Two Convicts Captured After Oakdale Escape
Two of three youths who fled from the Oakdale Iowa state reformatory work camp were held in Ottawa Illinois on charges of stealing a car at Triumph. Steve Lepovitz and Robert Mathew, both in their twenties, were linked to the Triumph car theft after their Davenport escape and Rock Island crash. The missing companion Joe Yeager was not with them.
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Ottawa
Ill
Oakdale
Triumph
Iil
Steve Lepovitz
Madrid
Robert Mathew
Des Moines
Joe Yeager
Davenport
Government Bridge
Rock Island
State Board of Control
Lepovitz
Mathew
Eastern Milk Strike Recessed Indefinitely
The Dairy Farmers union recessed its tri state milk strike pending Owen D. Young's efforts for federal action on higher New York City market prices. The eight day stoppage halted half of NYC milk receipts. if no action in two weeks the strike would resume. Deliveries resumed as leaders planned a petition at Young's Van Hornesville farm.
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Utica
N. Y
Dairy Farmers Union
Owen D. Young
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
Holland Foster
Young
van Hornesville
City Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Health News
Retired Railroad Men's Association meets in Rock Island assembly room Thursday at 2 pm. Mrs. Joe Klinger undergoes appendectomy at Mercy hospital. Mathers club and senior group plan a Friday picnic at Daniels park. First Evangelical church Home Builders class hosts picnic and meeting Friday at 6 pm in Ellis park. Waubeek Scout council executive board dinner at Camp Waubeek Thursday 6 30 pm. Mrs E L Nelson returns from Des Moines after her mother’s death. Harold Hamer is correctly listed as Private First Class special 3 and first cook of Company H 136th medical regiment Camp Claiborne Lano. Kiwanis-sponsored Boy Scout Troop 9 at Camp Waubeck hosts dinner with Kiwanis Tuesday evening. Marion G. Fitzgerald arrives at Camp Polk La July 3. Mrs Phronia Munsell, 80, sustains a head gash after a stroke and fall. hospitalized at St Luke’s in good condition.
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Harold Hamer
136Th Medical Regiment
Camp Claiborne
Lano
Phronia Munsell
G Avenue NW
St. Luke's Hospital
Local donors honored for full campaign contributions
Six more firms and organizations received 100 percent donation certificates for the US OQ campaign. The honorees announced Wednesday at campaign headquarters include Hach Brothers, Service Press, Linn County Relief Department, Cedar Rapids Food Market, Illinois Central Freight Station, and Klinger Wall Paper and Paint Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hach Brothers
Service Press
Linn County Relief Department
Cedar Rapids Food Market
Illinois Central Freight Station
Klinger Wall Paper and Paint Company
Child Buddy Linaweaver Recovering After Crash
Lynn Buddy Linaweaver six of East Moline is recovering satisfactorily after a June 21 automobile crash caused a fractured right leg and left jaw. He has been confined to Mercy hospital since the accident and hospital attendants report improvement on Wednesday morning.
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Lynn
Buddy” Linaweaver
East Moline
Mercy Hospital
Accident on Highway 212 near Chel sea claims Linaweaver family
An accident on the outskirts of Chel sea along highway 212 killed Lynn Linaweaver and her parents Mr and Mrs Myrl C. Linaweaver and sister Shirley. Private Francis J Brems returns to Camp Grant Illinois after visiting family and will soon be reassigned to Camp Moffett California. Dora P Petry reports her son Ralph A Petry and his bride hitchhiked to Cincinnati Ohio after visiting Cedar Rapids and Wright Lockheed plant employment planned in Cincinnati.
