Receding floods ease as Iowa sees further damage and many bridges lost
Des Moines area and southwest Iowa slow flood decline after heavy rains. Rain totals across the state fueled ongoing damage to crops, homes, highways, and railroads with 21 bridges out in Adams County alone. Des Moines river remains near crest while Raccoon and Des Moines rivers stay elevated for days.
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Iowa
Ark
Creston
Mount Ayr
Corning
East Nodaway
Weather Bureau
Adams County
W. H Sparbee
Carleton H. Vernon
Clarinda
Atlantic
Tracy
Eldon
Raccoon River
van Meter
Bureau
Raccoon Valley
Raccoon
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Pocahontas
Fort Dodge
Jefferson
Decorah
Rockwell City
Spirit Lake
Alta
Estherville
Sac City
Perry
Carroll
Waterloo
Forest City
Ames
Cherokee
Iowa City
Omaha
Charles City
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Inwood
Sioux City
Davenport
Burlington
Keokuk
Charles D. Reed
Madrid
CAA Reports Pilot Violated Nine Rules in Waterloo Crash
E N Townsend of the civil aeronautics board said Walter Fox 28 Waterloo violated nine rules in a light plane death plunge near Waterloo. Passenger Clifford Craft 28 near Waterloo died. Violations included flying without a license dual controls in operating position acrobatic flight with a passenger and without parachutes. Townsend and two investigators wrapped up their inquiry.
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Waterloo
E. N. Townsend
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board
S Bureau
Walter Fox
Cox
Clifford Craft
Townsend
Assenger
McGregor Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Schneider of Marquette mark 50 years of marriage with a family dinner and open house for relatives next Sunday Their daughters husbands and eight grandchildren join in the observance Mrs Schneider 76 a former Matilda Moody and a descendant of the Moody pioneer family was born near McGregor The couple wed in Spencer Ind on June 15 1891 and later lived in De Smet S D and McGregor before settling in Marquette where Mr Schneider worked for the Milwaukee railroad retiring in 1930
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McGregor
William Schneider
Marquette
Herman Cooks
Robert
Marie
Eleanor
Alice May
Robert Stottlemyer
Utica
Jack
Moody
David Moody
Mr. Schneider
Kendallville
Ind
Jacob Schneider
Schneider
Milwaukee Railroad
Iowa City Briefs Highlight IOSummer Management Course Names
The University of Iowa summer management course lists two Canadian engineers Arthur Bradshaw and Robert C. Hartwell both from York Knitting Mills Woodstock Ontario as learners in production management and time study. About 75 embryo lawyers completed the state bar exam written portion including 66 UI students and seven other graduates. Sigma Nu fraternity and Beta Mu Building Co appeal a city tax assessment of 19000 citing excessive unfair valuation of their property in district court.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Arthur Bradshaw
Robert C. Hartwell
York Knitting Mills, Ltd
Woodstock
Ontario
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Beta Mu Building Company
Montezuma Farmer Killed in Auto Collision
Montezuma near here Elmer Kirk about 50 a farmer was killed Wednesday and his wife seriously injured when his car collided with a highway patrolman's vehicle driven by Charles Frazier a local resident Frazier was not injured.
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Montezuma
Elmer Kirk
Kirk
Charles Frazier
Frazier
Larson Named Iowa League Postmasters Leader
Mrs. Ida E. Larson of Swea City was chosen president of the Iowa branch of the National League of District Postmasters, succeeding Ivan D. Henderson of Charlotte. L. S. Gambs of Smithland was reelected first vice president, George P. Rounds of Clermont second vice president, and W. S. Olexa of Batavia reelected secretary treasurer.
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Marshalltown
Ida E. Larson
Swea City
Iowa
National League of District
Ivan D. Henderson
Charlotte
L. S. Gambs
Smithland
George P. Rounds
Clermont
W. S. Olexa
Batavia
War Dept Okays $7.2 Million Burlington Plant Expansion
The War Department authorized a $7.2 million expansion to increase facilities at the Town ordnance plant in Burlington Iowa. Details of the project were not disclosed.
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Washington
War Department
Town Ordnance Plant
Burlington
720 Register For Boys State Camp Starting June 15
A record 720 boys have registered for the Hawkeye Boys State camp at the Iowa State fairgrounds from June 15 to 22. The event will form 12 counties and 24 governments in the model state. Jordan Larson will direct the camp with Ray Doncels in charge of athletics, Tom Norris as chief counselor, Roy Hefti directing the band, Paul C. Taff overseeing food, and Dr. George Watters handling physical examinations. The American Legion sponsors the program to teach government principles.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Jordan Larson
Dubuque
Ray Doncels
Iowa State College
Ames
Tom Norris
Manchester
Roy Hefti
Johnston
Paul C. Taff
Iowa State
George Watters
The
American Legion
How It Was Named LINCOLN Iowa Village Rewrites Its Identity
In Tama county's northwest corner the 167 resident village faced a naming odyssey. Settlers first chose Spencer to honor a local family, then Augusta, then Berlin after a Scottish town. A clerk’s bad handwriting and wartime patriotism finally settled on Lincoln, the name of the township where it sits.
