Governor Grants Early Parole for Youth in Railroad Obstruction
Governor George A. Wilson, in his first gubernatorial action, commuted a life sentence to five years for Ellie King of De Queen Arkansas, a CCC enrollee who had been jailed at Anamosa for obstructing a railroad track in 1940. Parole board records show the early release relies on a governor commutation, though the board has no jurisdiction over life terms.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Ellie King
Anamosa
CCC
Corydon
de Queen
Ark
State Parole Board
King
Parole Board
Railroad Division
Red Oak Tops Iowa Traffic Safety List With 16 Years No Fatalities
Iowa reporters note Red Oak has not recorded an automobile death in 5,916 days while Clarinda stands at 5,313. The list covers 27 cities and ranks by deathless days and population groups, with Davenport leading over 50,000 and Cedar Rapids posting the lowest rate among mid-size cities. Oelwein reports a wedding as Imogene McLaury marries Fred N. Clark in a single ring ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Red Oak
Clarinda
Newton
Davenport
Sioux City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Mason City
Dubuque
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Newton Eye
Oskaloosa
Shen
Knoxville
Creston
Centerville
Spencer
Cherokee
Charles Cit
Fairfield
Cedar
Oelwein
Webster
Grinnell
Decorah
Estherville
Indianola
Glenwood
Jefferson
West Des Moines
Maquoketa
Winten
Iowa News in Brief Roundup From Edgewood to Belle Plaine
Several small items from Iowa communities. Edgewood hosts a double wedding and farm future plans for the couple. WHEATLAND holds a school declamatory contest with multiple winners advancing to a sub district meet. McGREGOR reports a church ceremony with attendants and a reception at the bride’s home. ANAMOSA forms a Jones County AFL group with temporary officers. BELLE PLAINE features a church program by the Bethany Evangelical Woman's Missionary Society with listed participants.
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Belle Plaine
Bethany Evangelical Woman's Missionary Society
Iowa Advised To Form More Defense Councils
DES MOINES UP The Iowa defense commission heard that Iowans should form more local civilian councils for civilian defense. Regional director Mrs Vladislava Frost outlined urgent needs, while Ross Burman noted urban housing traffic police and rural health nutrition disaster control as key issues.
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Des Moines
Iowa and Defense Cormission
Burlington
Iowa Deaths Recap From Reinbeck to Onslow Obituaries
A batch of death notices from Reinbeck to Onslow lists three J Greth and Mrs. George Watson of Reinbeck, Mrs. Alex Strayer of Algona, and Edith DeForest of West Liberty among others. Funeral services were held in Reinbeck and West Liberty, with burials at local cemeteries. Surviving relatives include children, siblings, and grandchildren, plus several honorary society memberships noted.
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J Greth
George Watson
Reinbeck
Alex Strayer
Algona
Robinson Chapel
Reinbeck Cemetery
Dane Rennan
Cedar Rapids
Leenane
Portland
Ore
Miller
John Crain
San Diego
Calif
Edward Crain
Manitoba
Canada
Frank Crain
Seattle
Wash
West Liberty
Edith DeForest
S. C. Snider
Walter A. Smith
Methodist Church
DeForest
Edith Dunlap
Wisconsin
Vici
West Oe
Floyd
Rebecca Millwood
S. C
Funeral Services for D. C. Sperry Held in Fayette
D. C. Sperry 52 a Fayette resident and World War I veteran died at home Monday after practicing veterinary medicine since 1912. A crowd overflowed the gymnasium for the services conducted by Dr. Virgil C. Welch Upper Iowa University. Sperry organized the Fayette County Veterinary Association and belonged to several local groups including the Christian church Masonic Lodge Lions Club and the American Legion junior baseball team. He was survived by his wife two Fayette sisters, a Fayette brother, and two sisters in Fayette.
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Iowa University
Virgil C. Welch
Upper Iowa
Fayette
Sperry
Randalia
Town State College
Arlie Belle Hall
Wateloo
Fay
Turkey
Alice Butts
Willa Owens
Milford Greene
Edith Minor and LuVerne Larson Married in Linn Grove Church
In Mt Vernon the Linn Grove church hosted the wedding of Edith Loraine Minor and LuVerne Larson. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Lloyd Morris with Edith attended by her twin sister Isabel Minor.
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Isabel Minor
Mart Ded Coe College
Iowa Duck Hunters Irked By Airplane Chases
Des Moines reports Iowa duck hunters complain pilots chase birds, spoiling shoots. Conservation commission reminds flyers duck chasing is illegal under state and federal laws with heavy penalties. hunters urged to report offending plane license numbers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
the Conservation Commission
Betty Follett and Helen Halverson Win Oratorical Titles
Reading from scattered notes, Betty Follett and Helen Halverson are listed among contestants in an oratorical event. The fragment references Augusta and Miller among the participants, with no clear final results or dates provided.
