Iowa Industry Surges in February War Production Report
Iowa industries show overall strength in February as defense contracts boost employment 8.2 percent above last year. Leather products lead gains, textile and iron steel sectors grow, while auto sales and repairs slump 15.3 percent. Some plants run part time or shut down, but few major groups gain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
B. W. Stearns
Bureau Statistician
Thei
Foreign-Born Set High Bond Buying Target for Natives
In Sioux City two foreign born citizens reveal strong patriotism as they buy large bond amounts. An Italian born fireman, earning 60 cents an hour, explains his sons' military service and that he already bought 1,225 in bonds for his oldest and 1,000 for his Navy son. A foreign born truck driver proudly shows 5,000 in bonds.
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Sioux City
Defense Securities Sales Committee
MacArthur
Philippines
Navy
Pacific
Dentists May Seek Commissions in Draft
Dr. John Voss, state chairman of the dental preparedness committee, says 1-A dentists may apply for commissions immediately if they meet physical and professional requirements. Commissions granted regardless of quota. Applications directed to the procurement and assignment service in Washington, D. C. This applies only to first draft registrants, as second registrants have not yet been classified.
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Iowa City
John Voss
Dental Preparedness Committee
Washington, D. C
Voss
Anamosa Puts Dollars Into Defense Work Parade and Bond Drive
Anamosa crowds join a Victory Day parade with 3 000 participants including Army units and local clubs. The Business and Professional Women's club sold 25 700 dollars in defense stamps and bonds and kept the booth open into the evening. Veteran M. H. Morse, 100, rode in the parade in Union blue, with local soldiers and civic groups following, marking a spirited defense effort.
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M. H. Morse
Wyoming
31St
Iowa Infantry
Mr. Morse
Jerry Hlaska
Savanna
Ordnance Proving Ground
Colin Kelly
Haruna
Lieut
S. W. Pilzninski
American Legion
Red Cross
Victory Gardeners
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Anamosa High — School
Hopkinton Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding Tuesday
Hopkinton residents Mr and Mrs Frank A Irish mark their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday at home. Ida Griffith Irish, born 1873 in Colesburg, moved to Greeley in 1874. Frank Irish, 72, born in Petonica, married in Greeley. He led the Delaware County Telephone Co in Hopkinton 17 years and the Iowa Electric Light plant 16 years. They have a son Frank an assistant airways traffic controller in Cleveland and granddaughter Carlin Rae Irish of Cleveland.
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Hopkinton
Frank A. Irish
Frank
Airways
Cleveland
Carlin Rae Irish
Baby's Body Found On River Bank Near Muscatine
Muscatine county officials say a newborn baby's body was found washed ashore on the Mississippi River bank seven miles south of Muscatine. Fisherman Fred Brown discovered it. Sheriff Fred Nesper and Coroner C P Phillips investigated and the body was taken to a local funeral home. No identification was found and it appeared the infant had been in the river since birth.
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Muscatine (Ap
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Here
Fred Brown
Fred Nesper
C. P. Phillips
McBurney to Judge Iowa Inter-American Contest
Prof J H McBurney of Northwestern University will judge the district extempore discussion on inter American affairs at the University of Iowa. Ten state schools enter preliminaries for two spots in the national contest in Washington this summer. The event aims to promote inter American relations and cooperation.
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Iowa City
J. H. McBurney
Northwestern University School of Speech
University of Iowa
Washington
Gillette heads grain alcohol probe in Senate
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa was named chairman of a Senate agriculture subcommittee to study producing more alcohol from grain and accelerating synthetic rubber output. The panel, with a $5,000 budget, includes Burton Wheeler as vice chairman and Elmer Thomas Charles McNary and George Norris as members. Some lawmakers say increasing grain alcohol could ease the sugar shortage amid industrial alcohol use in explosives.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Senate Agriculture
Gillette
Burton K. Wheeler
R-Ore
George W. Norris
Land-Locked Iowa Receives Naval Cadet Training Influx
Iowa City, though landlocked, braces for a navy program that will station about 2 500 cadets and turn the University of Iowa into an Annapolis of the Air. The plan promises campus modernization but townsfolk seek steady, not booming, business gains as cadets follow a strict schedule from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Navy
Annapolis
Dad” Schroeder
Towa City
Waukon Judge H. E. Taylor Dies at 65
Longtime Thirteenth district judge H E Taylor 65 died Saturday afternoon in University hospital Iowa City after months of heart illness. Born Castalia Indiana July 3 1876 he practiced law in Lansing and later moved to Waukon where he served since 1918. Survivors include wife Ann two sons Herbert and James and two daughters Betty and Ann. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Waukon
H. E Taylor
University Hospital
Iowa City
Taylor
Castalia
Thirteenth Judicial District
Ann Thomas
Lansing
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Waukon Kiwanis Club
Herbert
James
Betty
Ann
Silver Withdraws From State Race to Oppose Martin
Seth S. Silver of Cantril withdraws from the Iowa Republican race for secretary of state and announces his candidacy for Congress in the First district. Incumbent Tom Martin leads a seven-candidate GOP field in the secretary of state race as Silver shifts to challenge Martin in the federal contest.
