Boyle Jr. of Missouri Named Democratic National Chairman
The Gazette profiles William M. Boyle Jr. of Missouri as the new Democratic national chairman following the election of Guy Gabrielson as Republican national chairman. The piece highlights Boyle’s background as an alumnus of Pendergast era politics and his rise in the party ranks.
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Demos’ Boyle
Pendergast
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
the Gazette
William M. Boyle, Jr
Missouri
Kansas City
Truman
Jim Farley
Democratic National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Kansas Cition
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Boyle
T. J. Pendergast
White House
Truman-Boyle
Weather and court notes fill daily Iowa roundup
The Iowa section reports a forecast of clearing skies and mild temperatures through midweek with specific highs and lows, followed by police court penalties for drunkenness and traffic offenses. It also lists local birth and death notices, hospital reports, and city crime briefs alongside Kansas City political history on William Boyle.
Navy Exceeds V-6 Enlistment Quota in Cedar Rapids
Enlistments in the navy V-6 reserve program reached 190.9 percent of the September quota in Cedar Rapids with 21 men enlisted against an 11 man target. Chief Ben Gwickard said the station allows signups without a medical exam and no mandatory active duty time. Enlistees may later transfer to the organized naval reserve when vacancies appear.
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Navy
Cedar Rapids
Ben Gwickard
Navy Recruiting Station
Swickard
Organized Naval Reserve Program
Gates to Speak at UI Journalism Classes
Phelps Gates, circulation director of the Christian Science Monitor, will address University of Iowa journalism classes on October 25, according to campus announcements.
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Iowa City
H. Phelps Gates
The
Christian Science Monitor
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Deaths Harold L Walker longtime Cedar Rapids resident
Harold L Walker 52 Eighth Street SE died at Oakdale at 518 a.m. Sunday after a long illness. Born August 11 1897 in Belle Plaine he married Ida Leeks July 3 1936 in Rock Island. Survived by wife a daughter Mary Ellen Hoppe Morley two sons J G Walker and Jack Keiholtz Chicago and three grandchildren. He belonged to Stanwood Methodist church and the Eagles lodge. Services 330 p.m. Wednesday at Turner chapel with Rev Charles Moore. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Harold L. Walker
Eighth Street
Milwaukee Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Oakdale
Belle Plaine
Ida Leeks
Rock Island
Mary Ellen Hoppe
Morley
J. G. Walker
Jack Keiholtz
Chicago
Stanwood Methodist Church
Eagles Lodge
Turner Chapel
Charles Moore
Baptist Church
Marion
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Obituary: Fred M. Huyck of Cedar Rapids
Fred M. Huyck a Cedar Rapids resident for 31 years and former Century Manufacturing salesman died in a Cedar Rapids nursing home at 4 a.m. Sunday after a long illness Born December 12 1873 in Herkimer County New York he is survived by his wife Archie of Independence Services set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Turner chapel with Rev Frank Ward burial in Monticello Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Fred M. Huyck
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Century Manufacturing Company
Herkimer County
New York
Archie
Independence
Turner Chapel
Frank Ward
Monticello
Death of Arthur Coverstone Former Piano Teacher
Arthur Coverstone 77 of 522 Fourth avenue SE Cedar Rapids died in a nursing home at 1 30 am Sunday after a short illness Born in Clinton county Michigan on August 16 1872 he lived in Cedar Rapids 15 years Survived by two children in Kalamazoo Services in Beatty chapel time to be announced Friends may call after 5 pm Tuesday
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Arthur Coverstone
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Clinton County
Mich
Kalamazoo
Beatty Chapel
Death of David W. Miller Former Robins pastor
David W. Miller 209 Nineteenth street NE Linn county Cedar Rapids died at home at 11 25 a m Monday after a long illness born December 14 1861 in Linn county he married Jennie Bluebaugh at Robins a longtime farmer and pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Robins he is survived by nieces and nephews his wife preceded him in death services at the Church of the Brethren Cedar Rapids at 1 30 p m Wednesday entombment in the Chapel of Memories friends may call at Turner chapel after 1 p m Tuesday
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David W. Miller
Nineteenth Street
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Jennie Bluebaugh
Robins
Church of the Brethren
Chapel of Memories
Turner Chapel
Services for Carl Sandhagen in Turner Chapel
Carl Julius Sandhagen of Goffeyville Kansas, formerly Cedar Rapids resident, died Saturday. Services will be held at Turner Chapel at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Carl Julius Sandhagen
Goffeyville
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Service for Mrs William K Michalek in Fairfax
Services for Mrs William K Michalek of Fairfax who died Saturday will be Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Brush chapel and at 9:30 in St Patrick's church Fairfax led by Rev Bernard L White. Burial is in St John's cemetery Cedar Rapids. Father White will recite the Rosary at 8 p.m. Monday at the chapel.
