Shirer Sees Neutrality Act Hit to German Morale in Des Moines
William L Shirer told 4,509 at Shrine Auditorium that passage of the neutrality act amendment would shock the German people and help Allied war aims. He urged full U S aid to Britain and Russia, warned of a possible Nazi economic blockade on the United States, and said Hitler could be defeated with two strong allies in the field.
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Des Moines
William L Shirer
Cedar Rapids
Berlin
Germany
Shirer
Shrine Auditorium
America
United States
Britain
Russut
Hitler
Europe
Coe College
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Ural Mountains
Japan
Wheatland Couple Mark Golden Wedding With Open House
Wheatland couple Mr and Mrs William Young celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and an open house Monday from 1 to 5 pm. The couple, born in 1869 and 1866, farmed in Spring Rock township before retiring to Wheatland. They have three daughters and seven sons, with one son serving in the Philippines. Monday also marks their daughter and son-in-law’s fifteenth anniversary and their son Henry’s forty first birthday.
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Wheatland
William Young
Young Home
Minnie Koch Young
Germany
Mr. Young
Moline
Carl Zipf
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Spring Rock Township
William Schroeder
Calamus
Ida O'Boyle
Long Grove
Ben Kellerman
DeWitt
Carl
Maquoketa
Louie
Lost Nation
Ezra
George
Bensonill
Henry
Philippine Islands
Army Air Corps
Ben Kellermann
Kahoka Emerges as Midwest Gretna Green for Marriages
Kahoka Missouri, near Illinois and Iowa borders, has become a wedding magnet. Missouri license rules drew couples seeking short wait times, boosting licenses issued in Clark County to 4,052 in the first ten months, up 2,699 from 1940 and far above 1939 totals.
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Kahoka
Illinois
Iowa
Middle West
Kaheka
Paxson Named Head Of Iowa Mutuals
D D Paxson of Algona was elected president of the Iowa association of Mutual Insurance Associations in Des Moines. Harold S. Evans of Des Moines passes leadership. William Treimer of Hartley is named vice president. Directors for three-year terms include H. E. Coulburn Sac City Oscar Wiese Lone Tree Carl Peterson Mt Ayr M L Smith Fort Dodge and J L McIntosh Boone. E F Perrin New Hartford elected to a one-year term.
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Des Moines
D Paxson
Algona
Iowa Association of Mutual Insurance Associations
Paxson
Kossuth County Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Harold S. Evans
William Treimer
Hartley
Directory Board
H. E. Coulburn
Sac City
Oscar Wiese
Lone Tree
Carl Peterson
Mt Ayr
M L Smith
Fort Dodge
J L. McIntosh
Boone
E. F Perrin
New Hartford
Inter-Church Prison Group Plans 1942 West Union Meeting
The Town Inter-church Prison Evangelistic association concluded a three day convention in Newton with a three member board. Rev Carl L. Smith was named state association director and executive secretary. West Union was set as the site for the 1942 convention. Rev H. F. Yingst and A F. Gertsma were named trustees. Frank Ward was named vice-state director. City, state and church figures were listed in the rotated leadership lineup.
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Newtown
INS
Evangelistic Association
Newton
Carl L. Smith
A. F. Gertsma
Lynnville
H. F. Yingst
Wilton Junction West Union
Mr. Smith
State Association
Frank Ward
Cedar Rapids
Why Boys Really Join Fraternities
DES MOINES AP Five chorus girls from Earl Car rolls Vanities will dine at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house Friday night. Freshman education begins when he meets a chorus girl says fraternity secretary Al OConnor. House mother Mrs Angileen Cloe will chaperon.
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Earl Carroll
Tau Kappa Epsilon
al O'Connor
Angileen Cloe
Death notices from Iowa towns recount local passings
Obituaries and funeral details from Columbus Junction Cascade Wapello Decorah and nearby towns list ages birthplaces and surviving relatives for several individuals. The items note Miss Anna Beard Mrs Angeline Kenny Miss Louise Biklen Fred W Hageman Frances Quackenbush and Robert Donald Johnston among others with burial locations church services and familial ties.
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Columbus Junction
George W Burnett
Whittier
Calif
Anna Beard
Jennie Beard
Cascade
Angeline Kenny
Devaney
St. Martin's Church
Charles Biklen
Herman Biklen
William
Burlington
Herman
Wapella
Philip Blaufuss
Aspen Grove
Decorah
Fred W Hageman
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Maurice E. Nolan
Hageman
Bluffton Township
Calmar
Festina
Amelia Gesing
Parnell
Ruth
Annita
Ta Porte City
Frances Teresa Quackenbush
P. M. Steward
Waterloo
Frances Teresa O'Niel
Geneva
Wis
Bernard
Susan O'Niel
la Porte City
Frank Byrne
Petersburg
N. D
Inez Mahood
Vinton
Irene Welch
Denver
Colo
Sacred Heart Church
Mser
E. J. Dougherty
Belle Plaine
Robert Donald Johnston
Roy .Johnston
Christ Methodist Church
Local Obituaries Mention Vandevort and Forsh Deaths
Burial for Arthur A Vandevort 64 Wapello contractor and city council member followed his sudden death at a Verner Anderson farm. Surviving wife Anna Shipman Vandevort and five daughters listed. Also noted Henry Forsch 89 died at home, longtime Marengo resident. funeral plans pending. The piece references G Warren burial near Brooklyn and local family details.
