Johnson county OPA board may see two new appointees this week
Acting OPA Director Walter D. Kline of Des Moines indicated two volunteers already exist and expected appointments within a week. He disputed Iowa City sentiment overwhelmingly favoring the discharged members R J Phelps and C R McCann, amid ongoing probes by OPA officials in Des Moines and Chicago.
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Johnson County Ration Board
Gazette
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
George Croft
The
Kline
Iowa City
R. J. Phelps
C. R. McCann
the Gazette
Des Moines Opa
Rolla Work
North Liberty
K. M. Dunlop
Work
Larson
Chicago
Central City Woman 91 Dies After Home Fire
Mrs Oscar Page aged 91 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after severe burns from a stove fire at her Central City home. Husband outside, another man found her ablaze, she died about 12 hours later. Surviving: husband two sons John and Leo Page Waterloo several grandchildren two sisters. Body at Hatch funeral home.
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Gazette
Central City
Oscar Page
Cedar Rapids
Hatch Funeral Home
Montgomery Re elected Head of Church Group
Royal J. Montgomery of Grinnell was re elected superintendent of the Congregational Christian conference of Iowa. He will serve three years. E. E. Briggs of Sioux City was chosen president of the Iowa Men's Forum.
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Montgomery
Iowa Falls
Royal J. Montgomery
Grinnell
Congregational Christian Conference of
Iowa
E. E. Briggs
Sioux City
Iowa Men's Forum
C. J. Christiansen
Young Machovec Arrives at Boys Town for Rehab
Dora Machovec a 16 year old Iowa boy sentenced for second degree murder in his stepfather slaying has reached Msgr E J Flanagan’s Boys Town. He was released from Fort Madison prison on an appeal bond of 25000 dollars and will be cared for at Boys Town while his appeal to the Iowa supreme court proceeds. Father Flanagan said the boy expressed gratitude and readiness to change as he arrives.
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Omaha (Ap
Dora Machovec
Iowa
Msgr
E. J. Flanagan
Boys Town
Machovec
Fort Madison
Humboldt County District Court
Fort Dodge
Maurice J. Breen
Iowa Supreme Court
Father Flanagan
Dorn
Iowa Republicans Set July 14 Convention in Des Moines
The Iowa Republican convention will convene in Des Moines on July 14 with Mrs. Eugene Henley of Grinnell chosen as chairwoman. The state GOP central committee also set July 26 for the Republican judicial convention in Des Moines and will announce the keynote speaker later.
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Des Moines
INS
Willis York
Madrid
G.O.P. Central Committee
Eugene Henley
Grinnell
York
Father and son drown in river during fishing trip
Sioux City AP report says William Hunter twelve and his father Vance Hunter forty eight year old Plymouth county farmer drowned when their rowboat overturned on the Sioux river twelve miles north of Sioux City as they tried to remove a net found in the water. The father’s body was recovered Sunday and the boy’s body remained missing as officials continued to search Monday.
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Sioux City
Plymouth County
Sioux River
Here
William Hunter
Vance Hunter
Marine aviator dies in plane crash near Newbern
Lt. G. W. Rippal, 20, of Washington Iowa, was killed Saturday afternoon when his aircraft crashed into a river near Newbern North Carolina. Word of the fatal accident came to his parents in law Mr and Mrs Don Rabenold of Washington.
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Washington, Ia
G. W. Rippal
Newbern
N. C
Don Rabenold
Washington
Slain Man's Body Taken from River
Funeral services were held for Joseph Cremer a 68 year old Dubuque flour mill worker whose body was recovered Saturday from the Mississippi river. Coroner F S Leonard said Cremer died from a fractured skull caused by a violent blow to the left side of the head. He had been released from the Dubuque county jail March 5 after a four day sentence for intoxication. Surviving are three sons.
