Investigators Probe Alleged Abuses at Annie Wittenmyer Home
MAVENPORT AP two state officials continued a probe into alleged mistreatment at the Annie Wittenmyer home as 18 girls ran away. After questioning six girls and noting no alarming findings officials cited weather and a transfer as possible causes while stressing the need for more social workers.
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Mavenport
State Board of Control
Annie Wittenmyer
Robert C. Lappen
Elizabeth Palmer
Leon Lyle
Lappen
Scott County
Lyle
Mitchellville
Traffic Fatality Report for Iowa Is Encouraging
Iowa safety officials call the nine month traffic death tally the most encouraging in state history with 395 deaths. Pedestrians totaled 37, collisions 178, car train crashes 26, fixed object collisions 37, and run off high ways 88. Deaths by category compare favorably to last year though November and December remain risky.
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Des Moines
State Department of Public Safety
Elmer Dodge Killed as Tree Rolls on Him on Iowa Farm
Elmer L. Dodge aged 75 was killed Wednesday when a felled tree rolled onto him at the farm of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Fred Aurer where he had lived ten years. He was born June 4 1877 at Hele and had farmed near Wyoming Fairfax and Center Point. Surviving are six married daughters a brother and three sisters. The body is at Satchett Murdoch funeral home with calling after 7 p.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Elmer L. Dodge
Fred Aurer
Mr. Dodge
Hele
Wyoming
Fairfax
Alice Menkens
Esther Niemeier
Marengo
Ruth Nissen
Center Junction
Dorothy Nissen
Waterloo
Helen Railsback
Palo
Marguerite Puckhaber
Cedar Rapids
Aurer
E. A. Dodge
Hartington
Neb
Ida Jones
Olin
Sadie Moses
San Francisco
Laura Trip
Alta Mont
Kan
Satchett- Murdoch
Margaret Grimm to Quit Palmer Hospital Post
Margaret Grimm resigns as Palmer Memorial hospital superintendent effective December 1 after serving since June 1, 1951. Mrs. C. R. Kendrick is asked to take over. both women attended a Finley hospital meeting in Dubuque. The hospital and Good Samaritan home are run by the Good Samaritan Lutheran Society with Rev. George Goeken as local chairman. A city ground and building committee was formed to protect the property. There are 34 patients in the Samaritan home.
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West Union
Margaret Grimm
Palmer Memorial Hospital
C. R. Kendrick
Good Samaritan Home
Good Samaritan Lutheran Society
George Goeken
Eldorado
Kin of Nancy Hanks Dies at Age of 102
Davenport AP report notes David Warren Hanks aged 102, tracing kin to Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Born July 23, 1850 in Albany Illinois, he was a retired schoolteacher and Davenport area’s oldest Scott County resident. He cast first presidential ballot for Grant and last for Eisenhower.
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Davenport
David Warren Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
Albany
Ill
Hanks
Scott Countty
Ulysses S. Grant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Good Samaritan Home Dedication at Waukon
WAUKON The Good Samaritan home here will be dedicated Sunday with an open house from 1 30 to 4 30 p m A service at Zion Reform Church will be led by Rev E M Mueller Mason City superintendent of the Good Samaritan Society
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Waukon
Good Samaritan
E. M. Mueller
Mason City
The
Good Samaritan Society
Zion Reformed Church
Clayton School Keeps Its Stone Exterior
McGREGOR Iowa 92 year old Clayton stone school, cited as the oldest in use here, will remain a stone façade after a paint plan was halted by local protests. Funds redirected from painting support interior upgrades. The two story building once crowded upper room seats, now houses 16 elementary pupils taught by Mrs. Mary Moser while high schoolers ride to Garnaville.
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McGregor
Clayton
Iowa
Mary Moser
Good Demonstration but Sale Falls Flat
AP reports Des Moines, Ray Bruckman of Rock Island showed a fire engine to Ray Hoff, head of the North Des Moines Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, helping extinguish a farm hay stack blaze. Hoff called the demo great but no sale was made.
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Des Moines
Ray Bruckman
Bruckman
Rock Island
Ray Hoff
North Des
Iowa Briefs Population and events across several towns
GARRISON Mrs. John Hoke 79 is a patient at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo. SIGOURNEY Bert Hudson fractured hip hospitalized in Oskaloosa. MARTELLE Mr. and Mrs. Glen Richardson building a garage on newly purchased property from F W Lembaugh. QUASQUETON Remus L Wallace honored as 50 year Masonic lodge member. VIOLA Parent Teachers Association meets Friday evening kindergarten program. SIGOURNEY Visitors day at high school Friday at 7 30 p m. EARLVILLE Earlville Garden club names Mrs Harold Walters and Mrs Ray Bush delegates to State Garden club convention Ames Nov 20. WEST UNION Janice Kleppe elected president Luther League Society with Joan Osmundson vice president Audrey Peterson secretary Eileen Wolfs treasurer Marjorie Larson pocket testament secretary. MARQUETTE Marquette receives 182 federal check to repay flood restoration costs
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Garrison
John Hoke
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Sigourney
Bert Hudson
Oskaloosa
Martelle
Glen Richardson
F. W. Lembaugh
Quasqueton
Remus L. Wallace
Masonic Lodge
Viola
Earlville
Earlville Garden Club
Harold Walters
Ray Bush
State Garden Club
Ames
West Union
Janice Kleppe
Luther League Society
Joan Osmundson
Audrey Peterson
Eileen Wolfs
Marjorie Larson
Pocket
Marquette
Butler Enters Race For House Speaker
DES MOINES State Rep. Guy Butler Rolfe Republican has entered the race for speaker of the Iowa house of representatives for the 1953 legislature. Rep. Arthur C. Hanson Inwood Republican also announced his candidacy. Several other members are expected to join before the January session. It was unclear if Rep. W. S. Lynes of Waverly the 1951 speaker would seek re election.
