Three Men in Prison Break Get 30 Years
John Bryl Frank Brown and Steve Ratcliff state reformatories convicts who staged a New Year's day break and were found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder. They are sentenced to 30 years at hard labor in Fort Madison. Ralph Cassidy four convict got 5 years for assault with intent to commit manslaughter. Additional terms to begin after present terms. Charges of kidnapping and larceny of a motor vehicle to be pursued.
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The
Gazette
Anamosa
John Bryl
Frank Brown
Steve Ratcliff
State Reformatory
Fort Madison
Ralph Cassidy
Floyd Philbrick
Jones County
Spooner
Norman Faught
C. H. Myers
Grinnell
Faught
Willkie Plan Cited As Vital to Peace
Dr. Everett R. Clinchy of New York, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, told the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers that Wendell Willkie's idea of international teamwork could secure future peace. He linked Eisenhower's wartime motto to postwar plans and said raising living standards across races would boost purchasing power and prosperity.
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Council Bluffs
Everett R. Clinchy
New York
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Wendell Willkie
Clinchy
Eisenhower
Cascade business man Nick Neiers dies at 50
Nick Neiers owner of The Hub tavern in Cascade died Saturday at his Cascade home. Native of Cascade, he is survived by wife Lizzie Lahr and three children Mary Nicholas and Paul, two sisters M J Podhaski and Mrs Mike Hesch, and two brothers Charles Neiers and R P Neiers. Services set for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s church Cascade.
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Monticello
Nick Neiers
Hub
Cascade
Lizzie Lahr
Mary
Nicholas
Paul
M. J. Podhaski
Monticelo
Mike Hesch
Randolph
Cedar Rapids Gazette Colorful Inland News Ledger
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its 1932 era publication details including established date, mailing and carrier subscription rates, and addresses for the Allen-Klapp Company and wire services. The notice confirms standard post office entry and rights for republication of AP and UPI content.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Iowa
Allen-Klapp | Company
Michigan
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center
Detroit
Media Records
A.N.P.A
Mrs. Anton Falcon Dies in Linn County at 64
Mrs. Anton Falcon 64 years old and lifelong Linn County resident died Sunday at 7 25 am in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness She had lived in Marion the last six years and came from Prairie Chapel She was born October 5 1880 in Marion married September 30 1899 and was a member of Prairie Chapel Methodist church She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Gladys M Siver a son Norman J Falcon seven grandchildren a stepmother and seven sisters Funeral services are set for 2 pm at the Yocom chapel with Rev A B Curran officiating burial will be in Cedar Memorial park Friends may call at the chapel.
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Anton Falcon
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Prairie Chapel
Alfred M
Alice Simpson Carpenter
Central City
Norman J. Falcon
Springville
Francis L. Siver
Gene A
Walter P. Falcon
Marjorie Carpenter
Arcadia
Calif
Blanche Lary
Florence Costell
Emma Busenbark
Pearl Owens
Madison
Neb
Cora Klein
Oakland
Death of Mrs. C. C. Starbuck noted in Los Angeles
Mrs. L. E. Peckosh reports the death of Mrs. C. C. Starbuck in Los Angeles on Sunday. Starbuck, once a Cedar Rapids beauty parlor operator, had a Milwaukee railroad engineer husband who died at Marion. Their son John Starbuck, a Milwaukee brakeman, was killed years ago between Marion and Perry. Body to return for services in Marion and burial at Oak Shade cemetery.
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L. E. Peckosh
C. C. Starbuck
Los Angeles
Starbuck
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion
John Starbruck
Milwaukee Brakenrn
Perry
Starbruck
Cedar Rapids
Oak Shade
Marine Cpl Arthur Dodd Returns After 28 Months Service
Marine Cpl Arthur Dodd, wounded in Ta rawa and back in the U S after 28 months in the Southwest Pacific, arrived Saturday to visit his mother Mrs Merle Dodd. He missed his brother Richard Dodd and wife in Portland by a few hours. the brothers had not seen each other in three years. Dodd will report next at Hastings Nebraska.
