Two Ordnance Plant Workers Falsify Time
Krudwig and Sonnenberg pleaded guilty to false time card claims at the Des Moines ordnance plant. They received six months each, parole to a federal probation officer, restitution of 126.23, and are now working at a Minneapolis plant. One man had worked in seven ordnance plants. District Attorney Donegan noted their arrest on December 16. Foreman at Des Moines plant discharged. ongoing watch to prevent repeats.
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Council Bluffs
George E. Krudwig
Raymond K. Sonnenberg
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Robert Lappan
Maurice F Donegan
Minneapolis
Donegan
Ordnance Plant
Krudwig and Sonnenberg
What To Do If Auto Tax Stamp Is Lost or Stolen
DES MOI AP The internal revenue collector reminds vehicle owners to purchase use stamps by Feb 2. If a stamp is lost or stolen the owner must file an affidavit with purchase date, vehicle make model and serial number, and details of the loss. The collector may issue some form of evidence of purchase.
Two Conditioning Courses Planned At Iowa
University of Iowa will offer two voluntary conditioning courses next semester for students and staff subject to the draft. Director E. G. Schroeder says three to four months of conditioning are needed before military technical work and that service training is more effective if trainees are conditioned beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
E. G. Schroeder
Schroeder
Army
Navy
Band Clinic Friday At Marion Will Feature Readings
The Marion school band hosts its third annual materials clinic Friday in the Lincoln building band room with 1 30 p m sessions and an evening program at 7 15 p m, free admission. Glenn Lyman directs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Lincoln Building
Glenn L. Lyman
Women discuss patriotic dinner and church plans
Executive board of the Women's Association of the Congregational church met at Mrs. Norman J. Waffle's home to plan a patriotic dinner February 12 from 5 30 to 7 p m in the church dining room. Committees were appointed for Advertising Tickets Kitchen and Dining Room. The report also notes residents and visitors in the area including Mrs L W Inman at Burnside and the birth of son Allen Arthur to Mr and Mrs John M Lyon of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Association of the Congregational Church
Norman J. Waffle
G. Koppenhaver
Sara Nott
Donald Torrence
Josephine Wiggins
Kenneth Hillerage
Waffle
James Wiggins
Marion
L. W. Inman
Art Peterson
Burnside
John M. Lyon
Tenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Allen Arthur
Marion Instructor Resigns for Franklin School Post
Delmar Risse, long time industrial arts instructor and assistant coach at Marion high school, will teach industrial arts at Franklin school in Cedar Rapids. He will start after Marion board names his successor and will live in Marion for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Risse
Marion High School
Franklin School
Cedar Rapids
Marion Board of Education
War Conference of School Officials Called in Iowa
Iowa Superintendent Jessie M. Parker announced an emergency meeting on February 17 in Des Moines for laymen and educators to discuss Iowa schools during the war period. The agenda covers the school’s role in the emergency, current actions, necessary adjustments, and citizen contributions, with speakers from the armed services, war industries, and the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Jessie M. Parker
Iowa
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Heritage of
America
Miss Parker
Army
Navy
Parker
Iowa Faces Year-End Layoffs As 1941 Ends
Des Moines AP reports Iowa labor faced widespread layoffs due to priorities rationing and material shortages at year end 1941. Heaviest cuts hit farm tractor and machinery rubber sectors with 300 workers laid off at a major tire company. Initial unemployment claims jumped to 8,711 in December, up 93 percent from November, while skilled metal work demand remains strong and training continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Employment Service
Monthly
Employment Service Bulletin
Iowa Tire and Rubber Company
Mrs Ann Murphy Dubuque Pioneer dies at 93
Mrs. Ann Murphy 93 mother of late Senator Louis Murphy and widow of John S. Murphy died in a Dubuque hospital after three months illness. Born in Ireland she came to America with her parents settling in Dubuque. Four of eight children survive including May Duffy Dubuque Margaret Ferring Waterloo David J Dubuque and William New York City. Mass of requiem at St Raphael's Cathedral with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery planned.
