Crashes in Stolen Gar Youth Burns to Death
An 18 year old Davenport youth Vernon Mutti died after a car stolen a week earlier left the road and overturned near Durant. A would be rescuer sparked gasoline and the car burst into flames. Richard E Borden also 18 of Davenport was only slightly hurt. The coroner said the death is accidental. Six other traffic fatalities were reported last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Davenport
Muscatine
Fred Nesper
Vernon Mutti
Durant
Richard E. Borden
C P Phillips
Mrs. Frank Camp of West Union Dies at 81
Mrs. Frank Camp 81 lifelong West Union resident dies after two weeks illness ending years of frailty. Survived by husband banker president of First National Bank West Union and two children Dr Donald Camp and Frances Camp. Born Sally Parker near West Union she taught school before 1884 marriage. Funeral Tuesday at Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Frank Camp
Weather Treated Like Gold By Weather Bureau
Des Moines report details tightened security at the Iowa weather bureau. Locks on windows maps stored in strong boxes, doors kept secured at night, and information released only to legitimate requests to protect stock and produce. The move halves reporting stations and limits forecasts to 26 hours ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
IDPA
Federal
Legation
Iowa Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Tokio
Berlin
Bureau
Pavel Brothers Solon Men Promoted At Will Rogers Field
Lester J Pavel 21 and Paul V Pavel 18 of Solon Indiana were promoted to corporal at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma. Both Solon high graduates enlisted November 19 1940 at Fort Des Moines and moved to Will Rogers Field August 22. They served in the same bombardment squadron with roles as crew chief instrument specialist and electrical specialist respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers Field
Okla
Lester J. Pavel
Paul V Pavel
Joseph Pavel
Solon
Earl H. DeFord
Solon High School
Air Corps
Fort Des Moines
Retired Pastor Loren Inman Dies in Marble Rock Church
The Rev. Loren W Inman about 70 died of a heart attack Sunday morning in Marble Rock Baptist church. A Marble Rock native, he had retired last October after six years at Marion Baptist church and previously led Shellsburg Federated, Coldwater-Rockwell, and Iowa City First Baptist churches. Surviving are his wife, daughter Selah L Inman, and three sons Sergi H C Inman Forrest G Inman and Gordon L Inman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren W Inman
Marion Baptist Church
Marble Rock
Inman
Shellsburg
Burnside High School
Sergi, H C. Inman
Forrest G Inman
Buffalo, NY
Gordon L. Inman
Cedar Rapids
Patrol Pays Annual Tribute To Founder
Iowa state highway patrolmen paid tribute at the grave of Mrs Alex Miller founder and former secretary of state when the patrol was organized in 1935. Assistant Chief Clarence B. Day read the memorial service and Sergt. H W Jennings placed a wreath as eleven patrolmen participated. The patrol originally operated from the secretary of state’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ta
Iowa
Alex Miller
Clarence B. Day
Cedar Rapids
H. W. Jennings
Ottumwa
Highway Patrol
Secretary of State
United State Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa Articles Restated
Renewed Amended and Substituted Articles of Incorporation for United State Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa outline bank status under Iowa law. Capital stock set at 80 000 dollars in 800 shares. duration extended 20 years. board of directors 5 to 11. provisional directors listed. annual stockholders meeting second Monday in January. officers named. indebtedness allowed to support operations. stockholders protected from corporate liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State Bank OF
Cenar Rapids
Iowa
Uni
Prochaska
Cedar Rapids
Jaws
Token J
Pochobradski
Kanak
Joxa William
Vavra
Own
Joel Zastera
Chas
Turechek
Ernest Rosex
Tows
Wid Figuhes
Town
Iz Meniudene Dinacivedis Corporation Mare
Sine Bees Certimatiee Cote Crete
Pucknolders
At & Ke Ai
Gee Maatete
Iowa fair plans face cuts while racing event stays
