Unseasonably Cold Night Grips Muscatine Area
Muscatine endured a frosty night with readings near 25 degrees and forecasts of dipping to 18 to 22. The chilly air extended across the region with a cold snap from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes, and statewide lows reported in several Iowa locations.
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Muscatine
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Douglas
Wyo
Colorado
Lake Superior
Dubuque
Oelwein
Iowa City
Chardon, Neb
St. Louis
St. Minneapolis
Livestock Receipts Reported for Thursday in Chicago
USDA estimates salable receipts in Chicago for Thursday with hogs at 11 000, cattle 6 000, and sheep 2 500. This release notes market activity and supply levels for the period.
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Chicago
USDA
Tursday
Water Works Operators to Gather in Muscatine
About 25 to 30 operators from southeast Iowa communities are expected in Muscatine Tuesday for a district conference by the Iowa section of the American Waterworks Association and Iowa State Department of Health in cooperation with the Muscatine municipal department. The Geneva Golf and Country Club hosts registration at 9 am with a tour of the Muscatine water plant to follow. Carver Pump Co of Muscatine co-sponsors the luncheon at noon. An afternoon program includes a motion picture and discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Muscatine
American Waterworks Assn
Iowa State Department of Health
Carver Pump Co
Vandalism Delays Seal Coating On Musceine Street
Ed Knott assistant city engineer said vandals tampered with the Pym Mixer used in seal coating on Musceine Street. The machine parked near Roscoe Avenue was driven into a ditch damaging hydraulic controls stealing gas cap and grease cups. Repairs and removal from the ditch will keep the unit out of service. police will pursue suspects if identified.
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Musceine Street
Ed Knott
Roscoe Avenue
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report
Chicago grain prices list cash wheat and corn bids for multiple grades, oats, barley and field seeds with quoted per hundredweight values and quality notes. Indiana and Illinois origin soybeans show No 1 yellow at 3.05 and No 2 yellow at 2.95 percent for track country station.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Disturbance charges levied on two defendants October 11
Lucious Williams of 523 West Eeighth street and Donald Hahn of Grandview avenue face October 11 appearances before Justice of the Peace Robert Wilson on disturbing the peace charges after Saturday night arrests. Each posted $15 bonds. Harold L. Cunningham of 511 Orange street also faces October 11 in court for a red light offense with a $10 bond and a $10 bond for no valid license. Charles Ronald Schreurs of 410 Main street seeks October 11 in OMVI court with a $300 bond. Raymond LeRoy Wince of 514 East Fourth street was fined five dollars and costs for careless driving after arrest Sunday night. Charley Nesbit of Muscatine was arrested Saturday night on an intoxicating charge.
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Lucious Williams
West Eeighth Street
Donald Hahn
Grandview Avenue
Justice of the Peace
Robert Wilson
Justice Court
Harold L. Cunningham
Orange Street
Charles Ronald Schreurs
Main Street
Justice Wilson
Raymond LeRoy Wince
East Fourth Street
Nathan Sheffiin
Charley Nesbit
Muscatine
Parole Granted to Wapello Man Freed After Life Term
Paul Hake, 42, of Wapello, freed on parole from a 1933 life term for robbing and killing Martin Wolz, Oakville farmer. He aided Tony Thompson and Eddie Tallent in the fatal shooting. Thompson’s death sentence was commuted in 1937. Tallent and Thompson serve life terms at Ft. Madison. Hake’s term was commuted by Gov. Beardsley last December.
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Paul Hake
Wapello
Martin Wolz
Oakville Farmer
Associated Press
Des Moines
Hake
Tony Thompson
Eddie Tallent
Wolz
Thompson
Tallent
Ft. Madison
William S. Beardsley
Chicago Produce Market Report Busy With Price Fluctuations
Butter receipts two days 424524 wholesale prices unchanged to percent lower with AA and A grades. eggs firm with receipts 11869 and wholesale prices up to three cents a dozen. live poultry about steady with fryers and broilers down by a half cent. prices listed for heavy and light hens, roosters, ducklings.
