VFW and Auxiliary Pow Wow Planned in Muscatine
Final preparations for the state Pow Wow of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Auxiliary are underway in Muscatine from October 17 to 19. About 160 out of town guests are registered with around 400 more expected. Joe Maher announced James Cothran will fly in from South Carolina aboard the Spirit of the VFW for the event.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Muscatine
Council of Administration
VFW
Joe Maher
James Cothran
South Carolina
Chicago Potato Markets Mixed Across Regions
Chicago prices show Idaho russets at 519 20, Minnesota North Dakota cobblers at 4.00, Oregon russets at 6.25, and Washington russets at 5.10 to 5.25. Total U S ship shipments sit at 746 with supply light and demand slow. market remains about steady as rivals track activity.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Idaho
Minnesota
Divorces Granted To Three Wives in District Court
Final decrees grant divorces to Nellie Carter Krise from Floyd Carter. Pearl Wolford from Ward Wolford with child support of 7.50 weekly per child. and Georgia Welsch from Julius Welsch with injunction dissolved. Mary Miller granted permission to remarry.
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Krise
Floyd A. Carter
Clinton
Pearl Wolford
Ward
Wolford
Muscatine
Georgia Welsch
Julius Welsch
Welsch
Rock Island
Mary Miller
Clark Miller
MHS Quartets to Sing in All State Chorus Auditions
Two Muscatine High School quartet groups will travel to Washington Iowa on Saturday for all state chorus auditions and rehearsals. The first group features Delores Nordeen Janice Horst Mark Kemper and Ronnie Evans with Nancy Hayes as accompanist. The second group includes Naomi Stumme Judy Templeman Phil Lottman and Kenneth Humpleby. Chaperones are Mrs Leland Horst and James Ulum. Max Collins will direct auditions in Cresco Saturday.
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Muscatine High School
Washington
Max Collins
Delores Nordeen
Janice Horst
Mark Kemper
Ronnie Evans
Naomi Stumme
Judy Templeman
Phil Lottman
Kenneth Humpleby
Nancy Hayes
Leland Horst
James Ulum
Cresco
Hickenlooper Visit Plans Announced for Oct 29 Dinner
Sen Bourke Hickenlooper will speak at a 6 30 p m dinner at First Congregational church on Wednesday Oct 29. John Stevens Republican chairman announced tickets are on sale at Republican headquarters and from Young Republicans. A brief entertainment program is planned.
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John Stevens
Republican Central Committee
U. S
First Congregational Church
Republican
Plan to Reorganize SCS Discussed in Des Moines
Des Moines session of a three day meeting of district conservationists of the U S Soil Conservation Service discussed realigning 25 district offices in Iowa into 11 area offices to strengthen the service. Mel Cohee cited aims for a stronger more effective organization in Iowa and other states. The report notes major manganese production comes from Brazil India Russia and the Gold Coast of Africa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Mel Cohee
SCS
Milwaukee
Illness at Boone County hospital involves Rev Inez Batchelor
The Rev Inez E Batchelor former pastor of First Friends Muscatine is seriously ill at Boone County hospital room 7 Boone Ia Sister Mrs R J Varney Sr 1325 East Second street has been informed Varney visited her sister earlier this week Other local items note David Stanley named to a committee at State University of Iowa Big Ten student government registration updates motor vehicle registrations and church meetings plus a marriage license issued to Robert Phillips Colleen King additional hospital admissions discharges and social events in Muscatine
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First Friends Church of
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Stanley
Robert Woodhouse
West Third Street
Plymouth
Glen Kennedy
West
Theodore Jensen
Park Avenue
Nash
J. A. Toby
Sycamore Street
Buick
Grain Processing Corp
Muscatine
Cadillac
Floyd Newcomb
New Hampshire Street
Chevrolet
Christian Women’s Fellowship
First Christian Church
Robert Phillips
Colleen King
Hershey Hospital
Clarence Everet
Lucas Street
Linda Beck
First Avenue
A. J. Whitsitt
Mulberry Avenue
Richard Dodder
Letts
Lloyd Terrill
Illinois City
Donna Street
West Front Street
William Brown
Ethics Club
Jimmie June Braun
Nelle Forsyth
Bellevue Hospital
Deborah Sherman
Norwalk
Calif
Mary Eiselstein
Thomas Beckey
Roscoe Avenue
Eugene Ryan
Canon Avenue
Robert Zwolanek
First Friends Church
Leon Vermezelle
Durand
Inl
Marco Monstre
Moline
Vernon Halling
August Brossart
Signal Ignored in Harrow Triple Train Crash Inquiry
A signalman A. G. Armitage testified at the official inquiry that one train did not heed his signal in last Wednesday's Harrow crash. The tragedy raises the death toll to 111 with the death of a 94 year old woman.
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London
Harrow
A. G. Armitage
Davenport Firm Files Low Bid On Keokuk Lock
U S Army Engineers in Rock Island Illinois announce McCarthy Improvement Co Davenport as apparent low bidder for phase one of new Lock No 19 at Keokuk with a bid of 1 588 837 dollars.
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Davenport
Keokuk
U. S. Army Engineers
Rock Island, IL
McCarthy Improvement Co
Chicago Produce Chicago Butter Steadier With Mixed Quotations
Butter receipts total 610 836 with wholesale prices unchanged to 2 cents a pound higher across AA and A grades. Eggs show receipts 7 775 with prices flat to 3 cents a dozen lower for U S large whites and mixed sizes. Live poultry steady with fryers higher inside and lower outside, heavy hens and roosters listed. ducklings at 32.
