Metcalf Named To Succeed Lee On Review Board
Bert Metcalf of Nichols will serve on the Muscatine county board of review filling a vacancy created by Joan Lee who asked to be relieved. The board includes Sam Buckman and Kirk Grunder and will meet Monday at 10 a.m. in the Memorial room at the courthouse.
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Metcalf
Lee
Bert Metcalf
Nichols
Muscatine
Board of Review
Court House
Sam Buckman
West Liberty
Kirk Grunder
Wilton
Appeal Remanded To Police Court
A case of furnishing beer to a minor, appealed from district court, is remanded back to Police Judge Nathan Hoefflin. Defendant Mrs. Fay Case was arrested November 1 for allegedly selling six cans of beer to a minor at the White Way hotel where she worked. The district court dismissed the appeal and remanded for further action.
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Nathan Hoefflin
Fay Case
White Way Hotel
Hoefflin
M. L. Sutton
Clinton
City Atty
R. K. Stohr
Naber Divorce Decree Signed in District Court
A final decree grants P. H. Naber a divorce from Marjorie C. Naber in district court. Naber receives title to lot 76 and part of lot 77 in Country Club Hills, and lot 5, block 35 in original town, plus household effects under the decree. Judge Matthew Westrate signed the order.
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P. H. Naber
Marjorie C. Naber
Matthew Westrate
Naber
Country Club Hills
Birth Announcement from Hershey Hospital
A daughter was born Wednesday at Hershey Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. James Finley, Nichols.
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Hershey
James Finley
Nichols
Monkey Escapes Cage In Miniature Riot Scene
A Java monkey named George escaped from a pet shop cage in Los Angeles on a Wednesday. He ate $25 worth of tropical fish, freed a horned owl and five guinea pigs, and toppled five canaries cages two parrot cages and various pots and supplies. Owners Ralph Helfer and Irvin Freeman recaptured him as he spun a parrot in the air, narrowly avoiding releasing a 1 foot boa constrictor named Cleo.
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Los Angeles
George
Canaries
Ralph Helfer
Irvin Freeman
Life expectancy at birth in US rises 20 years since 1900
The United States now records life expectancy at birth exceeding its 1900 level by more than two decades. Advances in healthcare sanitation and medical science contributed to the sustained rise across the population.
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United States
Coal to Steam Converts Ten Tons Per Horsepower
Steam engineers estimate that ten tons of coal are required to produce one horsepower in steam power systems, illustrating the low efficiency of early steam generation methods.
Corporate stock performance snapshot from 1950s lists percentage changes
A compiled list shows many corporations with percentage figures such as Anaconda 42, Armour 10, Boeing 46, General Electric 56, General Motors 53, IBM 125, United States Steel 467, Pepsi Cola 8, Phillips Pet 51, Radio Corp 25, and more. The entries appear as short, disconnected percent changes for a variety of industries and companies.
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Am Can
Rad & St S
Tel & Tel
Am Tobacco
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Atchison
Bendix Aviation
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Case
Chrysler
Can Edison
Curtiss-Wright
Deere & Co
Dupont
Gen Electric
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear
Illinois Central
Kresge
Montgomery Ward
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Dairy
Y Central
Penney
Penn RR
Pepsi Cola
Phillips Pet
Radio Corp
Local Notices and Admissions in Muscatine
Muscatine items report Herman Pippert Jr to Mercy Hospital Davenport for a fractured left ankle after a skating party mishap. John Downey at Veterans Hospital Iowa City in good condition. Myrtle Syphrit at University of Iowa Hospital for eye surgery. Community Players plan a guest night May 8. New car registrations list several owners. Various hospital admissions and dismissals noted. Moose rummage sale and church activities announced. Memorial bowling banquet planned. Busy civic notices include travel, rehearsals, and choir events.
