Formation of Free Roads Group Seen
In Des Moines Iowa a preliminary meeting discussed forming an Iowa Free Roads Association to promote free access to public roads and oppose toll roads. About 25 attendees from groups including Highway 6 and 30 associations and the Iowa Motor Court Association discussed linking efforts with the movement. State Senator C S Van Eaton supports fast consideration of a toll road bill in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Highway 6 Association
Highway 30 Association
Iowa Motor Court Association
Iowa Restaurant Association
Independent Oil Jobbers
Des Moines Free Roads Meeting
Free Roads Movement
Iowa Highway Commission
C. S. van Eaton
Sioux City
W. Earl Hall Receives 10000 Safety Award in Chicago
Chicago report notes W Earl Hall editor of The Mason City Globe Gazette won the Mutual of Omaha Criss award and gold medal for 25 years of safety journalism. Hall outlined a simple safety credo urging Americans to cultivate a lasting wish to live safely and to teach youngsters to practice careful conduct. He urged that recklessness is often clever but never wise.
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Chicago
SNS
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Mutual of Omaha Criss
Hall
Women’s Hawaii Tour Led by Northern Pacific
Mrs. E. C. Turkington and Miss Adelia Letts undertake a four week tour of Hawaii. The trip is arranged for a group of club women and is overseen by the Northern Pacific railway.
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Columbus Junction
E. C. Turkington
Adelia Letts
Hawaii
Northern Pacific Railroad
Death of Amboy Man From Fall After Fight With Bettendorf Team
A coroner's jury ruled William Robert Latta 21 of Amboy Illinois died from a fractured skull caused by a fall on a concrete sidewalk after a fight with Bettendorf Iowa high school football players. The six hour inquest heard 20 witnesses. no charges were immediately filed pending review by State's Attorney James Bales.
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Dixon, Ill
William Robert Latta
Amboy
Bettendorf
Iowa Briefs Recap of Local Club and Community News
Quasqueton elects Rollin Shaver as president and others to key posts. Waukon selects Ray Fitch as Allamakee County Schoolmasters president with Clarence Martens and Richard Taylor in top posts. Decorah scouts win traveling advancement trophy at county court of honor. Home Mission conference set for Oct 27 28 at Washington Prairie Lutheran. Republicans plan Oct 23 caravan tour with two sound tracks and Little German band. Kalona reports Dwight Feldman’s right hand injury and thumb amputation. Waverly Lutheran Children's Home Society meeting features Rev Oliver Bergeland. Maynard fire causes water and smoke damage at Purley Jennison residence. Lowden sees Mrs Walter Meyer undergo surgery in Cedar Rapids. Traer Dixie Bradley crowned home rooming queen with attendants Mary Lou Casilavka and Joan Halupnik.
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Waukon
Ray Fitch
Lansing
Allamakee
Clarence Martens
Postville
Richard Taylor
Decorah
Troop 91
St. Benedict’s Church
Winneshiek County
National Lutheran Council
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Waukon — Republicans
Winneshiek
Kalona
Dwight Feldman
Iowa City
Waverly
Lutheran Children’s Home Society
Oliver Bergeland
Luttheran Welfare Society of
South Dakota
Maynard
Purley Jennison
Lowden
Walter Meyer
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
TRAER
Dixie Bradley
Mary Lou Casilavka
Joan Halupnik
Dry Group Backs Hoegh in Iowa Elections
The Iowa Temperance Legislative Council backs Atty. Gen. Leo A. Hoegh for governor and endorses several Republican candidates for Congress while the Iowa Labor League supports Gillette for Senate and a mix of candidates for Congress, with no stance on governor. The dispute over Miller’s union role follows criticism from labor leaders and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Temperance Legislative Council
Iowa Labor League For Political Education
Norman A. Miller
Iowa Republican Labor Council
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Temperance Legislative Council
Atty. Gen
Leo A. Hoegh
Hoegh
John O’connor
Lone Tree
Congress
H. O. Talle
Decorah
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
Karl le Compte
Corydon
Paul Cunningham
Des Moines
James I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Dayton Countryman
Nevada
L. E. Plummer
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa Temperance League
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Iowa Council of Churches
Clinton Man Killed in Two Car Crash
A 35 year old Clinton man John Henry Babcock died in a hospital after a two car collision about 150 miles south of Clinton. John Rope 20 of Davenport driver of the other car said he swerved onto the shoulder to avoid the crash. Rope described Babcock as zig zagging down the road. Babcock was the second Clinton resident to die in traffic over the weekend. Rhoda Christoff 60 died Saturday night after being struck by a car driven by LeRoy Martin 20 of Clinton who was charged with drunk driving. Christoff's companion Joseph Riley was hurt and listed in fair condition.
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Clinton
INS
John Henry Babcock
John Rope
Davenport
Rope
Babcock
Rhoda Christoff
LeRoy Martin
Mother and Children Injured in Cedar Rapids Crash Near Waubeek
Mrs Marion Primmer and her two children Carol 10 and Norman 7 were injured in a Sunday head on collision near Waubeek and transported to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. The husband and two other children Janet 17 and Gerald 14 were unharmed. The other driver Walter Nelson escaped injury. All residents of Waubeek. The family was en route to church.
