Farmer's Wife Fights Bandit in Iowa Farmhouse
Unemployed construction worker Paul Hayward, 41, was captured by a posse of farmers in Jasper County after allegedly robbing a Des Moines taxi driver, shooting at him, and beating Mrs Cray Schmitt, 48, at her Colfax area home. The driver Stetzel survived the attack and led authorities to Hayward, who claimed amnesia.
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Newton
Jasper County
Ray Barker
Cray Schmitt
Schmitt
Colfax
Paul Hayward
Nebraska
Idaho
Barber
Hayward
Merrill D Stetzell
Des Moines
Stetzel
Stetzer
Marcell
Minn
Rainy
Jake
Superior
Wis
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Toledo
F O Milman
Hirano Morris Curry
Curry
Dayton
Cincinnati
Carrie Elizabeth Phares
Lebanon
R L Mericle
Mericle
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Woodlawn
Charles Merkle
Albert Lorenzen
Carl Mason
Fred Irish
Henry Taylor
Frank Wild
Speakers Named for Hancher Inauguration
The University of Iowa extension division named Frank Aydelotte Edwin R Embree and Lee P Sieg as speakers for Virgil M Hanchers inauguration as president on May 24 Aydelotte leads Swarthmore College Embree heads the Julius Rosenwald Fund and Sieg presides at the University of Washington in Seattle Hancher began executive duties November 2
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Towa City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Frank Aydelotte
Swarthmore College
Edwin R. Embree
Chicago
Julius Rosenwald Fund
Lee P. Sieg
University of Washington
Seattle
Hancher
Waterloo approves 25 year I P S Co. franchise extension
Waterloo voters approve a 25 year extension of the Iowa Public Service Company electric franchise. The unofficial tally shows 5082 in favor and 382 against in a special election.
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Waterloo
Iowa Public Service Company
Little Women at Olin Friday Evening
OLIN The senior class of Olin high school presents Little Women Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium under Ruth Ganfield. Leading roles are Carol Swenson and Donavon Switzer with Patricia Easterly and others supporting.
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Olin
Olin High School
Ruth Ganfield
Carol Swenson
Donavon Switzer
Patricia Easterly
Lowell Ahrendsen
Joyce Taylor
Laurence Williams
Betty Furst
James Ramsey
Helen Luedeman
Ella Matejka
Highway Patrol Threatens Action Over Dropped Charges
DES MOINES INS Chief C A Knee warned patrolmen may withdraw from Kossuth county unless court cooperation improves. He cited cases where driving while intoxicated charges were reduced to reckless driving without the arresting officers' knowledge. Algona hearing involved D C Hutchinson and Robert M Clark on McMahon license restoration, with the DWI charge dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Kossuth County
C A. Knee
Algona
D C Hutchinson
Robert M. Clark
M C McMahon
Hutchinson and Clark
McMahon
Newhall Senior Class Play Presents Brothers of Belinda
The Newhall senior class stages a three act comedy Brothers of Belinda Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Leading roles are Maxine Oliphant and Virgil Boddicker with a cast including Bette Jane Silesky Jane Wheeler Joe Kozlik Edwin Werning Lois Baumgartner Audrey Werning David Tuttle Robert McCormick and Helen Kelly. Director is Miss Dorothy Carr.
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Newhall
Belinda
Maxine Oliphant
Virgil Boddicker
Bette Jane Siiesky
Jane Wheeler
Joe Kozlik
Edwin Werning
Lois Baumgartner
Audrey Werning
David Tuttle
Robert McCormick
Helen Kelly
Dorothy Carr
Tama and Cedar county draftees headed for service
Tama county plans May 2 draft with 16 called and one replacement Earl Weatherly volunteer and seven volunteers listed among the draftees. Cedar county 13 men begin Des Moines training in the twelfth call with 13 accepted from the eleventh.
