Iowa Toll in Week Ends at 12 Deaths. Year Total 290
Twelve people died in Iowa motor vehicle crashes last week, half as weekend victims, raising 1939 fatalities to 290 from 259 a year earlier. Victims included Harold Gertz 19 of Clinton in an Elk River bridge crash, J A Hopkins 85 of Blencoe struck by a car, Frances Remella 7 of Corning fatally injured near Marengo, Marshall Trout 45 of Bettendorf in a truck train crash, Mari Lee Anderson 16 of Minneapolis in a car overturn near Eagle Grove, and August Whipka 49 of Davenport crushed when his tractor with trailer overturned downtown.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold L. Gertz
Clinton
Elk River
Highway No. 67
J. A. Hopkins
Blencoe
E. E. Gingles
Monona County
Fred Moberg
Lincoln
Neb
Moberg
Frances Jean Remella
W. O. Remella
Corning
Marengo
Marshall Trout
Bettendorf
Burlington
Minneapolis
Marilee Anderson
Eagle Grove
Davenport
F. Whipka
Whipka
Beck Appointed Manager of Hines Veterans Hospital
DES MOINES AP Charles Gordon Beck, longtime manager of the Des Moines Veterans hospital, is named manager of the Hines Illinois Veterans hospital, one of the largest in the country. Beck began in 1919 in St. Louis, later managed Lincoln bureau before coming to Des Moines in 1934. He holds first lieutenant rank.
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Des Moines
Charles Gordon Beck
Veterans Hospital
Hines, Ill
Beck
Veterans Administration
St. Louis Veterans Bureau
Decatur
Neb
St. Louis
Lincoln
Maquoketa Boy Hurt When Horse Falls On Him
Edward Carson twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs G Frank Carson is in critical condition at City Memorial hospital with head injuries after his horse stepped in a hole and fell on him in the Goodenow pasture near Hurstville Saturday afternoon. Donald Sokol helped clear the scene and the boy was found unconscious. A Davenport specialist and another from Iowa City were summoned to treat him.
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Maquoketa
Edward Carson
G. Frank Carson
City Memorial Hospital
Donald Sokol
Goodenow
Hurstville
Edward
Donald
Davenport
Iowa City
Marengo
Grace Ellis
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
America
WPA Writers’ Guide Books
Marengo High School
West Union
Clarence McElree
Gilbert Hanson
L. Bockenstedt
Brainard
West Union Hospital
Protests over Democrat Named Manager of State Liquor Store
C T. Cline, chairman of the Des Moines county Republican committee, says he sent a letter to the state liquor control commission protesting the appointment of a Democrat as manager of the state liquor store in Burlington. F. C. Ihrer, acting manager, will be formally appointed at the commission's next Des Moines meeting. Cline said he has no issue with Ihrer personally but believes the county committee should be consulted before such appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
C T. Cline
Des Moines
Republican Committee
State Liquor Control Commission
F. C. Ihrer
Commission
Cline
Ihrer
Republican County Committee
Mrs Lloyd Tennant Dies Suddenly During Boston Vacation
Mrs Lloyd Tennant wife of the local Methodist minister died suddenly Sunday in Boston where the couple had gone on a vacation. Funeral will be held in Wapello Friday with burial in Kossuth cemetery. Survived by husband two sons and one daughter.
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Wapello
Lloyd Tennant
Boston
Kossuth
Washington
Lovelia Zehr
Manchester
William Dunn
Michigan
Davenport
Postville
Milwaukee Railroad
Rapid City
S. D
Chicago
C. C. Searles
Monona
Marquette
F. L. Thompson
Tipton Junior College enrolls record prospects
Tipton junior college expects a record enrollment this year with about 50 students planning to enroll. Students come from Tipton and neighboring towns in Iowa plus Moline and Quincy, Illinois. Three new faculty members join, Ed Thompson, Erich Escholz, and Raymond Kiser, and a new industrial arts course will be offered as a college credit.
