Iowa to collect remaining Civil War G.A.R. records
Iowa's last Civil War era Grand Army of the Republic posts face consolidation. Assistant Adjutant T. J. Noll called in charters and records from all disbanded posts to aid pension work, record accuracy, and historical study. Only four active Iowa posts remain, with most records stored in attics or lost to fire.
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Des Moines
Iowa
T. J. Noll
Noll
Grand Army of the Republic
G.A.R
Fairfield
Council Bluffs
Wyoming
Fort Dodge
Treasury
John M. Rankin
Department
Rankin
Historical Society
Harri et Henders Recital Draws Large Local Audience
Miss Harriet Henders Metropolitan Opera soprano held Marengo listeners spellbound at a Tuesday recital in the Methodist church. The concert, a memorial to her father Dr E B Henderson, marked her homecoming with relatives and friends from distances. She performed with Vernon Sheffield of Emporia and received multiple encores reflecting her seven year European opera career and New York debut.
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Vivian Brown
Marengo
Harriet Henders
Metropolitan Opera Company
Methodist Church
E. B. Henderson
New York
Miss Henders
Clarence Whitehill
Meropolitan Opera Company
Committee Inspects Nebraska Structure For Iowa Office
Des Moines Iowa UI Heath District AP Governor George A Wilson heads a state building committee trip to Omaha to study United benefit structure as a model for Iowa’s planned state office building. Representative Henry W Burma says steel shortages unlikely to delay project and remains supportive. The last legislature allocated 1 50 000 for the building with go ahead by an 11 member committee of the executive council and lawmakers.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Building Committee
Omaha
Neb
United Benefit
George A. Wilson
Henry W. Burma
Allison
649 Students Will Receive Degrees At Iowa State Sunday
649 students will receive degrees at the seventieth annual spring commencement at Iowa State college on Clyde Williams field. Dr Charles E Finley will deliver the commencement address Five hundred seven BS degrees sixty DVM degrees forty three MS degrees thirty four PhD degrees and five engineering certificates will be conferred Two agriculture certificates awarded to two students Rev Jack Finegan will give the baccalaureate address The total degrees for the year reach 1131 with seven certificates awarded in the period.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Clyde Williams Field
Jack Finegan
Troy Mills Farewell Dinner for Captain Powell
A farewell dinner in Troy Mills honored Captain Harry G. Powell who departed Tuesday for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He is assigned for a year of service with the Sixth Quartermaster Battalion.
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Troy Mills
Harry G. Powell
Fort Leonard Wood
Sixth Quartermaster Battalion
Local Bride Weds L Le Roy Michel In Marion Home
Miss Muriel Alice Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs M A Morgan of Chattanooga Tennessee became the bride of L Le Roy Michel Tuesday evening at 8 in the home of the bridegroom's parents Mr and Mrs E R Michel 855 Central Avenue The Rev C V R De Jong conducted the ceremony in the presence of 40 relatives and friends The couple will reside at 1234 Eighth Avenue Marion after July 1 The bride is a University of Tennessee graduate and former teacher The groom is a Marion High School graduate employed at Western Auto Associate store
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E. R. Michel
Central Avenue
Muriel Alice Morgan
M. A. Morgan
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. le Roy Michel
C. V. R. de Jong
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Engstrom
Mary Chalmers Cory
Reuben Peterson
Seattle
Wash
Miss Engstrom
Cory
Peterson
Clarence H James
Iowa City
Mildred Carpenter
Chicago
Helen Burt
Leota McNiel
Ralph G. Michel
Walter Morrison
Marion
P. O. Michel
Michel
Eighth Avenue
University of Tennessee
Delta Zeta Sorority
Marion High School
Coe College
Western Auto Associate
Clarence H. James
Robert
Keith Raw
James Anderson, Jr
Clear Lake
C. A. Trau
Cincinnati
Ohio
Garden Club Hosts and Local News From Marion
Garden Club meets at Mrs. John Howe's home with 24 members. Readings include The Green Magic of Chlorophyll and A Garden Romance. Winners of a plant guessing contest announced. Lions hear Miss Holbert on French politics. Marion softball schedule set with Allen Motor vs Springville and Alburnett Oilers vs Coast to Coast. Former residents visit Earl Jefferson home. Bill Givens receives commission as second lieutenant.
