Explosion at Iowa ordnance plant kills twelve workers
Lieut. Col. Keith Adamson announced a military board to investigate the Iowa ordnance plant blast. Coroner R. O. Giles reported no more bodies yet found in the basement, though debris may hide additional victims. The TNT unit explosion leaves a second unit ready for operation in weeks. The toll reached twelve with eight dead and nine injured remaining hospitalized.
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Burlington
Ins
Keith Adamson
Iowa
R O. Giles
K. F. Adamson
R. O Giles
J. D. Stateville
Chariton
Adamson
Boy Ex-Con Held For Christmas Fund Theft
Davenport police held 16 year old Calvin Gaskey and ex convict Ray Emler in a case involving a $412 theft from a Salvation Army safe. Gaskey admitted breaking into the safe Saturday night and stealing the donations. Emler, named by the youth, denied involvement and had been paroled to Salvation Army commander Major Herbert Smith from a Texas penitentiary where he served 99 years for rape and narcotics charges.
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Davenport
Salvation Army
Reed Phillips
Calvin Gaskey
Ray Emler
Phillips
Emler
Herbert Smith
Davenport Salvation Army
Texas State Penitentiary
Monticello Man Edgar Boots 88 dies. 75 relatives survive
Edgar E Boots 88 longtime Monticello resident died Sunday at his daughter's home. Born in Sycamore Illinois he married Juliette Reed in 1876. Survived by 75 relatives including 10 children 32 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren one sister and four brothers. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Goettsch chapel with Oakwood cemetery burial.
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Monticello
Edgar E. Boots
Harry Barlow
Sycamore
Ill
Juliette Reed
Anamosa
Earlville
Hopkinton
Boots
Barlow
Fannie Milroy
Essie Miller
Ermine Boots
Harry
Ray
Nellie Smith
Erwin
Ernest
Bagnell
Oscar
Napoleon
Goettsch Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Sioux City Father Joins Son In Navy
DES MOINES AP John W Spray a 49 year old Sioux City man heads to the Great Lakes naval training station as a recruit He was among 20 men sworn in Sunday and he notes he just missed service in World War I by hours on Armistice Day November 11 1918 A father eager to serve with a son already in submarine service and another planning to enlist
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Des Moines
John W. Spray
Sioux City
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Spray
Seeman Seeks Democratic Nomination for U S Senate
Waterloo man Ernest J. Seeman filed for candidacy papers with the Iowa secretary of state to seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in 1942. He previously ran as the Third district Democratic nominee in 1940.
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Des Moines
Ernest J. Seemen
Waterloo
Iowa
Snakes Have No Voices Says Science Feature
A science note explains that snakes cannot vocalize. The hiss is caused by air rushing from the throat as their lungs deflate, producing a warning sound rather than spoken words.
Walker Junior Class Presents Home For Henry
The Walker high school auditorium hosts a three act play A Home for Henry by the junior class Tuesday evening. Leads are Guy Williams and Helen Dvorak with a cast including Louis Kayser William Wiley Geraldine Waterbury Cherry McKee Janice McCalley Marilyn Niemeier Maxine Rich Lee Reece Peter Wintroinger and Harold Heth directed by Supt I L Gritman.
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the Gazette
Walker
Henry
Walker High School
Guy Williams
Helen Dvorak
Louis Kayser
William Wiley
Geraldine Waterbury
Cherry McKee
Janice McCalley
Marilyn Niemeier
Maxine Rich
Lee Reece
Peter Wintringer
Harold Heth
Supt. I. L. Gritman
Iowa Cities Spend 86 Per Cent Less For Improvements
Iowa cities with populations over 5 000 reduced capital improvements in 1941 by 36 percent from 1940. The state auditor cited expenditures totaling 3 924 772 dollars versus 6 103 957 the prior year, with an average of 426 dollars per person. Highest per capita costs appeared in Cedar Falls Muscatine Estherville Atlantic and Ames while Cedar Rapids stood at 3 40 per person.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Association
Health Department
Cedar Falls
Muscatine
Estherville
Atlantic
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Delay Granted In Hearing On Suit To Oust Fischer
A Des Moines hearing on whether to oust State Insurance Commissioner Charles R. Fischer was postponed to January 8. The suit alleges misconduct and maladministration in supervising the American Mutual Life Insurance Co. by policyholder Benjamin F. Wolfe of Richmond Heights, Missouri. Willis J. O Brien, counsel for an intervening policyholder, must be present.
