Willkie Visit Draws Iowa GOP Interest As Banquet Planned
Willkie's Iowa visit draws high interest from state officials and party leaders with about 275 invitations sent and 220 acceptances including most counties. He will attend a Hotel Fort Des Moines banquet before a reception with Gardner Cowles and a Sunday session with Iowa editors.
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Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Iowa
Portland
Ore
Supreme Court
State Central Committee
Willkie
Willie
Fort Des Moines
Willke
Minneapolis
Gardner Cowles
Chaplain Smith Becomes Busy Figure At Camp Dodge
Des Moines AP report notes Chaplain Capt Willard B Smith a lean Texan with a southern drawl leads new Iowa recruits at Camp Dodge since July. He welcomes arrivals, counsels during training, and bids men farewell when they are shipped out, insisting he never gives advice but offers guidance.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Willard B Smith
Smith
Increase Noted In Scarlet Fever Increase Noted In Scarlet Fever
Iowa health officials report a steady rise in scarlet fever cases. Through early February 412 cases were logged, the highest for that period since 1938, with 801 total since January 1, and 389 in January 1944, the peak for that month since 1939.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Health Department
Labor Board delays ruling on bus lines wage appeal
In Des Moines the regional War Labor board postponed its decision on a wage increase appeal by Burlington and Ottumwa bus line owners and workers. The board noted the three-cent raise would meet the maximum for cities under 50 000 population after a survey of local conditions. The three-day hearing ended Thursday.
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Des Moines
Regional War Labor Board
Burlington and
Ottumwa
Fire destroys Clarence Mahana home in Iowa City
A fire gutted the residence at 2172 1 street in Iowa City late Thursday afternoon. Furniture was not saved. Seven people were named to Johnson county Red Cross chapter's executive council for a year starting April 1, including Prof. Walter Daykin and Prof. Earl E. Harper. Talbert D. Jessup, former Red Cross overseas director in Sicily, will describe overseas activities in a Sunday talk here.
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Iowa City
Clarence Mahana
Johnson County
Red Cross Chapter
Walter Daykin
George Ludwig
Willis Mercer
M. E. Taylor
J. Plass
Joe Braverman
Earl E. Harper
Red Cross
Talbert D. Jessup
Sicily
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Wapello
John J Allen
Chiefs of Chaplains
Washington, D. C
Sharp
Bandits Steal $95 From Eagle Tavern Cash Register
Eight people were forced into a back room by two robbers at the Eagle tavern in Davenport on Thursday night. They took $95 from a cash register during the raid.
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Davenport
Eagle Tavern
Keokuk Council Asked to Guard Youth Activities
Keokuk officials pledged cooperation after a 2300-signature petition from the Keokuk Parent-Teacher Association and civic groups urged strict enforcement of laws affecting minors. The request sought barring minors from taverns gambling devices and child labor violations, plus hiring a social welfare trained police matron to supervise youth activities. It also highlighted late night bowling alley pin setters as harmful to health and education. No curfew or new laws were requested.
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Keokuk (Ap
Keokuk Parent-Teacher Association
Eastern Iowa Social to the Gazette Highlights Local Califed Events
Eastern Iowa social notes list elderly anniversaries and local civic moves across towns. Mr and Mrs John Arnold celebrate sixtieth with W H Sharp’s golden anniversary noted nearby, while Manuel Arnold marks Straw berry Point event as creamery head leads family dinner open house.
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Earlville
John Arnold
Arnold
W. H. Sharp
Strawberry Point
Manuel Arnold
Strawberry Point Creamery
Ray Arnold
Antioch
Arthur C Huchschland
William H. Arnold
Waukon
Fred Meierkord
Clermont
Guner-Clermont Telephone Company
Marlin Amundson
Ole Rierson
G. L. Ostlic
Clermont Exchange
E. C. Bailey
Walter Bach
Marion News Notes Celebrate Local Events and Visits
Birthday party for Sharon Orville Rose at home southeast of Marion drew guests from Marion Cedar Rapids and beyond. A Valentine party for Mothers club followed by nurse Mary Snyder’s surprise birthday, and a Christian church fellowship dinner announced. Various local ads and visits from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines residents filled community listings.
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Sharon
Orville
Rose
Marion
Fred Anderson
Frederick
Richard Hahn
Robbie
Jimmie
Max Smith
Mary Louise
Howard
Ray Shunk
W. M Rose
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Hunter
Stewart
Steven Rose
Harold Halstead
Terry
Steven
D.D. Liebe
Glenn Miller
Kenneth
Marvin Fernow
Robert
Joan
Linville
Guy P Linville
Republican Women’s Club
Public Library
Carolyn Hanscom
Abraham Lincoln
T Arthur Newman
The
United States
la Verna Crew
Edna Roberts
James Lang
W H. Ray
Mothers Club
Children of
Harold Leclerc
Thomas H Thompson
Amy Dilley
Mary Snyder
Twelfth Street
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Miss Snyder
Vernon Brockman
J. W. Snyder
Laura Smith
Harold Corwin
Earl Hopker
W. Reed
Hugh Snyder and
Allen
Roosevelt and Willkie Lead in Grinnell Poll
A Grinnell college student poll shows 38 percent favor Roosevelt for re election, 24 percent back Willkie, 17 percent Dewey, and 13 percent Stassen. Other candidates range from 2 percent to 1 percent.
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Roosevelt and
Willkie
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Thomas Dewey
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Wallace
Bricker
Taft
Hull
MacArthur
State Buys Envelopes For Overseas Ballots
Sherman Needham Iowa state superintendent of printing ordered 675000 envelopes for mailing absentee ballots to civilians and armed forces. The purchase costs 1554 dollars and covers three envelopes per ballot for sending, returning, and containing the ballot. The combined weight is about three quarters of an ounce.
