Prisoners Are Now Treated Better-Mott
Des Moines AP reports Dr. John R. Mott former Iowa figure and YMCA World Committee chair says prisoner treatment is better than in World War I. He estimates at least six million imprisoned in thirty regions, notes lessons learned, and cites Japan’s adherence to the Geneva Convention. He says the YMCA world committee and the Red Cross are the only groups allowed in camps. Mott grew up in Allamakee County and studied at Upper Iowa University.
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Des Moines
John R. Mott
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Japan
World Committee of the
International Red Cross
Mott Addresses Upper Iowa Commencement in Artsful Edinborough Attire
Dr John R Mott spoke at the eighty seventh commencement at Upper Iowa university his alma mater wearing crimson vestments. He praised the school for shaping his Christian service declared the world in a lightning war yet hopeful noting four fifths of the world lives under governments seeking peaceful dispute resolution and highlighting 404 relief organizations aiding internationally.
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Fayette
University of Edinborough
John R. Mott
Upper Iowa University
Upper
Iowa
Dr. Mott
Good Samaritan
Rutledge to Speak At Police School
University of Iowa peace officers school schedules five special classes from July 12 to 17. Courses include basic police problems, chemical munitions, criminal investigation, fingerprinting, motor vehicle laws, and traffic control. Speakers include Associate Justice Wiley B. Rutledge Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and former Iowa law college dean.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Peace Officers’ School
R. M. Perkins
Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr
Iowa Law College
United States Supreme Court
Beaty Porter Sentenced for Manslaughter in Traffic Fatality
Beaty Porter of Low Moor received eight years in prison for manslaughter. District Judge C R Stafford conditionally granted parole on the condition of continued farm work and abstinence from liquor. The charge stemmed from a traffic fatality.
Manchester Mother Has Four Sons in Service
Special to The Gazette Manchester family of Henry O Pettlon shows wartime sacrifice with four of five sons in the armed forces. Warren, 19, disabled, works in a Cedar Rapids defense plant. husband Roy Galloway also in defense. Sons Orville and Fred Pettlon home on furlough, Orville in Fort Worden Washington and Fred at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. John Pettlon, 22, in Hawaii with an intelligence unit. Norman Pettlon, 28, in quartermaster training at Fort Francis Warren Wyoming.
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Anchester
Henry O. Pettlon
Manchester
Pettlon
Pettions
Warren
Cedar Rapids
Pet
Hawaii
Norman Pettion
Fort Francis Warren
Wyoming
Radio Drama Honors Copernicus Quadricentennial at UI
The University of Iowa will air a Copernican quadricentennial tribute next Monday at 8 p.m. on WSUI. Dr Marcus Bach and Prof C C Wylie wrote the script while Prof H C Harshbarger directs the half hour broadcast honoring the Polish astronomer who "stopped the sun and set the earth in motion."
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
WSUI
Nicholas Copernicus
Marcus Bach
School of Religion
C. C. Wylie
H. C. Harshbarger
Sioux City Board Allows Married Women to Teach
The Sioux City board of education reversed a 30 year rule and votes to permit married women to teach in the schools there at least for the duration.
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Sioux City
Northern Iowa Blackout Tests Dot Iowa Counties
In a second surprise test within a week, 29 northern Iowa counties including Emmet Kossuth Palo Alto Buena Vista Pocahontas Humboldt Wright Calhoun Webster Hamilton Winnebago Worth Mitchell Hancock Cerro Gordo Floyd Kellis ashaw Franklin Howard Winneshiek Allamakee Fayette Clayton Butler Bremer Hardin Grundy Black Hawk Buchanan experienced a 40 minute blackout from 9 25 p m to 10 05 p m Public cooperation and the warning system were reported as splendid by Rodney Selby secretary of the Iowa industrial and defense system
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Rodney Selby
Iowa Industrial and Defense System
Emmet
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Wright
Calhoun
Webster
Hamilton
Winnebago, Worth
Mitchell
Hancock
Cerro Gordo
Floyd, Caickasaw
Franklin, Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Clayton
Butler
Bremer
Hardin, Grundy
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Garrison Girl Becomes Bride of Soldier
Lois Kathryn Schirm of Garrison married Private Marvin Dean Flickinger of La Porte City in Leesville Louisiana on Sunday. Attendants were Private Henry Vasey and Mrs. Vasey of Nevada Iowa with guest Private Vernon W. Schirm of Atkins. The bride is Garrison high school graduate and the groom La Porte City high school alum stationed at Camp Polk Louisiana.