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Arthur Dodd
Tarawa
United States
Southwest Pacific
Merle Dodd
Dodd
Richard Dodd
Portland
Ore
Cpl
Hastings
Services for Mrs. Jacob Kray at Cedar Memorial Park
Services conducted Sunday at the Chapel of Memories in Cedar Memorial Park. The Rev. Carl T. Wuerffel led the service with pallbearers Alex Kalinsky Harlan Larsen Walter Larsen Ike Petrusch Byron Ambdenstock and Clyde Carsner noted among those serving.
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Jacob Kray
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park
Carl T. Wuerffel
Alex Kalinsky
Harlan and
Walter Larsen
Ike Petrusch
Byron Ambdenstock
Clyde Carsner
Divorces Filed in Jones County Court
Two divorce actions filed in Jones county district court name Ralph W. Smith suing Aleta G. Smith for cruel treatment. The couple wed August 11, 1943 at Nashua. Susan L. Ingwersen sues Marvin C. Ingwersen for cruel treatment. They married in 1923.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Ralph W. Smith
Aleta G. Smith
Nashua
Susan L. Ingwersen
Marvin C. Ingwersen
Burglars Leave Radio and Whisky Behind at Des Moines Freight House
Des Moines police report Bruce Transfer and Storage freight house was broken into over the weekend. The intruders took nothing but left a five tube table radio and a pint of whisky. The incident prompted a lighthearted statement from the firm thanking the prowlers.
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Des Moines
INS
Bruce Transfer and Storage Company Freight House
Prowlers
Fear that wartime teachers may not return to teaching
Des Moines AP reports Iowa deputy superintendent J P Street warns many service members who taught before the war may not return to classrooms. He says postwar teaching must seem more attractive to avoid future school shortages as teacher training interest hits a record low despite high salaries.
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DES Moines
J. P. Street
Iowa
Iowan Predicts Frozen Foods To Change Menus After War
Des Moines expert Wayne H. Carver told the Nebraska Frozen Food Locker association that five years after the war quick freeze and lockers will revolutionize diets. He foresees frozen sea foods, fresh tropical fruits, and frozen citrus juices becoming common, with partly dehydrated frozen milk cubes in non-dairy areas. Albert Guggedahl predicted 5,000+ new locker plants nationwide in three to four years.
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Omaha
America
Wayne H. Carver
Des Moines
Nebraska Frozen Food Locker Association
Midwest
Carver
Locker Operator
Albert Guggedahl
National Frozen Food Lockers Association
Local man dies after switch engine accident
Arthur Lee Poffenbarger, 35, of Council Bluffs, died Sunday from injuries after being struck by a switch engine and dragged 20 yards on Saturday.
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Council Bluffs
Arthur Lee Poffenbarger
Iowa reports 1943 fire losses total 4.76 million
Iowa fire losses for 1943 totaled 4 762 575 with an average daily loss of 13 048 as Fire Marshal John Strohm urged year round prevention. 4190 fires occurred last year causing 932 dollars average loss per fire and 1 87 per capita. Defective wiring chimneys smoking and stoves caused most blazes and farm fires stressed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Strohm
Strohm
Despondent mechanic commits suicide in Washington Iowa
Finley Emerson Garrett of Washington Iowa, a 39 year old mechanic, shot and killed himself at his father's home Sunday. Coroner W S Kyle said Garrett was despondent over business affairs.
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Washington, Ia
Finley Emerson Garrett
W. S. Kyle
Garrett
Burns Fatal To Marengo Woman
Mrs. Harlan Bollman, 37, died at Iowa City hospital from burns suffered when her clothing ignited in the basement of the Marengo home on Saturday. Her husband suspects she was cleaning furniture with gasoline when her clothing caught fire as she tried to light a kerosene stove for laundry. She leaves two children, a mother in York Nebraska, and three sisters including Mrs. Lynn Dankle of Belle Plaine. burial is planned in York.