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Chicago
U. S
USDA
New York Stocks Roundup of Key Industrial Shares
Market report lists notable movements across Am Can Am Home Am Rad Am Smelt Am T and T Am Tob Anaconda Armour Atchison Bendix Av Beth Stl Boeing Case J I Chrysler Con Edis Corn Prod Curtiss Wright Deere Du Pont Gen Elec Gen Foods Gen Met Goodrich Goodyear Hil Cent Int Harv Int Tel and Tel Interst Pw Kresge Mon Ward Nash Kelv Nat Dairy N Y Cent Penney J C Penn R R Pepsi Cola Phil Pet Radio Corp Sears Roebuck Sinclair Socony Sou Pac Ltd Brands Std Oil Ind Std Oil NJ Studebar Swift and Co Texas Co Unit Aire U S Steel WU Tel Wilson Woolworth.
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Armour
Atchison
Bendix Av
Beth
Gen Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Met
Goodrich
Goodyear
Hil Cent
Int
Harv
Tel & Tel
Interst Pw
Kresge
Mon Ward
Nat Dairy
Penney J C
Penn R R
Phil Pet
Radio Cp
Sears Roe
Sinclair
Socony
Sou Pac
Ltd Brands
Ind
Std Oil NJ
Studebar
Swift & Co
Texas Co
Aire
U S Steel
Cars Damaged in Minor Accidents on Mulberry Avenue
Minor traffic incidents reported Saturday involved two collisions. Harry Shields of route 4 and Ronnie Hagans of 221 First Avenue collided on Mulberry near Fifth Street with listed damage under $50 to each car. A second collision in the 300 block of East Second Street between Warren Wiele of route 1 Letts and Elmer Walker of Des Moines caused damage over $50 to both vehicles.
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Mulberry Avenue
Harry Shields
Route 4
Ronnie G. Hagens
First Avenue
Hagens
Shield
Fifth Street
Warren Wiele
Route 1
Letts
Elmer Walker
Des Moines
Walker
Wiele
East Second Street
John Dedrick Funeral to Be Held Tuesday
John Dedrick 79 of Davenport dies Sunday after illness. Funeral services 10 a.m. Tuesday at Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home. Burial in Holy Family cemetery Davenport. Survived by brother August Dedrick Nichols and sister Amelia Lincoln Muscatine. He was a retired railroad worker.
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John Dedrick
Henneker Death in Lander Wyoming
William R. Henneker a former Muscatine resident died suddenly Sunday in Lander Wyoming He is survived by his son Burton of Lander three grandchildren a sister Mrs Mayme Wolf and a brother Edward He was preceded in death by his wife Tillie Oberman two daughters and one burial will be in Lander on Wednesday.
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William R. Henneker
Lander
Wyo
Muscatine
Mr. Henneker
Burton
Mayme Wolf
Edward
Tillie Oberman
Potatoes Sellings and Prices in Chicago Market Report
USDA potato arrivals daily totals and U S shipments for Friday Saturday and Sunday show supplies moderate and demand fairly good with market firm to slightly stronger. Listed prices include Colorado red McClures 4.60 Idaho russets 4.75 to 4.95 Minnesota North Dakota reds 4.25 Oregon russets 5.25 to 6.00 Washington russets 5.65 Wisconsin potatoes 3.85 to 4.00 with russets 3.55 and Triumphs 3.75 to 4.00. Burlington incident notes Robert Barry 22 mail room employee at Burlington railroad depot lost an arm after slipping under a moving train.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Colorado
Red McClures
Idaho
Minnesota
Triumphs
Burlington
Robert Barry
Burlington Railroad
Subluxation Referenced as Fore Runner of Illness
An article discusses subluxation as a precursor to many ailments and claims it causes slow fatal effects. It asserts chiropractors uniquely locate and adjust subluxations and describes them as slight vertebral misalignments interrupting nerve flow from the brain to body parts.
Muscatine Women’s Bowling Assn Set Meeting
The Muscatine Women’s Bowling Association plans a 9 p.m. meeting Monday Oct. 20 at the Pla Mor bowling club with representatives from all teams urged to attend.
Fire Damage in Muscatine Seeks September Totals
Fire Chief Paul Meerdink reported Muscatine September fire costs at 1580 dollars, down from 4349.66 in 1951. Total property value affected 7500 with 4000 insured. Department logged 21 city runs 17 general alarms four still alarms. rural truck had four runs.
