Pension Act Expands Benefits for About 60000 Workers
Des Moines reports about 60,000 state county city and school district employees will gain under the Iowa retirement act effective January 1 1946. The act mirrors the federal Social Security plan with 1 percent payroll deductions matched by employers, a 65 year retirement age and maximum $85 monthly benefit. After 30 months contributions fully insure benefits for the worker and dependents. The scheme allows existing local pension plans to continue or merge with the state plan, and non teaching school workers are included.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State
Des Moines Soybean Mill Destroyed By Fire
A spectacular fire destroyed the Spencer Kellege and Sons soybean mill in Des Moines on Tuesday. Twelve workers escaped uninjured as flames shot 30 to 50 feet high and a wall collapsed onto two boxcars on a nearby siding. The works manager estimates losses in the thousands, with the plant processing about 140 barrels daily.
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Des Moines
Spencer Kellege and Sons, Inc
Dinewtown
W. Powley
Newspaper Masthead Fragment From Cedar Rapids Gazette
Fragmentary newspaper masthead and publication details list Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 The Gazette Company and Associated Press wire services are noted along with subscription rates and advertising lines References to postal registration and address blocks indicate a 1932 era page segment with scattered OCR errors and ad copy presented as standard masthead material
Consolidated Grocers Formed In Major Merger
CHICAGO AP The Consolidated Grocers corporation created Tuesday under Maryland law unites two Marshalltown firms and claims to be the largest wholesale grocery distributor in American history. It will operate Reid Murdoch and Company Chicago wholesale house Sprague Warner division CD Kenny division Western Grocery Company Marshall Canning Company and Dannemiller’s Grocery as separate divisions within the new group. Western Grocery of Marshalltown was purchased last year by Sprague Warner.
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Chicago
Consolidated Grocers’ Corporation
Marshalltown, Inc
Nathan ‘Cummings
Sprague
Warner-Kenny ‘Corporation
Maryland
Cummings
Consolidated Grirers
Reid Murdoch and Company
Chicago Wholesale House
Sprague Warner
Cd, Kenny Division
Western Grocery Company
Marshall Canning Company
Dannemiller’ Grocery Company
Consolidated
Marshalltown
Meredith Adds $100,000 Gift to Drake University
Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith announced an extra $100,000 gift to Drake University, raising her total year to $200,000 and boosting the current endowment drive to over $2,000,000. The funds will support Edwin T. Meredith hall in memory of her husband and Drake founder.
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E. T. Meredith
Drake University
DES Moines
Edwin T. Meredith
Meredith
Meredith Publishing Comipany
Woodrow Wilson
Henry G. Harmon
Des Moines Night Clubs Feel Heat After Shootings
Des Moines gambling rooms at meht cabs and bordering clubs remained closed for a fourth week after the April 28 shooting of Ralph Blackburn 37. Officials called Johnnie Critell’s conviction a warning to pull in the town’s troublemakers as police stepped up pressure on tavern owners and gambling operations.
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DES Moines
Ralph Blackburn
Johnnie Critell
Notice to Destroy Weeds In Cedar Rapids Lands
The Cedar Rapids City Council orders landowners and occupants to destroy noxious weeds such as bindweed dock thistle and knapweed on all lands including railroad property. FirstCut dates vary from June 3 to July 30 1945 with repeated cuts as needed to prevent seed. Failure to comply will result in the city destroying weeds at the owners’ expense. Published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette May 29 30, 1945.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowans Honor War Dead Across State On Memorial Day
Iowans will pay tribute with gold stars listing the fallen from World War II and Civil War veterans still living in their 100s, as Memorial Day observances unfold in cities including Ottumwa Waterloo and Dubuque. Parades cemetery services and veteran group participation mark the day, with speakers such as Max Van Horn and Lt Col Hoffmann guiding ceremonies. Remaining Civil War veterans include Michael Franz in Ottumwa, Ebenezer McMurray and others aged 97 to 100.
