Town vs Country Quiz Set by Legion in Wayland Mar 29
The American Legion of Wayland sponsors a Town vs Country quiz on March 29 with Clay Rusk as quizmaster and Jim Zabel as announcer. Local contestants include Mrs Emery Figsti Mrs Clark Everts Allen Meyer Victor Hesseltine for the country and Mrs George Boller Mrs Allen Meyer Lyle Zeh and Dr C C Wyse for the town. Prequiz entertainment features music by a barber shop quartet and performances by the boys glee club and a boys quartet.
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Wayland
American Legion of
Clay Rusk
Jim Zabel
Emery Figsti
Clark Everts
Allen Meyer
Victor Hesseltine
George Boller
Lyle Zeh
C. C. Wyse
Barber Shop
Boys’ Glee Club
Des Moines Girl, 7, Drowns Under Bridge Playing
Gladys Fennington, seven, drowned in the Des Moines River while playing under a bridge. Three companions stopped a car driven by Paul Canady, 29, Ames. Canady waded in but failed to locate the girl. the fire department recovered her body. It was Des Moines’s first drowning of the year.
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Des Moines
Gladys Fennington
Paul Canady
Ames
Canady
Maude Hott Visits Dundee Woman For Short Stay
Maude Hott of Dundee Illinois a suburb of Chicago arrived here to spend a couple of weeks with friends.
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Maude Hott
Dundee
Illinois
Chicago
TM UTS Top on hogs price noted at 21.75
Market report records hog prices with TM UTS top figure at 21.75 dollars. Weather outlook shows cloudy skies with rain tonight and tomorrow and a colder trend ahead.
Eleven Rescued From Navy Plane After Catalina Forced Down
A Navy Catalina flying boat en route from Kwajalein to Johnston Island was forced down some 650 miles southwest of Johnston. The LSM-448 rescued 11 crewmen, delivering them to Pearl Harbor after a 7 hour search. The incident was reported by Grainger in the early hours.
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Honolulu
Davy
Pacific
Catalina
Grainger
Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein
Johnston Island
Johnston
Floyd McDaniel Farr
Rock Hill
S. C
Hold Three Men For Iowa Thefts
Two Minneapolis men Richard Sliter and Max Sliter, and companion Ray Finney, faced aggravated robbery charges in Bremer county jail after an armed theft of 450 dollars from Fred Harmening’s Tripoli farm on February 20. Sliter and Finney surrendered after a cabin was surrounded. a .22 rifle and two .38 revolvers were found.
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Waverly
Minneapolis
Bremer County
H. E. Ehlert
Richard Sliter
Max Sliter
Richard
Ray Finney
Red Oak
Fred Harmening
Tripoli
Iowa
Sliter
Finney
Wayland High School to Stage April Concert
Wayland High School presents an April 1 concert in the school auditorium. The band opens with Spring Festival and Voyager, George Beicher sings Because, girls and boys glee clubs perform Were You There Sylvia and Kentucky Babe The Lone Prairie, special chorus sings Cool Water and Three Limericks, Arnold Roth plays His Majesty The Tuba, mixed chorus performs God So Loved The World Madam Jeannette and Camptown Races, George Eicher plays Morning Glory, and the band closes with Tea For Two.
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George Beicher
Girl's Glee Club
Sylvia
Boy's Glee Club
the Lone Prairie
His Majesty
Arnold Roth
Jeanette
Camptown
George Eicher
Deafened people may now hear clearly with Beltone device
Science offers a hand held hearing device approved by the Council on Physical Medicine of the American Medical Association. The compact unit requires no battery pack or bulky garb and lets users adjust as hearing changes. Beltone, Dept. 6, 1450 West 19th St., Chicago, offers free brochures and home demonstrations at no cost.
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Council On Physical Medicine
American Medical Association
Beltone
Dept
West
19Th St
Chicago
Ill
Johnson Takes Post as Defense Secretary in Peace Rally
Louis Johnson is sworn in as secretary of defense in a ceremony before about 11,000 officials and military personnel. He pledges to seek peace but asserts the United States can halt aggression if necessary. He succeeds James Forrestal and vows American youth won’t face war again.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
America
James Forrestal
Johnson
Auto Thief Held After Gun Battle
Howard Bates 21 of Hannibal Missouri was captured after a high speed chase with state patrolmen that ended in gunfire. Patrolmen John Schneider and Ralph Akers fired shots into the air to halt Bates in a field near Buffalo Ja where he fled on foot. Bates admitted stealing the car in Davenport.
