassett
Mary Charlotte
St. Joeph’s Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Cedar Valley Hospital
A. O. Grubbel
Wilmette
Eliza Metoxen
Ilwaukee
Jubbel
Art Peterson
Mason City
Chicago
Rapidity
S. C
Final Examinations In Progress at SUI
Brecal to The Gazette Iowa City eight-day period of final examinations for the 1946-47 second semester began at the University of Iowa. Tests run two hours in liberal arts and commerce starting 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with no more than one exam daily. June 4 is the last day. Seniors follow with commencement events from June 1 honors convocation to June 7 degree awards.
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Brecal
the Gazette
Iowa City
University
Iowa
Liberals and Commerce
Jap Who Mistreated Allied Prisoners Gets 25 Years
Yokohama (UP) An eighth army commission on Tuesday sentenced Motoo The Pig Namba former officer at a war prison camp to 25 years at hard labor for mistreating Allied prisoners and misappropriating Red Cross supplies. The former second lieutenant in the Japanese army was convicted of mistreating C. Turner route 5 Waterloo and ten other prisoners.
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Yokohama
Motoo
Namba
Red Cross
C. Turner
Waterloo
Williams Holden wedding anniversary open house
Mr and Mrs fd Williams celebrate their Holden wedding anniversary with an open house Friday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 pm A family dinner will be served at 6 30 p m The Williams have three daughters and a son Three of their grandsons are in the service.
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Shellsburg
Fd Williams
Hhe Williams
Anamosa Queen Candidate Roma Porter for Eastern Iowa Band Festival
Roma Lee Porter of Anamosa is the queen candidate for Miss Eastern Iowa at the Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids on June 7. She plays cornet and has been in the band since high school, also active in mixed chorus and girls glee. The 18 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Porter will lead a 60 piece Anamosa band, directed by William L. Stusak, featuring Dick Brickely in a Stardust trumpet solo at Hillpark as lights form a star in a square. The day includes parades, concerts, and meals for 1,500 visiting musicians with events from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Roma Lee Porter
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Roma Lee
Eastern Iowa
Howard Porter
Young Men’s and Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
William L. Stusak
Hillpark
Dick Brickely
Greene Square
Plaza
Municipal Island
Naval Armory
Roosevelt Hotel
First Avenue Bridge
Hawkeye Downs
Hill Park
Two Brothers Take Filipino and French Wives in Ames
Des Moines AP reports two Des Moines brothers Eugene Turner 23 and Donald 25 plan to live in an Ames duplex with their foreign born wives while attending Iowa State College. Eugene married Virginia Mendiola 18 in the Philippines 16 months ago. Donald married Lucienne Des jardins 23 of Dieppe France recently after returning from service.
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DES Moines
Ames
Iowa State College
Eugene Turner
Virginia Mendiola
Philippines
Donald
Lucienne Desjardins
Dieppe
France
Iowa Marriages and Engagements Summary
Iowa marriages and engagements include West Union Patricia Schara wed Kenneth Hutzel at Nashua Little Brown church while both students at Upper Iowa University. West Union Elaine Mork to wed Norman Leiran June 8 at St Olaf Lutheran. Calmar Catherine Hagerman married Leo Ott at St Aloysius. Ossian Alice Huinker to marry Cornelius Reichs June 3 at St Francis de Sales. Wyoming Vesta Rockwell wed Lewis Moenk at Lutheran parsonage.
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West Union
Patricia Schara
H. F. Schara
Kenneth W Hutzel
Glen H. Hutzel
Burt, Ia
Little Brown
Nashua
Upper Iowa University
Elaine Vergie Mork
Abel Mork
Norman Leiran
Emmett Leiran
Waterville
St. Olaf Lutheran
Calmar
Catherine Hagerman
Joseph Hagerman
Leo Ott
Bob Ott
St. Lucas
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Ossian
Alice Huinker
William Huinker
Cornelius Reichs
Victor Reichs
St. Francis de Sales
Wyoming
Vesta Glee Rockwell
Clifford Rockwell
Lewis Moenk
Henry Moenk
Couple Die Three Hours Apart In Iowa Crash
Funeral services were held for Charles Pohlman and his wife at Correctionville and Whiting churches after they died in a Sioux City hospital from injuries suffered in a highway crash near Ute Iowa last Thursday night. Charles Pohlman thirty three had run a garage at Correctionville for a year and his wife was thirty nine.
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Sioux City
Correctionville Methodist Church
Congregational
Whiting
Charles Pohlman
Correctionville
Ute
Pohlman
End of month fashion sale on dresses and coats
Silk crepes and cottons in sizes 9 to 20 with prices up to 25. Sheer crepes shantungs and fine cottons from famous labels in sizes 9 to 15 and 10 to 20. Wool suits and gabardine coats offered with substantial markdowns, plus odd lot spring formal dresses and wedding gowns while stock clears.
