Four Runaway Women Taken From Boxcar
Four young women from Eagle Grove were found on an eastbound Illinois Central train and arrested on railroad officials’ complaint. Ages 18 to 22, they admitted running away from home and were to be returned to Eagle Grove. a loaded .38 revolver was carried by one of the Black men, aged 17, who faces concealed weapons charges. Officers from Wright and nearby counties assisted.
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Eagle
Jean Steelma
Hermie Lalor
Thelma Hill
Gertrude Yaeger
Anderson
Eagle Grove
Roy Nelson
Wright County
Louisiana
Waterloo
Dubuque
Dawson
Karl Meinhard
Miles A. Utley
Missing 14 year old girl Char lene Moss prompts police search
Special to The Gazette reports Manchester police seek Char lene Moss 14 who lived with Ed Rieck. She left Tuesday with a youth for Dyersville and was seen after a dance Wednesday morning. A later mysterious call in Dubuque asking for a Chicago address is linked to the girl. Broad‑sweeps in Iowa and Illinois are issued as authorities suspect she traveled toward relatives in Oelwein but went east.
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Manchester
Charlene Moss
Ed Rieck
Carl Anderson
Dyersville
Dubuque
Chicago
Anderson
Iowa
Illinois
Oelwein
Daniel M Driscoll 84 dies at Williamsburg
Daniel M Driscoll a 84 year old pioneer cattleman and feed salesman died Thursday in Williamsburg Services for him will be held Saturday at 9 30 a m at St Marys Catholic church He was father of 21 children 17 living with a large extended family including John Iowa City Dan Holbrook Tim Millersburg Tom North English Edward Vernard Davenport Donald Cedar Rapids Leroy in France James Vincent Driscoll Mrs John Lefebvre sr Fairfax Mrs C Disterhoff Anna Driscoll Williamsburg Mrs Peter Duffy Iowa City Mrs Carl Hogenborn North English and Mary Jo Driscoll Burial will be in Holbrook cemetery.
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Williamsburg
Daniel M. Driscoll
Pioneer Town
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John
Iowa City
Dan
Holbrook
Tim
Millersburg
Tom
North English
Edward
Vernard
Davenport
Donald
Cedar Rapids
Leroy
France
James and Vincent Driscoll
John Lefebvre
Fairfax
C. Disterhoff
Anna Driscoll
Peter Duffy
Carl Hogenborn
Mary Jo Driscoll
Holbrook Cemetery
Jenkins files for divorce from Marie Jenkins in Polk County
David K. Jenkins secretary of the Iowa board of social welfare seeks a divorce from wife Marie H. Jenkins in Polk County district court. The couple married Oct. 3, 1911, and have a 17 year old daughter.
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INS
Polk County
David K. Jenkins
Iowa Board of Social Welfare
Marie H. Jenkins
Marion Men in France Serve with U S Forces
Four Marion men in U S forces in France are S/Sgt Henry Grady S/Sgt Tom McDonnell Sgt Bob Davin and Sgt Duane Ozburn. They entered service February 1941 and left Camp Claiborne Louisiana in January for England. Their families reside with relatives in Marion.
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France
Marion
Henry Grady
Tom McDonnell
Bob Davin
Duane Ozburn
Camp Claiborne
England
Grady
Lenny Joe
H. C. Mershons
McDonnell
Clem L. McDonnell
Des Moines Mayor Calls State Liquor Policy a Joke
Des Moines Mayor John MacVicar urged Iowa lawmakers to adopt local option so county and city bodies can control liquor. He argued only through state action can city councils enforce compliant liquor laws. He quipped about an athletic club on a store floor and predicted a dry Des Moines during legislative session.
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DES Moines
Iowa
John MacVicar
Hick Awaits Linn Bar's Pleasure on Judgeship
Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper plans to await Linn County Bar Association recommendation before appointing a new district court judge to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Guy P. Linville. Potential appointees include Floyd Philbrick and Charles Penningroth of Cedar Rapids.
