Ottumwa Flood Devastates Clawson Home and Nearby Areas
Ottumwa residents report severe flood damage as the Clawson family and others in the North Weller Street area endured high water. The Clawsons fled Saturday, returning Monday to mud and ruined furniture, buckled floors, and a waterlogged basement. Debris and floodwater filled streets, with vehicles stranded and storefronts inundated. Navy personnel aided evacuation routes while relief teams offered aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonkin
Margaret, Clawson
North
Weller Street
Ottumwa
Clawsons
Wesleyan Students Take Flight Lessons At College
Ottumwa area report notes Tow a Wesleyan students and many veterans enrolled in aviation courses. Names include Carnahan Owens Olson Rhodes Shichinw Mims Witmer and others who participated in full flight training at Mt Pleasant airport under Skyaway Service operator Talbotts. Registration remains open for part time summer sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Wesleyan
Hugh Carnahan
Kenneth Owens
Carl Olson
Gordon Rhodes
Savuku Shichinw Scott
Bob Mims
Dorothy Witmer
G. I. Hit
Warren Krughoff
Mississippi Flood Breaches Levees Near Keokuk
Flooding along the Mississippi gains as levees fail near Keokuk Iowa and Alexandria Missouri. The Des Moines feeds higher floodwaters into the Mississippi, causing widespread property damage and personal misery across Illinois and Missouri with deaths reported nationwide. Tornado outbreaks threaten Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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INS
Illinois
Missouri
Keokuk
Des Moines
Mississippi
St. Louis
Alexandria
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Grade Boys Report for Practice and Games
Sixth to eighth grade boys must report for Tiggball practice Tuesday at five o clock with the Legion and high school teams. Madison grade boys join later this week while the high school team faces Wayland Friday at four o clock.
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Affternoon
Legion
Madison
Wayland
Water Shortage and Flood Strains Ottumwa Area
Residents rushed to a truck with ten gallon water cans as floodwaters rose near Ottumwa. Red Cross aid sought outside city lines while officials hunted for additional water supplies. A resident reported drowning relatives, and utilities struggled with outages as the Mississippi River receded later in the day.
Mrs Belle Spry Taken By Death
Mrs Mary Isabelle Spry seven years old died at her home 309 Nortl Marion street after an extended illness. She is survived by son Walter and daughters Mary Spry Ruth Ritchey. Husband Edward Spry and two sons Ray died earlier. Funeral at Grane Funeral home Wednesday at four with Dr George G Hunt officiating burial at Poresb Home. Body taken to Crate Funeral home for viewing.
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Mary Isabelle Spry
Nortl
Marion Street
Ali i Nam
Walter
Mary Spry
Pleasant
Ruth Ritchey
Trinidad
Colo
Edward Spry
Ray
Grane Funeral Home
George G. Hunt
Poresb Home
Crate Funeral Home
Junior Legion Falls to Burlington in opener of doubleheader
Burlington Junior Legion defeated Mt. Pleasant 6 to 1 in the first game as seven hits to four and several errors helped Burlington. Donald Asby and Whang pitched for Burlington while Lamm and Eckey caught. listed players include Keith Lamab Esile Myers, Neld Eland, Kelley Rar, Mess Aer, Bronanale, Bonser, Mondricks and more as the article notes a long list of teens. Mr and Mrs Everett Nicholson planned a Grinnell visit next weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Marriage License Issued for Two Young Adults
Marriage license issued for Lilet Walter Stagee 20 of Mbt and Ruth Secelig Andersen 18 of Mt. Pleasant. Proceedings show the couple planning a forthcoming union. The notice records ages and hometowns, indicating a formal license grant.
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Lilet Walter Stagee
Mbt
Plansamh
Ruth Secelig Andersen
Mt. Pleasant
Zephyrs Discontinued Between Ottumwa and Chicago
The Gthumwa Chicago Burlington Zephyrs, long popular here, have been discontinued permanently and will operate only along the Burlington line. Train service now runs between Galesburg and Chicago after a bridge washout at Ottumwa disrupted the routing and delayed the warning of the trains.
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Chicago
Tonhe
Burlington
Galesburg
Ollmawn
REA Power Outage Intervals Hit Southeast Iowa Town
REA lines of the Southeast Iowa Bigotric Co-op delivered current at intervals over the weekend. A midnight Saturday outage cut power, with Sunday morning restoration and a seven o’clock Monday relief when a washing load overwhelmed the remaining supply. A high line break near Eddyville cut all electricity, and even after repairs a continued power drop followed high water affecting plants.
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Lieland
Ottum
Eddyville
Skunk River Falls After Weekend Flooding Near Oakland Mills
The Skunk River, after rising Saturday night and Sunday, fell Sunday afternoon at Oakland Mills from a crest near 11 feet 6 inches, dropping about 4 inches by mid Monday. The surge covered additional crop land and flooded cabins along the river, with Sim Glawson's cellar filled and, as Mr. Clawson quipped, "dili'b soave a single fish."
