Iowa expands pheasant hunting to 59 counties
Iowa conservation officials announced the longest open season for pheasant hunting in state history. The 59 counties include six added this year and feature 21 half days in 39 counties and seven half days in 20 counties, opening November 12 and running through December 2. The bag limit is three males daily with six in possession after day one. female birds are prohibited.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
Allamakee
Clayton
Dubuque
Johnson
Cedar
Muscatine
Scott
Lyon
Osceola
Dickinson
Emmet
Kossuth
Winnebago
Worth
Mitchell
Howard
Winneshiek
Sioux
O’brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Hancock
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Chickasaw
Fayette
Plymouth
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Wright
Franklin
Butler
Bremer
Woodbury
Ida
Sac
Calhoun
Webster
Hamilton
Hardin, Grundy
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Jackson
Jones
Linn
Benton
Tama
Marshall
Story
Boone
Greene
Carroll
Crawford
Monona
Clinton
Harrison County
Johnson County
Johnson and Muscatine
F. T. Schwab
O'Brien
Commission
Monticello Man Found Not Guilty of Drunk Driving
A Jones county jury deliberated 19 hours before acquitting Fritz Mar rug of Monticello age 45 of a drunk driving charge. Judge Charles J. Haas presided. Foreman John G. Mardorf led a diverse panel from Monticello Center Junction Anamosa and surrounding towns. The case marked the September term’s first trial in Jones County district court.
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Anamosa
Fritz Marugg
Monticello
Charles J. Haas
Marion
John G. Mardorf
John Husman
Center Junction
Emil Hamer
Henry Rickels
Marvin Fischer
Olin
John Oltman
Ed Harms
Susie Wien
G. C. Clark
Boyd May
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Recruiters to Visit Iowa University October 19
Iowa City sees a five member recruiting board from the army navy marines and coast guard arriving October 19 to discuss the government stance on the University of Iowa enlisted reserve corps. Secretary Stimson had announced that ERC students would be called to active duty when needed. Conferences will be held with junior and senior students as well as freshmen and sophomores. At the start of 1942 43, 100 university students had enrolled in the ERC.
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Iowa City—University
University of Iowa
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Stimson
ERC
Tama Minister Named To Presbyterian Post
Dr. W G Robertson of Atlantic was elected acting moderator of the eighty third annual synod of the United Presbyterian churches at Newton, succeeding Rev. John T. Haupt of Goldfield. Other officers include Rev W A Thompson Red Oak clerk and Rev Fred C Patterson Tama assistant clerk. Sessions continue through Thursday.
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Newton
Ins
W G Robertson
Atlantic
Synod of the United Presbyterian Churches
Robertson
John T. Haupt
Goldfield
W. A. Thompson
Red Oak
Fred C. Patterson
Tama
W. d. Stewart
Grinnell
Walker Scrap Drive Nets 80 Tons in One Day
Townwide effort led by Mayor Guy Altenheim and co chair John Milbach collects about 80 tons of scrap metal in a single day. About 150 volunteers from sixth grade through high school participated, closing businesses and dismissing classes. The haul includes an antique tongueless plow rarely seen in 25 years. Fifteen trucks covered a five mile radius.
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Walker
Guy Altenheim
John Milbach
Lown
Cake auction nets $10,000 in war bonds at Grand Mound
In Grand Mound, a cake auction raised $10,000 in war bonds at a rally that drew 526 residents and contributed to a total of $35,000 in bonds and stamps from various items. John and Henry Mueller were top bidders on the cake as students prepare a house to house scrap canvass this week.
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Grand Mound
John
Henry Mueller
Hugh Fry 91 Oldest Van Horne Resident Dies
Hugh Fry aged 91, Van Horne's oldest resident, died at his home after a lingering illness. Born July 2 1851 near Lehigh Pennsylvania, he moved west with his parents in 1854 and settled in Benton County Iowa in 1868. He ran a grain and real estate business, served six terms as mayor, led the school board, acted as justice of the peace, and chaired the Republican party. He married Clara Bramman in 1872 and is survived by four daughters and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 pm in the Evangelical church with burial in Salem cemetery.
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van Horne
Hugh Fry
Lehigh
Chicago
Jackson County
Iowa
Benton County
Board of Education
Evangelical Church
Clara Bramman
Bertha Ackerman
Mattie Donnelly
P. R. Smith
I. Echpernacht
Alpha, Minn
Jeanette Whipple
Iowa City
W. B. Tarr
Salem Cemetery
Prominent Marengo Attorney Dies After Illness
J M Dower a noted Marengo lawyer died at his home on Monday at 1 30 p m after a period of failing health from pneumonia He was born February 7 1868 at Parnell and practiced law in Iowa county before moving to Marengo thirty six years ago He leaves his wife Idella Kane two sons Robert K and James W Dower a daughter Mrs Robert Palmer Margaret Dower two grandchildren and a sister The funeral will be at St Patrick s Church Marengo with burial in St Joseph s Cemetery at Parnell.
