Draft rules for peacetime draft aim for less harshness
In Washington the draft plan stresses a kinder approach than 1917, with no blanket exemptions, limited prosecutions, and enforcement by district attorneys. It foresees high compliance, deferments for dependents and seasonal work, and selective service guiding training by lottery starting mid November.
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Danifi
Washington
National Cast Organization
War Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Trail Ride Trophy Won by George Cason in Iowa Event
George Cason of Dixon Hil won the Iowa trail ride championship trophy. He completed the 100 mile three day trek between Des Moines and Indianola and Des Moines and Hartford, also earning the horsemanship trophy for outstanding showmanship.
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Des Moines
INS
George Cason
Dixon, Hil
Indianola
Hartford
Cason
Registration drive for selective service in Marion area
All male residents of Marion and Marion township aged 2 to 35, including those turning 36 by Oct 17, must register Wednesday at precincts across Marion. Precincts include city hall wards, library auditorium, Legion building, and fire station with 7 am to 9 pm hours. Bring proof and report to your precinct.
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Army
Marion
Marion Township
Cty Hall
Public Library
Legion Build'nz
Clour
Jucior
Cnarze
Miss Ethel McQuown Injured at Work
Miss Ethel McQuown chief operator at the telephone office is confined to home with a fracture of a bone in the right foot from a fall on duty. She cannot resume work for several weeks and spent the weekend at Lisbon with her sister Mrs William Kruse.
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Ethel McQuown
Miss McQuown
Lisbon
William Kruse
Club and society notices fill Grove City page
The Ameigo club opens the winter season Tuesday with a luncheon at 1 pm while O P club and other local groups hold meetings and programs at homes around Grove City. Attendance plans include speeches by Gov. Wilson and Judge McCullough, with amplification arranged for noon Tuesday at Hallwood cafe.
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Ameigo Club
John Bonth
Ara
Yn Fen
Tm Tc
Olnes
Che
George A. Wilson
W. A. McCullough
Hallwood Cafe
Hospitality in Foreign Lands Program Leader Named
Mrs N A Baker will oversee the program entitled Hospitality in Foreign Lands highlighting cultural exchange and guest relations in the upcoming series.
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N. A. Baker
Marion man jailed on embezzlement warrant
Frank Pearson, 35, of 255 South Eleventh Street, Marion, was lodged in the county jail at 2:30 p.m. Monday by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder on a warrant issued by Justice H R Churchill of Cedar Rapids charging embezzlement of mortgaged property. The Marion Chamber of Commerce board will meet at city hall Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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Frank Pearson
South Eleventh Street
Marion
Harlan Snyder
H R Churchill
Cedar Rapids
The
Marion Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Monona Farmer Falls From Boat in Drowning Incident
Monona farmer Leo Taych, 27, fell from a motor boat near Waukon Junction on Sunday afternoon and drowned in the Mississippi River. Kenneth Schneider of Monona operated the boat. body recovered in ten feet of water 22 minutes later. Coroner Boyden and Deputy Sheriff Ryan displaced revival efforts after two hours. Taych leaves a wife and parents. Event recalls July 4 drowning of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sennett in same area.
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MO .O
Leo Taych
Farmee
Jinnona
Ws c
Apour
Mississippi River
Waukon Junction
Kenneth Schneider
Monona
Boyden
W. R. Ryan
Kenneth Sennett
Tayek
Frank Tayck
Donald
Paul Engle Wins Johnson Brigham Plaque for Corn
Paul Engle, University of Iowa lecturer and poet, received the Johnson Brigham plaque in Burlington for his poetry volume Corn. The Iowa librarians committee awards it annually to an Iowa author for an outstanding book published in the prior year. Engle’s return from several years in Europe inspired the collection.