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Davenport
Howard Bates
Hannibal
John Schneider
Ralph Akers
Bates
Buffalo
Seven Iowa Farm Bureau District Meetings Set
Kenneth Thatcher secretary announces progress of the Farm Bureau legislative program will be discussed at seven Iowa Farm Bureau Federation district meetings this week. Additional topics include policies and general organization. Meetings occur today in Cedar Rapids and Denison, with Spencer Red Oak Mason City Nevada Fayette scheduled later in the week.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Kenneth Thatcher
Thatcher
Cedar Rapids
Denison
Spencer
Red Oak
Mason City
Nevada
Fayette
A J Matson Funeral Held in Wapello
Funeral services for Aden J Matson 88 a Port Louisa township farmer were conducted Tuesday at the Dud geon funeral home Wapello Rev C E Burdine of Anamosa officiated Burial followed in Wapello cemetery and the county obituary notes indicate Mr Matson was a retired farmer from Port Louisa township.
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Columbus Junction
Aden J Matson
Port Louisa Township
Dudgeon Funeral Home
Wapello
Bad Grammar Ain't So Bad
In Des Moines the Republican state central committee dismissed charges of bad grammar against GOP legislators as a “homely charm.” They argued calls for alarm over phrases like “We done that” miss the intended meaning and contrasted it with a traditional Iowa pioneer voice.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Frank Moorhead
Moorhead
Truman
Iowa
GOP
Marengo Driver of the Month Honored in Iowa
William R. Cooney 53 of Marengo named Iowa Driver of the Month for an accident free 20 year, over one million miles with Swift and Co. He is praised for courtesy and good citizenship and credited with potential life saving through skill and dependability.
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Des Moines
William R. Cooney
Marengo
Iowa
Cooney
Swift and Co
John H. Gillespie
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Local Resident Dies in Columbus Junction Nursing Home
A Columbus Junction man died Sunday evening at the Restopia nursing home where he had resided after sustaining a fractured hip a month earlier. Born November 4, 1860 in Louisa County, he was the son of Joseph and Maria Matson and was married to Louey Thompson, who had died years before.
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Restopia
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Joseph
Maria Matson
Iuey Thompson
Arraign Babich On Murder Count
Milton Babich, 19, was arraigned in Milwaukee on a first degree murder charge in the death of 16 year old Patricia Birmingham, sister of the woman he married. A preliminary hearing was set for April 12 after a brief four minute arraignment.
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Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Milwaukee
Harvey L. Neelen
Dist
William McCauley
Babich
Patricia
Kathleen
Widow of years ago remembered with family ties
Surviving relatives include a daughter Mrs Hazel Plumb of Wapello, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren, as part of a past era obituary note detailing the deceased's family links.
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Hazel Plumb
Wapello
Washington Track Squad Shows Strong Start in Class B Meet
Washington high school earned 12 points to finish seventh at the Class B state indoor meet in Iowa City. The 880 yard relay team placed second, missing first by two tenths of a second. The medley relay finished fourth and set a new state record as five teams broke the old mark. Brock Sotelo Redlinger and Kleese ran in the relay, with Kleese Sotelo Brock Chmelar on the quartet. Hayter led in the mile, Johnson in the half mile, and Chmelar Messenger Simons Hauter anchored the mile relay. Mt Pleasant added one point for the Little Six.
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Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Weber
Brock
Sotelo
Redlinger
Kleese
Chmelar
Andy Hayter
Jerry Johnson
Chmelar, Messenger, Simons and
Hauter
John Deere Workers End Strike in Des Moines Return
Workers at the John Deere plant resume duties after union votes to end walkout. About 35 sheet metal workers did not return, receiving a one day layoff for disciplinary reasons while the union and firm arrange arbitration over the department dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Deere
One Dead and Six Hurt in Des Moines Car Crash
Wayne Thomas aged 57 of Des Moines died after a two car collision at an intersection yesterday. Six others were injured in the crash. Thomas was the seventh traffic victim in Des Moines in 1949. His condition and details follow in the continuing report.
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Des Moines
Wayne Thomas
Thomas
Bus ride banter and a weather blade pitch
A suburban bus encounter features an Irishman and a man with his dog sharing a joke about coats and kinship. The ad then nudges readers to inspect windshield wiper blades after Iowa winters and suggests a quick replacement service.
Auto crash injures multiple youths and adults
In a collision, wife Anna Mae 50 and Mr and Mrs J H Lattimer were injured along with other passengers in the Thomas car. Three youths in the second car were hurt, one seriously. William Harvey 18 sustained a skull fracture. Driver Robert Croghan 19 and Don Henry 16 received minor injuries.
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Anna Mae
J. H. Lattimer
Thomas
William Harvey
Robert Croghan
Don Henry
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Wayland High School
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Eloper
Seven Farm Bureau District
A. J. Matson
Hotel Sherman
Sherman
Frank W. Bering
Ernest Byfield
Jay Jones
I Stewart & Crone
Buick & Pontiac
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Harry Drake
Food City
Bob Weber
Washington High School
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Hillbillies
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