Gunman Robs Kensett Bank in Worth County Heist
Two gunmen robed the Kensett bank office around 9:45 am forcing manager Otto Brunsvold to lie on the floor as they took $500 to $600 in cash. The gray coupe fled north toward Mason City with a possible second man seen in the car. The event marks Iowa’s first bank robbery in seven and a half months and adds to a string of recent Midwest robberies.
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Kensett
Kentsett
Manly
Worth County
Mason City
Minnesota
Otto Brunsvold
Kensett Bank
Brunsvold
A. M. Barth
Barth
Iowa
Four youths nabbed in Keokuk after St. Charles escape
Keokuk police captured four 17 year old youths from Chicago and Los Angeles who fled the St. Charles Illinois training school by overpowering a guard. They robbed guard Arthur Nordquist of $50 and his car, then took a car belonging to Mrs. John Dummel. Nordquist’s car was found near Dimmel’s stolen vehicle.
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Keokuk
St. Charles
Ill
William Langhals
John Fletcher
Alex Biernacki
Chicago
John Rose
Los Angeles
Arthur Nordquist
John Dummel
Nordquist
Smith Brookhart's Son Married in Hyattsville Maryland
Laura Spencer Purdum daughter of the Second Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs Smith W Purdum of Hyattsville Maryland married Lieut Joseph Warren Brookhart son of former Senator and Mrs Smith W Brookhart of Hyattsville. The ceremony took place at First Presbyterian church Hyattsville. Brookhart who is the youngest of six children studied at the University of Chicago and has wings and a commission from Craig Field Selma Alabama and is to report to duty with the 31st pursuit group at Fort Wayne Indiana where he and Mrs Brookhart will reside.
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Washington
Laura Spencer Purdum
Smith W. Purdum
Hyattsville
Joseph Warren Brookhart
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
First Presbyterian Church
Joe Brookhart
Davenport man sent to Fort Madison for drunken driving crash
Patrick Woodruff of Davenport began a one year sentence at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. The charge stemmed from a Saturday evening crash on Highway 92 two miles west of Grandview that involved S. B. Matthews, chairman of the Louisa County Board of Supervisors.
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Wapello
Patrick Woodruff
Davenport
Fort Madison
George Oakes
Woodruff
Paul H. McCord
S. B. Matthews
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Grandview
Could Nero Have Fiddled with Stomach Ulcer Pains
Ad urges relief from ulcer and stomach pains after feasting with a 25¢ box of Daga. Claims indigestion gas heartburn burning sensation and excess acid can be eased. Uden Tablets offered with money back guarantee at drug stores nationwide.
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Nero
Minstrel Show Stars Marion Girls Chorus atChurch Event
A Marion minstrel show by the Friendly Guild at the Methodist church features a girls chorus including Diane Biddick Carol Jean Fairley Joan Gibson Joanne Crew Louise Smith Kathleen Waline Jean Clapp and Loyce Schenken singing Liza Jane The public is invited. City council discussed buying a new fire truck but took no action at Tuesday meeting.
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Diane Biddick
Carol Jean Fairley
Joan Gibson
Joanne Crew
Louise Smith
Kathleen Waline
Jean Clapp
Loyce Schenken
Liza Jane
Friendly Guild
Methodist Church
Lions Club Ladies Night at KV Cafe Highlights
Harvey Trimble led the event as refreshments for about 30 were provided by Mrs. Hess Mrs. Walker Mrs. Harville and Mrs Harville. About 70 attended with Cliff Thomas Fairfield district governor giving a talk on Lionism. Bonnie Carey June DeWees sang duets with Jean Stamy while guests included E Karl Ganote from Chicago and the Runkles Leffingwell Fitzgeralds and others.
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Lions Club
Cliff Thoma
Fairfield
J. T. Hecker
Bonnie Carey
June DeWees
Jean Stamy
E. Karl Ganote
Chicago
S. T. Runkle
H. W. Leffingwell
State Agents Raid Five Mason City Night Spots
Nine police officers and state agents raided five Mason City venues Tuesday night. The Town club, linked to The Covered Wagon, yielded liquor and game takings. Proprietor Fred A. Stadelman posted $500 bond after waiving grand jury on illegal sale. Steve Potiriades posted $500 on illegal possession. Other charges not filed yet.
