Exemption On Driver's License For Soldiers
Gov. George A. Wilson asked Safety Commissioner Karl W. Fischer to exempt Iowa soldiers from license renewal until after honorable discharge. Licenses set to expire July 5 may be renewed without examination or penalty once discharges occur. Two year licenses expire on odd years.
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Des Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Karl W. Fischer
Iowa educational code revision urged for clarity and scrutiny
Iowa officials and educators met to discuss a statewide code revision aimed at improving the educational system. University president Hancher urged careful drafting and court clarity, while Superintendent Parker announced a five member commission will draft the final revision for recommendation later this year.
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Iowa
Morpher
Florida
Superintendent of Public Instruction
University doctor wins Ward Burdick medal for vitamin K research
Dr Hana Smith of the University of Iowa College of Medicine receives the Ward Burdick gold medal from the American Society for Clinical Pathology for outstanding research on vitamin K as a blood clotting agent. Funeral services set for Edward Aad 74 in Lone Tree. Surviving daughters listed. Stanley Brocky named assistant airport manager in Iowa City as Getman moves to Toledo. David Brubaker Cedar Rapids faces preliminary hearing on DUI and alcohol charges.
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Iowa City
Hana Smith
University of College of Medicine
Ward Burdick
American Society For Clinical Eee
Lone Tree
Edward Aad
F. Hauber
David Brubaker
Cedar Rapids
Fales Glenn R. Bowen
Brubaker
Pilgrim fellowship camp opens on Luther College campus
DECORAH The Pilgrim fellowship camp opens Monday on Luther college campus under the Congregational Christian churches of northeastern Iowa with faculty including Rev. Murphy Mrs. Murphy and others. The program runs through Saturday with trips to the Bily docks Dvorak memorial at Spillville and Fort Atkinson ending at Palisades park for vespers and a communion service.
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Decorah
Congregational Christian Churches of
Iowa
Luther College
Lawrence E. Murphy
Iowa State College
Hopkinton
Anna Payne
Mae Marie Martin
Gale Hardin
Estelle Hardin
Kahoka
J. A. Evans
Anna Huggins
Merle
Hardin
Strawberry Point
Northeast Iowa Association For Social Welfare
Backbone State Tk
Marriages and deaths span Iowa towns in 1941 report
East of edge wood parishioners wed Donald Smock and Donna Duffey. Middle Amana sees funeral for Fredricka Kraus, age 70. Winthrop hosts union of Eileen O Connor and Ronald McGraw. Kalona records Daryl Shalla 16, plastic anemia death. Clermont and Traer weddings noted with local ties. Multiple obituaries and engagements across Decorah, Anamosa, Clarence, Montezuma, Wellman, Vinton, Tama, Oelwein, and more. New appointments, school faculty hires, and police/board notices appear throughout the region.
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Greeley
Edgewood
Donald Smock
Homer Smock
Donna Duffey
Clem Duffey
Earlville
Father Hammill
Marjorie Hook
Tommy Hook
Lawrence Brady
Fred Brady
Kidder
Lemberg
Germany
Paul Kraus
Walter
Fred
Cedar Rapids
Kraus
Gustav Hergert
Charles Kraus
Middle
Amana
Paul
Herman
William
Fred Hardy
Theodore Romig
Piedmont, Mo
Middle Amana Cemetery
J. P. Gaffney
McGraw
St. John's School
Independence
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Middlefield Township
Lamont High School
Manchester
Kalona
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
Daryl Shalla
Fred Shalla
University Hospital
Iowa City
Brighton
Daryl
Iowa City Hospital
John Blum, Jr
Lorene
Everette
Frank Welte
Albert Sharpe
Richmond Cemetery
Clermont
Loretta Belschner
George Belschner
Norman Ramsey
Herbert Malven
Maynard
Malven
Clermont High School
Ames
Iowa State College
Lavon Ben
Fragmentary OCR Note Cites Aunt Het and Relatives
Fragmentary text mentions Aunt Het and kissing relatives with chairs offered, unclear full context. The readable portion implies a personal, informal scene among kin with hospitality gestures. The tone hints at family gathering or social custom without a clear event or date.
Presbyterians Name Moderator for Iowa Synod
Dr. Warren J. Conrad pastor of First Westminster Church Keokuk elected moderator of the Presbyterian synod of Iowa during the six tieth annual meeting at Iowa State College. He succeeds Rev. H. C. Shiffler of Des Moines Highland Park church. Conrad is Lafayette College graduate with a 1912 Princeton master’s degree and theology study at Princeton Seminary.