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Garden Club
John Howe
North Marion
Irvin Kemp
Albright
Floyd Emmons
Charles Grimm
Miss Holbert
Germany
France
Lilette Holbert
Manchester
Lions Club
Marion Golf Club
Margery Holbert
Paris
Bert Stitzel
Irving Long
Holbert
Marion
Allen Motor Company
Springville
Marion Athletic Field
Marion Softball Association
Alburnett Oilers
CIO
Scoreboard
Whittier
Milwaukee Service Club
Earl Jefferson
W. C. Givens
Tacoma
Wash
Bill Givens
U. S. Marines
Officers’ Training School
Quantico
Norman Givens
Iowa State College
Picnic Planned by Past Noble Grand Association
Members planning to attend the Friday luncheon at Mrs. Bessie Josefi's home must notify Mrs. Ralph Parks by Thursday to arrange transportation.
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Noble Grand Association
Bessie Josefi
Ralph Parks
Osceola Lodge to Elect Officers and Lodge Balloting
Osceola lodge No 18 I O O F plans a Thursday 8 pm meeting in the hall for officer elections and voting on grand lodge officers and representatives to the grand lodge. The public library board also meets Friday at 7 30 p m in the library. Community notices include social events, campus youth activities, and local ads.
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Osceola Lodge No. 18
The
Public Library
Local Social Notes Highlight Church Groups and Visits
Betty McBride a ISU student plans summer visit at home. Rachel Booth Guild meets Thursday at 2 pm with Mrs. Herbert Harford hosting. Presbyterian Sunday school pupils rehearse Thursday at 3 pm. La Verna Titus visited Dike and friends. Helen Crane and Mrs. Woolrich tour Waterloo with Mrs. Herbsleb. Crane to enroll at Iowa State Teachers College. Book club luncheon hosted by Mrs. Lee R. Fitzgerald. A A Hardin reviews The Loon Feather.
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Betty McBride
Iowa State College
Rachel Booth
the Baptist Church
Herbert Harford
Third Avenue
L. W. Inman
la Verna Titus
Dike
Helen Crane
Fred Woolrich
Waterloo
Kenneth Herbsleb
Miss Crane
Iowa State Teachers College
Lee R. Fitzgerald
Book Club
A. A. Hardin
Iola Fuller
Funeral Held For Mrs. Medora Norton 93 At Marengo
Funeral services for Medora Norton 93 who died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs George Burns home St Donatus will be held Thursday at 2 p m at the Marengo Methodist church with the Rev George G Hunt officiating. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery She is survived by a daughter and two sons Bert and Jack Norton
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Marengo
Medora Norton
George Burns
St. Donatus
George G. Hunt
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Bert
Jack Norton
Supervisors OK Two New Secondary Road Districts
Linn County supervisors approve two new secondary road districts after hearing a June 24 proposal, covering 2.36 miles west of Otter Creek and north of the county home. They also buy a Caterpillar Nos 12 motor grader for 7500 plus a Hawkeye maintainer valued at 235.80, stored at Troy Mills to replace aging equipment and stockpile for defense priorities.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
William H. Behrens
Behrens
Alburnett
Otter Creek
Marion Township
Martin- Roasa Tractor Company
Troy Mills
Bertram
Court House News and Divorce Case Highlights
Harold Bruce, WPA watchman near Cedar Rapids, reports missing gasoline from WPA supply. Marcella Schwirtz sues Joseph E. Schwirtz for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks custody of their 4 year old.
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Harold Bruce
WPA
Stony Point
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff’s Office
Marcella Schwirtz
Joseph E. Schwirtz
Family affairs and civil judgments update
The item notes a marriage in Anamosa on Feb 25 1933 and reports a non injury collision near Waubeek at 4 p m between T F Cook of Central City and F C Johnson of Cedar Rapids. It also covers a $119.60 rent judgment for Bertha I Packer of Estherville against Frank Berger of Cedar Rapids and two promissory note suits by Honeymead Products against Alfred Seamer and Gerald Clifford with balances of 12950 and 13761.