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Oxford
Phoebe Bireline
St. Mary’s Church
Minneapolis
McGregor
John J. Hurley
Lamont
James Adams
Methodist
Strawberry Point Cemetery
William K. Michalek
Fairfax
Brush Chapel
St. Patrick’s Church
Bernard L. White
St. John’s Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Father White
Dootys
A. E. White
Hutchinson
Kan
S. E. Dooty
Sixth Street
Services for William M O Hara in Immaculate Conception Church
Services for William M O Hara of 516 Center Point Road NE will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Molloy. The Rosary is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday at Brady Mortuary with Msgr. Molloy officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
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William M. O’hara
Center Point Road NE
Immacualte Conception Church
John M. Molloy
Msgr. Molloy
Brady Mortuary
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Death of Miss Alice E Willard in Pringle S D
Miss Alice E Willard, longtime Linn county educator and the last member of a prominent Linn county family, died in Pringle South Dakota. She taught in Marion and Cedar Rapids for many years.
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Alice E. Willard
Pringle, S. D
Willard
Linn County
Marion
Cedar Rapids
State Requests Parking Lot Rental in Des Moines
Des Moines authorities asked the state executive council to rent a nearby parking lot due to traffic near the building housing the state bonus board and safety department. The offered tract would rent for 240 dollars per year. The council planned a survey before action. It also authorized, pending approval from Chairman Warren Wells, the sale of 86 cigarette tax stamping machines for 33,806 dollars to cigarette wholesalers to reduce upkeep costs.
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Des Moines
State Bonus Board and Safety Department
State Executive Council
Warren Wells
State Tax Commission
Wells
Burglars Loot Davenport Sport Shop For Firearms
Burglars broke into Sneder Sport shop in Davenport Sunday night and stole a .38 revolver two .22 pistols an antique revolver air pistol and duck callers. Entrance was gained by firing two shots into a rear window to break the glass.
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Davenport
INS
Sneder
Rites Held at Clinton For A. J. Hanrahan 60
Services for A. J. Hanrahan a World War I veteran and former Charlotte postmaster were held Monday at Assumption Church in Clinton. He died Friday in a Clinton hospital. He was a lifelong Charlotte resident. Survivors include a sister Mrs. Frank J. Monahan of Cedar Rapids.
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Clinton
A. Hanrahan
Charlotte
Assumption Church
Clinton Hospital
Hanrahan
Frank J.monahan
Cedar Rapids
Senators Grapple with Farm Legislation In Senate
Washington AP Senators debate farm price supports in a split, party line fight. A compromise proposal by Sen Anderson would back prices at 75 to 90 percent of parity with a flexible system, echoing Aiken law but higher. Some seek Brannan plan subsidies, others push for the highest supports possible. Senate panel may vote, but doubts remain about passage.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Sen. Anderson
D-N.m
Ees
Anderson
Aiken
Sen
R-Vt
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brannan
House
Young
Penn State Opens Comprehensive Coal Combustion Lab
Penn State establishes a new combustion research laboratory in the School of Mineral Industries. The facility, linked to a 25 dormitory heating plant, enables detailed studies of coal burning equipment across commercial and small industrial sizes. The venture continues a cooperative research program with Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers and Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators associations and the state mines department, addressing prior test-condition gaps in stokers.