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Tipton
Bennett
Clarence
Mechanicsville
Stanwood
Solon
Lisbon
Anamosa
Springdale
Iowa
Moline
Quincy
Ill
Ed Thompson
Erich Escholz
Raymond Kiser
Arthur Martens
Iowa State College
Hoover cites Ottumwa and Sioux City as FBI problem areas
J Edgar Hoover defended a Cedar Rapids claim that Ottumwa and Sioux City are hideouts for criminals. In a letter to the Ottumwa Courier he stood by his remarks and said the two cities are the FBI's problem children in Iowa. Local officials denied the statement, while Hoover insisted his view rests on agent reports and observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
J. Edgar Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ottumwa Courier
FBI
Iowa
Hoover
Kansas City
Wapello County
Public Safety
Harry Swenson
United States
Henderson 81 Dies. Longtime Delaware County Resident
Thomas L. Henderson 81 longtime Delaware county farmer died at his Manchester home Sunday. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Shelly chapel with Rev. Donald E. Freeman officiating. burial in Coggan cemetery. He was born March 24 1858 in Ireland and married Mary Patton in 1887. Nine children survive including Mrs. Oscar Hoymes Mrs. Thomas Patton Floyd Edward Anna Kratzer Arthur Teft Dessie Hoffert Albert and Milton Henderson.
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Manchester
Thomas L. Henderson
Delaware County
Shelly
Donald E. Freeman
Presbyterian Church
Coggan
Mr. Henderson
Ireland
Mary Patton
United States
Ehler
Ryan
Henderson
Oscar Hoymes
Central City
Thomas Patton
Coggon
Floyd Henderson
Edward Henderson
Anna Kratzer
Arthur Teft
Nashua
Dessie Hoffert
Yarmouth
Albert Henderson
Detroit
Milton Henderson
John K Lanning 87 Center Point resident dies after illness
John K Lanning of Center Point aged 87 died at his home at 12:30 a.m. Monday after a long illness. He was the last of nine children from a family that settled near Lafayette in 1850. He spent most of his life farming near Green's Grove. He married Angelia Hoglan in 1875. she died in 1927. Surviving are his second wife Essie and three sons William Ernest Earl, plus two daughters. a son Homer died in 1930. Funeral at 2:30 Wednesday in the Christian church with burial in Lafayette cemetery.
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Brandon
Clem Lennahan
Laporte City
William Turner
Jack Betts
Ralph Brown
Earl Ott
Clifford Burr
Harold Johnson
W. C. Trotter
Ted Johannsen
Columbus Junction
James Jarvis
Indiana
Louisa County
Locust Park
Frank Jarvis
Elmer Jarvis
Gerald Allen
Mina Feldman
Evelyn Foss
Vernon Darby
Marie Jarvis
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Conesville
Orono Township
Ralph Crawford
Rufus Bullis
Helen Norris
Lorena Maxwell
Verna Hoffman
Mary Ella Duncan
Brockway
Paul Johnson
Port Allen
Lowden
Edwin Wenndt
Here
Carl Wenndt
Henry
Martin
Richard
Carl H
Edwin
Marvin
Sylvan
Louis Schroeder
Anton Deerberg
Marvin Dele
Alfred Ebers
Bennett
Ris Steinke
Henry Burmeister
Germany
Elizabeth Wellmann
London
Massillon
William
Herman
Nicholaus
Catherine Lieberknecht
Weed Park
Leila Williams
Bertha Dickinson
Letts
Pearl W. Baker
Muscatine
Lieberknecht
Chambersburg
Concord Township
Center Point
John Lanning
Linn County
Lafayette
Lanning
Green's Grove
Angelia Hoglan
Essie Lanning
W. C. Wilson
Milton Squier
Ernest
Earl
Toddville
Homer
Christian Church
Lafayette Cemetery
Nine Per Cent Gain In Liquor Permits In Iowa
Des Moines AP reports a 9 percent rise in new Iowa state liquor store permits last month. The August 1 total reached 77 889 permits, up from 71 173 a year earlier, with the permit year running July 1 to June 30. Officials credit the gains to continued liquor system inroads on bootleggers and note July sales were about 8 percent higher than 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Liquor Commission
Commission
Shaw Of Sigourney Opposes Paradise For Legion Chief
In Sioux City 1000 delegates convene for the Iowa American Legion annual convention to choose a new department commander between Robert J. Shaw of Sigourney and George Paradise of Sioux City. The race to succeed W. F. Sieverding features both attorneys as candidates. The gathering also includes several thousand veterans and headline speakers such as James F. Barton M E Kinney Hanford MacNider Ray Murphy and other officials.