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Muscatine
Paul Meerdink
John Alexander
Lucas Street
Iowa Avenue
Sycamore Street
Sampson Street
Highway 61
Herbert Schwalm Dies After Lengthy Illness
Herbert A. Schwalm 63 died at 11 a m today at 806 East Ninth street after a long illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p m Wednesday at Geo M Wittich Funeral Home with Rev Freeman L Schmitt of the Baptist church officiating. Burial is in Greenwood cemetery. Born August 11 1889 in Muscatine he was a son of John and Martha Staufer Schwalm. He married Geneva Crow June 25 1913. He worked at Weber Button Co. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs William Kruse three brothers George Fred Julius Bodman and two sisters Mrs Helen Fisher and Mrs Lee Washburn. Preceded in death by parents and two sisters.
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Geo. M. Wittich
John Dedrick
Davenport
Amelia Lincoln
East Eighth Street
Lincoln Boulevard Baptist Church
Holy Family
Mr. Dedrick
Nichols
Michael
Josephine Hunt Dedrick
Mary Flaherty
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
August Dedrick
Herbert A. Schwalm
East Ninth Street
Freeman L. Schmitt
Greenwood Cemetery
John
Martha Staufer Schwalm
Geneva Crow
Weber Button Co
William Kruse
George
Fred
Julius Bodman
Helen Fisher
Lee Washburn
October Among Deadliest Months for Highways
Des Moines Iowa motorists are urged to drive carefully in October which may be one of the deadliest months for traffic fatalities. State Safety Commissioner Pearl W McMurray notes that in six of the past twelve years October recorded the highest monthly death tolls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pearl W. McMurray
Casualties Reported in Korea From Defense Department List
Washington announces 301 American battle casualties in Korea with Puerto Rico contributing 138. The new list tallies 25 killed 210 wounded 46 missing and 20 injured.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
Korea
Defense Department
Ship sinks in fog off Greenland. 20 drowned
Twenty crewmen of the British fishing trawler Norman drowned when the vessel foundered in dense fog off the rocky southeast coast of Greenland. There was only one survivor.
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Hull
Eng
Norman
Greenland
Swanson Enrolls at Cornell College Senior Year
Miss Marilyn Swanson daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer V Swanson 412 East Tenth street has enrolled for her senior year at Cornell College Mt Vernon Bellevue hospital admits Joseph Troy 514 West Sixth street Fred Edwards 404 Orange street Jerold Grace 32312 East Second street Mrs Zoe Smith 1616 Grand avenue and Miss Virginia Keever 1001 Cypress street Several residents dismissed include Mrs Dean Thornton infant son Wapello Mrs George Volger 414 West Second street Mrs Norbert Beckey 308 West Sixth street Mrs Walter Malone and infant son New Boston Mrs William Ivey 702 Wallace street Mrs Hans Freese Tipton Earl Berry 624 Demorest avenue Mrs Walter Battenhagen infant daughter Letts Darrell Hafner Letts Kenneth Fairall 415 Fairview avenue and Wayne Wright 701 Sampson street El Rey Grotto Muscatine sponsors fish fry at Box Car ranch Muscatine Island
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Houseman
Marilyn Swanson
Elmer V. Swanson
East Tenth Street
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Bellevue Hospital
Joseph Troy
West Sixth Street
Fred Edwards
Orange Street
Jerold Grace
East Second Street
Zoe Smith
Grand Avenue
Virginia Keever
Cypress Street
Dean Thornton
Wapello
George Volger
West Second Street
Norbert Beckey
Walter Malone
New Boston
William Ivey
Wallace Street
Hans Freese
Tipton
Earl Berry
Demorest Avenue
Walter Battenhagen
Letts
Darrell Hafner
Kenneth Fairall
Fairview Avenue
Births Reported at Local Hospitals
Hershey hospital reports a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allen of 1100 East Eighth Street today. Bellevue hospital records a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edens of 501 Oak Street on Sunday. Osage, Iowa, sees a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sams. Mrs. Sams is the former Ruth Demorest of Muscatine.
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Hershey
Donald Allen
East Eighth Street
Bellevue
Roy Edens
Oak Street
Joseph Sams
Osage
Sams
Ruth Demorest
Muscatine
Funeral Rites Held for Horton Smith at Greenwood Cemetery
Last rites were held at 3 p m Saturday from the Geo M Wittich Funeral Home for Horton Smith who died Thursday at Hershey hospital. Dr Claude W Cooper pastor of First Methodist Church led the service with Mrs Floyd Scott at the organ. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery with flower attendants Mrs Carroll Buster and Miss Dorothy Ha and pallbearers Dr J J Bomke Fred Kaufmann FE J Asthalter Charles Weber Lee Demorest and T D Mitchell.
