Efforts to Give Iowa a Museum of Natural History
Conservation Commission and the historical department back a project to build a state natural history museum. Jack Musgrove, director, explains 52 mouse traps fund field collecting as specimens include northern white footed mice and other Iowa species. He notes space limits and the value of research for displays and future publications.
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Iowa
Museum of Natural History
DES Moines
State Executive Council
State Historical Department
Jack Musgrove
University of Iowa
Statehouse
Musgrove
Conservation Commission
Historical Department
Ora Williams
Musrove
Child, 4, Dies After Farm Blaze Near Titonka
In Titonka area, Merle Schwietert of near Titonka and his 4-year-old son Gary Dean Schwietert died or were injured in a Monday blaze that swept the Schwietert farm home. Merle suffered severe burns rescuing the child. Shirley Jean, 1, was saved but burned on the feet. An explosion of a heater is suspected as the cause.
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Titonka
Gary Dean Schwietert
Merle Schwietert
Algona Hospital
Degre
Schwietert Farm
Three Jowans Commissioned in Naval Reserve
Des Moines Navy office announces three Jowans commissioned as officers in the U S naval reserve. Dr Ralph M Laughlin of Tipton is named senior grade lieutenant and will report to the U S naval hospital in San Diego. Robert S Hughes of Louisville Kentucky and Blair Eugene Hunter of Cleveland are commissioned as ensigns.
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Des Moines
Jowans
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Ralph M. Laughlin
Tipton
Robert S. Hughes
Blair Eugene Hunter
Ames
Laughlin
U. S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Hughes
Louisville
Hunter
Cleveland
Mt Pleasant reports accidental two minute air raid alert
Mt Pleasant suffered a two minute air raid alarm Monday afternoon that turned out to be accidental. City Manager Lee Speaker told wardens and messengers at civilian defense headquarters that a spring broke in the warning whistle causing the false alarm.
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MT. Pleasant
Lee Speaker
Jurors Dismissed After Cedar County Damage Case Settlement
Trial jurors for Cedar county district court were discharged after a damage suit filed by Clair Hoyt against Stanwood farmer Emil Nanke was settled. Hoyt claimed $10,000 for injuries when his hand was caught in a hay fork rope during haying at the Nanke farm north of Stanwood last June. The case settled with Nanke paying $500 and costs.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Clair Hoyt
Emil Nanke
Stanwood
Hoyt
Nanke
Midwest World Within Itself Says Trinidad Visitor
Louis J Williams, a commission agent for Gordon Fennell of Cedar Rapids, notes Trinidad's modern goods and shared global ties while recounting its loyalty to Britain. He observes Americans’ insularity, cites air travel to South America, and highlights Trinidad's diverse population, language, education, and free, equal society. He plans to travel through Chicago Milwaukee St Paul New York Marshalltown Cincinnati and Canada before returning to Trinidad.
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Louis J. Williams
Trinidad
Gordon Fennell
Cedar Rapids
Port-au-Spain
Venezuela
Middle West
Louis J Williams
Gordon Fennell Company
United States
Williams
South America
Bede Clifford
Great Britain
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Marshalltown
Cincinnati
Canada
Mexico
Army Students Begin 36 Week Training at Iowa Campus
The first contingent of students in the army specialized training program arrived at the University of Iowa to start a 36 week course. Twenty one hundred ten from the University of Wyoming are among the initial arrivals and Nebraska plans similar numbers. Trainees will be housed in the former university library with Knight leased fraternity houses to be used later. Faculty will teach physics chemistry mathematics history English engineering drawing and geography.
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Owa City
University of Iowa
University of Wyoming
University of Nebraska
University
Iowa Gymnasium
Knight
Fire at Butler Store in Central City Is Extinguished
A fire in a storeroom above the C. E. Butler and Son store in Central City was put out by the local fire company before it spread. Discovered by the night watchman, the blaze caused no major damage though flour sugar and tobacco were stored in the room. Cause remains undetermined.
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The
Gazette
Central City
C. E. Butler and Son
Central City Fire Company
Union Block
Theater Destroyed in Dunlap Fire Est $15000 Loss
A Dunlap theater was destroyed by fire with damage estimated at over 15000 dollars. The Woodbine fire department helped confine the blaze to the two story brick building.
