18 Year Old Youth Dies from Polio in Iowa
Wayne Scheffler 18 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Scheffler of Persia died in Mercy hospital of infantile paralysis. He was the sixth polio death in southwest Iowa this year. He was admitted Monday and placed in an iron lung. Mercy hospital reported two new polio patients Curtis Cooney 9 of Portsmouth and Lyle Hedlund of Malvern bringing total cases to 214 in the region.
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Council Bluffs
Wayne Scheffler
Henry Scheffler
Persia
Mercy Hospital
Iowa
Scheffler
Mercy
Curtis Cooney
Portsmouth
Lyle Hedlund
Malvern
Polio Nurses Sought. Patients Grow at Two Hospitals
An emergency plea for two more nurses to combat polio in Sioux City was sent to Red Cross officials in St Louis. Seven nurses have been requested. three arrived, two more expected Friday, and another before the weekend as 71 patients are treated, 55 in isolation. In Decorah, 12 year old Joscelyn Wennes, a seventh grader, contracted polio and was taken to Iowa City hospital. Winneshiek County reports nine polio cases this year.
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Sioux City
Red Cross
St. Louis
J. H. Humphrey
Woodbury County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Decorah
Joscelyn Wennes
Iowa City
Carl Wennes
Winneshiek County
Boy Dies After Sheep Rampage Tramples Child
In Orange City a 3-year-old boy named David Lemkail died in a hospital after being trampled by a flock of sheep. He suffered a skull fracture and brain injury from the incident Tuesday evening as he played in a penned area. An operation was performed by Dr. J. W. Graham from Sioux City while the boy remained in an iron lung.
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Orange City
David Lemkail
J. W. Graham
Sioux City
Graham
Truck Safety Roadeo Set for Saturday at State Fairgrounds
The 1948 truck safety roadeo will be held at the Iowa state fairgrounds Saturday with 15 to 18 entrants expected, per Chairman George Hutchison. Winners in tractor-trailer and straight truck divisions advance to Washington to compete in the national event, with preliminaries Friday morning and top three in each division racing for the state title. entries include Don.
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Des Moines
George Hutchison
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Washington, D. C
Don
CIO Union Wins NLRB Election At Rath Plant
Waterloo AP reports Rath Packing Company workers voted 2 632 for CIO UPWA to 767 for National Brotherhood of Production Workers with 69 against both unions and 33 challenged ballots. 3 604 eligible. cafeteria workers split 20 18 1. A T Stephens CIO UPWA area director called the result decisive.
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NBPW
Polley
Cio-Upwa
A. T. Stephens
Des Moines
Helen Mitchell Hurt In Highway Accident Near Marshalltown
Mrs. Helen Mitchell of Council Bluffs, former secretary of state candidate, along with Dorothy Christensen and Mrs. Lucie Nies Adair were injured in a late Thursday auto crash at the junction of highways 30 and 64 near Marshalltown. Mitchell suffered a broken collarbone and bruises. the others were not seriously hurt. All three were taken to Council Bluffs by ambulance en route to a board meeting of the Iowa Council of Republican Women.
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Marshalltown
Helen Mitchell
Council Bluffs
Here
Mitchell
Dorothy Christensen
Pottawattamie
Lucienies Adair
Iowa City
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Siemens mark 45 years in DYSART celebration
Mr and Mrs Dirk Siemens observed their 45th wedding anniversary with a dinner hosted by their daughters Mrs George E Oster and Mrs Marvin Palmer. Mr Siemens serves as president of the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company in the area.
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Dysart
Dirk Siemens
George E. Oster
Marvin Palmer
Siemens
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Tama Darrah hardware store reopens under Reinbrecht management
Tama's Darrah hardware stop, once Dale Darrah’s, now runs under Wayne Reinbrecht of the Tama and West Branch family business. Gertrude Darrah led the shop after Dale’s death last August, while Reinbrecht will manage daily operations near Tama.