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Linn Bar
Frank Nye
Des Moines
Bourke
Hickenlooper
Linn County Bar Association
Guy P. Linville
G K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Shannon B. Charlton
Manchester
George W. Wood
Waterloo
Martin W. Cooney
West Union
H. E. Taylor
Waukon
John G. Chalmers
Dubuque
Hugh Stuart
Dubu
Vinton
Disabled veterans handiwork sent to Schick General Hospital
Handiwork by disabled veterans was delivered to Schick General Hospital at Clinton on Thursday by Red Cross home service chairwoman Mrs E E Parsons and companions Mrs Herbert Gee Mrs Robert Hutchison Mrs W B Hanna Mrs J O Sheets and Mrs C H Dirks. Miss June DeWees will host a personal shower for Bonnie Carey this evening at the DeWees home 909 Thirteenth street with about twenty guests expected.
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Clinton
E. E. Parsons
Red Cross Home Service
Herbert Gee
Robert Hutchison
W .B. Hanna
J. O. Sheets
C. H. Dirks
June DeWees
L. B DeWees
DeWees
Thirteenth Street
Bonnie Carey
Course for Peace Officers Is Ended
IOWA CITY The peace officers short course ended Friday at the University of Iowa with talks on arrest laws disarming and come along tactics. Enrollment reached 235, deemed excellent as many officers are in service. A panel on juvenile delinquency urged rehabilitating delinquent parents as key to correcting delinquent youth. Training and environment were cited as primary factors with home therapy needed, featuring W. W. Keenan of Omaha FBI special agent Police Chief Joseph Strub Dubuque Capt Fred Carstens Cedar Rapids and City Attorney Oscar Stafford Chariton.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
R. M. Perkins
W. W. Keenan
Omaha
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joseph Strub
Dubuque
Fred Carstens
Cedar Rapids
Oscar Stafford
Chariton
Iowan in Crew of Lost Bomber in New Hampshire
Army officials awaited reports from search parties to determine the fate of a 10 man bomber crew after a B 17 wrecked in rugged northwestern New Hampshire woods. Sgt Wayne D McGavran of Seymour Iowa was among the crew. Wreckage sighted by Maj Norman Vaughn, former Byrd expedition member, prompted a large search effort. The aircraft departed Kearney Nebraska Monday night and was last reported over Manchester New Hampshire Tuesday noon en route to Dow Field Bangor Maine. Thunderstorms plagued Maine and northern New Hampshire since Monday.
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N. H
New Hampshire
Wayne D McGavran
Seymour
Norman Vaughn
Richard E. Byrd
Grenier Field
Vaughn
Army
Navy
Civil Air Patrol
Kearney
Neb
Dowfield
Bangor
Maine
Federal Tax Collections in Iowa Reach $289.8 Million
Des Moines reports Iowa federal tax receipts for the year ending June 30, 1944 totalled $289,796,688, up from $134,088,712 the prior year. Collector E. H. Birmingham announced. Ten years ago Iowa collections were $17,408,902. Receipts surpassed all years from 1934 to 1942.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
Aviation Legislation Conference Scheduled in Des Moines
Arthur Boreman announces a general conference of Iowans interested in aviation to be held in Des Moines in August. The meeting will discuss aviation legislation to be presented to the next Iowa legislature.
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Des Moines
Arthur Boreman
Iowa
Joint Aviation Legislative Committee
State Patrol Reports 3756 Convictions
DES MOINES AP Persons arrested by the state highway patrol during the six months ended June 30 paid fines totaling 58483.94 and were sentenced to a total of 58 years 10 months and 12 days in jail. Patrol Chief Clint A Knee reported 5873 summons tickets 1047 memorandum violations tickets and 25368 notices of illegal or faulty equipment. A total of 1372 summonses were for failure to have a driver's license and 1071 for failing to observe stop signs. Only 114 summonses were for driving while intoxicated. 3756 defendants were convicted or pled guilty 1887 cases continued and 230 dismissed.
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State Highway Patrol
Clint A. Knee
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