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Garrison
Lois Kathryn Schirm
Lewis Schirm
Marvin Dean Flickinger
la Porte City
Leeville
Henry Vasey
Nevada
Vernon W. Schirm
Atkins
Camp Claiborne
Garrison High School
Flickinger
Camp Polk
Pocahontas County Woman Dies at 103
Mrs Peter Sage 103 oldest longtime Pocahontas County resident will lie in state at St Pauls Lutheran church before funeral Thursday. Born in Schleswig Germany December 24 1839 she came to the United States in 1885 and to Pocahontas County in 1900. Her husband died in 1920.
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Palmer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Peter Sage
Pocahontas County
Schleswig
Germany
United States
Won't Freeze Teachers to Summer Jobs
Iowa teachers need not fear being forced to summer essential work. The War Manpower Commission advised teachers to return to fall teaching if taking summer jobs in essential industries. A statement of availability may be required if the summer job pays more than the teaching post.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa State Teachers Association
War Manpower Commission
Toddville Twins Separated by War in Uniform
The Miller twins LaVerne and La Verne from Toddville Linn county IA are serving in the war effort. La Verne is in basic training at WAAC Center and driving farm machinery at home while LaVerne serves as a naval petty officer third class doing radio work in the South Pacific.
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Fort Des Moines
Eugene Miller
Toddville
Linn County
Miller Twins
LaVerne
LaVerne Miller
WAAC
South Pacific
Bankers to Meet in Independence
The Iowa Bankers association holds its annual meeting in Independence on Thursday at the Gedney hotel. Speakers include B A Gronstal of Council Bluffs president of the state group Herbert V Prochnow of Chicago M W Ellis state banking superintendent Peter I Bukowski Chicago assistant RFc loan agency manager and Frank Warner Des Moines Iowa Bankers secretary.
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Independence — Group 7
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Independence
B. A. Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Iowa Bankers Association
Herbert V. Prochnow
First National Bank
Chicago
M. W. Ellis
Des Moines
Peter I. Bukowski
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Frank Warner
Gedney Hotel
Iowa University Speakers Are Busy This Week
University of Iowa speakers will address 14 high school commencements this week led by President Virgil Hancher at Estherville Storm Lake and Cherokee. Also scheduled are Major Earl Culver Marion Dr Donald Mallett Belle Plaine Bennett H C Harshbarger Keystone Franklin Knower Kalona and George Glockler Williamsport.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil Hancher
Estherville
Storm Lake
Cherokee
Earl Culver
Marion
Donald Mallett
Belle Plaine
Bennett
H. C. Harshbarger
Keystone
Franklin Knower
Kalona
George Glockler
Williamsurg
Vacation Bible School in Oxford Junction
Oxford Junction Lutheran church sponsors a two weekVacation Bible School starting May 31 for children ages four to 14 from any church. Younger group leaders are Janice Wascha and Anna Balichek while Mrs J Marey Hall and Mrs Fred Maurer lead the older pupils.
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Oxford Junction
Lutheran Church
Janice Wascha
Anna Balichek
J. Marey Hall
Fred Maurer
Leased Wire Reports and Service Credits
Newspaper details credits for wire reports and local news publication. Mentions rates and editions, with distribution figures and carrier service motions acknowledged.
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Associated Press
Press International News Service
Fishermen Net Heavy Perch Haul at Spirit Lake
Spirit Lake anglers declared Angler's Bay a perch hotspot after a Sunday haul of about 2400 fish. As many as 67 boats crowded the bay with boats from miles away, and fishermen were reportedly taking their limits within an hour and a half or less.
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Spirit Lake
Sailor Helps Recreate Army Navy E Award Ceremonies
Iowa sailor Chief Metalsmith Clayton Pringle on 30 day leave translated the Army Navy E award ceremonies for Airesearch Manufacturing Company deaf mute employees in Los Angeles. Pringle, 32, from Cedar Rapids, learned sign language to assist deaf workers. He served 12 years in the navy including Midway Coral Sea and Solomon Islands actions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Airesearch Manufacturing Company
Los Angeles
Clayton Pringle
Cedar Rapids
Defense
Pringle
Clayton*ingle
Clermont
Navy
Coral Sea
Solomon Islands
Airesearch Sheet Metal Department
Thornton seniors delay party for ten years and invest bond
Thornton high school seniors postponed their class party for ten years. Funds saved for graduation were invested in a $25 war bond with a clause that the party occur on the third Sunday in May 1953. The matured bond will cover reunion expenses. the security is held by a bank.
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Thornton
Thornton High School
Dutch Barbers Charge Extra for Nazis Shaves
A Dutch underground newspaper reports Holland barbers are charging five cents above normal price to shave Nazis because their faces are longer these days, according to the Netherlands news agency on Wednesday.