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Lynn
Myrl C. Linaweaver
Shirley
Chelsea
Highway 212
Francis J . Brems
Camp Grant
George F. Brems
First Street
Brems
Camp Moffett Field
Calif
Dora P Petry
Thirtysixth Street
Ralph A. Petry
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Perry
Ralph
Wright- Lockheed Airplane
Miner Electrocuted at Merritt Mine Near Trommald
Peter Perpich a 26 year old Crosby resident was electrocuted while working in the Merritt mine near Trommald Minnesota He died instantly after touching a live wire authorities said
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Brainerd
Minn
Peter Perpich
Crosby
Merritt
Trommald
Perpich
Unnamed Bureau to Host Second Annual Outing at Marion Country Club
The unnamed bureau of the Chamber of Commerce hosts a Thursday outing at Marion Country Club with golf after 4:30 p.m and a 7:30 p.m dinner. Prizes for high and low scores on handicap basis. Transportation via Bob Roberts or Brett Dishong. Slade notes first B 19 bomber landing at March Field California.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Country Club
Bob Roberts
Dia
Brett Dishong
William O Slade
Fifteenth Street
Fort Des Moines
Air Corps
March Field
Calif
Army
Slade
Army Boiler Strike Shuts Wicks Brothers Plant
About 150 workers from the Steel Workers Organizing Committee halted production at Wicks Brothers Boiler works in Saginaw Michigan delaying $500000 in army and defense plant contracts on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw, Mich
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIC
Army and Defense
Wicks Brothers
British flyer mails letter to Iowa State girl through four censors
A 21 year old British airman Geoff Austins mailed a letter from Malta to Lu cille Baumann of Central City Iowa via air mail on April 29. Four censors marked the envelope and the missive reached Ames July 2 and Central City July 5 after verification of the address. Austins obtained Baumann’s address through a friend who had long corresponded with another Iowa State college girl. He laments Malta’s isolation and notes Luftwaffe losses and Malta raids while stationed there.
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Iowa State College
Lucille Baumann
Central City
Royal Air Force
Malta
Geoff Austins
Ames
London
Germany
unidentified quote hints at raids and Baumann response
A fragment notes someone stopping actions and resorting to occasional night raids. Miss Baumann is identified as answering the letter, suggesting a local dispute or correspondence context.
Traveling Secretary to Address Lincoln Highway Directors Thursday
Mrs Hazel B Drees traveling secretary for the Iowa Nebraska Lincoln Highway association will speak at the Cham ber of Commerce board meeting Thursday noon at the Roosevelt hotel. She brings prior advertising experience and was chosen this year by the joint executive board. The non profit group plans an advertising push to draw more tourists to the Lincoln highway also called U S highway 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel B. Drees
Iowa-Nebraska Lincoln Highway Association
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Chambers of Commerce
Boys Die While Covering Paper Route for Friend
In Detroit, 11 year old Richard Power and 10 year old James Cobinna promised a friend they would deliver his paper route during his vacation. Police found both boys dead Tuesday while attempting to cover the route.
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Detroit
Richard Power
James Cobinna
Jimmy
Newsboys Killed by Cyanide In Basement Apartment
A basement apartment was entered during vermin extermination and two people were asphyxiated by cyanide gas on their first day as newsboys. The article notes a 225 percent rise in civilian pilots and a 235 percent increase in civil airplane production over the past two and a half years.
Bertram Budget Hearing Set by Linn County Iowa Officials
The Bertram town council will meet July 21 1941 at 8 p.m. in Township Hall to hear taxpayers for or against the 1942 draft budget. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements past and planned will be available at the hearing. Katie Black town clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
Linn County
Iowa
Township Hall
Katie Black
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United States
Vayaep Amie
City Briefs
Continental Buffet Hotel
Roosevelt
Railroad Men's Association
Joe Klinger
Third Street
D of H. Mathers’ Club
Daniels Park
First Evangelical Church
Ellis Park
Waubeek Area
Scout Council
Camp Waubeek
E L Nelson
Hinkley Avenue
C H Graybeal
Boy Scout Troop
Kiwanis Club
Camp Waubeck
Kiwanis
Marion G. Fitzgerald
William J. Fitzgerald
Camp Polk
33Rd Armored Division
U.S.O
Linaweaver
Merchants National Bank One
SS At
Cedar Rapids Area
Merchants National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Intelligence Department
Miner
ERAN
Frigidaire
Checker Electric
Mount Vernon Street
Iowa City
DIAL
Iowa- Nebraska _ Lincoln Highway
Chum
Clearaway Sale of
Kenmore Washers
Sears
Kenmore
America
Cuba
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Crber Service
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