Miller Quits as Iowa Supreme Court Justice
Justice Frederic M. Miller of Des Moines resigns from the Iowa Supreme Court effective Sept. 30 to enter private practice. He will head a Des Moines firm with Frank M. Davis, George R. Hise and John S. Howland. Miller, 50, a World War I veteran, served nearly eight years after being elected in 1938. Governor Blue may appoint a temporary replacement until the party central committee selects a candidate for the 1948 election. possible successors include Harold Davidson, Norman Hayes, Fre Hudson, Paul McCord, C. Edwin Moore, Martin Van Oosterhout, and John J. Halloran.
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LLP
Frederic M. Miller
Iowa Supreme Court
Robert D. Blue
Blue
Miller
High Tribunal
Frank M. Davis
George R. Hise
John S. Howland
Iowa
Supreme Court
State Central Committee
Harold Davidson
Clarinda
Liberal Arts Students At SUI Report Monday
IOWA CITY AP Registrar Paul Brommers announced that all new students in the University of Iowa college of liberal arts must report at Macbride Auditorium on Monday Sept 16 at 8 am. Attendance is required to obtain registration materials. Other new student schedules run later in September with classes starting Sept 23.
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Iowa City
Paul Brommers
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts
Macbride Auditorium
Blommers
Engineering
Dentistry
Chinese Reds propose immediate resumption of armistice talks
Nanking AP says Chinese Communists, steadily losing ground on battlefields, proposed reconvening the Marshall military committee on Thursday to seek an armistice.
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Nanking
Marshall Military Committee
No River Drawdowns North of Rock Island
Col. Clark Kittrell of the division army engineer told the Iowa conservation commission there will be no winter drawdowns in the upper Mississippi river pools above Rock Island. The change, approved by the Upper Mississippi Valley Water Use council and state governors, limits drawdowns to five of 18 pools only if navigation depths require it.
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Clark Kittrell
Army
Iowa Conservation Commission
Mississippi River
Rock Island
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Conservation Commission
Col. Kittrell
Upper
Mississippi
Minnie Rice Dies Former Des Moines Registrar
Minnie R. Rice, 68, longtime Des Moines registrar and former resident of Charles City, IA, died Wednesday after a two year illness. She previously served at the old Des Moines university. Her death was reported from Des Moines.
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Minnie R. Rice
Old Des Moines University
Charles City
Mint Crop May Yield $1,000 An Acre Says Iowa Botanist
Atlantic botanist Frank C. Pellett reports a new mountain mint variety could yield $500 to $1,000 per acre in essential oils used for drugs and flavors. The plant may produce about 1 percent oil with menthol and thymol, far higher than common mints, with two years of study planned.
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SNS
Frank C. Pellett
Mountain Mint
Japan
Europe
Pellett
A. E. Schwarting
University of Nebraska
Canada
Missouri Ozarks
Hamilton
Taxi cab service resumes in Dubuque after 11 day strike
Dubuque taxi service resumes Thursday morning ending an 11 day strike. John Sherman notes satisfactory arrangements reached between managers and union drivers.
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Dubuque
INS
John Sherman
Eight Warrants in Wake of Lacona Religious Meeting Brawl
INDIANOLA. Eight Lacona residents, six men and two women, were ordered to arraign Thursday in Justice Briggs' court on assault and disturbing an assembly charges following a Sunday brawl after a Jehovah's Witness meeting in Lacona park. About 25 war veterans attacked the witnesses, injuring around 30 people.
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Lacona
C. C. Briggs
Robert Ripperger
Richard Dixon
Ripperger
Edna van Zee
Glen Neer
Harold Leonard
Stanley Daugherty
William Daugherty
Glen Baker
John Babcock
Iowa Veterans Serve 30,020 in August
Des Moines AP A total of 30,020 Iowa veterans received service from VA offices in August, per VA contact officer Ben Williams. The August total exceeds July by over 2,000, with 30,356 veterans receiving disability pension or compensation, 1,500 applying for payments, and 644 hospital care applications filed, 624 acted on.
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Des Moines
Iowa Veterans Administration
Ben Williams
Williams
Trinity Lutheran marks 75th anniversary service series
The Lowden church hosts the sixth service of a 75th anniversary observance with a mission festival this Sunday. Rev. Martin Brammer of St. Cloud Minnesota leads at 9 and 10 am, and Rev. Edgar Brammer of Cedar Falls speaks at 7:30 pm. They are son and grandson of the late Rev J H Brammer who served Trinity for 40 years.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Martin Brammer
St. Cloud
Minn
Edgar Brammer
Cedar Falls
J. H. Brammer
Trinity Church
War Assets Administration seeks decision on Schick hospital use
DES MOINES IDPA reports the War Assets Administration asks Iowa for a tentative decision on using Schick General Hospital at Clinton. Gov Blue calls a Saturday conference of state institutions survey committee, the board of control, and mental hospital doctors to discuss potential moves. The plan could place part of Woodward facility at Schick to create a centrally located mental hospital, while Eldora’s delinquent boys facility faces competing needs as plans for a sixteenth institution unfold.
