Softball halves open with two Marion league games
The Marion Softball association starts the second half Monday at 7:45 p.m. with Fry's Dairy versus Springville Merchants and Allen Motor against the Viola Raiders. Quaker Oats led the league after a 7-5 win over Whittier as Thomas allowed eight hits and two errors. Allen Motor upset LaPlant Choate 6-2 in the nightcap. Standings show Quaker Oats 2 000, Fry's Dairy 2 725, LaPlant Choates 4 4 3, Springville 2 3 .500, Allen Motor 3 4 432, Whittier 3 4 432, Viola 1 A postponed Quaker Oats Springville game to be played later.
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Marion Softball Association
Marion
Fry’s Dairy
Springville Merchants
Allen Motor
Viola Raiders
Quaker Oats
Whittier
Thomas
Quakers
Jackson
Seeley
Holland
LaPlant-Choate
Motor Ten
RHE Allen Motor Company
Poole and
Huston
Schmidt and Little
Quaker Oats A
Aes & O
Fry's Dairy
LaPlant-Choates
Springville A
Allen Motor Company
Whittler Community
A. and
P. Supermarket
Springville
Anamosa Area Social Notes and Upcoming Meetings
Family gatherings and visits fill the weekend with multiple households visiting relatives in Anamosa Marion and Center Point. A Board of Education meeting is scheduled for Monday at 1 30 p m with Supt C B Vernon. Red Cross Surgical Dressings class seeks more volunteers in the public library auditorium Thursday at 2 p m.
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Board of Education
Supt
C. B. Vernon
Red Cross
L. C. Ross
Eastern Iowans Attend Church Synod in Ohio
Special to The Gazette Tipton Hermann Onken of Tipton returned Thursday from Cincinnati where he attended the fifth general Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church Delegates learned the combined membership now totals 665 000 in 2 850 congregations The Synod urged ministers to serve as chaplains for armed services and noted valued at stake in the present struggle Iowa representatives included Rev Edmond DeBuhr of Waukon and Rev Joseph M Newgard of Wilton Junction
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Tipton
Hermann Onken
Cincinnati
Ohio
General Synod of
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fort Wayne
Ind
Reformed Church In
United States
Evangelical Synod of North America
Sammietis
Iowa
Edmond DeBuhr
Waukon
Iowa Synod
Joseph M. Newgard
Wilton Junction
Hog Sale Tops Weight Class at Chicago Friday Market
D K Lillie of Central City sold 27 hogs averaging 271 pounds for 14.70 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago, a top price of the day for that weight range.
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the Gazette
Central City
D. K
Quakers and Fry's Dairy Win Benefit Doubleheader
The Quaker Oats softball team beat Janitors Equipment Bees in the opener of a benefit twin bill for Bev Taylor who broke her leg earlier season with Fry's Dairy. In the nightcap Fry's Dairy, led by Whizzer White, defeated Cherry Burrell 9 to 1 with White allowing only three hits as Fry's Dairy tallied ten safeties.
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Quaker Oats
Janitors Equipment
Bees
Bill Benfit
Bev Taylor
Fry's Dairy
Tate
Quakers
Astrosky
Huston
Reon Astrosky
Janda Tate and Son
White
Fry’s Dairy
Cherry Burrell
Fry's
Brooks
van Dura
Seeley
Fayette Fills Its War Bond Quota
DES MOINES Iowa counties surpass the war bond target as Fayette leads with 1 999 800 dollars, joined by Allamakee 1 180 000 and Benton 1 841 400 in pushing Iowa toward an 180 000 000 goal. State administrator W L Clark urges county chairmen to finish the remaining 28 percent pledge.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Clark
Three Injured in Riverside Curve Crash
A Saturday 2 p.m. crash on the east edge of Riverside left Ray Conklin of Iowa City with a concussion and broken collar bone, taken to Mercy Hospital Iowa City and still unconscious at 7 p.m. Howard Mahoney of Iowa City and a youth named Hanson of Eagle Grove suffered minor injuries with head lacerations. Mahoney had teeth knocked out. Deputy Sheriff Walter Kiesey investigated.
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Riverside
Ray Conklin
Towa City
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Howard Mahoney
Hanson
Eagle Grove
Mahoney
Walter Kiesey
Washington
SUI Arts Festival to Include Six Lectures
Iowa City professor announces a July series of six public lectures as part of the University of Iowa summer arts festival. Lecturers include Gustav Bergmann, Austin Warren, Philip Guston, Lester D Longman, Arnold Small, and William D. Coder presenting topics in art literature music and theater with open access to students and the public.