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Toledo
Tama County
Earl Edward Weatherly
Richard Carl Beck
Chelsea
Frederick William Gessner, Jr
Dysart
William Bohumil Hanzelka
Melroy Edward Werner
Tama
Raymond Virgil Lee
Charles Russell Blazeck
Walter Pete Muse
Milroy Joseph Blaha
Virgil C McNamee
Harry Lee
George France Henle
Harmon LaVerne Anderson
Gilman
Loren Edward Pieper
Garwin
Anton Frank Beshoner
Selective Service
Des Moines
Tipton
Ray Marks
R. Rosnagle
Indianapolis
Ind
Rosnagle
St. Mary's Church
Riverside
S. F. Wieland
Louise Mellecker
Ignatius Birrer
B. H. Smith
Donald
Arlene L. Hage
Jewell
Carl Ospahl
Lutheran Church
Kathleen Durbin
LaVerne Hanson
Des Moines Hopes for Major Small Arms Plant
Washington A P dispatch says a new small arms factory likely to employ about 12 000 people may be built in Des Moines Iowa as one of three plants under consideration Senator Werring D LA says no decision yet but calls it a good guess Des Moines is among eight cities being weighed for the project
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Des Moines
Werring
Iowa
State Bank Loans And Deposits Gain State Bank Loans And Deposits Gain
Resources of Iowa's 543 state banks and savings banks exceed half a billion dollars, the state banking department reports for April 4. Total resources reach $535,228,876, up $40,741,260 since March 26 1940. Loans and discounts total $305,443,878, deposits amount to $484,786,222, and cash reserves average 33.0 percent across the institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Banking Department
United States
Department
Vinton Farmer Ordered to Pay Sister 1300 Under Contract
In Benton County district court Judge B O Tankersley ruled Maurice Grovert a Vinton farmer must pay his sister Isma Grovert 1300 plus interest under a 1938 contract. The siblings co owned a 320 acre Eden township farm with a 30000 mortgage. Grovert had earlier paid 1800 to her share and 500 was already paid. Mortgage foreclosure in 1939 led to Maurice buying the property and withholding the remaining 1300. Counterclaim for over 5602 was dismissed as unjustified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
B. O. Tankersles
Benton County
Maurice Grovert
Isma Grovert
Chicago
Eden Township
Pais Sma
Maurice
Tankersley
East Iowa Med Regiment Men Attend Special Schools
Seven eastern Iowa men from the 136th medical regiment pursue medical and dental training at Fort Sam Houston Texas and William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso Texas. Privates Reynolds and Ryan of Cedar Rapids Co H. Corporal Coen and Private Sheets of Iowa City Co G. Private Butler of North English Co H. Private Bothell of Iowa City Co G. Private First Class Bangston of Iowa City Co G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claiborne
Iowa
136Th Medical Regiment
William T. Reynolds
Robert J Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Co H
Robert Coen
Oscar W Sheets
Iowa City
Co. G
Station Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Ellsworth D. Butler
North English
Vernon G. Bothell
Kenneth G. Bangston
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Bellevue Men Kill Wolf With Hunting Knife
Wilfred Blitgen and William Eggers of Bellevue killed an adult female wolf with a hunting knife after finding it in a hole three miles east of Otter Creek. The wolf attacked Mr Eggers. They captured six week old cubs. Blitgen collected a $5 bounty for the wolf pelt from County Auditor Howard A Woods and $3.20 for 32 crows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Wilfred Blitgen
William Eggers
Bellevue
Otter Creek
Mr Eggers
Mr Blugen
Howard A. Woods
Aurora Banquet Highlights Senior Plans At Waterloo
The Aurora high school junior senior banquet occurred Saturday at Black's tea room in Waterloo with Nadine Clark as toastmaster. Speakers included Caro lyn Jakway Robert Boies La Von Watson Eleanor Maudlin Edward Nelson Ernest Solterman and Supt Hartsel Perry. Upcoming events list senior play May 2 baccalaureate May 4 class night May 7 senior day May 7 and commencement May 9.
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Aurora
Aurora High School
Black's Tea Room
Waterloo
Nadine Clark
Carolyn Jakway
Robert Boies
la von Watson
Eleanor Maudlin
Edward Nelson
Ernest Solterman
Supt
Hartsel Perry
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
W. S. Randolph
Desmond Kulp
PALO
Palo Consolidated School
Commonwealth Tea Room
Cedar Rapids
Howard R. Yates
Vivian Lewis
Letha E. Waddle
Verle Francis
W. E. Wagner
Shirley Taylor
Presbytery Elects Kenwood Pastor As Its Moderator
The Cedar Rapids Presbytery elected the Rev Charles Bridges of Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church as moderator. Rex Frederick Munneke of Coggon was chosen permanent clerk and Rev Joseph W Gray Jr. holds three year stated clerk term. Delegates to the General Assembly were named, with several ministers and elders listed as commissioners and alternates. The session adjourned in Mount Vernon after two days with about 90 in attendance. A call and installations were arranged for several pastors, with a memorial service held for Rev Abram Algrea and the next meeting set for June 10 in Coggon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Charles Bridges
Kenwood Park
Munisteral
Charles Budge- Kenwood
Cedar Rapids
Ren Dames H Blackstone
Dubuque
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Projects and Lectures
Sixty men returned to work at the Iowa City airport as WPA funds of 180000 funded concrete work and drainage for an east west runway. The May meeting of the Iowa chapter of the American Chemical Society will feature Prof O R Sweeney on utilization of agricultural wastes. Johnson county coordinating council elected new officers at a dinner meeting led by Irving Weber with 36 member organizations. Archduke Felix of Austria was named a speaker for the university summer lecture series alongside Pablo del Rio Harlow Shapley and Fulton Lewis Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Fred Gartzke
Gartzke
Iowa
American Chemical Society
O R Sweeney
Department of
Chemical Engineering
Iowa State College
Sweeney
Johnson County
Irving Weber
F A Stromsten
Walter Meinzer
R. J. Jones
John Barry
Eugene Trowbridge
Elizabeth Halsey
University Women
Archduke Felix of Austria
House of Hapsburg
Pablo del Rio
Graduate College of the University of Mexico
Harlow Shapley
Harvard University
Fulton Lewis, Jr
De Kiewiet Named History Professor at Cornell
Dr. Cornelius Willem de Kiewiet, history professor at the University of Iowa, was named to a similar post at Cornell University. Dr. Edmund E Day, Cornell president, announced the appointment on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornelius Willem de Kiewiet
University of Iowa
Cornell University
Edmund E Day
Cornell
Could Henry VIII Have Had Stomach Ulcer Pains
An old advertisement text discusses Henry VIII and stomach pains as a hook to promote a remedy. It touts iden tablets for ulcer pain indigestion heartburn and sour stomach with a money back guarantee and availability at drug stores.
