Vinton Produce Workers Unmolested as Town Adds Deputies
In Vinton a truck and two autos carrying workers passed a pickup line without incident as 33 deputies patrol the area. Court actions followed Monday clashes with two pickets held on $1,500 bond and CIO organizer Laverne Schenk jailed after warrants filed for malicious mischief and trespassing.
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Vinton
The
Gazette
Vinton Produce Company
Court of Justice
John Ruhl
George Reynolds
George Briggs
Ruhl
Cato Noeller
Robert Abernathy
Victor Visquain
Laverne Schenk
CIO
Schenk
Chicago
Streit at Drake Urges Union of Democratic Lands
Clarence K. Streit, author of Union Now, told a Des Moines audience that now is the time for consideration of a union of democratic nations. He spoke at a dinner club and Drake University students urging a federal union to avoid postwar let-down.
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Streit
Drake
Des Moines
the Democratic Nations
Clarence K. Streit
Britain
Drake University
Iowa State Offers Five War Worker Courses Next June
Iowa State college will offer five 12 week courses for war workers starting June 8 with a June 1 application deadline and June 7 registration. Courses cover electrical circuits machinery drafting engineering computations surveying and topographic mapping materials inspection and testing. About 350 students can enroll and federal funds cover most costs. books and living expenses are paid by students.
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Epectat
Ames
Army
Navy
War Industries
Iowa State College
Don S. Stevens
Stevens
Miller son arrives in Australia by cablegram
Mr and Mrs Lewil Miller received a cablegram Friday confirming their son Leland has arrived in Australia.
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Lewil Miller
Leland
Australia
Birthday observance spans family from Marion to Maryland
Marion residents hosted a Sunday dinner for Mrs Mary Plummer of Cumberland Maryland in honor of Mr De Wees aunt's seventy fifth birthday. A long distance call connected the group with Mrs Plummer who spoke for ten minutes. The gathering included many De Wees relatives from Cherokee North Carolina Whittier Springville Cedar Rapids and other nearby towns.
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C. B. de Wees
Eighteenth Street
Mr. de Wees
Mary Plummer
Cumberland
de Wees
Plummer
J. F. Coakley
Marion
Lloyd Coakley
Chicago
Coakley
Charles Duster
Cedar Rapids
Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Street
Frank J. Hardenbrook
St. Petersburg
Fla
Creighton Hardenbrook
Stained Glass Windows Installed at Baptist Church in Marion
Workmen finished renovating the church with stained glass windows bought from an Lisbon church, new carpets, and repainted floors at about 500 dollars. Also noted are local visits, a mastectomy patient returning home, council meeting tonight, and various social updates in Marion Cedar Rapids area.
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Baptist Church
Lisbon
Noted psychiatrist Cowles ordered to face education panel
Dr Edward Spencer Cowles a renowned psychiatrist must appear before the state education medical grievance committee to answer a charge that two assistants at the Body and Mind Foundation practiced medicine without licenses. State Attorney General John J Bennett announced moves to revoke Cowles license. The investigation began last March with a grand jury information against Cowles and assistants Robert Rebold and Eveline Dolin. the foundation had prior probes in 1929 after actress Jeanne Engels died at Cowles Park Avenue sanatorium and again in 1930 after William E Swift died.
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New York
Edward Spencer Cowles
State Department of Education
Body and Mind Foundation, Inc
John J. Bennett
Cowles
Body and Mind Foundation
Bennett
New York County Grand Jury
Dr. Cowles
Robert Rebold
Eveline Dolin
Foundation
Jeanne Engels
Park Avenue
William E. Swift
Elizabeth to Register for National Youth Service on 16th Birthday
Princess Elizabeth turns 16 and begins wartime duties under Britain's youth service scheme. As heir to the throne she will not be interviewed but is already a girl guide, aligned with the national service plan.
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London
Elizabeth
Britain
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Fire Extinguisher Used as Bomb by Yank in Australia
Second Lieut. Noel A. Wright of the United States Army Air Corps asked for a new fire extinguisher for his bomber after firing on an enemy transport over New Guinea. Wright, in charge of the plane’s camera and extinguisher, reportedly discarded the extinguisher, which his crew said made a direct hit.
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Australia
Noel A. Wright
United States Army Air Corps
Wright
New Guinea
New Japanese Threats to Russia Reported
Chungking reports indicate Japan plans renewed war preparations against Russia. Japanese forces strengthen garrisons in Inner Mongolia, build defenses, relocate Chahar provincial government south of the Great Wall, and conduct air raid drills across North China.
