A Column About Iowa Reports Two Rocky Mountain Fever Cases
In Muscatine Barbara Bopp aged 10 and her grandmother Mrs Henry Meyer are treated for Rocky Mountain spotted fever a rare illness for the region. In Red Oak a watermelon feast was marred by a night theft at the Marcussen fruit stand with nearly 100 melons stolen, per Sheriff John Conker.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Barbara Bopp
Henry Meyer
Rocky Mountain
John Conker
Car Hits Cow on Highway Near Charles City
Alonzo Welter Sonia and Herman Oster man Bassett were hospitalized in Cedar Valley after a car driven by Welter struck and killed a cow four miles east of Charles City. The crash caused injuries to the occupants and resulted in the animal’s death.
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Charles City
Alonzo Welter
Sonia
Herman Osterman
Bassett
Cedar Valley Hospital
Welter
Infant Dies After Fall From Crib in Central City
Roy Marvin Rice age three months son of Mr and Mrs Roy M Rice Central City fell from his bed and sustained fatal injuries. Coroner Dr B L Knight ruled the death accidental and reported no evidence of foul play.
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Poly
Central City
Roy Marvin
Roy M. Rice
B. L. Knight
Raisty Girl Dies After Noise Banishment Police Move
Arlene N. Raisty 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Raisty, died after heart trouble despite police efforts to help by reducing noise. Officers closed motor traffic on the block where her home sits to quiet the area.
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Charles City
Arlene N. Raisty
J. W. Raisty
Iowa City Board Action Protest Hearing Opened
Chief Justice FE A Sager of the Iowa supreme court assigns Judge H Ringe of Cedar Rapids to hear Della Grizel v Iowa City board of adjustment in Johnson County district Miss Grizel challenges the board’s denial to permit an oil station in a residential zone Proceedings start today.
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Iowa City
FE. A. Sager
Iowa Supreme Court
H. ©. Ringe
Cedar Rapids
Della Grizel
Iowa City Board of Adjustmen
Johnson County
Miss
Grizel
Crab Apple Tree Bears Two Varieties on One Limb
In Council Bluffs Mrs. J. M. Underwood tends a unique tree that bears crab apples on some branches and regular apples on others. She uses the crabs for pickles and jelly and the regular apples for sauce and pies from a nearby ranch.
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Council Bluffs
J. M. Underwood
Veteran threshing man marks 60 years on Buchanan county farm
INDEPENDENCE Iowa, F. (Finn) Graham 84 is in his 48th year as a threshing machine operator on the same run. He has worn out seven machines during its long service on a farm east of here he has operated for more than 60 years and has lived in Buchanan county since he was one.
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Independence
Finn) Graham
Graham
Here
Buchanan County
Major Objectives of Legion Auxiliary Outlined in Iowa
Waterloo report details Americanism defense and universal service plan as the main goals of the American Legion auxiliary. Speaker Mrs. Malcolm Douglas of Seattle, national president, addressed the banquet session of the Iowa department auxiliary.
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Waterloo
American Legion Auxiliary
Malcolm Douglas
Seattle
Wash
Iowa Department
Legion Auxilary
Amnesia Victim Recalls Name After Accident Near Blairsbureg
Everett Robinson, 15, Shenandoah, recalls his identity after an auto collision near Blairsbureg. He had been given a lift by Don Ratcliffe of Des Moines and a collision with a car driven by J B McGonigle of Dubuque left him with head injuries and temporary amnesia.
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Webster City
Blairsbureg
Everett Robinson
Shenandoah
Robinson
Don Ratcliffe
Des Moines
J. B. McGonigle
Union rejects Maytag wage offer after secret vote
Newton reports a C. I. O. local union representing Maytag Co. employees unanimously voted against the company’s wage proposal. The meeting showed ongoing disputes over four key issues including wages, the fate of 12 laid-off workers, minimum pay, and contract term dates, with progress on union recognition, shop rules, hours, seniority and grievance procedures.
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Newton
Maytag Co
Carr Opposed to Court Dismissal in Newton
County Attorney Luther Carr expressed opposition to dismissing indictments and informations tied to the Maytag dispute and martial law in Newton. He doubted a quick court action, favored prosecution of crimes, and noted guard forces may be reduced, with costs lowering from 250 to around 125 men. Negotiations between CIO and the company stalled with four points of disagreement remain.
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Newton
INS
Luther Carr
Nelson G. Kraschel
Carr
Porce
National Guard
Maytag
Charles Grahlent
William Sentner
St. Louis
Washington high school announces 1950-51 class registration dates
Principal George Fields announced the 1950-51 registration schedule for Washington high school pupils with freshmen on Tuesday August 23 sophomores on August 24 juniors on August 25 and seniors on August 26. Registration runs 9 am to 4 pm. Dean Harland Mead says junior college registration is September 1 and 2 for course arrangements. Labor Day no school and classes start Tuesday September 6 with full day sessions.
