Creston Digs Out of Debris After Storm
Creston Iowa cleans up after a wind rain and hail storm damaged homes and businesses. About 100 houses were damaged and 15 to 20 were unfit to occupy while the downtown area remained largely intact. One million dollars in damage was estimated with power and phone service returning Friday. Three switchmen were injured in a destroyed railroad yard shanty as trains resumed service.
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Creston
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Union County
Assembly of God Church
Creston Seed Company
Immaculate Conception Catholic
Sidney
Bradley Drug Store
Associated Press
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Retired Dubuque Police Captain Dies at 83
Captain Michael O Connor age 83 former Dubuque police officer from 1896 to 1932 died Thursday at his daughter's home after an extended illness. Funeral services are planned for Saturday morning.
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Dubuque
Michael O’connor
Professor Clark Resigns From University of Iowa Faculty
Professor Chester Wells Clark, history associate at the University of Iowa for seven years, resigns and will depart next week. He authored Franz Josef and Bismarck and published in the American Historical Review and the Journal of Modern History.
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Otowa City
Chester Wells Clark
University of Iowa
Clark
Franz Josef and
Bismarck
American Historical Review
Journal of Modern History
Iowa City Deaths and Obituaries Summary
Funeral services for Antonia Reha 80 lifelong Iowa City resident will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rest Haven. She is survived by a daughter a son six grandchildren three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Kenneth Hacker 34 truck driver hanged himself Tuesday with services held Friday at Oathout chapel. He is survived by his wife five children three brothers and five sisters. Isabelle C Schuhart 78 died Tuesday at her daughter’s home near Iowa City with services at Oathout chapel Friday. she leaves a daughter a son Mark Schuhart two grandchildren. Norway John Beyer 78 former Norway resident died Wednesday at his Goodlettsville Tennessee home. His first wife died in 1921 and six years later.
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Antonia Reha
Rest Haven
Oatholt Chapel
Kenneth Hacker
Gary
Randal
Darla
Dean
Darrell
Lee Hacker
Ellis
Leonard
Olive
Myrtle
Edna
Rose
Ethel
Isabelle C. Schuhart
George Wanek
Mark Schuhart
Belle Plaine
Norway
John Beyer
Goodlettsville
Tenn
Seattle man dumped pinball machine after fault
Hard Loser Dubuque AP reports William Stoveken 25 Seattle Washington dumped a malfunctioning pinball machine into the street and was sentenced to five days in jail on a disorderly conduct charge, per police chief Joseph Strub.
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Dubuque
William Stoveken
Seattle
Wash
Joseph Strub
Stoveken
Obituary: Local Man Mourned by Large Family
He was married to Florence Moran of Nashville Tennessee. In addition to his wife he is survived by five children Mrs John F Pickart Mrs Arthur Holland Mrs Mary Severing and Ed Beyer all of Norway and Ernest Beyer of Elsie Michigan Burial was in Tennessee Friday.
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Nashville, Tenn
John F. Pickart
Arthur Holland
Mary Severing
Ed Beyer
Norway
Ernest Beyer
Elsie, Mich
Tennessee
OSSIAN Initiation and War Memorial Events Across Iowa
OSSIAN thirty five women joined the Legion auxiliary this week. CALMAR thirteen St Aloysius graduates will receive diplomas Sunday night from Rev A S Peikert. A memorial stone for Amana Society war dead was dedicated on high school grounds by Henry Eichacker. Tribute named Charles Jensen Oswald Solbrig William Hertel and John Eichacker. OSSIAN Lorraine Brinks and Joseph Weiglein wed at St Francis de Sales church. VOLGA CITY Mrs Laurence Richards opened a beauty shop and operates a billiard room with the family purchasing the H L Rogers house.
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Calmar
St. Aloysius School
A. S. Peikert
Amana Society
Henry Eichacker
Young Men’s Bureau
Charles Jensen
Oswald Solbrig
William Hertel
John Eichacker
Lorraine’ Brinks
Barney Brinks
Joseph Weiglein
Mike Derderich
New Hampton
St. Francis de Sales Church
UVa physicist one of 15 honored for wartime missile work
Dr Edward P Ney of Waukon Iowa is among 15 University of Virginia physicists awarded individual certificates of distinguished service by the navy bureau of ordnance. The honor recognizes wartime research contributing to guided missiles used in the late war in the Pacific.
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Charlottesville
Edward P. Ney
Waukon
University of Virginia
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Olmsted Urges Return Of Idle Funds To Taxpayers
Des Moines Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate George Olmsted blasted officials for accumulating excess idle funds. He urged returning such money to taxpayers rather than letting it sit in state treasury investments. Olmsted spoke at a Des Moines rally stressing fairness amid high property taxes and urging use of idle funds from indirect taxes.
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Des Moines
INS
George Olmsted
Olmsted
Iowa
Horse Show Draws 2000 Attend Clayton County Event
Two thousand attended the Clayton county fair grounds horse show held on National Memorial Day. Eighty five horses and ponies competed with $600 in prize money distributed. Winners included Jim Hubbard Waterloo stallion five gaited and pleasure, Dr Witter McGregor mare and colt, Jack Schott West Union pony musical chair, John Hartwick Giard stock. Heisman company of La Crosse exhibited a six mule hitch. Gov Robert D Blue visited and gave a brief talk.