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TAMA
Darrah
L. D. Reinbrecht and Sons
West Branch
Wayne Reinbrecht
Dale K. Darrah
Gertrude Darrah
Marengo
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
R. H. Roine
Davenport
Rock Island
Oelwein
Joanne Streight
Order of Rainbow
Marilyn Hanna
Carolyn Boots
Barbara Flower
Phyllis Channer
Nancy Hintz
Dorothy Running
Mardene Zummak
Marilyn King
Sally Stebbins
Shirley van Denover
Suzanne Finders
Helen Hoyt
Marianna Stevens
Delores Anderson
Jackie Parker
Carol Faye Sprague
Mary Ann Shreve
Kay Hanna
Marjorie Ramsay
Joseph A. Beave
Anamosa
Marengo — High School
Star Dust
Dorothy Tompkins
Garth Bigbee
Kathleen Wandling
Jim Bellamy
Mary Margaret McBride
Dale Karsten
Peggy Olson
Adria Slaymaker
Mary Lou Barnes
Mary Ann McAndrews
Tom Hoover
Ramona Smith
Jimi
Maley Suffers Heart Attack Delays Bennett Conspiracy Trial
Walter F. Maley a 55 year old Des Moines criminal attorney suffered a severe heart attack at home and will be away from work for two months delaying the preliminary arguments in the conspiracy trial of Safety Commissioner Myron J. Bennett. Bennett faces charges of unlawfully conspiring with six Des Moines tavern operators to accept pay offs and to violate tavern closing hour laws. First Assistant County Attorney Ed S. Thayer had hoped to start the case by October 15.
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DES Moines
INS
Walter F. Maley
Myron J. Bennett
Maley
Bennett
Ed S. Thayer
Tobin to Speak at Waterloo Oct 14
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin will speak in Waterloo at the West High School auditorium the evening of Oct. 14. Jake More, Democratic state chairman, announced Friday. Tobin will fly from Washington and it will be his only address in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Maurice J. Tobin
Waterloo
West High School
Jake More
Tobin
Washington
Iowa
6000 Iowa Drivers Hit By New Law
Des Moines reports that more than 6000 Iowa motorists have driving privileges denied under the financial responsibility law now in its second year. In 11 months 9436 licenses were suspended with 6022 still unreinstated. Reasons include failure to post security after accidents and failure to post future financial responsibility after DUI or related convictions. Reinstatements total 345? Provide consistent summary:
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Safety Department
Clement J.sweeney
The
Safety Department
Financial Responsibility Division
Education group urged teachers to push school laws
F K Schmidt of Eldora, legislative chairman of the Iowa State Education Association, told Iowa teachers they are an effective force in school legislation and urged every teacher to promote desirable laws.
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Des Moines
F. K. Schmidt
Eldora
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa
Prosecutor Labels Union at Rath Plant a Frankenstein Monster
In Waterloo AP closing arguments at the riot conspiracy trial of Wilbert Warren defense attorney C I McNutt denounced union actions as a legitimate right of assembly while Assistant Prosecutor Buckmaster warned of a Frankenstein monster created by speaker systems. The case stems from a May 19 riot during a CIO UPWA strike at Rath packing plant where a non union worker died from gunfire amid heated clashes.
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Robert Buckmaster
Warren
McNutt
Rath
Fred Lee Roberts
William Farrell
Roberts
Farrell
Bus Carrying 40 Children Topples Near Lisbon
A school bus with about 40 rural children toppled over on a shoulder near Lisbon, about a mile south of Highway 30 by Wells farm. None seriously hurt. several had cuts or bruises and were sent home. Driver George Johnson said a truck forced him onto the soft shoulder, sending the bus into a shallow ditch.
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the Gazette
Lisbon
High
Wells Farm
George Johnson
NLRB Calls Election at J I Case Plant Bettendorf Iowa
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a bargaining election at the J I Case farm machinery plant in Bettendorf Iowa. The decision sets a vote date to determine union representation among plant workers.
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NLRB
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
J I. Case Farm Machinery Plant
Bettendorf
Mrs Swebakken Dies In Decorah Hospital
Mrs. Ben O. Swebakken 63 prominent Waukon clubwoman and church worker died Friday morning in a Decorah hospital after a two day illness. Born March 10 1885 at Quandahl Allamakee county she married Edgar Morstad in 1913. He died 1939 and in 1941 she married Mr. Swebakken. Survived by husband three sons Harold John Phillip Morstad Deborah and Mrs E N Donbrosky Orlando Fla. Five grandchildren. Funeral plans await Mr Swebakken from North Dakota business trip.
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Waukon
Ben O. Swebakken
Decorah
Quandahl
Allamakee
Edgar Morstad
Swebakken
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CIO Union
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Fayette
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Hawkeye
Marijorie Granger
R. C. Granger
Lavere Wenthe
John Wenthe
Sumner
Zion Lutheran Church
West Union
Ossian
Betty Lansing
Walter Lansing
John J. Welter
Dubuque
Holy Trinity Church
Perpetual's
Perpetual
Third Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
LACE
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