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Hugh
Oakland Mills
Sim Glawson
Mr. Clawson
Dili'b
Cars Damaged In Street Intersection Crash
A car driven by Ado Lampe collided with Verl Anderson’s vehicle at the North Broadway intersection on Monday morning near Lie College campus. Both cars sustained considerable damage with the Lampe car’s right front, and the Anderson car’s left front and side taking the impact.
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Ado Lampe
Verl Anderson
North Broadway
Lampe
Broad Street
Anderson
Broadway
Morth
Lie College Campus
Pictorial History of Mt Pleasant Wesleyan Mechanical Building
A fragment recalls the sixth Wesleyan campus building 1897 the Mechanical Building. Manual training spreads nationwide as W T Mahaffe joins Wesleyan to teach engineering. The structure featured a 40 by 100 foot hall with a steam boiler and Corliss engine. Many manufacturers sent tools and equipment. a bell tower and college bell capped the south front. After two years the program faltered and the building was dismantled, the machinery sold, leaving only the architectural shell.
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Wesleyan
Tee
W. T. Mahatfie
Ari
Ely
Bull
Ok Main
Alice Tran
Corliss
Manu
Hn Cotric
Gye Buddhrey
Help Offered to Flood Stricken Area by Local Red Cross
The local Red Cross chapter led by chairman Warner A Rus sell contacted Ottumwa and Keosauqua offering aid to flood victims. Water supplies are being shipped by railcar and a water convoy was sent from here, while food supplies may run short by Wednesday. The Chamber of Commerce and WPA coord efforts, with McCullough handling water distribution.
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Red Cross
Warner A. Russell
Oltutiwa
Stang
Onl McCullough
Swift and Company
Saluday
Ottumwa
King of Uelout Swilk & Co
Walter
Olitawa
Car crash injures three men near Fairfield
Two arm fractures and chest injuries were sustained by Henry coins anen and Rollie Zilla in a wreck when their car plunged from an overpass onto Burlington tracks west of Fairfield. Darrell M. Wilson suffered facial and arm burns. H W Van Winkle was discharged. Witnesses said the car dropped about 40 feet after leaving the overend bridge. the vehicle was flattened. The accident occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock Sunday.
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Henry
Burlington
Fairfield
Rollie Zilla
Jettergon County Hospital
Darrell M. Wilson
Patrfield
Mermorial Hospital
Met
H.W. van Winkle
Salem
Fairfield Hospital
Gatunday Manning
Levee Break Floods Skunk River Area Near Rome
Water overwhelmed George Scott's levee along Skunk River northwest of his home. Neighbors noted the high water and Scott's Friday efforts to shore up a low section by the bridge below Rome failed overnight. The breach risked spreading to the bank further north as high water pressed from the river.
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George Scott
Skunkyi
Scotts
Scott
Rome
Halinet
Yaerth
Blige
Cooper, Training School Head, Dies
Cooper, superintendent of the Eldorn slate training school for boys, died after a series of cola and mass escapes. Appointed in September 1045, he endured a tourt pilick days ago, marking an end to his tenure amid turmoil at the facility.
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Widara
Tova Ames
Cooper
Eldorn Slate
Alee
Herd Athe Training School
Lin
Des Moines River Flood Strikes Ottumwa Area
Block by block search begins as Ottumwa and South Ottumwa reel from the Des Moines river flood. Officials report 15 to 20 dead or missing with 7,000 homeless and property losses potentially reaching 20.9 million dollars.
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Slhimwa
Towa Msi
Otumiwa
Ata
Herschel Loveless
Othumwa
Thas
Lieir
Loveless
Des Moines
Navy
Idoub
Lyiti 5
Weis
Wells
Des Moiines
Local Happenings at University Commencement
Mt Pleasant residents My and Mrs Beverson Mrs Max Stein Rex Light attended the University of Town in Iowa City Saturday for a commencement where Max Stein earned a Master of Science. Catherine Morris Jones Captain Parriand and other Iowa Wes- Towa College students were among those absent. William Murtlock, a former Werleyan student, received a master's degree from the graduate school.
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I. A. Beverson
Max Stein
Rex Lioht
Mt. Pleasant
Wiinwr Chernmn
Chittened
Warren Moore
Dir
Venport
Lowa City
University of Town
Max Stel
Wiem Hone
Catherine Morris
Mit Jones
Keotor
Derry Parriand
Iowa
Wes- Towa College
University of Tawa Samurday
Willian Murtlock
Werleyan
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Oltunhvn
South Side
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Otlumwwa
Otiumwa
MS. Plesgint Chamber of Commerce
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Morrell
Vine Street Bridge
Naval Base
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Altumwa Theater
Mai
Heaty
Ulilies Platts
Second Street
Burt
By Jimmy Hatlo
Guam
Thanx TB
J.m.c.collins
Toshlog
Box 8
Richmond, Inc
Red Grass
Owiiwa Courier
Davenport
Twophone Company
Burlington Railroad
Vinosheal
Belle Spry
Junior Legion
Everett Nicholson
Grinnell
Zephyrs
REA
Skunk
Tome
Joseph Morris
Thalsawaa
Wolatin
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Pauline Williamson
Chiles Saunders
Olunya
Saul Olumaya
South Ottumwa
City Streel
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