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Iowa City
Department of Art
University of Iowa
Gustav Bergmann
Austin Warren
Philip Guston
Lester D Longman
Arnold Small
William D. Coder
Anamosa Jurist And Pioneer 89
Judge F C Ellison of Anamosa, a longtime district judge with 42 years on the bench and a former mayor and state official, celebrated his eighty ninth birthday on a Saturday. He was born in New York and built a legal career starting in 1874, later moving from Clinton to Wyoming and finally Anamosa in 1889.
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F. C. Ellison
Ellison
J. D. Paul
Dick and
Barbara
Mary Paul
Cedar Rapids
New York
Simpson College
Indianola
Clinton
Wyoming
Jones County
Clinton Man One of First Grandfathers Drafted to World War II
W Anderson of Clinton will depart with 70 selectees to Fort Des Moines for a physical exam and possible induction. At 45 in March he becomes one of the nation's first grandfathers drafted under the selective service for World War II. He registered February 16 and has no dependents. His son, 27, stays behind. Anderson worked as an automobile mechanic.
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Clinton
W., Anderson
Fort Des Moines
United States
Anderson
Clinton Anderson
Soldiers Hurt In Street Car Crash Des Moines
Two soldiers on leave from an air force school in Lincoln Nebraska and a hitch hiker were injured when their car collided with a Des Moines street car on Saturday. Private Robert Booker of Grand Rapids Michigan suffered fractured ribs Sergt Robert Adamcheck had scratches and Robert Kennedy of Detroit Michigan the hitch hiker also had fractured ribs. Street car operator Kenneth A Myers received a neck injury.
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Neb
Robert Booker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Robert Adamcheck
Robert Kennedy
Detroit
Kenneth A. Myers
Manslaughter Case Set for July Winneshiek Term
Special to The Gazette Decorah Iowa July term of Winneshiek county district court opens Monday with Judge Martin M Cooney presiding The probate calendar shows 14 items and one state case Edward Gossman faces manslaughter charges A demurrer was overruled and trial is expected in the second week Civil calendar lists 12 new actions including Ernest L Halse administrator suit against LaCrescent Grain Co for 25000 over his daughter's death as the most significant
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Martin M. Cooney
Edward Gossman
Cooney
Ernest L. Halse
Gertrude Clara Halse
LaCrescent Grain Company
John L Brady of Near Anamosa Dies in Sleep
John L. Brady 68 living six miles west of Anamosa with a sister in law was found dead in bed Saturday morning. Dr T Frank Hersch deputy Linn county coroner said death due to heart trouble and that Brady was alive at midnight Friday.
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Anamosa
T. Frank Hersch
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Brady
Marriage Licenses in Winneshiek County Return to Normal Volume
The Gazette reports 1942 marriage licenses in Winneshiek County show a return to normal. Six months total 109, down from 355 in early 1940 and 278 in the first half of 1941 under the old law. Typical annual totals ranged from 150 to 190.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Quiz Iowans On Status of War Traffic
The Iowa highway traffic advisory committee mails confidential questionnaires to 300 residents to gauge progress in wartime traffic conservation. Questions probe crowded peak hours, uniform business hours, school transport issues, ride sharing, declines in car use, and law enforcement actions to curb careless driving and improve access to war plants.
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Des Moines
Towa Highway Traffic Advisory Committee
Paul F. Hill
Iowa
Retail Business in Iowa Declined 10 Percent in May
Iowa City area report from the University of Iowa bureau of business research shows state retail activity down 10 percent in May versus May 1941. Liquor stores led gains at 29 percent, while motor vehicle dealers posted a 75 percent drop and furniture stores fell 26 percent.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Clergymen Seek Postwar Planning With Voorhis Bill
In Des Moines AP report five hundred sixty five clergymen from Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths urged Congress to pass the Voorhis bill establishing a commission to study postwar reconstruction. The measure already had backing from national groups representing employers labor farm interests and consumers.
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Des Moines
Congress
Voorhis
National Association of Employers, Organized Labor, Farm Organization and
Consumers
Iowan is Killed in Crash Fell Asleep
Elmer Robert Maack 29 of Waterloo died in a car crash two miles north of Zwingle on highway 61 after his vehicle left the road into a ditch and rolled over several times. Sheriff Leon Eisbach and county coroner Dr C Coady said he apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Maack, an airplane pilot and mechanic, worked at a Minneapolis flying field and was en route to Moline Illinois for airport work.
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Dubuque
Elmer Robert Maack
Waterloo
Zwingle
Leon Eisbach
Cc. C. Coady
Maack
Minneapolis
Moline
Ill
Davenport Tops Cities in Safety
Davenport led Iowa cities over 50 000 population in the fewest traffic deaths for the first five months of 1942, the Iowa safety council reported. Davenport had one fatality and an average of 3.6 deaths per 100 000, while Cedar Rapids posted four deaths for 15.4 per 100 000.