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Dunlap
Woodbine Fire Department
Heaven Can Wait Presented by Elkader Students
Elkader high school and junior college students will perform Heaven Can Wait at 8 p.m. Friday May 14 in the high school theater. Cast members directed by Miss Mary Riggs Des Moines include Tom Richards Jackson Turner Rose LaVon Hagensick Lee Glesne Clarence Hartman Dorothy Dittmer and Kenneth Smith. The movie Here Comes We Jordan was based on this play. MT VERNON Education for a World Wide Mind topic for Cornell college class of 43 Bishop Edwin F Lee will speak May 31 at commencement. The Rev Clyde D Wilson rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity Middletown Conn will speak at baccalaureate May 30 in King Memorial chapel.
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Elkader
Elkader High School
Mary Riggs
Des Moines
Tom Richards
Jackson Turner
Rose LaVon Hagensick
Lee Glesne
Clarence Hartman
Dorothy Dittmer
Kenneth Smith
We Jordan
MT. Vernon
Edwin F. Lee
Cornell College
Clyde D. Wilson
Church of the Holy Trinity
Middletown
Water from Red Sea sent to Estherville church
Estherville Presbyterian church members treasure a bottle of water from the Red Sea sent by former pastor Rev. Claude Fausnaugh now an army chaplain. He retrieved it at the Moses crossing site in New York City after his second overseas transport tour. The water will be used for baptism.
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Estherville
INS
Estherville Presbyterian Church
Red Sea
Claude Fausnaugh
United States Army
New York City
Fausnaugh
Moses
Monticello High School Holds May Commencement Week
Monticello high school outlines a busy May for graduates. The junior senior banquet is set in the community building, with the senior play June Mad on May 14 in the school auditorium. Baccalaureate is May 16 at St Matthew's Lutheran with Rev H L Adix. May 17 senior picnic and May 18 class day. Graduation on May 19 with Jessie M Parker state superintendent as speaker. Alumni banquet May 20.
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Monticello
Monticello High School
St.Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Jessie M. Parker
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Victor Couple Observe Their Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Charles Timmerman celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their Victor home. They previously lived on a Deep River area farm until 1938 before retiring to Victor. Guests attended from Williamsburg Deep River Washington Guernsey Des Moines Dubuque Marengo State ates Brooklyn Gibson and Victor.
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Gazette
Victor
Charles Timmerman
Deep River
Williamsburg
Washington
Guernsey
Des Moines
Dubuque
Marengo
State Ates Brooklyn
Gibson and Vicor
Albia Bans Music In Local Taverns
Albia city council approves ordinance prohibiting music in all beer parlors including juke boxes. Seven establishments affected as officials cite concerns over delinquency and public order.
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ALBIA
Farmer Killed While Blasting near West Union
Lorin M Fordyce age 71 was killed Monday afternoon while blasting stumps on his farm three miles south of West Union. Neighbor Albert Hare found the body. Survived by wife three sons Vernon Virgil and Lyle in the Army a daughter Mrs Art Shepard Sumner. Funeral plans delayed awaiting word from Lyle Fordyce.
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Gazette
West Union
Lorin M Fordyce
Albert Hare
Vernon
Virgil
Lyle
Art Shepard
Sumner
Lyle Fordyce
Two Prison Farm Escapees Captured
OSCEOLA AF Two men escaped Fort Madison prison farm on April 26 and were arrested near Osceola Monday. State trooper J D Dixon identified Tony Siebold 33 of Sioux City and Clarence Leroy Taylor 24 of Muscatine. They admitted stealing a car at Bethany Missouri and abandoning it near Leon Saturday night and entering a Osceola home Saturday night to swap clothing for prison garb.
