Intensive Efforts Needed To Curtail Traffic Deaths
The article notes 33,500 lives lost in U S automobile deaths in one year and compares it to a parade of victims. It cites 1946 as the worst year for fatalities and 1941 as the peak with 37,512 deaths, tracing a rise since 1912 alongside auto growth and wartime gas rationing reducing driving.
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United States
Asy
Elkhart
Indiana
Paducah
Kentucky
Watertown
Massachusetts
Gravity brideweds Hamilton in Clarinda home
Esta Mae Forrest Jones daughter of Gravity residents wed Marvin Hamilton son of Clarinda couple. Rev Fred Smith of Clarinda Assembly of God officiated at the home ceremony. Bridesmaid and best man were Charles Foster and his wife from Omaha. Relatives and friends attended. A wedding supper followed. The couple plan a short Omaha vacation before returning to Clarinda where Mr Hamilton works.
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Esta Mae
Mee Forrest Jones
Gravity
Marvin Hamilton
Mra
Glade Hamilton
Clarinda
Fred Smith
Assembly of God Church
Charles Foster
Omaha
Nebraska
Hamilton
Clarada
Braddyville Boy Drowns Crossing Nodaway Bayou
Jetty McClure 21 of Braddyville drowns in a Nodaway River bayou Sunday while four companions tried to pull him to safety. The body was found at 3 30 pm and funeral services were held at the Braddyville Methodist church with burial in the local cemetery.
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Jetty McClure
Braddyville
Nodaway
McClure
Virgil McClure
Postponed Memorial Services Held At Dallas Cemetery
Dallas Center cemetery services for Memorial Day were held Sunday at 2:60 o clock after postponement due to weather. Mankle ig, chairman of the program committee, had Rev. C W Proctor of Sharburg address the unknown soldier's grave, while W W Bentzinger of Clarinda gave the main Memorial address. The service was planned for Sunday, June 1, but rain caused a one week delay.
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Dallas Center
Id Mankle Ig
P Gram Committee
C. W. Proctor
Sharburg
W. W. Bentzinger
Clarinda
Special Masonic Meeting at Sunlight Lodge
A special meeting of Sunlight Lodge will be held in the led rooms here Friday evening July 13. There will be work in the Master Mason degree. A. Lee Berry, Secretary, requests attendance.
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Sunlight Lodge
Lee Berry
New Iowa Gas Tax Law Targets Out of State Fuel Haulers
Iowa moves to halt tax dodging with a July 1 effective law. Cars carrying over 20 gallons and trucks or buses over 50 gallons face fines or jail if they use in state highways while avoiding tax. Farmers must pay $1 to apply for gasoline tax refunds, aiding checks on claims. Last year refunds exceeded $7 million for non highway use.
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Iowa
John M. Grimes
Mrs Harey Burmeister Visits Moravia Relative in Colorado Stays
Mrs Harey Burmeister drove to Moravia Friday to visit her mother and a cousin from Denver, Colorado. She returned Monday.
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Harey Burmeister
Moravia
Denver
Colorado
Burmeister
First Cover Spraying Of Fruits Urged In Taylor County
Extension Director urges fruit growers to apply first cover spray to fruit trees fourteen days after bloom. Use wettable sulfur, darenate, and red time to make a 50 gallon mix. Apply at regular intervals as new growth appears and rains wash off the spray.
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Tayloraty
G. S.en Gage
Fnson
Around Iowa One Way Here's the hard way to catch fish
In Independence Lero Methaler felled a tree by his riverfront apartment. The falling trunk struck the water and stunned a 15 inch carp which he retrieved with a rake. Linda Ellen Kilbourn born first baby at Dr Hovenden Memorial hospital Laurens received over 80 dollars and gifts while she slept through presentations. Jerry Dykstra of Sheldon earned a diamond studded pin for eight years of careful driving a bread truck. A Clay county resident’s collision during a May snow storm damaged a truck valued at 250 dollars. Milord Lansink 16 near Ida Grove died after a shotgun discharged while carried on a machine for squirrel hunting. W S Lemler barber at Manley for 88 years served his youngest customer during the period.