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War Assets Administration
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
WAA
Army Hospital
Robert D. Blue
State Institutions Survey Committee
Board of Control
Schick Hospital
Samuel Hamilton
Federal Public Health Service
Woodward
Schick
Allamakee County Man Hurt as Tractor Upsets
Special to The Gazette WAUKON Roger Grotegot 22 was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when a tractor overturned on him as he pulled an automobile from a ditch. He was taken to a Rochester Minnesota hospital. Grotegot is the son of Reuben Grotegut Allamakee county farmer.
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Waukon
Roger Grotegot
Rochester
Boy Dies of Burns in Ot tumwa
Donald Lewis seven son of Mr and Mrs Ossie Lewis died Wednesday from burns received September 3 when his clothing caught fire while he played with a lighted street flare, authorities said in Ottumwa Iowa.
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Ottumwa
Donald Lewis
Ossie Lewis
Higher Fees Favored by Sportsmen Poll Des Moines
A Des Moines AP report details a sportsmen poll of 2,300 respondents from 10,000 random license holders. Seventy percent favored higher fishing and hunting license fees to fund conservation, while 72 percent opposed a state tax on equipment and 81 percent supported equal license rules for men and women. Current licenses cost $1 for fishing or hunting and $1.50 for a combination. a 50-cent rise per class emerged as the most popular idea. The legislature sets license costs.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Delay Seen if Grand Case Comes to Trial
Municipal Judge Harry B. Grund faces an assault with intent to commit rape indictment. If true, the case likely will not be tried until at least the November district court term. Grund waived preliminary hearing. about 25 witnesses are slated for the grand jury. A prosecutor shortage also may delay the case.
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Des Moines
INS
Harry B. Grund
Grund
Dorothy Roth
Ofice
Real Estate Man Loses License for G I Deal
Earl A. Hart head of the Iowa Real Estate commission announced the revocation of Joe E. Gardner of Waterloo's broker license after a Waterloo Real Estate board complaint. Gardner allegedly tried to sell a war veteran a property above the G I appraisal value. The revocation bars re-application for two years. Gardner had held a broker license for a year and a half.
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Des Moines
INS
Earl A. Hart
Iowa Real Estate Commission
Joe E. Gardner
Waterloo
Waterloo Real Estate Board
Gardner
G.I
Car collision near Bloomfield claims life of 65 year old
Mrs C T Thayer age 65 of near Bloomfield died in an Ottumwa hospital from injuries after the car she rode in sideswiped a truck west of Bloomfield and overturned Tuesday night.
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Ottumwa
INS
C. T. Thayer
Bloomfield
No Jury Action in Inquest at Clinton
Clinton AP A coroner's jury in Clinton declined action in the inquest into the death of Raymond J. H. Bebensee 41, awaiting depositions from two wounded men James Kreucher 17 and John Jr 22 hospitalised and not questioned. Dudley 41 railroad patrolman testified he fired after being attacked. Witnesses Anthony Milder 18 and Thomas Brougham 22 denied gun use but confirmed death threat.
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Clinton
Raymond J. H. Bebensee
James Kreucher
John, Jr
Clin
North Western Railroad
John D. Dudley
Dudley
Anthony Milder
Thomas Brougham
Bebensee
Milder
Brougham
Air ROTC Planned at University of Iowa this Fall
IOWA CITY AP Formation of an air ROTC program at the University of Iowa is announced for this fall with an advanced course quota of 112 students. Col W W Jenna says a senior instructor will soon arrive and first-year work will be ground training only. In the second year some air training may be arranged. To qualify students must have two years of basic ROTC or equivalent in the armed forces.
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Iowa City
Lyle Abbott Heads Iowa Air Marking Committee
Des Moines Iowa Lyle Abbott of Ames a member of the Iowa State College extension division and state secretary of the Flying Farmers assumed the chairmanship of the Iowa air marking committee at a meeting sponsored by the Iowa aeronautics commission Robert L Fox of Minburn a Flying Farmer was chosen secretary The committee will include representatives of all associations and interests concerned with statewide markings of airport locations and directions in as many towns as possible Marking will be started on a volunteer basis.
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INS
Lyle Abbott
Ames
Iowa State College Extension Division
Flying Farmers
Iowa Air Marking Committee
Robert L. Fox
Minburn
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
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