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Sioux City
INL
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney
George Paradise
Iowa American Legion
W. F. Sieverding
James F. Barton
Indianapolis
American Legion Publications
M. E. Kinney
Fort Dodge
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Ray Murphy
New York City
Ida Grove
Murphy
MacNider
John K. Sawyer
Winterset
Iowa
Oscar Hanson
A. A. Couch
Iowa Federation of Labor
James W. Willett
Tama
John H. Quigley
Des Moines
Scoopshovel Scotty Crowned Hoboes King Again
AP reports Scotty MacDougall known as Scoopshovel was crowned king of the hoboes north of Britt after washing shaving and donning silk underwear. He dethroned King David I and was later welcomed by Britt merchants who staged a celebration of a ho bo convention hoax and the parade ended with a noon slumgullion feed.
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Britt (Ap
Scotty MacDougall
David I
Scotty
Britt
Foolproof Jail Not Able To Hold Tipsy Prisoner
In Newton Massachusetts a newly built jail failed to hold a drunken prisoner who escaped through an open ventilator from Cell No 1. He was recaptured minutes later and jailed in a separate cell. district court later gave him a suspended sentence.
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Newton
Mass
Tippler
No. 1
Fragment of shrapnel pulled from Turkish soldier
A small fragment of shrapnel, entering through the ear 27 years ago, was extracted from a Turkish soldier’s thigh. The object caused no pain for decades and only recently began to cause leg pain.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Delmar Man Drowns After Cramp While Swimming
Paul Hinrich 38 of Delmar drowned in the Maquoketa river three miles northeast of Maquoketa while swimming with a picnic party. His body was recovered late Sunday by divers including Raymond Sokol and local volunteers after an initial failure of the diving helmet pump. Hinrich operated a portable feed mill in Delmar.
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Maquoketa
Paul Hinrich
Delmar
Here
Fred Chandler
Alfred Farrow
Gerald Calkins
Hinrich
Carl
Gladys
Paul, Jr
Clarence Miller
Raymond Miller
A. W. Harrington
Oc van Gorder Woods
Ronald Cahill
Raymond Sokol
Sokol
Albert
Richard McIntire
Carroll Young
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
A column outlines a thrifty meal plan for a five person family costing about $12 weekly. It describes daily menus highlighting core foods and calories to sustain energy, rebuild, and supply minerals and vitamins.
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Ecac
Bake Stuffed Cabbage With Tomato Sauce And Budget Menu
A historical menu item lists daily food rations and prices including beef, cabbage, and dairy for a family. It provides a tested recipe for baked stuffed cabbage with tomato sauce serving five, plus cost details and tips from the Community Nutrition Service in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Community Nutrition Service
Dial
Frozen sleep tests for Iowa cancer patient at Temple
Max Harlan a 42 year old farmer from Stockport Ireland underwent tests at Temple University Hospital to gauge fitness for refrigeration therapy aimed at slowing cancer. If approved he will be placed in a cold sleep for four to five days, then awakened with a warm drink to reverse the process. Doctors Fay and Smith note hopeful results in skin cancer but warn the method is not a cure and effects on internal cancers are unclear. The team reports advantages seen in some cases include pain relief weight gain and general improvement.
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Max Harlan
Stockport
Temple
Temple Fay
Lawrence W. Smith
Dr. Smith
Har
Fay
Smith
Current Journal of the American Medical
John Bear Again Dancing Champion At Tama Powwow
John Bear Jr a Me squakie Indian from Tama won his third western Indian dancing title at the Mesquakie powwow Sunday afternoon. Edward Cloud a Winnebago from La Crosse Wis finished second and Kenneth Blackbird a Winnebago Neb won the boys contest for the second year running. Leonard Johnson Tama was second and Vernon McKee Winnebago Neb third in the youth division. health contest was canceled due to weather. four day attendance neared four thousand.
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Tama
John Bear, Jr
Edward Cloud
la Crosse
Wis
Kenneth Blackbird
Winnebagoe
Neb
Leonard Johnson
Vernon McKee
Winnebago
Dental Work Only Clue To Identity Of Accident Victim
A burned bus crash west of Dyersville left an unidentified youth, likely 15 to 18, with dental records as the sole identification lead. Sheriff Carl Anderson reports dental work may reveal who he was while Miss Olie Strickland of Chicago died and her sister Lavon Strickland, 47, suffered severe injuries including a foot amputation in Manchester.
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Manchester
INS
Dyersville
Carl Anderson
Delaware County
Olie Strickland
Chicago
Anamosa Declares Day At County Fair
Mayor George Beaman proclaims Thursday as Anamosa day at the Jones county fair and asks all business houses to close at 1 p.m. A $100 fund was raised to send the American Legion junior drum corps to the event, directed by W. G. Donnelly.
