Life Imprisonment for Two Convicted Slayers
ALBERT LEA MINN UP District Judge Martin A Nelson imposed mandatory life prison terms on Mrs Viola Gavle and farmhand Lawrence Nobles for murder in a plot to kill her husband Oscar Rasmusson. Gavle’s sentence delayed to September 2 and Nobles to July 11 pending appeals. Gavle cried then smiled leaving court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Martin A. Nelson
Viola Gavie
Degee
Oscar Rasmusson
Emmons
Rasmusson
Truman ‘Gavle
Des Moines Ex-County Official Seeks Back Salary
Former Polk county supervisor Roy J. Hild files a claim with Des Moines to be paid 9625 dollars plus interest for back salary during suspension amid fraud trials. He says charges were dismissed and he was falsely accused, and the board was to consider the claim at the next regular meeting. A conspiracy charge against him and others was dismissed by district court last Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Roy J. Hild
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Hild
District Court
Salvation Army Drives Funds in Ainsworth
The Salvation Army service unit in Ainsworth conducts its annual fund drive led by J. W. Elliott. $98 has been raised toward a $150 quota, with Sinvoy Bolander from Des Moines assisting. Contributions can be sent to R. M. Whitehead. drive runs until July 10.
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Salvation Army Service
Ainsworth
J. W. Elliott
Sinvoy A. Bolander
Des Moines
R. M. Whitehead
Service Unit
Red Cross Aquatic School Graduate Earns Instructor Honors
Dick Hartzell returned from American National Red Cross Aquatic school in Camp Heffernan Towanda Illinois. He completed instructor training in water safety and life saving with high honors and is ready to serve the local Red Cross chapter as an instructor in first aid water safety and life saving. For evening life saving classes contact Artemas Brown at the YMCA or the Red Cross chapter office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hartzell
American National Red Cross Aquatic School
Camp Heffernan
Towanda
Illinois
Red Cross
Artemas Brown
YMCA
Truman upbeat on economy at Baltimore airport dedication
President Truman expressed confidence that the American economy would keep expanding if citizens plan for growth. He derided those who resist progress and urged planning based on rising output, efficiency, and real income to ensure continued economic progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Truman
Friendship International Airport
Marriage License Issued for Anderson and Fisher
A marriage license was issued Friday to William O. Anderson of New York City and Suzanne Chase Fisher of Washington in the latest local civil records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Anderson
New York, N. Y
Suzanne Chase Fisher
Washington
Henry Shelton in Indiana Friday
Henry Shelton a 42 year old escaped convict and former FBI ten most wanted fugitive was mortally wounded in a gun battle with two FBI agents in an east side Indianapolis saloon. Shelton had escaped from Northern Michigan state prison and was serving a 60 year sentence for a 1933 Kaleva bank robbery.
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Indiananapolis
Ind
Henry Shelton
FBI
Shelton
East Side
Michigan
Marquette
Kaleva
Mich
Nice Little Bracelet Proves Slightly High
An Omaha man tried to please his partner with a bracelet priced around ten to fifteen dollars. A clerk quoted costs of nine fifty twelve and thirteen fifty. The bill arrived at 1 200 and he returned the first bracelet.
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Omaha, Neb
Deer Drinks From Farm Waterers Upsets Chickens
Cherokee Iowa Mrs Harold Shawn notices a young deer visiting the farm water pans and drinking beside her chickens. The animal continues to return, keeping her carrying extra water for the birds.
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Cherokee
Harold Shawn
Knights of Pythias to Confer Ranks at June Meeting
A special meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held Monday in June at o'clock. The ranks of page and esquire will be conferred. This is the last meeting until September.
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Knights of Pythias
Page
Esquire
Russia demands MacArthur retract anti Communist directives
Tokyo reports Soviet representative Polyashenko protested to General MacArthur demanding removal of June purge orders targeting 24 central committee members and 17 Akahata editors. Moscow calls to end police club law and mass arrests and to protect democratic unions amid postwar Japan democratization.