Iowa state fair officials weigh at least a 20 percent budget cut amid expected attendance drop and possible 1 or 2 day reductions. Auto racing remains likely as cars use off4size tires not yet rationed. Politics swirl around Nelson Kraschel and other potential candidates for governor or senator. A potential Brockway Peterson debate could draw lawmakers and raise Red Cross funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Board
Wax on 1942 Iowa license plates urged by official
Iowa officials warn 1942 license plates may wear out by next year and urge preservation with wax varnish or similar coating that does not alter appearance. The move comes as the state faces steel shortages for plate production and weighs tin strip or stamp ideas to indicate 1943 fees have been paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
James Allen
Allen
Lcense
Marion Club and Society Notes Highlight Local Visits
Marion residents attend dinners and socials as Cedar Rapids families visit, with notes on nephew Eugene Travis at Iowa State, Lions club dinner on taxation topic, garden clubs meets, and Easter-seaso n preparations. Local transfers, birthdays, and hospital visits amid weekend travel are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B McGladrey
Cedar Rapids
Lions Club
K. V
Iowa City Dentist Develops AF-7 for Athlete's Foot
Iowa City dentist Dr. Wilfred B. Keil announced AF-7, a new medicine for epidermophytosis, approved by the commerce department patent office. He filed for patent April 18, 1938 after a year of research and plans to bring the product to market soon, with manufacturing possible in Town City or under a pharmaceutical partner on royalty terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Wilfred B. Keil
United States Patent Office of the Commerce Department
Keil
Town City
Grant Wood Condition Unchanged After Major Operation
Grant Wood, 50, the University of Iowa professor and painter of the soil, remained unchanged in condition after a major December operation. He continues to oversee his art classes by telephone from University Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Grant Wood
America
University Hospital
University of Iowa
Blok hosts Sunday miscellaneous shower for Bernard Blok
Mr and Mrs Neal Blok entertained forty friends at 416 Twentieth Street in a miscellaneous shower celebrating their son Bernard Blok and his wife. Refreshments were served by Mrs Blok with help from Mrs Oscar Martin Mrs Don Price and Mrs Thomas Thompson. Also noted was Mr John Smeltzer of Wilton Junction visiting his ill mother Mrs Elizabeth Smeltzer. Miss Della Garretson returned from Compton California after attending a relative’s death. Townsend club No 1 to meet Tuesday at 2 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs C E Reiter.
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Fred Henak
Tenth Street
W J. Hoglund
Reed
Ray Hoglund
Jack Goslin
Jack Baker
Cedar Rapids
Lois
Milda Culver
O E. Clemans
Ralph Richardson
Harry Coker
Fifth Avenue
Zern Nation
John Thelen
Ralph Bishop
le Roy Grumman
L. B. Lacock
Marion
R O. Pinch
Roy
Chicago
Richard
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Pattie Ann Dudek
West Coast
Neal Blok
Twentieth Street
Bernard Blok
Blok
Oscar Martin
Don Price
Thomas Thompson
John Smeltzer
Wilton Junction
Mr. Smeltzer
Elizabeth Smeltzer
Della Garretson
Compton
Calif
Townsend Club No
C. E. Reiter
Bertram women form Red Cross unit and plan meetings
Bertram hall hosts twenty women who organize the Bertram Community Red Cross workers with Mrs E J Kouba and Mrs Eugene Zimmermann of Cedar Rapids guiding. Mrs Gerald Butterfield elected president and Mrs George Hay secretary. Twenty bibs sewn from donated material. Next meeting set for Feb 3 with knitters urged to bring Nos 3 and 5 needles.
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Bertram
Bertram Hall
E J. Kouba
Eugene Zimmerman
Cedar Rapids
Bertram Community Red Cross
Gerald Butterfield
George Hay
Kouba
Fayette Girl Named Editor of USU Peacock Yearbook
Lorraine Walker of Fayette, daughter of Mr and Mrs Waldo Walker, junior at Upper Iowa university, was elected by the junior class to edit the Peacock yearbook. She will lead a staff of 15 and the yearbook is slated for distribution May 15.
