Ban On Pleasure Driving May Extend To Iowa And States
Washington reports the pleasure driving ban could spread to Ohio and the Carolinas soon as part of a broader overhaul of gas rationing. Officials cite dwindling East Coast stocks and consider extending to nine more states, with the Midwest arguing for preservation of four gallon weekly coupons where shortages are not as acute. Des Moines Governor Hickenlooper protests any cut in Midwestern gasoline, urging fair treatment as restrictions aim to conserve supplies for essential travel.
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Washington
Ohio
Carolinas
Office of Price Administration and
Petroleum Administration
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Middle West
Midwest
Des Moines Pastor Louis Ripley Dies at 66
The Rev. Louis E. Ripley, 66, pastor of Asbury Methodist Church in Des Moines, died Monday at Iowa Methodist Hospital. He had served 41 years in the Des Moines Methodist conference.
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Des Moines
Louis E. Ripley
Asbury Methodist Church
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Cornell Theater Opens Season With My Sister Eileen
MT VERNON The Cornell college Little Theater will begin its season Friday with the Broadway hit My Sister Eileen. Iowa cast members include Jean Raplinger South English Helen Muljer Victor Helen Danforth Osage Phelps Manning Mr Vernon Helen Freeman Spencer Betty Jo Sheeley Marshalltown Nina Courson Belmond Margaret Heitz Muscatine and Joan Day Davenport. Performances are at 8 30 p m on Friday and Saturday evenings.
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the Gazette
MT. Vernon
Cornell College Little Theater
My Sister Eileen
Iowa
Jean Raplinger
Helen Mul Jer
Victor
Helen Danforth
Osage
Phelps Manning
Davenport
Two Iowans Fined On Lottery Count
Chicago reports 27 people fined and placed on probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate federal lottery laws. Louis C. Kammer of Sioux City and L. B Kendall of Jefferson were among those charged in four nationwide rings tied to a $2,000,000 yearly business. They were linked to the Flyer company, a baseball and treasury balance gambling pool.
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Chicago
Louis C. Kammer
Sioux City
L. B Kendall
Jefferson
Flyer Company
Treasury
Waterloo Plant Rebuilt After 100000 Fire Losses
Reconstruction at the Flour City Box and Manufacturing plant in Waterloo is finished after a February 16 blaze caused $100,000 damage and claimed three lives.
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Waterloo
Flour City Box and Manufacturing Company
Drunk Driving Cases Top Iowa Court Records
DES MOINES AP The bi annual report of the Iowa parole board shows 409 of 887 district court defendants fined or jailed in the year ending June 30 were sentenced for driving while intoxicated. Larceny cases numbered 73, with 68 committed for breaking and entering and 62 for forgery.
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Des Moines
Iowa Parole Board
Two Marengo Women Nominated by D.A.V.
Davenport UP reports that Mrs. Ellen Bryant and Mr. Pleasant were the sole state presidency nominees for the Daughters of Union Veterans at the twenty-ninth annual convention. Other officers nominated without opposition on Monday included Mrs. Ida Bell of Marengo as treasurer and Mrs. Mabel Carrier of Marengo as executive council member.
Fire destroys Bedner Drug and Grocery in Waterloo
Four families escaped injury as fire destroyed the Bedner Drug and Grocery company in Waterloo early Tuesday. Hermart and Mrs Bender, owners, were rescued through a window after stairs were blocked. Building loss estimated at 3500 dollars. hot ashes in the basement cited as cause.
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Waterloo
Bedner Drug and Grocery Company
Hermart Bender
Williamsburg Soldier Drowns
Private Reno Henry Hudepohl, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Hudepohl, drowned last Wednesday while swimming in Blind Pass near Treasure Island on Florida west coast. Coast guard spoke and body recovered next day on a sandbar near the swim site. He entered service September 1942 and is survived by four sisters, a sister-in-law, and grandfather. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of the body.
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Williamsburg
Reno Henry Hudepohl
Adolph Hudepohl
Blind Pass
Treasure Island
Pass-a-Grill Island
Florida
War Department
Drewfield
Tampa
Coast Guard
Hudepohl
Lucille
Irma
Alice
Oren Schmidt
Homestead
Ed Newkirk, Jr
Peace Officers to Hear Hickenlooper at Iowa short course
Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper will be chief speaker at the University of Iowa peace officers short course banquet in July. The governor’s July 15 address marks the first Iowa governor to attend the annual event. Prof. R. M. Perkins notes July 12 to 17 program plans with law enforcement experts from federal and state departments among the speakers.
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Iowa City
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
University of Iowa
Iowa
R. M Perkins
Farmer Dead After Fight in Pool Hall
Carroll Iowa AP report says George Pfiffer, 57, a Coon Rapids farm hand, died in a Carroll hospital from a broken neck following a pool hall altercation last Thursday night. County Attorney Robert Brunner charged Frank Ockenfels, 57, also of Coon Rapids, with assault with intent to do great bodily injury. Ockenfels is free on bond as prosecutors consider upgrading the charge to second degree murder.
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Carroll
George Pfiffer
Coon Rapids
Carroll Hospital
Robert S Brunner
Frank Ockenfels
Justice Court
Ockenfels
Pfiffer
Reed and Van Sickle Tie The Knot In Greeley Church
Betty Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs George Reed of Greeley and Merle Van Sickle son of Mr and Mrs Dolf Van Sickle of Springville were married in the Methodist church on Saturday. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Donald Thomas. The bride works as an inspector for Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids and the groom is a telegrapher.