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State College, Pa
INS
School of Mineral Industries
Pennsylvania State College
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Pennsylvania Department of Mines
Penn State
C. C. Wright
Division of Coal Technology
Police Court Fines Drop During September
Police court fines totaled 3939.60 for September, reported by Clerk Maude M. Krebs to the city council. The figure marks a drop of 1369.90 from August’s 5309.50 high for 1949, while total income for the month across superior court reached 4626.30 with court fees 586, marshal fees 75.10, meals 19, and witness fees 6.60. civil division clerk service added 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude M. Krebs
Superior Court
Police Study Reports Shooting Incident Involving Joe Smith
Police investigated a reported shooting of Joe Smith, 40, of 616 Ninth Avenue SE, though they believed he had not been shot. Smith was taken to Mercy Hospital by a cab driver after an alleged attack near the Negro Masonic club. Doctors said the wound was not from a bullet but likely a sharp instrument. Smith maintained he was shot, sticking to his story Monday.
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Joe Smith
Ninth Avenue SE
Smith
Mercy Hospital
Negro Masonic Club
Mitch
Farmer Kills Skunk That Attacked Him Near Center Point
Special to The Gazette reports Gerald Vance killed a skunk that attacked him while milking in his barn northeast of Center Point. He retrieved a shotgun after the animal turned on a cow and returned. the man was not bitten while the skunk was later subjected to a rabies test.
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the Gazette
Gerald Vance
van Fossen
Paths Cross In Oklahoma Visit Ends With Travel Clue
Cushing Oklahoma residents report meeting out of town visitors from Oakland California. The Joneses learned the Bartons had moved to California to join the Joneses near their own relatives.
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Cushing, Okla
B. E. Jones
Oakland
Calif
Visi
Prue Barton
Bartons
California
Joneses
Taft man pleads guilty to operating while intoxicated
Elmer L. Clark, 39, Taft, admitted guilt Monday to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge G. K. Thompson ordered a $300 fine or 90 days in Linn county jail. Clark was arrested Sunday after a three car crash on the First Avenue bridge involving Richard R. Davis, 23, Clifford Evenson, 40, and others. Evenson faced multiple fines in police court, including $25 for drunkenness and $50 for permitting an unauthorized driver.
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Elmer L. Clark
Taft Hotel
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Clark
Donald D. Ankney
First Avenue
Richard R. Davis
Johnson Avenue NW
Don L. McPeeters
Second Avenue
William Matias
Clifford Evenson
Fifth Street
Final Arguments in Brown Witte Personal Injury Suit
Final arguments were heard Friday in a $14,500 personal injury suit brought by George A. Brown against Elmer H. Witte and John Mauk. The case began Wednesday in Judge M. C. Hamiel's court. Brown seeks damages for injuries claimed from an accident on the Sixteenth Avenue bridge on June 25, 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Brown
Elmer H. Witte
John Mauk
M. C. Hamiel
Brown
Sixteenth Avenue
Coe College ROTC Band Opens Chicago Series
In Orchestra Hall Chicago the Coe college ROTC band attracted 2400 music lovers for the Sunday night concert, the 17th year a Coe band has played in the series. Stanley Vesely directed, Daryl Sander of Connellor gave a baritone horn solo, and Charles Piotrowski of Chicago conducted two numbers. The group was invited to return next year.
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The
Gazette
Chicago
Coe College
R.O.T.C
Orchestra Hall
Chicago Sunday Evening Club
Coe
Stanley Vesely
Daryl Sander
Conneillor
Charles Piotrowski
Shriners Bring Clyde Brothers Circus to Cedar Rapids
Clyde Brothers circus will appear in Cedar Rapids November 3 4 5 and 6 under the El Kahir Shrine activities committee. A contract between El Kahir and Clyde Brothers manager Howard Suez was signed. Ticket sales begin Tuesday. The circus funds El Kahir charity for underprivileged children.
