Bloody Holiday Weekend Over As Iowa Death Toll Climbs
Iowa ended a three day Labor Day weekend with twenty one deaths in traffic crashes described as one of the state s bloodiest weekends. Names include J Edwards 61 and Mrs Edwards 59 of St Paul Minn Allison Eberhart 20 Manchester Kenneth Vermeer 14 months Pella Lucille Fifield 27 Cedar Rapids and Bob Atkinson 19 Des Moines. The toll compares with last year and 1939 figures, while the driverless truck accident in Iowa City and a hit and run near Guthrie Center are noted among the fatalities.
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Iowa
J. ©. Edwards
Edwards
St. Paul
Minn
Allison Eberhart
Manchester
Kenneth Vermeer
Pella
Lucille Fifield
Cedar Rapids
Bob Atkinson
Des Moines
Iowa City
Eberhart
Francis Houstman
Olin
Vermeer
Oskaloosa
Antonie Vermeer
Guthrie Center
Iowa Labor Day Weekend Labeled Worst In State History
Des Moines reports John R. Hattery president of the Iowa State Safety Council called the Labor Day weekend the most disastrous in Iowa history. He urged motorists to take responsibility for safe driving as traffic toll this year surpassed the fatalities of the previous three Labor Day weekends combined.
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DES Moines
John R. Hattery
Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa
Hattery
Polege Family Reunion At Tourist Park Hears From Fairbanks Kin
One hundred descendants and relatives from the Julius Polege William Polege and Ernest Polege families gathered at Tourist park on Sunday for an annual reunion, many from the Fairbank area.
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Julius
William
Ernest Polege
Fairbank
Marion Couple Observe 64th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W A Ladd of Marion observed their sixty fourth wedding anniversary at home on Eleventh Street. He is 86 and has practiced plumbing for 70 years. She is 84 and they have lived in Linn and Jones counties 65 years. A noon dinner honored them with relatives including C W Ladd Rockford Illinois and many others from Des Moines Chicago Ames and Anamosa. The only absent immediate family were F C Ladd of Ladysmith Wisconsin.
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W. A. Ladd
Eleventh Street
Marion
Cago
F. B Schroder
Des Moines
Edith L. Miller
Morley
C . Ponto
Edna Ladd
Charles City
A. W. Francis
Nancy
Ames
Cunningham
Anamosa
A. Horn
St. Louis
Otis McMurrin
Raleigh Kohl
West Virginia
Joe Elsner
Keystone
F. C. Ladd
Ladysmith
Wis
Iowa official Barr Keshlear Recovering After Appendectomy
Barr Keshlear, chairman of the Iowa commerce commission, is recovering from an emergency appendectomy. He had just returned from St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was named to join interstate commerce commission proceedings on general rate cases for 16 western states.
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Shenandoah
Barr Keshlear
Iowa Commerce Commission
Keshlear
St. Paul
Minn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cyclist Dies After Being Hit By Auto Near Manchester
Allison Eberhart a 20 year old cyclist died at Willard hospital after a Sunday night collision with a truck driven by Francis Houstman of Olin. He suffered a fractured skull concussion and internal injuries and died without regaining consciousness while returning to the Paul Munson farm north of Manchester. Houstman said the cyclist had no rear light and authorities expect no charges. Survived by mother Clara Eberhart Delhi father Claud Eberhart Manchester two brothers Francis Marvin and sister Mrs Vernon Heyer near Manchester.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Allison Eberhart
Willard Hospital
Francis Houstman
Olin
Eberhart
Paul Munson
Houstman
Carl Anderson
Anderson
Clara Eberhart
Delhi
Claud Eberhart
Francis
Marvin
Vernon Heyer
Ogden to Mark Kate Shelley Heroism With 75th Ceremony
Ogden plans a Sept 5 anniversary program honoring Kate Shelley the Iowa farm girl who saved train passengers by flagging a1 down a flood damaged line. Lt Gov Hickenlooper will speak and unveil a bronze plaque noting the 1884 gold medal award.
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OGDEN
INS
Kate Shelley
Iowa
Des Moines
Shelley
Violence Flares at Des Moines Cafeteria Walkout
In Des Moines Sam I Park Bishop cafeteria manager says he was knocked out during a morning attack in front of the Chamberlain hotel. A Baker and Confectioners union strike leaves 22 workers on picket. A cook was cut and a customer struck as police arrive. attackers unidentified.
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DES Moines
Sam I. Park
Bishop
Chamberlain
Bakers and Confectioners Union
Park
Garth Johnson
Farmer Faces $25,000 Claim Over Hay Stacker Accident
Robert Shatto, a Johnson county farm hand, filed a $25,000 damage suit against farmer Frank Grabin alleging negligence. Shatto says Grabin offered to give him a thrill on August 30, 1940, on the Roy Wilkes farm and the pulley on the hay stacker machine let loose, leaving him permanently injured while riding the hay fork about 20 feet high.
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Iowa City
INS
Robert Shatto
Johnson County
Frank Grabin
Shatto
Grabin
Roy Wilkes
Beware Of Dangers From Within Says Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor B. B. Hickenlooper addressed a Labor day crowd of over 2,000 at Riverview park in Cedar Falls. He warned that the future of the United States hinges on the benefits it brings to the institutions of freedom and that the greatest threats now come from within the country.