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Des Moines
Ralph M. Powers
Charles R. Fischer
George A. Wilson
Iowa Executive Council
Fischer
Benjamin F. Wolfe
Richmond Heights
American Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wolfe
American Mutual
Willis J. O’brien
Iowa City Honors and memorials in university notices
Professor Everett Hall named secretary treasurer of Iowa philosophy society with Luther Stalmaker elected president. Notable forum honors 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights with several University of Town speakers. James F. Cooney funeral held. survivors listed. Iowa staff participate in Modern Language Association meeting in Indianapolis with papers on Hawthorne and literature.
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Iowa City
Everett Hall
University of Iowa Department of Philosophy
Iowa Philosophical Society
Luther W. Stalmaker
Drake University
James Bramwell
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Charlton
Manchester
University of Town
Richard Fehseke
Sait Law
Norway
James F. Cooney
St. Patrick's Church
Parnell
University of Iowa
School of Letters
Modern Language Association
Indianapolis
Austin Warren
Relations of Literature and
Hawthorne
Rene Wellek
John C. McGalliard
Alexander C. Kern
Waterloo Valve Spring Compressor Plant Damaged by Fire
Damage from a fire at the Waterloo Valve Spring Compressor company plant was estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. The plant produced tool boxes for government schools and mechanics in defense industries.
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Waterloo
INS
Waterloo Valve Spring Compressor Company
Iowa Toll Near 600 From 1941 Auto Accidents
The 1941 Iowa automobile toll neared six hundred as three pedestrians died on icy Des Moines and Sioux City streets. Victims include Grant Stout and John McCauley in Des Moines and E A West in Sioux City. Four more deaths occurred Saturday from crashes in Marshalltown Rolfe Emmetsburg Rockwell City Lake City.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Grant Stout
Baudette
Minn
John McCauley
Youngstown
Dale Youker
E. J. Youker
Marshalltown
Andrew Simonson
Rolfe
Emmetsburg
C. M. Joy
Rockwell City
Elmo Strickland
Lake City
Juniors Elect Officials At Tiffin High School
The Tiffin high school juniors elected Deloris Reynolds as president George Reeve as vice president Opal Hoskinson as treasurer and Betty Shera as secretary. Local brief items note military enlistments, church group elections and community events across Iowa towns.
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Tiffin
Tiffin High School
Deloris Reynolds
George Reeve
Opal Hoskinson
Betty Shera
Elephant for sale at Iowa state fair prompts questions
A 5820 pound elephant named Mine, donated as a child project in 1929, is up for sale by the Iowa state fair board. The piece raises questions about whether Iowa children were consulted and how their contributions would be affected. Two Iowa officials who served with Gen Douglas MacArthur are cited as admirers. A birth certificate request reminder lists required information and a 30 cent search fee.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Douglas MacArthur
Col
Claude M Stanley
Employment Security Commission
John Mulroney
France
Vital Statistics Division
State Health Department
Iowa political notes on stamps and lieutenant governor race
The report notes defense stamp sales at state liquor control offices and $100 purchases by staff. It mentions State Senator Devere Watson may run for Republican lieutenant governor, with others unsure how Far Eastern crisis affects Iowa primaries and general elections.
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Defense
Liquor Control Commission
Devere Watson
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iowa Employment Rises in November 1941 Across Major Industries
DES MOINES AP report shows total Iowa employment 11 percent above November 1940 and 1 percent above October 1941. Four major groups including food products iron works and chemicals gained from October while payrolls fell 1.9 percent month but rose 23.5 percent for the year. The bureau notes November trends are uncertain and predicts continued expansion of war materials production, with employment likely remaining high.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
Final Rites For Thomas Dunlevy 85 Veteran Iowa Editor
Funeral services were held Sunday for Thomas F. Dunlevy 85 veteran editor in the Iowa weekly newspaper field who died Friday night at his home in Waukon after a two year illness. Survived by wife Estella daughter Mabel and sister Mrs Alex Soll of Chicago. Final rites at Martin chapel burial in Oakland cemetery conducted by Rev Culver.
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Gazette
Waukon
Thomas F. Dunlevy
Iowa
Field
Dunlevy Brothers
Allamakee Journal
Lansing
Alton
Ill
Indianola
Tex
T. F. Healy
Estella G. Carey
Mabel
Alex Sol
Chicago
Martin Chapel
Hcc, Culver
Oakland Cemetery
W B Quarton Former District Judge Dies at 83
ALGONA IA AP W B Quarton 83 longtime north Iowa legal figure died at Rossouth hospital from illness Funeral services set for Tuesday He served 14 years as district judge before 1908 and 60 years in law Also active as city clerk school board president library board member and Iowa Guernsey Breeders leader Survived by sons Sumner D Quarton Cedar Rapids and William B Quarton Cedar Rapids involved in Iowa broadcasting and radio WMT
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Algona (Ap
W. B. Quarton
North Iowa
Rossouth Hospital
American Bar Association
Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association
Guernsey
England
Cedar Rapids
Sumner D Quarton
Iowa Broadcasting System
William B Quarton
WMT
Multiple Iowa death notices list local obituaries
The notices report Chelsea Anton Joseph Fetter of Tama county died of pneumonia at his sister’s home. J Stransky of Elberon died of a heart attack. Miss Della Electa Mariecke of West Liberty died at 52 after illness. Rita Kay Cassabaum infant died. Gustav Stineford of Blairstown died after lingering illness. Miss Sarah Leader of Marengo died after a lingering illness. Funeral details and survivors are listed for each.