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Clyde Brothers Circus
Cedar Rapids
el Kahir Shrine Activities Committee
Shrine Organization
Howard Suez
Clyde Brothers
el Kahir
Louis Cullman Elected Secretary of Philatelic Society
Louis Cullman of 428 Nineteenth street SE was elected secretary of the Trans Mississipp i Philatelic Society at a Kansas City meeting. Harry E Winn of 298 Thirty-fifth street drive SE was elected to the board of directors and Marius Duncan of Kansas City was elected president. The 1950 convention will be held in Lincoln.
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Louis Cullman
Nineteenth Street
Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Society
Kansas City
Harry E. Winn
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Marius Duncan
Lincoln
Ralph Waller Estate Valued at $570000
State inheritance tax appraisers placed a value over $570000 on the Ralph P Waller estate who was killed in an auto crash at Vinton on June 3. Personal property totals $100426 while real estate in Floyd Mitchell and Chickasaw counties and in South Dakota brings the combined value to $470290.
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Charles City
Ralph P. Waller
Vinton
Waller
Floyd
Mitchell
Chickasaw
South Dakota
Lon Ruble 65 Killed in Tractor Accident at Chariton Camp
Lon Ruble a 65 year old man died Monday when his tractor overturned while he demolished old structures at the former CCC camp near Chariton. He previously lived in the area.
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Lon Ruble
Chariton (Ap
Ruble
CCC
Chariton
Traer Foreman Change At Voorhies And Mason City Shift
Iowa Briefs report Traer area foreman Paul Olin, formerly at Voorhies, succeeds Ray Cashatt as foreman in Traer. Cashatt, in role for about eight years, transfers to Mason City. Also notes Marengo Homecoming with king and queen chosen at 2 pm pep meeting, parade at 3 pm, and Marengo Toledo football at 7:45 pm.
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TRAER
Paul Olin
North Western Section
Voorhies
Ray Cashatt
Cashatt
Mason City
Marengo
Marengo High School
Marengo- Toledo
Baseball Cork Center About Marble Size
A baseball's core contains a cork center roughly the size of a marble.
Rezoning Bid Faces Opposition in Cedar Rapids Block
Five property owners oppose a plan to rezone one northwest Cedar Rapids block from residential or light industrial use to permit a shoe repair shop. Rudolph Maresh filed the request at 712 Vernal Street. City Plan Commission to study both petitions after receiving the opposition. The site lies near existing light industrial zones to the south and east.
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Cedar Rapids
theavenue-Vernal Street
Rudolph Maresh
Vernal Street
City Plan Commission
Maresh
Street widening plan affects cemetery fence
Bowling street SW is slated for widening, with the Bohemian National Cemetery Assocation to adjust fence placement. City officials said Bowling street and Ely avenue are major streets 80 feet wide, requiring a 10 foot cemetery side strip for fence alignment.
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Bowling Street
Bohemian National Cemetery Association
Don Hines
Frank Young
Ely Avenue
Young
Catholic Music Assn Has Meeting in C R
The Iowa unit of the National Catholic Music Educators Association held its annual board meeting at Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids. Sister Mary de Lourdes presided, with Dubuque members led by Rt. Rev. William H. Schulte and Rev. Albert Carman. Absentees included Davenport and Des Moines clergy and Sisters Mary Annunciata and Mary Ann of Des Moines.
