Bus Trolley Battle Rages In 2 Cities
In Omaha and Council Bluffs a dual transit system emerges amid ICC filings and a last minute injunction. Buses run by Council Bluffs Transit Company while street cars operate between the cities under Omaha control, with authorities clashing over franchise and territorial rights.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Interstate Force Commission
Council Bluffs Transit Company
Omaha and Council
New Transit Company
Bluffs
M. H. Atherton
Two Iowans Die After Car Crashes Into Truck
In Denison, Iowa, two Woodbine men died when their car struck a parked pickup on highway 30 three miles west of Denison. Leo Barry aged 25 and Leo Tiby 24 died at Denison hospital around 1 a.m. Lawrence Barry 21 and Richard Ganzhorn escaped injury.
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Denison
INS
Woodbine
Leo Barry
Leo Tiby
Lawrence Barry
Richard Ganzhorn
Life a Burden for a Man with Piles
An elderly Iowa man writes that life was a burden due to itching burning and pain from piles. He claims after taking SEL-O-PON for a week his piles disappeared and he saved money on treatment.
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Iowa
Noted Methodist Churchman Dies
Bishop Edwin F. Lee of Fayette aged 64 died Tuesday in a Rochester Minnesota hospital. He led the southeastern Asia area before Singapore evac, served 31 years as missionary including 26 years in Asia, was Singapore resident bishop during 1942 air attacks, later directed Protestant work for army and navy chaplains, and toured the Philippines New Guinea and Australia in 1945. He is survived by wife Edna Dorman. Funeral services will be held here Friday.
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Fayette
Edwin F. Lee
Rochester
Army
Navy
France
Philippines
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Australia
Army and Navy
Federal Council of Churches
Lee
American Academy of Political and Social Science
American Institute of Pacific Relations
Edna Dorman
Waucoma Navy Nurse Married in China
Lt Cmdr Grace Margaret McKay of Waucoma and Lt Tyman Hill of Benton Texas wed in Tsington China on August 29. The bride, a navy nurse, will return to the United States to be discharged from the Navy and then join her husband in China.
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Waucoma
Grace Margaret McKay
Kieron McKay
Tyman Hill
Benton
Texas
Tsington
China
Navy
Marengo Scout Camporee Set At Maplecrest Ranch
Marengo Iowa county Boy Scouts plan a Saturday night camporee at Maplecrest Ranch near North English. Six Scout troops are expected to participate.
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Marengo
Lowa County
Maplecrest Ranch
North English
Larson Urges Officials to Win Respect
Iowa Attorney General Robert L. Larson urged police officials to earn respect by enforcing rules, warning that local officials who fail to uphold standards may face jail as a last resort. He spoke at the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police convention, arguing that wartime laxity harmed respect for the law and describing schemes where officers are bribed or cajoled to ignore crime. He outlined three steps to “play according to the rules of the game” and cautioned against confusing popularity with true respect.
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Ottumwa
INS
Iowa
Robert L. Larson
Larson
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police
Two Suffer Injuries When Autos Collide
Two people were injured in a two car collision four miles southeast of Petersburg on Tuesday night. Eugene Osterhaus 29 of Dyersville and William Thomas 18 of Worthington drove their cars head on. Osterhaus suffered cuts and bruises while James Thomas brother of William sustained head cuts. The Thomas car overturned and the Osterhaus car toppled into a ditch.
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Manchester
Petersburg
Eugene Osterhaus
Dyersville
William Thomas
Worthington
Osterhaus
James Thomas
William
Arthur Ongseth
Thomas
Keokuk Unitarian Church Disbands After 95 Years
The Unitarian church in Keokuk will dissolve after 95 years. The building was offered to the city for a library but rejected and will be transferred to the Iowa Unitarian Association.
