Brother in jail linked to Tipton case seeks murder charge
Raymond E. Tracy, 42, Muscatine garage owner, confessed to striking an unidentified man with a board during a money dispute and leaving the body in his burned garage. He was jailed after surrendering and faces possible murder charges, while his brother Edwin Tracy, 28, remained in Tipton jail on separate assault and robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Raymond E. Tracy
Tracy
Frank Drake
Drake
Fred Nesper
Keokuk
Raymond Tracy
Edwin Tracy
Tipton
Wilbur Ochiltree
Muscatine County
Bender and
Gregson
Columbus Junction
Nesper
Nurse Recruiting Week Proclaimed by Gov Wilson
Gov George A Wilson designated May 3 to 10 as student nurse recruiting week in Iowa. Alma E Hartz chair of the state nursing council on defense notes Iowa aims to train 1000 student nurses this year across 28 accredited hospitals as part of a national goal of 55000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Alma E. Hartz
Iowa Nursing Council On Defense
Iowa
Cornell to Honor Col William C Rigby at Commencement
Cornell College will award Col William Cattron Rigby the Doctor of Laws degree at May 18 commencement. Rigby, a distinguished alum born 1871 in Waterloo, served on the staff of the judge advocate general and contributed to wartime military justice reform in World Wars I and II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 farm implement dealer in Illinois bought a 1942 Omaha car early in January as a demonstrator. The car was later reclaimed after the price administration ruled delivery occurred after the freeze. she returned it and seeks a priority rating to purchase a new car, hoping to possibly bid again for the same model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Mabel McCullough
Mt. Ayr. In
McCullough
Jerome Walsh
Price Administration
Kansas City
Uncle Sam
U S Postmaster General and Word Puzzle Clues
The clipping lists a 1 5 horizontal section with clues for Uriah Tellurium and letters and a vertical set including Without restriction Like Seine Retain and other cryptic hints likely from a crossword style puzzle featuring U S Postmaster General and assorted word definitions.
High wartime food prices in 1918 Burlington list
During World War I the price interpretation committee in Burlington set fair prices for Sept 26 1918. Butter per pound 65 to 66 cents. Lard 32 1/2 to 34 1/2 cents per pound. Sugar cane or beet per 100 pounds 9.38 to 10.88 dollars. The list appears in Ivan Pollock's Food Administration in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Burlington
Dog returns home of Maryland family after long journey
A worn and footsore dog owned by Mr and Mrs Ross Elliott of Baltimore who moved March 24 returned to the home of Elliott's mother Mrs Earl Elliott in Greenfield last week sharing a tale of faithful travel.
Clarence P. T. A. exhibit attracts nearly 200 patrons
About 200 patrons attended the Clarence consolidated schools P T A exhibit on Monday evening. Officers elected included Fred Miller as president, Mrs. Elwood Kirkpatrick as vice president, Miss Ruth Owen as secretary, and Laverne Kintzel as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Clarence Consolidated Schools
Fred Miller
Elwood Kirkpatrick
Ruth Owen
Laverne Kintzel
Habeas Corpus Plea Withdrawn at Vinton
Laverne Schenk CIO organizer faced a conspiracy charge after a true information was filed by Acting County Attorney Victor Visquain. Schenk remains in Benton county jail on a $1500 bond as Dahms withdrew a habeas corpus motion and the venue hearing was called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Vinton
Vinton Produce Company
District Court
Victor Visquain
Laverne Schenk
CIO
Schenk
Edward Dahms
Cedar Rapids
Warns Politicians Not to Stub Toes On the Fair Board
Lloyd B. Cunningham secretary of the Iowa state fair board warned politicians not to politicize the fair over its leasing of grounds to the U S Army. He said candidates risks angering farmers and livestock producers and that the fair board and people will not tolerate such moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Board
Des Moines
Lloyd B. Cunningham
Iowa State Fair Board
Cunningham
Dubuque Milk Dealers Enter Innocent Pleas
Three corporations and five individuals charged last week in Cedar Rapids with conspiring to fix milk prices in the Dubuque area pleaded innocent in federal court. Defendants posted $1,000 bonds. Beatrice Creamery and manager Andrew Fleutsch Jr.. Sanitary Milk and manager Thomas H. Wright. Dubuque Cooperative Dairy Marketing association and officers John Banworth and Charles C. Kauffmann. Angus Thill representing independent milk dealers. Trial set for the December term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Beatrice Creamery Company
Andrew Fleutsch, Jr
Sanitary Milk Company
Thomas H. Wright
Dubuque Cooperative Dairy Marketing Association
John Banworth
Charles C. Kauffmann
Angus Thill
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Tragedies
Charles A Bow man seeks Republican nomination for Johnson county treasurer. Stanley G Beranek runs Democratic bid for 1943 county board term. Funeral services for Maurice Colum Bannon 18 Iowa City drownings held Thursday. Funeral for Stanley Read Allen 19 Sigourney grave side Thursday. UI to lease four fraternity houses for summer session plus Law Commons and three dorms. houses Alpha Tau Omega Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon each to house about 30 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles A. Bowman
Johnson County
Stanley G. Beranek
Solon Farmer
Board of Supervisors
Maurice Colum Bannon
University of Iowa
Iowa River
St. Mary's Church
St. Joseph’s
Westlawn
Sigourney
Mildred Quinn
Law Commons
Alpha Tau Omega
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Feuermann Opens Cornell May Music Festival at King Memorial Chapel
Feuermann the famed Austrian born cellist opens the forty fourth May Music Festival at Cornell college Thursday night 8 15 in King Memorial Chapel. He appears with pianist Albert Hirsh as accompanist. The festival continues with the Hans Lange Little Symphony Orchestra Friday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saturday with the Cornell Oratorio Society and Bach’s B Minor Mass, and concludes with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Frederick Stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 elected president of the Iowa Hospital Association succeeding Mary L Elder of Burlington. Other officers include Sister Mary Magdalene Ottumwa second vice president Orville Peterson Eldora secretary R J Connor Iowa City director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 will deliver the commencement address at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant Iowa on June 8 in ceremonies marking the college centennial. Albert Lodwick college trustee said Arnold will arrive that day after receiving an honorary doctorate. Arnold, 55, West Point graduate and veteran of the Panama Seventh Aero Squadron and the U S Alaska flight, has written several aviation books.
