Strike Delays Muscatine County Hospital Foundation Work
Excavation for the Muscatine county hospital caissons progressed in the 1500 block on Cedar Street until iron workers in Rock Island went on strike halting steel reinforcement. Weitz Co. of Des Moines oversees the project with 30 workers idle since May. caisson work is about 75 percent done and boiler room footings are in place pending settlement.
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Foundation Ecaissons
Muscatine County Hospital
Cedar Street
Rock Island
Weitz Co
Des Moines
Joe Neubauer
Weitz
Melting Away From Ice Age Coverage of Earth's Surface
The article notes that at the height of the last Ice Age about 12 million square miles of Earth were engulfed in ice, roughly double the area ice covers today.
Local Elections Begin in British Isles Amid Tory Uncertainty
Millions of Britons vote in local elections as Labour predicts a new blow to the Conservative government. Analysts note the polls will not alter Parliament's make up but expect pressure for a general election. Prime Minister Churchill vows to stay in office for three to four years.
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Labor Party
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Commons
Cernsure
Local births announced from Hershey hospital
At Hershey hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Dallas Reynolds of 1300 East Fifth Street on Saturday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Carrol Yoder of Route 6 on Sunday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Albert Starkweather of Route 2 Letts on Sunday.
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Hershey
Dallas Reynolds
East Fifth Street
Carrol Yoder
Albert Starkweather
Letts
C. J. Kincaid
East Third Street
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Zion Lutheran
James McKinney
J. D. McKinney
West Sixth Street
State University of Iowa
University Forensics Association
Melvin E. Lincoln
Iowa Transit
College of Engineering
Ed Mooney
East Second Street
Sharon
Sharon E. Moomey
U. S
R.T.C
Fort Bliss
Texas
Lady of the Moose
Myrle Lewis
Donna Hogan
Route 4
Muscatine
Edwin D. Hogan
Ft. Belvoir
Red Cross Board of Directors
Red Cross
Robert Daniels
Nancy
el Centro
Calif
Daniels
Helmuth Lange
Culver Street
Florence Daniels
Peoria
Ill
Hershey Hospital
Lydia Beaman
Jackson Street
Charlene Fagre
Grand Avenue
Walter Reynolds
Edward H. Bitter
American Legion
V.F.W. Hall
Paul Petersen
Legion
Olive Brendel
Schiller Street
Kent’s
Wal
Former Banker John Love Dies at 79 in Gardner
Gardner. John Love 79 former vice president of Hancock County National Bank died Sunday. The longtime banker was a prominent local figure and served in community affairs for decades.
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Gardner
John Love
Hancock County National Bank
Snday
Fire destroys stores in Truro causing severe damage
Fire razed a hardware and furniture store and badly damaged a grocery store in Truro on Sunday. Firefighters battled the blaze but the hardware and furniture shop was completely destroyed while the grocery store sustained severe damage.
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Truro
Davenport Man Escapes Webster City Jail in Door Window Break-In
Davenport man Richard Wallace Houston, 29, awaiting arraignment on armed robbery, escaped from Hamilton County jail with help of an accomplice who smashed a sheriff's office window and took the jail keys. The escape occurred quietly as the outside and cell doors were unlocked, with no inmate noting the incident until the door clanged shut. Houston had been held in connection with a $66 hotel robbery on January 21.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
E. R. Lear
Richard Wallace Houston
Davenport
Houston
Lear
Sherriff
Butter and poultry markets steady with mixed receipts
Chicago Produce Chicago notes two day receipts reach 736 764 for wholesale butter prices unchanged to a cent a pound higher with 93 score AA at 68 25, 92 A 68 90 B at 66 50. Live poultry shows weakness with coops receipts 2 120 and F O B prices down 4 5 cents per pound. heavy hens 23 25, light hens 20 21, fryers 20 23, old roosters 20 21, ducklings 29.
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Chicago
USDA
F.O.B
Chicago Potatoes Chicago May 6 Market Report
Potatoes in Chicago show light supplies with few sales to establish a market for track and street. Rivalry figures note 45 on track 34 with total shipments not available.
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Chicago
Wheat Up 5 Cents as Grains Firm On Short Covering
May wheat rose nearly 5 cents in a heavy short covering move with limited new offerings. The rest of the grain market firmed but failed to match wheat gains. May contracts closed higher across corn oats rye soybeans and flour with varied amounts.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Chicago grain and livestock receipts and prices
Chicago May 5 report shows cash grain prices for wheat corn oats and barley with various grades and samples. Estimated livestock receipts include hogs 11000 cattle 6000 and sheep 2000 for Tuesday as per USDA estimates.