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Burlington
Llp
Paul Engle
University of Iowa
Johnson Brigham
Iowa
Engle
Corn
Europe
Plastic Age Of Materials Shapes Living And Law
Dr Ben H Peterson head of the chemistry department at Coe college spoke at a Rotary luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel on Modern Science in a Modern World He linked civilization changes with rock bronze steel and plastic ages noting people discard durability for style and replacement values in both daily life and legislation enacted for expediency.
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Ben H. Peterson
Coe College
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Mount Vernon council approves eight thousand dollar sewer bonds
The Mount Vernon town council authorized selling sewer bonds totaling 8000 dollars. Bids are to be received October 28 at 7 30 p m at the city hall.
Father Ament Speaks At K of C Banquet On Self Love
More than 150 Knights of Columbus and their wives attended a Roosevelt hotel banquet that closed an all day celebration marking 18 initiates into Council 909. Rev. E P Ament urged fighting self love with Christian charity as he linked unrest to lack of tolerance. Speakers included Dr M D Marr and John Bormann. Mercy hospital glee club sang. new members to be welcomed at Thursday council meeting.
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Knights of Columbus
Roosevelt Hotel
Council 909
B G. Broghammer
E. P. Ament
Lovas College
Dubuque
M. D Marr
Council
John Bormann
D. L. Rater
Ottumwa
Clem Kerrigan
Davenport
Victor O'Brien
Glee Club of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Wiss Helen Weber
Paul Prior
Bernard Collins
Immaculate Conception Church
Helen Hendal
K. C. Hall
Kerrigan
St. Matthew’s Church
K. C. Club
City Briefs and Local Notices Roundup
City deadlines extend ten days for oiling assessments to the city treasurer. Foursquare tabernacle Tight class meets at 7 30 this evening at Mrs Lowerys home on Fourth street NW. Master and Journeymen Barbers auxiliary meets at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs Ivan Tinkham home 908 Seventh avenue SE with Mrs Chris Robinson assistant hostess. Dr T A Kessler returned Saturday from Mayo Clinic Rochester where he attended a school for inactive duty medical officers. David Nolte 8 son of Mr and Mrs Louis Nolte of Watkins fractured right elbow Sunday playing from a tree. treated at Mercy hospital, condition fairly good. About 300 Shriners from Cedar Rapids and vicinity travel Friday to Waterloo for ceremonial. train returns after event to Coe college chapel not St Pauls Methodist church. Town Hall series opens with Pierre Van Paassen address on the International Scene Tuesday at 8 p.m. Gospel Fellowship club will lead Sunshine Mission services Monday at 7 30 p.m. Harold Adams speaker Alfred Mefford music. club president Fred Collard. Nancy Lee Weber 6 daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward S Weber severely injured Friday when she pulled down a flower box. condition improved to fairly good at St Lukes hospital.
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Mount Vernon
T R Chambers
Lown County
University Hospital
Iowa City
Julia Hunter
Center Point
Chambers
la Porte City
D. Chester
C. A. Brust
Northeast Iowa Fish and Game Association
Independence
Ted Richards
Melvin Flickinger
Starling
Charles King
Dallas Husman
David Nolte
Louis Nolte
Watkins
Mercy Hospital
Coe College Chapel
St Paul's Methodist Church
Pierre van Paassens
Nancy Lee Weber
Edward S. Weber
Thirty-third Street
St. Lukes Hospital
Eagle rank ceremony for Linn county Scouts at Central City
A board of review and court of honor for Linn county Boy Scout district will be held at Central City Methodist Church on Monday night. The board starts at 7 and the court at 8 30. Host troop is 44 of Central City with Harold Williams as scoutmaster. Both Williams and his son Robert will receive the Eagle rank.
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Linn County
Central City Methodist Church
Troop 44
Central City
Harold Williams
Williams
Robert
Mayor Hahn II Health Scare Delays City Work
Mayor Frank Hahn suffered a stomach attack at a Veterans of Foreign Wars dinner Saturday night and spent Sunday in hospital before returning home Monday. He was expected back in office Tuesday as Finance Commissioner L. D Burgus led the city council meeting.