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Iowa
National Catholic Music Educators Association
Mt. Mercy College
Mary de Lourdes
R.S.M
Department of Music
Mt. Mercy
William H. Schulte
Albert Carman
Colette Marie
O.S.F
Mary Ricardo
P.B.V.M
Mary Patricia
W.H
Governors Sign 8750 World War II Bonus Bonds
Des Moines AP report says Gov William Beardsley along with State Treasurer John Grimes and Secretary Melvin Synhorst signed 8750 bonus bonds each in Chicago last Friday using a machine that produced 10 bonds at a time. The bonds raise 8.75 million dollars for veteran payments, with Beardsley noting he finished about the same time as Synhorst and Grimes was slightly faster due to his shorter name. Ohio Governor Lausche reportedly signed 13 days to complete a similar batch.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
John M. Grimes
Melvin D. Synhorst
Chicago
Beardsley
Synhorst
Grimes
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Cedar Rapids council notes gas heating levels and street mains
City Hail Notes reports September heating value averaging 1 029 90 BTU day, with August and July figures. I I G E Co gets permission to lay gas mains at three Cedar Rapids sites totaling 1 203 2 20 and 2 245 feet along Tenth Fifteenth Ninth Oak land roads. A class B beer permit is issued to Carl Randall for 700 702 A avenue NE. Ralph L Schillig approved to transfer class C permit to 420 Center Point road NE. Cigarette permit granted to Mrs Helen Ann Clymer for 701 Fifth Avenue SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
B.t.u.’S
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Tenth Street
O Avenue
Fifteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Oakland Road
Elmhurst Drive
Carl Randall
A Avenue
Ralph L. Schillig
Center Point Road
Helen Ann Clymer
Fifth Avenue SE
State Chairman Named By Iowa Association
Mary Waggoner of Washington was elected state chairman of the Business, Professional, Industrial and Agricultural Association of Iowa at the close of a two day convention. Ottumwa was chosen for the 1950 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
LLP
Mary Waggoner
Washington
Business, Professional, Industrial and Agricultural Association of
Iowa
Ottumwa
Trowel Chapter Meeting At Masonic Temple
Trowel chapter 49 R A M will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple Work in the Most Excellent Master degree will follow the meeting. City Cab two way radio Dial 6161
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Trowel
R.A.M
Masonic Temple
City Cab
Dial
Adv
Three Draw Fines on Reckless Driving Counts
Three men pled guilty to reckless driving in traffic court Monday and shared a total fine of 150 dollars. Ted Croy, Irvin Nichols, and Richard McCune faced varying penalties, with McCune fined 100 dollars and suspended 50, after clocking speeds from the Sixteenth avenue bridge to his home. Nichols earned 25 dollars with no suspension for speeding at 65 mph. Cray, 25 dollars with 10 suspended, for crossing railroad tracks on the wrong side near Eighth avenue and Fifth street.
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Elmer Clark
Taft Hotel
Irvin Nichols
Ninth Avenue
Ted Croy
Fourth Avenue
Croy
Richard McCune
E Street
Clifford Evenson
Fifth Street
Irvin Kirkpatrick
Seventh Street
Leo Ellis
Route 3
Norman Seland
Decorah
Freeman Holland
Viola
Walter Sweet
Thirtieth Street
Duane Sampson
Montezuma
Manson
Central City
J. R. Adams
B Avenue
Guy Kinsley
C Avenue
R. F. McGinnis
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
D. D. Bellis
Eighth Avenue
Kenneth Lynn
Washington Avenue
Robert Jennings
Twelfth Street
James Richmann
Marion
Helen Schloeman
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue SE
Ninth Avenue SE
E Street SW
McCune
Sixteenth Avenue
Nichols
Cray
E Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids Library Staff Return From Iowa Meeting
Six Cedar Rapids public library staff members returned from the Iowa Library Association conference in Des Moines. Librarian J. Archer Eggen and assistants Ruby Taylor Hazel Evans Edna Erickson Evelyn Zerzanek and Lena Parks participated in panels and sessions including a breakfast meeting of the Iowa Library Summer School Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Second Meeting of Negro Vets Slated
A second meeting of Negro overseas veterans seeking a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Cedar Rapids will be at 5 30 p m Tuesday in V F W post 788 clubrooms. The first meeting was Sunday at Bill Walker's home who urged all interested veterans to attend. only 12 men are needed to start a post. Walker said post 788 Commander Bill Matus and Quartermaster Emil Vahaska assist in promoting the new post.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Rapids
V.F.W. Post
Bill Walker
Walker
Post 788
Bill Matus
Emil Vahaska
Six New Polio Cases At S A I Hospitals
IOWA CITY AP two of six new polio cases announced Monday at University hospitals here involve boys from Aplington one being in serious condition Roy Coopman 14 son of H A Coopman is the patient in serious condition James Fekkers 14 son of Ka bus Fekkers is in fair condition Other patients all in fair condition are Mrs Maxine Kueter 24 of Bellvue Marcia Walker 9 of Burlington Claude Morrison 50 of Decorah and Ronald Sereg 8 of Albia Twenty one cases are under treatment.
