Iowa Tire and Tube Quotas Trimmed for May
May quotas for Iowa passenger cars show sharp cuts from April. Passenger car tires drop 47 percent to 1 445, and tubes fall 18 percent to 5 688. Retreads stay high at 9 996, down 12 percent. Other vehicle quotas also shift, with bus and farm machinery retreads up sharply to 7 988 and inner tubes up to 7 061.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Teachout
Teachout
Petra
Panerr
Rch
FBR
Boy 242 Years Old Drowns in Cistern
Special to The Gazette Columbus Junction Brian Baird two and a half year old son of Cecil Baird of Omaha fell into a cistern Thursday at 8 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Warren Langstaff his uncle and aunt whom he was visiting An effort to revive him at a Muscatine hospital was unsuccessful He had been playing around the cistern Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Richie chapel Burial will be in Columbus City cemetery He is survived by his father his grandparents Mr and Mrs Halley Hamft of Columbus Junction his grandfather Joe Baird of Morning Sun his great grandfather George Hamft of Columbus Junction and his aunt and uncle His mother the former Alice Hamft of Columbus Junction died Sept 22 1939 at the time of his birth
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Columbus Junction
Brian Baird
Cecil Baird
Omaha
Warren Langstaff
Muscatine Hospital
Richie Chapel
Columbus City
Plan Short Course For Peace Officers
Iowa City officials met with University of Iowa law professor Rollin Perkins to outline plans for the ninth annual state peace officers short course to be held July 1. Attendees included Karl Fischer state public safety commissioner Paul Hill safety education director R W Nebergall state criminal investigation chief Jim Smith Cedar Rapids IS Sheriff secretary treasurer C A Knee highway patrol chief. Perkins said details would be announced later.
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Iowa City
Rollin Perkins
University of Iowa College of Iaw
Karl Fischer
Public Safety
Paul F. Hill
State Department of Public Safety
R. W. Nebergall
State Criminal Investigation Department
Jim Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Sheriffs Association
C. A. Knee
Iowa Highway Patrol
Perkins
Sugar Registration Plan Announced For Local Families
Registration for sugar will be held Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the grade school nearest the registrant’s residence. Surnames A to E register Monday, F to K Tuesday, L to Q Wednesday, R to Z Thursday. Registrants must provide household sugar pounds and each member’s weight height and eye and hair color, according to Supt. C B Vernon.
Emblem Sale For Iowa Children’s Home In Marion Saturday
The Iowa Children’s Home society will hold its annual emblem sale in Marion on Saturday with Mayor John C. Mullin and many local leaders sponsoring. The sale, chaired by Miss Emma Klein, will run from the public library auditorium. The charity has aided 8,500 homeless children in 40 years, including 274 from Linn county, with one year noting eight coming from Linn county. The event is non-sectarian and funded by gifts, approved by the Marion Chamber of Commerce. Special for Saturday: Leghorn cockerel baby chicks at 2 cents each or 1.95 per hundred, Gordon Hatchery, phone 134.
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Iowa Children’s Home Society
Marion
John C. Mullin
A. E. Crew
A. W. Henke
Emma Klein
Vernon H. Carter
C. B. Vernon
T. J. McElliott
Mildred Titus
C. V. R. de Jong
Metta Whitcomb
Miss
Gordon Hatchery
Schaefer Injured After Marion Motorcycle Spill
Charles Schaefer a 20 year old motorcyclist was thrown from his bike in Marion near midnight Thursday and hospitalized at St Luke's Friday with a broken collar bone and abrasions. Attendants rated his condition fairly good and he could not determine if loose dirt or a blown tire caused the crash.
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Charles Schaefer
St. Luke's Hospital
Marion
Schaefer
Marion News Briefs Include Travel and Local Ads
The Rev Arthur W Henke returns from a conference in Loretto Minnesota. Local grocery ads list beef roasts pork chops and bananas with prices. Francis Taylor family plans relocation to Los Angeles California. Miss Wyoma Carey Alice Hyde Angie Johnson Anna Mullaley Glatha Port attend cycling party. Mothers club hosts Dutch treat at E V cafe led by Mrs William Sorter.
