Winds and Hail Hit Muscatine
Severe weather swept through Muscatine with tornadic wind and hail, disrupting telephone service and cutting electricity in parts of the city. A tree caused a radio outage, a brick barn collapsed, and the Luther Home suffered damage as water and debris spread across the area. News noted dust reduced visibility in Clinton and Jones counties and warned of continued river level drops with more rain expected. Rehabilitation in Ottumwa continued as drinking water was supplied from nearby towns and electricity use was rationed.
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INS
Muscatine
Flye Cily
Mall
Luthern
Miler
Charles City
Clinton
Jones
Iowa
Des Moines
Tracy
Ottumwa
Birthday celebration for Mr Hinkle in Eagle Grove
Mrs Pete Hinkle and son entertained relatives for Mr Hinkle’s birthday on June 2 with cafeteria style dinner and a center cake. Attendees included Glen Graber family Russell Guinn family and Robert L Hinkle. Also notes a church gathering at Green Mound with a program and visitors. Daily vacation Bible school opened at White Oak with teachers Solomon Wailers Zelic Scarff Alla Scarf and Marilyn Graber.
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Eagle Grove
Pete Hinkle
Wim. Messer
Harry Messer
Harlan Messermind
White Oak
Solomon Wailers
Zelic Scarff
Alla Scarf
Marilyn Graber
GES Club Luncheon at McMillan Park
Members of the Eastern Star club held a cooperative luncheon at McMillan Park on Tuesday noon. A business meeting followed with work on hemming tablecloths.
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GES Club
Mcmillan Park
Eastern Star Club
Basket Supper at Arthur Peterson Home Marks White Anniversary
The sixth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy White and Arthur Patersons fourth birthday were celebrated at the Arthur Peterson home Tuesday evening. A basket supper was served with socializing. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Leroy White and sons Larry and Doane, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Duwayne Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. David Petter, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peterson with Charlotte, Leroy, and Trady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Peterson
Leroy White
Arthur Paterson
Larry and
Doane
Duwayne Peterson
David Petter
Clarence Peterson
Charlotte
Leroy
Trady
D U V s Make Convention Plans at Court House Meeting
The regular Belle Cod dington Ton No 34 Daughters of Union Veterans met at the court house Thursday with good attendance. Reports from committees were satisfactory. Plans for attending the G A R Encampment in Des Moines were completed. May Thomas will attend as representative delegate from Joe Tent. The next meeting will be a social at Mrs Gladys Hilly's home in June with helpers Late Mills Nora Bishop and Lélha Boro.
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Belle Coddington Ton
Daughters of Union Veterans War
Courthouse
May
Chayge
G. A. KR
Mos Momas
Humber
Thomas
Joe
Gladys Hilly
Mayors Heroic Stand Stops Lynching of Harris
A mob tried to hang Jimmy Harris, 18, after he was found with a white woman in her home. Mayor Hugh Vann and three white helpers intervened, retrieving the rope, calming the crowd, and escorting Harris to Montgomery for safe confinement in Kilby Prison. The woman shouted. Harris admitted a prior rape in New York.
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Hilltsboro
Alo
Jimmy Haris
Montgomery
Hugh Vann
Ralph Mathews
Russell Cobhty
Vann
Harris
Phenix City
Senic
Ken
Kilby
Russ Streetman
Farris
Streetman
Hame
Yann
Ald Harris
New York
Appointed to Des Moines Blind Commission
Governor Robert D. Blue appointed Mrs. King BR. Palmer of Des Moines to the state blind commission. She is the wife of a former member of the state board of social welfare.
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Des Moines
Town
Ins
Robert D. Blue
King BR. Palmer
State Board of Social Welfare
Local Happenings in Pleasant and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs John Campbell of Ping Bluff Ark visit Mr and Mrs Kendig Rogers. Residents of MS Pleasant attend New London flower Shaw Tuexing including Mrs O Ts Job Mrs Job Jericho Mrs Florence Garret jean and Mrs Manning Cline. H E Weeds of Birmingham and Miss Irone Wonds of Evansville Ind join others from Mr Pleasant and Winfield guests at Merton Farr home Thursday and Friday. Mrs Mary J Reed returns from Otumwa and Des Moines visits. Mrs Bell and family forced to leave Otumwa home due to cool waters, planning to spend a few days in Mrs Rowds home.