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Henry VIII
Take Leads In Urbana Comedy Take Leads In Urbana Comedy
Urbana high school senior class presents a three act comedy Pleased To Meet cha at Legion hall Friday evening Leading roles include Jean France and Five Moubis directed by Miss Eileen Milligan Ore cast features Nita Smith Helen Parker Lenora Krame Norma Lee Hopker Raymond Kramer Lloyd Kisling Raymond Spenceer Bill Bingham Clarence Letsch and Ivan Rector The senior class numbers 22 members the largest in the school history The first division performed its play Fixit Incorporated recently
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
de Sales
Ossian Opera House
Jacqueline Brown
Ann Nesbit
Geraldine Bonfig
C Bodensteiner
Geneva Schulz
Helen Sand
Webster
Webster Consolidated School
Wayne McCombs
Dorothy Harris
Mary Jaeger
Margaret Jaeger
A.C Kepler
Jean Wheeler
Marylin Miner
Oskaloosa
Wyoming
Mildred Onstott
Clyde Onstott
Arthur Luke
George Luke
Methodist
Kahoka
J. M Monroe
Luke
Wyoming High School
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Anamosa
Wyoming Cemetery
F. L. Harrington
W. S. Roush
Hurst and Jenkins
DeWitt
Clinton County
Lucy Smith
Edward
Arthur
Nelson
M L. Meyer
Mary Quigley
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Marie Schiessle
Norbert Yegge
McHenry, III
St. Patrick’s Church
McHenry
John Sullivan
Woodstock
St. Mary's High School
Yegge
St. Joseph's Church
John Moriarty
Pearl Wulf
Albert DeCock
DeCock
American Machine and Metals, Inc
Moline
Ill
Blairstown
Legion Hall
Viola Bombach
Harriet Bruch
Bonnie Thompson
Alice Voss
Marjorie Martin
Henry Sick, Jr
Dale Garling
Vernon Vochoska
Ernest Crowe, Jr
George Meier
Center Junction
Mark Risinger
Dorothy Husman
Phyllis Griffith
Dorothy Woodworth
Ruth Ann Serbousek
Sara Garvin
Muriel Bissell
Urbana
Jean France
WP France
Moubis
Chil V Moubry
Eileen Milligan Ore
Nita Smith
Helen Parker
Lenora Krame
Norma Lee Hopker
Raymond Kramer
Lloyd
McGregor Heights Nature School Dates Set for August
McGregor Heights will host the twenty third annual Nature Study school from August 3 to 14. Glenn W McWichael announces sessions at the McGregor Heights bird sanctuary and wildlife refuge with university and government scientists leading films field trips and a Mississippi River excursion aboard the SS President on August 14.