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Clayton County Fair Grounds
Jim Hubbard
Waterloo
Dr. Witter
Jack Schott
West Union
John Hartwick
Giard
Heisman Company
la Crosse
Wis
Robert D. Blue
Boy Drowns in Clear Lake During Rowboat Ride
Leo Burke son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Burke Mason City was drowned in Clear Lake Thursday after jumping from a rowboat in which he rode with four companions.
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Mason City
Leo Burke
Joseph Burke
Clear Lake
At Least 41 Changes Seen In Legislature
In Iowa the 1947 legislature will feature at least eight new senators and 33 new representatives. Several incumbents seek other offices. many races show no opposition. Primary contests include statewide and district level battles, with 236 candidates facing no primary opposition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
O. J. Kirketey
Earl C. Fishbaugh, Jr
Shenandoah
Page County
Carl O. Stalin
Hamburg
Embroider Fruit Motifs Pattern 573 Featured
If you fancy fruit this bright idea lets you embroider fruits on kitchen linens with appliqued gingham. Cross and outline stitches are simple to execute. Pattern 573 transfers 12 motifs from 142 by 2 to 612 by 714 inches. Send 20 cents to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago Illinois. Include pattern number name and address clearly.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Pedestrian 79 Killed by Auto in Clinton
William E. Mutz aged 79 was struck by a car driven by Rev. H. E. Sontag assistant pastor of St. Irenaeus church during a rainstorm in front of Jane Lamb hospital where he had visited his wife a patient. The death raised the 1946 highway toll to 194.
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Clinton
William E. Mutz
H. E. Sontag
St. Irenaeus Church
Jane Lamb Hospital
Mutz
Veteran and His Wife Die In Mississippi River Accident
Two World War II veterans, David Butler and his wife Helen, were drowned when their boat overturned on the Mississippi River near Oquawka Illinois. Two other Monmouth residents, Clarence Loozier and Evelyn Beatty, escaped by clinging to the craft. Authorities had not recovered the bodies.
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Oquawka, Ill
David Butler
Monmouth
Helen
Mississippi River
Here
Clarence Loozier
Evelyn Beatty
Diver Rescued After Lake Manawa Helmet Test
Lester Strong aged 22 was rescued by two companions after losing consciousness while testing a diving helmet in Lake Manawa. He was found at the lake bottom and revived by artificial respiration.
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Council Bluffs
Lester Strong
Lake Manawa
Strong
Postville postmaster nomination sent to Senate
Washington AP The nomination of Harvey H. Douglass for postmaster at Postville Ia has been sent to the Senate by President Truman.
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Washington
Harvey H. Douglass
Postville
Senate
Truman
Des Moines Taps Dr Frank E Leslie as State Psychiatrist
Dr Frank E Leslie 73 of Mendota Wisconsin will assume duties as state psychiatrist for Iowa board of control institutions for six months. He arrives from Des Moines after leaving a federal VA hospital role and has long service leading mental health facilities and neuropsychiatric boards during and after World War I. Board member E W Carlsen notes his broad psychiatric knowledge and aims to raise standards in Iowa mental institutions.
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INS
Frank E. Leslie
Mendota
Wis
State Board of Control Institutions
E. W. Carlsen
Leslie
Veterans Administration Facility
Northampton
Mass
Veterans Administration Hospital
Carlsen
State Board
Iowa
Solons Hail Gripe Board Proposals From Doolittle Report
Washington INS reports that the Doolittle report on officer-GI relations was approved Friday in a cross section poll of house military affairs committee members. Republicans and Democrats praised the War Department for moving to end the army caste system. Rep Sikes opposed one proposal demanding all personnel be called soldiers regardless of rank, while other lawmakers including Rep Martin approved the report.
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INS
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Sikes
Dfla
G.I
Rep. Martin
Iowa
Col Lancaster Urges Military Preparedness
Special to The Gazette Col Ralph A Lancaster urged Memorial Day listeners in Toledo to raise physical readiness as a duty for peace. He warned that without a strong navy army and air force the nation's principles would lack practical force in world affairs.
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Toledo
America
Ralph A. Lancaster
United States
World Council
Tama Toledo Tie as Rain Halts Game in Eighth
Rain in the eighth inning halted play between Tama and Toledo with the score 1 to 1. Tama had six hits and four errors to Toledo's four hits and four errors. McMurray struck out 11 for Tama and Rucker fanned eight for Toledo. Shanda caught for Toledo Harden for Tama. A rematch is scheduled Sunday at Twin City Park.
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Tama
McMurray
Rucker
Shanda
Harden
Twin City Park
Notice of appointment of administratrix in Linn County Iowa
No. 18626 notice states Florence E Arnold appointed administratrix of Daniel Arnold deceased in Linn County Iowa on May 22 1946. Creditors and those owing the estate are asked to pay promptly and file claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court through attorney John D Randall.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Daniel Arnold
Iowa
Florence E. Arnold
John D. Randall
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