Toledo Students Present Operetta In Old Vienna or Pickles
Toledo high school glee clubs stage the operetta In Old Vienna or Pickles at the Wieting theater Tuesday night. Miss Doris Williams directs with Benita Overturf Joy Hofer Roger Freet Harry Culbertson in principal roles and a cast including Eugene Irish Zac Kiidera Max Byram Ernest Zmolek Tommy Gibbs Dick Smith Wayne Paul Catherine Yerkes aiding the production.
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Toledo
Old Vienna
Gordon Wilson
Donn Crane
Allan Benedict
Wieting Theater
Toledo High School
Doris Williams
Benita Overturf
Ilona
Joy Hofer
June Pennington
Longtime area residents mourn deaths in county
Funeral services were held for Bessie Smith 48 of Vinton who died at her home on Thursday. Rex E L Shaffer conducted the service at Scott funeral chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. She is survived by husband Charles E Smith five children Doris Charles Ernest William Kenneth and Phoebe plus sisters and a brother. Independence mourns W D Mitchell 75 a retired farmer who died Friday at his son's home. He was born in Delhi New York and moved to Buchanan county as a child. Survived by son W J Mitchell two sisters a brother and ten grandchildren. Funeral at St John's church with burial in St John’s Cemetery.
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Kalona
Lee Drollinger
Marvel
Franklin Brenneman
Kahoka
CU. Drollinger
Brenneman
Army Air Corps
Fresno
Calif
Independence
Anna May Hanson
LeRoy Hanson
Decorah
H. E. Taylor
Geneva Sewell
Harold D. Sewell
Elma Costello
Frank Costello
Costellos
Atlantic
Iowa
Delta
C. A. Fear
M . Fear
113Th Cavalry
Camp Bowie
Tex
Rommel Augustine
Rose Hill
C. N. Augustine
Traer
Eloise Lamb
Chicago
K. Gerome Wilkens
Cap Gravatt
A. P. Blough
Waterloo
Eleanor Lamb
John Wilkenson
University of Michigan
Wilkenson
Michigan
U.S Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Tacoma
Wash
Tipton
Dixie
Winton
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Benton County Tuberculosis Association
Blairstown
O.E.S
William R. Carlson
L. J. Smith
Walter Thorman
G. H. Plagmann
Ray Goss
Alma Thorman
Ruth Pingrey
F. C. Rieke
Jesse Wepler
Elmer We
Vinton
Bessie Smith
Rex
W. D Mitchell
Mr Mitchell
Delhi
Buchanan County
Perry Township
Vinton Academy
Fayette University
Augusta O'Laughlin
W J Mitchell
Lewis Troy
Jennie Hathaway
James
Michigan City
Ind
St John's Church
Charles Miller
St. John's Cemetery
S U S Men To Fill Out Draft Service Reports
Iowa City male students at the University of Iowa who turned 21 by July 1 1941 and are 35 or younger will complete selective service status reports before Thursday the opening day of the SUI Christmas Vacation period. Dean Francis M Dawson announces the registration.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
SUI
Francis M Dawson
College of Engineering
University
National Defense
Oxford Junction aims for 130 bonds in school drive
The Oxford Junction high school leads a Defense Savings Bond and Stamp drive under student council and Supt. E T. Jansen. Despite 130 students, the first two days saw $295 in bonds purchased, with charts tracking daily and total progress as grades compete. Demand is high for stamps, especially 10-cent and $1 denominations, with a new order placed.
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Post Office
United China Relief Forms Iowa Branch With Horton as Chairman
Des Moines AP United China Relief completes Iowa branch organization to aid war victims in China. Herbert Horton of Des Moines National Bank and Trust is named chairman as the chapter seeks a three million dollar national goal for medicines food clothing industrial equipment and other essentials.