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Gazette
Dubuque
Ann Murphy
Louis Murphy
John S. Murphy
William
New York City
Murphy
St. Raphael's Cathedral
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Natex praised by Mrs. Kistler in South Bend ad
Mrs. Warren Kistler of 211 E Dayton St South Bend Ind credits Natex with resolving years of constipation and related symptoms. She reports weight gain and renewed health after a 10 day regimen and recommends replacing regular laxatives with Natex afterward. The product is promoted by K and M Pharmacy 100 Second Ave SE and other local druggists.
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Natex
Warren Kistler
Dayton Street
South Bend
Ind
K. & M. Pharmacy
Podzimek’s
Second Avenue SE
Rumors, campaigns, and highway debates ripple Iowa politics
In Iowa politics rumors swirl around Lt. Gov. B B Hickenlooper's potential gubernatorial bid and a rumored campaign manager James H Milroy. State car costs and tire use draw scrutiny as Hesalroad pushes a car sharing plan amid highway maintenance funding questions involving Brockway Peterson and the Iowa Citizens Road and Highway Association.
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Frank T. Nye
Iowa Daily Press
B. B. Hickenlooper
James H. Milroy
Vinton
Statehouse
James M. Brockway
Independent Truckers of Iowa
Washington
Brockway
Peter S Peterson
Iowa Citizens Road and Highway Association
Iowa
Peterson
Desperate Foreigner Seiler Tries Suicide In Sioux City
Fritz Seiler 64 a Swiss native living at the Homeless Men's bureau is in critical condition after slashing his throat with a razor and jumping into the Missouri river He was rescued from the cold water and sought help at a gas station Police say he has lived in the United States for 38 years about 30 in Sioux City He says constant taunts of being a foreigner pushed him toward self harm noting he is now too old for the war and wonders why he is harassed further
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Fritz Seiler
Homeless Men's Bureau
St. Vincent's Hospital
Seiler
Missouri
Switzerland
United States
Dysart area man Baker dies of heart attack at 74
Dysart region resident James Baker 74 died of a heart attack on Monday at his farm northeast of Dysart. Born in Jones County, he moved to Benton County in 1886 and married Amanda Kerstetter on February 8, 1893. Surviving are daughter Inez, Mrs. Sheldon Kaiser of Waterloo, two other children, five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother Lewis J. Baker of Cedar Rapids, and sister Mrs. Delbert Andre of Mechancisville. Funeral was at the family home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
James Baker
Delbert Andre
Mechaniccsville
Indicted Canadian-Forger Pretended Officer Steals Across States
Jeffie W. Jones described by the FBI as a man posing as a Canadian air force officer stole cars and wooed an Iowa girl to marry him. He faces a federal charge for taking a stolen car across state lines. Jones, jailed in Los Angeles, denied the charges and awaits arraignment in Davenport.