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Towa
Ottumwa
Michael Franz
Wapello County
Waterloo
Max van Horn
Cedar Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dubuque
Loras Academy R
M. M. Hoffmann
O'Reilly General Hospital
Springfield
Hoffmann
Loras College
American War Dads
Ono
Iowa
Do I Tell Mother The Soldier Says He’s Doing All Right
Soldier speaks of endurance in harsh camp life, insisting he is doing all right despite rations in tins mud on his tent and water hauled from a tank. He mentions heat cold nights and moldy clothing while away from home and mother.
State Will Spend 47500 for Mobile Test Laboratories
Iowa plans two large mobile laboratories for tuberculosis case finding. Each unit costs about 22000 dollars with half of the first funded by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association and the second financed by new federal funds under a tuberculosis control act. The program totals roughly 47500 dollars and includes a portable unit.
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DES Moines
State ‘Executive Council
State Health Department
Walter L. Bierring
Jowans
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
The
Tuberculosis Association
Iowa
Bierring
Pioneer Cedar Rapids physician Dr Ruml honored in 65th year
Dr Ruml, born Aug 28 1867 in the United States to Czech parents, rose from illness to become a famed bone fractures specialist in Cedar Rapids. A longtime educator and WWI medical corps volunteer, he marked 50 years in medicine with a gold cane and Northwestern reunion. Now in his 65th year, he relaxes at his office as his sons joke with him.
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Tiska Ruml
Cedar Rapids
Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
Dr. Ruml
United States
Ristine
Ruml
Northwestern
Medical School
Coe College
Dr. Ristine
Two Escaped Japs In Eastern Iowa
Peace officers in eastern Iowa intensified the hunt for two of three Japanese prisoners who escaped May 21 from Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Takeo Nakamura was recaptured May 28 at Prairie du Chien and FBI agents said the search extended into western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota along with eastern Iowa.
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Milwaukee
Iowa
Camp McCoy
Wis
Takeo Nakamura
Prairie du Chien
FBI
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nakamura
Mississippi River
Beardsley Ruml and the 60 Million Jobs Debate
Beardsley Ruml visits New York to commemorate his father’s 65 years in medicine while weighing Roosevelt’s 60 million postwar jobs goal. He argues the figure includes military personnel and represents productive jobs, noting 60 million and 55 million speakers are essentially the same concept.
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Beardsley Ruml
Macy's
New York
Bee” Rumi
Iowa
Roosevelt
America
Rumt
Gazette
Doctor Beardsley Turns Sixty Three Again
In a humorous exchange sons and Dr Beardsley share a joke about aging while visiting the south Side. Patients wait to consult him and remark he looks no older than decades past as they celebrate his ongoing medical career. The elder Beardsley jokes about starting his second 63 years.
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Eyes Atwinkle
Rum and
Beardsley
Coe Freshmen Conduct Memorial Day Service
Freshman class members conducted Memorial Day services at Coe College in which Miss Mary Jean Bare read a story titled Hall of Fame and Mardell Hermann offered a prayer. The event reflected student involvement in honoring veterans and the college community.
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Coe College
Mary Jean Bare
Mardell Hermann
Memorial Day Litany with Student Participants
Memorial day litany lists participants including Harry Hiserg class president Mildred Pincers and Lenore Crew. It notes the number of Coe men and Women known to Georgesiew as 98 current, mentions eight Coe men hunted as tees and several have received honorable discharges.
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Harry Hiserg
Mildred Pincers
Lenore Crew
Geo Geesiew
Notice of Estate Sale and Interest Claims
Notice is given that Ryan Damour is executor of the estate of an unnamed decedent. All persons indebted to or having claims against the estate must file with the court and the executor at the specified address by the deadline. The intervening parties should appear in the probate court to address the estate matters in due course.
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Associated Press
United Neas International
Associated “Press
Focal News
HS. Duly
SPORE
Diana
Dee Cearal
Domei Ag
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Surgical Supply
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