Muscatine Garage Owner Admits Fatal Blow in Fire Case
Raymond E. Tracy 42, Muscatine garage owner, confessed to striking a man over money with a board during an argument and killing him before the blaze at his garage. He later said he did not know the victim's identity and surrendered to authorities. a murder charge is expected. Tracy’s brother Edwin, jailed at Tipton on separate assault with intent to murder and robbery charges, is unrelated to the confession.
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Muscatine
Raymond E. Tracy
Tracy
Frank Drake
Drake
Fred Nesper
Keokuk
Raymond Tracy
Edwin Tracy
Tipton
Wilbur Ochiltree
Arco
Muscatine County
Bender and
Gregson
Columbus Junction
Nesper
Nurse Recruiting Week Proclaimed by Gov Wilson Iowa quota set at 1000
Gov George A Wilson proclaims May 3 to 10 as student nurse recruiting week in Iowa. Alma E Hartz says Iowa’s 1000 nurse quota this year for army training, with women aged 18 to 35 enrolling in 28 accredited Iowa hospitals. National goal is 55000.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Alma E. Hartz
Iowa Nursing Council On Defense
Iowa
Cornell to Honor Col. Rigby On Commencement Day
Cornell College will award Col William Cattron Rigby the doctor of laws degree at May 18 commencement. Rigby, a distinguished alum and JAG staffer, advised on military law during World War I and II and later served as Porto Rico government counsel before the U S Supreme Court.
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England
Washington
Colonel Rigby
Waterloo
Cornell College
Northwestern University
Illinois
Porto Rico
U.S. Supreme Court
Sold but Not Delivered OPA Reclaims 1942 Car
Mrs. Mabel McCullough a Mt. Ayr Iowa farm implement dealer bought a 1942 car from an Omaha firm. The car, used as a demonstrator for 3,000 miles, was later reclaimed under a government freeze order and must be returned with a refund of the purchase price. She appealed to Washington without relief and now seeks a priority rating for a new car to continue business.
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Omaha
Mabel McCullough
Mt. Ayr
McCullough
Jerome Walsh
Price Administration
Kansas City
Postmaster General Named In Puzzle Teaser
A historical newspaper item presents a puzzle with clues for across and down entries, including references to the U S Postmaster General and various word answers. The page lists numbers, hints, and partial solutions in a typewriter style, reflecting period trivia columns.
Food Prices in 1918 War Days
Describes wartime price levels set by Burlington price interpretation committee for the week of Sept 26 1918. Butter 65 to 66 cents per pound Lard 32.5 to 35 cents per pound Sugar 9.38 to 10.88 dollars per 100 pounds. Reprinted from the Burlington Hawkeye in Pollock's book.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Dog returns to Fontenelle after long trek from Baltimore
A worn and hungry dog owned by Mr and Mrs Ross Elliott returned to the home of Elliott's mother Mrs Earl Elliott in Greenfield after a long journey from their Baltimore move on March 24.
Clarence PTA Exhibit Draws Hundreds in School Night
Nearly 200 Clarence consolidated schools patrons attended a Monday PTA exhibit. Officers elected were Fred Miller president, Mrs Elwood Kirkpatrick vice president, Miss Ruth Owen secretary.
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Clarence
Clarence Consolidated Schools
Fred Miller
Elwood Kirkpatrick
Ruth Owen
Habeas Gerpu Pica Withdrawn v Vinton
In Vinton a postlude to a clash between deputies and pickets at the Vinton Proving company on April 20 moves to district court. Acting County Attorney Victor Schenk seeks habeas corpus. Judge Tankersiley delays, then calls off, with Schenk given 10 days to plead. An organizer, arrested after posting 1500 bond, faces charges of malicious mischief and trespassing.
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Gazette
Vinton
Vinton Provuce Company
District Court
Victor Organizer
Schenk
B. O. Tankersiley
George Reynolds
Dehms
Reynolds
Warns Politicians Not to Stub Toes On the Fair Board
Des Moines Iowa. Lloyd B secretary of the Iowa state fair board warned that any political candidate who uses the fair for politics will face backlash. He said farmers and livestock producers won t stand for this and the fair board will not tolerate it.
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Fair Board
Des Moines
Lloyd B
Iowa State Fair Board
Cunningham
The
U. S. Army
Dubuque Milk Dealers Enter Innocent Pleas
Three corporations and five individuals charged last week in Cedar Rapids pled innocent in Dubuque court to alleged conspiracy to fix milk prices in the Dubuque marketing area. The defendants posted $1,000 bond each and include Beatrice Creamery Co and manager Andrew Fleutsch Jr. Sanitary Milk Co and manager Thomas H. Wright. Dubuque Cooperative Dairy Marketing Association and officers John Banworth and Charlies C. Kauffmann. and Angus Thill, independent milk dealers representative. The case heads to trial at the December term.
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Beatrice Creamery Company
Andrew Fleutsch, Jr
Sanitary Milk Company
Thomas H. Wright
Dubuque Cooperative Dairy Marketing Association
John Banworth
Charlies C. Kauffmann
Angus Thill
Iowa City News Briefs Report Local Political Nominations
Charles A. Bowman filed papers Tuesday for the Republican nomination for Johnson county treasurer. Stanley G. Beranek filed for the Democratic nomination for the 1943 term to the board of supervisors. Maurice Colum Bannon, 18, of Iowa City, was reported dead in China. Funeral services for several local residents were announced, including Stanley Read Allen, 19, University of Iowa student who died by suicide. The University of Iowa will lease four fraternity houses to house male students during the summer session.