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Council Bluffs
Jeffie W. Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
U. S
Jones
Los Angeles
Davenport
California
Midland
Tex
J. L. Dalton
FBI
J. M. Stovall, Jr
Houston
Stovall Dalton
Texas
Reward Joiner For Des Moines Smoke Nuisance Campaign
Des Moines attorney Charles Joiner, 26, received the distinguished service award key from the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. He has fought the Des Moines smoke nuisance since arriving in 1939 after graduating from the University of Iowa. He is a native of Maquoketa, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Charles Joiner
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joiner
Pig auction raises funds for Red Cross at local sale
In North English a 25 pound pig donated by Betty and Beryl Markwell sold for 119.90 dollars at a community sale. The pig was bid up 30 times with the top bid at 425 dollars. Final purchaser was Charles Muldoon, Parnell stockman, who plans another Red Cross benefit sale soon. Riverside reports StMarys school will represent Washington county at the March spelling contest with Marcelline Rummelhart Louis Failliotet and Thelda Knebel chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Betty
Beryl Markwell
Red Cross
Charles Muldoon
Parnell Stockman
Riverside
Marcelline Rummelhart
Louis Failliotet
Thelda Knebel
St. Mary's School
Washington County
Iowa Convicts Offer Blood for U.S. War Effort
At Fort Madison Iowa about one third of the state penitentiary volunteers to donate blood for wounded soldiers. A prison radio broadcast drew 413 volunteers with more added daily. Dr E C Wagner and Warden Glenn Haynes coordinate early February blood typing and collection for army navy Red Cross use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Walter Bierring
Glenn Haynes
E. C. Wagner
State Health Department
Warden Hayes
Army
Navy
American Red Cross
State Declamatory Finals Set For Traer February Sixth
Traer hosts the state declamatory finals on Friday February six with competitors who won division I ratings at district events in Cresco Perry Pleasantville and Rolfe. Judges include J Dale Welsch Waunita Taylor Shaw and Margaret Divelbess. Scholarships from Iowa colleges await finalists amid a dinner for contestants and coaches at 5 30 p.m.
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Traer
D. R. Cottrell
Iowa High School Declamatory Association
Cresco
Perry
Pleasantville
Rolfe
J. Dale Welsch
Coe College
Waunita Taylor Shaw
Drake University
Margaret Divelbess
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
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Secedar Rapids
Arion News Gazette
Stimson
Lyle Stimson
Verna
Sixth Street
Barbara Evans
Kansas City
Joan Parsons
Rosemary Rion
Mary Ellen Dumbalton
Marilyn Bristol
Annette McConaughy
Jean McGowan
Laura Lee Freeman
Twyla Hutton
Janice Show
Hughes
Duane Hughes
Janeba
Viola
Minnie Hughes
Ralph Hughes
Earl Weaver
Dale Rich
Ray Carr
Gillmore
George Gillmore
Leonard Holden
Ivan Gillmore
Emma Briges
B. A. Ditzler
Vernon Minor
Inez Helbig
Mark Hickman
Laura Gillmore
Fred Snyder
Chris Frederick
Harley McCalley
Elizabeth Stevenson
Jesse Wilson
Robert Hagerman
Kenneth
Inman
Marble Rock
Marion Baptist Church
Milo Vanderlinden
Charles Carrington
George Speake
Ina Bliss
Whittier
Frank H. Ward
Wawo Kiye
D. D. Hastings
Gladys Jacobmeyer
Emerson Building
Harlan
W. J. Goodyear
W. S. Venables
Ottumwa
Venables
Sigourney
Arthur E. Granger
Mary Ellen Granger
Mary Beatty
Lincoln
Bill Nickeson
Carlsbad
N. M
Richard Hall
Walter Hall
Maquoketa
W. J. Trimble
E. T. Hiams
Elsie St. John
Minnie Whitcomb
Storm’ S
Fred C Newlin
Fort Wayne
Eugene Newlin
G. L. Martin
Route 1
Melvin McBride
Western Auto Supply Company
Western Auto Associate
West Marion
Owen
O B. S
Hallwood Cafe
T. Arthur Newman
Allen McKean
Neal Bunting
Ninth Street
Prairie Chapel Garden Club
Farm Bureau
Vernon Nelson
LeRoy Scott
Margaret Greer
Monticello
W. Jd. Greer
James Beltz
Buddy
Eighth Avenue
Beltz
The
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
D C Marchant
Child Study Club
T. Edwin Beadle
O. O. Kieckhaefer
Arlene Tow
Town State Teachers College
Mrs
Emmet Tow
Margaret Clark
Center Point
Sons
George and
Richard Clark
Glenn McGowan
Louisiana
Florida
Mrs. Warren Kistler
George W. Hesalroad
Vesalroad
Fay Williams
Shenandoah
Citizens’ Association
Highway Commission
Jack
Beck
Strets
Sage's
Psuedo Canadian Flyer
Kresge
First Avenue E
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