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Fayette
Lorraine Walker
Waldo Walker
Upper Iowa University
Peacock
Iowa State Coeds Learn To Operate Ambulances
Forty Iowa State College coeds selected from 250 applicants enroll in a 20 hour ambulance operation and repair course run by the Student Defense council. Dr. A. R Lauer directs the program focusing on tire checks oil and fuel, spark plugs tires tubes fuses wiring and radiator hoses. The course covers stretcher handling driving without lights over rough terrain and air raid fleet spacing to prevent congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazelle
Ames
Iowa State College
Student Defense Council
A. R Lauer
Department of Psychology
Millard W. Jones Dies Vinton Canning Plant Officer
Millard W. Jones 74 vice president of the Iowa Canning company died Sunday at Vinton hospital after a yearlong illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Born in Webster New York he came to the area as a child and married Ella Stanley in 1890. He had worked with the canning firm since 1900, became vice president in 1934, and previously managed the Sac City plant for 20 years. Surviving are Mrs Jones and two children Horace of Vinton and Mrs Catherine Throup of Benton Harbor Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Millard W. Jones
Iowa Canning Company
Vinton Hospital
Presbyterian Church
William Caldwell
Maplewood Cemetery
Jones
Canning Company
Sac City
Webster
Ella Stanley
Garrison
Horace
Catherine Throup
Benton Harbor
Mich
Fire Chief's Home Burns as Crew Saves It
Ottumwa fire crews raced to a blaze at Fire Chief Sam D Russell's own home after he answered no call at the central station. The department extinguished the fire before extensive damage occurred.
States End Truck Plate Reciprocity Between Minnesota Iowa
Des Moines AP Iowa will require out of state trucks to display Iowa licenses after Minnesota firms were urged to buy Minnesota plates. The move ends a reciprocity agreement once exempting fleets. Iowa officials expect revenue from the change while Minneapolis officials push for legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Karl W. Fischer
Fischer
Mike Hélm
Holm
Regular airport weather bureau offices offer 24 hour service
The weather bureau under the department of commerce maintains continuous 24 hour service at all regular airport offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Counterfeit Traveler's Check Ring Smashed
An FBI led probe from Iowa swept up seven suspects in a major counterfeit traveler's check operation. Key figure John A. Clancy, 55, linked by J Edgar Hoover, ran a Knoxville rubber stamp outfit. Rings spread from Sioux City to Davenport and beyond across 26 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. L. Dalton
FBI
Town
J Edgar Hoover
John A. Clancy
Knoxville
Obituary notices from Lowden and surrounding towns
The Iowa death notices report Ernst Meier 81. F J Stanek 65. Minnie Kerr Moore 76. Mrs John Hatton. Arthur M Dudley. Anna E V Davidson 74 among residents of Lowden Chelsea Washington Traer Walker Wapello and nearby areas. Surviving spouses children and grandchildren listed with towns including Lowden Cedar Rapids Stanwood Washington Traer Waterloo and Iowa City. Funeral and burial details noted for several with service times and church names.
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Lowden
Herman Kruckenberg
Trinity Lutheran School
Anna Kroemer
Ella Mensing
Marie Licht
Louis Suhr
Chicago
Carl
Martin
Herbert
Victor
Keystone
Doris Kroemer
Emma Rabus
Louis Brammer
Cedar Rapids
Ida Smith
Clarence
Caroline Behrens
Des Plaines
Ernst Meier
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
F. J. Abele
Germany
Louise Meyer
Joe Gehris
Henry Strackhein
Louis
Julius
Fred Meyer
Stanwood
Chelsea
F J. Stanek
Mary Josephine Novak
Joseph Novak
Pocahontas County
Frank J Stanek
Leo
Stanek
S. F Musel
Marshalltown
St. Joseph's Church
Father Panek
St. Joseph's
Washington
Minnie Kerr Moore
Wellman
Robert Moth
Council Bluffs
Sherman Chapel
Harry Moore
Traer
John Hatton
Diers
J. J. Snyder
Traer Methodist Church
Buckingham Cemetery
Eldorado
Harald
Waterloo
Hazel Wharinell
Walker
Arthur M. Dudley
Independence
Troy Mills
Dudley
W. R. Dudley
Clifford
Coggan
Lowell
J. L. Powell
Walt Baty
Wapello
Anna E. V. Davidson
Jersey County
Jil
John
Sarah Krug
John W. Violet
Eliza
Wapellé
Louisa V. Eland
Iowa City
Davidson
Theodore Balm
Iowa Boy Bags Two Jap Planes
Noel Bacon, of Randalia, son of longtime Randalia mayor Mrs. Blanche Knight, credited with shooting down two Japanese planes in Burma where American volunteer aviators fought last week. Bacon, a 1938 Iowa Teachers College graduate and former Soldier high school teacher, earned Navy wings in 1940 and served at Norfolk before joining the China relief group in 1941. He had been a cheerleader at Iowa Teachers and notes missing malted milk and American coffee as small comforts abroad.
