Tipton Women Run City In One Day In 1930s Feature
Tipton residents experienced a day of women’s rule led by Lillian Hipple as mayor and a female council in which figures such as Mrs. Kopf and Alice Moore held key posts. The day included traffic tickets, a minor warrant incident, and a dismissed assault case, with no formal resolutions passed before 5 p.m.
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Tipton
Mooseheart
Women of the Moose
Lillian Hipple
William Kortum
Mina Dettman
William Morden
R. W. Lafferty
Lloyd Johnson
Ben Fitzpatrick
Lucille Maurer
Erna Stafford
Pearl Kopf
Welcome Reid
Katherine Carlisle
Babe Kier
Alice Moore
Ida Moreland
Kier
Clarence
Moore
Couple Found Dead in Iowa Murder Suicide
SHENANDOAH I A AP Denzil Kinman 45 and wife Dolly 30 were found dead at their home in what Sheriff Ed Hipsley called a murder and death by own action. Kinman allegedly beat Dolly with a hammer shot her twice then killed himself. Police found the bodies after Kinman failed to report for work where he served as foreman.
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Shenandoah, Ia
Denzil Kinman
Dolly
Ed Hipsley
Hipsley
Kinman
Iowa Motor Vehicles Pass Million Mark
Iowa’s motor vehicle registrations topped one million for the first time reaching 1 007 694 units as of October 1. Auto mobiles accounted for 714 423 registrations amid rising collections totaling 17 489 806 dollars, while the 1904 start of auto registration is noted and only 155 cars were added that year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wilson Seeks Next Bad Congress After Tax Cuts Critique
Davenport AP reports U S Senator George A Wilson said that if the current congress was the worst as President Truman claimed, then he wants to be part of the next bad congress. He cited tax cuts and government cost reductions among actions critics used to judge the 80th congress.
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Wilson
Davenport
U. S
George A. Wilson
Congress
Truman
Serts
United States
New Tipton Bank Opens Next Week
The First National Bank of Tipton will open Friday Nov 5 in the former Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank building. It has capital 75000 surplus 25000 and undivided profits 25000. It joins the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC with officers President Roger M Bolton Vice President G E Grunewald Secretary and Cashier James L Huygens and directors Arnold L Meier Anders V Mathers Walter J Kiehl J C France John H Pfautz James Brady.
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Tipton
First National Bank
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Roger M. Bolton
G. E. Grunewald
James L. Huygens
Rites for Tom Huebsch At McGregor Wednesday
McGregor service will be held at the Congregational church next Wednesday at 2 p m for Tom G Huebsch who died Sept 13 1944 in France of wounds while serving in the medical corps Surviving are his mother Mrs Kate Huebsch a brother Fred G Huebsch publisher of the McGregor Times and two sisters Dorothy McGregor and Mrs Raymond Kintich Cherokee The body will arrive in McGregor Tuesday All business houses in McGregor and Marquette will be closed during the services.
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Congregational Church
Tom G. Huebsch
France
Marquette
Huebsch
Army
Muebsch
University of Iowa
Kate Huebsch
Fred G. Huebsch
The
McGregor Times
Dorothy
Raymond Kintich
McGreg
Davenport Railroad Agent Dies On City Street
John K. Leigh, 58, a general agent for the Nickel Plate railroad in Davenport, collapsed and died of a heart attack on a downtown street Friday morning.
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Davenport
John K. Leigh
Nickel Plate Railroad
Iowa Study Calls For Larger Highway Warning Signs
Dr. A R Lauer of Iowa State College reports that many drivers fail to recognize roadside signs in time. The study suggests enlarging signs by 20 to 50 percent and redesigning letters for better readability under low light, noting 15 percent of 1,629 drivers did not meet visual acuity standards.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State College
Lauer
Unopposed Candidates Fill Iowa Legislature Seats
By Dwight McCormack DES MOINES AP nearly one third of 137 state legislative posts to be filled next Tuesday have no opposition. Forty two candidates are unopposed in Senate and House races leaving at least 62 changes expected. List of Republican and Democratic names follows with no opposing candidates for numerous districts.
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Dwight McCormack
DES Moines
Senate
Iowa
Alden L. Doud
Douds
O. N. Hultman
Stanton
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
J. T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
J. Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
Herman M. Knudson
Mason City
P W. McMurry
Corydon
X. Prentis
Mt. Ayr
Ernest Humbert
Corning
Lloyd van Patten
Indianola
Eldon Walter
Beaman
Don Risk
Independence
Wouse
M L. Graham
Audubon
Harry E Weichman
Newhall
William S. Lynes
Waverly
Oliver Landsness
Sioux Rapids
G. T. Kuester
Griswold
Laurence Boothby
Cleghorn
A. H. Avery
Spencer
Albert Weiss
Denison
John L. Duffy
Dubuque
Arnold Utzig
George H. Robb
Estherville
J. T. Davis
Oelwein
William Kruse
Charles City
Henry Stevens
Scranton
H. R. Frei, Jr
Reinbeck
John A. Walker
Williams
Penn Eckles
Britt
Ray Shepard
Chariton
Elmer Bass
Marquis Childs
Washington
Iowa Farmer Is Acquitted Of Tax Interference Charge
Edmund Otis, 38, a Wesley farmer, was acquitted by a federal court jury after five hours of deliberation. He was charged with interfering with and assaulting internal revenue agents Joseph Griffin and F. R. Rock at his mother Mary Otis’s farm last June 4 during tax return discussions. Otis testified he never raised a chair or struck the Griffin auto, citing a neck injury from a farm accident that hampered his turning and his unawareness of the Griffin car while backing.
