Iown in Brief
Emergency report from Strawberry Point describes Charles Ford Jr. stricken with appendicitis while touring Rush College Singers. Miss Pearl Wiley sang tenor and the concert proceeded. Other items note Fayette County court term, parking meter coin cans in Des Moines, nylon flag by Wyoming schools, and local updates across Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ford, Jr
Rush College Singers
Strawberry Point
Miss Pearl Wiley
Rush
Des Moines
Employment In August Up 3.2 Percent
Des Moines reports August shows a 3.2 percent rise in Iowa employment from July after a five month decline trend. The survey covers 391 firms and notes year over year employment down 6.7 percent. Building permits fell 17.5 percent in eight months despite a 10.3 percent rise in construction valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
Food and Kindred Products Group
Pearl’ Button
Textile Group
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo
Columbus Junction clubs offer parade awards
Columbus Junction based Business and Professional Women’s club and Columbus Community club announce 16 cash prizes for the CHS homecoming parade on Sept. 30. Awards range from fifty cents to ten dollars. New London High meets Columbus Junction on the gridiron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Columbus Community Club
New London High
Mt Vernon Man Leads U S Cultural Staff in Germany
Mt. Vernon native Dr. Littell heads the Free Church affairs section in Bad Nauheim as part of the U S military government education and cultural relations effort. The group aims to foster democratic potential in Germany by educational programs focused on religion and cultural aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Germany
Littell
U. S
Bad Nauheim
Free Church
Dr. Littell
Iowan
AMG
Franklin H. Littell
C. F. Littell
AMG Education and
Wence
Richard Selberg
Sioux Falls
S. D
C. Arild Olsen
Omaha
E. Theodore Bachmann
Maywood
Ill
Iowa Truck Association to study vehicle overloading
The Iowa Motor Truck Association will study how widely overloading occurs by examining state weigh crew records. Directors plan a concrete action plan and closer cooperation with state authorities to curb violations. Officials note a rise in heavy trucks damaging roads and discuss funding shifts from higher license fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Motor Trucks News
L. E. (Roy) Crowley
Association
Motor Truck News
Lemuel C. Hadden
Indiana Highway Commission
Council of State Governments
Davenport
Hadden
George A. Spencer
Missouri
Iowa Political Notes and State Tax Policy Views
Iowa notes discuss Sen. Charles S. Van Eaton shaping cigarette price fixing law, tax policy shifts, and a critic’s view of the state tax commission news policy. It mentions tax-exempt state and charitable property totaling 1.63 billion dollars, letters to the liquor commissioner unanswered, Linn County Young Republican efforts, Bran nan farm debate chatter, and the gold leaf on the statehouse dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. van Eaton
Sioux City
State Tax Commission
People’s Party
Des Moines
Commission
Iowa
A. A. Coburn
Coburn
Republican State Central Committee
Cedar Rapids and Springville Students Take Top Yearbook Posts
Cedar Rapids area students win major roles in the 1950 Old Gold yearbook at Iowa State Teachers College. Donna Whiting of Cedar Rapids becomes managing editor and Carolyn Cooper of Springville earns copy editor. Fitch of Cedar Rapids also leads a key organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
G. H. Holmes
Bureau of Public Relations and Information Services
Cedar Rapids
Donna Whiting
Carolyn Cooper
Springville
Fitch
Organiza
Injured West Liberty Woman Dies in Car Crash Case
Mrs Laura Wilsin aged 60 of West Liberty died in Muscatine from injuries suffered in an automobile accident a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Laura Wilsin
West Liberty
Des Moines Vet Seeks Iowa Bonus for World War II Service
A Des Moines native and World War II veteran who served in the South African navy before transferring to the U S navy may qualify for an Iowa bonus. Officials say his parents were Iowa residents, keeping his American citizenship, making him eligible. His family moved to Johannesburg when he was young, and he later joined the U S navy in Cairo after moving to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
U. S. Navy
Iowa
Bonus Board
Johannesburg
South Africa
Aoe Mgs
United States
Cairo
Soldier Without an Army Post Held in Davenport