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Dubuque
Joseph Cremer
Mississippi River
Cremer
F. S. Leonard
Rooster Flour Mills
Bettle Elected Officer of Iowa Printers Union
Carl E Linder of Des Moines was re elected president of the Iowa Conference of Typographical Unions at the annual convention. Joseph Schiltz of Dubuque was elected vice president and James Bettle of Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer. Bettle works as a linotype operator for The Gazette company.
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Des Moines
Carl E. Linder
Iowa Conference of Typographical Unions
Joseph Schiltz
Dubuque
James Bettle
Cedar Rapids
Beautiful Girl Back In States After Solomons Stint
The B-25 nicknamed Beautiful Girl to be logged as mission completed and land at San Antonio for decommissioning. Maj. Richard G. Jones of Loveland Colorado commanded the bomber with a long Solomons run and a famed one man raid on Rabaul by Lt. James Cook of Williamsport Is. He piloted, navigated, bombed, and returned the craft through heavy flak.
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Denver
INS
South Pacific
San Antonio
Richard G. Jones
Loveland
Colo
Solomons
Rabaul
James Cook
Williamsburg, Is
Coole
Decorah Printer Receives Norway Kin Letters
Decorah printer Alfred Kleppe of the Decorah Posten learned nine relatives in Norway sent holiday greetings via the Norwegian Red Cross. He feared bad news but found letters from aged father, brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews dated November, pleased by their welfare.
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Decorah
Alfred Kleppe
Decorah Posten
Norway
Red Cross
Norwegian Red Cross
Former National Legion Chief Dies Native Iowan
Howard P Savage 60 longtime organizer and former national commander of the American Legion died Sunday at Edward Hines Jr. Hospital after a short illness. Born in Boone Indiana he was Chicago Board of Education business manager for 12 years and a World War I lieutenant with the 55th Engineers. He organized a Chicago Legion post postwar and served as Illinois state commander and headed the Paris convention transportation for 22 000 legionnaires. He studied at the University of Wisconsin and briefly pitched for the Chicago Cubs before a knee injury ended his baseball career. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday.
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Chicago
Howard P Savage
American Legion
Edward Hines
Savage
Boone
Chicago Board of Education
55Th Engineers
Illinois
Paris
University of Wisconsin
Chicago Cubs
Death notices from Iowa Wyoming and London detailed
Iowa death notices list eight month old Mary Kay Campbell daughter of Mr and Mrs John Campbell with services at St Patrick church. Survived by parents a brother and a sister. Wyoming report notes 69 year old Mrs Jacob Stanisha died at home six miles north of Wyoming with services at Baldwin Catholic church. Born August 20 1874 in Austria she survived by husband four daughters a son and a sister. London notice reports Mrs Waller Benthien 47 died suddenly in a Cedar Rapids hospital with services at St Johns Evangelical and Reformed in Clarence after home services.
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Waukon
Mary Kay Campbell
John Campbell
St. Patrick’s Church
Gary
Sharon
Wyoming
Jacob Stanisha
Baldwin
Austria
Anna Dunn
Elizabeth Banowitz
Maquoketa
Rosanna Beckley
Cedar Rapids
Catherine Lehnertz
Clinton
Charles
Joe Sterk
London
Waller Bent~hein
Here
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Clarence
Mrs Emma Benthein and relatives near Clarence
Obituary notice for Mrs Emma Benthein of near Clarence with surviving husband sister Mrs Arnold Kleppe and two brothers Willis and August Wese matin. Also notes services for A M Sherry 71 former Interstate Power manager at Lansing credited with building Iowa first electric transmission line. Public notice assigns administrator for Hattie Anthem estate Linn County Iowa with payment and claim deadlines.
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Emma Benthein
Clarence
Arnold Kleppe
Willis
August Wesematin
Decorah
A. M. Sherry
Interstate Power Company
Lansing
Iowa
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Alfred H. Barter
Iowa Federation of Congregagational Christian Women
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Bettle
Iowa Printers Union
Gazette Company
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Ade
MAY
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