Crime School A Misnomer For Eldora
A survey of the Eldora Iowa State Training School reports its military style discipline, merit system, and daily routines. Superintendent O S Von Krog explains rules and punishment while staff emphasize keeping boys busy both mentally and physically to aid rehabilitation. County officials, including Linn County probation officer Stanley Jonas, attend the thirty-fifth annual Military Field Day and voice cautious support.
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O. S. von Krog
Iowa State Training School
Eldora
Harry S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Stanley Jonas
Linn County
Jonas
Fred Carstens
Iowa Training School
John L Carter
State of Iowa
Eldnra
O S von Krog
von Krog
WC Wilson Wilson
Dcars
Eldora’s
Iowa
Carter
Bob Norris
Coe
Mr. Jonas
Harry Johnson
Elora
Iowa Employers urged to bid for defense contracts
Des Moines report details rising risk of skilled Iowa workers leaving for other states as defense materials orders loom. Officials urge manufacturers to pursue federal contracts, retain local labor, and train workers to meet wartime needs while contrasting benefits of job retention with outbound migration.
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Haroln
RED Ins
Des Moines
Tawa
Indus
Fries
Camensuim Commission
Ba Pet S.c
Charman
Stanley
E Ro Herbert
Iowa State Employment Service
Iowa
Several &Ndred
Charman Starles
Herbert Rerents
National Defense Council
Ilowa
State of
Iowa Firms Win Defense Contracts Totaling $675470.58
Iowa companies have secured about $675,470.58 in U S defense contracts from the army and navy since the program began June 13. The AP report notes exclusions for certain orders and undisclosed details, listing specific Iowa awards through mid August and a navy boiler repairs contract to Continental Contracting of Fort Dodge.
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Washington
Iowa
Army
Navy
Office of Government
War and Navy Departments
United States Housing Authority
Defense Advisory Commission
Bradner Smith and Company
Davenport
Target Paper
Industrial Engineer Equipment Company
Stromberg Time Corporation
Des Moines
Naval Hospital
Continental Contracting Company, Inc
Fort Dodge
Golden Wedding Week Party Marks C H Rumble Anniversary
Mount Vernon residents celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rumble with a week long house party at the Lower Palisades. A family dinner and open house at the club house feature today’s festivities with relatives from Cincinnati Bremerton Waco Prophetstown Cedar Falls Edgemont Lincoln and Lyndon township among attendees. The couple married in 1890 at the old Upton homestead in Lyndon township and have since lived in Mount Vernon after a career in contracting interior decorating painting and wallpaper sales.
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Mount Vernon
C. H. Rumble
Lower Palisades
Palisades Park
Herbert Rumble
Elaine Rumble
Robert Randolph Rumble
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marie Thomson
Rose Marie
Mark Mirich
Bremerton
Wash
Phoebe Aycock
James Aycock
Mart
Tex
Alva Ford
Waco
Arthur Johnson
Betty Kay
Prophetstown
Ill
A H, Carmichael
Art
Robert
Ann
Elizabeth Russell
Edgemont
S. D
Upton Homestead
Lyndon Township
Whiteside County
Pearle E. Upton Dodge
Clarence H. Rumble
Morrison
Mr. Rumble
Aurora
Iil
Clinton
H. J. Rumble
Cedar Rapids
Morris Sanford
South
Murdock Wallpaper
Teeters Sees War Hysteria Behind Flood Of Pleas
Iowacity IA Saturday Dean emeritus Wilber J Teeters state toxicologist says war hysteria fuels odd requests to test substances for poison. He notes general suspicions cause unease in the public. A postal clerk asked if water from a goldfish bowl is poisoned and a woman asked about the flea in an envelope.
Iowa Nebraska Union Council Votes Against Draft
SIOUX CITY AP The Iowa Nebraska state industrial union council Saturday was on record in opposition to peacetime conscription.
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Iowa-Nebraska Union Council Against Draft
Sioux City
Iowa- Nebraska State Industrial Union
Iowa Legionaires Convene for 1940 State Convention
ARNOLDS PARK AP Some 20 000 Iowa Legionaires and wives gathered at Arnolds Park to converge for the 1940 state convention. Officials said 20 000 accommodations were planned with no price rise. Registration starts 9 AM Sunday after which a 40 and 8 parade follows. A Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial at Spirit Lake will be held at sunset. Sessions begin Monday morning and a three mile parade is slated for Tuesday. The event closes Wednesday night with fireworks and mardi gras.