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John Campbell
Merton Farr
Guy Deal
Winfield
James Monger
Pleasant
Mary J. Reed
Tes
Raymond Bel Andy
Otumwa
Awnta
al Thayer
Des Moines
Newton
Bell
Dr Thorek Award Bestowed on Doris Thomas at Wesleyan
Dr Max Thorek presented his annual one hundred dollar prize for outstanding chemistry to Doris Thomas of Iowa Wesleyan. The physician noted the award at his Iowa Wesleyan address several years ago, as part of the annual recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Thorek
Iowa Wesleyan
Doris Thomas
Thorek
Towa Wesleyan
Injured Teens in Explosion On Ship Valley Forge
Philadelphia naval base incident injures seven teen men aboard the 27 000 ton aircraft carrier Valley Forge during refitting. A steam pipe burst in a fire room, flinging live steam and scalding five civilian workers and twelve ship personnel.
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Philadelphia, Penn
INS
Valley Forge
Philadelphia Naval Base
Reuniting Notes from Wellman House Guests and Travel
Miss Grace Roberts returns from California visiting friends in Oregon and Fern Adams a Town Wesleyan summer student rooming with Pearl Cochran on East Madison. Rosalie Roussin of Grand Junction Colorado visits Wellman area with Myrtle Robertson. they recall wartime service in the W A Signal Corps. The group attended a wedding in Wellman and visited the Hahn and Robertson homes.
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Grace Roberts
East Henry Street
California
Oregon
Fern Adams
Town Wesleyan College
Pearl Cochran
East
Madison Street
Adams
Prairie Flower School
Washington County
Rosalie Roussin
Grand Junction
Galo
Mise Myrtle Robertson
Cochran
Roussin
Mesa College
John Herr
Me. Herr
Wellman
W. A. ©. Signal Corps
FL. Myer
Virginia
Bernard W. Hahn
Memorial Hospital Notes Births and Admissions Date Inaccurate
Memorial Hospital notes list multiple births and admissions with Tuesday and Wednesday dates. Rolie Ailman admitted Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Kennelly Darbyshire of New London welcomed a daughter Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Harold Mills of Donnelson welcomed a daughter Wednesday. Mr and Mrs A C Ledchester to welcome a son Wednesday. Tonsilectomy patients Wednesday included Stuart Frank Wright Mary Allen Savage of Salem Bandra Meklwee of Lockridge and Shame Weller of Birmingham. Admitted Wednesday were Mia Elizabeth Sackman of New London and Chives Kolloms. Bley Mathowa and Kenneth Erickson were dismissed Wednesday.
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Rolie Ailman
Kennelly Darbyshire
New London
Harold Mills
Don Nelson
A. C. Ledhester
Stuart Frank Wright
Mary Allen Savage
Salem
Bandra Meklwee
Lockridge
Shame Weller
Birmingham
Mia
Ellaahet Sackman
Chives Kolloms
Bley Mathowa
Keneneth Erickson
Oelwein Fireman Talks With Molotov Over Phone
Oelwein Iowa INS report states M E Schroeder a Chicago Great Western railroad fireman made a $22 50 telephone call claiming he could talk with Vyacheslav Molotov in Moscow. Schroeder said the three minute talk covered railroading then four minutes with secretaries. He described Molotov as friendly and curious about Hollywood, with English used despite a heavy Russian accent. Mrs Niskole hotel clerk listened in part of the conversation. Judge Seeley arrived to spend the summer with Culver Military Academy students in Culver Indiana.
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Oelwein
Iowa
INS
M. E. Schroeder
Chicago
Greatwestern
Jong’ Vislance Will
Molotov
Direeder
Schroeder
Molo‘tev
Hollywood
GB. M. Niskole
Thomas H. Coughlin Dies in Indiana
Thomas H. Coughlin, 55, native of Mount Pleasant, died suddenly Tuesday morning in Indiana after a heart attack. He had long served Portland newspapers including the Commercial Review and the Sun. Survived by widow Mrs. Jane Gougall and five sisters and brothers, including Mrs. Ray Anderson of Lockridge, Iowa, and Mrs. Ray Myers of Mount Pleasant. Services set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Catholic church in Portland with burial in the city cemetery. Conghlin to be remembered in Mount Pleasant as a 1910 graduate of Mount Pleasant High School.
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Portland
Thomas H. Coughlin
Mt. Pleasant
Coughlin
The
Commercial Review
Sun
Jane Gougall
Bya
Ray Anderson
Lockridge
Iowa
Ray Myers
Pleasant
Tiina City
Morgan named head of departments at Stimpson College
Ghesith A. Morgan, former Mt. Pleasant high school principal, has been named head of Economics and Business Administration at Stimpson College. He will oversee about 225 students across two departments and plans to continue his doctorate at the University of Iowa this summer.
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Ghesith A. Morgan
Mt. Pleasant High School
Stimpson College
Morgan
University of Iowa Ibis
Layoffs at Mount Pleasant Sheaffer Plant Due to Sales History
The Mount Pleasant Sheaffer Pen Company plant reduces staff while evaluating demand for eight ball point models. General Manager Frank McCowan notes the plant is the only division producing ball point instruments and stresses the need to align production with shopper preference to build a stable local business. Employees with weak work records may be rehired as conditions improve and a sales history develops.
