Local visitors gather for family and university events
Iowa City residents Mrs. M F E Woods and Mr. and Mrs. C H Woods visit Mrs. Silas Ross with Zilpha of Davenport. Mable Gray spends Mother's Day weekend with her son Tom at the University of Iowa. Crossets from Grinnell and Des Moines call on Hazen and Crossett families. Lions Mangold Witting McGraw accompany visits to Marshalltown for Mrs. Mangold at Mercy Hospital. Marion Turnipseed and Helen Swanson travel from Des Moines to see Miss Swanson and her parents A G Swanson.
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M. FE. Woods
Iowa City
C. H. Woods
Zilpha
Davenport
Silas Ross
Ross
Mable Gray
Tom
University of Iowa
University
E. VL. Crossett
Grinnell
Don Crossett
Stevie
Des Moines
Hazen
Crossett
Leo Mangold
Anna Witting
Joe McGraw
Dean Moore
Sandra
Marshalltown
J. S. Mangold
Mercy Hospital
Marion Turnipseed
Helen Swanson
Miss Swanson
A. G. Swanson
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Robert Wead
Oxford Junction
John Miller
Toronto
Otto Schutt
Frank Pringle
Cloyce Pringle
Rock Island
Leland Pringle
Judy
Doris
Springville
Burl Pringle
Jean
Thornburg
Wendell Davis
Leon
Davis
Emma Nordyke
Emma Hardy
Robert Logan
Hutchings Heads Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don Hutchings of Des Moines was elected president of the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce by 225 delegates at the state convention in Cedar Rapids. Norman Allison Mason City Jack Caviness Fairfield Roland Tornblom Council Bluffs and Wayne Putnam Iowa City named to vice presidents. Dan Whalen Davenport and Roy Holland Sioux City elected national directors. Robert Buckmaster Waterloo former mayor received 1948 outstanding young man trophy. Giessenbier trophy went to Ames JCC for year round program.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hutchings
Des Moines
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hutchings
Norman Allison
Mason City
Jack Caviness
Fairfield
Roland Tornblom
Council Bluffs
Wayne Putnam
Iowa City
Dan Whalen
Davenport
Roy Holland
Sioux City
Robert Buckmaster
Waterloo
Iowa
Buckmaster
Knapp Matthews
Giessenbier
Ames Jcc
Weekend Guests Visit Families Across Counties
A series of Mother's Day visits and out of town trips spanned several towns. The Grimes and Weeks households hosted relatives in Churdan while the Howwell Rhodebeck and Meisendach families traveled from Chicago Davenport Des Moines for family gatherings.
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Jerry Grimes
Bobby of
Churdan
Mrs. Grimes
Mrs
Raymond Weeks
Brown Swiss Canton Show Set for Keota May 24
Keota Community club to sponsor Brown Swiss Canton show at city park on Tuesday May 24. Committees named for judging entertainment and grounds with Howard Davis Taylor Frank Fauler and others leading. Event aims to be larger and better than last year’s successful show.
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Keota
O. M. Grimes
Howard Davis
Taylor Howard
Frank Fauler
Robert McNurlen
Boyd Sanders
Frank Bollinger
Gerald Ochs
Pete van Auken
Harold Holmes
G. H. Pepper
Sorden Implement
Mess Implement
McNurlen
Three Killed in Highway Mishaps
Three Iowans died in weekend auto accidents. Dr Herman Struck 53 of Kanawha was killed when his car left the road north of Webster City. Larry Garmon 19 of Lorimer died in Des Moines hospital after injuries from a crash four miles east of Winterset. Schooner died from injuries from a crash near Denison earlier in April.
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United Press
Herman Struck
Kanawha
Larry Garmon
Lorimer
John Sehnoor
Denison
Webster City
E R. Lear
Garman
Des Moines
Winterset
Iowa Visitors Attend Semi Annual Show and Mother's Day Gatherings
A. E. Atchison and Jim Galla gher traveled to Des Moines for the Iowa Shoe Trav elers association semi annual show. Several locals spent Mother's Day in Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Des Moines visiting relatives churches and hospitals with updates on travel and a hospital patient.
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A. E. Atchison
Jim Gallagher
Des Moines
Iowa Shoe Travelers Association
Touhy Seeks Freedom From Jail In Federal Hearing
Roger Touhy, once a feared Chicago gang leader, leaves Stateville under heavy guard for a habeas corpus hearing before Judge John P. Barnes. He argues he was railroaded into prison for the 1933 kidnapping of John Factor while also serving a 199 year term for a 1942 prison break.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
Touhy
Stateville
John P. Barnes
John
Jake the Barber
Scarface
Columbus Gazette marks milestone in town history
Columbus Junction reflects on the 62nd anniversary of the Columbus Gazette and the 40th year of B. H. Shearer’s ownership since purchasing from the late Mrs. O. I. Jamison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus Gazette
B. H. Shearer
O. I. Jamison
Searchers Fail to Find Missing Plane in Midwest
Four volunteer pilots scoured northeast Iowa for nearly three hours but found no trace of the missing plane carrying Mr and Mrs John Russell of Humboldt. The search spanned Cedar Rapids Oneida and extended into Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois with volunteers and Air Force search and rescue teams involved.
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John Russell
Humboldt
Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Oneida
Air Force Search and Rescue Division
Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Missing Lakefront flight to Humboldt leaves Russells unlocated
The Russells departed in an Aeronca from a Chicago Lakefront airport last Sunday en route to Humboldt and have not been heard from since. Local authorities and search teams are attempting to locate the missing aircraft and occupants.
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Russells
Aeronca
Chicago
Humboldt
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