Lamont Man Killed When Struck By Train
Frank Wesley, 84, was fatally struck by a westbound Great Western freight train while crossing near the depot in Lamont. The incident occurred about 8:40 a.m. near his home. the body was hurled about 60 feet. Coroner Dr. Nelson Hersey said no inquest will be held. He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Hawkeye
Lillian Ohmann
Alvina Ohmann
Wkeye
Arnold W. Bergman
Waterloo
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. W. Kraemer
Helena Ohmann
Waverly
Melba Soldwisch
Vernie Ohmann
Donald
United States Navy
Levy
Navy
Anamosa
Ruth Mann
San Diego
Calif
Manns
Antioch
Clarence
Fred Aeeee
St. ‘S Evangelica Church
Robert Fauth
Fred Keseberg
Free Keseberg
Iowannia
S.A.T.C
Goldie Mueller
Ireton
Montezuma
Elmer Kirk
Ad Munthacy & Kirk
Monte High School
Nina M. Kirkpatrick
Omer
Elsie Brazee
Des Moines
Tama
Nora Abbott
Harrison's
Frank V. Getty
Methodist Church
Miss Abbott
Agnes
Wisconsin
Clifton Hotel
Ida Abbott
Charles Abbott
Toledo
LA Porte City
Mary— Himebauch
George Himebauch
Og Porte City
Kermit Gardner
G. E. Melchert
Richard Boller
John Deere Tractor Company
Volga City
Jennings
Backbone State Park
Henry Jennings
Volga
S. M. Jennings
Wadena
Lyman Fox
Norma Tenney
Thornton
Reinbeck
Traer
Harry B. Griffen
Geneseo
Mary Life
Vir
H. B. Griffen
Tama County
Mr. Griffen
John
Ralph
Odeboldt
Bessie Young
Wining
St. Mary’s
Holy Trinity
Hopkinton
Lyman Frank Wilson
Hartley
Wilson
West
Nicholas
Jemima Wilson
Lenox College
Sarah Dawson
Buck Creek
the Gazette
Lamont
Frank Wesley
Great Western
Wesley
Nelson Hersey
Buchanan County
Ted
Directors Named for Iowa Peace Officers Course
Iowa City announces the fifth annual short course for peace officers with eight classes and 14 labs on July 7 to 11 at the University of Iowa. Director is Prof. R. M. Perkins. Course directors include Paul Hill traffic Lieut Edward Burke Rochester N Y arson Dr Richard C Steinmetz Chicago Iowa Fire Marshal John Strohm Horace McMuller chemical warfare Chief R W oe Iowa Bureau of Investigation FBI Agent J L Dalton Des Moines criminal investigation FBI agents fingerprinting Chief Nebergall motor vehicle laws Sergt S N Jespersen Iowa Highway Patrol.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
R. M. Perkins
College of Law
Paul Hill
Edward Burke
Rochester
N. Y
Richard C. Steinmetz
Chicago
Iowa
John ‘¥. Strohm
Horace McMuller
R. W. Oe
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
National Defense F.B.I
J. L. Dalton
Des Moines
F.B.I
Nebergall
S. N. Jespersen
Iowa Highway Patrol
Number Patrons Of Liquor Stores Grown 54 Percent
Des Moines Iowa AP six year rise shows 54 percent more patrons in state liquor stores. For 1940-41, 181 220 Iowans enrolled as customers, averaging 1 831 per county. In 1934-35 first full year of state store system 117 220 buyers of permits.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Liquor Commission
USO Fund Drive Begins In Anamosa With Luncheon Meet
Anamosa reports 15 volunteers gathered at Holden cafe for a lunch before door to door fundraising. Ward 1 workers Mrs. Roy Smith and Mrs. H C Smith note $28 collected, Lions Club contributes $5. Other workers listed. Middle Amana notes a nonfatal auto accident on highway No. 6 near Homestead last Saturday as Leonard Rettig and Arnold Moessner escaped unharmed after a car overturned on wet pavement.
