Two Glenwood Boys Caught After Escape and Freeze
Two youths from the Iowa School for the Feebleminded escaped Thursday night after Thomas Price fatally struck an elderly attendant with a marble mop board. Recovered near Pacific Junction, both boys suffered frozen feet and exposure. Clark joined Price in the escape. authorities consider murder charges and plan to file with the state attorney general.
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Glenwood
Iowa
Mills County
Robert I. Moore
State Attorney General’s Office
E. B. McInray
Thomas William Price
Dale Clark
Pacific Junction
William Stacy
State School
Glenwood- Pacific Junction
Moore
Price
Clark
Council Bluffs
Ralph France Selected Driver of the Month
Des Moines oil transporter Ralph France a 25 year old with four year safe driving record was named driver of the month by the Iowa Motor Truck Association for November. He was credited with saving a survivor at the scene of a Illinois car crash near Table Grove where five people died.
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Des Moines
Ralph France
Iowa Motor Truck Association
France
Illinois
Table Grove
Iowa Farmer Stabbed In Mystery Assault
Osceola Iowa farmer Dick Palmer living 13 miles southwest of town was stabbed Saturday in an assault by two men one tall and one short. The sheriff said Palmer was about to drain his car radiator when attacked behind the chicken house. He suffered a severe hand cut an injured leg and a head cut and the men fled in an automobile.
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Osceola
Dick Palmer
Here
Norlan A. Miller
Palmer
Miller
Monticello Names New Girls Physical Education Instructor
Miss Betty Jean Smith of Davenport is named Monticello public schools girls' physical education instructor effective December 6. She succeeds Margaret Gill, who resigned.
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Monticello
Betty Jean Smith
Davenport
Monticello Public Schools
Margaret Gill
Iowa Traffic Toll Reaches 479 Deaths by Nov 20
Des Moines reports 479 people killed in Iowa traffic accidents through November 20 this year, seven more than a year earlier and 19 more than 1946. Accidents total 35,996, up 11,426 from 1947, with 11,184 injured versus 9,402 last year.
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Des Moines
State Public Safety Department
Iowa
Dr Erskine Re-elected By Anti Cancer Group
Dr H W Morgan of Mason City was re elected chairman of the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society. Elected officers include Dr E D Plass Iowa City as vice chairman and Dr A W Erskine Cedar Rapids as secretary. H B Hook Mason City was named state fund raising chairman. Dr Charles Cameron New York head of medical science outlined statewide cancer case registration. Iowa program for 1949 includes county centers a $15000 nurses scholarships fund and a state nurse to assist local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES
Iowa
Kean longtime Iowa police association official dies
Sioux City AP reports George Kean age 61 served as financial secretary of the Iowa State Policemen Association for over 15 years and died Sunday night.
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Sioux City
George Kean
Iowa State Policemen’s Association
Tama Waitress Held On Bad Checks Charge
Doris Jean Simmer, 22, held in Tama county jail on 1500 dollar bond for passing false checks. Arrested Friday in Tama by Sheriff Russell Kern and Patrolman Sam Schafer. Charged with a 20 dollar false check at Gaza clothing store signed Jean Jensen drawn on Toledo bank. Also alleged to have passed false checks at Tama Electric, Denny's shoe store, McRoberts in Tama and at Toledo. Arraigned before Justice H E Fox, waived to district court. Home listed as Perry.
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The
Gazette
Tama
Doris Jean Simmer
Tama County
Miss Simmer
Russell Kern
Sam Schafer
Gaza
Jean Jensen
Toledo
Schafer
Tama Electric Company
Denny’s Shoe
McRoberts
H. E. Fox
Simmer
Belcher’s Cafe
Tama County District Court
Perry
Maquoketa Boy Shot While Hunting Rats
Maquoketa 15 year old Darrell Isbell was accidentally shot at the city dump while hunting rats with five teens. Ronald Redmond, 14, fired a .22 rifle that struck Isbell above the collarbone and lodged between his lungs. Isbell’s condition was reported as good.
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Maquoketa
Mns
Darrell Isbell
Isbell
Ronald Redmond
Vern Allan Dies at 48. Directed State Spelling Bee
Vern B. Allan of Des Moines a 48 year old member of the Register and Tribune promotion department died at home after a yearlong illness. He suffered a stroke on Sunday and had directed the statewide spelling bee for many Iowa school children and teachers.