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Mason City
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Fred A. Stadelman
Steve Potiriades
Cerro Gordo
Pipeline Worker Given One Year For Stabbing Case
Burke Math Burke 36 a Mon ticello Kentucky pipeliner pled guilty to assault with intent to commit great bodily injury before Judge J G Patterson and was sentenced to not to exceed one year in Fort Madison penitentiary. A Hoover message said Burke was not wanted by the FBI but he served eight months in California on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. He had been arraigned after a brawl in which fellow pipeliner Joe Watson suffered a deep knife wound in the groin.
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the Gazette
Washington
Math Burke
Monticello
J. G. Patterson
Fort Madison
J. Edgar Hoover
H. N. Putnam
Burke
California
Joe Watson
Springville Cedar Rapids Couple Married in Parsonage
Springville Mary Ellen Larson and Robert Paul, both of Central City, were married Sunday in a Methodist parsonage ceremony. Attendants Ethyl Collins and Marvin Bowdish. Ely school grades plan a Legion hall program Thursday at 8 p.m. under Catherine Hanson and Gladys Holets featuring three plays.
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Springville
Mary Ellen Larson
Cedar Rapids
Walter D. Larson
Central City
Robert Paul
W. H. Paul
C. D. Boggie
Ethyl Collins
Marion
Marvin Bowdish
Ely
Legion Hall
Catherine Hanson
Gladys Holets
Plymouth
New Car Sales Down 38 Percent in Iowa October
Iowa use tax collectors report October 1941 new car and truck sales dropped 38.4 percent from a year earlier. Tax receipts totaled 75,809.09 for the month, with statewide auto sales at 3,790,450 and county figures listing Black Hawk 2,753.51 Fayette 483.04 Linn 3,714.25.
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Iowa
Tax Commission
Black Hawk
Fayette
Linn
Mother Of Shannon Charlton’s Mother Dies in Des Moines
Mrs. J. H. Charlton 76, mother of Iowa Republican Chairman Shannon B. Charlton, died at 1 05 am Wednesday in Des Moines after three weeks of illness. Survived by three sons Clyde B. and Frank B. of Des Moines and attorney Shannon of Manchester, a daughter Mrs. Guy H. Hall of Dallas Center, and her husband Rolfe Ir., death in 1912. Funeral arrangements set for Friday in Des Moines and Rolfe with burial in Rolfe.
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Des Moines
J. H. Charlton
Iowa
Shannon B. Charlton
Shannon
Manchester
Clyde B
Frank B
Guy H. Hall
Dallas Center
Rolfe, Ir
Traer
Rolfe
B. H. Beam
Los Angeles
Calif
H. A. Beam
Moline
W. W. Beam
C. E. Fraser
Yakima
Wash
John A. Owen
Toledo
S U S Play Festival Dates Are Announced
University of Iowa announces dates for its seventeenth annual state play production festival for 1942. High schools, community groups, junior colleges enter in March with enrollment deadlines February 1. Over 100 casts expected. judges categorize performances and certificates awarded for superior or excellent entries.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Tama Attorney Charles E. Davis Dies at 53
Charles E. Davis of Tama died Tuesday morning at University Hospital Iowa City from a brain blood vessel clot after a sudden illness Friday. He served as Tama city clerk for years and was secretary of the school board. Surviving are two sisters in Oakland and a brother in Vicksburg Mississippi.
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TAMA
Charles E. Davis
University Hospital
Towa City
Davis
Enright-Schrader
American Legion of
Masonic Lodge
Vicksburg
Miss
Oakland
Calif
Inflation Worries Canadians Too Say 2 Toronto Students
Two University of Toronto students David M Hayne and E Kirkland debated a University of Iowa team in Iowa City. They said war changes in Canada include barbed wire fences and uniforms, that business activity is up, and civilian expenditures must be kept down to curb inflation. They noted Canadians retain civil liberties to criticize government war actions and that about 10 000 American volunteers serve in Canada and eight percent of the Royal Canadian Air Force is American.
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Iowa City
Canada
University of Toronto
David M Hayne
E. Kirkland
University of Iowa
America
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Morley man fined for shooting pheasants from car
Eldo Stingley of Morley aimed at pheasants from a moving car on a public highway and fired. Deputy game warden R W Beckman arrested him, charging assembled and loaded gun in a motor vehicle. Stingley paid 10 dollars plus costs. Beckman also cited Walter Nanke of Mechanicsville for hunting without a license.
