Des Moines Polio Case Claims 14YearOld Victim
A Des Moines area polio death is reported for Ronald Brandhorst, 14, of Manning who died at Blank Memorial hospital. His 12 year old brother Dale was admitted with polio as new cases include James Leuck, 15, Rockwell City. Dennis Williams, 2. James Stradley, 3, Des Moines. Gary Dencklau, 4, Des Moines, admitted at Iowa Lutheran. Mrs Pauline Dally, 25, Story City, treated at Broadlawns.
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Des Moines
Ronald Brandhorst
Manning
Blank Memorial Hospital
Ronald
Dale
Blank Hospital
James Leuck
Rockwell City
Dennis Williams
James Stradley
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Gary Dencklau
Broadlawns Hospital
Pauline Dally
Story City
Polio Cases Rise at University Hospital
Special to The Gazette reports three new polio admissions at University Hospital in Iowa City. The patients are Phyllis Anderman aged 2 from Arlington, Gilbert Rausch aged 31 from Clarinda, and Karen Powell aged 7 from Fort Madison. Four polio patients were released on Tuesday, bringing the total treated to 12.
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Iowa City
University Hospital
Phyllis Anderman
Arlington
Gilbert Rausch
Clarinda
Karen Powell
Ft. Madison
Nurses arrive in Sioux City to bolster polio relief effort
Two Red Cross nurses arrived Tuesday night with another expected Wednesday as polio staffs expand in Sioux City. Three more nurses are due in the next days. Rachael Moore and Emily Easom reported for duty at St. Joseph Mercy and St. Vincent hospitals where 51 patients are under isolation.
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Sioux City
Red Cross
St. Louis
Rachael Moore
Emily Easom
St. Joseph Mercy
St. Vincent
Polio patients rise at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs
Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs reported two more polio cases on Wednesday, increasing southwest Iowa's season total to 209.
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Council Bluffs
Mercy Hospital
Iowa
Polio Quarantine Hits Hartke Family in Cedar Falls
In Cedar Falls the Fred Hartke home is quarantined after four children fall ill with polio. The patients are Frank 3 Dorene 14 Betty 17 and Fred Jr 16 under care as officials report the outbreak.
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Cedar Falls
Fred Hartke
Hartke
Frank
Dorene
Betty
Fred, Jr
Calmar Honors Its Oldest Resident at 90th Birthday
Calmar resident Joseph Schneberger celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the town's longtime figure. Neighbors and family joined the event, reflecting on his years in Calmar.
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Calmar
Joseph Schneberger
Juicy Jewel Aisle Sale From Owen Nursery
Advert shows Owen Nursery offering blues pinks and whites six month old budded plants by mail with cash on delivery and postage. Special 3 for 1 dollar 6 for 1.90 and a free Sacred Chinese Lily bulb on orders of 1.90 or more. Full refund if not delighted. Clip this.
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C.O.D
Owen Nursery
Dept
Bloomington
Ill
Switzer Seeks 50 Percent Income Tax Cut
Democratic candidate Carroll A. Switzer told a Sioux City rally that Iowa’s treasury, flush with a surplus over 110 million dollars, supports cutting the state income tax to half. He attacked rival William S. Beardsley for backing 100 percent taxation and then adopting a similar stance.
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Sioux City
Carroll A. Switzer
Switzer
William S. Beardsley
Elmer C Forest Dies Rites Friday Morning
MT VERNON Elmer C Forest 81 died at 1130 p.m. Tuesday at his home near Mt Vernon after six weeks critical illness. A breeder of pure bred hogs cattle and horses he moved to near Mt Vernon in 1915 from Miles. Survived by wife three sons Charles R Sycamore IL Dwight D Clinton Edward C Mt Vernon three daughters Ida Humphries Fairbanks Alaska Ruth Rouse Washington DC Frances Frymeyer Wilton Junction 14 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral at 1030 a.m. Friday Johnston Morgan funeral home and 2 p.m. at Miles Methodist church. Burial Miles.