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Fort Dodge
Edmund Otis
Wesley Farmer
Internal Revenue
Otis
Joseph Griffin
F. R. Rock
Mason City
Mary Otis
Griffin
Washington woman dies after auto pedestrian crash
Metia M. Nelson, 75, of Washington, died in a hospital after injuries from an auto pedestrian accident the night before. The vehicle was driven by Robert Brewer, of Washington, according to police.
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Washington
Metia M. Nelson
Robert Brewer
Dewey Gillette Top Straw Vote at Iowa Campus
At the University of Iowa straw poll, Thomas E. Dewey led presidential support with 1,421 votes while Guy M. Gillette topped the ballot for U.S. senator with 1,467 and Beardsley led Iowa governor counts. Truman and Wallace trailed in presidential totals, with Gillette ahead of Wilson and Pitcher in the senatorial race.
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Dewey
Gillette
U. of Iowa
Iowa City
Thomas E. Dewey
University of Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
U. S
Iowa
George A.wilson
Seymour Pitcher
Truman
Wallace
William Beardsley
Carroll O. Switzer
Clarence E. Biederman
Dewey win would spark housecleaning says Peterson
Gov. Val Peterson at a Fort Dodge rally urged re electing Sen. George A. Wilson to yield a Republican congress for Dewey next January 20. He blasted the New Deal as top heavy and called for farm production gains and protection of corn from plow under and pig killing.
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Fort Dodge
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Peterson
George A. Wilson
Dewey
Congress
Senator Wilson Denies Eastern Money in Iowa Campaign
Davenport Iowa Senator George A Wilson rebuked Guy Gillette charging that eastern money funds the Democratic side He said cash from the East supports Gillette while Gillette had claimed Rockefeller and Du Pont money aided the Republican effort in the Iowa senatorial race.
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Davenport
George A. Wilson
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Wilson
Gillette
Rockefeller
du Pont
Burma urges Wilson re election on merit and record
Henry W. Burma of Allison, former Iowa house speaker, declared Friday that George A. Wilson should be reelected to the United States Senate on his merits and his record as a trusted and tried public servant.
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Waterloo
INS
Henry W. Burma
Allison
Iowa House
George A. Wilson
United States Senate
Ideal College Outlined by Hollinshead
Grinnell Phi Beta Kappa convocation featured Dr. Byron S. Hollinshead of Coe College outlining an ideal college. He proposed three early-year subjects focusing on opinions, reality, and man’s relations to God, society, and environment, followed by philosophy and special interests in later years. He warned that funding requirements and lack of guarantees make such a project unlikely.
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Grinnell
INS
Grinnell College
Phi Beta Kappa
Byron S. Hollinshead
Coe College
Ideal College
Hollinshead
The
Perfect College
Building Receives First Front Door Lock in 22 Years
CASEY Illinois AP The Banner Times Casey's weekly newspaper installs a new front door lock for the first time in 22 years after the previous lock broke in 1926 leaving the door unlocked.
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Casey, Ill
Ban
Banner-Times installs walnut doors and lock at office
The Banner-Times reveals new walnut doors and a locked office, with a light note that they may use the lock now they have it. The piece recalls only masthead and a few postal cards missing over the years.
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Banner-Times
Arch McFarlane Pleads For Iowa Vets Bonus
Waterloo AP Rep Arch McFarlane told a Waterloo Amvet home gathering that Iowa can afford a World War II veterans bonus. He said about 85 million dollars is needed and most could come from funds already in the state treasury. He cited a June 30 1948 general revenue balance of 101 782 713 dollars and dismissed inflation fears.
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Waterloo
Arch McFarlane
Cohen Estate Valued at 252808 Dollars in Des Moines
Des Moines court records show Mrs. Lillie M. Cohen, 71, left an estate valued at 252808 dollars. The inventory filed in district court Thursday details the estate amount and confirms the probate filing.
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Des Moines
Lillie M. Cohen
Havner appeals in Bennett ouster case from Des Moines
Des Moines attorney H M Havner seeks Supreme Court intervention to aid nine residents in the ouster of M J Bennett. The Cedar Rapids judge had ruled Havner cannot intervene for the Polk County attorney in the case and denied a continuance during the appeal.
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DES Moines
State Supreme Court
M. J. Bennett
H. M. Havner
Supreme Court
Havner
Bennett
G. K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Polk County Attorney’s Office
Thompson
Fragmented Local Adlementary Notes Adverts
An OCR fragment shows an orange flavored item described as five grain adult tablets with reference to dosage accuracy and no tab breaking. The text also includes an unclear political advertising label.
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