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Mcgregor
Two Thousand Fathers
McGregors Nature Study School
Glenn W. McWichael
McGregor Heights
Wild Life Refuge
Amenias
MceGrego
Viesissippi
Waukon Driver Fined for Drunk Driving Injury Case
Forrest Lavell 21 pled guilty in Allamakee County District Court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge T H Goheen sentenced him to three months in jail and a $300 fine, later reduced to $100 with jail suspended on payment. Lavell, from Waserk, worked as an Armour Packing accountant, was arrested after allegedly smashing nine guard rails on Highway 451 between Waukon and Postville and refused a blood test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spee al
Waukon
Forrest Lavell
Allamakee
T H Goheen
Arthur Jacobsen
Lavell
Waserk
Armour Packing Company
Leonard J Bulman
Postville
Hinman Transferred to Engineer Board Fort Belvoir
Lieutenant Colonel Jack J Hinman Jr of Iowa City moves from Camp Claiborne as chemical officer of the 34th division to the engineer board Fort Belvoir Virginia. He will work in the water supply section and complete an Army water supply manual. He will report in May after induction work on February 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Claiborne
Jack J Hinman
Iowa
Fort Belvoir
Hinman
University of Iowa
State Hygienic Laboratory
Officers elected at 1941 wash war unit reunion
Officers chosen at the annual Company K Washington World War and border service unit reunion in the American Legion building Columbus Junction. Edward Porter captain Everett Burham first lieutenant Claire Beaty second lieutenant M D Atkinson company clerk Edward Squire quartermaster Thomas Dodd musician all from Washington plus Harry Church Columbus Junction and Ralph Moothart Washington as duty sergeants Harold Edmondson retiring captain. The 1942 reunion will be held in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbis Junction
Washington World War and Border Service Unit
American Legion
Edward Porter
Everett Burham
Claire Beaty
Leutenant
M D Atkinson
Edward Squire
Thomas Doddd
Washington
Harry Church
Columbus Junction
Ralph Moothart
Harold Edmondson
Sac and Fox Hospital funds cut due to low use
Washington AP reports Dr TI W White described the Sac and Fox Indian hospital near Tama Iowa as space poor. He testified before the House appropriations committee that the Sioux sanatorium in South Dakota drew patients away, prompting a recommended $1,920 cut in 1942 allotment from 79150 to 77230, with 91 beds and 23 regular staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sac and Fox Indian
Tama
TI. W White
Indian Bureaus Health Division
House Appropriations Committee
Iowa
Sac and Fox
Boy Guides At Pike's Peak To Be Taught Indian Lore
Paleface boys will be trained in Indian lore and woodcraft at Wewiyaka camp near McGregor Iowa this summer. The camp opens June 15 and runs three two week sessions. Enrollment is open to boys recommended by civic or religious groups and the program is sponsored by local businessmen. H Clark Brown will teach and Ira nian lore will be part of the instruction. Robert Shaw state American Legion commander urged posts statewide to send youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Wewiyaka
Pike's Peak State Park
Fred Huebsch
Northeast Iowa Recreation Council
H. Clark Brown
Iowa
Robert Shaw
American Legion
Blairstown Man Heads to England to Lead Lockheed Plant
Vernon McDorman of Blairstown leaves for England aboard the U S Exeter to supervise a Lockheed Aircraft factory near Liverpool. The 26 year old California resident has a one year contract, will live under ration rules, and plans to return to California to resume studying aircraft after his assignment September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
Lockheed Plane
England
Vernon McDorman
Burbank
Calif
Bertha McDorman
California
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Asher
Dean
Donavon Swithern
Highway Patrol
Lasswell
Virel Boddicker
Iowa News
Methodist Ladies Aid
Selma Alyea
Ralph Husman
Paul E. Paulsen
Darlene Shane
Montezuma
Doris Steffy
Cascade
Hilda Armella Koob
Nicholas Koob
Paul Kedley
John Kedley
St Mary's Church
Re. H
W J Moran
Manchester
Delaware County
County Selective Service Board
Court House
Fort Des Moines
Dale Godfrey Diercksen
Leonard Grant Hines
Fred William McCleery
Henry Howard Maulson
Urban James Besler
Emil Raymond Siegel
Hopkinton
Raymond Paul Lee
Earlville
Dalton Alden Kellogg
Dundee
Lawrence Lueck
Dyersville
Robert Merle Beebe
Bertrand Leo Thibadeau
Delhi
Harlan Vincent Ingles
Greeley
Clifford Herman Wessel
Charles City
Emil A Koelker
Lambert E. Reiter
Manchester High School
Virginia Hahne
Jeanne Roller
Jo Sloan
Corrine Confare
Wallace Davis
Kenneth Gingerich
Eileen Straub
Bettie Johnson
Wayne Tesmer
Tom Hattel
Junior Rector
Peggy Ann Roe
Harvey Stevens
Jean Wilste
Waukon High School
Anna Wilimek
Irving
Bertha Keyser
Etta Blasdell
Vinton Farmer
East Iowa
Medical Regiment
Presbytery
Kenwood
The
Gazette
DE Kiewiet
Iva Meaubry
Jean Prasee
Gut
Sac and Fox Hospital
Pike's Peak
Carter
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