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Chungking
Russia
Inner Mongolia
Chahar
Great Wall
China
Panamanian Vessel Sunk Off East Coast
Norfolk report says an Axis submarine sank a Panamanian merchant ship off the Atlantic coast on the night of April 12. Fourteen of the 49 crew were brought to Norfolk from Morehead City, survivors taken to Charleston, one man missing.
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Norfolk, Va
Atlantic
Navy
Norfolk
Morehead City
N. C
Charleston
S. C
SUI Phi Kappa Phi Elects 35 Liberal Arts Seniors
The Alpha chapter at Iowa elects 35 liberal arts seniors to Phi Beta Kappa for high scholarship and completed hours toward BA. Eastern Iowa members include Leo Warren Sweeney Cedar Rapids Dorothy Rowe Cedar Rapids Russell Ross Wellman George Maresh Iowa City Marian MacKenzie Monroe and others.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa Liberal Arts
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Chapter
Iowa
H. R. Butts
Eastern Iowa
Leo Warren Sweeney
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Jeanne Rowe
Russell Marion Ross
Wellman
George Maresh
Marian Louise MacKenzie
Monroe
Margaret Rodman Langille
Mary Carolyn Kuever
Margery Elizabeth Gemmel
Independence
Marian Leicht Davis
Louise Ann Box
Belle Plaine
Paul Dent Bordwell
Maleta Boatman
Herring accused of amateur news bureau in Washington
Republican writer Lou Gardner attacked Senator Clyde L. Herring claiming he runs an amateur news bureau in his Washington office to belittle Democratic colleagues. Gardner argued Herring relays tips on war industry locaties to the press to claim war patronage and cites Jacobsen’s Clin ton hospital announcement as an example.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Washington
Lou Gardner
Gardner
Rep. W . Jacobsen
Herring
Jacobsen
U.S
Clinton
G.O.P
Guy M. Gillette
Harrington
Vatican envoy acceptance draws British protest
London reports that Richard K. Law warned the Vatican that accepting a Japanese envoy would be read as Axis pressure and a condonement of Japan's treacherous attack. He noted Vatican negotiations with Japan began in 1922 and aimed to safeguard the Catholic order, not temporal interests or outside pressure.
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London
Richard K. Law
Foreign Office
Vatican
Japan
Law
Britain
The
Litvinoff Praises Lend-Lease Material Flow To Russia
Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff after a meeting with President Roosevelt said shipments of war materials to Russia are more satisfactory than at any time under the lend-lease program.
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Washington
INS
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
Russia
Yale engineers unveil automatic city blackout device
New Haven reports two Yale engineers Frederick E. Brooks and Herbert L. Krauss have invented a remote controlled blackout system. A receiving set tunes to a station, cutting lights citywide when the air raid warning sounds and restoring them on the all clear.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Frederick E. Brooks
Herbert L. Krauss
Herring Pushes Full Lease of Iowa State Fairground
Senator Clyde Herring of Iowa argued the army air corps should receive the entire Iowa state fairground rather than a partial lease. He warned that splitting the grounds would jeopardize the state fair, noting the south side hosts the premier stock exhibits while the north would bring only carnival acts. He expected an early air corps decision on the lease.
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Washington
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Herring
Grand Avenue
Des Moines
Air Corps
Carpenter Cross-examined in Federal Trial Over Damaged Investment Firm
In Davenport AP report two defendants in a securities act case tied to the defunct Commercial Investment Corp face final arguments Wednesday before Judge Charles A. Dewey after Monday testimony. Carpenter, Monticello State Bank cashier, denied knowledge of false records and said the bank lent to Hanover Woolen Mills after receivership.
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Davenport
Commercial Investment Corporation
Federal District Court
Charles A Dewey
Keokuk
Woom. Carpenter
Monticello
State Bank
Everett G Horner
Dewey
Melvin B Reed
Jackson
Mich
Carpenter
Horner
Floyd A. Harvey
Charles A Burr
Stanley W. Hedberg
Hanover Woolen Mills
Hanover, Jr
Harvey
Hanover
Hickenlooper Files Nomination Papers
DES MOINES AP nomination papers filed Tuesday for Lieut. Gov B. B. Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids seeking the Republican nomination for governor.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Miller urges special session for Iowa utility law
Earl G Miller, then secretary of state and Republican candidate for governor, urged Gov. George A. Wilson to convene a special legislative session to enact a utilities regulatory law for Iowa. He asked that telephone rate control be addressed before the June primaries.
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DES
Nashua Plans Suit to Block Bell Rate Hike
Nashua seeks injunction against Northwestern Bell to stop a 15 percent local rate increase. U.S. Rep. John M. Coffee and Okla Arkansas Telephone co president I H Nakdimen may be summoned to testify about FCC proceedings and related congressional materials.