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Chicago
USDA
Parking meters to be enforced again in Muscatine
City police chief Ted McGill announced that Muscatine parking meter ordinances will resume enforcement starting Tuesday morning after a flood period during which meters were largely ignored. Details on the flood response and related civic notices follow through the list of local events and admissions.
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Ted McGill
Muscatine
Early History of R I Railroad Told Rotarians
W E Hayes outlined the early origins of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line at a Rotary luncheon. He traced the 1854 Chicago to Rock Island connection, 1855 Davenport to Muscatine service, Civil War delays, and the 1869 westward completion to Council Bluffs. The Rock Island marks its 100th anniversary this year. Clarkson and Toussaint attended. the club voted to support Legion Boys State participation.
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co
Rotary Club
W. E. Hayes
Road
Mr. Hayes
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Rock Island
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Co
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Davenport
Muscatine
Wilton
Hayes
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Rock Island and Pacific Line
Joliet
J. H. Clarkson
Harry Toussaint
American Legion Post
Legion
Muscatine BPW Club wins state honors at IowaConvo
The Muscatine Business and Professional Women's club earned two first place awards and two certificates at the Iowa Federation state convention in Des Moines. Honors covered their news coverage of Women’s Week and a radio series Careers for Women. The group also earned membership stability and growth citations. New officers include Vera Norman president and Amy Bradley first vice president. Irma Dooly and Hazel Barker represented Muscatine.
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Iowa Federation
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Muscatine Organization
Jessie Shellabarger
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine Group
Dorothy Schroeder
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
Tex
National Federation
Club Announces Ladies' Night Schedule for May 19
Announcement said the club will host Ladies' night at 6 30 p m on Monday May 19. The event aims to offer members a social evening with activities and refreshments.
Social Glances WSCS Plans Thursday Meeting at Island Methodist
Members of the WSCS of Island Methodist church meet Thursday at 12 30 p m at the church and go to Mrs Oscar Lea home as guests. Mrs Carrie Funk assists with hosting. Devotions and program led by Mrs George Schoultz and Mrs Ernest Battenhagen. Mrs William Pelton and Mrs Leta Graham on May project committee. Attendance requires a phone call by Wednesday to 3061 1 or 3096 W2.
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Bloomington
Wilton
Robert Hynes, Jr
Columbus Junction
Sadie Hill
McArthur Street
Mel van Duren
Evansville
Ind
Charles Knight
Wapello
Robert Aringdale
James Cockerill
Smalley Avenue
Larry Buffington
Crawfordsville
Raymond Burke
East Seventh Street
Minnie Dunham
Josephine Sanders
East Fourth Street
Donald Hawkins
Rex Buffington
Wapelio
Gerianne van Veen
West Third Street
Robert George
Grand Avenue
LaFrancis Reed
Lombard Street
Walter Fromer
Homer Moore
Fruitland
Ernest Heuer
East Fifth Street
Kurt Jellinek
West Second Street
Billy Phillips
West Eighth Street
Marguerite Soll
Climer
Charles E. Bading
Holley
N. J
Helen Shirley Foster
Chicago
Martha
Park Avenue Methodist Church
Ruby Anderson
Eloise Negus
Neva Oeter
WSCS
Island Methodist Church
Oscar Lea
Carrie Funk
George Schoultz
Ernest Battenhagen
William Pelton
Leta Graham
Spirit Lake seeks early settlement on sewer dispute
Fred K. Thomas, chairman of the Iowa Great Lakes sanitary district board of trustees, said today he is hopeful of an early settlement in the dispute over the district's sanitary sewer system.
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Spirit Lake
Fred K. Thomas
Iowa Great Lakes
Doctor's rupture truss offered free trial in Kansas City
A doctor's invention for reducible rupture is offered with a free trial. Testers receive a $3.50 truss at no cost for 30 days and may keep the device if satisfied. Readers may write Physician's Appliance Co. at 2568 Koch Bldg. 2906 Main St. Kansas City Mo. to participate.
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Kansas City
Physician’s Appliance Co
Koch Bldg
Main St
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Sheppard Air Force Base
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Clarence Schmarje
East Eleventh Street
Toronto
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Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
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R. I. Railroad
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Fort Madison
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