Democratic chiefs rally in Des Moines for party talks
Democratic leaders from Des Moines and across Iowa gather for a state rally as party factions discuss control and future appointments. Senator Guy M. Gillette and Ed ward C. Eicher are slated to speak, with possible appearances by Nelson G. Krasch el and John K. Valentine.
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Democratic
Des Moines
Ione
James A. Farley
Eld
Guy M. Gillette
Edward C. Eicher
Otha D. Wearin
Gillette
Mr Vernon To Be Home Of Irl Tubbs Family
IOWA CITY Mr and Mrs Irl Tubbs and their daughters Sally and Helen will move from Iowa City to Mount Vernon June 1 the former Hawkeye football coach revealed Saturday. Helen who will graduate from University high school this month plans to enter Cornell college in the fall while Sally will return here for her junior year at the University of Iowa.
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Irl Tubbs
Sally
Helen
Mount Vernon
Hawkeye
University High School
Cornell College
University of Iowa
Tubbs Exits Cedar Rapids Interview Says No Future Plans
Tubbs said after a Saturday interview in Cedar Rapids that he has no plans for the future and no contacts that might lead to a coaching position. He also has no business prospects. The family will move to Mount Vernon so Helen can attend the Cornell College conservatory of music.
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Tubbs
Mount Vernon
Helen
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Bishop Hughes To Speak at Cornell College Graduation
Mount Vernon Bishop Ed win Holt Hughes of Washington D C will be the main speaker at Cornell College commencement on June 5. About ninety seniors will receive degrees. He previously spoke at Cornell in 1932 and led DePauw University for five years. He was ordained in 1892 and became senior bishop in 1932, and is a member of Delta Tau Delta and Phi Beta Kappa. He authored many books, including the notable Are You An Evange.
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Mount Vernon
Edwin Holt Hughes
Washington, D. C
Cornell College
Bishop Hughes
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Methodist Church
Delta Tau Delta
Phi Beta Kappa
Hare Named Second Secretary at American Legation in Cairo
The State Department announced that Raymond A. Hare of Manchester Iowa now serving in the department has been designated second secretary of the American legation at Cairo Egypt.
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Washington
State Department
Foreign Service
Raymond A., Hare
Manchester
Department of State
Cairo
Egypt
Rain Blesses Mesquakie Harvest Ceremony on McIntosh Hill
Special to The Gazette reports Mesquakie men led a four day harvest rite on McIntosh hill with drums chants and a rain shower that followed Friday prayers. Young Bear 79 asserted belief in the Great Spirit while Les Louis Jones Mitchell and others performed sacred dances and feasts as women and children observed.
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Young Bear
Les Louis Jones-Mitchell
East Meets West And East Loses In Iowa Benefit Ruling
An Iowa unemployment official firm on a Chinese cook case says loss of face affects choice but Iowa law requires accepting any suitable job. The cook refused a second cook position, seeking a first cook role, delaying his first benefit check by five weeks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kirkland Sets Distinction In Jail Transfer
Judge L. J. Kirkland of Vinton rules the Tama county jail unfit and transfers Jim Kelley to Marshall county jail in Toledo citing lack of adequate facilities. Both jails remain on the federal government's compliance list.
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Marshall County
L. J. Kirkland
Vinton
Tama County
Toledo
Kirkland
Jim Kelley
Kelley
Tama
Davenport Club Woman Mrs Mueller Dies After Illness
Mrs. Alfred C. Mueller 62 of Davenport dies at home after a long illness. A prominent club woman and wife of the Republican nominee for Congress from Iowa's Second District, funeral services are set for Tuesday afternoon.
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Davenport
Alfred C. Mueller
Davenport Club
Iowa
Iowan Rambo Dies After Accident From Spotted Fever
Rex Rambo, 57, a dairy farmer near Nicosauqua, died in a Fairfield hospital from Rocky Mountain spotted fever after a highway crash west of Fairfield. He struck a team of horses, crawled from the cab, and lay beside the road. A physician reported his temperature at 106 degrees. woodticks spread the disease. He leaves a widow and seven children.
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INS
Rex Rambo
Nicosauqua
Rocky Mountain
Rambo
Williamsburg School Board Edict Limited in Diploma Rule
Iowa ruling says seniors cannot be denied diplomas for missing graduation activities. Assistant Attorney General John Rankin cites a Supreme Court decision that the ceremonial events do not entitle a diploma, only completion of the prescribed curriculum does. The opinion also touches bicycle licensing and home wine rules for personal use.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
John M. Rankin
J. Paul Naughton
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Rankin
Supreme Court
Horace Pike
Phil Sproul
Iowa State Safety Council
Pike
Mason City collision injures two women. driver charged
Mrs. James E. Blythe 81 and her daughter Mrs. Hugh Gilmore 56 were treated with severe bruises after a head on crash east of Mason City. Robert Gilmore 22, in the Blythe car, and Paul Miller 36 Muscatine painter who drove the other vehicle were listed in fair condition. County Attorney C W Barlow filed a charge against Miller for driving while intoxicated.
