Gilbert Named Iowa Republican Chairman in 1942
Fred B. Gilbert 52 of State Center was chosen by the G O P state central committee to fill the vacancy left by Shannon B Charlton who became a district judge in the Tenth Iowa district Gilbert a banker and lawyer has served as Third district committeeman since 1937 He will lead the party at least until next July and is the third to hold the post in under a year He called the party outlook for 1942 plenty good and getting better and recalled his World War II service with the 264th aerial squadron after earning a law degree from Michigan and attending Cornell He is president of the Central State Bank at State Center with deep roots in Marshalltown and state politics
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Des Moines
Fred B. Gilbert
State Center
Iowa
G.O.P. State Central Committee
Gilbert
Shannon B. Charlton
Manchester
Charlton
Harry B. Swan
Marshall
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
University of Michigan
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Marshalltown
Central State Bank
Walker Hanna
Burlington
Clyde McFarlin
Montezuma
Linn Grove Bride Edith Minor to Wed LaVerne Larson
Miss Edith Minor daughter of Mr and Mrs Strother of Linn Grove will marry Wednesday at 8 p m to LaVerne Larson of Martelle. Dr Lloyd Morris will officiate the single ring ceremony at the Linn Grove Presbyterian church.
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Linn Grove
Edith Minor
Girl Dies After Auto Crash Fatal to Mother
Special to The Gazette Grinnell Iowa two year old Diane Roudabush of Brooklyn died early Sunday at St Francis hospital after an auto crash late Saturday that also killed her mother Mrs John F Roudabush 30 The accident occurred three miles east of Grinnell on highway 6 when Mrs Roudabush lost control of the car skidded into a 10 ton cheese truck The young mother died en route to the hospital Dorothy 7 is in critical condition Dolores 9 suffered minor injuries The truck driver was uninjured Officials blamed road conditions for the crash
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Grinnell
Diane Roudabush
Brooklyn
St. Francis Hospital
John F., Roudabush
Here
Roudabush
Dorothy
Dolores
Dance Lecture Recital At Cornell Tuesday
Sybil Shearer and Allison Choate will present a lecture recital on The Modern Dance Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the King Memorial Chapel at Cornell. Shearer, Skidmore graduate and Bennington School of the Dance staffer, has appeared with Doris Humphrey Charles Weidman and Agnes De Mille productions. Choate teaches in Salt Lake City and is a noted dancer and teacher. The program is sponsored by the Cornell Women's Athletic Association.
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New York
Academy of Allied Arts
Allison Choate
Salt Lake City
Cornell Women’s Athletic Association
Columbus pupil wins trip to New York violin audition
Kathryn Woodruff, a Columbus High School senior, earned a free trip to New York for a violin audition before Major Bowes at an amateur contest in the Columbus High School auditorium Friday evening. Judges were Kenneth Woodruff Arian Lowe and Mrs. James Allen Jr.
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Columbus Junction
Kathryn Woodruff
Columbus High School
New York
Major Bowes
Kenneth Woodruff
Arian Lowe
James Allen, Jr
Hearing On Fischer Ouster Delayed Pending Writ Petition
DES MOINES UP Hearing of the ouster case against Charles R Fischer state insurance commissioner was postponed again as counsel for Benjamin Wolf seeks a writ of certiorari in Polk County District Court to decide if Gov George A Wilson or the state executive council should hear the case Wolf alleges misconduct in handling American Mutual Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, of which Wolf is a policyholder.
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Des Moines
Charles R. Fischer
George A. Wilson
Horace M. Havner
Benjamin Wolf
Missouri
Fischer
Polk County
Wilson
State Executive Council
Havner
Wolf
American Mutual Life Insurance Company
From Co. H At Camp Claiborne To Get Releases
CAMP CLAIBORNE La By Nov 25 fourteen soldiers in Company H of the 136th medical regiment will have been released from active duty and sent home to resume civilian life Three of the men are National Guard members Privates First Class James E Parry 29 Vinton Orville J Whalen 28 Cedar Rapids and John Miller 30 Lincoln Neb head the list of age based releases Eleven selectees include nine more age based releases Privates Jerome E Wolf 35 Des Moines Gordon P Wigton 34 Dexter Johnnie R McClain 29 Scarville Wayne J Osborne 28 Dows Charles J Lohrman 32 Oelwein Donald S Morris 36 Grimes Edwin H Helgens 30 Scotch Grove Odin H Johnson 30 Rake Wendell W Weed 30 Ida Grove Private John W Snyder 24 Adel and Private First Class Cornelius Tuecke 25 Garnaville in hardship cases Tuecke had acted as company reporter his successor chosen as Private James Remley Anamosa
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Camp Claiborne
136Th Medical Regiment
National Guard
James E. Parry
Vinton
Orville J Whalen
Cedar Rapids
John Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Jerome E. Wolf
Des Moines
Gordon P. Wigton
Dexter
Johnnie R. McClain
Scarville
Wayne J. Osborne
Dows
Charles J. Lohrman
Oelwein
Donald S. Morris
Grimes
Edwin
Six Iowa Soldiers Injured In Crash Near Elgin
A head on collision near Elgin, Iowa left six soldiers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina injured while returning home for Thanksgiving. One, Herman Nelson, 26, is in critical condition with a possible spinal fracture. Leo Pohlen, 26, Everly, has hip injuries and serious cuts. The others are Donald Miller 22 Spencer, Darrell Place 22 Milford, Melvin Macke 22 Templeton, and Earl Maury 25 Dubuque, all in preliminary serious to minor condition.