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Jim Smith
Waubeek
T. F. Cook
Central City
F. C. Johnson
Second Avenue SE
C. J Haas
Bertha I. Packer
Estherville
Frank Berger
Cedar Rapids
Honeymead Products Company
Alfred Seamer
Gerald Clifford
Seamer
Clifford
Husband Bitten: Woman Wins Divorce in Seattle Court
Mrs Grover C Hensley testified in superior court that her 55 year old husband took pleasure in biting her and she cited grounds for divorce. She was granted the divorce in Seattle.
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Seattle
Grover C. Hensley
Superior Court
Baby Girl Drowns In Marengo Pool
Jean Simmons 18 months old daughter of Street Commissioner Mark Simmons Jr drowned in a fish pool at her home in Marengo Wednesday morning. Doctors lifeguards and firemen worked an hour to revive her. She is survived by both parents and two sisters.
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The
Gazette
Marengo
Jean Simmons
Mark Simmons, Jr
City Pool
Retirement From Politics Revealed By Claire Dewey
Washington Iowa state Sen A Claire Dewey four term Republican announced retirement from politics on Wednesday I do not plan to seek reelection to this or any other political office He cited deceit intrigue and double cross as reasons Dewey a leading conservationist helped pass wildlife protection laws and authored the homestead tax exemption law He opposed a sales tax plan saying Iowa loses about five million dollars annually in uncollected taxes Harlan C Foster of Mount Pleasant is named as a potential successor in the Henry County district
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Washington, Ia
INS
A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Henry
Henry County
Dewey
Harlan C. Foster
Mount Pleasant
Senate
Newspaper Mechanical Men Reelect All Officers
Officers of the Iowa Daily Newspaper Mechanical Conference were reelected at Davenport ending its fifteenth annual meeting. Des Moines will host the 1942 convention. Reelected executives include Guy J. Chappel Iowa City as president C H Bleuer Davenport as first vice president and Paul F Kamler Clinton as secretary A new second vice president post was created and Val Wells Des Moines was installed to lead planning for 1942.
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Davenport
INS
Iowa Daily
Mechanical Conference
Des Moines
Guy J. Chappell
Iowa City
C. H. Bleuer
Paul F. Kamler
Clinton
Val Wells
Wells
Maquoketa Trio Announces Engagement of Marjorie Zirkelbach
Mr and Mrs Will Zirkelbach of Maquoketa announce their daughter Marjorie's engagement to Donald W Miller son of Mr and Mrs Fred Miller of Andrew The couple plans to wed in the fall.
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Maquoketa
Will Zirkelbach
Marjorie
Donald W. Miller
Fred Miller
Andrew
Grinnell Institute to host Sir Norman Angell lectures
Grinnell Institute of International Relations will host Sir Norman Angell June 18 and 19. The English MP and Nobel laureate will speak on Roots Of World War II and Can Democracy Be Competent at 10 am and 8 pm respectively, with panel discussions on future world government and the next peace treaty.
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Grinnell
Norman Angell
Royal Institute of International Affairs
England
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Congregational Church
Norman
Egon Ranshofen Wertheimer
William Henry Chamberlin
Emery Baldur
Chamberlin
Henry Jeel Cadbury
Sir Norman
America
10 Day Brake Set In Scott County On Divorce Procedure
Davenport Iowa district judges W W Scott and W R Maines ordered that uncontested divorce actions in Scott County will not be heard until 10 days after filing. Historically divorces were granted the same day if the defendant waived action. The judges said the state is an interested party and should not grant divorces too quickly.
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Davenport
Scott County
W. W. Scott
W. R. Maines
Scott
Lynx Suspected After North Des Moines Animal Killings
Residents in northeast Des Moines report a large lynx weighing about 50 to 60 pounds as the killer of several farm animals including goats rabbits chickens a pig and a calf. Curtis Wright observed a cream colored animal with an evil look and conservation officials say lynx reports have not yet been verified.
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Des Moines
Curtis Wright
Wright
Iowa
Montezuma Boy Wins National Typing Contest
Montezuma youth Richard High son of Dr and Mrs D B High of Montezuma has won the accuracy division of the 1941 national typing contest. He attended Woodbury College in Los Angeles last year and received notice from his instructor after weeks of checkin g papers.
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the Gazette
Montezuma
Richard High
D. B. High
Woodbury College
Los Angeles
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