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Des Moines
Davenport
Iowa
Iowa Safety Council
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Breakins Net About $2,500 In Loot
Waterloo police report two breakins Friday night or Saturday morning net about $2,500. The Charles Clute grocery lost $1,900 in endorsed checks and $300 in cash after a bar pried open the safe. The Old Mill Ice Cream Co store yielded $220 from a desk drawer, according to Police Chief H R Crum.
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Waterloo
H. R. Crumline
Charles Clute
Old Mill Ice Cream Company
Crumriner
Thief Squeezed Through Narrow Gap In Tavern Window
Police pursued a suspect nicknamed the thin man after a tavern robbery. The intruder entered through a 10 inch gap between the tavern and adjacent building, taking about 20 in cash war stamps and cartons of cigarettes.
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Boone (Ins
Nearing 91 Amana gardener tends flowers and family plots
Henry Schmieder of Amana, who will turn 91 on Sept 11, tends his garden with spades and weeding as his favorite hobby flowers. He grows 15 to 20 varieties, including regal lilies and a pink blossomed lobster cactus, and provides vegetables and fruit for the household with help from his daughter Johanna. His grandsons serve in the army and he tunes in to war news before gardening.
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Henry Schmieder
Amana
Mr. Schmieder
Schmieder
Johanna
World Corn Production and Trade Upward Since the 1930s
A U S Department of Agriculture review shows global corn production rose from 1925–39 with 1939 yields at 5.10 billion bushels. The United States accounted for about 51 percent of world output in 1939, down from 56 percent, as Latin America grows. Argentina remains the leading exporter, shipping about two thirds of its crop. the Danube Basin, the United States, South Africa, and French Indochina follow. Most crops stay home for feed or food. less than 10 percent enters international trade. Canada and Japan are notable importers, with shipments largely from the United States and French Indo-China respectively.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Halry H. Conrad
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
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Argentina
Danube Basin
Union of South Africa
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Netherlands
Germany
France
Belgium
Denmark
Ireland
Canada
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Tractor Clinic Planned in Vinton by Ethyl Corporation
D B Groves county agent announced a July 15 tractor service clinic in Vinton. The event will cover engine maintenance and tuneups, conservation tips and fuels discussion.
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Vinton
Ethyl Corporation
B. Groves
Linn No 1 C T A averages 29 7 butterfat
The Linn No 1 dairy herd improvement association reports 429 cows averaging 713 pounds milk and 29.7 pounds butterfat in June. Orlin R Sehl led with a 12 head Milking Short Horn herd at 1,016 pounds milk and 40.9 fat. A Cedar Rapids Grade Guernsey posted 1,548 pounds milk and 83.6 fat.
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Linn No. 1
Ames' 1937 Counteers Bring Best Price at Chicago
Feeding-test steers from the Iowa agricultural experiment station at Ames were marketed in Chicago by the Chicago producers' commission association. Started Nov. 21, 1941 in Town experimental lots at 735 pounds and $10.35 per hundredweight, the steers used corn from 1937 to 1941. Prices varied by corn year from $13.60 to $14.10 per hundredweight with a hay fed lot at $13.85.
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Chicago
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Chicago Producers’ Commission Association
Linn County Ten Acre Corn Contest Draws Fifteen Entrants
Fifteen Linn county farmers entered the 1942 ten acre corn yield contest sponsored by the Linn county Junior Farm Bureau. Floyd Booth, president of the organization, reported Saturday.
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Linn County
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Floyd Booth
FDR Marks Fourth of July With War Work Meetings
President Roosevelt in Washington declares Independence Day is fought in the death-dealing reality of tanks planes guns and ships. He notes unity with allies and reviews wartime production and armed forces talks with Nelson Marshall Arnold and Willson.
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Johnson-Lowa C T A Averages 32.6 Butterfat
Wendell Hunt, tester for the Johnson-Lowa dairy herd improvement association, reported that in June 271 cows, including 21 dry, produced an average of 802 pounds milk and 32.6 pounds butterfat. The high herd was owned by Enos H. Miller with eight Holsteins averaging 1,372 pounds milk and 46.13 pounds butterfat.
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Wendell Hunt
Johnson-lowa
Tractor Mishap Injures Koszta Area Boy
MareNgo Max Cronbaugh son of Mr and Mrs Ray Cronbaugh near Koszta broke his leg Thursday when a tractor he was driving rolled over at the end of a field row on a hilltop.
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Max Cronbaugh
Ray Cronbaugh
Koszta
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