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Arnolds Park
Iowa Legionaires
Iowa Lakes
Spirit Lake
East Okoboji Lake
Sullivan Confessed Slayer to Appeal Hanging Sentence
Fort Madison Iowa penitentiary convict Ivan Sullivan prepared an appeal to the death sentence for the July 8 slaying of guard Robert Hart. Attorneys said the appeal would be filed with the Town supreme court after Sullivan confessed he shot Hart during a jail escape attempt with fellow convict Lowell Haenze.
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Fort Madison
INS
Ivan Sullivan
Iowa
Robert Hart
Supreme Court
Sullivan
Hart
Lowell Haenze
Chicagoan Injured In Columbus Jet Crash
Mrs. John Kopke of Chicago was treated at Bellevue hospital for severe back injuries after a car overturned following a blowout near Columbus Junction. Mr Kopke and others in the vehicle suffered cuts and bruises as the family traveled to Omaha for a birthday party.
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Muscatine
John Kopke
Chicago
Bellevue Hospital
Columbus Junction
Willkie to Stop in Tri-Cities Sept 14
Wendell L. Willkie Republican candidate for president will visit Rock Island Moline and Davenport for two hours and 20 minutes on September 14 on his trip to Coffeyville Kansas where he opens his campaign. The announcement came from Werner Schroeder Chicago national committeeman attending the GOP rally in Peoria where Joseph W. Martin will speak.
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Rock Island
Wendell L. Willkie
Moline
Davenport
Coffeyville
Kan
Peoria
Werner Schroeder
Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
Drive for Wage Act Compliance in Five Trades Region 13
Kansas City wage and hour inspectors announce a nationwide drive in five industries Furniture feather goods luggage boots and shoes hosiery and woolens across region 13 including Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming to enforce fair labor standards. The effort aims to ensure minimum wage and overtime compliance, compare before and after worker counts, and support industry committees in setting higher rates up to 40 cents an hour.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Walter W. King
Col
Philip B. Fleming
Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Labor
Concen
King
Mr. King
Washington
Col. Fleming
Congress
Youth Struck By Auto Near Death in Fort Dodge Hospital
Donald Rosenbaum aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Rosenbaum of Manson lay near death in a Fort Dodge hospital after a Des Moines driver Lloyd C Kelly struck him at an underpass in Pomeroy late Friday The youth suffered a crushed chest and fractures of skull arm and leg authorities reported
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Fort Dodge
Donald Rosenbaum
Henry Rosenbaum
Manson
Fort Dodge Hospital
Lloyd C. Kelly
Des Moines
Pomeroy
Davenport Contractor Patrick McCarthy Dies in Davenport
Patrick F. McCarthy, 68, chairman of the board of the McCarthy Improvement Co., a prominent contractor active for more than four decades, died Friday night in a Davenport hospital. He was widely known for construction work across the eastern half of the United States.
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Davenport
Patrick F. McCarthy
McCarthy Improvement Company
United States
Mr. McCarthy
St Patricks Church In Colesburg To Be Dedicated Tuesday
Colesburg’s St Patrick’s Catholic church will be dedicated next Tuesday with Mass at 9 30 am celebrated by Archbishop Francis J L Beckman of Dubuque. A parish picnic on the grounds will follow featuring two bands Colesburg high school band and St Xavier’s marching band of Dyersville plus 50 prizes, beef barbecue and eating booths. A Legion hall dance that evening will close the day’s festivities.
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Colesburg
St. Patrick's Catholic
Francis J. L. Beckman
Dubuque
St. Xavier's
Dyersville
Legion Hall
Norway Parliament Head To Speak In Decorah
C J Hambro president of the Norwegian parliament will speak in Decorah on November 17 his topic What Happened in Norway He previously spoke to a large audience at Luther College during his 1988 visit and his November address will interest many Norwegain emigrant descendants in the community.
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Norway
Decorah
C. J. Hambro
Hambro
America
Luther College
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Alburnett
R. T. Pullen
Spencer
Linn
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OWA
Teeters
Columbus
Willkie
Tri-Cities
Patrick McCarthy
St. Patrick’s Church
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