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Independence
Lero
Methaler
Dr. Hovenden Memorial’ Hospital
Laurens
Linda Ellen Kilbourn
Linda Ellen
Jerry Dykstra
Sheldon
Clay County
Dykstra
Methodist Pastor W J Weber to Attend Des Moines Conference
Leading Methodist Conference lev W J Weber pastor of the Methodist church left this week for Des Moines to attend the annual conference. He delivered his last sermon of the year here and at Conway Sunday. The final assignments will not be known until the conference work is completed with possible reassignment to Gravity Conway. Lee Berry lay leader will also attend from Des Moines.
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Lev
W. J. Weber
Methodist Church
Des Moines
Conway
Lee Berry
Algos
Ritchey Farm House Struck By Lightning
W O Ritchey and his wife faced a frightening night when lightning struck a yard tree and traveled along a clothes line to a telephone wire. The charge tore the telephone from the wall and filled the dining room with sparks and fumes. Both occupants escaped unharmed.
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W.O. Ritchey
Lake of Three Fires hosts summer Sunday vesper series
The Bedford Inter-Church Council announces outdoor vesper services at 8:00 p.m. each Sunday from June 15 through August 31 at the Lake of Three Fires. The opening June 15 features Rev. Gordon F. MacLean of Bedford Presbyterian Church with special music planned and invites local residents and picnickers to join. weekly programs will vary.
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Lake of Three Fires
Bedford Inter- Church Council
Gordon F. MacLean
Presbyterian Church At
Bedford
Inter-Church Council
Gravity Defeats Lenox in 7 to 1 Victory
Gravity baseball team extended its win streak by defeating Lenox 7 to 1 on Sunday. King pitched six innings, Briggs finished, with strong hitting from Briggs who had four hits, two for extra bases. Next Sunday Gravity meets Clarinda on home turf.
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Gravity
Lenox
Blockton
King
Briggs
Savies
Greeley
Clarinda
Beaides
Brigga
John Barchus In Japan
John A. Barchus a signalman first class and husband of Mrs Virginia M. Barchus of Clarinda serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Fall River flagship of U S naval forces in Japan He and other crew members have had the chance to visit major Japanese cities including Nagasaki and Hiroshima the cities devastated by the atomic bomb.
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John A. Barchus
Virginia M. Barchus
Clarinda
Fall River
U.S
Japan
Naga- Saki
Hiroshima
Period marked as eight months old and century-old customer
A period described as eight months old and the oldest customer noted as just over a century. Carol Ahlgren completed seven years of schooling without absence or tardiness, marking a perfect attendance record at LeClaire.
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Period
LeClaire
Carol Ahlgren
Cedar pair visits Wednesday evening week to wield their par
Mp and Mrs Bob King of Cedar arrived Wednesday evening week to exercise their part in a local event. The brief note records their visit and involvement, noting Cedar as their origin.
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Bob King
Cedar
Reed Family Visit Stays With Listons in Omaha
Bill Reed and his family from Omaha visited the Philip Liston home from Monday until Tuesday afternoon. Larry extended his stay to spend more time with his grandfather.
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Bill Reed
Omaha
Philip Liston
Larry
Baby Health Contest Returns To Iowa State Fair
Iowa’s be healthiest babies compete for 500 in trophies at the 1947 Iowa State Fair August 22 through 29. A new war service division honors children of veterans with prizes equal to the open division. Thirty six classes plus a twin special determine state champions from the top entries. Entries close August 6 with judging daily from 8 am and finals at 10 am August 29.
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Iowa
L. B. Cunningham
Des Moines
McCalla Maries Leona Mae Marcer In Bedford Ceremony
Herman McCalla of Bedford and Leona Mae Marcer were married Thursday May 29 in Troy Kansas. The couple will reside in south Bedford where McCalla has worked at Wilson Hatchery and previously lived at Benton.
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Troy Kansas
Hermen McCalla
Bedford
Leona Mae Marcer
Mex Calla
Lont
Wilson Hatchery
McCalla
Benton
South Bedford
Crowell Family Dines With Siblings In Lenox
Mrs Inez Crowell and Mr and Mrs Lee Crowell of Lenox were dinner guests Sunday at the home of her sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Lewis Huss.
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Inez Crowell
Lee Crowell
Lenox
Mra Lewis Huss
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Tra
Fort Knox
Ime
Ino
Milord Lansink
Ida Grove
Manley
Leading Methodist Conference
Ritchey Farm
Vesper
Lake
John Barchus
Herman McCalla
Presto
Desert Sudz
Clinton Pudd
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