Fires Sweep 700 Acres of Land in Iowa
Fires burned about 100 acres in northeast Johnson county and about 600 acres in southern Bremer county on Sunday. The Johnson county fire began near North Liberty around 2 p.m. and burned timber pastures and fields along the Iowa river. No buildings or injuries were reported. Firefighters from North Liberty Solon and Coralville Iowa City area battled the blaze with hundreds aiding. In Bremer county near Readlyn the fire was not controlled until near midnight with about 700 firefighters. tractors plowed ground ahead of wind driven flames. No homes were damaged though several had close calls. Duck hunters are suspected of starting the Readlyn blaze. Additional fires caused $10 000 damage to a New Hampton double garage and two cars in a Saturday fire and another fire at Des Moines destroyed a remodeled house as Henry and wife Yaw planned to move in next week.
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Johnson County
Bremer County
Charles Grumas
North Liberty
Coralville Dam
Bob Ziser
Roy Walker
Solon
Coralville
Iowa City
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Art Wolff
New Hampton
Des Moines
Henry Yaw
New Iowa Champion Good Driver Named
DES MOINES IOWA The Iowa Safety Council has a new champion for its Good Drivers club W O Foster of Newton who brought the first automobile a steam driven car into Jasper county in 1902 and has driven ever since without a serious accident His record is the longest in the Good Drivers club membership Iowans with no accident or traffic violation in the last three years may join the club.
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INS
Iowa Safety Council
Good Drivers Club
W. O. Foster
Newton
Jasper County
Fostec
Machine Disappears From Police Station
A nut vending machine vanishes from the Charles City police station Saturday. Police have no clues and seek its return, with embarrassment noted by owners.
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Charles City
INS
Girl 17 Wounded in Iowa Hunting Mishap
A 17-year-old Council Bluffs girl, Alberta Swanger, was hospitalized with a chest wound from a hunting accident. The bullet struck her upper chest from a .22 caliber rifle fired at a turtle in a pond south of Council Bluffs. Authorities planned further questioning of two boys in the party.
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Council Bluffs
Alberta Swanger
Leonard Swanger
Bennie Edmundson Hospital
Miss Swanger
Manchester School Contracts Awarded
Hoff man Brothers of Independence bid the lowest for the new junior high addition, with a bid $51 196 lower than the top bid. Acme Electric Company of Monticello won the electrical contract at 922 593. From and Forsyth of Houston Minnesota took plumbing and heating at 44 300. The building will include a gymnasium home economics room band room and several classrooms.
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Manchester
Hoffman Brothers of Independence
Acme Electric Company
Monticello
From and Forsyth
Houston
Minn
Air Defense Exercise Cornpicker Receives Praise in North Iowa
Iowa air defense centers call Exer cise Cornpicker a very successful training operation. Ground observers tracked 130 reports of aircraft from Des Moines to 28 counties during a four hour window with radar ahead tracking. Sioux City military planes and civilian air patrol units from Clarinda and Waterloo participated. West Union Rep Henry Q. Talle to speak at Lions Club meeting Thursday at 6 45 p.m. at St Olaf Lutheran church.
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INS
L. KE. Boutin
Iowa Air Defense Filter Center
Des Moines
Iowa
Bou[tin
Sioux City
Clarinda
Waterloo
West Union
Henry QC
Talle
Decorah
West Union Lions Club
Tin St. Olaf Lutheran Church
SUI Studies 12 Year Iowa Voting Trend
University of Iowa researchers report a rising potential voter base since 1940 and note that to beat the 1940 turnout percentage, Iowa must see more voters at the polls despite population growth. Counties Black Hawk Des Moines Dubuque Johnson Linn Scott and Story show notable increases in potential voters since 1940.
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SUI
Iowa
Iowa City
Robert Ray
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
Ray
U.S
Black Hawk
Des Moines
Dubuque
Johnson
Linn
Folk
Scott
Story
Islight
Seven Des Moines Clubs Raided by Police
DES MOINES UP City county and state law enforcement officers raided seven key clubs early Sunday, arresting 23 people and seizing between 600 and 800 bottles of liquor. All arrests occurred in four clubs, while three clubs were closed. Several faces faced intoxication charges and 15 individuals were charged with violating Iowa liquor laws.