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Des Moines
INS
Guy Butler
Rolfe
Iowa
House of Representatives
Arthur C. Hanson Inwood
House
W. S. Lynes
Waverly
Committee To Report On Institutional Ties Iowa City
A temporary group at the University of Iowa to study cooperation between staff and state mental health and correctional institutions has become a formal reporting unit to Gov. Beardsley. Sidney G. Winter chairs the committee with Dr. Wilbur Miller Walter Loehwing Elmer Joliffe and Gerhard Hartman named as members. The group was originally created by President Hancher at Dr Graves request and later formalized by Governor Beardsley.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
William A. Sidney G. Winter
College of Commerce
Wilbur Miller
Psychopathic Hospital
Walter Loehwing
Graduate College
Elmer Jolliffe
Gerhard Hartman
University Hospitals
Virgil M. Hancher
Charles C. Graves
Board of Control
Beardsley
Fort Madison Loses Vote Bet to Keokuk
Keokuk wins the get-out-the-vote contest as 77.6 percent vote and Fort Madison trails at 75.5 percent. Fort Madison Chamber president Carl Gupton will ride a bull down Keokuk Main Street as the losing town’s stake, using a champion bull named Valley View Nugget provided by Keokuk Chamber president Will Davis.
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Keokuk
INS
Carl Gupton
Fort Madison
Talbot Named to New Conservation Post
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Conservation Commission announced the appointment of John Talbot as conservation officer supervisor for district 2 with headquarters in Cedar Rapids. Talbot formerly served as the commission airplane pilot and special law enforcement officer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
John Talbot
Cedar Rapids
Talbot
Commission
Loveless undecided about running again
Ottumwa Mayor Herschel Loveless, who lost the gubernatorial race to Republican William S Beardsley, said he probably won t decide before year s end whether to seek re election in 1954 He also indicated he will not seek re election as mayor when his term ends January 1 1954, a post he has held since April 1 1949.
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Ottumwa
Herschel Loveless
Didate
William S. Beardsley
Loveless
Court Awards Child's Custody To Grandfather
In Des Moines District Judge Russell Jordan awarded custody of 20 month old Brian Pottoroff to his grandfather Paul Pottoroff 48 ruling it was in the child's best interests The father Paul Pottoroff Jr 23 of Hamilton Ia had argued the child was being held unlawfully The judge noted the father waived rights by not marrying the mother providing support or visiting the child The child born to the late Georgann Coffman in Portland Oregon in February 1951 died here Sept 8 of polio The elder Pottoroff had married Coffman in May after divorcing Paul Sr’s mother The guardian appointed earlier by the judge Irene Wageman remains engaged in the case
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Des Moines
Russell Jordan
Brian Pottoroff
Paul Pottoroff
Paul Potoroff, Jr
Hamilton
Paul
Brian
Potteroff
Irene Wagaman
Jordan
Wagaman
Georgann Coffman
Portland
Oregon
Pottoroff
Miss Coffman
Iowa State Officials Seek Salary Boost to 8500 to 9300
Des Moines reports indicate elective state officials besides the governor plan to ask the 1953 legislature for salary increases to 8500 to 9300 annually. Officials include secretary of state, state treasurer, auditor, secretary of agriculture, and superintendent of public instruction. The attorney general may also seek a raise. governor’s pay remains 12000 with free Des Moines residence.
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Des Moines
INS
Ap. Saat
Ernor
SUI Cadet Officers Return from Meeting
Three cadet officers of the Pershing Rifles at the University of Iowa returned from a national assembly in Columbus Ohio. Col Wilmer J Robison Cedar Rapids commanded officer Capt Thomas A Brown Osceola operations officer and First Lt Harold L Marquis Iowa City special staff officer were flown there in a C47 by the Iowa National Guard. The Pershing Rifles is a military fraternity founded by General John J Pershing at the University of Nebraska.
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SUI
Iowa City
Pershing Rifles
Military Society i
University of Iowa
Columbus
Ohio
Iowa National Guard
Wilmer J. Robison
Cedar Rapids
Thomas A. Brown
Osceola
Harold L. Marquis
The
John J. Pershing
University of Nebraska
State Defends Butterfat Tax In Court Suit
Webster City Iowa farmers A F Yoerg and Clarence Dodd challenge a one cent per pound butterfat tax arguing unconstitutionality. The suit seeks a refund of 25 32 for this year and names the State Dairy Industry Commission. Trial unlikely before January term. hearing set for November 25.
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Webster City
INS
A. F. Yoerg
Clarence Dodd
Blairsburg
State Dairy Industry Commission
Des Moines
Philip H. Cless
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