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W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
Mrelory
Frank McCowan
Mount Pleasant
Gur
Sheaffer Pen Company
Mount Pieasant
Fox Terrier Seeks Home After Move to Nome Shelter
A gentle fox terrier, kept in a home with an eight year old girl, is at the Humane Society in Nome and needs a new home with a child. The dog is unhappy after being separated from a child friend and was placed by the shelter as suitable for a family with kids. For more information call 260.
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The
Humane Society
Gall
Iformalien
Seberg Baby Taken by Death
Michael Lyn Sebere, 44 months, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Seburg of Swedesburg west of Swedeswig, died just before noon Wednesday. Survived by parents, a brother Steven age two, and grandparents Roy Seberg of Swedesburg and Mrs John Davis of Winfield. Private funeral services Thursday at Grand Funeral Home at four o'clock. Burial at Binley Cemetery.
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Michael Lyn Sebere
Carl Seburg
Wo Itles
Swedeswig
Steven
Roy Seberg
Swedesburg
Myr
John Davis
Winfield
Grand Funeral Home
Binley Cemetery
Dr Ristine Addresses Washington Rotary Club
Dr La P Ristine superintendent of St. Louis hospital spoke to the Washington Rotary Club about planned Town Institutions improvements. He said funds were allocated but work depends on medical personnel and materials becoming available, with needed upgrades for patients and efficiency awaiting the legislature’s 88 million dollar appropriation.
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la. P. Ristine
Washington
Ristine
Stern Note Demands An Investigation
A stern United States note protesting the seizure of the Hungarian government by a pro communist faction and demanding a three power investigation was delivered to the Soviet chairman of the control council in Budapest. Washington officials disclosed the note with British approval and it was dispatched to Lieut General George Weems to deliver to General V P Svirday. John Hickerson called the plot in Hungary no surprise, but testified there was no pathway for action to break the communist rise.
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Washington, D. Cc
United States
Alled Control Council
Budapest
Washington
Shab
George Weems
Control Council
V. P. Svirlday
John Hickerson
European Affairs
Hungary
Hickerkot
Senate
Tise
Baker Appointed To Commission For Two Year Term
Des Moines announces nine member Dairy Industry Commission for a two year term starting July 1. New appointee Willian J. Baker of Mt Pleasant joins state secretary of agriculture Harry D. Linn and other members in the commission lineup.
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Des Moines
INSI
Harry D. Linn
State Secretary of Agriculture
Town
Dairy Industry Commission
Willian J. Baker
Mbt. Pleasant
Boards of Education Decide County Superintendent Salary
Des Moines Iowa attorney general ruled that county boards of education hold uncontrolled discretion in setting the county superintendent of schools' pay. The legislature had vested compensation power in the boards, shifting it from the county boards of supervisors.
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Des Moines
INS
Atorney
County Boards of Education
Joan Redd
Fremont County
County Boards of Supervisors
REA Workers Remain In Town At Mt Pleasant Office
Outside workers of the Southeastern Town Rural Electric cooperative remained at the REA office on North Main in Mt Pleasant through Wednesday following a Tuesday board meeting. The men had designated a union as their representative and a union rep was reported in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Town Rural Electric Cooperative
Mt. Pleasant
REA
North Main
Wilbur Grignon
Co-Op
REA Co-Op
Pleusius, Wedneday
Hickory Grove S S Class of 1877 Pictured
A photo of the Hickory Grove Sunday school class of 1877 is shown on page 3. The caption notes recognition of many men in the image and includes a brief history of the church.
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Hickory Grove
S. S
Chicago Markets Report From Today’s Trading
Chicago markets show cattle and hogs with varied prices and totals. Direct numbers include 2,900. steers priced around 14.5 to 28.20. heifers and vealers in the mid 20s to mid 80s. calves and spring lambs listed with several price points. Estimated Wednesday totals project mixed volumes across cattle hogs and sheep.
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Chicago
TL Finst
Hulk Chaied
Chia Heiters
Venters
Schreek
Chatee
Iantilas
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U.S
By Jimmy Hatlo
Vermin
Auf
DR. Thorek
Oelwein Railroad
Seeley
B. E. Seeley
Culver
Ind
Culver Military Academ
Indiana
Mgr. Conghiin
MA Plessant
Tron ‘de Mt. Pleasant High School
Chester A. Morgan
MS Pleasant
Alting
Frank Strang
Dayrell Mills
Orly
Ervin
Howard Rowe
Tony Nevers
Ata Garth Ervin
Sheaffer
Seberg
DR. Ristine
Washington Rotary
Stern Note
Baker
Boards OF Education
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