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Des Moines
Seth S Silver
Cantril
Iowa
Congress
Tom Martin
Iowa City
Silver
Seceretary of State
Dubuque Hospital Wing Burns as Patients Are Rescued
Fire at St. Josephs Mercy hospital in Dubuque forced the evacuation of nearly 100 patients including over a dozen newborns. All city fire units responded while police and nurses assisted in moving patients to a different wing. no injuries reported.
Des Moines River Bodies Identified Cantrell and McCoy Found
Police recovered the bodies of George Cantrell 53 a former street car operator missing since March and Ruby McCoy 44 a Des Moines club maid. Cantrell was found first while officers searched for McCoy who had been identified by a sister from a fur coat shed and reportedly leaped 75 feet from a bridge into the icy river.
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Des Moines
George Cantrell
Ruby McCoy
Davenport Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Count
Floyd E Harvey of Davenport former president of Commercial Investment pled guilty in Des Moines to mail fraud and securities act violations tied to collateral trust notes. He faces sentencing later. 20 related counts will be dismissed after sentencing. Co-defendants Horner Burr Hedberg Reed Carpenter remain indicted.
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DES Moines
Floyd E Harvey
Davenport
The
Commercial Investment Corporation
Charles A Dewey
Harvey
Dewey
Everett G Horner
Charles A. Burr
Stanley W. Hedberg
Milford B. Reed
Halstead M. Carpenter
Page County's First Traffic Fatality Reported
Clarinda Iowa AP says John Weber a 50 year old Omaha man died Saturday from injuries after an automobile truck crash eight miles south of Clarinda. He was Page county s first 1942 traffic fatality.
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Clarinda
John Weber
Omaha
Here
Page County
Not Victim Of Choking, Doctor Says
CHICAGO AP A coroner s physician could not explain the death of Jane Dobinsky a 21 year old Hampton Iowa girl whose body was found in a Chicago rooming house. He ruled she was not strangled or suffocated. Police said her husband Peter admitted striking and choking her in a quarrel Friday night. The couple later went to bed. Investigations include chemical analysis. Dobinsky s parents Rex C Robinson Hampton and Frances Robinson Kansas City attended her funeral. Jane Dobinsky a 1941 July 6 married to Peter is survived by her parents and other relatives. Jane attended Drake and Huff business schools and was a journalism aspirant.
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Chicago
Jane Dobinsky
Hampton, la
Near North Side
Richard F. Murphy
Peter
Walter Carrigan
Dobinsky
John Quinn
Denver
Quinn
Rex C Robinson
Hampton
Frances Robinson
Kansas City
Mon
Bethany
Jane
Hampton High School
Drake and Huff Business School
Drake
Little Falls
Governor Opposes 144 Cent Boost in Federal Gas Levy
DES MOINES AP Governor Wilson opposed a 144 cent federal gas tax increase saying it would add more than 3 million dollars in new taxes on Iowa agriculture without farmer refunds. He urged Iowa’s congressional delegation to oppose the measure and defend farmers during wartime farming needs.
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Des Moines
Wilson
Iowa
Congress
Rock Island Tank Praised by Army for M-3 Light Tank
Brigadier General Norman F. Ramsey of the Rock Island arsenal received war department praise for the M-3 light tanks developed there. A telegram from Lieutenant General Somervell stated a British brigade using M-3 tanks halted a joint attack by heavier tanks for a full day in Libya, with a German officer noting the brigade's unprecedented effectiveness.
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Rock Island
Norman F. Ramsey
Rock Island Arsenal
War Department
Breton B. Somervell
Lybia
Candy Theft Suspect Sentenced 30 Days
Earl Ingalls charged with a string of candy and canteen robberies appeared before Police Judge William J. Smith and was sentenced to 30 days in Johnson County jail after pleading guilty.
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Gazett
Iowa City
Earl Ingalls
William J. Smith
Johnson County
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