Reserve Officers From Iowa On Duty In Fourth Army Maneuvers
Special to The Gazette from Little Falls Minnesota reports 611 reserve officers in the Fourth Army maneuvers at Camp Ripley including 80 from Iowa. The piece lists specific East Central Iowa officers and likens modern warfare to a large industrial plant with a vast supporting staff.
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Iowa
Fourth Army
Little Falls
Minn
Camp Ripley
Army
Seventh Corps
Minnesota Lake Country
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Alvin W. Bailey
Anamosa
Richard P. Barrow
Cedar Rapids
George R. Barre
Iowa City
John D Blair
Egbert D. Brown
Ralph A. Dorner
Town City
Russell A. Engelman
Norbert J. Flanders
Keota
Charles C. Ford
Strawberry Point
Merrill L. Garden
Decorah
Connell Faces State Charge After City Molestation Case
Iowa City charges of violating state statutes will be filed against Alfred Connell, 35, who was sentenced to 30 days for disorderly conduct after being accused of molesting a woman on an Iowa City street. University ties and police investigation link him to about ten molestations reported by a University of Iowa student investigator.
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Iowa City
Alfred Connell
Harold W. Vestermark
Connell
University of Iowa
Westermark
John Barnes
Davenport Police Nab Three For Armed Robbery
Davenport police arrested Ray Bowling Marion Davidson and William Meeker for a string of armed robberies linked to Peoria. Meeker claimed to be alone but Bowling and Davidson waited in a truck. A shotgun shell was found. the trio had fled to Sioux City before Meeker was spotted at a mail window after three days of surveillance.
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Davenport
INS
Peoria
Sioux City
Ray Bowling
Marion Davidson
William Meeker
Reed Phillips
Meeker
Had 27 Pints Of Whisky But No Law Against It
DES MOINES AP Municipal Judge Powers freed Clarence Sonderleiter on a disorderly place charge after ruling 27 unopened pints of whisky found in his fish shack were legally purchased and untouched by sale. Police seized the liquor in an Aug raid. no evidence of resale. The judge ordered return of the whisky and noted no recommendation to revoke the liquor permit.
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DES Moines
Clarence Sonderleiter
Ralph Powers
Fish Shack
Powers
Sonderleiter
Judge Powers
Burlington Throat Cutting Charge Faces Grand Jury
John E. Burris 44 of Bucklin Missouri waived to the grand jury on assault with intent to murder after a tavern brawl in Burlington. Burris, held on $5,000 bond, allegedly cut the throat of Robert Roderick 25 a Mexican from Mason City and injured several others before a beer bottle wound. Roderick in fair condition at St Francis hospital. The two men worked for a Rock Island railroad steel gang building track for the Rocket service opening this fall.
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Burlington
INS
John E. Burris
Bucklin
Edward Dailey
Robert Roderick
Mason City
Burris
Missouri
Nebraska
Roderick
Rock Island Railroad
St. Francis Hospital
Des Moines Jewelry Store Theft Arrest Report
In Des Moines a 28 year old man named Russell Usry was arrested near a damaged jewelry store window after allegedly stealing two wrist watches valued at 55 dollars. A night watchman and a patrol crew observed a man fleeing and Usry denied the theft as officers recovered a brick used to break the display.
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DES Moines
Oklahoma
J. A. Brophy
Russell Usry
Sixth
Walnut Streets
C. R. Sharp
Eula Mae Clark
Kansas City
Brophy
Usry
Fred McCracken
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank
Walnut Street
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Two Churches Celebrate Diamond And Golden Jubilees
St Mary's Spencer's Grove and Sacred Heart Walker mark jubilees with an August 26 open air mass at Walker park led by Archbishop Beckman of Dubuque. A noon luncheon follows in Walker High School auditorium with M J Donnelly as toastmaster. The piece recalls parish history, priests, and fundraising efforts dating from 1887 to 1932.
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William Leen
John McNamara
J. M. Ryan
Sacred Heart
Walker
Father O'Dowd
Independence
P. H. Burke
Father Ryan
Rowley
Sunnyside
Shady Grove
Spencer’s Grove
P. E. Donnelly
Peter Donnelly
Francis J. Houlahan
John F. Houlahan
Father Donnelly
St. Raphael's Cathedral
Dubuque
Father Houlahan
St. John Lateran
Rome
St. Mary’s of
Spencer's Grove
Cedar River
Wapsipinnicon
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Anthony Ernst
St. Mary's
Sacred Heart Church
Francis J. L. Beckman
Iowa State Says Engineers' Jobs Remain Plentiful
Iowa State reports an unusually large share of 1940 engineering graduates placed in rapid factories. About 95 percent.Findings show mechanical, electrical, architectural, civil, agricultural and mining fields fully staffed with few hunts remaining. Major placements include Lockheed Douglas Glen Martin Stinson North American Wright Aeronautical and shipyards. Industry recruiters from 75 plants visited the division to hire from this year and next.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Don S. Stevens
Lockheed
Douglas
Glen Martin
Stinson
North American
Wright Aeronautical Company
Stevens
Martin backs limited guard power to call reserves
Rep. Thomas E. Martin urged passage of S J. Res. 286 to empower the President to call reserve components but argued against full authority to deploy them anywhere in the western hemisphere. He warned Congress must restrict the power and noted no sufficient emergency justifies broad deployment without a congressionally declared emergency.