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Des Moines
Sherman Needham
Iowa
Needham
Iowan Attacks Wife With Hatchet Then Slashes Throat
Bert Richards 74 a former county supervisor attacked his wife at home in Pleasantville with a hatchet striking her four or five times then slashed his own throat. Deputy Thompson reported both survived Friday with Mrs Richards in critical condition. The motive remains undisclosed and the couple was hospitalized. Their son Thomas notified authorities after the scream.
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Pleasantville
Harry Thompson
Marion County
Sard
Bert Richards
Richards
Thompson
Thomas
Explosion Kills Three Trainmen
Three Sioux City trainmen died when the locomotive of a southbound Milwaukee railroad freight train exploded about half a mile east of Dimock South Dakota. The victims were Engineer Charles Manson 59 Head Brakeman W E Pickering and Fireman Arthur Johnson all of Sioux City. Government investigation pending and two livestock cars derailed.
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Parkston, &. D
Sioux City
Milwaukee Railroad
Dimock
A G. Elder
Charles Manson
W. E. Pickering
Arthur Johnson
Obituary notices from Iowa communities recount several deaths
Multiple death notices cover Mrs Walter Scovel of Guttenberg, Mrs Ben Shaffer of Ludlow township, Mrs Elza Jane Davidson of Clarence, Mrs Phyllis A Dolezal of Decorah, Addie J Gross formerly of Decorah, Mrs Stanley Little of Des Moines, Bernard Brue of Millersburg, and T Lyle Joseph of Hopkinton. Services, survivors, and familial ties across Guttenberg, Postville, Clarence, Decorah, Oxford, Milersburg, Hopkinton, and surrounding areas are listed.
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Strawberry Point
Walter Scovel
Gill Chapel
Edna Scovel
Alla Nading
Howard Scovel
Guttenberg
Jennie Whipple
Bush City
Kaw
Waukon
Ben Shaffer
Ludlow
Schutte Funeral Home
Postville
William Eastman
Walter Schutte
Castalia
Lloyd Block
James Hangartner
Luana
Velma Shaffer
Albert
Raymond Shaffer
Ludlow Township
Walter Rolfs
Decorah
Texas
Paul
James
Elmer
Clarence
Elza Jane Davidson
Beck
New York City
Davidson
Stanwood
Lucy Woods
Thomas Woods
Ralph
Davenport
Mildred Childers
Sacramento
Calif
Margaret Perry
Rochester
Minn Town City
Phyllis A Dolezal
Gary Lee
Edmund Morrison
Deep River
Brush
Colo
Addie J Gross
Lewis L. Cooke
Molle Hart
Hot Springs
Ark Oxford
John Sellman
Stanley Little
Des Moines
Little
Cora Watson
Oxford Millersburg
Milersburg
Bernard Brue
Millersburg
Lopkinton
Mois
T Lyle Joseph
Lenox College
Upper Iowa University
Hopkinton
Council Bluffs Case Operator Convicted in Minor Drinking Case
Sam Cohen, 63, was found guilty by Municipal Judge Allan Ardell of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. An appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court was announced. Sentencing is set for Feb. 23 after co-counsel Tinley requested delay.
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Council Bluffs
Allan Ardell
Sam Cohen
Jack Tinley, Jr
Cohen
Iowa Supreme Court
Ardell
Tinley
William Welch
Logan
Edna Maxine Pruett
Flyer Rescued At Advanced Headquarters in Pacific
First Lt. George L. Trainer of Manchester Iowa was rescued after his plane was shot down during recent attacks on Rabaul. The rescue occurred at the Admiral Walley's Ad Vanced Headquarters in the South Pacific.
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Admiral Walley
South Pacific
George L. Trainer
Manchester, Ia
Rabaul
Wapello Odd Fellows To Award 50-Year Jewels
Fifty year membership jewels will be awarded Monday night by Grand Master Vern Carmichael of Clarinda. Recipients are John G Keck Fred Meyerholz and Abner Nearhood. Invitations extend to two past grand masters E Menefee of Iowa City and M O Fout of Independence and to the Washington Columbus Junction and New London lodges. Rebekahs will serve refreshments at 7 p.m and a program will follow.
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Vern Carmichael
Clarinda
John G Keck
Fred Meyerholz
Abner Nearhood
E Menefee
Iowa City
M O Fout
Independence
Washington, Columbus Junction
New London
Rebekahs
Lorenzens Celebrate Their Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Carston Lorenzen marked their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner and a reception at their Wyoming home. They have lived here 31 years and 105 guests attended the reception. Their children include Lorenz Lorenzen Jones county Triple A chairman Carl Lorenzen and Mrs Herman Hintz of Oxford Junction, Mrs Alva Larkey Onslow, Mrs Martin Petersen Wyoming, and Henry Lorenzen.
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Wyoming
Carston Lorenzen
Here
Lorenzens
Lorenz Lorenzen
Jones County
Triple-A
Carl Lorenzen
Herman Hintz
Oxford Junction
Alva Larkey
Onslow
Martin Petersen
Henry Lorenzen
Defeat of Airport Bond Issue at Marshalltown
AP reports Marshalltown voters rejected a proposed $115000 municipal airport bond by 97 votes, 278 for and 1014 against, failing to reach the 60 percent needed. Turnout was about a quarter of registered voters.
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Marshalltown
Renew Fish Rescue Work as Engineers Drain More Pools
Des Moines AP. Army engineers resume lowering the Mississippi River to aid downstream navigation. Nine backwater pools on the Iowa shore are being drawn for water to support wartime activities. Fish rescue continues though final water amounts are not yet determined.
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DES Moines
Army
Mississippi River
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
W. E. Albert
Commission
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