Iowa Taps National Park Plan for 1000 Acre Indian Mound Area
The Iowa Conservation Commission nears completion of a 10 year effort to acquire 1000 acres of bluffland along the Mississippi north of Marquette for a National Park Service memorial to pre historic mound builders. The two section park will surround a riverfront two miles north and one and one eighth miles south of the Allamakee Clayton line.
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DES Moines
Mississippi River
Marquette
State Conservation Commission
National Park Service
Allamakee-Clayton County
Yellow River
Iowa
Sayre
Middle West
Sayré
Des Moines Death Follows Fall From Rock Bridge
Jerry Allison, seven, drowned after slipping from a rock bridge into Birdland lagoon late Thursday in Des Moines. Authorities recovered the body and investigated the accident.
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Des Moines
Jerry Allison
Birdland Lagoon
Vesuvius Eruption Described by Decorah Woman
In a letter to her parents Mrs Lucille B Brown of Decorah recounts the Vesuvius eruption seen from a Red Cross recreation center in Italy. She notes two lava streams flames covering a village and five days of dust and ash seeping into closed doors and windows as refugees evacuated by military order crowded the highways.
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Gazette
Decorah
Red Cross
Italy
Lucille B Brown
S. E. Brickner
Vesuvius
Second District Legion Groups Elect Officers
Hugh Fletcher of Delmar was elected commander of the Second district American Legion and Mrs. Millie Hoffman of Central City was named district auxiliary president at the spring conference in Maquoketa. Officers include vice-commanders Glenn A. Larkin Clarence Selzig Lee Campie adjutant Chris Paustian finance officer Emil Johansen chaplain Rev Herbert Groening sergeant-at-arms Al Hodoval historian George Francois. Mrs. Thomas Hanwardsen vice president auxiliary and Mrs Clara Schloz secretary treasurer. Registrations totaled 164 with about 150 Legionnaires at the afternoon session and 75 more for the evening. Olin Higbee retired president noted the district ranked first in state in membership quotas. The three largest units in the state are Davenport Cedar Sapte and Clinton.
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Maquoketa
Hugh Fletcher
Delmar
Timber City Legion
American Legion
Millie Hoffman
Central City
Legion
Glenn A. Larkin
Marion
Clarence Selzig
Epworth
Lee Campie
Clinton
Chris Paustian
Walcott
Emil Johansen
Herbert Groening
Wyoming
al Hodoval
Oxford Junction
George Francois
Thomas Hanwardsen
Auxiliary
Clara Schloz
Dubuque
Quaker Guilty of Failure to Report For Army Service
Lyle Tatum of Fort Dodge pled guilty to failing to report for induction. Federal Judge Charles Dewey set May 13 for sentencing. Tatum, a lifelong Quaker and former superintendent of the Quakerdale home, was a 1942 Iowa State College graduate and was denied conscientious objector status by his local draft board after appeals at state and Washington levels.
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Lyle Tatum
Fort Dodge
Charles Dewey
Tatum
Quakerdale Home For
New Providence
Iowa State College
Washington
Iowa theater fires rise. push for state fire laws grows
Des Moines reports show ten theater fires in six months with four houses wrecked and nearly 200000 dollars in damage. Fire Marshal John Strohm cites wartime material shortages and urges a state bill to regulate motion picture houses, noting existing laws treat them as ordinary buildings.
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Des Moines
INS
John Strohm
Iowa
Strohm
Senate
Gas Station Operator Flags Coupon Endorsements Lesson
Richmond Indiana operator John Evans says he will frame two misendorsed gasoline coupons and a photo of Senator Guy Gillette after he lectured the Iowa Democrat on endorsement accuracy. Evans noted the coupons bore wrong or unclear vehicle registrations and joked about red tape before the surprise encounter.
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Richmond
Ind
INS
John Evans
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Evans
OPA
Persnickety
Congress
Theater fires prompt safety demands for booths and exits
Officials cite fireproof booths for equipment, secured seats, and clear exits after several serious blazes in Iowa venues. Fires traced to projection booths, smoking, and faulty popcorn-machine wiring impacted the Iowa theater Shenandoah and Crystal theater Manning among others.
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Iowa Theater
Shenandoah
Crystal Theater
Manning
Palace Theater
Muscatine
Community Theater
New Market
Schleswig
Extra
Armstrong
Hawarden
Wilton Junction
Ames
Benedict Services for Charles D Benedict in Marion
Charles D Benedict a 68 year old retired cigarmaker died Wednesday night. Services will be Saturday at 2 30 p m at Yocom chapel with Rev C V R De Jong officiating and burial in Oak Shade cemetery. He had lived in Marion since age two. Friends may call at 865 Second avenue until Saturday noon.
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Charles D Benedict
Yocom Chapel
C. V. R de Jong
Oak Shade
Second Avenue
Benedict
Marion
Local Social Notes and Visitors Around Brownwood
Mrs D Earl Miller hosts Sorosis club with Miss Elizabeth Klein presenting Mexico in relation to the United States. Seaman Robert Le Vin returns from Chicago after radio graduation and will take a five day leave. trumpet trio The Three Kings to perform at the Presbyterian church. Numerous visiting relatives and friends from Detroit Iowa City Sandpoint and Chicago gather for dinners and hospitality at local homes.
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D Earl Miller
Sorosis Club
Elizabeth Klein
Mexico
United States
Guy W. Miller
Charles A. Engel
John le Vin
Seaman
Robert le Vin
Chicago
Seaman le Vin
Chicago University
Calvin Robinson
Richard Schrimper
John Snell
the Three Kings
Presbyterian Church
Camp Dodge Free Of Weekend Induction Congestion
Des Moines AP state selective service officials said local boards met quotas very well this month so Camp Dodge will be free of weekend congestion. This contrasts with late March when more than 1,000 men were processed in 24 hours at the induction center.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Trucker Load Rule Compliance Lags in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report says a majority of Iowa truckers have not registered under the Office of Defense Transportation order aimed at routing empty trucks or securing full or part loads for return trips. Des Moines district manager John H. Gillespie says steps will push for greater compliance, with registration required for those returning without a load depending on carrier type.
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Des Moines
Office of Defense Transportation
John H. Gillespie
Iowa
ODT
Anamosa Lawyer Leads Purchasing At McGuire General Hospital
Lt. James T. Remley of Anamosa Iowa, now in the army, heads the purchasing and contracting branch for the 1800 bed McGuire general hospital near Richmond. A University of Iowa law graduate, he earlier practiced with his father, was inducted in 1941, and commissioned in the quartermaster corps in 1943. The hospital, nearing completion on 142 acres with 68 buildings, will serve sick and wounded both within the continental U.S. and overseas, and will feature a full city complex including a gym, athletic field, theater and post exchange.
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Richmond
Iowa
Army
Great New Hospital
McGuire General Hospital
James T. Remley
Anamosa
Army Hospital
University of Iowa Law School
Remley
James E. Remley
Armed Forces
Quartermaster Corps
Continental
United States
McGuire Hospital
Electrician Russell Cook Found Dead Near Lincoln Highway
Russell Cook 37 a North Western railroad electrician and war veteran was found dead early Friday along the Lincoln highway near the western railroad yard terminal. Officers said he apparently was struck by a truck.
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Clinton
INS
Russell Cook
North Western Railroad
Lincoln Highway
Cook
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