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Iowa City
Charles A. Bowman
Johnson County
Stanley G. Beranek
Solon Farmer
Board of Suisors Services
Maurice Colum Bannon
University of
Patrick
Harry
Peter
China
Kathleen
R. B. Ranney
Rolfe
Stanley Read Allen
University of Iowa
Westlawn Cemetery
Sigourney
Mildred Quinn
Law Commons
Fraternity
Tau — Pi Kappa Oe? Ochen
Sigma Nu
Sigma Philon
Feuermann to Open Cornell May Music Festival
Mt. Vernon reports cellist Emanuel Feuermann will open the forty fourth annual May Music Festival at Cornell College in King Memorial Chapel Thursday night at 8 15. Pianist Albert Hirsh accompanies. The festival runs Friday and Saturday with the Hans Lange Little Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cornell Oratorio Society performing Bach and other works under Lange Stock.
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New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter
Feuermann
Albert Hirsh
New York City
Hans Lange
Fort Dodge Man Heads Iowa Hospital Assn
A L Langehaug of Fort Dodge was elected president of the Iowa Hospital Association in Des Moines, succeeding Mary L. Elder of Burlington. Other officers include Sister Mary Magdalene Ottumwa as vice president and Orville Peterson Eldora as secretary, with several board and association presidents named.
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Iowa Medical Record Librarians Association
Louise Schwarting
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Association of Anesthetists
Marjorie Hobart
Iowa City
Iowa State Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Air Force Chief to Speak at Iowa Wesleyan Commencement
Lieutenant General Hap Arnold, newly named Army Air Forces commanding general and veteran pilot, will deliver the commencement address at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant Iowa on June 8 to mark the college centennial. Arnold, 55, a West Point graduate, commanded aviation units in Panama and Alaska and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Lakeland
Fila
H. H
Arnold
Army Air Forces
Army
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Albert I. Lodwick
College
Lodwick
Iowa
Florida
West Point
Seventh Aero Squadron
Panama
U. S.-Alaska
Miss Hoglan Weds at Center Point in church ceremony
Center Point notes a Sunday wedding at the Christian church with 150 guests as Private Don R. Cook and Mary Eleanor Hoglan exchanged vows. Attendants included Gay Porter, Kathleen Bromwell, and Avis Lanning with music by Lila Stillman and Magdalyn Schlotterbeck. The bride, daughter of Herman and Mary Hoglan, teaches home economics. the groom is a Chanute Field air corps trainee.
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Center Point
Christian Church
Don R. Cook
Mary Eleanor Hoglan
Lila Stillman
Magdalyn Schlotterbeck
Atkins
Herman Hoglan
Gay Porter
Jamestown
N. D
Kathleen Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Avis Lanning
Iowa City
Cook
Russell Hagerman
Chanute Field
Ill
Marshall Cook
Linden Hoglan
Marilyn Hoglan
Jack Hoglan
Page
Center Point High School
University of Iowa
Toddville
Urbana
Chanute Field Air Corps Technical School
Ames Votes Bonds For City Airport
Ames residents approved a $90 000 bond measure 1223 to 365 to fund a municipal airport planned on about 300 acres. The project would allow Iowa State College students to complete civilian pilot training in Ames, reducing the need to travel to Des Moines for flights.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Des Moines
Delhi Superintendent Accepts Red Cross Post
John L. Hunt, Delhi school superintendent for three years, will become assistant field director in the Red Cross military and naval department. He resigns after faculty discord over administration policies and will report to Washington, D. C., May 4 for training. Hunt, in school administration 15 years, leaves with two years remaining on his contract.
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Hunt
the Gazette
Delhi
Texas Won't Return Man Who Escaped Iowa Reformatory
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson of Texas refused Iowa authorities’ request to extradite Elmer Don Fowler. The Houston worker, jailed at 14 for house burglary, escaped in 1930 and has since lived in Houston with a family. Fowler asked not to be sent back, citing petitions from 250 residents and about 50 letters received by the governor. He is 31 and employed in a machine gun parts factory after serving part of a 10-year sentence.
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Austin
Tex
Iowa
Elmer Don Fowler
Houston
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Stevenson
Fowler
Iowa Reformatory
Reformatory
Mills County
Schmidt Family Hosts Progressive Euchre in Honor of Cla rence
Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidt entertained at a progressive euchre party Sunday for their son Clarence who departs Vinton Thursday for Des Moines to be inducted into the army. Eight tables played. prizes went to Mrs. Victor Ockenfels Mrs. J. C. Becker Mrs. Charles Nolle Clarence Thoman and Ted Schmidt. Lunch followed.
Urge Auto Wreckers To Speed Scrap Output
Iowa War Production Board official says scrap metal from junked cars is rising slowly. Despite 62 major wrecking firms nearly doubling output, weekly tonnage remains far below war needs. crackdown on two western Iowa firms is planned. Describes overstock and slow processing, with 753 tons produced week ended April 12 versus 462 tons prior.
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Des Moines
Iowa
War Production Board
Eugene L. Dunne
Chicago
Automobile Salvage
WPB
Dunne
Cornell to Host Y Pal Conference at Palisades Park
Cornell college leads the Y M C A and Y W C A Pal Conference at Palisades State Park this weekend. Iowa schools host Illinois guests under the theme Developing Christian Leadership with speakers from Iowa State University University of Iowa Coe College and Cornell College.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
J. J. Runner
University of Iowa
David I. Berger
Coe
Paulus Lange
Iowa State College
W. L. Dunn
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Red Cross
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Taha
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