Safety Department Urges Careful Driving Through the Holiday
Des Moines Iowa motorists faced a holiday toll forecast of thirteen deaths in seven days, warned by Commissioner Pearl W McMurry. He warned weather or driver caution could cut or worsen the toll and urged planning for delays and steady speeds to avoid crashes.
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Safety Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Pearl W. McMurry
State Department of Public Safety
McMurry
Towa
Be Safe on Holiday Roads with Careful Driving
The message urges drivers to allow extra time for delays, keep minds on driving, ensure vehicles are safe, obey traffic rules, use hand signals when windows are down, start early, and enjoy a leisurely trip. It notes most accidents occur in clear weather on dry roads.
Rally Day for 4-H Club Girls at Knoxville June 12
Marion County 4 H Club girls prepare for Rally Day on June 12 at Knoxville High School Auditorium. Seventeen clubs must attend in uniform for a 10 am program, with demonstrations by Charlotte Shivvers and Norma Young and a talk by Marie Book on youth exchange in Holland. County officers will be elected and a sneak preview of the County Fair featured. Parents and friends invited.
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Knoxville
Marion
Tues
Marion County
Knoxville High School
Holland
Marie Book
Towa
Charlotte Shivvers
Norma Young
LeMars wrecking crewman knocked unconscious by boom
Red Steps of LeMars explains the phrase lower the boom after a tow cable failure. The wrecking truck boom dropped on his head, leaving him unconscious and requiring 14 stitches.
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LeMars
J B Dahm Low Bidder on Knoxville Road Grading
J B Dahm of Pella was the low bidder to grade 6 868 miles on the Knoxville Pella road from Stoops corner on Highway 92 to the hill above the Des Moines River bridge. No bids were received for nine concrete box culverts. Work starts early July with completion by October 6 per contract.
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Jake B. Dahm
Pella
Knoxville
Stoops Corner
Des Moines River
Knoxville Journal
B. W. Dutton
Omission in Obituary Mentions Vander Werff Acknowledgments
Chronicle obituary from May 17 omits surviving Vander Werff brothers. Names listed include Henry of Reasnor Neal of Pella Gerrit of Killduff Joe of Reasnor Dick of Monroe and Bert of Pella all unnamed in the May 17 report.
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Arne Vander Werff
Henry
Reasnor
Neal
Pella
Gerrit
Killduff
Joe
Monroe
Bert
Sweet Maple Syrup Ties to Historic Green Family Farm
Near Postville the Green family continues a maple syrup business on the E. W. Green farm. The fifth generation carries on a project started by Gideon Green in 1850, keeping a long standing family tradition alive.
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Postville
Green
Greens
E.W. Green
Gideon Green
Bidderless bids slow road and bridge work in Iowa
Dutton reported that several commission set aside projects using steel for reinforcement in concrete had no bidders. About 5 tons of steel were needed for Pella road culvert reinforcement. The Lincoln Highway widening, 1 863 miles from Squaw Creek bridge to Ames city limits, also went bidless.
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Dutton
Commission
Pella Road
Tueday
Ames
Squaw Creek Bridge
Fox Found In City Storm Sewer After Dog Noise
Night marshal Ray Wright of Wall Lake thought a dog yapped in the storm sewer. When the manhole was lifted a red fox emerged. Wright and Orvis Derlund flushed it out with a fire hose into a fish net amid local civic bustle with many papers.
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Night Marshall
Ray Wright
Wall Lake
Wright
Orvis Derlund
Shortage of Insecticides Expected Across Crops and Livestock
Extension experts warn a likely shortage of chemicals to combat pests this summer with toxaphene, lindane and chlorine supplies tight due to a 5 month strike and defense use. Iowa farmers report early purchases as dealers note rising demand and concern over future crop losses.
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Hazel Gunderson
K.P. Sylvester
Town St College
Gunderson
South
Iowa
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