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Osceola
Fort Madison
Here
J. D. Dixon
Tony Siebold
Sioux City
Clarence Leroy Taylor
Muscatine
Dixon
Bethany
Leon
Cigaret and Beer Tax Receipts Rise in April
DES MOINES Iowa tax commission reports April cigarette receipts totaled 197783 up from March 19440 and from April 1942 1889 Total beer receipts were 117 028 higher than March 82675 and April 1942 101619
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Keystone Couple Announces Daughter Helen Lorraine Thiessen to Don ald Driscoll
Mr and Mrs Hugo Thiessen of Keystone announce the marriage of their daughter Helen Lorraine to Don ald Driscoll of Williamsburg. A single ring ceremony was held Tuesday morning April 27 by Rev Father Peters at St Patrick s parsonage Cedar Rapids. Attendants were Miss Hilda Smith Watkins and Vincent Driscoll Williamsburg. A breakfast and dinner followed at Peter Koch home Keystone. The bride a Keystone high school graduate has worked in Minneapolis and Cedar Rapids recently. the groom is employed in Williamsburg.
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Keystone
Hugo Thiessen
Helen Lorraine
Donald Driscoll
Williamsburg
Father Peters
St. Patrick's Church
Cedar Rapids
Hilda Smith
Watkins
Vincent Driscoll
Peter Koch
Keystone High School
Minneapolis
Cattle Perish In Farm Blaze Near Fayette Iowa
A barn fire on the Edgar Graf farm eight miles south of Fayette destroyed the barn and killed about forty head of cattle along with fifty pigs and five sows. The blaze also consumed 40 tons of hay 160 bushels of oats a new tractor and a rubber tired wagon. Vearle Bureo has managed the farm since March 1 Graf had recently sold to E F Connell of Oelwein The loss is partly covered by insurance.
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West Union
Edgar Graf
Fayette
Vearle Bureo
Graf
E. F. Connell
Oelwein
U S Tax Evasion Fined Two Thousand Dollars
Des Moines federal court Judge Charles A. Dewey fined Herman M. Brown $2,000 after Brown pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion. Brown head of Herman M. Brown Inc reported $14,889 in 1937 but earned $39,005. a second count concerning 1938 was dismissed. The fine adds to penalties of 50 percent and six percent interest.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Herman M. Brown
Brown
Herman M. Brown, Inc
Howard Campbell
U. S
Two Tipton Drivers Fined by Linville
District Judge G P Linville overruled a motion for a new trial and fined Lewis Werling Tipton 400 dollars plus costs for drunken driving. Paul Kautz Tipton received 150 dollars plus costs for leaving the scene of an accident with half the fine suspended on good behavior.
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Gazette
Tipton
G. P Linville
Lewis Werling
Werling
Paul Kautz
Linville
Kautz
Funeral services for educator held in Shellsburg
Shellsburg held services for Earl Dickinson 53 longtime superintendent of schools in Montour Shellsburg Mediapolis and Lone Tree. A World War I sergeant he belonged to the American Legion the Methodist church and the Masonic fraternity.
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Shellsburg
Earl Dickinson
Montour
Mediapolis
Lone Tree
American Legion
Methodist Church
Masonic Fraternity
Almost One Third Of Iowa's Dentists Are Now in Service
Iowa dentists at home are adjusting office hours to meet wartime demands and reduce absenteeism. Dr L M FitzGerald of Dubuque, president of the Iowa Dental Society, said about 30 percent of Iowa dentists are now in the armed forces and noted an effort to provide one dentist for every 2,500 civilians versus the military standard of one per 500 men.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L.M FitzGerald Dubuque
Iowa Dental Society
Iewas
Army
Navy
Army Adopts New Venereal Control Plan
Army shifts policy on venereal disease and draft deferrals. Draftees with gonorrhea or syphilis are sent to reception centers for treatment and inducted after completion of care if no other deferral reason exists. The move follows 2.6 percent infection among examined conscripts and concerns over abstention from treatment and misuse of disease to dodge the draft.
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Iowa
State Health Department
A C. Wooster
Foss Will Visit Preflight School At Iowa University
Capt. Joe Foss, famed fighter pilot with at least 26 Japanese planes down, will visit the navy Preflight school at Iowa City Sunday. It is his first stop on a nationwide tour of navy and marine bases and aircraft factories. Foss is spending the week with his mother, Mrs. Mary Lacey Foss, at her farm near Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls &. D
Joe Foss
Guadalcanal
Navy
Iowa City
Foss
Mary Lacey Foss
Sioux Falls
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