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The
Gazette
Marengo
Harlan Bollmann
Iowa City
Bollman
York
Neb
Lynn Dankle
Belle Plaine
Farm wife dies from kerosene stove blast in council bluffs
Mrs Wilfrec Jensen 27 of Walnut Iowa died in a hospital Monday from burns suffered Sunday when an explosion occurred as she tried to light a cook stove with kerosene.
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Council Bluffs
Wilfrec Jensen
Walnut
Lamkins Is Found Dead After Car Hits Pole
In Loveland Iowa William O Lamkins 35 a railroad employe was found dead Sunday beneath his automobile a mile south of town Coroner Jack Tyler of Pottawattamie county ruled Lamkins was thrown from the car when it struck a utility pole and the vehicle rolled back onto him
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Loveland
William O. Lamkins
Here
Jack Tyler
Pottawattamie County
Lamkins
Catholic Bishops at Rochdale Centennial
Westphalia Iowa hosts a two day Rochdale centennial with Roman Catholic prelates and national agricultural leaders. Bishop G T Bergan celebrates pontifical mass as Pope Pius sends apostolic benediction. Rochdale cooperative yielded 200000 dollars in business last year with 22 percent savings for members.
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Westphalia
G. T. Bergan
Des Moines
Edwin O'Hara
Kansas City
Mos
J. H. Schiarman
Peoria
Louis B. Kucera
Lincol
Pope Pius
Bergan
Rochdale Co-Operative Organization
Iowa Chaplain Hero of Aleutians Rescue
Chaplain Charles M Buck of Algona Iowa recounted a rescue in the Aleutians where four weather station soldiers battled sleet rain wind and snow to reach a wrecked army craft. Three perished and nine crew were saved with Buck guiding the operation despite injuries.
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Miami
Fia
Aleutians
Charles M. Buck
Algona
Buck
Chaplain Buck
Weather Station
William E. Black
Grove City
George H. Bailey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wilfred R. Scarem
Cuyahoga Falls
Clarence B. Clements
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Cascade Business
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Bauer & Black Division
Kendall Company
Coast Guard
Marion News
H. G. Stitzel
Sunday Evening Club
Black Billford
Gazette Office
Frank J. Cleveland
J. F. Briggle
Seattle
Clarence R. Oxley
Mrs. Briggle
D.A.R
J. B. Howell
Seaman
Geraldine Kassler
Waves
Ottumwa
Will Kasslers
Robert Brousseau
Carpenter
George Brousseau
Davisville
I. de
L. B. Lacock
Seventh Avenue
Hilden Lacock
Farragut
Idaho
George L. Allman
Camp Hood
Texas
Jason L. Wells
Fort Riley
Kan
Storm's
Tarawa Veteran Home
Mrs. Kray
Betty Lee
H. G. Heeren
Marion Theater
Sharon Ozburn
Ruth Knapp
Barbara Paul
Rose Wood
Alice Ann Engel
Helen Reichert
Lillie Fuller
Hildegard Schneider
Pfc
Robert L. McBride
Fort Custer
Mich
Tommy
Grace McBride
W.R.C
Norman J. Waffle
Congregational Women’s Association
Col
Robert Scott
Cleve F. Bennett
F. A. Carnahan
Ray Bennett
Owen
Pvt
Richard Carsner
Army Air Corps
Sioux Falls
S. D
Dallas Carsners
Mineman
Clinton Edwards
Norfolk
A. O. Edwards
Chula Vista
Carl Carver
Edwards
Marion Road
Gifford-Brown, Inc., Dist
Iowan
Aaa
3Rd Avenue
Burns
Catholic Bishops
Rochdale
Silver Leaf
Che Gedur Rapids Gazette
Lambsdown
Chatham
Woolwich
Sutton
Recudobia
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