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Wyoma Carey
Alice Hyde
Angie Johnson
Anna Mullaley
Glatha Port
Mothers Club
E. V. Cafe
William Sorter
Everyday Problems Destruc tiveness and May Meeting Plans
Mrs Clyo Castle joined as a new member and Mrs George Hanry won high score with Mrs Castle as consolation at four bridge tables. The next meeting is May 14 with several hosts plans. Floyd Strane funeral in Dubuque followed by overnight in Darlington with Storck family. Donald Torrence returns to Burlington after a short home vacation. A store ad offers one gallon free with five gallon paint at 2.44 per gallon. Sorosis club met with 14 members. program Canada in the Year's News by Mrs Stitzel. Next meeting with Mrs Granger and Mrs Hardin to lead. Mrs Minnie Whitehill seriously ill. Marshall Swayne ill at home. Miss Marion Judson of Chicago returning home after visit.
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Clyo Castle
George Hanry
Castle
Joe Walker
Sorosis Club
W. K. Lothian
Canada
H. G. Stitzel
Arthur E. Granger
A. A. Hardin
NLRB Agent Reports Lockout At Vinton Plant
James M. Shields NLRB representative says strikers were locked out at the Vinton Produce plant after requests to return to work were refused. He notes an alleged failure to follow a prior agreement and cites an NLRB supervised election proposal. CIO organizer Laverne Schenk remains jailed on conspiracy charges from a clash with deputies.
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Vinton
Vinton Produce Company
James MM. Shields
National Labor Relations Board
Minneapolis
Shields
Winton
NLRB
Laverne Schenk
CIO
Benton County
Overtime Rising in Iowa Plants Findings
A University of Iowa survey shows 44 percent of plants run six days a week and about two thirds of workers exceed 40 hours weekly. The report notes mass production cutting costs and some large firms voluntarily lowering prices to the government amid an upward trend in Iowa business.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Iowa
No Flight Training at Iowa City Naval Base
Capt. David C. Hanrahan announced there will be no actual flight training for cadets arriving May 28 at the University of Iowa naval pre flight school. The Civil Aeronautics Authority indicated about nine hours of flight instruction per cadet would be provided in connection with the new naval training school in Iowa City. Authorities in Kansas City queried Town City officials about lease agreements for use of the local airport with United Air Lines or private operators.
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Speriato
Tte
Iowa City
David C. Hanrahan
University of Iowa
Naval
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Kansas City
Town City
Boland Returns to Iowa City as Navy Pre Flight Instructor
Pat Boland, lieutenant junior grade, concludes officer training at Annapolis and returns to the University of Iowa field house to take duties at the navy's pre flight training station. He joins 22 other officers arriving at Iowa City to work under Major Bernie Bierman as physical education instructors for cadets. Boland had been a football line coach at Iowa since 1937 and starred at Minnesota under Bierman.
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Annapolis
Pat Bolard
University of Iowa
Bromwell to Speak for S U S Sons at Dinner
James Bromwell of Cedar Rapids and Miriam Katz of Osage will address the annual mother son dinner in Iowa City on May 9. Katz will speak as an Iowa daughter. other participants include Mrs. Max Hemingway of Webster City and President Virgil M Hancher. Invitations went to 5,000 mothers of University of Iowa students by President Hancher and Mortar Board.
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Iowa City
James Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Miriam Katz
Osage
Bromwell
Iowa
Miss Katz
Max Hemingway
Webster City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Hancher
Mortar Board
Salvage storage shed built at Decorah by local committee
Decorah authorities completed a nearly 60 foot long salvage shed on the city hitching ground for storing paper rags or old tires. John Lannon, vice-chairman, cut the timber on his farm. corrugated roofing came from a CCC camp and lumber from local firms. The Fred Carlson and C. B. Taylor companies supplied crews under chairman Bastian Tk and Lannon, with construction done in five days.
