Fine Arts Festival at University of Iowa to Run Week
The third annual festival will run July 13 to 17 on the University of Iowa campus featuring concerts exhibits of painting and sculpture drama lectures and demonstrations. Highlights include a 79-country contemporary art collection former Golden Gate exhibit and a Walt Disney retrospective with three dimensional models. Alumni student artworks will be shown alongside university ensembles and a Shakespeare production will be staged July 14 to 17. Panel discussions and lectures by UI faculty will round out the program.
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Brecial
Iowa City
University of Town
School of Fine Arts
San Francisco
Carlos Botelho
Lisbon
Charleroi
Pierre Paulus
Belgium
Walt Disney
Disney Studio
Disney
University
Philip Greeley Clapp
Iowa
Thompson Stone
Charles B. Righter
Clapp
E. C. Mabie
Ear E. Harper
University of Iowa
River Room
Iowa Union
Lester D. Longman
Thomas Wood Stevens
Arnold Small
Fletcher Martin
Vis
Old Capitol
the Gazette
Waterloo Plant To Produce Tank Parts
Waterloo site of John Deere Tractor plant to begin producing army tank transmissions by October 1. L A Rowland, VP and general manager, said delays in July pushed start date due to wartime shortages of materials, tools, and machinery for tank parts.
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Waterloo
John Deere Tractor Company
L. A. Rowland
Convict Battalions Urged In Nation's Armies By Editor
Iowa prison magazine associate editor Tom Runyon urges using convicts in national armed forces as a gamble with pardons for those who survive and are honorably discharged. He cites guerrilla tactics, predicts high morale in all convict units, and suggests segregated convict companies to boost public interest.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
Tom Runyon
Presidio
Runyon
Britain
Wavell
Des Moines Officer Discharged After Domestic Row
Des Moines Police Patrolman Charles W Taylor 42, a veteran since March 19 1923, was discharged for conduct unbecoming an officer after a 1 am arrest at his home. He faced intoxication charges and had previously been discharged in 1936, later reinstated by the civil service commission. He pleaded innocent to the intoxication charge. He was fined $50 in 1936 for sleeping on his beat.
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Des Moines
Charles W Taylor
Police Department
Tom Pettit
Taylor
Civil Service Commission
Charles Triplett
Dr Fahrer Accepts Luther College Faculty Post
The Rev. Paul Lindberg president of Luther College said Dr Walter Fahrer of Iowa City has accepted a faculty post as instructor in German and English. Fahrer holds a master’s from New York University and a PhD from Iowa University.
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Wahoo
Neb
Paul Lindberg
Luther College
Walter Fahrer
Iowa City
Fahrer
New York University
Iowa University
Rescue Six Iowans In Okoboji Mishaps
A Marathon couple and three Des Moines residents were rescued Friday night after their motor crafts collided on West Okoboji lake near Arnolds Park. No one was hurt. Also saved was Clarence Lundy, 22, Webster City, when his rowboat upset.
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Spirit Lake
Marathon
Des Moines
Okoboji Lake
Arnolds Park
Ray B. Thompson
A. O. Dobbs
A. D. Eastman
Bernie Baker
F W. Cory, Jr. Spence
Walt Helmerich
Tulsa
Oklo
Clarence Lundy
Webster City
Richard Andeur
James Northey
Things Looking Up For Migrant Family
Mrs Beulah Northern and her five children face ongoing hardship after traveling from San Diego to Waterloo and Des Moines before a stop in Omaha. They hope for a car to return home where Arthur and the family can seek work, with 17 year old Arthur and siblings Carl Alfred John and Flora in need of aid.
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Omaha
Mrs. Northern
San Diego
Arthur
Carl
Alfred
John
Flora
Taxi Appendectomy Delays Do Not Stop Guardsmen Leave
Four Iowa national guardsmen on Fourth of July furloughs from Camp Claiborne La hired a taxi to reach Tow a after late rail schedules. The driver at St Joseph Mo underwent an appendectomy but the men Paul Denison Bill F Wilkinson Harvey Fries and Clayton Hiatt were allowed to continue their trip and return the taxi at furlough end.