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DES Moines
Iowa
United China Relief
E. P Adler
L J Dougherts
H C. Hall
Arno R Tagge
Res
Alfred S. Nickless
Davenport
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Charles E. Friley
R Howard Porter
Ames
Andrew H Woods
Virgil M. Hancher
Willard Lampe
Iowa City
Samuel N Stevens
Grinnell
Malcolm Price
Cedar Falls
W. Fair Hall
Mason City
E. A. Jensen
Humboldt
Carl C. Riepe
Burlington
Frank O'Connor
Dubuque
Harry M. Reed
Waterloo
Miniature Church Displayed At Oxford Junction
For two Christmas seasons Hayden, a local Oxford Junction businessman, has shown a miniature church. It measures about two by three by four and a half feet, sits on a brick base with an open oak door, red carpet aisle, and eight tiny pews. Each night it glows with carols heard through a public address system.
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Spreyal
Oxford Junction
Cr. Hayden
Hayden
Rebekah Lodge Elects Officers At Friday Meeting
Mrs Lotte Young was elected president of the Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah lodge. Mrs Slecter was chosen vice-president and Mrs W N Gallagher secretary treasurer.
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Dysart
Ladies Aid of the Evangelical Church
H. C. Aschenbrenner
J. C. Thiele
Pearl Seebach
Wilford Lindeman
Tabitha Society of the Zion Lutheran Church
Adolph Moeller
Henry Kersten
George E. Oster
B P. Jepsen
Ed Hix
Peace Evangelical Ladies Aid
Ivan Trottnew
Frank Williams
Merle Stoakes
Ann Burmeister
Pythian
Evelyn Hoff
E. X
Lorraine Lindeman
E. J
Evelyn Hild
Lillian Hopkins
R. C
Lydia Meeker
M. F
Frances Burger
Magdalena Oster
Clara Burmeister
Elvina Johnson
Voola Burhenn
Lorena Zimmer
Toledo
Lotte Youngman
Rebekah Lodge
Slecter
W. N. Gallagher
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Senate
Aster
Surer Safer
St. Joseph
Board
The
Iowa News
MeGazette
Wheatland
Roger Fox
Arnold Fox
George Balentine
Women’s Organizations
Reformed and Evangelical Churches
Aurora
A. G.fry
Midland
Don Wherry
Fred Lazare
James Nowachek
Wyoming
Trula Demoss
Wyoming High School
Avis Brown
Carmen Ingwersen
Geraldine Mader
Darlene Day
Red Cross
Chester Condit
William Grossheim
F. E. Stimson
Milton Thoeni
John Poppe
Langworthy
Arthur Vandevort
Pasadena
Clayton Kronen
Robert Schott
Riley Richardson
Philippines
Monona
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Brotherhood
H. W. Siefkes
Nelda Wickersheim
C. R Belden
Grace Wickersheim
Leon T. Birdsell
Anna Tapper
H. S. Rittenhouse
Wilma Reinke
Della Birdsell
Clayton Lodge No. 70
A. F
A. M
Frank T. Nye
Lows Daily Press Assn
D‘ Moines
Iowa State Fair Board
Iowa State Penitentiary
Presidio
State Penitentiary
Glenn C. Haynes
Thomas Dunlevy
Chelsea
Anton Joseph Fetter
Anton
Mary Fetter
Tama County
Emma Matula
Frances Upah
Anna Fetter
Joseph
Louis
Frank
St. Joseph Catholic Church
W F Panek
Elberon
Lewis J Stransky
Milwaukee Railroad
Lewis
Peter Rayman
Mary Stransky
Anna Calir
Jewell
Frances Penzel
Berwyn
Joe
George
West Liberty
Della Electa Marieecke
Helen Burns
Ben
Maggie Waters Mariecke
Atalissa
Moscow
Wilton
Christian Church
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Adah Rebekah Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Hindee
Margaret Hindee
Coe College
Harold Albert Mar~tecke
United States Navy
Manila
S.C Snider Funeral
F W. Sutton
New London
Oak Ridge
Columbus Junction
Rita Kay
J C Cassabaum
Riche
Columbus City
John
Robert
Gerry
Mary
Betty
John Courtney
Gustav Stineford
Stienhagen Vor Pommern
Germany
United States
Belle Plaine
Mary Wehrman
Luzerne
van Horne
Mississippi
Alice Dusil
Marengo
Gus, Jr
Lee
Lottie Kern
Walter
John Stineford
Keystone
Martha Thede
Kate Barry
Mary Anderson
Ella Anderson
Augusta Garling
Grace Lutheran Church
W. C. Stoll
Pleasant Hill
Immaculate Conception Academy
Presbyterian
AU _ chapter
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Pauline Leader
Belle Royal
Oak Park
Ethel Fowler
Lancaster
Wis
L. C. Leader
Moline
Horton
Oxford Jct
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