Ossian pastor Anna Svendson dies after tumor
Funeral services for Anna Svendson 48 are set at Stone church Ossian with burial in Stone church cemetery. She died after hospitalization in Iowa City where a tumor was found. Survived by husband John and eight children.
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Ossian
Anna Svendson
Stone Church
Belle Plaine
A. B. Jamison
Bethany Evangelical Church
E A. Donovan
Evangelical Church
Clinton
Bertha Brown
Cedar Rapids
Emily Neggers
Boone
Free Methodist Church
St. James
Minn
Jamison
Park E. Miller
Otto William Bebensee
Luzerne
Lutheran Church
F Starke
International Cemetery
Charles
Johanna Hass Bebensee
Davenport
Mary Rieck
N Bistline
John Crelly
Theodore
Rudolph Bebensee
Henry Bebensee
Marshalltown
Bertram
O. A. Kearney
Methodist Church
Bombing of New York Station Declared Dud
AP reports the Grand Central attack scare proved false as 5 p.m. hour passed uneventfully. Detectives and railroad officials had been alerted after a Queens resident received a call urging him to warn "Mr Kuhn" about a bombing.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Queens
Aymond F. Clair
Jamaica
Kuhn
Clair
Manhattan
Fort Dodge Man Dies Of Crash Injuries
Fort Dodge funeral supply salesman Ira L. Foster died Saturday night from injuries after his car collided with another driven by Olney Bilstad of Somers Indiana near Slifer, Iowa. Bilstad escaped serious injury.
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Fort Dodge
Ira L. Foster
Olney Bilstad
Somers
Slifer
Bilstad
Beauty queen hurt in highway crash loses legs
In DeQueen Arkansas 16 year old Della Mae Smith, chosen beauty queen at a social, was near death after a collision while returning home on horseback. Her 20 year old companion Roy Christian was also injured.
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Dequeen
Ark
Della Mae Smith
Lockesburg
Roy Christian
Wheeler Says Roosevelt Likely Again Regardless of War
Len Burton Wheeler a Democratic senator from Montana told reporters in Boston that the nation will likely have Franklin D. Roosevelt again as president whether there is war or not. He planned to attend a Hudson homecoming as guest of honor but said his own candidacy for the Democratic nomination is temporarily shelved due to wartime political adjournment.
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Boston
Len Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Hudson
Eight Million Fish Saved This Season From Shallow Pools
In Iowa the conservation commission says rescue crews saved over eight million fish from drying pools and released them into rivers and lakes. Nearly 10 million could be saved by season’s end, with 1 052 952 pounds of rough fish sold or donated.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Commission
E. D. Speaker
Green Bay
Burlington
Midwest
Mississippi River
Speaker
M. L. Hutton
Conservation Commission
Gas Tax Revenue Edges Up in August
Des Moines reports state gasoline tax receipts for August rose by 77 750 over the same month last year. Total collections reached 1 547 228, with eight month totals 689 000 higher than the prior year.
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Des Moines
Capitol Currents: Swan Fischer talk on patronage in Iowa government
Capitol Currents reports Swan and Fischer discussed patronage in state offices from liquor to motor vehicles. They noted hiring practices, third of jobs held by Democrats, and a deadlock over a holdover employee amid GOP pressure. Additional notes cover liquor store openings and audit history of brands and inventories with governor clemency and license delays.
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ES Moines
Harry Swan
Public Safety
Karl Fischer
Swan
Liquor Commission
Board of Control
Tax Commission
State Department
Motor Vehicle Division
Highway Patrol
Oakland
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Wilson
Commission
Postville Glee Club Forms With Forty Two Members
The Postville high school girls glee club opens the school year with 42 members, 28 of them joined. First sopranos include Sophie Dyke Gloria Erickson Lola Gordon Marcella Heins Kathleen Looney Dorothy Schultz Marion Sonnkalb Lois Tindell Joycelyn Engle Charlotte Gordon Zana Mac Harris Patricia Kasht Thelma Mark Pearl Schultz and Ruth Thoma.
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Postville
Postville High School
Sophie Dyke
Gloria Erickson
Lola Gordon
Marcella Heins
Kathleen Looney
Dorothy Schultz
Marion Sonnkalb
Lois Tindell
Joycelyn Engle
Charlotte Gordon
Zana Mac Harris
Patricia Kasht
Thelma Mark
Pearl Schultz
Ruth Thoma
Explosion Wrecks Morrell Plant in Ottumwa
An explosion at the John Morrell and Company packing plant in Ottumwa wrecked the engine room and forced a temporary shutdown. Officials reported no personal injuries. Vice-President George M. Foster cited a blast from an ammonia compressor as the cause and noted the building collapse followed the fire.
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Ottumwa
John Morrell and Company
George M. Foster
Africa Population Compared With Asia Size
Africa has about 140 million people across 11 605 000 square miles while Asia hosts roughly 890 million residents over 17 052 000 square miles. The figures highlight Africa as the smaller continent by population and area in comparison with Asia.
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Africa
Asia
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Norma Ospand
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Helen Sander
Rose Marie Brewer
Verda Appel
Marian Casten
Marjorie Roth
Marjorie McNeil
Marie Meyer
Marilyn Thomson
Charleen Sbaltz
Martis Gordanier
Cressa Luhman
Betty Meier
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