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Atlantic
National
Camp Claiborne
Towa
St. Joseph
Paul Denison
Bill F. Wilkinson
Harvey Fries
Clayton Hiatt
Iowa Special Taxes Show Record Year Revenue Gains
Iowa reports a 1940-41 fiscal year total of 65,463,114 from 13 special taxes and liquor profits, up 4,200,548 over the prior year. Motor vehicle registration fees rose to 12,986,843, gasoline tax reached 17,487,800, and income tax climbed to 5,645,182 while beer cigaret and motor carrier revenues fell.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. G. C. Bagley
State General Fund
Army contracts let for Savanna ordnance depot work
The War Department sixth corps area announces Iowa firms securing Savanna ordnance depot contracts. C A Hooper of Madison Wisconsin to build pumps for 2500 dollars. Hogenson Co of Belmond Iowa to construct a field house for 42892 dollars. Olds Electric Co of Davenport to install electric equipment for 2100 dollars. Kuchara Construction Co of Des Moines to build three transfer platforms for 27880 dollars. Hagstrom Construction Co of St Paul to build laundry and other buildings for 60098 dollars. Bernard S Andrus of South St Paul to construct water sewage systems for 18804 dollars and water supply line for 25783 dollars.
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Hagstrom Construction Co
St. Paul
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Bernard S. Andrus
South St. Paul
Anamosa Reformatory Salvage Sells for Fort Madison Plant
Capitol notes long idle valves from the Anamosa reformatory may be salvaged and sold to fund a steam header for the Fort Madison penitentiary power plant. The board of control expects about four thousand dollars or more from the Chicago deal, with the plant due for completion by October.
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EL Moines
Anamosa Reformatory
Defense
Board of Control
Chicago
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Hairman P. F. Hopkins
Begin Conferences on Irrigation Pay
Washington announces preliminary conferences to amend repayment contracts under the 1939 Reclamation Project Act. John C. Page leads discussions with irrigation district officials starting July 16, visiting about a dozen projects, first stopping at Belle Fourche in South Dakota.
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Washington
John C. Page
George O. Sanford
Reclamation Bureau
T. William Parry
Bureau
Soil and Moisture Division
Denver
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Army Kangaroo Court at Camp Claiborne summons Iowa lawyer
Pvt James T Romley of Anamosa leads a kangaroo court in Company H 36th medical regiment at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. A University of Iowa law graduate with two years practice, he serves as judge while Capt James J Redmond Cedar Rapids and Capt Harold O Jirsa Cedar Rapids direct others. Mapping classes led by First Sgt Roy Calta of Iowa City finish under tent supervision.
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Camp Claiborne
James T. Romley
Anamosa
36Th Medical Regiment
Romsey
University of Iowa Law School
James J. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Harold O Jirsa
Cedar Rapiers
Iowa City
Roy Calta
Five Million Goes In Year For Iowa's Farm Market Roads
Iowa counties receive 4.799 million dollars from the primary road fund at year end June 30. Funds earmarked for farm to market roads under the 1939 law with a ceiling raised to 17 million by the 49th general assembly. County allotments listed include Black Hawk Boone Clinton Des Moines Dubuque Fayette Jefferson Lee Linn Mahaska Marshall Page Polk Scott Wapello Washington Webster Woodbury.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Highway Commission
49Th General Assembly
Black Hawk
Boone
Clinton
Dubuque
Fayette
Jefferson
Lee
Linn
Mahaska
Marshall
Page
Polk
Scott
Wapello
Washington
Webster
Woodbury
Counterfeit Five Dollar Bills Reported in Iowa and Omaha
Russell Daniel, head of the Omaha Secret Service, warned that counterfeit five dollar Silver Certificates of the 1934 A series are circulating in Iowa and Omaha. The fakes show a blurred Lincoln engraving and carry the small serial 1 870 above Mor genthau's signature. Three bills were found in Omaha and 13 in Iowa.
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Omaha
Russell Daniel
Secret Service
Iowa
Hitchhiker Founder Weds Davenport Bride On Honeymoon
Stanley E. Fiese 23 from Milwaukee who started the National Hitch-Hikers association married Rita R. Wall 21 of Davenport after hitching a ride to the ceremony. He said he would waive hitch-hiking on his honeymoon.
