Could Our Cunningham Sell Red Farmers Fair Tickets
Iowa story notes Lloyd Cunningham promoter of the Iowa State Fair pushes fund raising with a plan to sell fair tickets at the gate to a visiting Russian farm delegation in July and August. The piece records the fair dates August 27 to September 5 and details committee payments and names Gus Gustafson and the two year term.
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Cunningham
Robert Hogan
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Lloyd B. Cunningham
Eisenhower
Iowa Fair
Chargin
United States
Hogan
Lloyd
Iowa
Iowa ends free tax form help by state auditors
Gov. Leo Hoegh signs Senate File 430 ending the free service where state tax auditors assisted Iowa residents with income tax forms. Auditors will not perform this work during normal hours, reducing fairness and delaying delinquent collections. Removed locations include Des Moines Dubuque Waterloo Mason City Fort Dodge Sioux City Cedar Rapids Iowa City Davenport Burlington and Council Bluffs.
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Leo Hoegh
Senate
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Davenport
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Iowa lawmakers probe expenditures of key budget committee
A pair of state legislators are examining the Iowa legislative budget and financial control committee expenses. The inquiry focuses on spending patterns and oversight of the panel responsible for state fiscal decisions.
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Iowa
Dget and Financial Control Committee
Iowa Briefs Share Local Notes Across Towns
MT VERNON Glenn Stoner is hospitalized at St Luke s with visitors permitted. WILLIAMSBURG Ernest Huedepohl and son Bradley met Rep Schwengel in Washington. EARLVILLE Merle Baxter family plan to move to Manchester soon. VIOLA Mrs D H Butler returns from Anamosa hospital. COGGON Bonnie French wins bursary for Iowa education workshop June 20 July 1 and will teach sixth grade in Cedar Rapids. EARLVILLE Wayne Thurm from Earlville to join Guttenberg high school faculty next fall.
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MT. Vernon
Glenn Stoner
St. Luke’s Hospital
Williamsburg
Ernest Huedepohl
Bradley
Fred Schwengel
Washington
Earlville
Merle Baxter
Manchester
Viola
D. H. Butler
Anamosa Hospital
Clinton Ministers Praised Countryman Cracker Dry Campaign
Clinton Ministers praised Attorney General Dayton Countryman for his cracker dry drive in Iowa. They criticized city and county officials over liquor law enforcement as ten Clinton taverns were raided with no liquor found. Countryman called liquor enforcement broken down in Clinton county and appointed Kermit Kruse as a special assistant AG to lead the crackdown Mississippi river county.
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Clinton (Is
Clinton Ministerial Association
Dayton Countryman
Iowa
Countryman
Clinton
Kermit Kruse
Mississippi River
W Frank Persons 78 Dies in New Jersey
W Frank Persons 78 a Brandon Iowa native and former national director of the U S Employment Service died Friday in Cranford New Jersey He graduated from Cornell College Mt Vernon in 1900 and Harvard Law School in 1905 He practiced law in Sioux City for a year then entered social work in New York City later served with several industries while active in social work He was employment service director from 1933 to 1939 His home was in San Diego.
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Cranford, N. J
Frank Persons
Brandon
U. S. Employment Service
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Harvard
Persons
Sioux City
New York City
San Diego
Farmer Found Dead Near Columbus Junction
Donald A. Rutt a 30 year old farmer near Columbus Junction was found dead in his barn Saturday night. Coroner Victor Stacy said Rutt killed himself with a .22 rifle after a period of failing health. He was a Navy veteran and survived by his wife two sons two daughters his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Rutt and three brothers Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Columbus City Methodist church.
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Columbus Junction
Donald A. Rutt
Louisa County
Victor Stacy
Stacy
Rutt
Floyd Rutt
Columbus City Methodist Church
Des Moines Register and Tribune Raise Street Edition Price
The Des Moines Register and Tribune increased the street edition price to 7 cents on Sunday night. Managing editor Frank Eyerly stated subscriptions remain unchanged, with Sunday price at 20 cents still in effect.
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Des Moines
The
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Frank Eyerly
Gasoline Price War Hits Dubuque On Memorial Day
In Dubuque the Memorial day price war drives regular gasoline to 21.9 cents at some independent stations down from 29.9 cents. Local drivers race to fuel up as stations compete aggressively.
