Three Convicts Escape Oakdale Sanatorium Car Chase
Three Iowa reformatories convicts escaped from Oakdale sanatorium work camp in a state owned Buick. They fled between 2 am and daylight, eluding Davenport and Rock Island officers after a collision on the government bridge. The men Lepovitz Yeager and Mathews faced penalties for burglary embezzlement and auto theft.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport-Rock Island
Iowa Reformatory
Oakdale Sanatorium
Steve Lepovitz
Madrid
Joe Yeager
Davenport
Robert Mathews
Earlham
George Marcilliat
Yeager
Rock Island
Reed Phillips
State Board of Control
Des Moines
Oakdale
Marcilliat
Lepovitz, Yeager
Mathews
Dental Situation Improves for Iowa Draft Selectees
Des Moines AP reports that bad teeth no longer top draft rejections in Iowa. Lieut Col. Robert S. Shane says dental defects are now eighth to tenth on the list due to governor Wilson appointing dentists to assist examiners at local draft boards. He notes rising public interest in dental care will benefit Iowans for years.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Robert S. Shane
George A. Wilson
Shane
Birthday of A Freund head of A Freund and Co
This piece notes eighty first birthday of Lowden August Freund head of A Freund and Company dealer in merchandise farm machinery and automobiles and president of the American Trust and Savings Bank. His sister Mrs Emelia Wild of Chicago visited and a dinner was hosted at Elizabeth's Guest Home where he lives.
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Lowden
August Freund
A. Freund and Company
American Trust and Savings Bank
Emelia Wild
Chicago
Elizabeth
Attleboro
Mass
Carson, Pirie, Scott
London
Petersen Brothers
Julius Freund
August Petersen
August
Julius
Motorboats Collide On Turkey River Collision
Five sons were thrown from a motorboat into the Turkey river near Clermont Sunday afternoon. No lives were lost but the group salvaged by Mr. Johns and Mr. Coke included three fried chickens in a basket. The other boat was operated by Reuben Hackman of Elgin.
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West Union
Turkey
Clermont
W. F. Johns
H. P. Coke
Patty Coke
Reuben Hackman
Elgin
Johns
Mr. Coke
Wilson Hickenlooper To Visit Powder Plant
Gov. George A. Wilson and Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper will tour the Burlington munitions plant Wednesday. They visit as guests of Maj. Otto M. Jank, commanding officer, with Adj. Gen. Charles H. Grahl accompanying.
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Burlington
George A. Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Adj
Charles H. Grahl
Burlington Munitions Plant
Otto M. Jank
Lois Paulsen and Alvin Peterson wed in Iowa City chapel
Lois M Paulsen of Keystone became the bride of Alvin E Peterson of Charlotte at St. Pauls Lutheran church Iowa City. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Carsten Paulsen, taught school in Keystone and worked at Sears Roebuck in Iowa City. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson, runs a contracting business in Charlotte. They plan a short wedding trip and will live in Charlotte.
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Gazette
Keystone
Lois M Paulsen
Alvin E. Peterson
Charlotte
Iowa
L. C. Werffel
St. Paul's Lutheran University
Iowa City
Carsten Paulsen
Iowa State Teachers College
Brown's Commercial College
Sears Roebuck Company
Carl Peterson
Iowa Safety Leader Reports First Traffic Crash
W Earl Hall of Mason City, longtime Iowa safety council leader, apologized for being late at an Ottumwa dinner after his car skidded on a wet centerline four miles north of Ottumwa. Hall admitted full blame as his car collided with Samuel Balaban of Chicago. no injuries were reported and Balaban's vehicle was towed into Ottumwa.
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Mason City
Ottumwa
W. Earl Hall
South America
Hall
Iowa State Safety Council
Samuel Balaban
Chicago
Mason Cityan
Balaban
Edward Birmingham to be Iowa internal revenue collector
A name error in the federal nomination listed Edward H. Birmingham as Edwin. Senator Herring said the correct name is Edward H. Birmingham of Sioux City, set to become Iowa internal revenue collector, replacing Charles D. Huston.
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Washington
Edwin
Edward
Edward H. Birmingham
Sioux City
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Birmingham
Herring
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Kremenak held in Clutier
Marie Lavick Kremenak, born in Bohemia and moved to the United States at 16, died Saturday at age 56. Survived by husband Frank Kremenak, daughter Mrs Olga Hartman of Steamboat Rock, son Edward Kremenak, sister Mrs Frank Machovsky of Chicago. Body cremated in Cedar Rapids.