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Iowa City
University Hospitals
Aplington
Roy Coopman
H. A. Coopman
James Fekkers
Kabus Fekkers
Maxine Kueter
Bellvue
Marcia Walker
Burlington
Claude Morrison
Decorah
Ronald Sereg
Albia
Louis Takes Over Waterworks Post
Leo Louis Jr of Piqua Ohio becomes Cedar Rapids waterworks superintendent succeeding H F Blomquist who remains as consultant. The 34 year old engineer earned $7 000 yearly after civil service exams from a field of 10 eligibles. He previously led Piqua city engineering and water plants supervisory roles and was Indiana health board waterworks chief. He holds a Purdue civil engineering degree and lives at 722 Thirty-fifth street NE.
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Piqua
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
H. F. Blomquist
Louis
Sydney
Indiana State Board of Health
Purdue University
Thirty-fifth Street
Penance Sacrament Allowed Aboard Planes
Vatican announces that the sacrament of penance may be administered on airplanes and at airports. Pope Pius XII decrees bishops authorize priests to absolve penitents during air voyages after crashes or at airports, aligning air travel provisions with those for sea voyages in anticipation of Holy Year.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Rome
Lowan Gets 10 Years In Pen for Burglary
Robert Monahan, 24, was sentenced in Ringgold County District Court at Mount Ayr to a term not exceeding 10 years for breaking and entering the United Food market. He pled guilty to the burglary and admitted stealing Jay Lisle’s car in Mount Ayr and wrecking it on Highway 169.
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Creston (Ap
Robert Monahan
Fort Madison
Ringgold County
Mount Ayr
United Food Market
Homer Todd
Monahan
Jay Lisle
Highway 169
School Teacher Wins Divorce and Property
DES MOINES AP Mrs Mamie H Ballard an Ankeny school teacher and mother of two was granted a divorce from Robert E Ballard Monday Ballard formerly a superintendent of schools in several Iowa towns until he became a book salesman ten years ago Under a property settlement Mrs Ballard received a 160 acre Story county farm the Ankeny home and 9500 She testified her husband was away from home for long periods of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mamie H. Ballard
Ankeny
Robert E. Ballard
Ballard
Iowa
Dancing Girl Legacy Gets Chicagoan Down
CHICAGO UP The man who swapped a load of Hailer bearings for Hitler's 12 ton automobile, Tradin Christopher Janus, returns from Egypt with four dancing girls among many items. He sought to settle a wealthy uncle’s estate in Egypt but government friction led him to exchange cash for American rights to 10 Egyptian films. The Sleepless Man will premiere soon in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tradin
Christopher Janus
Hitler
Egypt
Janus
Alexandria
Still Going Strong at 90 in Williamsburg
William R. Damon, Williamsburg’s oldest resident, marked his 90th birthday by mowing his lawn, stooking a walk, and enjoying candy boxes sent by friends. He remains active and enjoyed the day with neighbors and well wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Mass
William R. Damon
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