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Des Moines
Vern B. Allan
Register and Tribune
Allan
Iowa
Farmhouse burglaries in Tama county noted by sheriff
Two ex convicts were captured at Nevada Iowa after a noon to 2 p.m. Tama county burglary spree. They admitted stealing clothing tools guns and other items from homes in Illinois Kentucky and Ohio. All stolen articles were recovered at Nevada.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Nevada
Tama County
Russell Kern
Kern
Wayne Anderson
George Placar
Charles Meeker
Anderson
Richard Gordon
Spokane
Wash
Raymond Morris
White Plains
N. Y
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Gerald Fisk
Tama
Marshalltown Woman Dies from Injuries
Miss Lou Vogel aged 74 died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on November 12 in Marshalltown. Her sister Fannie, 66, was reported recovering. A third sister May, 79, remained hospitalized from a fall at home last Friday.
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Marshalltown
INS
Lou Vogel
Fannie
May
Two Polio Deaths In SUI Hospitals
AP report from Iowa City states two children died of polio at University Hospital. Rose Marie Cahalan, 7, Mason City, died at 1 a.m. after hospitalization since November 10. daughter of Ambrose and (name) Cahalan. Deanna Vennum, 9, Waterloo, died at 7 p.m. after hospitalization since November 19. daughter of David and (name) Vennum.
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Iowa City
University
Rose Marie Cahalan
Mason City
Ambrose Cahalan
Deanna Vennum
Waterloo
David Vennum
Grinnell Woman Ends Her Life in Chicago
A Grinnell, Iowa woman, 63, was found shot to death Sunday in her daughter’s Chicago home and police say she killed herself. An inquest was set for Monday. Mrs. Bessie Roger died from a self-inflicted head wound with a .38 revolver after barricading herself in a bathroom. despondent since her husband’s death eight years earlier. Surviving relatives include another daughter, four sons in Iowa and one son in the Navy.
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Chicago
Grinnell
Bessie Roger
John .Ryan
Mary Paul
John
Gilman
Navy
Adolph Stransky Dies at Solon After 42 Years
Adolph Albert Stransky 59 died at 8:45 p m Saturday at his Solon home. Born near Shueyville December 13 1888 he is survived by wife Lydia a daughter Mrs John R Zenisek and son Albert A of Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Jeff B Krall of Solon a brother Milo of Ely and five grandchildren Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Brosh funeral home with Dr Marion Williams and burial in Oakland cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Solon
Adolph Albert Stransky
Shueyville
Lydia
John R. Zenisek
Albert A
Cedar Rapids
Jeff B. Krall
Milo
Ely
Brosh Funeral Home
Marion H. Williams
Oakland Cemetery
Dr Henry C Stanclift Dies at 84 Head of Cornell College Dept
Mt Vernon Iowa Dr Henry C Stanclift 84 longtime head of the history and political science department at Cornell college from 1899 to 1934 died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He suffered a fractured hip in a fall and was admitted October 25. He helped organize the Cornell lecture course and was an early president of the Cornell chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He wrote the church centennial history and two unpublished manuscripts. He was born in Spencer New York educated at Cornell Berlin and Leipzig. Surviving is sister Elizabeth of Spencer. Services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian church with burial in Spencer Friday.
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MT. Vernon
Henry C. Stanclift
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids
Stanclift
Cornell
Phi Beta Kappa
Stancliff
Northwestern University
Elizabeth
Spencer
James W. Bean
Albion R. King
Presbyterian Church
New Iowa Amvets Secretary Named
Robert Kurtz of Council Bluffs becomes the new executive secretary of the Iowa Amvets succeeding Paul Mast of Cedar Falls who resigned. The appointment was announced at a joint meeting of the group's executive committee and board of directors in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Robert Kurtz
Council Bluffs
The
Iowa Amvets
Paul Mast
Cedar Falls
Kurtz
Mrs. Margaret Stahle Dead at 75 in Solon
Mrs. Ce cilia Stahle 75 a lifelong Solon resident died in an Iowa City hospital after a long illness. Born near Solon November 22 1872 she is survived by three daughters Mrs Everett Kemp Cedar Rapids Mrs Leo Kasparek Solon and Mrs George Scott Indianaola six sons Walter Alfred Michael Charles Leo and Ralph with the U S army at Camp Kilmer N J eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete with friends welcome at Brosh funeral home
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Solon
Margaret
Cecilia Stahle
Iowa City
Everet O. Kemp
Cedar Rap
Lds
Leo J
Kasparek
George W. Scott
Indianola
Walter
Alfred
Michael
Cedar Rapids
Charles
Bettendorf
Leo
Morning Sun
Ralph
U. S. Army
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Brosh Funeral Home
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St. Luke's Hospital
Richard
Erskine
Vern Allan
Sui Hospitals
Adolph A. Stransky
Jimmy Kinkead
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