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the Gazette
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Waubeek
Marion Primmer
Carol
Norman
St. Luke's Hospital
Passmore
Janet
Gerald
Walter Nelson
Primmers
Church
Nelson
Seven Hurt as Deer Killed in Highway Crash Near Cresco
At about two miles south of the Minnesota border near Cresco seven people were injured in a head on collision on highway 63 when two deer darted onto the road. The injured were taken to a Rochester hospital in serious condition. Drivers were James H. Vance of Rochester and Clarence Zeck of Rockford Indiana. Vance, Zeck, and their families suffered injuries. One deer was killed and the other injured.
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Cresco
INS
Minnesota
Rochester, Minn
Howard County
Percy Haven
James H. Vance
Rochester
Clarence Zeck
Rockford
Vance
Zeck
Three Women Hurt After Car Strikes Pedestrians
In Estherville three women endured injuries while on a Sunday stroll. Mrs. John Hemingson, 70, suffered a fractured wrist. Mrs. Martin Johnson, 64, of Frost, a broken leg and collar bone. and Mrs. Burt Lund, 57, of Rake, facial lacerations. The car, driven by Lois Condon of Estherville, reportedly struck as she turned left into the intersection.
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Estherville
INS
John Hemingson
Martin Johnson
Frost
Minn
Burt Lund
Lois Condon
Landmark Liscomb blacksmith shop destroyed by fire
Fire erased the Liscomb landmark built in 1890 on the site of an old creamery. The shop had been closed since the owner's death years ago. Tenants and neighbors battled the blaze as fire crews from nine towns fought to save surrounding buildings.
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Boyd
Liscomb
Dexter
Robert Akin
Iowa Driver Trapped In Wreck Ten Hours
A 53 year old Council Bluffs man, William R. Johnstone, was in fair condition at a Harlan hospital after being trapped more than ten hours in his overturned car on highway 59 two miles south of Harlan. He suffered possible severe back injuries as the vehicle plunged into a ditch and rolled onto its top. He lay through the night without a coat in near freezing temperatures until a passing motorist found the wreck Sunday morning and a tractor was used to lift the car off him.
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Harlan
INS
Council Bluffs
William R. Johnstone
Johnstone
Highway 59
Parking Prohibited at Center Point Post Office Hours
City ordinance bans parking of autos and trucks in front of the United States Post Office from 4 to 5 a.m. and 8 to 9 p.m. Violations incur penalties under the measure approved by Mayor J. Fay Newland with clerk Earl E. Silver attesting.
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United States Post Office
Center Point
Iowa
J. Fay Newland
Earl E. Silver
VFW and Legion Study POW Collaboration Laws
Iowa VFW reports to probe the Batchelor case while Wisconsin Legion drafts a study to redefine laws on prisoners of war who collaborated with Communists. Batchelor faces life imprisonment. Wisconsin panel weighs whether mere threats of death or insanity justify collaboration.
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Nists
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Wisconsin American Legion
Batchelor
Administrative Council of
Iowa Vfw
Waterloo
U.S
Milwaukee
Legion Committee
Square Dance Classes Slated at Upper Iowa
Upper Iowa university extension program offers square dances in the gymnasium every other Saturday night. Gene Beck will call. Sixteen dances run Oct 23 to May 28. Cost is $10 per couple for the season, $6 per couple for half season, and $1 per couple for single dances. Early dances emphasize fundamentals and easier moves.
John Scott to Speak at Wayzgoose Dinner
John Scott, assistant to Time magazine’s publisher, is chosen as principal speaker for the University of Iowa journalism Wayzgoose banquet. He recently completed a 15000 mile Europe Middle East and North Africa fact finding trip and is author of Beyond the Urals. A daughter was born Friday in Cedar Rapids to Mr and Mrs Ed Schloemer.
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Iowa City
John Scott
Time Magazine
University of Iowa
Scott
Europe
Middle East
North Africa
Wan Witiwa
Ouyeiat Velowas
Time and Life
Maga- Lowden
Ed Zines
Schloemer
The
Urals
Cedar
Rapids
Fall Festival at Maynard Slated
A community Fall festival sponsored by the Booster club will be held at the Maynard Community hall on Thursday. The all day program starts at 10 am and ends 10 pm with dinner at 11:30 am and chores 4 to 5 pm. Men discuss building problems petroleum supply and more while women cover electricity and goods. Evening events include a 7:10 pm Maynard school band concert and an 8:30 pm talk on present day investments followed by a home talent show at 9 pm.
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Gazette
Maynard
Booster Club
H. T. Tucker
New Ulm
Minn
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Ottumwa
James A. McLaughlin
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Jefferson
Elmer Carlson
Audubon
Roy Holland
Lawton
Miller
Joe Bailey
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Polk County Labor League For
Ingvald Red
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Lowan
Standard Appliance Company
Queen
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Complete
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Standard Appliance CO
Second Avenue
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James H. Miller
Gordon Blunt
Blank Memorial Hospital
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Goodwin
Robert K. Goodwin
Drake University
Omicron Delta Kappa
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Ohio
Ted W. Brown
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