Twenty Five Convicts Pardoned for War Service
Des Moines AP reports 25 of 228 men who joined the armed forces from parole or state facilities have been pardoned or discharged from parole. A parole board representative notes many others may be eligible but cannot be counted. Pardons began Dec 7 1943, the Pearl Harbor anniversary, with releases continuing intermittently.
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Des Moines
State Penitentiary and Reformatory
Robert D. Blue
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison
Parole Board
Anamosa
Pearl Harbor
Autopsy Supports State Charges in Raike Death
Davenport Iowa AP Dr Julius Weingart performed a second autopsy on Carl Raike 39 and found two blood clots at the brain base and under the left jaw that could have caused death though the first autopsy cited cerebral hemorrhage. Maurice Taylor 35 is free on 10000 bond charged with second degree murder for allegedly striking Raike during a truck collision dispute.
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Davenport
Julius Weingart
Carl Raike
Raike
Maurice Taylor
Liberty
Clark O. Filseth
Weingart
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Taylor
Carl Lambach
Heart Ailment Fatal to Abbot of New Melleray
The Most Rev. Albert Beston aged 65, Abbot of New Melleray in Dubuque, died Thursday at the monastery from a heart ailment. An Irish-born monk who joined Mt Melleray in Ireland, he came to Dubuque in 1920 and became abbot on December 28, 1944. Rev. Vincent Daly to act as superior until a new election.
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Dubuque
Ins
Albert Beston
New Melleray
Atlantic
Europe
Ireland
Citeaux
France
Mt. Melleray
Vincent Daly
Red Cross Chapter Receives Britain War Aid Certificate
Iowa City Johnson county Red Cross chapter earns certificate of appreciation for making hospital supplies for Britain during war. Certificate presented by the Central Hospital Supply Service of the British Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, signed by the Duchess of Gloucester.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Red Cross
Britain
Lorna Matthews
Wedness
Central Hospital Supply Service
British Red Cross
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Duchess of Gloucester
Six Iowa Law Enforcement Schools Announced
Six Iowa law enforcement schools will be held in Muscatine Chariton Delavan Hampton Council Bluffs and Sioux City with talks by state and federal officials. Chief R W Nebergall will discuss the bureau and arrest law. M D Huffman will cover questioned documents and fraud. Ray Waterman will explain fingerprints. W Earl Hall will address law enforcement and the public. Linn County Sheriff James H Smith Black Hawk Sheriff H T Wagner and Lt Earl E Miller will speak on evidence identification and preservation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Sheriffs’ Association
Sheriffs’ Association
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police
State Department of Public Safety
Muscatine
Chariton
Delvein
Hampton
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
M. D. Huffman
Ray Waterman
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
State Board of Education
Oelwein
Linn County
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Black Hawk County
H. T. Wagner
Waterloo
Earl E. Miller
Bureau of Identification
Upper Iowa Opening Postponed to Sept 23
The 1946-47 opening at Upper Iowa University is postponed from Sept 9 to Sept 23 due to delays in building and equipping dormitories. Freshmen days are Sept 23 to 25 with freshmen registering Sept 23 and upperclassmen Sept 24.
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Upper Iowa
Dynamite Death Near Bode Kills Well Driller
Ben Gerber, 65, a West Bend well driller, was killed instantly near Bode Iowa when a dynamite blast prematurely detonated while he was digging a well on the Odin Road farm. Local responders reported the accidental blast occurred Wednesday night.
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Bode
INS
Ben Gerber
West Bend
Gerber
Odin Road
Condemnation Petitions Filed For Power Line
Petitions to condemn the land of 11 more farmers who refused right of way for an Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric power line have been filed with the state commerce commission. The action raises to 33 the total farmers denying permission to build the line, which will cross 94 farms in the southern half of the county.
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Iowa City
Iowa- Illinois Gas and Electric Company
State Commerce Commission
Dan C. Dutcher
Music Teacher Parley At Ames Oct 20 21
Cedar Falls hosts the first postwar state convention of the Iowa Music Teachers association at Iowa State Teachers college on October 20 and 21. Dr Edward Kurtz president and Paul S Ray vice president oversee the event with this regional gathering.
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Ames
Cedar Falls
Iowa Music Teachers Association
Iowa State Teachers College
Edward Kurtz
Paul S. Ray
Coe College
Pinza to Sing at Ames ISU Fall Artist Series
Ezio Pinza, renowned Italian bass, will open the Iowa State College fall artist series on November 3. Tolbert MacRae, head of the music department, announced the program details.
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Ames
Ezio Pinza
Iowa State College
Tolbert MacRae
Salesman Charged With Rape in Ottumwa Break‑in
Edward F Bruhne 30 a Kansas City salesman is charged with rape and breaking and entering after breaking into a Ottumwa residence and attacking a recent high school graduate. Police say the suspect fled after an attempted choke at 2 am injuring his leg escaping through a window.
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Ottumwa (Ap
John Moon
Edward F. Bruhne
Kansas City
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Moon
Bruhne
Three New Polio Cases Reported in Iowa
Iowa state health department reports three additional infantile paralysis cases raising total for the year to 299. The new cases include one each in Page Union and Wayne counties, compared with 79 by this date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Health Department
Iowa
Page
Union
Wayne
John Blaul's Sons Settle OPA Suit and Injunctions
The Iowa district Office of Price Administration announced injunctions against Magee Grocery and Stanley Gardner of Fairfield and Homer and Jerry Market of DeWitt, plus a settlement with John Blaul's Sons of Burlington for over ceiling meat prices Aug 1 1945 to Jan 31 1946.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
OPA
Iowa District Office of Price Administration
Charles A. Dewey
Magee Grocery
Stanley Gardner
Fairfield
Homer and Jerry
DeWitt
John Blaul
Waterloo Tops State In Retail Sales Gains
Waterloo led Iowa retailers with a 38 percent gain in the first seven months of 1946 over 1945, according to the University of Iowa bureau of business research. Dubuque was second at 36 percent, Cedar Rapids and Sioux City tied at 34 percent. July results showed Sioux City up 50 percent, Waterloo 44 percent, Cedar Rapids 36 percent. Cities 10 000 to 24 000 population averaged a 41 percent gain.
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Iowa City
Waterloo
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Des Moines
Ring
Doctors Face Murder Count in Iowa Abortion Death
Pottawattamie county grand jury charges two physicians with second degree murder in the April 25 abortion death of Marian Blyth. Dr James C Anderson of Council Bluffs and Omaha and Dr Phil T Campbell of Omaha are named in indictments. Blyth's body was found in the Missouri river near Council Bluffs on April 26.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawatteamie County Grand Jury
Marian Blyth
James C. Anderson
Omaha
Phillip T. Campbell
Missouri River
Here
Tama Tavern Owner Dies After Fishing Trip
Tama county mourns Ed Benda 56 proprietor of Benda's tavern found dead from a heart attack near the Tama river bank after a fishing trip. He lived in Tama for 20 years and is survived by his wife two married children Wilbert and Mrs. Robert Moore both of Tama and two grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Harrison's funeral home with burial in National cemetery near Vining.
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Tama
Ed Benda
Benda
Winning
Tama County
Wilbert
Robert Moore
Harrison
National Cemetery
Vining
Roach Curran and Meier Headed for Fort Snelling Induction
WAUKON Myles E Roach Waukon William Curran Lansing and George Meier Postville left Tuesday for Fort Snelling Minnesota for army induction.
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Waukon
Myles E. Roach
William Curran
Lansing
George Meier
Postville
Fort Snelling
Minn
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