Grinnell Hosts War Activities Day for Boys State Event
The Hawkeye Boys State opened in Grinnell with a War Activities day featuring 650 Iowa boys. Gov. George Wilson spoke as the Iowa state guard paraded and each county sent floats and delegates. The camp runs through June 15 with lectures by Frank Miles and W S Rupe and ends with war film showings.
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Ames Tribune
Iowa State Guard
Wilson urges each generation to guard its own rights
DES MOINES AP Gov George A Wilson told a G A R campfire meeting that liberty is not inherited and each generation must preserve its rights. He praised Civil War veterans and noted the annual parade climaxing the convention, with only five veterans riding in cars. Daughters of the Union Veterans elected officers led by Mrs Cecil Brower.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
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Union
Cecil Brower
Burlington
Ellen Bryant
Mount Treasant
Mabel Carrier
Marengo
Annette Dierdorf
Iowa City
Gertrude Hatcher
Chariton
Drastic Federal Tax On Sales Is Urged
DES MOINES AP Much heavier federal taxes including a 3 to A percent federal retail sales tax were urged by Dr Simeon E Leland head of the University of Chicago economics department at a banquet of the National Association of Tax Administrators He said the tax should be used in emergency to curb inflation and that war bond subscriptions must come from earners under 3000 a year He also urged compulsory war bond purchases and supported increased taxes to fund war needs.
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University of Chicago
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Symbol of Freedom crosswords clue set answer
Puzzle clues include compass point visible vapor college heads singing voice animal expires gem endure small particle It is situated near in New York harbor vertical answers cover Therefore article light brown parent belonging to him pro thespian eagle's claw exist winglike part ever strike lightly colonize fruit kindly moist earth comb form Slavic lairs paid notice caterpillar hair prefix golf term offspring biblical king stannum gods doctor s degree
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Kalona Youths Charged With Bombing Homes
Five Kalona youths faced preliminary hearings on unlawful use of fireworks after bombs set off at three homes. Two, Wayne Dunn and Cletus Kern, were pardoned to army induction, pled guilty to disturbing the peace and fined. Donald Kern Eddie Stumpf and Charles Jirsa Jr await grand jury action with bonds posted. County officials note regional tension and vandalism amid WW II era wartime sentiment.
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Eddie Stumpf
Charles Jirsa, Jr
Katona
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Iowa Sailor Witnessed Sinking of Bismarck
Des Moines Navy recruiting station hears from E. Miller of Albia, a 19-year Navy veteran and chief yeoman in Denver, who joined a naval mission in London in 1940. He recounts the May 26 Bismarck engagement lasting about two hours, noting orders to delay fire until dawn and the moment the Bismarck's guns were silenced at 8:15 a.m.
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Pygmalion at Cornell Little Theater this June
Cornell Little Theater will stage George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion from June 11 to 13 at 8:30 PM. Craig Huston leads as Henry Higgins with Ruth Miller Handel as Eliza Doolittle, supported by Frank Babcock Col Pickering and Nelda Kurtz Mrs Higgins, directed by Al and Bertha Johnson.
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Cornell
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Higgins
Kenny Claussen
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Betty Chiquet
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Virginia Bolton
Eynsford Hill
Anita Mummart
Doug Anderson
Freddy Eynsford Hill
Bertha Johnson
Midwestern Governors Visit Great Lakes Navy Training Station
Eleven governors from Illinois Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin Kansas and Missouri toured the Great Lakes naval training center in Chicago and at the lakes station to observe city and farm youths training as sailors for the nation’s fleets. The visit marked the second annual Governors Navy Day with introductions to state aviation cadets and a 19 gun salute. Governor Dwight H Green hosted the event with Major participants including Harold E Stassen Dwight P Griswold Julius P Heil Payne H Ratner and Forrest C Donnell. Lieutenant Gav Bourke B Hickenlooper stood in for Iowa Governor George A Wilson.
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Ilinois
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Minnesota
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Nebraska
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Wisconsin
Payne H Ratner
Kansas
Forrest C Donnell
Missouri
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Iowa
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World War I Veteran Called At Belle Plaine
Harry Box age 44, Belle Plaine resident and former World War I veteran, will report to Benton county draft board at Vinton Saturday for a second service. He served with the 147th Engineers in 1917 and returns to Belle Plaine to work for a seed company. He is unmarried.
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Benton County Draft Board
Vinton
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Eer Aas
Hugh Fraser Missing in Philippines
Special to The Gazette Edgewood reports First Lieutenant Hugh K Fraser of the engineering corps has been missing in action in the Philippine islands since the fall of the islands. Confirmation has been received by his mother Mrs Leona Fraser.
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Osage GOP Leader Stanley Smith Dies at 61
OSAGE AP Stanley R. Smith 61 Republican leader and director of James A Smith Lumber died Tuesday night after a heart attack. Former Iowa Republican central committee member he served as treasurer from 1932 to 1936.