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MT. Vernon
Elmer C. Forest
Mr. Forest
Miles
Charles R
Sycamore
Dwight D
Clinton
Edward C
Ida Humphries
Fairbanks
Alaska
Ruth Rouse
Washington, D. C
Frances Frymeyer
Wilton Junction
Johnston-Morgan Funeral
Methodist Church
Fifty Men Pledged at Cornell College Initiation
Fifty men students at Cornell college are pledged into campus social groups this week. The list announced by Dean Albion Roy King includes numerous attendees from Illinois Iowa and New York with names across ATA and Delts chapters.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Albion Roy King
Ata’s
Forrest Baker
Tipton
Jerry Clock
Freeport
Ill
Arnie Forbes
Pocahontas
John Kratz
Hampton
Arthur Kreitzer
Batavia
Fritz Ludeking
Waukon
Robert Parrott
Wheaton
Alan Riedesel
Mono
Manchester
Richard Willis
Marengo
William Witte
Skokie
John Wright
James Zach
Knoxville
Don Sones
Des Moines
James Boylan
Charles City
Ben Chatman
Osage
Robert Drape
Waverly
Richard Freeman
Mundelein
Baxter Freese
Clarence
Peter Guggenheimer
Jackson Heights
Long Island
N. Y
Selby Haupert
Free
Cago and Local Figures in Mount Vernon Area
Notable names listed include Dick Koch from Cago, Kent Lange from Waterloo, and Walter Romanowski of Chicago alongside Mt. Vernon resident Kent Lange and others.
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Cago
Dick Koch
Mt. Vernon
Kent Lange
Waterloo
Walter Romanowski
Chicago
Yellow Paint Daubed On Workers Autos
Police investigated yellow paint daubing on four Swan Engineering Company autos in Bettendorf where a 17 week strike is underway. Car owners had crossed picket lines at the plant.
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Davenport
INS
Swan Engineering Company
Bettendorf
Nearly One Million Vehicles Registered in Iowa
AP Des Moines reports a record 993,515 vehicles licensed in Iowa for the nine months ending August 31, surpassing last year’s full-year total of 951,926. Revenue for the period hit 17,260,021 dollars, with autos and trucks contributing 8,363,527 and 5,663,350 respectively last year and 9,888,851 and 6,313,255 in the nine months this year.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Company Maintains Open Shop with Largely Nonunion Workforce
The company operates an open shop and does not maintain a closed shop policy, with most workers employed on a nonunion basis. This labor structure suggests limited union presence and potential implications for collective bargaining dynamics.
Beardsley Bids For Woman Vote
Beardsley, Republican candidate for governor, tells Seventh district Republican women in Atlantic that women in politics drove social legislation and public health focus. He credits mothers of Iowa with backing educators and school improvement efforts.
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Atlantic
William S. Beardsley
Beardsley
Iowa
Waterloo Hospital To Share in Heath Estate
In Waterloo Iowa the Allen Memorial Hospital Foundation will receive a bequest from the estate of John E S Heath a wealthy South Pasadena ranch owner Heath died September eleventh at seventy eight Attorneys say the estate is worth at least two million dollars after certain bequests the remainder will be divided equally between the Waterloo Foundation and the Allen Memorial Foundation of California Heaths wife died December second leaving him five sixes of a fortune inherited from her father J B Allen a Waterloo banker who prospered in California real estate
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Los Angeles
Allen Memorial Hospital Foundation
Waterloo
John E. S. Heath
South Pasadena
Heath
Waterloo Foundation
Allen Memorial Foundation of
California
J. B. Allen
Allen
Read the Roper Poll In The Gazette on Thursday
The Gazette previews a Thursday feature on the Roper poll, outlining survey questions and expected readership impact. Data focus and potential implications for local politics and public opinion are summarized with emphasis on key figures and institutions involved.
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Roper
the Gazette
Rites for Pvt Gibbs Held in Manchester Friday
Services for Pfc. John H. Gibbs 29 will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Shelly funeral home Manchester. Burial will be in Union cemetery six miles north. Survived by father John H. Gibbs and five sisters and three brothers including Robert and Lain Gibbs. Body arrives Thursday.
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Manchester
Shelly Funeral Home
John H. Gibbs
Philip
Pines
Union Cemetery
Pvt. Gibbs
Robert
Lain Gibbs
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