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Chicago
U. S
USDA
Redmen Lodge Names State Officers At Des Moines Convention
Albert Weeks elected Great Sachem and Henry Vetter appointed Grand Mishinewa at the Redmen lodge gathering in Des Moines October 12 to 15. Other officers include Arthur Merkle Great Prophet Otto Reich Great Senior Sagamore George Hunt Great Junior Sagamore John L Strait keeper of records and keeper of wampum. About twenty Muscatine chapter members attended the convention.
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Albert Weeks
Henry Vetter
Mishinewa
Redmen Lodge
Des Moines
Arthur Merkle
Prophet
Otto Reich
Sagamore
George Hunt
Knoxville
John L. Strait
Wampum
Muscatine
Improved Order of Redmen
Convo
Mercury Lingers in the 40s Across Iowa
Cold Canadian air moves through Iowa keeping daytime temperatures in the 40s. Waterloo reports a low of 22 degrees while Muscatine rests under partly cloudy skies with a low of 28 to 30 and a high of 43 to 48 expected. No rain is forecast this week and Wednesday’s high reached 60 degrees.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Muscatine
Trend Lacking In Grain Market
Grain futures drifted with no clear trend amid quiet trading. Soybeans slipped about 2 cents a bushel while wheat corn and oats hovered around prior prices. Soybean declines were driven by liquidation and hedge selling as brokers hesitated after a tumble in New York stocks.
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Chicago
New York
British to Buy 200000 Tons Russian Grain
Dr. Charles Hill told the House of Commons that Britain has contracted to purchase 200000 tons of grain from Soviet Russia. He said the shipment is expected soon.
Martins Guests At Workshop At Fugate Home
Congressman Thomas Martin and Mrs. Martin attended the final workshop of a Republican women series hosted by Mrs. Helen Noble Fugate at 507 West Second Street. Moderator Mrs. Alan Eliason led the discussion on party platforms with a history of the party and its symbols presented.
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Thomas Martin
Mrs. Martin
Helen Noble Fugate
West Second Street
Cong. Martin
Alan Eliason
West Liberty
Republican Party
W. A. Thompson
East Fifth Street
Col McConnell Inspects Iowa Guard Company in Windsor
Lt. Col. Veon M. McConnell Fifth army inspector from Chicago conducts the annual inspection of Co C 133rd Infantry Iowa National Guard. He reviews records this afternoon and will inspect in ranks at 7 30 tonight with instructors Col E M Miner and Maj Eldon R Davis present along with Dubuque staff officers and Cedar Rapids regimental officers.
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Veon M. McConnell
Chicago
Co. C
133Rd Inf
Iowa National Guard
McConnell
E. M. Miner
Des Moines
Eldon R. Davis
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Col. McConnell
Births Reported at Hershey Hospital
Local hospital notices announce a birth at Hershey this morning a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Wesley Cross of Wapello.
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Hershey
Wesley Cross
Wapello
Zeno Fined After Auto Accident
Tony Zeno, of European hotel, wrecked his car into a ditch on McArthur Street at 7 25 am. He had no license, was jailed, and pleaded guilty to driving without one, fined ten dollars plus costs. A separate report cited the theft of a gold wrist watch from John Roelle Sr.'s home.
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Tony Zeno
McArthur Street
Lincoln Boulevard
Zeno
Nathan Hoefflin
John Roelle, Sr
District Court Notes Multiple Civil Actions Filed
Judgment sought for 514.30 plus 5 percent interest from May 15, 1951, by L L Froning against Hawkeye Sales and Harry E Imel over a sale of soybeans on Jan 20, 1949. Hearing set 10 a m Oct 21 in Klein dolph executrix estate v Jasper W and Doris O Brown seeking eviction for 140 rent for four months. Judgment of 864.60 awarded to B F Goodrich Co against Paul Hedden and Mrs Paul Hedden. Decree construing William Glatstein will signed by Judge W L Keck. Preliminary inheritance tax reports filed in estates of Walter Predmore and A T Nelson.
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L. L. Froning
Harry E. Imel
Froning
Mary Kleindolph
Ralph Kleindolph
Jasper W
Doris O. Brown
Chicago Cash Grain Market Update Budgets and Prices
Chicago cash grain standings show wheat No 3 red 2.26 percent with corn values across Nos 1 2 and 3 yellow ranges from 1.63 to 1.87 percent. Oats No 1 heavy and seed per hundredweight for field seeds listed with clover timothy and red clover values. Soybeans No 2 yellow 2.93 percent with track details for Tilinols origin and country station descriptions.
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Chicago
al- Sike
Stocks Mixed as Industrial Names Dither Across Markets
Diverse list of companies with varied performance reveals mixed sentiment. Am Can leads gains with 32 while Am Rad slides 13 amid broad swings in equities across utilities and consumer goods sectors.
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Atchison
Bendix
Braun Presides At Wilton Farm Bureau Meeting
Archie Braun chaired the Wilton Township Farm Bureau session at Wilton city hall. He referenced the recent county board meeting and announced the annual Farm Bureau meeting set for October 27 at Muscatine High School.
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Wilton Township Farm Bureau
Wilton City Hall
Braun
Farm Bureau
Muscatine High School
Jack Shuger
Wilton High School
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