Iowa Supreme Court rules free game pinball machines gambling devices
The Iowa Supreme Court held free game pinball machines illegal under state law, equating them with slot machines. Justices ruled the machines possess elements of chance and prize value, reversing a Polk County court and expanding gambling device definitions.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Polk County
Tom K. Murrow
R. L. Wiley
Joseph Epstein
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Polk County District Court
Wiley Epstein
Louis Cowen
Lake Cherry Bathing Beach Plans Season Ahead
Lake Cherry Bathing Beach association of Tama prepares for an unusually large summer attendance aided by wartime economies. The group aims to keep the beach self supporting after a successful previous season and plans events for all ages alongside swimming boating and picnicking. Custodian selection is set for a Wednesday meeting with several applications received and a minimum salary of 65 dollars plus concession rights. Officers include B. W. Hale president Frank Thill secretary treasurer and directors George A. Bogle Walter Willett Robert Harrison Harold Davis and Mrs. Frank Thill Mrs. Paul Stigers and Mrs. W. G. MacMartin.
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Tama
Lake Cherry
Association
B. W. Hale
Frank Thill
George A. Bogle
Walter Willett
Robert Harrison
Harold Davis
Paul Stigers
W. G. MacMartin
Van Horne Enterprise Suspended During War
Merle P. Olson editor announces Benton county weekly paper the Van Horne Enterprise will not publish until after the war as per the wartime stoppage policy.
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van Horne
van Horne Enterprise
Benton County
Merle P. Olson
James Dolliver Seeks Senate Seat Amid Des Moines Opposition
Fort Dodge attorney James Dolliver, a longtime Iowa Republican, campaigns for the U S Senate highlighting his party service and opposition to Des Moines control. He touts past roles in law and public service, notes Thornburg and Wilson as rivals, and recalls his roots from Park Ridge Illinois with a farming and civic background in Webster County. He emphasizes peace through victory and criticizes Des Moines influence in state politics.
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Gardner
Mike) Cowles
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Wendell Willkie
Capitol City
Thornburg
Willkie
Dolliver
Cowles
Mark Thornburg
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Wilson
Davies
Clyde L. Herring
Emmetsburg
James J. Dolliver
Bobby
Arthur
Jim
Margaret
Hickenlooper Calls Curb on Non-War Spending
Des Moines AP Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, urged reducing non-defense government expenditures in a Monday night address. He argued functions unrelated to victory should be rationed, likening waste to water spilling from a dam.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Burmeister Estate Valued at 78590 in Probate Inventory
The estate of William Burmeister, 88, of Dysart, who died April 28, is valued at 78590 with debts of 3500, per a probate inventory on file in the district court clerk's office. The listing notes an 80 acre property as part of the estate.
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Toledo
William Burmeister
Dysart
New Jury Sworn In at Iowa City
The Johnson county grand jury was sworn in Monday for the May term by Judge Harold D. Evans. A previous panel was dismissed after County Attorney Edward F Rate cited ineligible members. No action was taken on murder charges against Mr and Mrs Joseph Barry in the death of Eddie B Schmidt. Members include foreman JE Ashton, Joe A Zeantshek, Charles A Pudil, Roger Reeve, R E Bayless, Fred Lovetinsky, and J A L An.
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Spreial
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Harold D. Evans
Edward F Rate
Joseph Barry
Eddie B. Schimidt
JE. Ashton
Foreman
Joe A Zeantshek
Charles A. Pudil
Roger Reeve
R E. Bayless
Fred Lovetinsky
J. AL An
Stoddard Receives Honorary Degree at St Lawrence
Pearl S Buck novel ist and first American woman Nobel laureate is among five to get honorary doctorates of laws at St Lawrence university graduation on June 8. Others include George D Stoddard Jesse H Jones Malcolm MacDonald and John A Ross Jr.
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Canton
Pearl S. Buck
St. Lawrence University
George D Stoddard
University of Iowa Graduate College
New York
New Education
St. Lawrence
Jesse H. Jones
United States
Blind student earns masters from Iowa with biography thesis
Karsten Ohnstad a 29 year old blind graduate at the University of Iowa earned his master’s degree after turning his thesis The World at My Fingertips into a biography under English professor Dr Wilbur Schramm. The book will be published May 25 by Bobbs Merrill and is on the Book of the Month list. Ohnstad has a Colston Leight contract for a New York lecture tour starting in September and hopes for Braille publication someday. He lost sight of one eye at five and the other at 16 in a soccer accident. He holds a BA from St Olaf College class of 1937.
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Iowa City
Karsten Ohnstad
University of Iowa
The
MacIntosh
Minn
Wilbur Schramm
Bobbs Merrill Book Company
Difest
Ohnstad
Colston-Leight Bureau
New York
St Olaf‘s College At
Northfield
Hollywood Victory Caravan Raises 3428 Dollars In Iowa Parade
Seven men counted pennies nickels dimes and other items tossed into a flag carried by the Hollywood Victory Caravan before 150 000 spectators in Des Moines They tallied 3428 dollars and 22474 from gate receipts for army navy relief.
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DES Moines
Hollywood Victory
Plans for State Physical Fitness Program Are Made
Des Moines AP reports Iowa outlines a statewide fitness program at a meeting led by Miss Jessie M Parker and A J Steffey. Fitness chairmen named in 72 of 99 counties. group designated as professional consultants. District meetings in May planned to advance the program.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Jessie M. Parker
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. J. Steffey
Parker
Steffey
Schenk Demurs to Conspiracy Charge in Iowa Case
Laverne Schenk faces a conspiracy charge after a demurrer was filed Monday before Judge Tankersley. The false information was issued April 28 and a plea was due May 15. Schenk, detained since April 21 for malicious mischief and trespassing after a clash at Vinton Produce, was released on 1500 dollars bond and rearrested on the conspiracy charge.
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Vinton
Laverne Schenk
CIO
Tankersley
Schenk
Edward Dahms
Cedar Rapids
Victor Visqua
Vinton Produce Company
Dedication of Two Grinnell Buildings To Be Held May 30
Grinnell plans dedication events for the new Cowles dining room and gymnasium with Grinnell College 1942 commencement by President Samuel N. Stevens. Henry Luce will deliver the commencement address and Paul Appleby will speak at the Alumni Chapel service on May 30.
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Cowles
Grinnell College
Samuel N. Stevens
Stevens
Henry Luce
Time and Fortune Meadazine
Paul Appleby
Board of
Almni Association
Cowles Hall
Cawles Hall
Rallere
Guaranteed Loans for Iowa War Production
Iowa banks may now issue guaranteed loans for war production under a new order. The federal reserve bank of Chicago will arrange guarantees and loans for enterprises, including small businesses, to speed up production. State official M W Ellis notes the elimination of red tape and urges banks to participate fully.
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Des Moines
INL
Iowa
M W_ Ellis
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ellis
Army and War Departments
Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve System
State Department
Federal Department
Harrington Enlists in Army Air Corps Service
Washington AP Rep Harrington of Louisiana took an indefinite leave of absence from Congress after being called to active duty with the Army Air Corps He said he quit pay and joined the Air Transport Command as a ground officer to honor his pledge to serve if war was voted for The congressman stressed he has not resigned and that his status after January 3 1943 depends on his district.
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Harrington
D-la
Congress
Army Air Corps
Air Transport Command
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