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Davenport
Stanley E. Fiese
Milwaukee
Wis
National Hitch- Hikers Association
Rita R. Wall
Fiese
St. Ambrose College
Army awards contract for warehouse at Rock Island Arsenal
The War Department announced a 1 657 300 dollar contract award to Permanent Construction Co of Chicago for a warehouse at Rock Island Arsenal Illinois. Also announced were two new army units the 392nd Quartermaster Battalion to Fort Hamilton New York and the 225th Military Police Company to Rock Island Arsenal Illinois.
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Army
Arsenal
Washington
War Department
Permanent Construction Company
Chicago
Rock Island Arsenal
Ill
392Nd Quartermaster Battalion
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Iowa Typhoid Fever Cases Seen Rising Through Autumn
Iowa health officials forecast typhoid cases will climb this month and remain elevated through August to October based on the 1931–40 nine year average. July expected 10 cases, August 27, September 22, October 24, with 30 cases in the first half of the year—normal for the period.
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Des Moines
Iowa Health Department
Iowa
Arson And Sabotage To Headline Peace Officers Course
The fifth annual peace officers short course at the University of Iowa runs Monday to Friday with over 400 attendees including sheriffs county attorneys and local police from across Iowa. Prof R M Perkins and a staff of 56 will teach 14 classes covering 43 topics including arson prevention and sabotage demonstrations. University administrators Virgil M Hancher Paul C Packer Mason Ladd also participate.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
R. M. Perkins
College of Law
Virgil M. Hancher
Paul C. Packer
College of Education
Mason Ladd
Perkins
Former Iowan Dead After Street Fight in Rock Island
William H. Hindahl age 52 a Rock Island area factory worker is dead after a street fight. Paul Sullavan 38 an electrician is under arrest as the alleged assailant according to police officer Joe Ingold Hindahl formerly resided in Washington Iowa.
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Rock Island
William H. Hindahl
Paul Sullavan
Joe Ingold
Hindahl
Washington, Ia
Red Oak CCC Camp Kept Open Indefinitely
Rep. Ben Jensen said the civilian conservation corps reversed its order to close the Red Oak camp. He stated officials would retain the camp indefinitely, noting soil conservation work in the hilly area and continued cooperation with local farmers.
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Washington (Ap
Ben Jensen
Civilian Conservation Corps
Red Oak
Three Armed Youths Rob Casey Grocery In Broad Daylight
A Casey Iowa grocery store was robbed just before 1 p m Saturday by three armed young men who fled east on highway 6 in a 1941 Plymouth coach with yellow plates turned upside down. They escaped with about 50 to 60 dollars. The robbers, 21 to 23 years old, slim build, one with bushy hair, carried a 32 revolver. Authorities think the car might carry Illinois plates. Casey lies 12 miles south of Guthrie Center in Guthrie county.
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Casey
Highway
Illinois
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center
Iowa Farmers Rally for Bigger Markets Amid Defense Demands
Des Moines AP report notes Iowa's farmers boost marketing to meet wartime needs. Prospects include record fall hog and livestock production, potential corn yields above 42.3 bushels per acre, and rising oat and flax outputs as hybrids and favorable weather aid a stored grain surplus. Government seals cut as livestock feed demand rises.
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Des Moines
Leslie M Carl
AAA
Northwest Bank Opens in Davenport Under New Charter
Northwest Bank and Trust, Davenport’s new state chartered bank, will open for business Monday with capital stock of 100000 dollars and paid-in surplus of 25000 dollars. Stock is held by 350 locals. The bank acquired the former Northwest Davenport Savings building, which has paid depositors back 75 percent since receivership years ago.
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Davenport
Northwest Bank and Trust Company
New
State Chartered Bank
Old Northwest Davenport Savings Bank
Two Defense Projects Slated for Region
Governor Harold E. Stassen said prospects look favorable for two major defense plants in the region connected to ammonia production. One plant would process lignite coal char in North Dakota and the other would produce ammonia in Minnesota. He noted transport and production hurdles but expressed confidence they could be resolved.
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Carl
Towa
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
North Dakota
Stassen
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