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Donald Miller
Spencer
Darrell Place
Milford
Melvin Macke
Templeton
Earl Maury
Dubuque
Des Moines Insurance Man John Gunn Dies at 80
Des Moines funeral services are set for John A. Gunn 80 prominent insurance executive who died Sunday after a year of illness. Gunn led Employers Mutual Casualty Co Des Moines and served as director of Central National Bank and Trust Co He was former Iowa Manufacturers Association president in 1911 Born in Canada he moved to Des Moines in 1895 His widow two daughters two sons two sisters and brother Robert M Gunn of Buckingham Ja survive
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Des Moines
LLP
John A. Gunn
Gunn
Employers Mutual Casualty Company
Central National Bank and Trust Company
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Canada
Des Moines O
Council Bluffs
Robert M. Gunn
Buckingham, Ja
Association Forms Iowa Drum and Bugle Corps Union
The Iowa State Drum and Bugle Corps association was organized in Independence with Clyde S. Marinus named permanent chairman and Dr. A F Becker elected secretary treasurer. Robert Smith served as temporary chairman. Delegates from Dubuque Cedar Rapids Independence Cedar Rapids Moose Anamosa Decorah and Cedar Rapids Y were named to draft a constitution and bylaws to promote drum corps work and regulate all state contests.
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Independence
Iowa State
Drum and Bugle Corps Association
Drum
Clyde S. Marinus
A. F. Becker
Robert Smith
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Cedar _ Rapids
Moose
Anamosa
Decorah
Cedar Rapids “Y
Iowa
Wellman Bells Celebrate 47th Anniversary on Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs George Bell plan their forty seventh wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving day at the home of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Isaac Sprague and family in West Chester.
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Wellman
George Bell
Isaac Sprague
West Chester
Pipeline From Texas to Chicago Rolls Over Iowa
Mary Berry reports on the Nat ural Gas Pipeline project's westward progress across Iowa from Arden to the Des Moines river. The Bechtel built loop will run through Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and Iowa to Chicago, delivering fuel for defense industry with a 50 year welded 26 inch pipe and 80 welders plus 350 Bechtel workers. Stations stretch from Fritch Texas to Geneseo Illinois with 200 million cubic feet daily, rising with wider loops between boosters.
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Mary Berry
Pvashington
Iowa
Natural Gas Pipeline Company
W A. Bechtel Company
Arden
Des Moines River
Oskaloosa
Moore County
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Chicago
Washington County
Washington
Bechtel Company
Fritch Tex
Amarillo
Gray
Okla
Minneola
Heizer
Glasgow
Kan
Beatrice
Neb
Emerson
Truro
Harper
Geneseo
Jacob W. Leibler 98 Calamus Civil War Veteran Dies
Funeral services for Jacob W. Leibler were held at the family home and Calamus Methodist church. The Civil War veteran, born November 26, 1843 in Westmoreland Pennsylvania, died Saturday at 98. He married Louisa Kuebler March 27, 1872 and is survived by three daughters Agnes Leibler Ed Eden and Frank Neff and seven grandchildren. Mrs Leibler died in 1926.
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Calamus
Jacob W. Leibler
Calamus Methodist Church
Harold Hewitt
Leibler
Westmoreland
Louisa Kuebler
Clinton County
Agnes Leibler
Ed Eden
North
Frank Neff
Grand Mound
Held For Shooting Brother-In-Law At Farm
William Heinen, 42, of Raymond, Iowa, was held in the Black Hawk county jail on charges of shooting his brother-in-law Nick Lutgen Jr. during a livestock feeding argument at a farm home one half mile east of Raymond. Lutgen was struck in the chest by a 16 gauge shotgun and, though a portion of flesh was torn from his ribs, doctors said a heavy overcoat protected him. Lutgen was expected to recover. Heinen surrendered without resistance and is a father of nine children.