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Frank Machovsky
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Moves to Process 900000 Driver Licenses
DES MOINES AP The state public safety department began handling 900000 driver license applications after a renewal deadline for those with licenses through July 5. Two shifts target 20000 weekly output with possible third shift to raise to 24000. mailing starts in about two weeks with September delivery expected.
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Des Moines
State Public Safety Department
Iowa
New Iowa Democratic Leadership Set For 1942 Elections
Des Moines AP reports Iowa Democrats will run the 1942 campaigns under new leadership. State Chairman E H Birmingham, tapped by President Roosevelt for internal revenue collector, will chair with Greek of Atlantic and others shifting roles. The state committee will shrink from 18 to 16, with reorganized district representation and a possible delay in naming a permanent chairman.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Birmingham
Central Committee
Walter Balluff
Davenport
W R. Hart
Iowa City
Ray Reed
Waterloo
Erwin Larson
Charles City
Leona Busching
Nashua
S. J. Burroughs
Albion
Balluff
Hart
Larson
Busching
Reed
Burroughs
What Cheer Man Fined for Reckless Driving
W H Pitts of What Cheer paid a $25 fine and costs after driving through a stop sign and causing a collision that injured six people slightly. He said he did not see the sign.
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Boone
W. H. Pitts
What Cheer
Iowa City Airport Completes East-West Runway Phase
Concrete work on the 4,000 foot east west runway at the Iowa City municipal airport was completed Monday. The project carried by the city in cooperation with WPA has moved to the 600 foot strip on the northwest runway.
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Iowa City
WPA
Christianson Gets Sanitary Sewer Job in Cedar Rapids
The Dan Christianson Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids, low bidder at 916.96, won the contract for a sanitary sewer on Twenty sixth Street between Third and Fifth Avenues. Other bids were E B Castle and Son 953.12 and Haegg Construction 973.28. City actions included traffic signals at Seventh Avenue east entrance and highway relocations on First Street north easterly to Seventh Avenue amid Indian Creek rebridging. DeWitt N H Smith elected city attorney. Winfield White resigned for selective service.
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Dan Christianson
Scoreboard Packers In Loop Softball Victories
Scoreboard and the Packers defeated Milwaukee Service Club 13 to 8 to start the second half of the split league season. The Packers then beat Coast-to-Coast 9 to 5 to maintain the league lead with a late Coast-to-Coast rally thwarted. Milwaukee will face the Springville Merchants in a replay to settle the second spot after a postponed Scoreboard game with Whittier.
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Ping
Milwaukee Service Club
Milwaukee
Newlin
Hanna
Little
Stodola
Stewart
Packers
Hardware Boys
Kerming
Cubbage
Poole
Springville Merchants
Scoreboard
Whittier
Local social notes honor Kathryn Kendall new Phoenix post
Mrs Ed Sigfred hosts a luncheon at Marion Golf Club complimenting her niece Kathryn Kendall who is resigning as a New Hampton High School teacher and taking a job with Central Arizona Light and Power in Phoenix Ariz. The gathering included four teen guests and out of town attendees Mrs H N Reich and Mrs Robert C Toms. Kendall departs Marion Sunday and Lucille Kimball returns from Chicago after visiting friends over the Fourth. Other items list club meetings visits and travel by local families and a pilot training update for John E Titus.
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Ed Sigfred
Montay
Marion Golf Club
Kathryn Kendall
New Hampton High School
Home Service Department
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Phoenix
Ariz
H. N Reich
New Hampton
Robert C Toms
Cedar Rapids
Miss Kendall
Marion
Scout Party Postponed and lodge meeting planned
Scout Troop No 38 postpones tonight’s 7 30 gathering at the Lincoln building. Osceola Lodge No 18 F will meet Thursday at 8 pm in the hall. Miss Katherine Taube of Hyattsville Md visits her parents in town. Eastman Kodak film ads note low prices at Owen's Cut Rate Drug. Summer voice class members meet 8 30 am Wednesday in Lincoln auditorium. Cedar Rapids hosts dinner guests Le Roy and Mrs Barber.
