Iowa Boards Seeks Help With Ads Across State Newspapers
The Iowa board of control will run help wanted ads in 40 daily newspapers to refill depleted staffs at 15 state institutions. McCreery said staffing is tight at the Eldora boys training school Mt Pleasant and Independence hospitals for the insane. Ads seek doctors nurses attendants matrons cooks guards plumbers electricians and other workers. All state employees will join a pension plan and enjoy increased salaries plus maintenance benefits.
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DES Moines
Board of Control
Iowa
David R McCreery
Eldora
Mt. Pleasant
Independence
Belle Plaine Man Ends His Life by Shooting
Charles R. Ledger, 67, ended his life Tuesday by shooting, coroner says he had ill health since an auto crash in California last spring. Survived by wife, four daughters in Belle Plaine Des Moines Keystone Cedar Rapids, a son in Long Beach, three sisters in Nebraska, 13 grandchildren. Services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Bethany Evangelical church.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Charles R. Ledger
John R. Burrows
Ledger
California
Bessie Jan
Jennie Bricker
Des Moines
Ira Knipp
Keystone
Julia Fitzgerald
Cedar Rapids
Fred
Long Beach
Calif
Ella Wright
Walker
Jane Hertz
Burwell
Neb
Clara Fetschner
North Look
Bethany Evangelical
West Union Man Uses Music Therapy for Vets at Fitzsimone
Ssgt. Billie C. Johnston, once in the ice cream business in West Union with his father, now aids wounded veterans at Fitzsimone General Hospital Denver. He brings a Hammond organ, leads ward concerts, and helps organize patient orchestras as part of music therapy under Capt. James E. Griffin.
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West Union
Billie C. Johnston
E. C. Johnston
Fitzsimone General Hospital
Denver
Johnston
Fitzsimone
Post Theater
James E. Griffin
Job Johnston
Belle Plaine Couple Celebrates 60 Years
Mr and Mrs Sam Dunlap of Belle Plaine mark sixty years of marriage with an open house from 2 to 4 30 p m They both trace roots to North Ireland arriving in 1882 and 1884 They wed in Belle Plaine on November 9 1885 He served 53 years with the North Western railroad including 44 years as an engineer The couple are long time members of the Belle Plaine Congregational church and charter members of the Rebekah lodge He is also in the Odd Fellows lodge They have a son John Dunlap of Portland Oregon four grandchildren and a great granddaughter with two grandsons serving in the military.
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Belle Plaine
Sam Dunlap
North Ireland
Dunlap
United States
North Western Railroad
Dunlaps
Belle Plaine Congregational Church
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
John Dunlap
Portland
Ore
Lisbon Bride Weds Lt Raymond L McConlogue at Home
At the home of Mrs. Rowena Stuckslager in Lisbon on Sunday June H Mathison of Nevada Iowa married Lt Raymond L McConlogue son of R I McConlogue. The ceremony was conducted by Dr Russell Cole president of Cornell College.
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MT. Vernon
Rowena Stuckslager
Lisbon
Youth Killed Pal Hurt In Odd Accident
Eugene Meyer 17 of Garber died in a late night crash on the Garber bridge and Ray Butka 16, also of Garber, was seriously injured in a turtle-back car. Groth and the Hansels, returning from a wedding dance, found Meyer’s body, Then Butka lay unconscious in the rumble seat. The driver trio reported knowing nothing of the crash until discovery. Meyer’s neck was reported broken and an inquest was opened in Dubuque as officials awaited results.
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Gazette
Elkader
Eugene Meyer
Garber
Ray Butka
Garber Bridge
Harold Groth
Elkport
Eugene
Gilbert Hansel
Groth
Hansels
Garber Hall
Cyril Vorwald
Young Meyer
Butka
Dubuque
Meyer
Clayton County
Veterans Returning From Overseas Arrive on Three Ships
The Associated Press notes Eastern Iowa servicemen are due home on three ships. On the Chapel Hill Victory arriving Nov 5 at New York are Pfc Harold O Bennett Tama Sgt Merle S Baxter Earlville S Sgt Dale Hostefer Lamont. Sedalia Victory due Nov 4 at Boston includes S Sgt William Street Tama T 5 Lloyd T Benn Chelsea T 5 Clarence J Doubek Decorah T 3 Edward W Lucas Iowa City. General A W Brewster due Nov 3 at Boston lists T 5 Glenn R Suits Cedar Rapids Pfc Harold E Hasley Richard E Prehaska Mt Vernon S Sgt Joseph Viktor Jr Mt Vernon Sgt Gerald V Weldon Marengo T 4 Virgil L Horak Center Point Sgt William T Hotchkiss Keota T 4 Byron Lortz Williamsburg Pfc John E Howard West Liberty Sgt William L Brandt Hazleton.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Chapel Hill
New York
Harold O. Bennett
Tama
Merle S. Baxter
Earlville
Dale Hosteffer
Lamont
Sedalia
Boston
William Street
Lloyd T. Benn
Chelsea
Clarence J. Doubek
Decorah
Edward W. Lucas
Local draftees from Elkader and area report for induction
Earl W. Bieder mann of Volga Roger W. Chopard of Edgewood and Marvin W. Ham lett of Strawberry Point were sent to Fort Snelling on Tuesday for induction.
