Federal government seizes Clinton scrap yard for 200 tons
Federal officials took over A. O. Schaffer A to Z wrecking yard in Clinton seizing about 200 tons of iron steel and rubber scrap after Schaffer refused to sell. The yard along highway 30 was placed under control of Eugene L. Dunne and James J. Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
A. O. Schaffer A
Schaffer
Highway 30
Eugene L. Dunne
Chicago
Automobile Graveyard
James J. Gillespie
U.S
Des Moines
Office For Emergency Management
Middle West
War Production Board
Valparaiso
Ind
Dunne
OFM
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Clinton Tron and Metal Company
Sam Holstein
Metal Reserve Company
Ann Taylor Engaged to Teach Third Grade in Anamosa
WAUKON announces Ann Taylor daughter of the late Judge H E Taylor and a graduate of Iowa State Teachers college has been engaged to teach the third grade at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon—Ann Taylor
H E Taylor
Iowa State Teachers College
Anamosa
Discharges Granted 68 State Guardsmen Who Entered Army
Sixty eight Iowa state guardsmen including seven officers and 61 enlisted members received discharges to join the armed services. Lieut. Col. Percy A. Lainson, chief of staff, announced the transfers from 25 state guard units. Forty one enlisted men joined the army, 17 the navy, two the marines and one the air corps. Eastern Iowans named include John D Field Otto A Fisk Robert F Lilly John L Bald ridge Roscoe B Ayers Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Guard
Armed Services
Percy A. Lainson
Army
Jon
Navy
Marines
Army Air Corps
Roy Miller Appointed Deputy in Wyoming Civil Defense
Dr W W Bron son chairman of Wyoming civil defense names Roy Miller as deputy and lists captains for drivers, messengers, rescue, auxiliary police, air raid wardens, firemen, fire watchers, demolition, road repair, decontamination, emergency food housing, and medical corps with assistants to be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W W. Bronson
Civil Defense Corps
Roy Miller
Drivers Corps
L. M. Sherrill
Ralph Orth
Harry Lindsey
H. Ll. Countryman
L B. Madsen
Will MccCalmant
Shenandoah Man Heads Iowa DeMolay Leader
Ben Brown of Shenandoah was elected master councilor of the Iowa Order of DeMolay at the state convention in Fort Dodge. He succeeds Marion Chard of Audubon, with officers Harold Fouts of Sioux City James Applegate of Burlington Bradley Osmunson of Webster and advisers D. W. Fisk of Carroll and W. E. Beck of Iowa City named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Ben Brown
Shenandoah
Iowa Order of de Molay
Marion Chard
Audubon
Harold Fouts
Sioux City
James Applegate
Burlington
Scribe
Bradley Osmunson
Webster
D. W. Fisk
Carroll
W. E. Beck
Iowa City
Fire devastates downtown Waterloo shops and city hall
A one story brick building housing six shops in downtown Waterloo burned on Wednesday. Damage was estimated between 50 000 and 75 000 with several hundred tires lost from Stewart Tire. Firefighters reported roof collapse but city hall was spared. Owners planned immediate rebuilding if materials available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
East
Black Hawk Electric Company
Chester Stone
Miller Printing Company
Arthur Miller
Fovall
Dorothy Burroughs Weds Vernon Gingerich in Tipton Ceremony
Dorothy Elizabeth Burroughs daughter of Mr and Mrs James M Burroughs of Tipton wed Vernon Gingerich son of Mr and Mrs Jess Gingerich of Riverside in a private Tipton home ceremony read by Rev H N Posten of Crawfordsville Miss Shirley Richards sang I Love You Truly with Adelaide Randa accompanying. The couple will reside at 420 North Fourth Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Dorothy Elizabeth Burroughs
James M. Burroughs
Vernon Gingerich
Jess Gingerich
Riverside
H. N Posten
Crawfordsville
Shirley Richards
Adelaide Randa
Clarence Briskey
Iowa City
Gingerich
Tipton High School
Tipton Junior College
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Iowa
Burlington
University of Southern California
Sorbonne
Paris
Burlington Junior College
North Fourth Street
H. N. Posten
Elizabeth Gritman
Lee McCullough
Jarvis
Springville
I. L
Accelerated CPTP Opens for Men 27 to 36 at Coe College
An accelerated civilian pilot training program will open about June 29 at Coe college Cedar Rapids offering eight weeks of training replacing 16 weeks. Eligibility includes men 27 to 36 and younger men 18 to 26 with criteria and flight tests. Tuition meals lodging and insurance provided by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Meyer