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Washington High School
George Fields
Harland Mead
A. Ralston
Washington
Grace Hill to Hear Rev Weber in Grace Hill Church
Grace Hill parishioners will hear Rev Christian Weber preach at the morning service on Sunday. Weber, raised in Grace Hill and a fifty year minister, is remembered as brother of Carl Weber who died en route to Alaska as a missionary. they were raised on the George Frame farm near the Grace Hill church.
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Christian Weber
Grace Hill
Carl Weber
Alaska
George Frame Farm
Grace Hill Church
Temperature Report From Washington
The report notes a high of 83 degrees in Washington with a minimum of 58 degrees last night. The figures indicate a warm day followed by a cooler overnight period.
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Washington
How to Avoid a Late Summer Cold
Des Moines reports a seven point plan from the state health department to prevent late summer colds. Key tips include moderate dressing, avoiding overheating, not directing drafts at rest, using a light blanket at night, limiting ice drinks and smoking, daily sun exposure, and adding extra salt to meals to replenish summer salt reserves.
Czechs Prepare Defenses in Border Fortification Drive
Berlin reports charges that German socialists and communists in Czechoslovakia are trained in rifle marksmanship for civil war. Intensified fortification work along the Austro Czechoslovakian border is noted, with several villages north of Vienna leveled and residents moved elsewhere.
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Berlin
INS
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Jackson Meeting on Cold Storage Plant
Residents of Jackson township and friends are invited to a meeting at Living Lake schoolhouse to hear how the Arm Bureau Service Co plans financing and a cold storage plant and locker system. John A. Stewart will preside. the session starts at eight o clock after Friday postponement. Wade Gardner led a prior Cedar township meeting at Prairie Flower church.
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Living Lake
Jackson Township
Friends
Arm Bureau Service Company
John A. Stewart
Prairie Flower Church
Cedar Township
Wade Gardner
Re Employment Office to Move
Chairman Fred Bauer announced the re employment office will relocate from the post office basement to the old National Bank Building rear room starting September first. The county board funds the office run by Al Faulkner and moved at federal authorities’ request to free space for the internal revenue office already sharing a room with the agency.
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Fred Bauer
County Board of Supervisors
County Board
al Faulkner
National Bank
Farm Security Administration
Internal Revenue Office
Re-Employment Agency
Former Sioux City Mayor Rescues Woman From River
Frank A. Gordon, ex mayor of Sioux City, saved 85 year old Opal Wagner from drowning after she slipped into the Missouri River while asleep on a landing dock. The current carried them 3800 feet downstream before Gordon pulled her to safety and she was revived with an inhalator and sent to a hospital.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Missouri River
Frank A. Gordon
Opal Wagner
Gordon
Baby pheasants released in Iowa
Des Moines reports 11 469 two weeks old pheasants from Boone hatchery distributed among conservation units in seven counties in recent weeks. They will be released in late October or early November. The Boone hatchery plans to breed chuckar partridges and has secured more eggs. The conservation commission approved buying ten additional acres to expand the hatchery.
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Des Moines
Boone
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Mrs Lauderman Visits Rock Island Family News
Mrs Harry Lauderman returns from Rock Island Illinois where she stayed with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Chester Spangler who recently welcomed a baby girl.
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Harry Lauderman
Rock Island, Ill
Chester Spangler
Fiance of Local Woman Killed in Navy Crash
Raymond O. Chrisinger, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Chrisinger of Winfield and fiancé of Nellie DeWitt of Washington, died from injuries after a San Diego bay naval bomber crash during night flight practice for a Coco Solo show. He was a second class aviation machinist's mate, a Pensacola graduate, and survived by three brothers and his parents in Winfield. His body will be brought to Winfield for funeral services once arrangements are set.
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Raymond O. Chrisinger
W. L. Chrisinger
Winfield
Nellie DeWitt
Washington
San Diego Bay
Navy
Chrisinger
Coco Solo
Ile
Pensacola
Fla
San Diego
Car killing youth prompts manhunt across two states
In Hamburg Iowa on August 18 four men fled after a car struck and fatally injured 11 year old Roy Zach. The youth was dragged for hundreds of feet before the vehicle sped away. Authorities report the death is the 239th highway fatality in Iowa this year.
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Hamburg
Iowa
INS
Missouri
Roy Zach
Men at Newton Volunteer To Stay There
Private Dale Voorhees recalls rumors of immediate home leave that proved true for all but 20 men and an officer. Five volunteers stepped forward to stay, while others changed their minds too late. The staying group will march to Lee Moynes and bypass home ground for over a month, with an advance detail moving to camp to prepare the site.