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Dubuque Dubuque
Army Field Band Iowa Concert Sets Evening Program
Special to The Gazette Iowa City The United States Army Field Band will give a free concert in the University of Iowa Memorial Union on Friday at 8 p.m. Major Chester E Whiting leads the group, a former Malden High School music head and combat veteran awarded the Combat Infantry badge Legion of Merit and Bronze Star. The band has traveled over 200000 miles for more than seven million listeners in North America Europe and the British Isles. The ROTC department sponsors the event and the program lasts about two hours with the Soldiers Chorus and a drum novelty act.”
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Iowa City
United States Army Field Band
University of Iowa Memorial Union
Chester E. Whiting
Malden
National Guard
Whiting
Bougainville J
Guadalcanal
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
British Isles
Soldiers
Warner-Pathemoition
Dyersville Club Plans Fete for Dubuque Orphans
The Dyersville Commercial club organizes a Sunday outing for orphans from Dubuque. Led by president John Brueck Inez, the Illinois Central Service club sponsors a charter train from Dubuque to Manchester and back to Dyersville for park entertainment with free rides and amusements provided by Ike Tegeler.
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Gazette
Dyersville
Eldorado Postmaster to Retire After 27 Years of Service
Eldorado residents will see the first new postmaster in nearly 30 years after June 30 as Mrs. W. P. Lauer retires at retirement age. Her husband served as postmaster for 20 years prior, keeping the office in the family for 47 years. Civil Service invites applications by June 14 for the vacancy at Eldorado, a fourth class post office with a yearly salary of $2,177.
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Sowest Union
Eldorado
West Union
W. P. Lauer
Effigy Mounds Attendance Soars With New Horseback Tours
Effigy Mounds National Monument reports May visitation at 5 620 up from 12 315 at the same point in 1954. The year’s goal is 40 1000 as 41 Iowa and Wisconsin school parties join daily tours. Supt Walter T Berrett approves interior department permit for horseback tours near the Marching Bear Mound group operated by Hugh Parkers who will provide ten riding horses.
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Mcgregor — Effigy Mounds National Monument
Walter T. Berrett
Iowa
Wisconsin
Marching Bear Mound
Department of the Interior
Berrett
Hugh Parkers
Parker
Two Teens Die In Davenport Area Car Crash
AP Davenport report says two youths were killed when a car veered into a ditch on Highway 61 eight miles north of Davenport. Seainton resident Tom Bach 18 and Comanche resident Jerry Gray 19 died. Clinton teen Gerald Jaeger 18 was hospitalized in critical condition. The crash occurred after a baccalaureate service. the Iowa toll for motor vehicle fatalities rose to 225 for the year, matching 1954 through May 30.
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Davenport
Aflier
Clinton High School
Tom Bach
Seainton
Jerry Gray
Comanche
Gerald Jaeger
Clinton
Iowa
Working Mothers Defend Against Delinquency Theory
Inez Robb argues against the idea that working mothers cause juvenile delinquency. She cites examples from Lillian Gilbreth and other widowed or working mothers who raised well behaved children through hard work and proper care. The piece emphasizes that economic necessity, not motherhood itself, drives outcomes and that quality time matters as much as quantity.
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New York
Lillian Gilbreth
Calmar Agent Sends 5000 Milwaukee Birds
Fred Houdek, an express agent in Calmar, released 2500 homing pigeons in three waves at 5, 5:30 and 6 oclock on Sunday and did the same on Monday. Birds faced navigational difficulties before sunrise, according to Milwaukee Sportsmen's Club members who shipped them.
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Gazette
Calmar
Fred Houdek
Express
Milwaukee
Houdek
Milwaukee Sportsmen’s Club
Pigeons Return Home More Often For Milwaukee Club
Report notes that a greater percentage of pigeons returned home when released by Houdek for the Milwaukee club. The breeder has used the birds for several years and observed improved homing rates.
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Galmar
Houdek
Milwaukee
Idaho Territory Origins Ten Mining Towns and Four Counties
When formed the Idaho territory included ten mining towns and four counties with a population around twenty thousand.
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Idaho
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Iowa Briefs
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New Jersey
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Dyersville Club
Howard B.stark Co
Mtwaukee
Inez
Inez Robb
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George Gershwin
Mantovani
Frank Chacksfield
Rank Chacksfield
Stanley Black
Rome
Richard Rodgers
Johan Strauss
Heath
London Palais
Per Gershwin
Robert Farnonwich & Landauer
London Records
Wilbrunner
First Street
Simmon's Innerspring
Wilton
Bissell
Hollywood
Simmons Metal
Third Avenue
Hall-Ekfelt
Russ Landin
DOWS
2Nd Ave
2Nd St
NORGE
Davy Crockett
Lisle
Reichle
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