Wings Over Iowa Aces In Training At Cedar Rapids College
About 220 Iowa college students, including Art Van Wyk of Sheldon and Don Swanson of Laurens, are entering a first year pilot training program. An advanced course will follow next year as Dan Hunter guides ground and air lessons for aspiring flyers.
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Iowa
America
Uncle Sam
Art van Wyk
Sheldon
Don Swanson
Laurens
Coe College
Cee
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways
James McFadden
Oelwein
Paul Tschirgi
Reinbeck
Bert Lowe
Letts
Breen Accuses Herring of Aiming for Governor by Proxy
Des Moines AP Edward Breen, Democrat hopeful for Iowa governor, charged Saturday that Clyde Herring seeks the governorship by proxy. Breen attacked the Valentine myth, accusing Herring of selling Valentine as a winner and that no other Democrat can win.
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Des Moines
Edward Breen
Clyde L. Herring
Washington
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Herring
Valentine
Breen
Clyde Herring
John Valentine
Towa
Supreme Court
Senator Breen seeks retraction over Cascade Pioneer libel claim
Fort Dodge Iowa state senator Ed Breen filed a notice demanding a public retraction of editorial libel claimed in the Cascade Pioneer May 23. Publisher Howard Baldwin and the paper reply that the notice was routed to the Dubuque county sheriff as Breen campaigns for governor in the Democratic primary.
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Fort Dodge
Ed Breen
Cascade Pioneer
Howard Baldwin
Breen
Pioneer
Dubuque County
Iowa
Carter Lake firm enjoined for wage hour act violations
Federal Judge James A. Donohoe entered a consent decree permanently enjoining Paxton and Vierling Iron Works of Carter Lake and Omaha from wage hour violations. The firm must pay overtime to eligible employees since Oct 24, 1938, and shipment bans will lift after payment. Inspection of the plant was among regional checks.
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OMAHA
James A. Donohoe
Paxton and Vierling Iron Works
Carter Lake
Louis N. Teitelbaum
Iowa Post Office Robbery Suspect Held In Wisconsin
Basil D. Hunting, 32, was held in Elkhorn Wisconsin on $4,000 bail pending removal to Iowa to face charges for breaking into the Thornburg post office in Iowa with intent to commit larceny.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Elkhorn
Wis
Basil D. Hunting
Thornburg
Five Vinton Scouts To Receive Eagle Badges
Five Vinton Boy Scouts from Troop 47 Explorer patrol sponsored by the Vinton Lions Club will be awarded Eagle Scout badges at a court of honor and banquet at 6 30 p m Monday in Vinton. Assistant scoutmaster L J Adolphson heads the troop. The honorees are all Vinton High School students. Names ages and tenderfoot dates include Jack N Milroy 17 July 1935 Stanley Peterson 17 August 1934 Dale Kaiser 17 November 1935 Harold Blocher 18 March 1934 and John Hillstead 18 February 1934.
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Vinton
Vinton Lions Club
L. J. Adolphson
Vinton High School
Tenderfoot Scouts
Jack N. Milroy
Stanley Peterson
Dale Kaiser
Harold Blocher
John Hillstead
Accused Of Working Game At Belle Plaine
George Hall, carnival employee, was held on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after police arrested him Friday while working a carnival at the Tallcorn exposition in Belle Plaine Ja. Officers reported the incident to Marshalltown INS.
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Marshalltown
INS
George Hall
Belle Plaine
Hall
Tallcorn
Grinnell WPA Official Fat Travel Costs Cited in Debate
Rep Ditter cites Florence Kerr of Grinnell Iowa an assistant WPA commissioner for travel expenses during 1935 to 1940. Kerr's work shifted from Grinnell Chicago and Washington with a total travel cost of 12974.62 dollars including 1058 days of per diem. Kerr spent 167 days in Grinnell and 941 days away during the Grinnell station period.
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Washington
Florence S. Kerr
Grinnell
WPA
Rep. Ditter
House
Kerr
Chicago
Dows Ends Phone Service After Franchise Battle
The town of Dows cut off local telephone service at 6 a.m. Saturday after a three year dispute with Wright and Franklin County Telephone Co over a franchise. Only booth and messenger service remains. An ouster suit by the town against the old company is set for the June Wright County district court term.
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DOWS
Wright and Franklin County Telephone Company
Booth
Wright and Franklin County
Wright County District Court
Dows Telephone Company
F. H. Peterson
Marshalltown Jail Won't Hold Escape Artist Again
Leonard Smothers 30 escaped from the Mar shall county jail for the second time in seven months after permission to use a shower. He climbed the wall cut through the roof reached the women's annex and fled within half an hour. Smothers was last arrested Sept 17 and escaped again Oct 8.
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Marshalltown
Leonard Smothers
Marshall County
Smothers
Minneapolis
Isis Statue Still Veiled At Hoover West Branch Home
The Apollo statue of Isis honoring Herbert Hoover remains veiled at his birthplace in West Branch Iowa. Plans for unveiling depend on the Belgium relief outcome and potential international participation. The statue sits on a hillside near the birthplace frame, with a plaque about the veil and enduring being.