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Tokyo
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Communist Party
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council For Japan
MacArthur
Far Eastern Commission
Akahata
Defense
Louis Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Polyashenko
Nationalist Victory Seen at Girls' State
In Grinnell Hawkeye Girls State Betty Fiedler of Davenport became governor as the Nationalist party swept most offices. Nationalists also won county seats and most senatorial races while Federalists took eight of 20 legislative seats and two top statewide posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Hawkeye Girls
Betty Fiedler
Davenport
Betty
Mary Jo Iverson
Calmar
Marilyn Ratcliff Douds
Benny Bean
Clinton
Carol Ann Wright
Jefferson
Delphine O'Toole
Muscatine
Pat Lightle
Ruthven
Peggy Kelso
Atlantic
Joan Whalen
Douds
Commerce
Walton Meeting Notice for June 26 Izaak Walton League
The Chicauqua chapter of the Izaak Walton League will hold its regular business meeting on Monday June 26 at 8 PM in the VFW clubrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Chicauqua
Izaak Walton League
VFW
Boy Hero Moves Farmhouse Fire to Safety
Eleven year old Thomas Stroble earned praise from his parents and 4-H Club members after he acted quickly to pull a burning brooder house away from his farmhouse. Flames threatened the coop and nearby buildings as he attached a chain to a tractor and dragged the structure into an open field saving the home. The brooder lost 200 chickens and the Stroble family replaced them.
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Williamsport
Thomas Stroble
Tommy
Thommy
William Stroble
Gillette to Stump for Loveland This Summer
Democratic U S senator candidate Albert J. Loveland says Sen Guy Gillette will campaign for him in Iowa this summer and fall. Gillette will speak in at least eight districts after adjournment, while Loveland endorses the Bramnan farm payment plan with an open mind on it.
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Gillette
Loveland
Albert J. Loveland
U. S
Iowa
Guy Gillette
D., Jr
Washington
Congress
Bramnan
Brannan
Opel
Entomologist Warns Of More Borer Threats
Entomologist Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College warns corn borer moths will lay eggs vigorously in early July if warm weather continues. He pins peak egg laying to July 1–4 in central and southern Iowa and about a week later in the north, with 100 percent moth emergency around June 22–24 in the south. Farmers should spray when corn hits 35 inches and 50 egg masses per 100 plants, he says, noting recent rains did not alter the borer threat.
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Ames
Iowa State College Extension
Harold Gunderson
Iowa
Gunderson
Correction re Sadee McAvoy residence and travels
The Journal corrects that Mrs. Sadee McAvoy does not live in Cedar Rapids. She resides and runs her beauty business locally and traveled to Cedar Rapids for a few days to attend the VFW convention.
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Journal
Sadee McAvoy
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Iowa Weather Forecast
Weather report for Des Moines Iowa shows mostly cloudy skies with occasional showers and thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Sunday. Warm and humid conditions continue with cooler air expected in the northwest on Sunday. Highs around 82 to 90 today and 73 to 85 in the southeast, lows near 65 to 70. Winds from the south to southwest at 15 mph, then shifting to northwest in the northwest Sunday. Monday morning low 65 to 70 with more thundershowers possible. Highs in the 80s. Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday with lighter humidity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Railroads Readied For Possible Strike By Switchmen unions
Five western railroads prepared for a strike by AFL switchmen as government mediators sought to avert a walkout set for 6 am local time. Talks yielded no progress with 4,000 switchmen seeking a 40 hour week with no pay cut and a potential shutdown spanning 21,000 miles of track.
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Western
AFL
Tomor
Francis A. O'Neill
National Railway Mediation Board
Rock Island
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Switchmen's Union
Chicago
West Coast
Burlington Railroad
Salt Lake City
Divorce Petition Filed in Local Court
Sarah Alice Helmick filed for divorce Friday morning naming Charles B Helmick as defendant. She charges cruel and inhuman treatment in her petition.