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Des Moines
Grave Unearthed in Field Near Dundee
A Dundee farmer found a freshly made grave in a field on Sunday. Sheriff Arthur Longseth and the farmer dug up the body, noting a missing deer's head and no bullet holes. The sheriff suspects a trophy hunter tipped the deer and removed the head.
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Baedal
Dundee
Arthur Longseth
Manchester
Longseth
Newbold Morris to Speak at Iowa Bankers Convention
New York lawyer and former Truman cleanup head Newbold Morris is set to address the Iowa Bankers Association in Des Moines as the convention runs through Tuesday. Separate items note a nine week strike ending at Waterloo Construction Machinery Co and a Des Moines theft of 12 shirts with $14 missing. Funeral services are planned Monday for Mrs Rolla Hook of Missouri Valley Iowa, past matron of the Eastern Star.
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Newbold Morris
New York City
Truman
Iowa Bankers ‘Association
Des Moines
Waterloo Construction Machinery Company
AFL International Association
Rolla Hook
Missouri Valley
The
Eastern Star
Harrison County Bee Council
Firemen Rescue Girl on Bluff Near McGregor
Firemen at McGregor rescued Barbara Schade 15 from a Mississippi river bluff south of town after she slipped and rolled down the edge. Fire crews lowered her with a rope to the highway where an ambulance took her to McGregor hospital in good condition with cuts bruises and a rib injury.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor — McGregor
Here
Barbara Schade
Milwaukee
Art Schade
Christine Schade
McGregor Hospital
Hunter Wagner Killed Sleeping on Railroad Crossing
Newton, AP A hunter 36 named Chase Harold Wagner sat to rest on a private farm crossing west of Newton with his dog beside him. He apparently fell asleep and was struck by a Great Western freight train. crew saw the dog jump up and awaken him but could not stop in time.
Iowa Educators Back Educational TV Network Plan
Iowa educators embrace educational television as a statewide network to aid schools and adult education. The project, approved for study by Gov Beardsley and led by Jansky Bailey, envisions four to ten stations, with Ames Cedar Falls Des Moines and Iowa City as possible origins.
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Robert Hagan
Lowa Garly Fress
Des Moines
Iowa
Feld of Education
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Iowa State Board of Education
William S. Beardsley
Jansky & Bailey
Washington, D. C
Ames
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
Department of Public
Department of Health
Public Safety Department
Conservation Commission
State weighs action on educational television network
Education leaders urge immediate action to establish a statewide educational television network with Ames as a potential operations hub. They propose a FW committee or a special state authority to oversee policies as licenses for telecasting must be filed by June 2, 1953 to secure reserved channels, with funding to be provided by the January legislature session for 1954-54.
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Beeve
Ames
State Board
Federal Communications Commission
Education Conference Set at Luther College
Decorah residents and educators read of the tri state educational conference at Luther College on November 20 led by Stanley Johnston associate professor. Dr Walter Cook dean of the University of Minnesota will deliver the main address Teacher Selection followed by a discussion.
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Decorah
Stanley Johnston
Luther College
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Walter Cook
College of Education
University of Minnesota
Hall Manuscripts Displayed at Iowa City Library Exhibit
Display in the University of Iowa library lobby features James Norman Hall works including Mutiny on the Bounty and Men Against the Sea. Grace van Woremer organized the exhibit with pieces from Hall’s posthumous autobiography and Oh, Millersville! poems. Carroll Coleman contributed personal holdings and aided the hoax publication.
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Iowa City
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Univerrsity of Iowa Library
Grace van Woremer
Hall
Pitcairn Island
University Library
Carroll Coleman
University
School of Journalism
Millersville
Fern Gravel
Coleman
Muscatine
Halloween Event Set At Columbus Junction
A Halloween dance and parade sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce will take place in Columbus Junction. The festivities follow the Columbus Junction versus Iowa City football game with a parade during the evening and prizes for best costumes.
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Gazette
Columbus Junction
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa City
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