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Washington
Thomas E. Martin
House
Hemisphere
Congress
National Guard
United States
Martin
Grinnell Soldier Shoots Self at Oceanside Barracks
Private Jack H. Wood, 22, of Grinnell Iowa, committed suicide with his service pistol Saturday at the Oceanside army barracks. Deputy Coroner Dave Bone said Wood, a noted mathematician, struggled with army life and was not on good terms with fellow soldiers.
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San Diego
Jack H. Wood
Army Barracks
Oceanside
Dave Bone
Wood
Grinnell
Bone
Capitol Currents and Willkie Visit Reflections
Iowa coverage notes Willkie visit dynamics at Elwood and Des Moines and the impact on public interest. Officials remain wary of losing staff to Washington as civil service workers transition to defense roles. Governor Wilson touts open council sessions while planning a state executive council visit during the state fair week.
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Tatehouse
Executive Council
Wilson
Candidate For King Of Hoboes Seeks Bedding Plan
Ashland Nebraska AP ex king of the hoboes Harry C Beetison campaigns for a comeback at the forty fourth hobo convention in Britt Tra Beetison who once held the throne lost it last year to Scoopshovel Scotty of Eagle Grove Iowa promotes a platform to ease bumming and provide boxcar bedding and a safe resting place in towns nationwide despite patrols.
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Ashland
Neb
Harry C. Beetison
Britt
Tra
Beetison
Scotty
Eagle Grove
David I
Sioux City Police Named In $50,000 Suits For Slander
Harold N Sturgeon superintendent of public safety sues five times for slander in district court. Defendants are Ed Petty George Kean Lyle Shadduck and Claude Bledsoe. Separate suits seek $10 000 each and joint action names all four. Accusations based on alleged false and malicious statements damaging his name and character.
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Sioux City
Harold N Sturgeon
Superintendent of Public Safety
Sioux City Police Department
Ed Petty
George Kean
Lyle Shadduck
Claude Bledsoe
Force
Perry Davis
State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Sturgeon
Sioux City Girl Aims to Lead Defense Work
DES MOINES AP A Sioux City girl Mary Ellen Purcell says she wishes to be the first to enlist in Iowa's proposed national defense organization for women. Mrs Mabel Hild, chief clerk in the secretary of state's office, sought British info on women's roles in defense. No action will occur until Congress acts on the conscription bill.
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Congress
Youth Held For Auto Theft Ill With Gangrene
Des Moines AP report says 19 year old Paul Small of Omaha is in serious condition with gangrene in his left arm after a crash while fleeing in a reportedly stolen car. He was arrested in Council Bluffs and brought to Des Moines for a larceny charge and is held on $2,000 bond awaiting a Sept. 15 hearing.
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DES Moines
Paul Small
Omaha
Small
Council Bluffs
Smalls
Muscatine County Opposes Moscow Dam Plan
Muscatine County board of supervisors asked to be represented at the Des Moines hearing August 23 on the Moscow dam project to outline impacts. They warned flooding would destroy 17 bridges and 13 secondary roads, costing 75 000 to 100 000 to replace and would reduce school district tax revenue by removing land from tax rolls.
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Des Moines
Muscatine
Driving Permits For Children Now More Regulatory
DES MOINES Iowa Saturday new rules tighten issuance of driving permits for youths aged 14 to 18 to curb unauthorized use. Each permit will list school routes and require signatures from both parents and school superintendents. Permits valid only in daylight hours include provisions for instruction and may allow practice driving with a parent or instructor.
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Des Moines
INS
Clarence Shirer
State
Shirer
Iowa State Fair Opens With About 400000 Expected
The Iowa state fair opens Friday expecting about 400000 visitors drawn by agricultural and industrial displays. Preparations begin with pre-fair days, with entertainments including auto races and an open air musical revue. Notable plans include guest couples married 50+ years and a potential visit by Henry A Wallace for the Democratic vice presidential nomination address.
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Johnny “Seat" Davis
Paul Pendarvis
Ans Son Weeks
Griff Willams Lous Armstrong
Ted Fin Rito
Fair Plaza
Legitelature
Henry A Wallace
France
England
Italy
Synthetics From Farm Produce Aims For War Defense
Washington United States Department of Agriculture plans experiments at Pecoria Illinois to develop synthetic defense products from farm produce. Henry Wallace announced two months of work with a dozen technicians focusing on synthetic rubber plastics substitute fibers and motor fuels from corn. Industrial corn alcohol as a motor fuel and cheap production methods will be major experimental fields amid high cost barriers to large scale production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pecoria, Ill
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Department
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