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Mason City
James E. Blythe
Hugh Gilmore
Robert Gilmore
Paul Miller
C. W. Barlow
Miller
Woman Dies After Five-Story Fall At Carver Building
Falls five stories to death when she plunged from a seventh floor women’s restroom onto a second story court roof. Dr J R Forbes Webster County coroner investigates the fatal fall in Fort Dodge.
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Nan Flynn
Carver
J. R Forbes
Webster County
Last Civil War Vets Remain in Five Iowa Counties
Five Civil War veterans, the last in their counties, are pictured. A O Ash, 90, Winneshiek, enlisted at 17 with Wisconsin infantry and is Decorah North resident. Dr W A Vincent, 92, Benton, began practice in Belle Plaine in 1888 after Army of the Potomac service. twice wounded and near Lee surrender. John T Gager, 98, Fayette, fought three years with Sherman and kept a daily war diary. G W Kays, Buchanan’s last, 15-year-old Wisconsin infantry recruit. knee wound near Memphis led to amputated leg. now a retired druggist. Lewis F Sigafoose, 94, Washington, farm near Washington town. 24 battles with Town Infantry and siege of Vicksburg. to attend Memorial Day services.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Wisconsin Infantry
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Benton County
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Army of the Potomac
Lee
Grant
John T. Gager
Fayette County
Sherman
Georgia
G. W. Kays
Buchanan
Independence
Wiscon
Sin
Memphis
Lewis F Sigafoose
Washington County
Washington
Vicksburg
Velvet railroad track in Iowa long mile unjoins to be considered
Iowa's notable mile of railroad east of Oneida on the Chicago Great Western earns the nickname velvet for jointless rails and rubber cushioned ties. Officials say it is the only such length west of the Mississippi, a first step in its unique construction.
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Oneida
Chicago Great Western
Mississippi River
Oelwein
Patronage Brawl Delays Driver's License Issuance
Tipton Cedar County Sheriff W W Christian denounces a patronage clash over a new driver license issuance. Republican officials and Karl Fisher of Des Moines appointed a typist without his consultation. The sheriff refuses to accept the appointee and no licenses will be issued until the matter is resolved.
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Tipton
Cedar County
W. W. Christian
Karl W. Fischer
Commissioner of Public Safety
Des Moines
Christian
Man Defrauder Paroled After Impersonating Federal Official
DES MOINES AP Federal Judge Charles A Dewey on Saturday paroled Cecil Robert Katz alias William M Hurley of Chicago after a year and a day in federal prison for impersonating a federal official Katz defrauded Rev Ernest Holtz of Wilton Junction of 168 by posing as a member of a congressional committee investigating security sales Katz had just completed a sentence in a Connecticut penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses He told the court the act was just dumbness and said he had been in the legitimate brokerage business in Chicago.
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Charles A. Dewey
Cecil Robert Katz
William M. Hurley
Chicago
Katz
Ernest Holtz
Wilton Junction
Connecticut
Cloud I. Level
Memorial day ranks Iowa G A R veterans dwindling
Iowa Grand Army of the Republic reports only 145 of 75 000 Civil War veterans in Iowa remain active for Memorial day exercises. average age 93 with four in the eighties and three past 100. list details veterans by county with ages and towns across eastern Iowa.
Iowa Reports Big Rise in Fishing and Hunting Licenses
Iowa hunters bought 29 000 more licenses in the year ending April 1 boosting total hunting and fishing licenses to 256 743. Pheasant shooting resumed last November after two closed seasons. The 150 dollar combination license remained strong as the two way license total rose to 66 670. The fishing license count climbed by about 11 000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Conservation Commission
Wrong House Gets New Roof Option
West Des Moines AP reports a roofing firm offered to sell Carl Williams city clerk the reroofed house at 232 Fourth Street for half price. Williams refuses to pay, saying the company was ordered to roof a different address and mistakenly worked on 332 Fourth Street, his home.
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West Des Moines
Carl Williams
Williams
Fourth Street
William
Oskaloosa Man Heads Iowa U C T O Council
W F Steddom of Oskaloosa was elected counselor of the Grand Council of Iowa United Commercial Travellers. Olive Schoen of Davenport was named counselor of the auxiliary. E G Pullen of Waterloo named junior counselor. H Wy Fower of Davenport secretary. Li O Grout of Keokuk treasurer. Delegates to the supreme council include William F Sarset of Cedar Rapids. The 1949 convention will go to Fort Dodge.
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William F. Sarset
Cedar Rapids
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