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New Hampton
U.S
John M. Coffee
D-Wash
Nashua
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
John R. Cronin
Cronin
I. H Nakdimen
Fort Smith
Ark
Oklahoma
Magee Family Ties Revealed at McGregor Church Jubilee
Bishop J Ralph Magee learned his mother's parents Mr and Mrs C C Cole helped found the McGregor Methodist church during its ninetieth anniversary visit. Church records showed Cole as early stewards, a fact new to both the bishop and congregants.
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Mcgregor
J. Ralph Magee
South Dakota
Magee
C. C Cole
Mr Cole
Funeral Services for Dr Otto Wille in Iowa City
Funeral rites for Dr Otto V Wille 58 retired Iowa City physician who died by hanging in his home were held Tuesday at Oatholt chapel. Burial followed in Oakland cemetery. Surviving are his mother Mrs Julia Wille and sister Mrs A Biebesheimer of Reinbeck. ill health since retirement in 1929 is noted.
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Iowa City
Otto V Wille
Oakland Cemetery
Julia Wille
A. Biebesheimer
Reinbeck
Esther Meier
Johnson County
Ethel Hartsock
Davenport
Carl Meier
Dean Jones
Iowa City Committee
Jack Sawyer
Sawyer
George R Hall
Wilbur Massingham
Independence
Preston Roser
North Liberty
Koser
Massingham
Nall Declares Candidacy for First District Seat
Vern W. Nall of Iowa City, 46, automobile dealer and past Iowa Dealers Assn president, announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for congressman from Iowa’s First district. He cites wartime unity and unity over politics, notes Navy service in World War I, career with General Motors, and leadership roles in local groups. His son Richard Fedderson serves as a U S Army lieutenant.
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Iowa City
Vern W. Nall
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Iowa
Nall
Elizabethtown
U S. Navy
General Motors
Ottumwa
Towa City
Washington
Roosevelt Nall
Use Tax Drop Marginally in Iowa March
Iowa use tax receipts fell sharply in March to 14 68487 dollars, only a fraction of March 1941 level as wartime auto sales restrictions shrink purchasing from out of state. County returns show varied small amounts, with Polk and Woodbury among higher districts.
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DES Moines
State Tax Commission
Iowa
Appanoose
Black Hawk
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Dubuque
Texas U Beauty Chosen Drake Relays Queen
Kay Abernathy a 20 year old University of Texas student and top of her class was selected as queen of the 1942 Drake Relays weekend festivities. She follows UT peers crowned in recent years and previously attended Lindenwood College before Texas.
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DES Moines
Kay Abernathy
University of Texas
Miss Abernathy
Dorothy Ball
University of Texas. Miss Abernathy Attended Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Texas
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Charles Hittel
Vinton Cio
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Markland
Sam Markland
Betty Roue
L. E. Whitcomb
Dysart
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State Juvenile Home
Toledo
Leander Clark College
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Marion News
Gerald Gordon
Milwaukee
Or. Waffle
Missouri
Arkansas
N J Waffle
California
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Alburnett
Fund For the Control of
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Mary Gleason
Mrs. Clair Davis
Judy Ann
Mrs. Davis
Mrs
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Springville
Handicraft Club No. 2
Lea Fairley
Eleventh Street
Ralph Parks
Elks Club
Cornell College
Irving Finger
Owen
H Wwerth
Eighth Avenue
Bath
A. E. Fairhurst
Bridge Club
Twelfth Street
K-V Cafe
Roscoe Markert
Camp San Luis Obispo
Calif
Child Study Club
Elmer Fisher
North Eleventh Street
George Weis
Muscatine
Irvin L. Ford
Episcopal Church
St. Mark’s-on-the- Bouwerie
St. Mark’s
Remodel Baptist Church
John Craig Fillmore
John W. Fillmore
English Boulevard
Pauline Keenan Billings
Robert Strayer
Minneapolis
Raoul Strayer
B. Earl Beiber
Merry Mix
Arthur E. Fairhurst
John G. Larkin
R. B. Watters
Warren Hoff
Hoff
L. W. Scott
Isabel Branson
Casper, Wyo
Roy M. Houser
Orville Hepner
Sixteenth Street
Lillian Bleakly
Miss Bleakly
Cordelia Byerly
L. O. Dickey
St. Luke’s Hospital
Neva Buck Fuller
W. G. Buck
Norman Adee
August Hudson
Oxford Junction
Princess Elizabeth
Yank
E. Coast
Red Delicious
Jonathan
Hamilton Seed & Coal CO
SUI Phi Kappa Phi Chapter
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Litvinoff
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