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Randalia
United States Army
Navy
Burma
Noel Bacon
Blanche Knight
Iowa State Teachers College
Bacon
Soldier
Minneapolis
Pensacola
Fla
Ensign Bacon
Norfolk
China
Iowa Teachers College
Knight
Iowa Teachers
Obituary notices for Irma Blake and relatives
Funeral services are held for Miss Irma Blake 17 of Oelwein at the Hintz funeral home with burial in Woodlawn cemetery after a Mercy hospital illness. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Percy Blake three sisters Bernadine Kidder Evelind Mary Ann and four brothers Gerald Bobby Tommy and George. Also noted is a spouse connection to T L Davidson and a service planned at Jamison Dudgeon funeral home for a deceased relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Davidson
Jamison and Dudgeon
R. G. Nye
Wapello Methodist Church
Wapello
Oclwein
Irma Blake
Percy Blake
Oelwein
Hintz
Woodlawn
Dysart Welcomes Margie Brown and Bernhard Jensen in August Wedding
Miss Margie Brown a Dysart first grade teacher wed Bernhard Jensen of Kimballton on August 22 at St. Joseph Lutheran parsonage in Mississippi? No, in Dysart area. The bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Brown of Kimballton. The groom son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Jensen of Kimballton. Miss Brown taught in Dysart School. Jensen works for Jensen Construction Co. in Des Moines and lives in Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Margie Brown
Miss Brown
Bernhard Jensen
Kimballton
St. Joseph
Miss
William Buge
Martin Brown
T. G. Jensen
Jensen
Elk Horn
Iowa State Teachers College
Dysart School
Audubon High School
Des Moines
Jensen Construction Company
Burington
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Pavel Brothers
L. W. Inman
Patrol
United State Bank
Fts
Cedar Banks
County of Linn
Frank T. Nye
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Lloyd Cunningham
Curtis L. McKinnon
New London
Jack Galvin
Sheffield
James M. Brockway
Independent Truckers of Iowa
Iowa Citizens Road and Highway Association
Peter S. Peterson
Brockway
Peterson
Senate
Central States Motor Carriers Association
Jim
Pete
Red Cross
Anamosa Reformatory
Coon
Linn County
Prairie Chapel Garden Club
Vernon Nelson
Glenn Cheadle
Janet
Newton
Melvyn Arp
Mrs Henry Arp
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Camp Robinson
Ark
Harry P. Dunlap
Lee Dunlap
St. Luke's Hospital
Owen
K. V. Murdoch
Ll. M. Phelps
Eugene Travis
H E Travis
Margaret Scott
Carolyn Savage
W. S. Starbuck
M. D Blazek
O. H Myers
Central City
Emma Godwin
LeMars
Mary Beall
Vera Beall
Cliff Beall
C.V R de Jong
Fred Lutz
Howard Mack
LeRoy Benedict
Harry Adee
Louis Mekota
Earl T Brockman
West Marion
Ruby Hanscom
Ruth
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
Maquoketa
Loran Klopp
Ed Gage
Hugh Hutton
W. G. Koppenhaver
Cr. Mershon
Mack
Hutton
Koppenhaver
George A. Oxley
Mr. Oxley
Mrs
George C. Oxley
Fred M. Blakeslee
Freeport
Co. F Bauch
Bauch
Priscilla Davis
B. L. Jones
Dwight, Ill
Elizabeth Jones
Delmar Noah
Jimmie
Harvey Montgomery
Harold Young
Ace Young
U. S. Marines
H. M Titus
Mildred Titus
Frank Straley
Amana
William Schwab
Schwab
Fred Schultz
Sylvia
George Schultz
Herman Hackett
Mr. Schultz
John Thompson
Mabel Alexander
Detroit Public Library
T. R. Alexander
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carl L. Wiley
Wiley
Guy Reed
Near Indepéndéncé
Fred Pfeifer
Nanncy Jo
Patricia Diane
Iowa News
Conesville
Norman Hawkins
Army Air Corp
Army Air Corp Technical School
Darwin Struve
Gerald Nass
Neva Trottnow
Ivan Trottnow
Trottnow
Merritt. Cummings
Maynard
Fred Weltge
Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Cummings
Phi
Tipton
Center Township
USU
Iowa State
Vinton Canning Plant
Crief
Dr. Edwards
Martin Oil Co
Eighth Ave. SE
Elec
Killian Company
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