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Lincoln
Tama County
Iowa
Spencer
Augusta
Berlin
Scotland
Three-Truck Pileup Caused by Cattle on Highway
Special to The Gazette Manchester Iowa Two people injured three trucks damaged and four head of cattle killed on highway 13 three miles southwest of Manchester The incident began when Clarence Milroy of Delaware hit cattle roaming the road The Milroy truck struck the cattle and was followed by Lloyd Deuel of Lamont and Gerald Boone of Coggan causing a three vehicle crash Mrs Boone suffered facial cuts and Milroy head injuries taken to Manchester hospital Sheriff Anderson directed traffic for hours while wreckage was cleared
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the Gazette
Manchester
Highway
Clarence Milroy
Delaware
Lloyd Deuel
Lamont
Deuel
Carl Anderson
Iowa Fatal Accidents Occur Every Sixteen Hours Says Book
DES MOINES AP Iowa’s public safety department released Iowa Highway Accident Facts a 46 page report noting a fatal accident every 16 hours and an injury crash every 44 minutes in 1940 Ten thousand copies were printed for sheriffs county attorneys police departments schools and safety groups The report cites 11924 property damage crashes 7432 injury crashes and 537 fatalities with costs and patterns including 123 deaths in 1940 and most fatalities among ages 25 to 44 Pedestrian deaths were 22 9 percent with Saturdays and Sundays most dangerous and Tuesdays most likely for an accident One in 12 crashes involved a drinking driver and one in nine fatalities occurred in such crashes
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Public Safety Department
May
Colors In S A 1 Art Bldg Intended To Stop Sleep
Iowa City AP report says University of Iowa art department painted the interior in bright colors to counter dull institutionalized effect and to keep students from sleeping in study halls.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Art Department
Man Identified as Donald Simonson Charged After Escape
Algona Iowa AP A Minneapolis man Donald Simonson 33 fled after allegedly forcing a 10 year old girl into a car and fired at town marshal Walter Stewart who fired twice at the vehicle. A 90 mile an hour chase ended with Simonson's capture by two officers. Simonson signed a statement admitting the crime and faces a statutory charge. The girl suffered a head wound but was not seriously injured.
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Algona
Donald Simonson
Minneapolis
Walter Stewart
Burt
Simonson
Max Studer
Kossuth
Ralph Lindhurst
Wt Nethergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Art Cogley
Cogley
Fairfield Man Elected President of G A R in Iowa
Elliott P. Taylor of Fairfield, age 95, was named commander at Iowa G A R encampment in Des Moines as J J Neuman of Des Moines became junior vice commander. New officers also include J M Gudgel Shenandoah senior vice commander and T J Noll Des Moines assistant adjutant general.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Seymour
James P. Martin
Sutherland
George Bushnell
Cedar Rapids
Mark H. Morse
Wyoming
Sons of Union Veterans
Marie Shope
Emma Ertel
Marshalltown
Melissa Harrington
Davenport
Zella Russell
Fairfield
Mabel Comfort
Blanche Renner
Hattie O'Neil
Emma Alstrand
Fort Dodge
Anna Reynolds
Iowa Falls
Hattie Conn
Newton
I and I
Henrietta Vandenburg
Sioux City
Woman's Relief Corps
Nora Reinhardt
Waverly
Viola Shepherd
Mount Union
Ruth Flatt
Edna Widdrington
Mary Shipp
Mount Pleasant
Marie Baker
Washington
Grace Heign
Sheldon
Elizabeth Leech
Bloomfield
Effie Jinks
Knoxville
Elsie Ream
New Virginia
Washington County approves 48000 hospital addition bond
Washington county voters approved a 48000 bond for a hospital addition by 1016 to 537 with 65 percent in favor, meeting the required margin. The vote follows Iowa statute revisions allowing the special election after a prior 1940 June primary favorable vote was voided by a technicality.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Bernard Manley Retires After Guiding Iowa Liquor System
DES MOINES RP Bernard E Manley ends seven years as Iowa liquor commissioner returning home to Clear Lake Ind. His successor is R F Swift of Harlan Ia both Democrats Manley helped shape the state monopoly system created in 1934 overseeing 176 stores with payroll about 700. A strict disciplinarian he favored prices that deter excess consumption. He was indicted in 1936 over liquor seal distribution but acquitted on the witness.
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Des Moines
Bernard FE
Manley
Iowa
Clear Lake
Mason City
R. F Swift
Harlan, Ia
Commission
Harold M Cooper
Marshalltown
Dick Lane
Davenport
Lane
Herring
Hartley
Polk County
Iowa Democratic Central Committee
M L Curtis
Attorney, General's Office
Co Inventor Of Farm Tractor Hart Parr Dies At 78
Charles H Parr co inventor with C W Hart of the Hart Parr tractor died in Los Angeles at 78 He helped develop the first gasoline tractor in 1902 and the first kerosene fuel method in 1903 The Hart Parr tractor name later joined Oliver Farm Equipment with 800 to 1000 workers at the plant in Charles City Iowa
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Charles City
Charles H. Parr
C. W. Hart
Los Angeles
Mr. Parr
Wisconsin
Mr Hart
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Hart-Parr
Oliver Farm Equipment Company
West Union Council OKs Sewage Modernization Plan
West Union council approved plans to modernize the sewage disposal plant and extend mains to all homes. Estimated cost is 63 300 dollars with about 45 000 covered by city obligations and 18 000 by special assessments. final action on the resolution of necessity and hearing of objections set for July 7.
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West Union
Chamberlain To Lecture At Grinnell Institute
Journalist William Henry Chamberlain will deliver five lectures at Grinnell Institute of International Relations in Grinnell from June 12 to 21. Topics include Aims of the Belligerents, Implications of the Axis Partnership, Plans for Future World Government, The Next Peace Treaty, and Whose Order in Asia.
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Grinnell
William Henry Chamberlain
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Chamberlain
League of Women Voters
Asia
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