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Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Ben F Gill
Central Avenue
Boy Scout Troop No. 38
Lincoln Building
Osceola Lodge
Katherine Taube
Hyatts Ville, Md
A J Taube
Lincoln Auditorium
W. R. Barber
Conwell
Jean
Joan
Halstead
Kan
le Roy S. Barber
Cedar Rapids
James Cunningham of Coggon Dies at 75
James Cunningham 75, retired farmer and former Coggon town marshal, died at 7 am Tuesday from a stroke. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian church. Surviving wife Jessie, daughter Mrs. Roy Nietert of Central City, son Dale a Cedar Rapids police sergeant, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and several relatives. Friends may call at Moon funeral home in Cedar Rapids.
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James Cunningham
Coggon
Presbyterian Church
Francisville
Ind
Jessie
Roy Nietert
Central City
Dale
Cedar Rapids
Susie Kingsbury
Ames
Ida Gilbert
Stoughton
Wis
Charles
Albia
Allen Wright
Dwain Simmons
Walker Gene
Mary K
Jimmy Cunningham
Mary Jo
Roy Wright
The
Moon Funeral Home
Iowa Considers Open Deer Season Amid Growing Herd
Des Moines reports state conservation officials may permit an open deer season due to rising deer numbers. Superintendent Taylor W. Husoon cites about 1,100 wild white tail deer, with farmers complaining corn is being eaten. Deer sightings disrupt western Iowa highways across multiple counties. Wolves, coyotes, and red foxes are also noted in various regions.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Taylor W. Husoon
Huston
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Keokuk
Washington
Missouri River
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF KESWICK FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOSEPH PFIESTER
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Christian church in What Cheer for Joseph Pfiester 68 who died Thursday at a hospital in Oskaloosa Burial was at Indianapolis cemetery The oldest son of Jerome and Margaret Pfiester he was born on a farm in Iowa county In 1895 he was united in marriage to Clara Yearain They became the parents of five children all of whom survive They are John Tama Alvie What Cheer Mrs Pearl Ray Delta Mrs Edith Cary Garwin and Amos on the home place also 10 brothers and sisters including Francis Davenport John Bob Sigourney Ed Fred Keswick and others from near Keswick and from Oskaloosa
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Amos
Francis
Davenport
John
Bob
Sigourney
Fred
Keswick
Lizzie Annett
Clara Fisher
Sarah Rank
Mary Bickham
Leona Pfiester
Oskaloosa
Tama
Jesse H. Stice
Mason
F. W. Getty
Methodist Church
Stice
Marshalltown
Oak Hill Cemetery
William
Cynthia Ann Roupe Stice
Albia
Carrie Clark
Allerton
Lloyd Stice
Fort Dodge
F. C. Stice
Des Moines
Myrtle Woodley
Estherville
Anna Harrison
Akron
Independence
Keith Marvin
Waterloo
W A. Johnson
Buchanan County
Marvin
Hoffman
Jesup
Rowley
Decorah
G. E. Mathias
New Hampton
Fort Atkinson Monument Closed for Repairs
The state conservation commission announced the Fort Atkinson historical monument in Winneshiek county will be closed for several months for repair and excavation work, effective Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Fort Atkinson Historical Monument
Winneshiek County
State Conservation Commission
Elmer Rice Play Too Wordy For University Players
Iowa City theater reviews Elmer Rice Flight to the West staged by University theatre. Frederic McConnell directs with strong sets by Arnold Gillette and solid performances from Sydney Head Upton Palmer and Earl Harlan. Weak female roles and overlong dialogue noted.
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Iowa City
Democracy
Elmer Rice
West
University Theater
Frederic McConnell
Cleveland Playhouse
Arnold Gillette
Sydney Head
Ronald Colman
Upton Palmer
Herman Walter
Earl Harlan
Dallas
Tex
Betty Field
William Saroyans
Highlands
Postwar U S slump unlikely says Prof Davies
Iowa City Professor George R. Davies of the University of Iowa business research bureau argues that a serious postwar mood decline is unlikely. He cites the end of the gold standard era, limited price deflation, steady peacetime production, and ongoing inflation controls as factors. He predicts profitable rebuilding avenues and a restrained military need.
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Iowa City
United States
George R. Davies
University of Iowa Business Research Bureau
Davies
Republican Writer Blasts Coal Control In Iowa Column
Des Moines AP report says Lou Gardner’s weekly Republican column calls the federal bituminous coal division a government block on miners and producers. He cites a Cincinnati Iowa producer forced to sell below minimum price, causing unemployment and hunger while praising American freedom.