Can
Cedar Rapids Airways
Greene Hall
Meyer
Notable Residents Listed in Ode to Local Families
Gritman and son Robert from Walker along with Mrs Anna McQuown of Mt Vernon and Mr and Mrs Jess Gingerich with son Harlan of Riverside are named. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Clarence Briskey Mrs Edith Heisner and son Richard of Iowa City in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gritman
Robert
Walker
Anna McQuown
Mt. Vernon
Jess Gingerich
Harlan
Riverside
Clarence Briskey
Edith Heisner
Richard
Iowa City
Iowa County Induction Quota Sends Large Group to Des Moines
The largest contingent from Iowa County leaves Friday June 26 for the Des Moines induction station. Names include Henry G. Plagmann Jr Andrew Hoff Thomas Hoff Louis Hess Nash Donohoe Carter Della mut h Goebel Connor Deuchler Hohenshell Moffit Netser Furman Refer Schooley Smith Livingston Rothenbacher Ballard Wiebold Wood Duffy Wood Cockrill Bair Fell No woatony Lawson Harriman Kelly Donahue Hatter Gardner Tompkins Dillin and others. Tompkins and Dillin volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa County
Des Moines
Henry G. Plagmann
Conroy
Thomas Lyle Hoff
Louis Charles Hess
Amana
John Dale Nash
Williamsburg
Claude Anthony Donohoe
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Berry Carter
Lyle Dellamuth
Joseph Evan Goebel
Victor
Gerald Paul Connor
George Fred Deuchler
Middie
Cewil Samuel Hohenshell
Boyd Moffit Netser
Walter Harrison Furman
Carl Edward Refer
Ervin Leigh Schooley
Silvis
Milton Charles Smith
Melvin Carl Livingston
Carl Rothenbacher
Middle Amana
Cecil Laverne Collingwood
Dale Donald Ballard
Herbert Conrad Wiebold
John Henry Wood
Vincent Duffy
Marriages Built By Happy People Says Mrs Duvall
IOWA CITY The sixteenth annual conference of child development and parent education ends with a dinner commemorating the twenty fifth anniversary of the child welfare station at the University of Iowa. Mrs Evelyn Millis Duvall opened the meeting urging happy marriages come from happy people and noting pre marriage adjustment as a key predictor of success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Evelyn Millis Duvall
The
Association For Family Living
Duvall
Ruth Benedict
Columbia University
America
George D. Stoddard
Iowa Republicans Weigh Wartime Campaign Strategy
Iowa Republicans discuss streamlining campaign work for wartime. Cedar Rapids official Harrison Spangler urged GOP lawmakers to map out election plans with state leaders and top ticket holders. He proposed a Washington meeting to align on wartime steps and the path to victory in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Harrison Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Spangler
Towa
Thomas E. Martin
Towa City
Henry O Talle
Decorah
John W. Gwynne
Waterloo
Karl M. LeCompte
Corydon
Paul Cunningham
Des Moines
Ben F. Jensen
Fred B Gilbert
State Center
United States
George A Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Troy Mills Alumni Picnic Planned at Waltonian Park
The Troy Mills Egypt and Highland schools alumni gathering will be held at Waltonian park east of Troy Mills on Sunday with a basket dinner at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
Egypt
Highland
Waltonian Park
India's Four Aims Told by Friend of Gandhi at Grinnell
Haridas Muzumdar, Gandhi's friend, spoke at Grinnell Institute outlining four aims for India's freedom movement including democracy's triumph, Axis destruction, creation of international governments, and soul force over brute force. He equated empire with totalitarian rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Gandhi
Grinnell
Haridas Muzumdar
Mohandas Gandhi
Muzumdar
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Dog Bites Mule After Man Is Thrown During Roundup
Waushon area incident on John Ashbacher farm near Waulan where a mule reared to fend off a attacking dog. The mule struck helper Henry Ingles breaking his shoulder and he was taken to a La Crosse Wisconsin hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Henre Ingles
John Ashbacher
Waulan
Ingles
LaCrosse Wis
Frances Blume Weds Fayette County Clerk in West Union
West Union Frances Blume daughter of Amanda Blume and Herbert Klammer married Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev Bartels officiating. Attendants included Norma Klammer Westgate and Walter Blume. The bride, a Sumner High School graduate, taught in Fayette county rural schools and has served as deputy in the county superintendent's office. the groom, a Cedar Rapids Business College alum, is clerk of the district court at West Union serving his second term. They will reside with the bride's mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Frances Blume