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Marengo
J M. Dower
Iowa County
Iowa State Bar Associations
Idella B. Kane
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Davenport
Robert K. Dower
James W. Dower
Florida
Robert Palmer
Margaret Dower
Robert Dower Palmer
Roberta Palmer
T. J. Mullin
Grand Island
Neb
W. E. Carroll
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Parnell
Pre-Flight Cadet Oberly Receives Navy Commission
Charles Joseph Oberly, among the many pre-flight cadets at the Iowa base, earns a naval reserve commission as ensign after applying before enlisting in the naval air corps. He logged 240 flying hours and is connected to a father who served as an RAR flyer.
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Iowa City
Charles Joseph Oberly
Naval Air Corps
Oberly
Naval Reserve
Waukon Woman Heads to Stillwater as Waves Recruit
Ruth Larson of Waukon resigned as a Winneshiek County welfare stenographer to train five weeks with the Waves at Stillwater Oklahoma. She passed a Des Moines preliminary with apprentice seaman rating and is Decorah area’s first Waves enlistment. Courthouse officials and friends honored her at a Winneshiek hotel dinner with speakers including J G McQueen and Frank Kelly who gave a gift.
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Decorah
Ruth Larson
Waukon
Stillwater
Okla
Waves
Winneshirk County
Miss Larson
Des Moines
Iowa
John E. Larson
Larson
Winneshirk Hotel
Frank Kelly
J. G McQueen
Winneshick County Selective Service Board
West Liberty to Be Seen in Color Films
West Liberty presents a two hour color film show Thursday and Friday October 8 and 9 at the high school auditorium to raise funds for the Victory chest. The program features town scenes including homes gardens and town halls plus farm footage from the Wapsie area such as plowing planting haying threshing and dairy work. The show includes the 1942 West Liberty senior class in caps and gowns and a parade of grade school children with the high school band and highway patrol inspection.
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The
Gazette
West Liberty
Wapsie
Tthe High School
Highway Patrol
Movie Makers Club of
Pauline Royal
Victory Chest
Stanwood Couple Announces Marriage of Alverta Hein
Mr and Mrs W C Hein of Stanwood announce the marriage of their daughter Alverta Elizabeth to Walter H Westphal son of Mr and Mrs William H Westphal of Chicago. The ceremony was Sept 5 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran church in Chicago with Marie Westphal maid of honor and Russell Malinsky best man. The couple will reside in Chicago.
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Stanwood
W. C. Hein
Alverta Elizabeth
Walter H. Westphal
William H. Westphal
Chicago
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Marie Westphal
Russell Malinsky
Watson Brothers Transportation Company
Westphal
Morgan Park High School
Wasson Coal Company
Sioux City Burglar Steals Meat and Milk Amid Ration Fears
A Sioux City thief, likely driven by ration fears, stole 75 pounds of meat 60 pounds of butter and 50 cans of milk from a storage site. Police pursue leads as community tightens security on groceries.
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Sioux City
Walker uses new War Activities Office for home front drive
In Walker a 500 resident town, the War Activities Office at 202 Greene Street coordinates scrap drives, rationing, war service records, USO, Red Cross and bond sales. Mrs H McCright is secretary with office hours Mondays Thursdays Saturdays 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Support from local merchants funds the effort.
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United Service Organization
War Activities Office
Greene Street
H. McCright
Fats
Walkers
USO
Red Cross
Army
Scrap Collection Honor for Iowan Glatstein
Muscatine business man William Glatstein received the War Production Board emblem of efficiency for scrap metal collection. He has allocations of more than 600 tons with the government, the first such award in Muscatine or Cedar County. In Tipton he supervised removal of two World War I cannons when presented with a congratulatory letter from WPB district chief Harry A Taylor.
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Muscatine
William Glatstein
War Production Boards
Cedar County
Tipton
Court Square
Glatstein
Harry A Taylor
WPB
Wilson Calls For Total Effort To End Waste In War
Gov George A. Wilson a Republican candidate for the U S Senate in Marshalltown urged in a campaign talk that total effort is needed for victory in total war. He said the nation must end waste useless things and lack of cooperation to focus on the great war effort.
