Former Iowan Named Public Enemy No. 1
FBI names Maurice Denning once a Council Bluffs bootlegger turned bank robber as public enemy number one. At 38 and two feet six inches tall, Denning, linked to multiple 1934–35 bank robberies in Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota, remains at large amid FBI efforts and past associates’ fates.
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Omaha
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Maurice Denning
Kenneth Logan
FBI
International News Service
Denning
Law and Order
Kimes
Oklahoma
Sooner
Pretty Boy Floyd
Council Bluffs
Federal
Thomas Limerick
Earl Keeling
Security National Bank
Superior
Neb
First National Bank
Hawarden
Dell Rapids
S.D
Stork
Hudson
Limerick
Edward Casebeer
Smith Center
Kan
Casebeer
Wankesha
Wis
Starr
Denning and
Cumberland
Public Enemy
Piano Recital by Miss Edna Roberts at Christian Church
Miss Edna Roberts presents her pupils in a Sunday 7 45 pm piano recital at the Christian church. Participants include Elaine McGee Karen Foster Margaret Huntoon Eugene Gonsales Charlese Birmingham Roberta Wilson Marilyn Tritle Helen Reichert Arline Stroope Nadine Manson Bernice Brown Merlene Knight Joyce Carter Mary Ann Ross Teresa Gritzner Myrna Stimson Marlene Moffatt Alice Ann Engel John Ballard Joyce Lacock Betsey Wachal Marilyn Rech Janet Walkel Carol and Twyla Hutton Jane and Beverly Harville Jeannine Vonda and Laura Lee Freeman Phyllis and Edwin Carlson Jeanne and Virginia Emmons Dorothy Leona Levasseur Phyllis Lackey Janet McCune June Deciaus Mary Lou Nielsen David McCalley James Lang Donald Stamy Patty Morris Sandra Storm Lyle Boesenberg Dolores Cherry Marcia Frentress Darlene Williams Lois Jurgensen Jare Leidigh Irene Nelson Marilysa Hoover Donnie Morrison Joyce Fosdick Donald Deacon Dorothy Clark Darlene Meggers Arliss Brown.
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Edna Roberts
Christian Church
Elaine McGee
Karen Foster
Margaret Huntoon
Eugene Gonsales
Charlese Birmingham
Roberta Wilson
Marilyn Tritle
Helen Reichert
Arline Stroope
Nadine Manson
Bernice Brown
Merlene Knight
Joyce Carter
Mary Ann Ross
Teresa Gritzner
Myrna Stimson
Marlene Moffatt
Alice Ann Engel
John Ballard
Joyce Lacock
Betsey Wachal
Marilyn Rech
Janet Walkel
Carol
Twyla Hutton
Jane
Beverly Harville
Jeannine
Vonda
Laura Lee Freeman
Phyllis
Edwin Carlson
Jeanne
Virginia Emmons
Dorothy
Leona Levasseur
Phyllis Lackey
Janet McCune
June Deciaus
Mary Lou Nielsen
David McCalley
James Lang
Donald Stamy
Patty Morris
Sandra Storm
Lyle Boesenberg
Dolores Cherry
Marcia Frentress
Marion drives seventh war loan pledges at $98,726
W A Jackson reported Friday that total pledges in the Marion area reached $98,726 with only 28 of 93 Marion city workers replying. Additional pledges from major employers and utilities bring the sum to $123,? including $49,000 in E bond sales and $25,270 from several companies. The combined Marion and township quota stands at $225,000.
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W. A. Jackson
Post Office
First National Bank
Marion Township
Marion City
First Ward
Telephone Company
Gas Company
Tawa Electric Light and Power Company
Home Building and Loan Association
Marion
Beulah Blackford Crouse Receives Shower Honors
Compliment to Mrs. Norman Crouse former Beulah Blackford follows her April 21 Seattle marriage. Mrs. F F Blackford hosted a miscellaneous shower Thursday night with gifts arranged in a wheelbarrow by Richard Blackford. Attendees included Mrs. Charles Vaughn of Tucson and her son Allen.
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Norman Crouse
Beulah Blackford
Seattle
F. F. Blackford
Crouse
Richard Blackford
Blackford
Brotemarkle
Lyle Stimson
Robert Burns
Charles Vaughn
Tuscon
Ariz
Allen
Alburnett graduate reunion and local ads note
Pfe Bernard Krabacher and Pvt Cecil Bowen, veterans of 39 months in Europe, have been mustered out at Jefferson Barracks and returned home. The Alburnett high school alumni plan a Sunday picnic at Bever pick. The St Pauls Lutheran Vacation Bible School runs daily 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. through June 8. Bay 13 seeks farm work with tractor experience. Pvt James Christianson Jr medical discharge from Camp Fannin, Texas, returns home. Coast to Coast Store advertises plant takes at Bezdek's.
