Des Moines Raids Target Slot Machines Across Taverns
Des Moines police seized 21 slot machines described as gaming devices during raids late Thursday and arrested two men, Joseph Getchell and John Dennis, in two establishments. A machine operated in one site. 19 were in storage. Preliminary hearings set for April 21. Deputies also seized three free play pin ball machines a small cigaret slot and a punch board in north county taverns.
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DES Moines
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Floyd Hartzer
Joseph Getchell
E. and W. Tavern
John Dennis
Demis
C. Edwin Moore
Getchell and
Hartzer
Polk County
Vane B. Overturff
Overturff
Sioux City Fights Slot Machines Across Woodbury County
County Attorney Maurice F. Rawlings said gambling devices are at a minimum in Woodbury County with eight licenses found in Sioux City versus Des Moines’ one. He added law enforcement aims to keep gambling devices out of the county. Chief of Police Frank Wheeler noted the Sioux City list is short due to steady efforts to remove machines from taverns and other sites.
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Sioux City
Maurice FE. Rawlings
Woodbury County
Sen
Ilaan
Des Moines
Worice
Ae County
Woodbury Coun
Frank Wheelock
Arbor Day Tree Planting Ten Commandments Listed
Ames IA based Iowa State College extension landscape architects publish sixteen commandments for tree planting. Key points include selecting long lived trees, ensuring a strong root system, keeping roots moist before planting, avoiding crowding roots in planting holes, pruning above a bud or branch and removing one third to one half of new top growth, setting trees at original soil level, and using rich soil without fresh manure or sod nearby.
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Ames (Ins
Lowa State College Extension Landscape Architects
Grade Crossing Mishaps Kill 53 in Iowa in 1941
Des Moines reports 53 people died and 166 were injured in 138 Iowa railroad grade crossing accidents during 1941. Most crashes involved vehicles striking the side of trains amid wartime traffic. Freight and passenger trains caused most incidents, with 5 pedestrians struck, four fatally.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Oakdale Sanatorium Costs Rise in 1941 Audit
The Iowa State tuberculosis sanatorium at Oakdale cost $281,319 for the year ended June 30 1941, up $16,754 from 1940. Operating cost per patient rose to $699.80, with salaries up $11,376 and provisions up $5,133. Twenty trustees prisoners worked there. farm net profit $9,530 though product value fell to $41,611.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oakdale
C. B. Akers
Falsified Records Tied to Company Officials
Miss Weetz testified falsifications were made on the orders of Stanley W. Hedberg treasurer of the company. Mrs Trollen prepared quarterly statements showing a larger bank balance for a year. Floyd E Harvey former president has pled guilty. Hedberg Burr Horner Carpenter Reed enter pleas or plead not guilty.
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Miss Weetz
Stanley W. Hedberg
Trollen
Floyd E. Harvey
Hedberg
C. A. Burr
Davenport
E. G. Horner
H. M. Carpenter
Monticello State Bank
M. B. Reed
Jackson, Mich
Littleport Farmer Dies After Tractor Upset
Special to The Gazette reports Richard Dinan age 31 died at 7 am Friday from internal injuries after a tractor upended in a field near Littleport. He was found unconscious under the machine after attempting a turn on a hill. Survived by wife mother and siblings.
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the Gazette
Eleader
Richard Dinan
Dinan
Littleport
Margaret Dinan
Decorah Banker Named Navy Relief Head for Winneshiek
J Norman Lee longtime cashier at Decorah State Bank is named head of the Navy Relief Society for Winneshiek county with a county quota set at 1200 dollars for the campaign.
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Decorah
J. Norman Lee
Lee Fitzgerald longtime Linn County deputy treasurer dies
Lee Roy Fitzgerald 50 a Linn County deputy treasurer died Friday at 5 20 am at his home after a long illness Born December 30 1891 near Center Point he moved to Marion as a child and was a Marion High School graduate He served in World War I with the AEF in England and France He held numerous civic memberships and was finance officer of Marion post 298 American Legion Funeral services to be announced with calls at Yocom chapel
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Lee Roy Fitzgerald
Linn County
Twelfth Street
Center Point
Rudolph N
Mary Schultz Fitzgerald
Marion
Marion High School
Cedar Rapids
Hough
Fitzgerald
A.E.F
England
France
St. Mihiel Drive
Muese-Argonne
Presbyterian Church
K. T
el Kabir Shrine
Elks Club
American Legion
Par
Yocom Chapel
Marion News Pipe to Page Fourteen
Notice advises readers that additional Marion news can be found on page 14. The item guides readers to continue coverage beyond the current page. It highlights ongoing local reporting and directs attention to stories filed under the Marion section.
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Marion
Fairfield man to speak at Marion Methodist Sunday service
A. K. Harper of Fairfield will speak Sunday at 7 30 p m at Marion Methodist church and will be joined by G W Scott known as the Big Swede who will conduct special music in Swedish. Homebuilders class sponsors the service and Harper and Scott lead special services during the Sunday school hour. Harper also speaks at 10 55 a m at the Presbyterian church.
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A. K. Harper
Fairfield
Marion Methodist Church
G. W. Scott
Scott
Sweden
Methodist Church
Harper
Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Viv ien North held at Yocom chapel
Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Viv ien North at Yocom chapel by Rev. Arthur W. Henker of the Methodist church. She rests in Oak Shade cemetery. Pallbearers were Karl W. Kendall and W. Ayckoft. her Waterloo children attended.