Amanda Blume
Herbert Klammer
Fred C Klammer
Westgate
Zion Lutheran
Res C Bartels
Phyllis Wittenburg
Sumner
Norma Klammer
Ister
Walter Blume
Cedar Rapids
Sumner High School
Fayette County
Am West Union
Wlammer
Maynard
Cedar Rapids Business College
Stay Off Gravel Roads Warns Traffic Expert
Iowa state traffic expert Prof R A Moyer urged motorists to avoid loose gravel roads to conserve tires. He said wear on gravel is double that of pavement and punctures are far more frequent, recommending 40 mph to reduce wear and extend tire life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
R A Moyer
Engineering Experiment Station
Iowa State College
Governor's Traffic Safety Commission
Lieut Mason Lowe Missing in Action
Mrs Lowe of Earlville has been informed by Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs that her husband Lieut Mason Lowe is listed as missing in action. He served in naval intelligence in the Far East and was in the Cer sen Philippines area when it capitulated and became a prisoner of war. Lowe graduated from Bartle high school and Cornell college and has lived in the Philippines for 12 years. His wife and their 5 year old daughter returned to the United States last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farlville
Mason Lowe
Earlville
Lowe
United States
Anamosa Tar Cited for Pearl Harbor Bravery
Anamosa native Robert Fo Rubt son of Mio and Mrs John Ruaht is cited for bravery during the Pearl Harbor attack. The award notes his unstinting duty and courage aboard the burning USS Arizona as part of a stretcher party from the USS Solace, risking life to rescue casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Robert Fo Rubtson
Mio
John Ruaht
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor Territory
Hawaii
Blaster Explosion Endangers Tama Springs Worker
Joe Coburn forty five of Nora Springs suffered severe eye injuries Tuesday when a sand blaster exploded near Long Point on a new road bridge project southeast of Tama. Sand at high pressure penetrated his eye with debris embedded behind the eyeball. He was taken to Deaconess Hospital in Marshalltown where doctors said the right eye vision likely is lost but the left eye should be saved. The device blows sand to strip old paint from steel bridge spans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Joe Coburn
Nora Springs
Long Point
Coburn
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
WAACs on Army Breakfast Menu Puzzles Fort Des Moines
Des Moines AP reports WAAC members face appetite questions as Fort Riley men plan meals for the women’s army auxiliary corps. Capt McSweeney and Master Sergeant Decker will start cautiously, noting women may be daintier eaters than men and may surprise the cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Milner Kennedy
United States Army
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Fort Des Moines
McSweenes
Towans Told to Lay In Winter Coal Now
Jonn s Drabelle of Cedar Rapids, president of the Towa Coal Institute, urged Towans to order and store coal during the summer so transportation can handle fall demand. He advised dry storage on a well ventilated floor with windows shut and to clean out old coal before adding new. He spoke at the custodian training school at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames (Cp
Jonn
Drabelle
Cedar Rapids
Towa Coal Institute
Towane
Lowa State Collexe
Columbus Junction couple wed in Kahoka Missouri ceremony
Madelsn Briggs of Letts and Floyd Tsar of Columbus Junction married in Kahoka Missouri on a Sunday. Mrs Tsar is a Letts High School graduate and Mr Tsar a Columbus Junction High School graduate. They plan to reside here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Madelsn Briggs
Frank Briggs
Letts
Floyd Tsar
Edward Tisar
Kahoka Mo
Tuser Ais
Letts High School
Mr Tisor
Columbus Junction High School
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U. S
Midwest
Women’s Corps
Order of DeMolay
Stewart Tire Company
Dorothy Burroughs
V. J. Gingerich
CPTP
Au Uve
Drake University
Naval Aviation
al To
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Gazette
Grinnel L
Europe
Freda Utley
Russian Commissary of Foreign Trade
Miss Utley
Japan
China
Lieut
WAAC
Towans
Westinghouse
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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