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Anamosa
U.S.O
Holden
Roy Smith
H. C. Smith
First Ward
Lions Club
Anna Miner
William Larson
W. H. Frazer
Charles Spaethe
Bess
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Iowa City News
Columbus Jct
Columbus Junction
American Legion
Iowa News
Ers
Ridgeway High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Ridgeway School
Cresco High School
Hol— Minn
Decorah High School
Mildred Hacmac
Owatonna
Minn
Miss Hacmac
Nashua
Springville
Butler Park
Parents Association
Commercial Club
Roy T. Schwab
Fort Atkinson
Boone
Myriel Oviott
Edward Martinex
Frank Martinek
J.J. Ryan
Sacred Heart Church
Mary Egge
Ambrose Herold
Wellman
John Elsworth Palmer
Wellman Methodist Church
Mr. Palmer
Johnson County
John L
Sarah Chandler Palmer
Carrie Margaret
Duer
Near Wellman
Roy
Willard Palmer
Davenport
W. P., Knowlton
Ray Jennings
Grand River
Woodbury County
Palmer
Carol Sue
Kenneth Rank
Vinton
E. W. Spicher
Harold
East Moline
Marengo
Byron Goldthwaite
County Board of Supervisors
Paul Naughton
Naughton
Fort Knox
Wapello
Jane Kemper
Muscatine
Wayne Hartsock
James Hartsock
Dorothy Holland
Hiram Holland
William Fleck
Herman Fleck
Little Brown
Marjorie Kischer
Linn Grove
Glen Fleck
Rosalie Comfort
Arthur Comfort
Gerald Wilkinson
Mike Wilkinson
Miss Comfort
Don Wardell
Wilkinson
Tipton
Mina Innes
McCormick
William Crossley
Tipton Methodist Church
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
Innes
Charles
Joe Innes
Joe Johnston
Louise Innes
Los Angeles
California
Rowley
Deat
Ruby
Seysie Ometary
George King
Ruth Wold
Vernon Reierson
Arne Strandford
Methodist
Frances Orr
George Forster
Pet Milk Co
Madison
Iowa State Teacher’s College
Monticello
United Service Organizations
Ray Echternacht
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Russell Knapp
Evrs
Carl Kirwin
R. G. Stuhler
Isabel Meyer
James Maurice
Milton Langer
Cecil Goettsch
Florence Carmichael
Elbert Heiserman
James McLaughlin
F. E. Patterson
S. G. Gutensohn
Wilbur Coxsee
Eldon Brashaw
Lillian Brezina
Tessiie Brecine
Dorothy, Bundt
Dorothy Eemolek
Eva Hrstka
Bernice Riley
Oe Rebik
Madonna Posusta
Gladys Bena
Rose Marie Hala
Edward Brezina
Joseph Brezina
Leonard Brezina
Louis Podhajsky
Marvin Cecak
Stanley Hayek
George Wacha
William Hala
Melvin Ledvina
Robert Papez
Oelwein
Mary Kraft
Mardelle E. Frazer
Laura Frazer
Robert Frazer
Howard Loux
Bertha Loux
Fairbank
H. Heilman
Evelyn
Delbert Frazer
Loux
Harold Schabilion
Columbus City
Howard Locke
Columbus High
St. Louis
Locke
Standard Oil Company
John L. Ryan
J. L. Ryan
Sioux City
Irma Yerkes
Jay Yerkes
Vinton Methodist Church
James E. Briggs
Weaver Briggs
Winfield
S. Nichols
Martha van Zante
Eddyville
Clara Stueck
Helen Rich
Mr. Briggs
Dean Yerkes
Robert Briggs
Morning Sun
Marion Swanson
Centerville
Max Seller
Morgan Johnson
Briggs
Delta Phi Delta
Psi Chi
Kappa Phi
Oklahoma A. and M
Alpha Zeta
Phi Tau Theta
Onslow
Reno F. Appleby
Mr. Appleby
Floyd Chatterton
Helen Kozart Appleby
Colesburg
Floyd R. Maynard
Indianola
Elberon
Earl Tarvestad
Marvin Theissen
Here
Theissen
the Plaine Hospital
Ben Herring
Belle Plaine
R. L. Bright
Buchanan County Selective Service Board
Fort Des Moines
DELTA
Lynn Herrick
Verna Jane
Lacalmar
A. R. Coffeen
Robert Eugene Mayberry
Delbert
Wilma Saehars
Soders
Homer C
Lost Nation
Legion Auxiliary of the
Menzo Whdle
Lillian Dreger
Myrtle Young
Anna Willimack
Florence Machande
Helen Guenther
Elma Boettcher
Mary McAndrew
Lulu Busch
Viola Wiese
Ruth Phelps
Sophia Dobling
Leo Kirby
Bernard
Mary
Paul E. Winans
David Winans
Garryowen
Malone
Arnold Hageman
Waukon
Paul A. Merkle
Lena
Ill
Burlington
Merle Don
Winnebago
Dyersville
Bulman
James Foley
Lansing
Garnaville
Het
Presbyterians
QAY Vacation
Asada
Ceder Rapids
Portland
J. L. Burgar
First Ave
N. E
B. O. Baker
Lows
Peace Officers
Berlou
Haale
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