Rutledge Appeal May Face New Delay in 1949 Case
The Iowa attorney general signals another postponement in the Rutledge appeal. Don Hise plans a motion to extend the filing deadline by up to a month, likely pushing the hearing from December to January. Rutledge, convicted in 1949 of Byron Hartman’s Cedar Falls hotel killing, was freed on 40 000 bond and then reported to be in Texas with relatives.
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Des Moines
Robert Rutledge
St. Louis
Don Hise
Iowa Supreme Court
Rutledge
Byron Hartman
St Louis
Texas
Corn this year the wettest since 1945 in Iowa
Iowa moisture tests show corn measured 36 percent moisture on Oct 10, second only to 40 percent in October 1945. The state agriculture department collected a 1950s crop sample last week to assess the damp conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agriculture Department
Iowa
Weather Division
Agriculture Department
Department
Cigarette Tax Revenue Drops After War Stockpiling
The state tax commission reports cigarette tax receipts fell by more than 100000 last month from August. Receipts were 3436, with August at 498884 and September last year at 425501. Auditor H E Evers says smokers bought extra in August due to wartime shortages and used up surplus thereafter.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
H. E. Evers
Commission
Corn moisture survey reports statewide variation in Iowa
A state department survey finds corn moisture ranges across Iowa with driest in the southeast and wettest in the north central. About one seventh of samples exceed 40 percent moisture and the wettest hits 58.6 percent while last year’s average was 19.6 and the wettest sample 28.3 percent.
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Towa
Begins Excavating For New Home at Junction
Columbus Junction report from October 17 notes D. R. Marshall starts a new home in Park addition. Other progress includes rapid work on F. J. Pine and BE. F. Crathird's houses. Various visits and travels involve local residents and guests from Lincoln Nebraska Topeka Kansas Des Moines and Los Angeles California.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
D. R. Marshall
Park Addition
F. J. Pine
BE. F. Crathirds
Moore’s
Katie Bowman
Fred Dunham
Topeka
Kan
Barbara Lynn
Chicago
R. G. Lynn
Virginia Foss
Kay Ford
Drake University
Des Moines
Helen Johnston
R. S. Johnston
Columbus City
S. A. Dwinell
Lebanon
Ind
Evan Anwyl
Los Angeles
Calif
Denies Farm Boys Are Deferred From Service
Vinton county draft board chair W G Elson said farm youths are not being deferred. He noted only one farm deferment since the Korean War began, issued by the state appeal board after a man was classed 1-A. The statement followed a WWII veteran's letter claiming some unmarried farm boys were being deferred.
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Vinton
Vinton County
Little Edith Greiner Burned by Hot Green Beans
Edith Greiner child of Mr and Mrs Bernard Greiner suffered burns when she pulled a dish of hot green beans from a gas stove onto her clothing. The burn extended from her neck to below the waist and is described as painful and sore.
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Edith Greiner
Mary Bales
Martinsburg
Jensen
State
Fred Dodson
Buffalo
Wyoming
Henry Sheets
Dale Dunbar
Judy
Lyle
Ottumwa
Linda Kay
Harold Sheets
George Bond
Orville Ward
Ollie
Orville
Social visits and Canasta at Keota and Greiner homes
Friends and family gathered at the Bernard Greiner home Thursday evening and at the Koch residence near Keota Friday. The group included Mrs. Greiner's sister Edith LeRoy and Eddie and played six handed canasta with Mr. and Mrs. George Bond and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snyder and Ronnie.
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Edgar Farrier
Leland Sheets
Clarence Timming
Washington
George Bond
Verda Gillis
California
Linda Sue Bond
Dale Dunbar
Bob Dill
Everett Stew
Art
Washington Hospital
Bernard Greiner
Barkley Says He Never Heard Of Old Hector Whiskey
In Osceola Vice President Alben Barkley, a Kentucky native, said he never heard of Old Hector whiskey. Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Lester S. Gillette charged the liquor commission with buying large stocks of the brand, accusing Republicans of hoarding liquor.
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Osceola
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Lester S. Gillette
Commission
George Scott
Liquor Commission
Barkley
Gillette
Connie Mack Retires as Athletics Manager After 50 Years
Connie Mack announced retirement as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after a 50 season run that yielded nine pennants and five world championships. He named Jimmy Dykes as his successor and Arthur Ehlers as general manager at a luncheon with press and radio representatives.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Mack
Jimmy Dykes
Arthur Ehlers
Methodists Plan Evangelism Event Across Denominations
A planning meeting at First Methodist Church Mt Pleasant gathered delegates from Burlington district churches to finalize plans for the third year of the Advance, a national visitation evangelism program in cooperation with 37 denominations under the Federal Council of Churches. Iowa churches coordinate a state program led by Bishop Charles W. Brashares as Washington church joins Dec 1 to 10 outreach.
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First Methodist
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington District
Federal Council of Churches
Iowa
Charles W. Brashares
Washington
C. Raymond Reed
Paul Shearer
L. A. Jones
W. Gates
Robert Dodder
Barbara Dare
Iowa Wesleyan
Cochran
Washington Baptist Church
Nicola Harmon Gift Center Promotes Christmas Items
Nicola Harmon in Washington County announces early Christmas shopping with a large Syracewood What-not shelves shipment in multiple finishes. New Crepe dinner napkins with floral designs arrive alongside new pottery, crystal patterns from Hersey and Finland, miniature figurines, and hand painted decorative plates.
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Nicola & Harmon
Washington County
Hersey & Finland
Three Air Force Jets Crash Near Andrews Field
Three I 86 Sabre jets from the 35th Fighter Squadron based at Andrews Air Force Base crashed almost simultaneously about 20 miles northwest of the base near Leesburg Brunswick Virginia. Two hit the Potomac River while the third went down in a nearby field around 11 15 a.m. CST. A search plane and ground team located the wreckage. no distress signals were received from the pilots.
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Washington
Air Force
Andrews
MD.) Air Force Base
Andrews Field
Potomac River
Leesburg-Brunswick
Shakespeare’s Humble Start as Horse Tender Near Shoreditch
The future playwright William Shakespeare began with a modest role tending horses for young gallants who attended plays at Shoreditch outside London, a distant early contact with professional theater.
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William Shakespeare
Shoreditch
London
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