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Keokuk
Unitarian Church of
Iowa Unitarian Association
Nye To Preside At News Clinic In Des Moines
About 300 publishers and newspaper staffers attend the Iowa Daily Press Association clinic in Des Moines. Elmer Wheeler will address the Sunday banquet. Jenkin Lloyd Jones will speak at the Sunday morning session with Frank Nye as chairman. J B Birks and John O'Brien co chair the circulation clinic. Ken Green leads the advertising clinic.
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DES Moines
Iowa Daily Press Association
Elmer Wheeler
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tulsa, Okio, Tribune
Frank Nye
Cedar Rapids Gazette
J. B. Birks
The
John O’brien
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Ken Green
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Traer Farmer Blasts Hands and Eye Loss in Accident
Henry W. Sieh, 46, a Traer area farmer and stock buyer, lost both hands and an eye when a dynamite stick exploded while he blasted stumps on his land near Traer. He was hospitalized in Waterloo in critical condition.
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Traer (Ap
Henry W. Sieh
Sieh
Traer
Waterloo
Chismore Withdraws From Iowa House Race
Des Moines reports Roy Chismore of Coggon has withdrawn as Democratic candidate for state representative. Charles W. Hobbie of Cedar Rapids filed as Progressive candidate for lieutenant governor, replacing Russell Lasley who declined the nomination. Simon Trossem of Primghar also filed as Progressive candidate for Congress in the Eighth district, with the party already fielding candidates in the First and Third districts.
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Des Moines
INS
Roy Chismore
Coggon
Secretary of State
Charles W. Hobbie
Cedar Rapids
Progressive Party
Hobbie
Russell Lasley
Waterloo
Simon Trossem
Primghar
Congress
Polio Epidemic Tops 170 in Council Bluffs
The southwest Iowa polio total for 1948 rose to 170 on Wednesday after four new cases were admitted in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Earlville event honors Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Pierce
Francis J. Pierce, honored by President Truman with the Medal of Honor for actions on Iwo Jima, visits Earlville for an American Legion stag party. Lt. Col. Wal ter Skieling will present a post gift as Pierce, a Michigan state policeman, receives hometown recognition.
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Earlville
Francis J. Pierce
Truman
Washington
American Legion
Pierce
Frank Pierce
Michigan
Walter H. Skieling
Cedar Rapids
Organized Reserve
Carpenter-Diesch Legion
Gerald Faust
Rath Election Set for Rath Packing Plant Vote
An employee at the Rath packing plant in Waterloo will vote in a union representation election on September 30. The election will be supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Waterloo
INS
Rath
National Labor Relations Board
DeDecker and Refer Wed in St. Bridget’s Ceremony
Rose Marie DeDecker daughter of John DeDecker Jr of Cedar Rapids and Donald Refer son of Mr and Mrs William Refer of Victor were married Wednesday morning in St Bridget's church.
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Victor
Rose Marie DeDecker
John DeDecker, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Donald Refer
William Refer
St. Bridget’s Church
James Croft Seriously Hurt in Mt. Vernon Fall
James Croft, 19, suffered a broken neck and brain concussion when scaffolding collapsed at the Joseph T. Meade residence in Mt. Vernon. He landed head first on cement steps and was taken to St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. condition listed as fair Wednesday morning.
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MT. Vernon
James Croft
Joseph T. Meade
Croft
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hugh Croft
Burglary Suspect Loots Des Moines Home
In Des Moines a masked burglar with a gun fled Tuesday night with a $500 diamond ring and about $5 cash after two middle aged sisters returning from a show opened their front door. The intruder forced them down stairs and into the outside, then escaped as they found a second story bedroom ransacked. Julia and Agnes Dwyer were the victims.
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Des Moines
Julia
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Bishop E. F. Lee
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News Clinic
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PEN and Pencil Service
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Kresge
Legion
Iwo Jima
Purple Heart
Nce
McLean
Serxey
G. C. McLean
Roy McLean
Sandy Bassin
Third Street NE
Dial
Farmers Insurance Group
Oxford
Cedar Rapids’ Shoe Center
2Nd Ave
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New Fall
Newman's
Duran
Newman's Furniture
Newman
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