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West Liberty Woman Hurt Crossing Highway 6 in Crash
Mrs. C. S. S. Ridenour, 65, suffered serious injuries Tuesday evening when struck by a car as she crossed highway 6 while holding an umbrella. The car, driven by Cyril F. Black of Iowa City, was reported by highway patrolmen. She was taken to University hospital in Iowa City.
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Highway 6
Cyril F. Black
Iowa City
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University Hospital
Midwest Marketers Oppose Gasoline Rationing
Three hundred Nebraska and Iowa petroleum marketers adopted a resolution opposing Midwest gasoline rationing. They urged federal leaders and congressmen to consider voluntary conservation and highlighted warnings that voluntary cuts reduced consumption 20 to 25 percent, rubber needs, tire longevity, and the impact on roads and war effort.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Midwest
Roosevelt
Mississippi Rises Prompting River Park Fishing Scene
The Mississippi River swells to its highest spring crest in 20 years, threatening riverfront areas in McGregor. Youths fish in the ball park as boats and rafts dot the waters while basements flood in nearby McGregor and Marquette. The crest may reach about 1775 feet by Wednesday if rains persist, with hundreds of visitors watching the swollen river.
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Mississippi
United States Weather Bureau
Marquette
DuBuque Flood Threatens Pool and Yards Near Harbor
The Mississippi rose to 18.9 feet threatening the DuBuque municipal pool and nearby railroad yards near the harbor. Low land truck gardens islands and the municipal airport were already inundated as weather officials warned that heavy rain could replicate or extend the 1988 crest of 2045 feet.
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Aubuque Weather Bureau
Solon man dies at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City
SOLON Joseph A Hrdlicka of about two miles northeast of Solon died at Mercy hospital in Iowa City at 9380 am Wednesday. The body is at the Barta chapel in Cedar Rapids pending funeral arrangements.
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Cadets to Arrive at Iowa Naval Station
A second group of 242 cadets will arrive at the naval pre flight training station in Iowa City to start a 90 day physical buildup. The fire group reported May 28 and is now in its second week of training. The new recruits will undergo medical exams and receive equipment and uniforms during their first days of navy life.
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Navy Life
Four Persons Injured In Crash Near Tipton
Four people were injured near Tipton on highway 38 when a two vehicle crash occurred Monday evening. Howard Wilson sustained a badly injured left arm, Vida Wilson a crushed ankle, and Mary Lou Wilson bruises. Mrs Hadley in the truck suffered head bruises. The crash site at the highway 38 right turn is noted for prior accidents due to a high bank obscuring the view.
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Tipton
Howard Wilson
Vida Wilson
Mary Lou Wilson
Central City
Aledo
R J Hadley
Providence
Hadles
Aged Marengo Man Hit by Truck Dies in Hospital
Frank Baldwin, 75, of Marengo, died Wednesday at Watts hospital from injuries after being struck by a truck while walking on highway 212 Tuesday evening. The driver, Charles Phillips of Muscatine, was involved in the incident.
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Watts Hospital
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Muscatine
60 Jurors Called For Winneshiek Court Term
The Winneshiek county district court will open July 6 with 60 trial jurors summoned, the largest in recent years, plus a grand jury report due later. Names list jurors from Burr Oak, Bluffton, Calmar, Decorah, Fremont, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Pleasant, Sumner, and Washington townships. The panel includes L. E. Pierce, Charles Reed, Edward Carolan, Albert Womeldorf, John Gaul, Matt Puffer, Celia Sobolik, Ellen Bergan, and many others. The grand jury will report July 13, with members from Burr Oak, Decorah, Fremont, Jackson, Pleasant, Sumner, and Washington.
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Winneshiek County
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Burr Oak Township
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Avitus McCabe
Paul Whalen
Bluffton
Edward Carolan
Earl Yarwood
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Fremont
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Gust Anderson
Ed Easler
Highland
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Jackson
Matt Puffer
Celia Sobolik
Lincoln
Frieda Butz
Walter E. Howe
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Clem Lechtenberg
Henry Emers
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Marie Lansing
Norman H. Kooster
Elizabeth Geling
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Parnell Frether
Adolph Martinson
Joseph Flaskerud
Theodore Berg
Springfield
Leonard Hertges
Walter Peck
Sumner
Iver Anderson
Raymond Shevik
William Hauber
Peter Barth
Washington
Frank Rothmever
Mike Brincks
Cornelius Rothmever
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Earl Springmire
Burr Oak
Guy Haatvedt
Calmar
Oc Mclain
Canae
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John C Shutta
Franksville
Janey
Frank Jirak
Jackson Herman Soukup
Calbert Evanson Military
Henry Ruffridge
Pleasant
George Reihle
Joseph Holthaus
Wamore elected president of Iowa postal clerks group
AP reports Fav Fy Wamore of Council Bluffs is the new president of the Iowa Federation of Postal Office Clerks. Elected at the convention’s close in Waterloo, Wamore succeeds Des Knapp of Cedar Rapids.
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