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Waterloo
William Heinen
Raymond
Black Hawk County
Nick Lutgen, Jr
Lutgen
Heinen
Lisbon Man Dead Of Pistol Wound
Willard Weisley aged 67 of Lisbon died Sunday afternoon from a self inflicted .32 caliber pistol wound in his garage. Coroner R E Munden and Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon found no foul play. Authorities cited health troubles as a probable motive. Mrs Weisley provided details of the case.
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Willard Weisley
Lisbon
R. E. Munden
Larry Condon
Munden
Tragic death at Mt Vernon home found in garage
A person left the house at 4 30 p.m. then searched three hours later and found the body in the Mt Vernon area garage at 7 30 p.m. Coroner Mun den stated the death appeared self inflicted around 4 45 p.m. The body was moved to Johnston funeral home in Mt Vernon with funeral plans to be announced.
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Munden
Weisley
Johnston
Mt. Vernon
Nevada Man Seeks GOP Nomination For Governorship
DES MOINES AP George J Callahan 43 of Nevada stock mineral salesman filed petitions Monday to seek the Republican nomination for governor on a platform of international rehabilitation He wore a broad brimmed hat and said he leads an international alliance but is not soliciting funds or working with anyone He claimed responsibility for a Berlin peace conference and noted he is married with no children.
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Des Moines
George J. Callahan
Nevada
Callahan
Berlin
Iowa sales tax yield hits record in 1941
Iowa's 2 percent sales tax has produced a record 17,029,000 this year, about 11 percent above 1940. Through October to December the state had 4,452,017, near the all time three month peak, with more receipts expected. The tax supports old age assistance, homestead refunds and relief costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Tax Commission
Pines
Alaska Flying Dentist Ole Branstadt Dies at 54
Dr Ole A Branstadt known as Alaska s flying dentist died Saturday at age 54 He split his career between dog team transport and later airplanes to visit villages along Alaska s northern coast A Minnesota native and Luther College graduate Decorah IA was a prominent figure in northern healthcare delivery
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ole A Branstadt
Minnesota
Luther College
Decorah
Hyla Reggentine and John Clow Wed in Hopkinton Ceremony
In Hopkinton, Hyla Reggentine daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Reggentine and John P Clow son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Clow were married at the Clow home on Friday evening. Rev Ray V Porter officiated before immediate family. Attendants were Ruth Reggentine and Allan Le Clerc. The bride, Lenox college graduate, has taught two years. the groom, Indianapolis school graduate, works at Hopkinton municipal light plant.
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Hopkinton
Hyla Reggentine
R. W. Reggentine
John P Clow
Leonard Clow
Clow
Ray V. Porter
Ruth Reggentine
Allan LeClerc
Lenox College
Indianapolis
Ind
Miller quietly shifts from reelection to governor bid
Iowa Secretary of State Earl G Miller announced for governor after a week of political maneuvering by Des Moines activists and party insiders. The move followed a contentious sequence of announcements and a Des Moines meeting that appeared pivotal in Miller choosing to run.
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Archie Koop
Iowa
Earl G. Miller
Army chief drain on farm manpower cited by Ray Anderson
Ray F Anderson of the Cedar Rapids Gazette told a congressional committee that the army has withdrawn more men from Cedar Rapids area farms than any agency amid defense migration. He warned of dislocation from higher butterfat prices and cheese demand, noting farmers may cope with labor shifts through mechanical aids.
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Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Tae
Ray F Anderson
Anderson
Olive Tablets Promote Bile Flow For Constipation Relief
Gentle nudge to liver digestion and elimination suggests Dr Edwards Olive Tablets stimulate bile secretion to ease constipation. Claims the vegetable tablets aid digestion of fatty foods, improve energy, and can be found at drugstores with price points of 11¢ and 30¢.
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Association For Drum Corps
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Parkers
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Fine
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Mills
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Frank T Nye
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Miller
State House
Irving W
Barney) Myers
Iowa Young Republicans
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G Thornburg
Myers
Olmsted
George Olmsted
State Tax Commission
The
Liquor Control Commission
Milwaukee
St Paul's Lutheran Church of Council Bluffs
Ray Anderson
Ohio
Srglairvine
Apis Bease School
Mary Thompson
Detroit
Ironrite
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