Ralston Named to National Tax Education Committee
Washington Iowa superintendent of schools A Ralston has been appointed to the Committee on Tax Education of the National Education Association. The committee supports a clearing agency on tax education and runs a program for public enlightenment on taxation for social needs.
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Washington, D. CC
BE. A. Ralston
Washington
Iowa
National Education Association
Association
National Professional Organization of Educators
Ralston
Funeral services for Frank W Brindley held today
Funeral services for Frank W Brindley were held this morning at the L A Jones funeral home with Dr R C Keagy of the Methodist church presiding. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery. Pallbearers included Glenn McCall Nic McCleery Robert Patterson Ray Guest Henry Berdo and Alex Lytle.
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Frank W. Brindley
L. A
Pearl of the Canadian Rockies Lake Louise
Lake Louise is called the Pearl of the Canadian Rockies and admired as one of the world’s most exquisite sights. It sits at 5645 feet in the Lakes in the Clouds region near Banff National Park.
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Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Banff National Park
Des Moines Traffic Woes Mirror National Strikes
Des Moines faces labor trouble as a car testing station worker and traffic light electrician strike for higher wages causing traffic snarls. Police praise improved enforcement and courteous policing as Iowa legislators and state workers face disruption from the draft and general assembly delays.
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Des Moines
Wwe
Iowa General Assembly
House
Senate
General Assembly
William Yager
Dickinson County
Yager
Assembly
Joseph Wagner
Ottumwa
Robert Munger
Sioux City
Horace M. Pike
United States Army
Pike
Richard Reichmann
Reichmann
Judge Advocate General's Department
K. W. Nebergall
Division of Criminal Investigation
Norman L. Hill
Mrs James Dill 74 of Winfield Is Dead
Mrs James Dill 74 of Winfield died last evening at her home after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow at the United Presbyterian church Winfield with burial in Winfield. Surviving are a husband four sons and four daughters, two brothers and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
James ShNt
Winfield
United Presbyterian Church
J C. Wekie
Emma Willis
Negr Morning Sun
Experimental aluminum lung weighs 40 pounds at Pierce County Hospital
Researchers at Pierce County hospital Tayorma Wash test a new type sortable aluminum lung weighing 40 pounds. The device aims to improve respiratory support in medical trials.
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Pierce County Hospital
Tayorma Wash
Four Generations Present at Party of Royal Neighbors
Four generations attended a Royal Neighbor lodge party in Kalona honoring Mrs. Hannah Maxwell mother of Riverside’s Mrs. Emery Sharpe. Maxwell aged 78 was joined by Mrs. Sharpe her daughter Mrs. Lloyd Chabal and Chabal's son Ardell.
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Royal Neighbor
Kalona
Hannah Maxwell
Emery Sharpe
Maxwell
Sharpe
Lloyd Chabal
Chabal
Ardell
Masons
Iowa
Harry L. Searle
Bristow
Trinity Methodist Church Holy Communion Ends Lent Observance
Special decorations and music marked the Holy Communion service that closed Lent on Wednesday night at Trinity Methodist Church. Rev. Stuart C. Peterson led the service with no Wednesday fellowship supper and devotional meetings focusing on the Methodist discipline and the Articles of Religion. Nearby, Ivan McCreedy and George Allen work on government munitions plant buildings near Burlington while Dorothy Sehneider visits Ottumwa for Easter vacation at her father Cornelius Sehneider’s home. Rita Shradel arrives from Marycrest Davenport for her foster vacation with her parents.
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Stuart C. Peterson
Ivan McCreedy
Riverside
George Allen
Brighton
Phillip McCreedy Celebrates Fifth Birthday Party
Philip McCreedy son of Dr and Mrs M L McCreedy celebrated his fifth birthday in Brighton with a Wednesday afternoon party. Easter decorations set the theme and a big egg hunt provided entertainment for guests Jane Buzzard Tommy Kraemer Danny Christy.
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Brighton
Philip McCreedy
M. L. McCreedy
Jane Buzzard
Tommy Kraemer
Danny Christy
William Pearl Brier 75 dies in Galesburg hospital
Brighton mourns as William Pearl Brier age 75 dies at a Galesburg hospital after ten weeks with his son Frank. He farmed near Brighton and was a longtime Presbyterian. Funeral today at the Brighton Presbyterian Church with burial in Hillcrest. He leaves five daughters, two sons, three brothers, one sister, and numerous grandchildren.
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Brighton
William Pearl Brier
Galesburg, I
Frank
Galesburg
Presbyterian Church
H. ©. Whiting
Burndl
Hillcrest
Ethel Wootten
Buena Park
Calif
Myrtle Kiarecke
Vista
Musa
Marie Holcomb
Compton
Helen Hallgren
Burlington
Frank Brier
Glen Brier
Hod
Rea
Clem
Maxwell
Iowa
Emma Weyand
Rock Park
View of Athens and Piraeus Amid Bombing Alerts
Nightly air raid alerts sweep Athens after German bombers drop magnetic mines in the harbor at Piraeus. The port city on a hilly peninsula near Athens is shown with Mount Lycabettus visible and notes on ancient Greek ports.
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Athens
Piraeus
New
Greece
Lycabettus
Mount St. George
Mother’s purse found after frantic search
A mother rushing to town mislaid her purse and searched everywhere with help from her five year old daughter. The mother exclaimed she found it at last and pondered why things are always in the last place hunted. The daughter replied that once found they stop hunting.
Blondes Pass Over in Job Ads in Stores
A prejudice against blondes and redheads lowers their chances of securing sales girl positions. The reason given is practical: customers should focus on goods, not the sales staff, says a department store head.
Puerto Rico Residents Adapt Wardrobe to Year Round Warmth
Despite a small six degree gap between warm and cool months, residents avoid monotony by shifting to light colored clothing year round. They do not need temperature changes to justify wardrobe choices.
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Puerto Ri
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