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Lakeland
Fla
H. H
Arnold
Army Air Forces
Army
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Albert Lodwick
College Board of Trustees
Lodwick
Mystic
Iowa
Florida
West Point
Seventh Aero Squadron
Panama
U. S -Alaska
Miss Hoglan Wed At Center Point
Center Point wedding as Private Don R Cook and Miss Mary Eleanor Hoglan unite before 150 guests at the Christian church. Attendants include Gay Porter James Town and bridesmaids Kathleen Bromwell Cedar Rapids Avis Lanning Iowa City. A reception followed in church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Lan
Urbana
Chanute Field Air Corps Technical School
Ames Votes Bonds For City Airport
Ames residents approved a 90000 bond to finance a municipal airport on about 300 acres, enabling Iowa State College students to complete civilian pilot training locally rather than driving to Des Moines. The vote was 1223 to 365.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Des Moines
Superintendent at Delhi to Join Red Cross Post
John J. Hunt, Delhi schools superintendent for three years, will become assistant field director in the Red Cross military and naval department. He resigns after faculty dissension with B J Davis, board president, and will report to Washington May 4 for training. contract had two years left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Delhi
John J. Hunt
Military and Naval Department
the Red Cross
Hunt
Washington, D. C
B J Davis
the Gazette
Texas Won't Return Escaped Iowa Reformatory Inmate
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson denied Iowa authorities request to extradite Elmer Don Fowler a Houston gun parts factory inspector who escaped the Iowa Town Reformatory in 1930 after a 1925 commitment for house burglary Fowler 31 has a Houston family and petitions from 250 residents and 50 letters in support were presented before the decision Fowler served nearly half his 10 year term and had been committed from Mills county Iowa.
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Austin
Tex
Iowa
Elmer Don Fowler
Houston
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Stevenson
Fowler
Reformatory
Mills County
Schmidt Family Hosts Progressive Euchre Night
Mr and Mrs William Schmidt entertained at a progressive euchre party Sunday for their son Clarence who departs Vinton for Des Moines Thursday to enlist in the army. Eight tables played with prizes to Mrs Victor Ockenfels Mrs J C Becker Mrs Charles Nolle Clarence Thoman and Ted Schmidt. Lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
William Schmidt
Clarence
Vinton
Des Moines
Victor Ockenfels
J. CC. Becker
Charles Nolle
Clarence Thoman
Ted Schmidt
War Salvage Urges Iowa Wrecking Firms to Speed Scrap
In Des Moines on Tuesday WPB field representative Eugene L. Dunne told about 100 county and local war salvage leaders that Iowa auto wreckers are lagging in scrap output despite 62 firms nearly doubling production this month. He warned of possible takeovers of yards that slow, noting 62 major firms produced 753 tons in the week ended April 12, far below war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
War Production Board
Eugene L. Dunne
Chicago
Automobile Salvage
WPB
Iowa County
Dunne
Cornell to Host Y Pal Conference at Palisades Park
Cornell college will host the annual Y M C A and Y W C A Pal Conference at Palisades State Park on a weekend. Iowa schools plus invited Illinois participants will join. Main speaker is Dr. Gerald Knoff of Iowa State Teachers College with several other notable speakers from Iowa, Coe College and Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Robert Gregson
Dwight Bender
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Bender
Charles Crawford
Cedar County
Gov
Wilson
Cornell
Col. Rigby
William C. Rigby
OPA
U.S
U. S
Dickens
Uriah
Vermont
Eneity
Dickinson
Emanuel Feuermann
Assn
Air Force Chief
Iowa Wesleyan
Hoglan
Mrs
Don Cook
Red Cross
John L. Hunt
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Glen-Charles Hotel
Manchester, Iowa
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