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Anamosa
George Beaman
Jones County
Beaman
American Legion
W. G. Donnelly
Cooler Iowa Monday Breaks Heat Wave Record
An August cold wave pushed Iowa temperatures well below normal with Carroll at 43 degrees and Des Moines reaching 69. Forecaster Charles D. Reed noted statewide averages at least 10 degrees below normal as rain fell at most stations except Mount Ayr, Council Bluffs and Burlington.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Carroll
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Iowa City
Charles D. Reed
All Weather Bureau
Mount Ayr
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Decorah
Charles City
Forest City
Iowa Falls
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Funeral Services for Patrick W Roe and May I Thompson
Funeral services were held for Patrick W Roe 77 who died in a local hospital. He was Irish born and survived by his wife and five sons. Services were at St Marys church Morse and burial at Cedar Valley cemetery. McGovern chapel hosted May I Thompson lifelong Johnson county resident buried at Sharon cemetery. Surviving family includes two sons a daughter a brother and three sisters. University of Iowa plans two state fair booths Arts pharmacy medicine nursing dentistry and general display including fine arts and engineering with a mural of campus life.
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Marquette
James Williamson
JESUP
Drum and Bugle Corp of Independence
Jesup High School
Dewitt
Caroline Weise
William Peters
Miles
Caroline Schroeder
Germany
Maquoketa
Henry Weise
Peters
Floyd Graves
Baldwin
Henry
Clinton
Ben Weise
East Moline
Ill
Henry Luett
N. F. McGinnis Funeral
Elmwood
Postville
Fred Groth Produce Company
Postville Turner Society
Allamakee- Clayton Electric Cooperative
Groth Company
Central City
G. W. Davis
Millie
Stephen Crouse
F. A. Crouse
Pardeeville
Wis
Davis
Manchester
Hazel Marie Dunn
Thomas Dunn
Merland Stewart
Davenport
Walter Stewart
Bridgman
Mich
Clair J. Brown
Vida Stewart
Evelyn Strong
Lamont
Walter Dunn
Milford Stewart
Charles City
Dean Stewart
Detroit
Shirley Stewart
Gazette
Iowa City
Patrick W. Roe
Ireland
St. Mary’s Church
Morse
Cedar Valley
McGovern Chapel
May I. Thompson
Johnson County
Kalona
Sharon Cemetery
Merton
Glenn
Nellie Burkett
Harrison Frank
Sharon
Rose Robertson
Wellman
Ida Moore
Windham
Lillie Frank
University of Iowa
Uniersity
College of Engineering
Marriage license bought with pennies in Middle Amana
Deputy county clerk Lewil Hohenshell issued a marriage license to Sherman Rettig and Elizabeth Ann Rettig of Middle Amana. He accepted a small coin payment, joking he did not want to stand in young love's way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewil Hohenshell
Sherman
Elizabeth Ann Rettig
Middle Amana
Hohenshell
Young Love
Stanley Couple Wed in Little Brown Church Ceremony
Announcement reports the marriage of Delpha E. Menzel daughter of Mrs. Sarah Menzel Stanley to William L. Clue son of Lewis Clue Jesup. They wed August 16 at the Little Brown church Nashua and travel to the Black Hills. Mrs. Clue taught in Fayette and Stanley schools. Mr. Clue farms near Jesup.
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Stanley
Delpha E. Menzel
Sarah Menzel
William L. Clue
Lewis Clue
Jesup
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Black Hills
Clue
Consolidated Schools
Fayette and
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Phyllis Hof
Vivian Wells
Shirley Butts
Bebie Smith
Grandview
Carol Ann Crumly
Rock Island
Merle Sleter
Orren Sleter
Thomas Hotchkiss, Jr
Thomas Hotchkiss
C. C. Winter
California
Finley
Wapello Fairground
Frank Finley
Lloyd Perkins
Helen Trible
Maxine Trible
Donald Noble
Charles Black
Wesley James Sherwin
Calmar
Decorah Hospital
Slayton
Minn
Aurora
Zelma Kunkle
Wilton Junction
Alice Rabenburg
Hazleton
University of
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Highway Commission
Denison
Winneshiek
Howard
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Allamakee
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Federal Discount Corporation
Paramount Theater
G-Man Hoover
Thomas Henderson
Russia
Glavkonserv
John K. Lanning
Shaw
Paradise
Legion
J. M. Welch
Gigley
Philadelphia
Temple University Hospital
Medical Science
John Bear
Carter
Great Lakes Optical CO
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