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Anamosa
Eldo Stingley
Morley
Stingley
R. W. Beckman
Justice of the Peace
R. D McIntyre
Beckman
McIntyre
Walter Nanke
Mechanicsville
Temperatures Drop as Winter Returns to Iowa
Winter weather moves into Iowa after days of near summer warmth with freezing temps forecast statewide by midnight. Morning readings show 10 degrees above normal in the west to 30 above in the east as snow chances rise. rain totals include Ames 0.25, Des Moines 0.52 and others, with highs Tuesday reaching 73 in Council Bluffs and Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Ames
Fort Dodge
Mt. Ayr
Omaha
Story City
Rabbit Fever Case In Williamsburg
Williamsburg reports the first tularemia case or rabbit fever with high school junior George Dougherty Jr. ill. The Epworth League elects officers: President Jean Edwards. commissioners Dorothy Reader, Ernestine Richardson, Vivian Orris, Marjorie Grant. Secretary Helen Durr. Treasurer Donald Edwards. Pianist Betty Wallace.
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Williamsburg
George Dougherty, Jr
The
Epworth League
Jean Edwards
Dorothy Reader
Ernestine Richardson
Vivian Orris
Marjorie Grant
Secetary
Helen Durr
Donald Edwards
Betty Wallace
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McIntire
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Bagley
Perry State Bank
Herman Peters
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St. Louis
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Gobbler
Iowa Turkey Growers Association
Roosevelt
Melvin Dorr
Marcus
C. R. Schoby
Bode
M. B. Friedman
Ottumwa
Smith Brookhart
Maryland
Marion News Gazette
Marion, Prhona
Bellamy Partridge
Reginald Adams
O. O. P. Club
LeRoy Barber
Colfax
Rebekah
Harry Murphey
Pierre
S. D
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Frank Smith
Red Cross
Harold Peck
Business Girls Club
Lumer Lorence
Glenn Kinser
Presbyterian Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
K-V Cafe
Theristrial Club
R. J. Williams
John T. Christie
England
Herbert Gerstman
Germany
Tennyson Club
O.O.P
Harold Phillips
Norman J. Waffle
Loon Feather
Iola Fuller
Max Evans
F. E. Stimson
Fifth Avenue
Cornellian Club
Fry’s
Walter Reinsch
Dorothea Fox
Reinsch
Emma Klein
Paul Bowdish
Elmer Fisher
St. Paul’s Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
O. W. Lundquist
George Lutz
Arlene Quaas
Hazel Ridge
Gordon Hatchery
John J. Keith
United States Medical Corps
Camp Claiborne
J. T. Gallivan
Lulu Hinman
Maquoketa
Gallivan
Mary Clements
Minnie Lathrop
A. R. McElwain
Eighth Avenue
Richard Wager
Lester Boetcher
R. Lee Taylor
Sara Nott
Marion Club
David Lennox, Jr
Marshalltown
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman's Club
D. B. Storck
Diana Fret Club
Charles Sutliff
Thomas Keith
Gordon Keith
Capt
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Eau Claire
Wis
Molly Keith
George Reichard
Fourteenth Street
Ameigo Club
O. C. Olney
White Cliffs
Alice Duer Miller
Dad
Storm
Memorial Hall
Robert Mitchell
Woman's Relief Corps No. 126
Ned Jones
Earl Helbig
Sadie Meroshek
Virginia Devault
Laura Fulton
Tuckabache Club
E. B. Castle
Tom Costello
Thirteenth Street
Robert Byanovsky
E. G. Byanovsky
Missouri Institute of Aeronautics
Sikeston, Mo
Herbert Ellinger
Cheerful Companions
Christian Church
E. C. Hamm
Carl Cherry
Harvey Trimble
Robert Hess
Joe Walker
Harold Harville
Edgar Harville
James Fitzgerald
Lincoln Drive
Fred King
Walker
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Harry North
Waterloo
Miss Llurel Wyckoff
Shannon Charlton
G. O. P. Chairman
Toytown
Santa
Mae
L. E. Storm
Gladys Patch
R. F. Gregson
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Patch
L. R
Dan" Patch
Gregson
Toronto
Adlerika
Ela Coe Weme
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Temeia
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