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Odd Lot
Rainbow Girl Installed as Worthy Advisor in Belle Plaine
Audrey Kern was installed as Worthy Advisor of Belle Plaine Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls. Other officers named include Nancy Conrad, Jean Burrows, Rosemary McCoy, Edith Courter, Jeanie Dunham, Mary Ann Hughes, Ellen Stettler, Nancy MacPhine, Marlene Frazelle, Jacqueline Silver, Pat Woods, Virginia Beck, Katherine Dutoit, Joyce Anderson, Vivian Tippie, Marilyn Comer, Esther West, Barbara Stak, and Marian Bradshaw.
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Belle Plaine
Audrey Kern
Belle Plaine Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Nancy Conrad
Jean Burrows
Rosemary McCoy
Edith Courter
Jeanie Dunham
Mary Ann Hughes
Ellen Stettler
Nancy McAlphine
Marlene Frazelle
Jacqueline Silver
Pat Woods
Virginia Beck
Katherine Dutoit
Joyce Anderson
Vivian Tippie
Marilyn Comer
Esther West
Barbara Stak
Marian Bradshaw
British Ambassador To Visit Eagle Grove
Lord Inverchapel, British ambassador to the United States, will make a public appearance in Eagle Grove on Monday at 8 p.m. He will hold a question and answer session at the high school and later visit the Francis Newburn farm near Kear to study Iowa farming. His Midwest tour also includes Drake University Des Moines, Omaha, and Lincoln Neb.
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Eagle Grove
Lord Inverchapel
United States
Midwest
Eagle Grove High School
Lord
First Memorial Day Claimed by Hopkinton
Hopkinton residents renewed the claim that their town originated Memorial day observances. They cite a marble shaft on Lenox College campus built in 1856 honoring Civil War soldiers, ahead of Columbus Mississippi where Memorial day began a year later, with the holiday becoming national in 1868.
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Hopkinton
Columbus
Miss
Lenox College
Death of Vera Friley, wife of ISU president
Vera Forman Friley, 51, wife of Iowa State College President Charles E. Friley, died after a long illness. Born in Denton Texas, she trained at Texas State College for Women and Columbia University. Survived by husband two sons and a daughter, funeral Thursday at Iowa State Memorial Union Great Hall with burial in ISU cemetery.
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Fort Worth
Friley
P.E.0
PI Beta Phi Sorority
Ames Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Francis
Iowa State
William A. Friley
Oklahoma City
Charles E. Friley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Finley
Iowa State Memorial Union
Iowa State Cemetery
Wyoming Girl Struck By Pickup En Route To Sunday School
Sharley Bearce a 10 year old granddaughter of Mr and Mrs William French was struck and knocked down by a pickup truck on Sunday morning while on her way to Sunday school. After first aid she was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa for an X ray examination. Sheriff Henry Eichhorn is conducting an investigation.
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Wyoming
The
Gazette
Sharley Bearce
William French
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Henry Eichhorn
National Cemetery at Keokuk To Be Improved
Omaha AP District Army Engineers will award Sesto Construction Company a 22 217 dollar contract to upgrade roads walks drains and landscaping at Keokuk National Cemetery. The lone bid came in about 6 000 under the government estimate and work should start next week. The project covers crushed rock surface concrete curb and gutter storm drain walks fences grading and seeding across 900 and 1800 feet of concrete features and 500 feet of storm drains.
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Omaha
District Army Engineers
Keokuk
National Cemetery
Sesto Construction Company
Seventeen More SUN Apartments Completed
Iowa City Barrack apartments for University of Iowa married students by midweek total 202, following completion of 17 more near the stadium, the housing office has announced. About 542 families now are quartered in university housing projects. Most of the 17 new units will be assigned to couples now living in trailers and cooperative housing. Construction was retarded in early spring by labor troubles.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Keokuk Replaces Old Fire Equipment with New Engine
Keokuk fire department received a new 750 gallon pumper engine after more than a year of wait. Chief John Breheny stated two additional 1000 gallon pumpers and an 85 foot aerial ladder truck are also on order or in service.
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Keokuk
Keokuk Fire Department
John Breheny
Decorah School Board Member Buried in Coal Silo Collapse
Robert Bernatz a Decorah school board member was buried up to his waist when a silo containing 90 tons of coal collapsed as he filled a truck in the Ingvoldstad coal yard Tuesday morning. He was rescued by hand and sustained no serious injuries.
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Gazette
Decorah
Robert Bernatz
Ingvoldstad
Stretch of dam repairs tightens supplies in Waterloo area
Breheny of the department said several equipment pieces are near failure and that borrowed gear from Waterloo is in use until the new equipment arrives. The delay risks ongoing projects as crews await replacement tools.
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Breheny
Waterloo
Injuries Fatal to Man Pinned Under His Car
William McKenzie 58 of Livermore Indiana died in Mercy hospital from injuries after his car overturned on a highway near Livermore. He was pinned under the vehicle for three hours before motorists found him. He leaves a wife and four children.
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Fort Dodge
William McKenzie
Livermore
Mercy Hospital
Humboldt County
E. H. Bradley
McKenzie
Monticello Country Club Formal Opening Night
The Monticello Country Club will host a formal opening on Wednesday evening with a dinner at 6 30 followed by dancing.
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Monticello
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