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Cedar Falls
B. B. Hickenlooper
United States
Riverview Park
Hickenlooper
Dr and Mrs Chassell Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Mount Vernon observes the golden wedding of Dr Olin B Chassell and his wife with open house. Their children and relatives attended along with telegrams and gifts from educators and churchmen nationwide. The Chassells have long served in education religion and Methodist missions and plan to reside in Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Olin B. Chassell
Herbert A. Toops
Columbus
Homer E. Cooper
New Windsor
Joseph O. Chassell
Bennington College
Vermont
J. B. Pratt
Chassell
H. J. Bowder
Lisbon
Chassells
Dubuque
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
Methodist Board of Education
Kansas Wesleyan University
Cornell College
Columbia University
St Paul Couple Die In Auto Overturn Near Iowa City
A St Paul Minnesota couple died and three others were injured when their car overturned at 130 am Tuesday near the junction of highways 22 and 218, fifteen miles south of Iowa City. J O Edwards 61 and wife 59 were killed. son George 23 and two others were injured. The car veered onto the shoulder after crossing railroad tracks, throwing Mrs Edwards under the vehicle. The pair were returning from Labor Day weekend at St Paul. Edwards was a carpenter's foreman at the Burlington ordnance plant. Bodies were taken to Cathout funeral home in Iowa City.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
St. Paul Minn
Iowa City
J O Edwards
Edwards
Cathout
Friley to Speak at Iowa Baptist Retreat
President C. E Friley of Iowa State college will speak at the ninth annual Baptist men of Iowa retreat in Iowa Falls on September 6 and 7. Other speakers include Dr Randolph E Howard of New York City and Blair Quick of Cleveland.
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Iowa Falls
C. E Friley
Iowa State College
Baptist Men of Iowa
Randolph E Howard
New York City
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Blair Quick
Cleveland
Notice of Probate of Codicil to Will in Linn County
Notice is hereby given that on September 9 at 9 o clock a.m. the Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of CPF Butler, deceased, will come before the District Court of Linn County at Cedar Rapids for proof and admission to probate. Clerk Edwin W Lundquist. Grimm Elliott, shuttleworth & Inger Soll Attorneys.
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Alan
Linn County
Suhday
Cpf Butler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edwin W Lundquist
Grimm Elliott
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll Attorneys
Deloris Mae Mohr to Wed Merle DeShaw of Hopkinton
Hopkinton couple announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Deloris Mae Mohr to Merle DeShaw. The ceremony is planned for Thursday at 8 am in St Panty Catholic Church Burlingon.
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Deloris Mae Mohr
Hopkinton
Hans Mohr
Deloris Mae
Merle DeShaw
Phil DeShaw
St. Panty Catholic Church
Burlinge
Police Nab Pair Sought In Dubuque Robbery
Waterloo police arrested Edward J. Mulkins and Gabriel Bruccini after a $75 armed holdup at Hass Drug in Dubuque Monday night. Officers halted the suspects two hours later as they neared Waterloo in a convertible, found armed with automatic pistols and carrying $74.89. Detectives stopped them near a narrow bridge after tips from Dubuque police.
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Waterloo
H R Crumline
Edward J. Mulkins
Gabriel Bruccia
Dubuque
Hass Drug Company
Mulkins
Crumline
Harry Krieg
C. E. Madole
Highway 20
Newburn Appointed Dean of Liberal Arts at Iowa
Dr. Harry K. Newburn was named dean of the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts, succeeding George Kay who led the college for 24 years. Dean Kay becomes dean emeritus alongside Wilber J. Tects ers and Carl E. Seashore.
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Iowa City
Harry K. Newburn Monday
University of Iown College of Liberal Arts
George
Kay
Wilber J. Tectsers
Carl E. Seashore
Cattle Truck Overturns On Highway Near Belle Plaine
Mr and Mrs Brenton FB Greenlee escape serious harm when a cattle truck overturns onto their passenger car on Highway 30 near Belle Plaine at 430 pm. The Greenlees suffer only a bruised knee and minor injuries while the truck driver and helper are unharmed.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Brenton
Greenlee
Here
Curtis Gould
Gilman
Gould
Harry Cloud
Harold Parr
Kinross Toddler Found Hanged At Kinross Farm
Ronald Gibson age two was found dead by Vernon Marner at a Kinross area home three miles south of town. The child, son of Merlyn and Mrs. Gibson, was hanged by a cord used to secure a yard gate at his grandfather Calvin Gibson’s residence while neighbors worked nearby.
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Kinross
Ronald Gibson
Merlyn Gibson
Calvin Gibson
Here
Vernon Marner
Toledo Voters to Decide on City Pool Bond
Toledo residents vote Wednesday on contracting indebtedness not exceeding 10000 dollars for construction of an 80 by 120 foot concrete municipal swimming pool. The pool plan is the subject of a city election and will determine whether the project proceeds.
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Toledo
City of
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Glenn R. Morton
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