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Dale Voorhees
Newton
Lee Moynes
Rev M C Carstensen to preach at local Baptist church
Rev M C Carstensen, former pastor, will preach at the Baptist church Sunday morning at 10 45. During his stay in Washington he made many friends and church members and others are urged to attend and meet him. Rev J Fredmund will preside at the morning service.
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M. C. Carstensen
The
Baptist Church
Iowa
Nebraska
J. Fredmund
Washington county entries lead Iowa national livestock show
The Iowa State Fair announces final entries for the national livestock show opening August 4 in Des Moines. Washington county exhibitors include E. J. Coffey Wellman with one saddle and harness horse Chas A Maas Washington with Aberdeen Angus cattle and Graham Farms Washington with 14 Jersey cattle. The event features nearly 80 000 in cash prizes and 4 000 animals across 25 states with hundreds of farm youth entries at the centennial fair running August 24 through September 2.
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Des Moines
Washington County
E. J. Coffey
Wellman
Chas A. Maas
Washington
Graham Farms
Jersey
United States
Farm Boys and Girls of
Iowa
Lowa
State Husking Contest Set for Oct 27 in Ringsted
About forty thousand people expected for the 1938 Iowa corn husking tournament to be held in Ringsted Emmet county on Oct 27. Lee Stodgell Morning Sun is the defending state champion after last year’s win near Oskaloosa. The nubbin derby is sponsored by Wallace's Farmer Iowa Homestead and broadcast by WHO. Ringsted Community club leads the organizing effort.
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Emmetsburg
Ringsted
Emmet County
Phil Underwood
Lee Stodgell
Morning Sun
Pearl Smith Farm
Oskaloosa
Fredmund Ordained Just 24 Years Ago
Rev. J. Fredmund marks the 24th anniversary of his ordination on August 18 1914 at Calvary Baptist Cedar Falls Iowa. He has led multiple churches in Iowa Wisconsin South Dakota and Illinois and served as field worker for Baptist Hospital Association and Sioux Falls College. He began work in Washington October 1 last year with plans for a progressive winter program.
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J. Fredmund
The
Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Fredmund
A. Broholm
Des Moines
Broholm
Temple Baptist
Racine
Wis
First Baptist
Viborg
Dak
Calvary Baptist
Albert Lea
Minn
Kildare Ave
Chicago
Newell
Baptist Hospital Association
Sioux Falls College
Canada
Washington
Vote On New School Bond In Klemm Iowa
Polls opened today in a special election on a proposed 30000 dollar bond to replace a frame school building in Klemm Iowa. The project would cost 72060 dollars with 10000 in the district treasury and a 32715 dollar government grant already secured.
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Klemme
Iowa
Roosevelt Promises Military Aid and Joint Action in Canada
President Roosevelt on Canadian soil pledges unqualified military aid against any foreign invasion of Canada. He and Prime Minister Mackenzie King praise close Anglo American ties and back the St Lawrence waterway as an economically vital gateway. Roosevelt urges Dominion cooperation in widening trade and defense links as war rages on multiple continents.
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Kingston
Ontario
Roosevelt
United States
Queens College
British Empire
Mackenzie King
Thousand Islands Bridge
INS
Canada
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
St Lawrence
Great Lakes
Collins Landing
N. Y
Ivy Lea
Americans Held Prisoners in Spanish Army
Congressional committee on un American activities heard that about 1700 American volunteers in royalist Spanish forces are kept as virtual prisoners to stop them returning to the United States. Miss Margaret Kerr testified on the deportation case of labor leader Harry Bridges, noting federal authorities had sworn evidence hewas a member of the Communist party.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Congressional Committee
United States
Margaret Kerr
Los Angeles
Better American Federation
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Ecommunity Party
Oil Truck Burns but Tank Fails to Explode in Sigourney
In Sigourney Iowa on August 18 an oil truck owned by Dave Van Fleet burned after the cab was destroyed by fire. The one third full gasoline tank did not explode as neighbors formed a bucket brigade until firemen arrived with chemical extinguishers to control and quell the flames.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Dave van Fleet
Mrs Ellis Negus Attends Iowa City Weddings
Mrs Ellis Negus went to Iowa City yesterday and attended the wedding of Julia Barry and Verne Schillig. She also was a guest at the wedding breakfast served at the Jefferson hotel.
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Ellis Negus
Iowa City
Julia Barry
Verne Schillig
Jefferson Hotel
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Ted Walters
de Queens
Ark
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Jackson
Woman
Soo City
Tai
McIntyre
Lester G. McIntyre
Winfield Young Man
Brown
Rev. Carstensen
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