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Greeley
Betty Reed
George Reed
Merle van Sickle
Dolf van Sickle
Springville
Donald Thomas
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids
WAAC Enlistment Drive Planned in Jones County
An intensive drive to enlist women in the WAACs will be conducted in Jones county and Anamosa on June 14 and 15. Third Officer Arsers Corporal Erca and Auxiliary Knapp will assist with application forms and mental tests. They will also meet women’s clubs and operate an information booth in the business district.
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Anamosa
Waacs
Jones County
Arsers
Erca
Knapp
Jap-American Youths Arrive In Des Moines
Seven Japanese-American youths aged 17 to 24 arrived in Des Moines and took up temporary homes while awaiting employment offers. They are the first of many Nisei to be brought to Iowa under the War Relocation Authority.
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Des Moines
Iowa
War Relocation Authority
Iowa Nya
Spirit Lake
Tom Komatsu
Los Angeles
Manzanar, Calif
Two Men Escape From Fort Madison Prison Farm
Southeastern Iowa police hunted Laurence Van Buren 21 and Richard E. Darby 56 after they escaped from the Ft Madison penitentiary Monday night. Dressed in prison clothes they fled from a construction project outside the prison where they were working.
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Fort Madison
Southeastern Iowa
Laurence van Buren
Richard E. Darby
Ft.Madison
Jewelry Stores Lead in Iowa Sales Gains April 1943
Iowa City report from the University of Iowa bureau of business research shows jewelry stores posting a 44 percent year over year gain in April, followed by motor vehicle dealers at 39 percent, and dry goods at 37 percent. Women's wear rose to fifth as grocery rankings fell from fifth to fifteenth. other sectors posted 28 percent and lower gains across the list.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Busy Summer Term Looms for Winneshiek District Court
Special to The Gazette Decorah Winneshiek county district court prepares for a busy term with 65 jurors called to report July 12 Judge M M Cooney will preside Grand jurors report July 5 for the term list includes Headington Kingsley Green Fisher Gillett Casterton Rotvold and others Trial jurors named include Dahms Stee Carolan Mellick Quandahl Wernett Gossman Shimek Bjonerud Riehle Koch Phillips Smorstad Lands werk Womeldorf Kerr Moen Ellestad Tillinghast Williams Weis Mott Allison Gilson Gipp Hammil Trouten Clink Trouten Ryan Rosendahl Hagen Iverson Smith Bielski Howe Marron Krall Anderson Guttormson Evenson Christen Gross Hemesath Klisart Hanson Falck Albertson Broghammer Winterthuen Iverson Anderson etc.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
M. M. Cooney
E. A. Headington
Burr Oak
John Kingsley
Bluffton
S. A. Green
Bloomfield
Fred Fisher
Calmar
E. V. Gillett
C. O. Casterton
Doris Bjonerud
William J Riehle
Fred C Koch
George Phillips
Calmar Albert Smorstad
E C. Landswerk
Walter Womeldorf
George Kerr
Alfred Moen
Albert Ellestad
Clark Tillinghast
George Williams
Alfred Weis
J W Mott
Melvin Allison
William Gilson
Ida Gipp
Earl Hammil
Oscar Anderson
Frankville
Robert Trouten
William Clink
James Trouten
Fremont
Joe Ryan
Lawrence Rosendahl
Albert Hagen
Glenwood
Lawrence Iverson
Rob Smith
Waldy Bielski
Hesper
Wallace Howe
Clarence Marron
Edna Krall
Jackson
Kenneth Anderson
Ida Guttormson
Lincoln
Mabel Evenson
Gilbert Christen
Henry J. Gross
Madison
Theodore Hemesath
Celia Klisart
Guerna Hanson
Military
Leon Falck
Henry Albertson
Ernest Broghammer
Orleans
Helge Winterthuen
Fred Iverson
Ole Anderson
Pleasant
Joe Brookner
Frank Jones
Elsie Brown
Springfield
May Bouska
Ray Lukes
William Weldon
P J. A. Loesch
Sumner
Gregor Lutkenhaus
Joseph Lensing
Christ Rilling
Agnes Schreiber
Anna Smith
Washington
Iowa City Police Chief Drafted for Army Duty
Iowa City Police Chief Harland Sprinkle has been drafted and will report for active army service at Camp Dodge in two weeks. He was sworn in as a draftee on Monday, and Mayor Wilbert Teeters has not named a successor since Sprinkle’s appointment on April 1.
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Iowa City
Harland Sprinkle
Camp Dodge
Wilbert Teeters
Sprinkle
Parole Board Receives Public Endorsement From Board
Iowa's Board of Control defends the parole board as diligent and fair in interpreting parole laws after Tom Runyon, a Fort Madison prisoner, criticized them. The Cedar Rapids Gazette carried Runyon's critique via Associated Press reporting, prompting a board letter urging readers to note the parole board's commendation from the Board of Control.
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Iowa
Board of Parole
Board of Control
Tom Runyon
Runyon
Presidio
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
D. R. McCreery
Alburnett
Gazette
Fort Madison
Scrap metal drive nets eight tons in Mt Vernon
Eight tons of scrap metal were collected here Friday under the direction of Carl Travis as a follow-up to last fall's campaign pickup effort.
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MT. Vernon
Carl Travis
Last Fall
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