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Geo. M. Wittich
Horton Smith
Hershey Hospital
Claude W. Cooper
First Methodist Church
Floyd Scott
Greenwood Cemetery
Carroll Buster
Dorothy Ha
J. J. Bomke
Fred Kaufmann
FE. J. Asthalter
Charles Weber
Lee Demorest
T. D. Mitchell
Marines Fail To Retake Hill On Korea Front
U S Marines of the Seventh Regiment fought six hours of Chinese artillery and machine gun fire in a bid to recapture a western front hill position in Korea. The hill fell to Chinese forces Friday as action continued along the 155 mile battlefront with patrol clashes on the eastern end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Seventh Marine
Hurt in Fall Spends 107th Birthday in Bed
Indianapolis resident Mrs. Alice Williams Ferguson, age 107, marked her birthday serving as a bedbound observer after a fall bruised her Sunday. She stays in bed today, expressing annoyance at the setback.
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Indianapolis
Alice Williams Ferguson
Paroled Felon Rudolph Kratz and Edward Conlin Freed
The State Parole Board released Rudolph Kratz, 40, jailed for 10 years for forgery from Johnson County, and Edward Conlin, 36, jailed for 10 years for breaking and entering from Wright County, both from the Iowa state penitentiary on parole.
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Des Moine
State Parole Board
Rudolph Kratz
Johnson County
Edward Conlin
Wright County
Iowa State Penitentiary
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Mars
Naval War College
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Wis
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Solks
Trinity
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Fie
Magnus
Launderers
Chicago Cash Grain
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W. R. Henneker
Lander, Wyo
Mar Tetewee
Bae Bam
Seer
May Wee Nee
City News
Muscatine Women’s Bowling Assn
Pla Mor
J. Arthur Eveland
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lincoln
Neb
H. William Holtzhauer
Charles
Arlington
H. W. Holzhauer
Holzhauer
National Production Authority
U. S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
P. M. Musser Public Library
L. C. Fugate
Sherman Street
Young Republican Organization
Kirkwood Hotel
Pugate
First District
Leroy Thomas
Smalley Avenue
Buick
Frank
Flossie Coffin
Orchard Avenue
Peter Products Company
Milwaukee Avenue
Earl F. Dankert
West Eleventh Street
Nash
Harold Hobart
Woodlawn Avenue
Chevrolet
Robert Sweany
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Upper Mississippi Waterway Association
Sweany
Fred Kramer
Fred Tisor
East Fifth Street
Kramer
Billy Adams
Augustina Bazyn
Chelsea
Belle Plaine
Old Age Pension and Survivors Insurance
Herman B. Lord
W. C. Hendrix
Muscatine County
Hotel Muscatine
Hendrix
Sky Nook Cafe
Ronald Smith
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Germany
A. J. Kurriger
Maple Avenue
Richard E. Eichelberger
Route 5
Joanne Lee Patterson
Clyde N. Lint
Shellsburg
Gloria F. Wakefield
Ivan D. Snider
Shirley Reed
Wilton
Emma Jackson
Lake Park Boulevard
Betty Noble
Park Avenue
Martha Peck
Ronald Duncan
Illinois City
Wanda Werner
Myrna Williams
Columbus Junction
Michael Thomas
Newell Avenue
Joe McCormick
Mabel Hagerman
East Front Street
Lottie Browning
Dollie Browning
Centerville
Ruth Ragan
West Fourth Street
Mews Club
Zion Lutheran Church
Harry Schweitzer
Bloomington
Harry
Herbert Schwalm
Illinois City Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
Chapter
Martin Lewis
Hollywood
Muscatine Building & Loan Assn
Joseph Cotten
Linda Darnell
Jeff Chandler and
Cornel Wilde
TWO Flags
Cecile Aubry
Manon
Journal amériCane
Cuue
Gre Ave
Asia
Bing Crosby
Wyman
California
America
Bud Messner
Molly Dark the
Carolina
Little Elmer
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