Miss Bernice Clapp to Marry Fern Anthes
Miss Bernice Clapp will wed Fern Anthes on April 23. Miss Nancy Ellen and Miss Ruth Hanscom hosted a Thursday evening gathering for the couple with refreshments served for 20. An out-of-town guest, Miss Esther Austin of Cedar Rapids, attended.
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Bernice Clapp
Fern Anthes
Nancy Ellen
Ruth Hanscom
Yoo R. Pe
Barber sells residence at 525 Tenth Street to Mt. Vernon buyer
W R Barber sold his home at 525 Tenth Street to Harry Jacobs of Mt. Vernon. The Barber family resided there. Twenty Marion Business Girls members met Tuesday for dinner at the O K Drive In with Mrs Herbert Gerstman speaking and Arlene Suedeman performing accordion solos.
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W. R. Barber
Tenth Street
Harry Jacobs
Mt. Vernon
Barber
Marion Business Girls Club
O. K. Drive In
Herbert Gerstman
Arlene Suedeman
Dental fund drive progresses with local club donations
Latest contributions to the Marion Parent-Teacher association dental fund come from the Marion Fish and Game club as $3 and Osceola lodge No. 18, I.O.F., $2. Thirty-nine local groups have given, totaling $125.35. Dental cards will be issued to public school pupils and called in April 24, urging completion and return. The room with the highest return by April 24 wins a $1 prize.
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P.T.A. Fund
Marion Parent-Teacher Association
Marion Fish and Game Club
Osceola Lodge No
Local Club Elections and Social Notes From Marion
Mrs A L Hinton was elected president of the auxiliary to the Railway Mail association at a Tuesday meeting after the April luncheon with Mrs C P Walderbach. W W Lary became vice president and Mrs Walderbach secretary. The paper lists visits, travel to Des Moines, gardening club programs, and local social news including confirmations of travel plans and illnesses. Also notes a livestock ad and various advertisements.
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A. L. Hinton
Railway Mail Association
C. P. Walderbach
W. W. Lary
Walderbach
Father Like Son Navy Enlistment Ties Stanwood Mayor’s Duty
The Stanwood mayor Russell J. Rhoades 43 and his son Robert 18 enlisted in the Navy following Pearl Harbor. Rhoades, mayor for four years, worked 15 years for the Iowa highway commission and will serve as a second class petty officer hoping for a base near his son at a naval aviation facility.
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Pearl Harbor
Russell J. Rhoades
Stanwood
Robert
Navy
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowans Squadron Fights Back In Indies Tale Of Skies
The 27 year old Lieut R Hague of Adel Iowa recalls wartime service at a U S fighter station in Australia detailing how every US plane lost in the Netherlands East Indies was offset by shooting down at least two Japanese. He praises squadron commander Major Bud Sprague who did not return and recalls close calls with Japanese bombers and a damaged undercarriage after strafing a landing party.
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United States
Australia
Netherland, East Indies
R. Hague
Adel
Hague
Bali
Java
Bud Sprague
Bud
Gene
Lieut
R. S. Johnson
Negro Women Seek To Compel Reassignment At Des Moines Plant
Two Des Moines Negro women petitioned the federal court to force United States Rubber to reassign them to suitable work at the Des Moines ordnance plant. Miss Shackelford loads shells while Mrs Brown refused a matron post. company official Foutz says there is no racial discrimination policy.
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Des Moines
Federal District Court
United States Rubber Company
Two Guardsmen Die When Truck Overturns Near Fort Des Moines
A truck carrying Iowa state guardsmen returning from a Centerville company dance overturned in a ditch near Fort Des Moines at 4 39 am Friday killing Private First Class Jack Packard and Private First Class William King both from Centerville. Five other guardsmen were injured. Private First Class Carl Buckingham and Private First Class Joe Dal Ponte Jr were among the injured with Dal Ponte hospitalized at Broadlawns. Packard and Gilliland were taken to Dunn's funeral home.
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Des Moines
Iowa State
Centerville
Jack Pack
William King
Carl Buckeingham
Joe Dal Ponte, Jr
John T. Lonsdale
State Guard
Dodge
Dal Ponnte
Camp Dodge Infirmary
Dal Ponte
Broadwawns Hospital
Highway 65
East Fourteenth Street
Packard
Gilliland
Dunn
Marines in Iceland on 15 day furlough noted
A 15 day furlough is reported for Marines stationed in Iceland with the convoy of personnel awaiting departure. Parents named Mr. and Mrs Hana Patterson reside between West Union and Clermont, confirming family ties for the service member.
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Henry Arp
Lieut
Donald
The
Philipow
Taan Peninsula
Iceland
Hana Patterson
West Union
Clermont
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HILEX
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Leghorn Cockerel
Gordon Hatchery
Norman J. Waffle
Elbert and
Elizabeth
Archie Conklin
Bridge
Peckosh
Joe Dede
Luense
Hugh Jones
Pinochile
Melvin Schmidt
Fay Marsh
Ed Sigfred Co
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Burlington
Stevens
Mildred Wooldridge
C. W. Biggs
Long Beach
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Marion Nature and Garden Club
Wednes Vasseur
C. Hamm
C. =. Hamm
le Roy Smith
Los Angeles
Rudolph Iris
John C. Smith
Ee Conrad
University of A Me
Mrs Rad
Dan Hanson
Otho
Tommy Thompson
Fifth Avenue
Laura Starbuck
S. G. Klink
All Makes
Culbert’s Food Market
Tattee
Omar
Robert Rhoades
R. J. Rhoades
Iowan
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Montgomery Ward
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