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Wapello
Arthur A Vandevort
Verner Anderson
Methodist
R. G. Nye
Guy Jamison
Hal Jamison
Oran Jamison
Max Stone
Arthur Gardner
Wesley Shipman
Anna Shipman Vandevort
Eugene Faires
Iowa City
Ben J. Taylor
Fairfield
F. W. Fisher
Des Moines
Don R. Peterson
Dorothy Vandevort
Arches
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Property Transfers and Local Events
Several Iowa towns report property transfers with buyers including O Torkelson and Ruby Benson. Anamosa Rotary Club hosts a Guns and Hunting discussion and plans a football banquet for Nov 20. Toledo sees Glenn Postell, 23, plead guilty to forgery with a $200 fine and two months jail. Belle Plaine announces the marriage of Charlotte Liston to Richard Cronbaugh with a farm home plan. Castalia hosts a six-child reunion totaling 426 years. Anamosa to host driver testing equipment Nov 19-20 for students and residents.
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Elgin
O. Torkelson
Lens Benson
Ruby Benson
Amiel Snyder
Frank Pinney
Celia Meyer
Walter Lehman
E G. Stoehr
Fred Nydegger
Rotary Club
Holden Hotel
Toledo
Glenn Postell
Tama County
B. O Tankersley
Postell
Dysart National Bank
Wallace Taylor
Belle Plaine
Daniel Liston
Charlotte Leola
Richard Dean Cronbaugh
Bert Cronbaugh
St. Michael's Parsonage
E. S. Flynn
Harley Stanerson
Marengo
Elsie Cleppe
Hartwick
Liston
Martin Albright
Castalia
Albright
Canada
Elzie
William
Charles
Carrie Shaffer
Fayette
Mary Helmar
Lubbock
Predict Iowa Skies To Clear By Game Time
Des Moines reports forecast clearing by game time for the Minnesota at Iowa City clash Saturday afternoon with winds rising to 25 to 35 mph. Skies were mostly clear Friday except eastern areas with late Thursday showers. highs near 60s and lows near 25 reported in several cities.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Burlington
Sioux City
Iowa City Seeks NYA Approval for New Stadium Plan
Iowa City school board agreed to send plans for a new high school stadium to Washington for NYA approval. CCC camps and NYA labor shortages may delay work, with Solon camp dissolution offering local workers. Architect Harry Fisk suggests concrete construction. Voters in Town City approved an $18,000 project, NYA funding about half.
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Iowa City
Washington, D. C
National Youth Administration
John Cownole
Davenport
NYA
CCC
Solon
Harry L. Fisk
Town City
Merritt Couple to Celebrate 55th Anniversary Near Olin
Pioneer Jones county couple Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Merritt will observe their fifty fifth wedding anniversary at their Olin home Sunday. Born in Jones county they married in 1886 in Anamosa. They will be joined by four children 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren along with relatives and friends.
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Jones County
H. S. Merritt
Olin
Anamosa
Robert Condit
Springville
Carl Rohwedder
Delbert Brickley
Harold Merritt
Jury Awards Widow Five Thousand In Auto Collision Case
A jury in WEST UNION awarded Mrs. Myrtle Ralston of Des Moines $5,000 against the estate of William H. Gissell of Hawkeye after three hours of deliberation. Her husband, Howard F. Ralston, died February 4 from injuries suffered January 25 in a collision two miles south of Indianola in which Gissell was killed. Schulman questions fraternity tax and market value of property, while Judge Rate cites purchase price as not reflecting true market value.
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West Union
Myrtle Ralston
Des Moines
William H. Gissell
Hawkeye
Howard F Ralston
Indianola
Gissell
Buchanan County
Olin High School to Present The Mikado
Olin students will present the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado Friday at 8 p m. Laura Mae Shew and Bernard Switzer headline a cast that includes Joe Glenn Jean Freeman Don Ramsey Allan Cooke Laura Lee Hawley Betty Pruess and Charlene Brecht. A 60 voice chorus directed by Robert Manley will also perform.
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Olin
Olin High School
Laura Mae Shew
Bernard Switzer
Joe Glenn
Jean Freeman
Don Ramsey
Allan Cooke
Laura Lee Hawley
Betty Pruess
Charlene Brecht
Robert Manley
Gaffney Hears Tax Appeal Arguments Will Take 30 Days
In Johnson county district court Judge James P Gaffney heard tax appeal arguments from 21 University of Iowa fraternity and sorority cases. Lawyers argued the city assessor used arbitrary figures and did not follow the standard method. Deputy Assessor Francis Suppel said he could not determine income or the properties’ market value. The Town City board of tax review was defended as assessing the properties as a group. The judge questioned witnesses and reserved ruling, stating a 30 day period to consider the case.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Johnson County
James P Gaffney
Francis Sueppel
Iowa
Louis Schulman
Town City Board of Tax Review
Gaffney
McGregor Minister J F Parsons Retires After 50 Years
The Rev J F Parsons retires after 50 years in Congregational ministry in Iowa Illinois and South Dakota. He resigns as pastor of the McGregor church after 16 years and will preach his last sermon Sunday. The Parsons will move to Marion at 1055 Seventeenth Street. Mrs Parsons once public health nurse at the University of Iowa bureau of dental hygiene.
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McGregor
Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
J. F. Parsons
Sibley
Eight East Iowa Schools To Broadcast Over WSUI
Eight eastern Iowa high schools will present Christmas seal broadcasts over WSUI at the University of Iowa starting November 17 as part of the state seal drive. Schools include Oelwein Decorah West Branch Brooklyn Ossian Mechanicsville Orange Township Waterloo and Winston. Students, sponsored by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, will speak on tuberculosis early treatment and the Christmas Seal light house of progress.
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Iowa City
Iowa
WSUI
University of Iowa
Oelwein
Decorah
West Branch
Brooklyn
Ossian
Mechanicsville
Orange Township Consolidated
Waterloo
Winston
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
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100 Second Ave. SE
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Tommy Somebody
Goodrich
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