Tragic Tractor Accident Claims 2 Year Old
Anthony Ambrose Merchant, two, son of Woodrow and an farmer family in Grove township, died Wednesday when a tractor toppled off a newly graded road near the Merchant farm. Hired man Leland Schroeder suffered leg injuries. Burial at St Marys catholic cemetery.
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Vinton
Anthony Ambrose
Woodrow Merchant
Grove Township
Merchant Farm
Leland Schroeder
Vinton Hospital
Thomas Edward
John Schulte
Nora Merchant
James Nolan
van Horne
John Schuster
Watkins
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Atomic Series To Begin At Iowa City Wednesday
A series of lectures forums and demonstrations will launch next Wednesday in Iowa City under Operation Macbride. The program aims to stimulate adult interest in atomic energy and its global implications with a final demonstration of splitting an atom without fission, explained by Prof. C J Lapp.
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Iowa City
Local
Atomic Energy Control Committee
Iowa City League of Women Voters
World Affairs Forum
Association of Eastern Iowa Scientists
Johnson County
American Veterans Committee
C. J. Lapp
University of Iowa Pi~cs
Lapp
Deer Killed by Bow and Arrow in Necedah Refuge
McGregor resident Eddings, a cabinet maker who also crafts archery gear, shot a 9 point buck weighing 225 pounds while hunting in the Necedah Wis game refuge opened to archers on Sept 28. The deer was run down, dragged a quarter mile, and loaded onto his car for transport to McGregor. In 1943 Eddings first killed a deer with a bow and arrow near Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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The
Gazette
McGregor
Lloyd Eddings
Marquette
Eddings
Necedah
Wis
Black River Falls
Barbers in Iowa City Face Meeting Over Discrimination
Iowa City barbers may face legal action after the Social Action committee voted to send letters inviting them to discuss alleged discrimination against Negroes. Arthur Lambert, committee president, said the meeting would address objections to serving Negroes and seek a satisfactory solution.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Social Action Committee
Arthur Lambert
Des Moines Woman Accuses Judge in Grand Case
Mrs. Dorothy Roth, 26, accuses Municipal Judge Harry B Grund of improper advances on August 9 in his Crocker building office. The assault charge of attempted rape awaits grand jury testimony. Roth left Des Moines while attorney Ted E. Hartung could not locate her. Grund calls the allegations a frame up.
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Des Moines
INS
Dorothy Roth
Ted E. Hartung
Hartung
Harry B Grund
Crocker
Polk County Grand Jury
Roth
Grund
Iowa Sets 1946 Duck Season With 45 Day Limit
The Iowa conservation commission reduced the 1946 duck season to 45 days from 80, with a seven duck daily bag and 14 in possession. Open Oct 26 and close Dec 9, with specific merganser and wood duck exceptions and only blue and snow geese for open geese. Several species are prohibited, Canada geese now excluded.
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Iowa
Canada
Benton Pioneer Frank Luton Dies at 92
Frank Luton 92 long time Benton township resident died Wednesday in Vinton. Born Meadsville Pennsylvania February 4 1854 he came here at 10 months old in a covered wagon and lived in the same community his life. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Fry-Holland funeral home burial in Evergreen cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Flossie Passage five grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
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Frank Luton
Benton
the Gazette
Vinton
Benton Township
Meadsville
Fry-Holland
Evergreen Cemetery
Flossie Passage
Boy Scout Fund Drive Set for Three Iowa Counties
The Friends of Scouting campaign in Jones Linn and Benton counties will run in October with district chairmen Ralph Wilson Elmer Fredricks and Fred Wright leading efforts. The Waubeek area council aims to raise funds to support 81 troops and 2,500 boys as it expands staff and programs under a 1947 budget of 21 000.
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Linn
Benton Atd Jones
Friends of Scouting
Waubeek
Payncer
Council
Payneer
Jones County
Linn County
Benton County
Dean McGrath Returns From Germany on Mission
Dean Earl J. Mc Grath of the University of Iowa liberal arts college returns to Iowa City after a 35 day inspection tour of school systems in Germany and Austria. He led a state department mission to evaluate if militarism and nazism have been eliminated from education at universities.
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Iowa City
Earl J. McGrath
University of Iowa Liberal Arts College
Germany
Austria
State Department
Marengo Veteran Dies After Truck Crash at Airport
Jack Degood 35 of Marengo a World War II veteran died at Watts hospital from injuries after a rock truck overturned on Highway 6 near Marengo airport. No other vehicle involved and no cause found. Survived by wife a brother Albert a sister Mrs A G Iberg mother Mrs Loupia Mamnaken and a half sister ois.