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Isis
Hoover West Branch
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
Stanford University
California
Allan Hoover
Hoover Tract
U. C. T. Selects Burlington for 1941 Convention
The Iowa convention of the United Commercial Travelers chose Burlington, Iowa, as the 1941 meeting site. At closing session, two new members were named to the grand executive committee, Herman Rebelsky among them.
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Fort Dodge
INS
Iowa
The
United Commercial Travelers
Burlington, Ia
Grand
Herman Rebelsky
Convention Returns Reelected Officers At Three Day Meeting
Clinton and HW T Bayter of Cedar Rapids were reelected to the executive committee Walter Ferrell of Des Moines was elected grand sentinel and other officers were advanced About 600 members of the U T and auxiliary attended the three day convention.
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Clinton
HW T Bayter
Cedar Rapids
Hmm Confy
Sioux City
Walter Ferrell
Des Moines
Grand Sentinel
U. T
Auxiliary
Waterloo Hosts Iowa Elks Convention June 1 4
Waterloo prepares to entertain about 3000 attendees for the Iowa State Elks convention June 1 4. Henry B Warner of Dixon grand exalted ruler will address an officers dinner opening day. Eleven bands and three drum corps join the parade with the Karl King band Fort Dodge Cedar Falls and Decorah drum corps in the Sunday program.
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Waterloo
INS
Iowa State Elks
Henry B Warner
Dixon
Order
Karl King
Fort Dodge
Cedar Falls
Decorah
Bar May Seek Shift to Divorce Parole from Politics
Sioux City AP reports Iowa bar association recommendations to sever parole from politics. Proposals include nine year parole board terms, appointment of a state director of parole, and judges gaining suspension and probation powers. Maurice E. Rawlings chairs the parole committee with James P. Gaffney and James Iris as members.
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Sioux City
Iowa Bar Association
Waterloo
Maurice E. Rawlings
Bar Association
James P Gaffney
Marengo
James Iris
Des Moines
Iowa Primaries Set for June 3 in Heated Campaign
Iowa candidates for governor map final week schedules ahead of the June 3 primary. Voter turnout projections range 140000 to 240000 for Republicans and 130000 to 150000 for Democrats, with key figures like George A. Wilson and H R Gross shaping the race.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dickinson-Thurston
George A. Wilson
Iowa Falls
Alden
Cedar Rapids
Eight Children Nurtured Then Nine In Wallace Family
John Wallace and his sister Esther reared eight orphaned children on a farm near Williamsburg before John married. they later welcomed nine more, one dying in infancy. The Wallace clan includes Armenians, twins, and several relatives now in New Jersey, Illinois, Iowa, Washington, and beyond, with many securing careers or marriages.
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Henry Ward Beecher
John Wallace
Wallace
Robert Moffet
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Mamie Moffet
Robert
Joseph Atchison
Elmhurst
Ill
Albert Moffet
Seattle
Wash
State University
Iowa City
Henriette Meyer
R. W. Reader
Walliamsburg
Frieda Braun
Herman Imshoff
Marengo
Eldon Cook
Oxford
Louise Kussart
H W. Monre
Chicago
Kussart
Seals scandal leads to Century Distilling suspension in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa liquor commission halted Century Distilling, slapping a 15 day suspension and 50 000 penalty after Lytton M. Younker pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and seals. Governor Wilson vows full investigation as records are copied by law enforcement. Century accounts for 12 13 percent of state stores April volume.
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DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Control
State Liquor Commission
Century Distilling Company
Peoria
Curtis
Century
Action Commission
Burlington
Lytton M. Younker
Younker
George A Wilson
Caty Liquor
Commission
Felix
Pete Fdawards
Iown
Stotes
Fayette Man Killed as Car Goes Into Ditch
Special to The Gazette Floyd Richards age 40 of Fayette was killed when the car went into a ditch on highway 11 six miles north of West Union. The vehicle struck a private driveway and rolled about seventy feet. Richards died from a crushed head. Mervin Mitchell age 34 of Fayette, a salesman, was hospitalized in West Union with broken ribs and a badly lacerated face. Richards was identified more than an hour after the collision. He is survived by his mother in Fayette.
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The
Gazette West Union
Floyd Richards
Fayette
Richards
Mervin Mitchell
Mitchell
Postville Slayer Seeks New Trial
Sperial to The Gazette reports Carroll Serres sentenced to life for the murder of Marshal Elmer Len of Postville. His attorneys filed a motion for a new trial Saturday. Judge T. H. Goheen is expected to rule on the request Tuesday.
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Sperial
Waukon
Carroll Serres
Elmer Len
Postville
T. H. Goheen
Hinman Wins Prize for Navy Ordnance Proficiency
Annapolis AP says Midshipman Jack Hinman of Iowa City Iowa will receive funds for the purchase of a navy dress sword in recognition of proficiency in practical and theoretical ordnance and gunnery. The award is to be presented at a dress parade in June.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Jack Hinman
Iowa City
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John
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John Ingels
Waverly
Albert
Arthur
Ralph
Herbert
Irene
Dorothy Ann
Iian
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N. J
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