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London
Holland
Netherlands
Coe Seniors to Lead Campus Chapel Meetings
Coe college seniors from the June class will host two campus chapel gatherings at Sinclair Memorial chapel. Margaret Massey Moss presides at the first session at 10 a.m. with Mary Towne and Richard Sherrard listed among participants. Semone Jorgensen will sing and Lewis Meskimen will give the invocation. The second service is planned for May 27.
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Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Margaret Massey Moss
Mary Towne
Burlington
Richard Or
Oak Park
Ill
Semone Jorgensen
Lost Nation
Lewis Meskimen
Fourteenth Street
Nore Sherrard
Cambridge
Oelwein Woman Joins Marines Women’s Reserve
Cora E. Lemcke of Oelwein was sworn into the Marines Women's Reserve in Des Moines on May 14. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Lemcke.
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Oelwein
Cora E. Lemcke
R. J. Lemcke
Marines Women's Reserve
Des Moines
Golden Wedding for Belle Plaine Residents Shurtleffs
Mr and Mrs Frank A Shurtleff of Belle Plaine celebrate their golden anniversary with a family dinner at their daughter Bess Burrows home and a 2 to 5 pm reception. They married May 20 1893 in Toledo. They own property in Crescent Oklahoma and a farm nearby.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Frank A. Shurtleff
Bess Burrows
Shurtleff
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Josephine Framer
Tama County
Chelsea
Toledo
S. A. Lee
Burrows
Dorothy Shurtleff
Cedar Rapids
Robert O. Burrows
Naval Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Joan Burrows
Masonic Blue Lodge
Commandery
el Kabir Shrine
Eastern Star
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Ladies’ Auxliary
Women’s Relief Corps
Society of Christian Service
R.A
Supervisor Praises Red Cross Dressings Unit in Iowa Visit
Mrs. Roger Finkbine, Iowa supervisor for Red Cross surgical dressings, praised Linn county operations as the best in her district. She noted quotas and material shortages delaying June July production and announced no weekday sessions at the YMCA that week. Cedar Rapids Hi Y clubs reported ongoing drives and veteran support activities amid wartime service.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Roger Finkbine
Iowa
L. K. Cornell
Coggan
Marion
Central City
Springville
Center Point
Mt. Vernon
G. O. McCulloh
Hamline University
Hubert Humphrey, Jr
War Manpower Commission
R. A. Jensen
University of Minnesota Hospital
J. O. Christensen
University of Minnesota Agricultural College
George B. Corwin
Moeller
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hi Y delegates report from regional congress
Roosevelt Hi Y members heard Earl Moeller a Roosevelt high school senior present a report on the fourth biennial North Central Hi Y Area congress held May 14 16 at Camp Ihduhapi near Minneapolis. The gathering drew 60 boys from over 200 Hi Y clubs across five states. Moeller is the son of Mrs De Moeller 607 Third Street.
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Roosevelt
Fear Boy 17 Found in Box Car Slugger Victim
Police search for Howard Bensley 17 after his uncle reports he was found in a Peoria box car. Father Hemlin Bensley Hopkinton was alerted by Peoria police that the youth may have been slugged robbed and placed in the car. The teen worked until 11 30 p m daily and his cash on hand is unknown.
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Fear Boy
Howard Bensley
Milner Kotz21
Peoria
Ill
Helda Bensley
Hemlin Bensley
Hopkinton
Howard
Boys Throw Dog Through Window Incident Report
Police records describe two window strikes around 9 40 p m with a rock at 601 Eighth SE and a window at 415 M Avenue NW. Mrs Nassif narrowly avoided injury as her son Fred fled the room after the crash. A dog was hurled through a window at Mrs Martha Rose’s home by five unidentified boys about 13 years old, witnessed by Norma Rose and Charlene Brenner.
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Mike Nassif
Thero
Martha Rose
Norma Joan Rose
Charlene Brenner
Prowler Reports Monthly Home Intrusion
Merle L Thompkins of 607% First Street SW told police a prowler visits his home around the fifth or sixth day each month. Ruth, his wife, says the habit coincides with her government allotment check. The intruder tries doors and peers through windows.
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Merle L. Thompkins
First Street
United States Army
Ruth
Thompkins
Italian Emissary To Vichy Recalled
German radio said Count Zoppi the Italian minister to Vichy has been recalled to Rome for a new post in the foreign ministry. The report did not name a successor.
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Vichy
New York
Victy
Count Zoppi
Rome
Foreign Ministry
Zoppi
Graduation Exercises at St Patrick's School
Graduation exercises at St Patrick's school will be held June 6. Nineteen seniors will receive diplomas. The Rev M J Martin president of Loras College Dubuque will be the speaker.
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Waukon
St. Patrick’s School
M. J. Martin
Loras College
Dubuque
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