Tillie Will Become School Teacher After Many Years
Chicago June 17 UP A farm girl from Town who fed chickens for 16 years earns a Northwestern University School of Education diploma in the 1947 class. Tillie Gerst, after working as a lousemaid, cook, and baby sitter, finally reached her goal with support from her parents and steady night study.
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Chicago
Cnllege
Willie Gerst
Northwestern University
School of Education
Oakville
Iowa
Miss Gerst
Tillie Gerst
Northwestern
Tillie
Iowa Traffic Death Toll Declines From Last Year
Des Moines June 17 The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports a downward trend in traffic fatalities for year to date May deaths total 9, two fewer than May last year. For the first five months dots 182 deaths 12 less than the prior year. Night time fatalities run 25 below last year while pedestrian deaths are up one and bicycle deaths up two. Highway grade crossing deaths down 50 percent.
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Des Moines
Department of Public Safety
Yhe Department
Banker control of roads condemned by Lemke
Rep William Lemke of North Dakota urged a House subcommittee to approve a bill allowing railroads to refinance debt at two percent through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to ease the boxcar shortage and fund a grain harvest. He attacked bankers allegedly steering railroads and noted a drop in boxcars from 1925 to the present.
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Washington
William Lemke
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House Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Subcommittee
Wilson D. Gillette
Lemke
New Scroll Sign Installed at Hanson Company Store
A new scroll sign has been mounted on the front of the Hanson Company department store. The painting was done by John Rohrer in bold red and yellow tones.
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Hanson Company
John Rohrer
Insecticides for Your Garden Mixes and Prices
Garden note lists lead arsenate Red River mix and bug dust as options. Weather outlook: mostly cloudy and cool tonight. partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow. Kalaw demands top price of $25.25 per ton?
War's car scrap rate outpaces production says critic
The speaker cites wartime pressures noting cars are scrapped faster than built and expresses full accord with Robert on the urgency of the situation.
Cedar Rapids Boy Wins Hawkeye Boys State Governor Seat
Donald Clayter, 17, of Cedar Rapids, led the Nationalist ticket to win the Hawkeye Boys State governor's race at Camp Dodge. He defeated Daniel Youngsblade, 17, of Sioux City, in a close contest. Inauguration and installation of other state officials follow a three day government training with 730 delegates from 500 Iowa towns.
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Des Moines
Donald Clayter
Cedar RaPids
Daniel Youngsblade
Sioux City
Camp Dodge
Here
Clayter
Youngsblade
Hawkeye
Boys State
Iowa
Railroads Too Run by Bankers Says Leake
Leake argues railroads are controlled by bankers rather than railroad men and urges removing bankers to restore better service.
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Leake
Cattle Costs Split Between Feed Labor and Other Expenses
Cattle costs show feed comprising half of keep costs with grain as the largest feed item. Labor represents about a quarter of total costs, while other expenses fill the remainder.
Old Powder Puffs Reuse and Handy Home Hacks
When powder puffs are old and frayed they remain useful after washing. An old puff can polish silver better than a cloth. For fitting a dress or measuring a hem attach a puff to your wrist with a rubber band to use as a pin cushion.
Easy Heat for Cheese in Cooking
When cooking with cheese use only enough heat to melt and blend with other ingredients. High heat or excessive cooking can make cheese tough stringy and leathery and may cause curdling in mixtures with eggs and milk.
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Bess
Hugi Herbert
Sport Review
Eelieo
U.S. Bureau OF Labor Statistics
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Ade Cceene Ty
Kala Das
Dick Peterson
Danbury
Kenneth Wilke
Fayette
Melvin Guenther
Davenport
Jack Burkheimer
Sae City
Oakwood Pavilion
Wellman
Thurs
Chuck Hall
Montgomery Une
Vune
Armstrong Linoleum Rugs
Armstrong
Kiple & DePrenger Furniture Coo
S. Marion Ave
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