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Herman Pippert
Muscatine High School
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Pippert
West Ninth Street
John Downey
Sycamore Street
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Myrtle Syphrit
New Hampshire Street
University Hospital
Muscatine
Municipal Light and Water Office
Gene E. Mittman
Newell Avenue
Nash
E. E
Jean Arvidson
East Fourth Street
Chrysler
Norton
Florence Keller
Sterneman Boulevard
Studebaker
D. H. Gray
Iowa Avenue
Davenport Osteopathy Hospital
Muscatine Ad Club
M. A. Pope
Iowa State College
Park Lane Country Club
Women of the Moose
Home Society
Bernice Beach
George Geltz
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Exodus
Bellevue Hos
Ina Mae
G. R. Titus
California
del Monte Lodge
Pebble Beach
Robert Wilson
Hershey Hospital
Frank Thauren
van Horn Street
Clara George
West Fourth Street
Floyd Frieden
New Boston
William Nachbaur
Burnside Avenue
First Methodist Church
Drake University
Grains Rally On Board of Trade
Grains edged higher on the Chicago Board of Trade as short covering trimmed Wednesday’s loss. Wheat rose to 2 1 2 to 1 5 8 cents. May at 2 41 L. corn up 1 8 to 7 8 cents. May 1 78 to 3 8. oats up 1 2 to 1 1 4. May 78 to 77 3 4. rye up 2 to 3 cents. May 1 97. soybeans up 2 1 4 to 4 1 2. May 2 91 1 4 to 3 4. lard steady to 10 cents higher at 10 57 for May.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Sete Eee
Eeee Nee
Jan Eeene
Eeesee
Sebbones Kaun
S¢Eeeesli
Chicago Potatoes Chicago May 1 Market Report
USDA potatoes arrivals 18 on track 44, total U S shipments not available. Supplies very light, demand good, market firm at ceilings. Street sales Alabama Triumphs $5.85 per 100 lb, Maine Katahdins $3.29 per 50 lb.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Alabama
Chicago Cash Grain Butter Eggs Poultry Prices Report
USDA market summary from Chicago shows steady to firm butter and eggs with wholesale prices unchanged. Butter ranges 66.75c to 93 score AA, eggs US extras 35.5c to 37.5c, U S mediums 34c to 35.5c, checks 29.5c. live poultry barely steady with fryers 24c to 27.6c, heavy hens 24c to 26c, ducklings 29c.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Third Man Arrested in $119,520 Bank Bond Robbery
Earl Alvin Fezette age 44 of Council Bluffs was captured by the FBI in Omaha on a federal charge of illegally receiving and possessing stolen bonds. The indictment ties him to a Jan 31, 1951 McClelland Iowa savings bank burglary and the $119,520 stolen packet. He waived the preliminary hearing in Council Bluffs and bond was set at 7500 dollars. he was to be transported to Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Earl Alvin Fezette
Council Bluffs
Fezette
FBI
Omaha
McClelland, Ia
U. S
Addison
Eisenhower Eyes Lead Over Taft In Missouri Delegates
Missouri Republicans vote in four district conventions to pick eight delegates. An AP tally shows Taft at 274 and Eisenhower at 270 with 716 delegates already chosen. Eisenhower forces say they will win six of the eight Missouri slots today.
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St. Louis
Missouri
General Eisenhower
Senator Taft
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago Produce Prices For May First Report
Grain and seed values listed for Chicago markets on May 1. Wheat, corn, oats, barley, field seeds and soybeans shown with price ranges across grades and samples. Notable figures include No 2 yellow corn at 1.81 to 1.83 and red clover seed around 30 to 31 per cwt.
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Chicago
Luthye Will Filed For Probate Here
Earl H. Luthye Wilton died April 27 and left all property to Maude Em mert his housekeeper of over ten years in a will on file in district court. The will drawn April 20, 1951, names the beneficiary as executrix and sets a May 26 hearing.
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Earl H. Luthye
Wilton
Maude Emmert
Luthye
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