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Decorah
Decorah Salvage Committee
John Lannon
CCC
Fred Carlson Company
C. B. Taylor Company
Bastian T K
Heairman
Lannon
Cello Recital Opens May Music Festival At Cornell
Emanuel Feuermann cello and Albert Hirsch piano opened Cornell's forty fourth May festival with a polished ensemble. Feuermann impressed with rich tone and agile technique in Handel Adagio and Alle gro Mozart variations and Schubert A minor Sonata while Stravinsky Italian Suite pleased the audience. Encores followed as the pair delivered a brilliant final group of cello solos.
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Max Daehler
M. Vernon
Cornell
Emanuel Feuermann
Feuermann
Albert Hirsch
Handel
Mozart
Stravinsky
Hirsch
Journal of Business names new editorial team
Gordon C. Finsvik of Sioux City is elected editor for 1942-43 of Iowa's Journal of Business. Associate editors are William managing editor, Mary Wyrick of Des Moines, assistant editor, and Doris Janacek of Cedar Rapids, advertising manager.
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Iowa City
Gordon C. Finsvik
Sioux City
Eea
Iowa
Journal of Business
William
Mary Wyrick
Des Moines
Doris Janacek
Cedar Rapids
Omaha High Boys Train for Summer Farm Work
About 260 Omaha high school students, selected from 1000 applicants, begin a chamber sponsored farm work course to fill wartime labor needs. Speakers Paul Stewart and Nile Kinnick of the Federal Land Bank discuss sorghums and corn with illustrated slides.
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Omaha
SNS
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Paul Stewart
Nile Kinnick
Federal Land Bank
Kinnick
Stewart
Hal Trosky’s Brother Dies at Age 36 in Washington
Victor Trojovsky, 36, a former Norway resident and brother of Hal Trosky, died at his Washington home after a brief illness. Funeral services were to be held at the Catholic Church in Washington on Saturday at 9 a.m., with burial there. He is survived by his wife and four children Oreene, Joanne, Kenneth, and Donald, all at home.
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The
Norway
Victor Trojovsky
Hal Trosky
Cleveland
Washington
Oreene
Joanne
Kenneth
Donald
Knutson and Grim Named Officers by Iowa Optometrists
Des Moines AP reports C J Hin … elected at the Iowa Optometrists convention closing after two days. S N Jespersen of the Iowa highway patrol warned one eyed driving is more hazardous. nearly 50 percent of accidents involve drivers with one good eye. District vice presidents named include LeRoy Goulding Des Moines R W Hinson Fairfield A Dritz Cherokee LeRoy Seen Elkader Dawson Grim Cedar Rapids Frank D Larson Atlantic.
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DES Moines
C. J. Hin_ oson
Iowa
Suoa Terry Sullivan
S. N. Jespersen
Iowa Highway Patrol
Association
LeRoy Goulding
Desey R. W. Hinson
Fairfield
A. Dritz
LeRoy Seen Elkader
Dawson E. Grim
Cedar Rapids
Frank D. Larson
Atlantic
Christian Endeavor to Meet at Coggon Sunday
Delegates from Linn and Jones counties form the Thirteenth Christian Endeavor district of Iowa gather at the Coggon Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon for the annual convention. The program begins at 1 o'clock with song service and quiet hour followed by a district theme presentation, open forum, and business meeting. Rev. W. C. Porter of Cedar Rapids addresses the theme, with Rev. E. L. Knight of Oskaloosa as evening speaker and host pastor for the state convention. installation of officers ends the closing ceremonies led by Howard Daven, state field secretary.
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Sone
OGGON
Linnae
Jones Counties
Christian Endeavor
Iowa
Coggon Presbyterian Church
W. C. Porter
Cedar Rapids
E. L. Knight
Oskaloosa
State Christian Endeavor
Howard Daven
Fie
Ossian Son Enlists in U S Navy
Ossian youth Joseph Eimers has enlisted in the United States Navy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ben J Eimers.
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Ossian
Joseph Eimers
U. S. Navy
Ben J. Eimers
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