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Ing Miller
Augusta Amorous
Betty Follett
Helen Halverson
Keswick Man Faces Federal Sentence For Draft Violation
Keswick Iowa resident John D. McCallion aged 30 pled guilty to failing to notify Keokuk county draft board of a change of address. Federal sentencing is set for Friday or Saturday. The examiner indicated the charge would not have been pressed if McCallion had passed the examination and been inducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
John D. McCallion
Keswick
Keokuk County
Caid
Sigler
McCallion
Milo Murray Bound Over for Trial on DUI Charge
Milo Murray age 27 of Lamont was bound over for trial by Justice Gear on a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge. He was arrested at Strawberry Point, had a preliminary hearing here, and is held in the county jail with a $500 bond set.
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Eleader
Milo Murray
Lamont
Justice Gear Wednesday
Murray
Strawberry Point
License Plates in 1943 to Use One-Year Paint
AP reports 1943 license plates will use one-year paint to save costs as plates are intended to last only that year. Drivers with old crates may not mind the look, but the shiny yet muddy plates will be common by year end.
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DES Miines
Jury Dismissed In Conspiracy Trial Of Union Official
District Judge Tom K Murrow dismissed the Wal ter Watson case after a ten to two jury could not reach a verdict. Watson a 32 year old business agent for Des Moines AFL Truck Drivers Union was the second of five indicted officials to be tried with Carl Keal having been found guilty last May and sentenced to up to three years. Kent has an appeal pending in the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tom K. Murrow
Walter Watson
AFL
Watson
Carl Keal
Union
Kent
State Supreme Court
Committee Hears Effect Of Defense on Newton Industry
ST LOUIS AP The Tolan committee investigates home labor migration and asks about Newton area impact. W Neal Gallagher president of Newton Automatic Washer and head of the Washer and Ironer Manufacturers Association explains a 12 million defense order allocated to washing machine plants after Newton was labeled a distressed area. John Connolly of Des Moines for United Electrical and Machine Workers Union CIO affiliate notes many workers left Newton plants for Rock Island Airplane works in the West.
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ST. Louis
Tolan
Ome
W. Neal Gallagher
Newton
Automatic Washer Company
John Connolly
Oe Moines
United Electrical, and Machine Workers’ Union
CIO
Rock Island Sea
California
Waiting 114 Hours To Get No 1 Plates
Waterloo AP reports 19 year old Harry Mc Carter of Cedar Falls Indiana began a 114 hour wait at the county courthouse as licenses go on sale Monday morning.
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Waterloo
Harry McCarter
Cedar Fails
Saa County
Belle Plaine Wedding Of Karkosh Waterbeck
Lillian Karkosh daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Karkosh Mining and Leonard Waterbeck son of Mr and Mrs King Waterbeck Hartwick were married Monday morning in the parsonage by J vine Walker. Miss Frances Waterbeck sister of the bridegroom and Louis Karkosh brother of the bride attended.
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Belle Plaine
Lillian Karkosh
Frank Karkosh
Mining
Leonard J. Waterbeck
King Frank Waterbeck
Hartwick
Monrosares
The
Jevine Walker
Frances Aoeerbeck
Louis Karkosh
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Imogene McLaury
Bertha McLaury
Fred N. Clark
George Wilson
Iowa News
Oeca
Edgewood
Mildred Fischer
Henry Fischer
Delbert Meyer
Julius Meyer
J. P. Hamill
Edna Mae Fischer
Eugene Meyer
Wheatland
McGregor
Genevieve McGill
Leo McGill
Pleasant Ridge
John Miller
Henry Miller
St. Mary's Catholic Church
J. J. Horsfeld
Edith McGill
Kermit Miller
First Baptist
E. A. Schlaman
Margaret Beardsley
Eugene Boots
Jones County
American Federation of Labor
Bill Stover
Dwight Pulver
A. F Ace
Walter L. Bierring
National Emergency Health Organization
Columbus
Millslaghe
Flynn
Brooklyn
Fred L. Milslaghe
Rochester
N. Y
Harry Stevens
Pythian Sisters
Rebekah Lodge
Women’s Relief Corps
Daughters of the
Amer Lution
Ridge Cemetery
Lewis Webster
Emelie Gmehle
Verne F. Miller
V. Homer Dalrymple
Linwood Cemetery
Gmehle
Jacob and
Marie Mack
James H. Roe
Godfrey Gmehle
George K. Zeuch
Fred
Moline
Onslow
Olive Hope Green
Monticello
Thomas Green
Fannie Hicks
Alice Overholt
Howard Green
Hicks
Clay Cemetery
D. C. Sperry
Edith Minor
LuVerne Larson
Sulla
Santa
Armstrong’s
Beene
Keswick Man
Jolly Old
Santa Claus
Armstrong's
Toy Shop
Treenar
Bernar’s
Grandma
Beenar’s
Third Avenue SE
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