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Pfe
Bernard Krabacher
Albert Lewis
Pvt
Cecil Bowen
Robert Bowens
Jefferson Barracks
Alburnett High School
Bever Pick
Leila Sloat
St. Pauls
James Christianson, Jr
Camp Fannin
Texas
Fourth birthday party notes and local notices
Mrs. Gerald Schenk celebrated her son Jerry Painting's fourth birthday with wall paper removal and refinishing. Cub Pack 58 hosts a field day and kite contest Saturday at 2 p.m. at the athletic field. City Hall notes report Cavalcade of America uses Cedar Park grounds June 18 week and June 14 beverage permit deadline, plus a sanitary sewer petition on Twenty fourth Avenue SW.
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Gerald Schenk
Jerry
Cavalcade of America
Cedar Park
First Avenue el
City Limits
Reunion Overseas and Local War News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Paul J Fiedler learn their son Lt Robert Fiedler, co pilot in the air transport command at Abadan Iran, has seen Pfc Jack Gill Cairo Egypt and Lt Bob Boyanovsky Karachi India. Gill on furlough in Palestine. Boyanovsky returning to the United States. Also notes on visitors Vera Wilson of Philadelphia to O W McBrides, Marion cleaners ads, Carl Owen minor operation, new fireproof roof by Carey brand Castle Bros.
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Paul J. Fiedler
Robert Fiedler
Air Transport Command
Abadan
Iran
Jack Gill
John Gills
Cairo
Egypt
Bob Boyanovsky
Karachi
India
Gill
Palestine
Boyanovsky
Ed Boyanovsky
United States
Aircraft Equipment Exhibit to tour Iowa cities in June
DES MOINES AP war department and state department of public instruction will run aircraft equipment exhibits in six Iowa cities this June and July. A traveling conveyance with photographs diagrams and teaching aids will visit Iowa City high school on June 11 at 1 p m for schools planning aeronautical instruction.
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Des Moines
War Department
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Jessie Parker
Army Air Forces
Iowa City High School
13 Iowans Win Honors At Columbia University
Thirteen Iowans are among 140 fellows and graduate scholars for 1945 56 at Columbia University, announced by Dr Nicholas Murray Butler. Named: Helen Gertrude Price Iowa City psychology, Mary Louise Robinson Cedar Rapids business, Alta Jean Sheetz Cedar Rapids music.
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New York
Lowans
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Helen Gertrude Price
Iowa City
Mary Louise Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Alta Jean Sheetz
Miles Visits Gestapo Lair At Nuernberg
Frank Miles reports from Nuernberg Germany where bodies of Gestapo men lay amid rubble ten days after a bombing. The scene reveals torture devices distorted pamphlets and Nazi propaganda. Allied air losses and war materials are documented in a large processing building near Nuernberg with recovered American and British money and artifacts.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Gestapo
Christ
Adolf Hitler
Bavaria
American factories and air power reshaped war effort
Report quotes a plant managing director noting Allied air power as the decisive weapon. He cites daylight bombing harming material production and night bombing crushing morale, while recalling debates on underground factories and Nazi underestimation of American production and aircrew skill.
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America
Germany
West Point to bury Col Morton Mumma in ceremonies
The body of Col. Morton C Mumma, age 7, former professor of military science at the University of Town, was sent from Beverly Hills to West Point for burial. A retired army officer and 25 year Western conference football official, Mumma was a nationally known weapons expert.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Morton C Mumma
University of Town
West Point
Iowa Bar Elects New Officers at Annual Convention
Des Moines delegates gather for the Iowa State Bar association meeting. The event focuses on essential business with officer elections results to be announced after a morning canvass by the board of governors. Candidates include Judge Frederic M. Miller for president, Charles E. Hughes for vice president, and Boni Druker for re-election as librarian.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Bar Association
Board of Governors
Frederic M. Miller
Charles E. Hughes
Belle Plaine
Boni 8
Druker
Marshalltown
History repeats as man loses hand in railway accident
Manuel Carrasco aged 45 who previously lost his left arm in an earlier railway crash, had his right hand crushed when it was run over by a Great Western switch engine on Thursday night in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Manuel Carrasco
Great Western
Coggon Soldier Hero in Battle
Pfc Walter Rowe of Coggon Iowa with Sixth Infantry receiving the Silver Star for gallantry in the Pacific theater. He knocked a grenade thrower to the ground and charged an emplacement, saving lives during action near the Casas Ruin Hills in 194? combate. He serves in Company F, First Infantry Regiment, Seventh Division, in continuous combat in the Pacific.
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Vision
Luron
Walter of Rowe
Charles Wo Raw
Coggon, Ia
Rais
Acter Fas
Casas Ruan
Rawr
Rie Bbax
Ile
Pfc. Rowe
Sinth
Pacific
Barber Confusion Spans Years And Moves To LeMars
RYAN Wess Holthouss ran a barber shop for ten years before relocating with his family to LeMars. The notice records his long service in the trade and his recent move away from the prior community.
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Ryan—Wess Holthouss
Thave
LeMars
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