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Marshalltown
George A. Wilson
United States
Fireman Pastor Loses Appeal and Job in Des Moines
Des Moines civil service commission sustains Fire Chief Slade in firing Rev Howard Stanbrough a fireman and pastor. He was found not guilty of violating department rules but marked insubordinate after refusing to give up preaching. Stanbrough, with 14 years service, planned to appeal in district court.
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DES Moines
Des Moines Civil Service Commission
Charles Slade
Howard L. Stanbrough
Douglas Avenue Church of Christ
Stanbrough
Slade
McCoy to be buried in Wapello
Clyde McCoy a 40 year old Iowa attorney will be buried in Wapello after his body is sent from Detroit. Two women are held there on accusations tied to his death. McCoy a Fort Wayne Indiana attorney was the son of the late August and Cecil McCay of Wapello. He was unmarried and survived by four brothers and a sister.
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Sperial
Wapello
Clyde McCoy
Iowa
Detroit
McCoy
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cecil McCay
Hunt Assailant of Young Girl
Lee county authorities hunted for the man who attacked an 8-year-old girl on a country road near Keokuk on Tuesday. The child is hospitalized and could not describe the attacker beyond noting a tan car. Deputies also learned a 12-year-old girl was stopped earlier on the same road but the assailant fled when a truck approached. Officers seek occupants of the truck for a fuller description.
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Keokuk
Lee County
Harry V . Maas
John F Burrows
New Command for Pre-Flight Schools
TOWA CITY The navy pre flight school at Towa City was placed under a new primary training command based in Kansas City Kansas by the reorganization of naval aviation training administration effective October Headed by Rear Admiral Elliott Buckmaster the Kansas City command will centralize four pre flight schools and twenty aviation reserve bases replacing earlier district based control The plan assigns central authority to the bureau of aeronautics in Washington DC
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Towa City
Navy
Kansas City
Kan
Naval Aviation Training Administration
Elliott Buckmaster
Yorktown
Midway
Naval District
Bureau of Areanautics
Washington, DC
Eve of St Mark to be staged by Iowa theater group
The Eve of St Mark a play by Manix Well Anderson will be produced at the University of Iowa theater January 25 to 30 before its New York run. Prof E C Mabie announced the Iowa project as part of a national theater conference joint effort.
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Iowa City
St Mark
Manxwell Anderson
University of Iowa
New York City
E C Mabie
Iowa Group
National Theater Conference
Oelwein Doctor Enlists in Navy Medical Corps
Oelwein physician Lt JG J P T Gatticher will report to San Diego California on October 4 for duty with the Navy Medical Corps. He holds the rank of lieutenant junior grade.
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Oelwein
Navy Medical Corps
Speeatta
Gare
J PT Gatticher
San Dego Calito
Naty Medical Corps
Jury Famine Slowing Jones Court Jury Panel
Due to a busy farm season and a shortage of labor, Judge Charles J. Heas excused many farmers from jury duty in Jones county. Fifteen more names were drawn to try the second case in the September term after 50 were originally drawn and 28 appeared with legitimate excuses.
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Anamosa
Charles J. Heas
Jones County District Court
Herring Brother Slightly Improved After Car Crash
E E Herring aged 62, burned in a vehicle crash near Minden Nebraska, showed slight improvement and regained consciousness. He suffered back and arm burns after the car left the highway and ignited a ditch fire that spread to the gas tank. he was transported from Minden to Atlantic for treatment.
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Atlantic
E E Herring
Minden
Herring
Clyde L Herring
Iowa
Atlantic Ja
Kearnes
Neb
Owen Daley
Managers Named for 26 ODT Districts in Midwest
CHICAGO (UP) Managers of 26 Office of Defense Transportation districts in seven Midwestern states were appointed by Hart S. Gormley, regional director, as a preliminary step to wartime control of more than 800,000 commercial vehicles. Appointees include Iowa's Des Moines region leader John H Gillespie, Davennort Paul Vo Kartkamp, Mason City Frederick C Esluk.
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Chicago
Office of Defense Transportation Distriete
Midwestern
Harts ST. Gormles
ODT
Iowa Des Moiines
John H Gillespie
Davennort
Paul Vo
Tawa Auto Dealers elects Dunn president
Elmer B. Dunn of Nes Meines was elected president of the Tawa Automatic Dealers association. He succeeds Vern Wall of Iowa City, who resigned to pursue his campaign as the Democratic nominee for representative in Congress from the First district.
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DES Moines
Elmer B. Dunn
Nes Meines
Tawa Automatic Dealers Association
Vern Wall
Iowa Cit
Congress
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Presbyterian
Reynolds Photo
Northnacarn
Alverta Hein
Wilson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydian Pinkham
Hunt
New York
Speein
the Gazette
Coca-Cola
Halal
Coca-Cola Company
Cedar Rapids
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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