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Des Moines
Lou Gardner
Cincinnati
Iowa Legislative Coal Committee
Death of Decorah resident Wes Gager at 82
Wes Gager aged 82 died Sunday at the home of his nephew Carlton Gager in Orleans township. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Cresco Congregational church with Rev. A. D. Phelps, burial in Oaklawn cemetery. Born January 1, 1859, he was the oldest child of Nelson and Mrs. Gager. his father was Orleans township’s first settler in 1853. He married Helen Gill in 1898. she died in 1940 and they had no children.
Wind Storm Cuts Waterlooo Damage Across City
A Monday wind storm caused more than 10000 in damage in Waterloo focusing on the north and east areas. Trees and garages were destroyed while power lines tumbled in the northern residential district and Home Acres. A hail storm at Bunger s and Sons greenhouse added about 7000 in damages. No injuries reported as .59 inch rain fell and hailstones the size of golf balls plagued some farms though crop damage varied.
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Waterloo
Bungers and Sons
Wind and hail damage hit La Porte City area farms
Strong winds and hail struck farms six miles east of La Porte City on Sunday. At Leo Donovan’s farm a barn roof was torn and debris scattered. 35 trees uprooted. a tree crashed into a garage. fences and telephone wires toppled. Frank Powers’s barn roof and other structures were damaged. E W Jesse’s machine shed shifted from its foundation. A Walter Fehl corn field was destroyed by hail.
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LA Porte City
Leo Donovan
Frank Powers
E. W Jesse
Walter Fehl
Position More Precarious Than In World War
JOWA CITY AP Dean Mason Ladd of the University of Iowa college of law warned Monday that the United States faces a more precarious position than during the first World War. He urged peace officers to detect sabotage and subversive elements to preserve democracy, noting division in America. Official enrollment for the five day course surpassed 300.
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Jowa City
Mason Ladd
University of Iown College of Law
United States
Ladd
America
Most Japanese Like Americans Says Kagawa in Des Moines
Dr Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian leader, told Des Moines that 99 percent of Japanese love Americans and seek peace unless the U S attacks Japan. He warned reformers and Christians face clash with nationalists but aims to avoid criticism to foster friendly ties between Japan and the United States.
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Kagawa
Des Moines
United States
Japan
Toyohiko Kagawa
War Dept Seizes Land Near Des Moines for Ammunition Plant
An order signed by Federal District Judge Charles A. Dewey grants the War Department immediate possession of 2,445 acres southwest of Ankeny Iowa for a proposed 30 million dollar small arms ammunition plant. Construction is not expected soon. land will be appraised and paid for as work begins. A six member commission named by U S Marshal will appraise the property.
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Des Moines
War Department
Ankeny
Charles A. Dewey
United States
Gees Gillespie
Defense Boom Town To Curb Beer Trade
ANKENY AP This town of 632 population plans for a boom from a new $30,000,000 small arms munitions plant on its outskirts The city council voted to limit beer permits to two class B licenses and ban dancing A grocery store currently holds the only license a class C off the premises permit
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Ankeny
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Mes
A. E. Peterson
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Donald Durham
L. F. Templeton
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Ida
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Mr Taube
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Bobby
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Concord Agricultural and Literary Club
Bertha Blinks
Tenth Street
Ralph Kohner
Winona
Minn
Ralph Oxley
Red Cross
Robert Mitchell
W . C. No. 126
Memorial Hall
Edward Conrad
Linn County
Fort Des Moines
P. G. Harlan Paint Company
Melvyn Arp
Donald Arp
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
George Schrimper
Richard Schrimper
W. H. Roberts
Arlington
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Lillian Lickess
W. C. Sheets
Ryan
REA
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Patricia
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Louise Beyer
Berkeley
Calif
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Boston
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Albert Beyer
Lollie Betzen
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Coakley
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U. S
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Frank Webber
Bernard Tudken
Storm
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Washington, D. C
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San Diego
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F. E. Stimson
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McGregor
Washington, DC
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Morley
Los Angeles
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H. M. Titus
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Richard, Jr
Eastman Kodak
Owen
Iowa News
FT. Atkinson
Jean Witmer
U. 5
War Dept
L. E. Storm
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