Herbert Dorman 27 was detained by Davenport detectives after arriving in Davenport claiming to be a soldier absent without leave. He said he was locked out of Camp Breckinridge Kentucky on June 3 and sought surrender at other installations but was refused due to no official A W O L notice. He returned to the Quad Cities and remained in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
INS
Rock Island
Herbert Dorman
Dorman
Camp Breckenridge
A.w.ol
Sioux City Guard Squadron To Get Jets Before Jan
Iowa Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl says the 174th fighter squadron based in Sioux City will receive jet fighters by January 1. The Lincoln Nebraska squadron in the same group already operates jets, while Des Moines 124th squadron cannot convert yet due to runway length. Maj. Robert Ruby and Capt. John Bradley head Sioux City jet transition training at Williams Field Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Sioux City
Charles H. Grahl
Satary
Grahl
Adjutant General of
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Jane
Williamsfield
Ariz
Robert Ruby
John Bradley
Army Veteran Pleads Innocent to Arson and Burglary Charges
Army veteran Urban Nelson Carney age 22 pleaded innocent to three counts and is held on 12000 bond. Indicted by a grand jury on arson and two breaking and entering charges. Sheriff Reppert says he admitted setting fires in two cars a bar and a tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des. Moines
Urban Nelson Carney
O. S. Franklin
Carney
Howard Reppert
Gabrielson Outlines GOP Aims to Restore Realism in Government
National Republican chairman Guy Gabrielson spoke at a Sioux City farm conference about a campaign to restore realism and sanity in federal government. He called agriculture the nation’s biggest business and urged farm policy based on truth and hard facts, warning against sensationalism and hidden interests. He noted Republicans have avoided foreign entanglements except for the Spanish American War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Young
Sioux City
National Farm Conference
Young
Mr. Young
Guy Gabrielson
Republican Party
Gabreilson
Iowa
Dismissal Motion Filed by R. J. Hild
Roy J. Hild former Polk county supervisor filed in Boone county district court for dismissal of the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses tied to Polk county fraud cases. He faced counts of taking 1103 and 708 dollars by false pretenses with a prior 1947 conviction overturned by the Iowa supreme court. Pol County Attorney Ed S. Thayer said he will resist the motion noting court action is pending past several terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOONE
INS
Roy J. Hild
Polk County
Boone County
Hild
Iowa. Supreme Court
Pol County
Ed* S. Thayer
Pioneer Clayton County Resident Dies at 77 in Volga City
Ida Elizabeth Humbert 77 a long time Clayton county resident died at 2 p.m. Saturday at her Volga City home. Survived by sons Forrest of Volga City and Greeley of Hazleton. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday Volga City Methodist Church. Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. Body at Delke funeral home until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Ida Elizabeth Humbert
Clayton County
Volga City
George Mantz
Humbert
Forrest
Greeley
Hazleton
Volga City Methodist Church
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West Union
Fayette County
Harold Andersons
Fayette
Wyoming
American Legion Auxiliary
Gold Star
West Union Lions
Maude Culbertson
Dean Culbertson
American National Cemetery
Margarten
Holland
Fred Baldwin
George Brown
George
William Bakewell
New Albia
Loren Taylor
Earlville
SUI
Harry Hakensons
Monticello
Wayne Jackson
Travis
Delhi
George Zearfoss
Delta
Montezuma
Paul Bass
Rose Hill
Mobile
Mobile Industrial Arts Unit
Tama County
Buckingham
Vining and
Elberon
Myron Hoyt
Ella Brown
A. J. Faust
Faust
Brown
Hoyt
Almoral School
Dysart
Mildred Fry
University Hospital
Child Study Club
John Madsen
Georgia Boyer
Hawkeye
Mary Jane Carlsen
E. W. Carlsen
Elkader
Elkader Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Mary Jane
State Board of Parole
Frances Ann Higgins
Winthrop
Ealy
Mercy School of Nursing
Iowa State Nurses’ Association
Man
Hiis
University of Michigan
Henry H. Crane
Detroit Central Methodist Church
Cornell College
Union Theological Seminary
Yale
Cornell
Mississippi River
McGregor
Bonnie and
Sally Kelsey
Truck Industr
Frank Nye
Linn County
Ted Birdsall
T. W. Mullaney
Waukon
Brannan
Statehouse
C. R
Gabrielson
G.O.P
Spain
R. J. Hild
W E Richardson
Maxon Randall
North Skunk River
Laura Utterback
Bert Knox
George Knox
John Sampson
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