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Elkader
Earl W. Biedermann
Volga
Roger W. Chopard
Edgewood
Marvin W. Hamlett
Strawberry Point
Fort Snelling
Christian Church 1946 Convention Leaders Named
Des Moines Iowa Rev Dwight Walker of Jefferson was named president for the 1946 convention of the Christian churches of Iowa at the final business session. He succeeds Dr Marion H Williams of Cedar Rapids who presided this year. Rev Chester Hensley of Fort Madison and Rev Edna Fellows of Keosauqua were named vice presidents with Rev Walter Purdy of Bedford as convention secretary. Dr J A Dillinger Iowa Christian Missionary Society asked for 250000 for state expenses, doubling funds for local church projects and enabling expansion. He reported 112 dead churches have been reactivated with local churches helping to restart them.
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Des Moines
Dwight Walker
Jefferson
The
Christian Churches of
Iowa Christian Missionary Society
72 Day Dubuque Strike Settled
About 1,000 workers at A Y McDonald Morrison Bros and Adams plants returned to work after a 12 day strike over a wage dispute. The War Labor Board directive caused raises for some skilled workers but not all, and the settlement granted raises to all employees. Strikers came from four AFL unions including the International Association of Machinists International Molders and Foundry Workers Pattern Makers League and International Metal Polishers.
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Dubuque
A. Y. McDonald
Morrison Bros
Adams Companies
War Labor Board
AFL
International Association of Machinists
International Molders and Foundry Workers of North America
Pattern Makers League of North America
The
International Metal Polishers
Eight Persons Hurt When Cars Sideswipe
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Mrs Joe Axline suffered a broken arm when cars driven by her husband and Charles R Goyer of Cedar Rapids sideswiped Sunday at the Martelle Y on the Cedar Rapids Anamosa highway. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Taylor of Anamosa in the Axline car and Bill Goyer Ida Goyer and Lucille Hamed of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs D L Price of Marion in the Goyer car suffered cuts and bruises. Sheriff Henry Sbichhorn investigated but no charges were filed.
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the Gazette
Anamosa
Joe Axline
Charles R. Goyer
Cedar Rapids
Martelle “Y
Kenneth Taylor
Axline
Bill Goyer
Ida Goyer
Lucille Hamed
D. L. Price
Marion
Goyer
Henry Sbichhorn
Jones County
75 year old Des Moines doctor keeps going in medicine
Des Moines pediatrician Sophie Hinze Scott, age 75, says she will keep practicing as long as patients want her. A pioneer who began in 1893, she specialized in obstetrics and children's diseases, helped start the state fair better babies contest, and still drives herself despite demanding weather. She is mother to Walter Scott, Ottumwa school music supervisor.
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Des Moines
Sophie Hinze Scott
Iowa
Stella M. Mason
Mason City
Scott
Des Moines College of Physicians and Surgeons
Drake University
University of Iowa
Adel
Europe
Winois
Dr. Scott
Walter Scott
Ottumwa
Executive Board of Peace Officers Named
Capt. Clarence B. Day of the Town highway patrol president of the East Central Iowa Peace Officers association announced Wednesday the executive committee for 1946. R. W. McIntyre Anamosa served as secretary.
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Clarence B. Day
Town Highway Patrol
Iowa Peace Officers’ Association
R. W. McIntyre
Anamosa
Sec
Iowa officials named for next executive committee meeting
A list of officials including Sheriff C E Willey Tipton Cedar County Mayor R M Work North Liberty Johnson County Highway Patrolman K W Rhoades Marengo Iowa Coroner J W Burrows and W F William retiring president Belle Plaine Benton County Sheriff J R Reed Toledo Tama County Justice H Bryant Montezuma Poweshiek County and Captain Day who will represent Linn County on the committee, said the date and site of the January meeting will be set by the new executive committee.
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Retary
Jones County
C. E. Willey
Tipton
Cedar County
R. M. Work
North Liberty
Johnson County
K. W. Rhoades
Marengo
Iowa County
John W. Burrows
W. F. Wilduam
Belle Plaine
Benton County
John R. Reed
Toledo
Tama County
Harold Bryant
Montezuma
Poweshiek County
Capt. Day
Linn County
Toledo approves one mill tax levy for pool project
Toledo residents approved an additional one mill tax levy by 187 to 58 to raise about $10,000, matching a previous sum, for a municipal swimming pool stalled by the war and awaiting construction.
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Toledo
Des Moines to Vote on Memorial Coliseum
Des Moines moves toward a December special election on a 2.75 million bond to build a veterans memorial coliseum. Sixteen veterans groups reported 13 140 signers, surpassing the 9 000 threshold to call the vote, with petitions to be presented to the city council for action ahead of a proposed Monday December 10 election.
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Des Moines
INS
Veterans Organizations
Veterans Committee
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Hans Flex
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Hansen
Memorial Coliseum
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