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Sarah Alice Helmick
Charles B. Helmick
Johnson and Bradley Return From Tokyo
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Gen. Omar Bradley returned from a two week visit to the Far East with a full briefing on the U S military situation in the Communist threatened area. The pair landed in Washington at 11 11 a m EDT and said they would report to President Truman after further discussions with the armed services heads. Johnson called talks with Gen Douglas MacArthur very satisfactory and denied a MacArthur return to the United States.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Omar WN. Bradley
Far East
U. S
Constellation
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National
Tokyo
Bradley
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
Sorosis Flower Show Set for Tuesday in Ainsworth
The Sorosis club of Ainsworth will sponsor a flower show Tuesday, June 27 at 2 PM in the Methodist church. The event was postponed to the 27th due to bad weather.
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Ainsworth
The
Sorosis Club
GOPs Unhappy About Coming Elections
Atlantic City reports Republicans anxious about 1950 race after 1948 defeat. Regional conferences in Atlantic City, Chicago, and Salt Lake City discuss fundraising woes and uncertain gains. Sen. Owen Brewster predicts seven to ten Senate seats if trends shift. Gov. Gabrielson cites six as sure, with targets in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Idaho, Utah, and California against Helen Gahagan Douglas and Richard Nixon.
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Atlantic City
N. J
District of Columbia
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Gil Dobie
Owen Brewster
United Press
GOP
Senate
Brewster
Guy G. Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Gabrielson
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Idaho
Utah
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Richard M. Nixon
Alger Hiss
Plane Missing Over Lake Michigan in Worst U S Air Disaster
A DC-4 Northwest airliner vanished after reporting a storm over Lake Michigan with 58 aboard. Bubbles and oil slicks were spotted offshore near Milwaukee as search efforts by Coast Guard Navy and Air National Guard expanded. Debris and plywood-like fragments were noted while authorities marked the site awaiting confirmation.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Great Lakes
Lakeside Bower
South
Seymour Levenson
Air National Guard
Gardener Breaks Into Queen Mary Home in Royal Intrusion
Gerald O Brien, 26, a gardener, was arrested after allegedly entering Marlborough House, injuring two servants, and trying to rob the premises. Alice Knight, 66, and another servant were assaulted as O Brien hid in the basement for hours before police detained him. He faces charges of armed assault with intent to robbery.
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London
Queen Mary
Mary
Gerald O'Brien
Marlborough House
Grenadier
King George
Alice Knight
Unusual Names Crowd City Crime Blotter
Montgomery police and the FBI seek a colorful roster led by The Angel and Slick Willie Sutton among others. Also listed are The Tank Kid Banjo Eves Powell Dopey Owens Fate Jones and aliases Chick 99 Mildred along with historic names Oliver Wendell Holmes Benjamin Franklin and Andrew Johnson.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States
FBI
the Angel
Slick Willie Sutton
Mustache Devons
the Tank Kid
Love ‘Em Fat Lee
Banjo Eves Powell
Dopey Owens
Joe Alijah
Alias the Prophet
China Motely
Mule Andereson
Fate Jones
Frank Callace
Chick 99
Willie Willie
Robert Campbell
Mildred
Montgomery Records
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Johnson
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Harold Lloyd
Los Angeles
George E. Sailor, Jr
Imperial Recorder
George M. Saunders
Imperial
International Soundphoto
Salvation Army
Red Cross School
Indiana
Desperado
Harvey G. Foster
Indianapolis
Knights OF
Pythias
U.S
Sudetenland
Switzerland
Iron Curtain
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Poland
Hungary
Romania
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Oder-Neisse
Johnson, Bradley
America
Pacific
Drea
Sorosis
New York
Minneapolis
Hope
South Haven
K. R. Ferguson
Daniel Joy
South Shore Watch Club
Edward Wischer
Douglas
Northwest Airlines
OL Slicks
Gardener
Edward Suminski
Wis
Robert
Ronald
Patricia
Pamela
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