Former Opera Star Eleanor Painter Strong Dies in Ohio Area
Cleveland AP reports Eleanor Painter Strong a native of Walkerville Iowa and former opera star who appeared from 1913 to 1931 in Europe and the United States died Monday night at her Bratenahl home after a four month illness. She sang for Victor Herbert in Princess Pat and starred in plays operettas and operas in New York Berlin Philadelphia and San Francisco during a large international career.
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Eleanor Painter Strong
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Eleanor Painter
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Ne York
Berlin
Germany
Philadelphia Opera
New York
Jenny Lind
San Francisco
Judge Denies Thief Probation in Plan to Marry
Federal Judge John P. Barnes told Joseph Tracy, 27, from Des Moines with a Chicago address, he would send him to prison a year and a day for driving a stolen White Bear Lake car to Des Moines to sell it. Tracy sought probation claiming a planned marriage to Nora Ness of Minneapolis. The judge quipped he would do her a favor and sentence him to five years, but imposed one year and a day.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
Joseph Tracy
Tracy
Des Moines
White Bear Lake
Minn
Nora Ness
Minneapolis
Barnes
9000 Teachers Anticipated at ISEA Convention
DES MOINES UP 9000 teachers expected to attend the 93rd annual Iowa State Education Association convention opening Thursday. Convention manager Don Foster said advance registration is the largest in history for the three day meeting. No officers will be elected this year the election is deferred to the February delegate assembly. Headline speakers include former Gov Ellis Arnall of Georgia Mayor Hubert H Humphrey of Minneapolis F K Schmidt ISEA president Kenneth McFarland superintendent of Topeka Kansas and State Rep William Beardsley of New Virginia. The session features special meetings for the eight departments and 38 section groups.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Education Association
Don Foster
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
F. K. Schmidt
Eldora
ISEA
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Kan
William Beardsley
New Virginia
Association
Stoddard Says All People Have Handicaps
Dr George Stoddard president of the University of Illinois told the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults convention in Chicago that every person is crippled in some respect and handicaps create kinship with others. He added the only perfect people are in art and religion.
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Chicago
George Stoddard
University of Illinois
Stoddard
National Society For Crippled Children
Family Dog Reveals Iowa Farm Tragedy
Funeral services will be held in Dumont for Dennis James White three year old son of Mr and Mrs Clifford White of New Hartford who suffocated after falling from a hay mow into a hay pile. The tragedy was discovered when the family dog led Mrs White to the scene.
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Clifford White
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Iowa Faces Loss of Federal Health Aid Over Merit Rules
Des Moines health officials warned the state could lose about the federal allotment for health and welfare services if merit system regulations are not strictly followed by January 1, 1948. Federal officials said suspension could undermine public health nurse services, hospital plans, and salaries, affecting about 240 state employees in four agencies including the health and social welfare departments. The merit system council, established in 1939, oversees examinations and uses external experts for professional tests.
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State Health Department
United States Public Health Service
Estelle Ford Warner
Robert D. Blue
Warner
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Behring
Health Department
Iowa Merit Council
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Unemployment Compensation Department
Crippled Children’s Service
Iowa City
State Merit System Council
Des Moines Grand Jury Reopens Judge Grund Case
Polk county grand jury reconvenes after 15 months with new evidence in the Judge Grund case. Municipal Judge Harry B. Grund faces claims by Dor a Roth of improper advances. 13 witnesses subpoenaed for November, with officials calling it a frameup. Elevator operator R W Stanton is missing from testimony.
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INS
Carroll O. Switzer
Polk County Grand Jury
Grund
Harry B. Grund
Dora Roth
Switzer
Judge Grand
Robert Gregson
Gifford Strand
Vernon Seeburger
Seeburger
Judge Grund
R. W. Stanton
Top Red Cross Honor to Iowan
Iowa Red Cross officials announced Joseph J. Malloy of Burlington received the Certificate of Merit for saving Edward Collar’s life at Klein Manufacturing Company. Collar was shocked by an 115-volt electric shear, and Malloy stabilized him with swift artificial respiration, averting a fatal outcome.
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INS
Iowa
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Joseph J. Malloy
Burlington
Edward Col
Elven Mclltrath
Malloy
All Daughters Born to Mel Daughters Family
A daughter was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Mel Daughters in Fort Dodge. They already have one other child a daughter, completing a family of two daughters.
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Fort Dodge
Mel
Retired Iowa Farmer Picks German Bride
Anthony G Holm, 66, of Skast Schleswig, Germany, back to wed Anna Hoker, 44, whom he met after returning to Germany on his 1904 departure. He will sail Dec 1 from New York aboard Gripsholm, plan to marry soon after arrival. Holm, now Americanized 36 years, wants to remain in the United States after marriage. He farms an 80 acre tract near Ionia, Iowa.
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Anthony G. Holm
Germany
Anna Hoker
Holm
Skast
Schleswig
Kaiser Wilhelm
Iowa
Miss Hoker
America
New York
Gripsholm
Ionia
G I subsistence checks head to Iowa veterans
Des Moines Iowa veterans enrolled in the G I bill will receive subsistence payments soon. VA manager William Nugent said checks mailed Friday speed up VA operations. About 600 veterans may miss this week due to record irregularities, with total payments expected near last year's total of 2.8 million dollars for 38,000 veterans.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Nugent
Des Moines Man Charged With Manslaughter Over Trickey Death
Carl Accordino, 48, a Des Moines dance hall supervisor, faces manslaughter charges after Walter Trickey, 65, was found unconscious with a skull fracture on a downtown sidewalk. Accordino waived a hearing, admitted pushing Trickey through a tavern door and saw him hit his head on a lamp post before Trickey died.
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Des Moines
INS
Carl Accordino
Walter Trickey
Trickey
Charles Cooter
Grand
Man dies after tumbling from Milwaukee train
Muscatine Iowa. Joseph Howe 34 of Mystic dies instantly after falling from a Milwaukee passenger train. He boarded at Davenport en route to Mystic. Coroner C P Phillips says no inquest will be held.
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Joseph Howe
Mystic
Iowa
Milwaukee
Howe
Davenport
C. P. Phillips
Man Killed On Wedding Anniversary In Waterloo
John Benway, 28, a construction foreman, planned a second anniversary celebration with his wife. He died hours after a fall from a fourth story ledge during the Waterloo building project. His wife kept vigil at his hospital bedside as the anniversary ended.
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John Benway
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