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The
Marengo
Jack Degood
Watts Hospital
Coralville
Highway 6
A. H. Hall- Bren
Paul Gearhart
George von Lienen
Local Auto Businessman James E. Thompson Dies
James E. Thompson 58 of Van Horne died late Wednesday of a heart ailment after 36 years in the garage and auto shop started with his father. Born in Big Grove township November 1887 he moved to Van Horne in 1910 and served on the town council. He married Emma Severin in 1912, widowed in 1920, then Rose Kerkman in 1923. Surviving are three daughters mother two brothers four sisters stepson and stepdaughters and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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van Horne
James E. Thompson
Big Grove Township
Emma Severin
Rose Kerkman
Ruth Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Ashby
M. C. Retter
Twirs
Mary Thompson
Harvey
Horace Thompson
Vinton
August Mossman
Cliff Nelson
Dysart
H. S. Church
Columbus Junction
Aerial kidnapping charge filed against 19 year old
NEW ORLEANS UP Fred M. Thomas 19 Bogalusa Louisiana charged by the FBI Thursday with the aerial kidnapping of Harold Pollett 44 Council Bluffs Iowa flight instructor Thomas held under 15000 bond.
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New Orleans
Fred M. Thomas
Bogalusa
F.B.I
Harold Pollett
Council Bluffs
Thomas
29 Benton County Schools to Consolidate with Vinton
A special election in Benton County results in 545 votes for and 172 against consolidation. The 29 rural independent districts will merge with Vinton Independent School District, leaving seven rural districts independent. The rural schools will keep operating this year in their own buildings under Vinton supervision.
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Vinton
Vinton Independent
Benton County
Bert Cole Straberry Point Clerk Dies After Illness
Bert R. Cole 68 longtime banker and Strawberry Point town clerk for 15 years died Wednesday after a three week illness. Born July 1 1878 at Strawberry Point he studied at Capital City Commercial College Des Moines married Sept 16 1906. Surviving are his wife a sister Myrtle Kaberle and Sephene of Strawberry Point.
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Strawberry Point
Bert R. Cole
Littleport
Capital City Commercial College
Des Moines
M. J. Goodrich Produce Company
Methodist Church
First National Bank
Strawberry Point Farmers Creamery
Myrtle Kaberle
Ee Sephene
Ames scientist invited to Pasteur anniversary in Paris
Dr. Chester H. Werk man of Iowa State College bacteriology heads a laboratory and is invited by the French government to visit Paris next month for the fiftieth anniversary memorial of Louis Pasteur.
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Ames
Chester H. Werkman
Iowa State College
Paris
Louis Pasteur
PTA Officers Elected in New Organizational Meeting
Officers of the newly organized Parents Teachers association were elected Wednesday night. They include Mrs. William Dolezal as president Mrs E Mason as vice president Mrs Nevin Duffy as secretary and Mrs Gilbert Hynek as treasurer Mrs Arthur Norman district PTA president and Mrs Louis Blaha district PTA secretary were guests.
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ELY
Parents Teachers Association
William Dolezal
E. Mason
Nevin Duffy
Gilbert Hynek
Arthur Norman
PTA
Louis Blaha
Iowa School Boards Set First Annual Fall Meeting
Des Moines hosts the inaugural fall convention of the Iowa Association of School Boards on October 14. Over 25 000 school board officials and 1 000 superintendents are invited. Headline speakers include Dr. Frank Wright Allan Kline and Cameron M Ross. D Evans leads the group as president. Don A Foster estimates about 3 000 attendees.
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Des Moines
Iowa School Board
Iowa Association of School Boards
Frank Wright
Webster Groves
Board of Education
Allan ‘Kline
Iowa Farm ‘Bureau Federation
Young Jones County Farmer Dies of Polio
Rudolph Ortgies, 23, a farmer southeast of Anamosa, Iowa, died Thursday morning in an Iowa City hospital after eight days in an iron lung. Survived by wife Imogene Duncan, two daughters, his mother, a brother and five sisters. A sister, Mrs Burdena Poppe, died of infantile paralysis in November 1944. Body at Smykil's funeral home. Services at Lutheran church to be announced.
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Lutheran Church
Woman Admits Taking Purse Containing 170 Dollars
Des Moines police say Frances Ann Osborne, 36, admitted taking a purse with 170 dollars from a department store counter. Clerk Margaret Randall reported the theft last Saturday. Osborne said she spent most of the money and burned the purse. she is jailed on larceny charges.
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Des Moines
Paul Castelline
Frances Ann Osborne
Margaret Randall
Castelline
Osborne
DIES AT WHEEL WATERLOO MAUST DIES DRIVING HEART ATTACK
Max M. Maust 47 died of a heart attack while driving his car on a residential street Wednesday night.
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Waterloo
INS
Max M.maust
More Bad Checks on Iowa City Bank Turn Up
Three more worthless checks cashed in Fairfield Knoxville and Marshalltown on the Iowa City Iowa Bank and Trust companybooks using the name Edward B Saunders were refused payment. The seven bad checks total about 1700 dollars according to M B Guthrie cashier.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Bank and Trust Company
Edward B. Saunders
M. B. Guthrie
Fairfield
Knoxville
Marshalltown
Guthrie
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