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Frank Hahn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Luke's Hospital
L. D Burgus
Maintenance Men Meet in Eastern Iowa Session
State highway commission maintenance engineers from eastern Iowa held their annual meeting at Hotel Montrose to discuss maintenance problems. The event began at 11 am and continued through the afternoon focusing on equipment care and the state required accounting system.
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State Highway Commission
Iowa
Montrose
Martelle Girl, 14, Dies After Anamosa Crash
Ilene Kohl, 14, Martelle high school sophomore and band member, died in Anamosa hospital after an auto crash one mile south of Anamosa. Dean Betzer, 16, was seriously injured and eight others suffered minor injuries. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Martelle Methodist Church. Burial in Norwich Cemetery.
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Anamosa
Maire
Ilene Kohl
Esther Kohl
Martelle
Paul Kohl
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Dean Betzer
Earl Dirks
Bob Hart
Pruisesborg
Harides
Bester
Uth Wohl
Maive
Thoa Gay
Anatoosa
Viola
Miss Kohl
Martello High School
Ruth
LeRoy Schoon
Monticello
Morris Kohl
M. T. Baskerville
Martelle Methodist Church
Norwich Cemetery
Boy Wounded While Firing Muzzle Loader
NEWHALL Marvin Boddicker aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Boddicker farmers living south of Newhall was accidentally shot in the arm Sunday noon while experimenting with an antique weapon a muzzle loader He was with Wallace Schulte and De Mont Erland One charge fired but the second shattered the barrel Boddicker’s arm was splintered and his clothes torn during the incident
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the Gazette
Newhall
Marvin Boddicker
Frank Boddicker
Wallace Schulte
de Mont Erland
Boddicker
Wealthy farmer commits suicide near Atkins at age 44
Ralph L. Rammelsberg of Atkins area hanged himself at his home a mile east of Atkins Sunday. Survived by wife formerly Lowise Schlotterbeck and six children Iris Albert James Kenneth Evelyn Bruce. Coroner cites ill health and extreme nervousness. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Turner chapel Cedar Rapids. burial St. Stephen's Cemetery. Surviving family includes father William, four brothers Elmer John William Charles, two sisters Mrs Karl Wilhelm and Mrs Walter Wilhelm.
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Atkins
Ralph L. Rammelsberg
Benton County
Kenneth
Rammoelsberg
Lowise Schlotterbeck
Iris
Albert
James
Evelyn
Bruce
J. R Burrows
Belle Plaine
William R. Rammelsberg
Elmer
John
William
Pale
Charles
Cedar Rapids
Karl Wilhelm
Walter Wilhelm
Turner Chapel
St. Stephen's Cemetery
Autumn Color Draws Record Crowds to McGregor Roads
Ideal weather and peak color lure motorists to northeast Iowa with McGregor hosting one of its largest crowds. About 200 Chicago visitors arrived by train on a guided color tour.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Iowa
Conroy Farmer Dead Of Infantile Paralysis
Edmund Schwarz ing, 28, a farmer near Con roy, died at the University of Iowa hospital Monday morning. Hospital officials listed infantile paralysis as the cause. He had been admitted Sunday.
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Conroy Farmer
Towa City
Edmund Schwarzing
Conroy
University of Iowa
Four Act play “The Attorney for the Defense” at Lowden High
Evelyn Meier and Robert Dotson star in the leading roles of the Lowden High School four act play The Attorney for the Defense presented Friday at 8 am in the school auditorium by juniors under Miss Lee Ferguson. The cast includes Hubert Gade Elmer Stolte Raymond Ihn Reuben Strachbeck Junior Underwood Elgena Hamedorf Carolyn Wiebel and Kathrine Bicknese.
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the Gazette
Lowden
Momnons
Iowa Guard officers cleared for Washington trip
Des Moines dispatch says ten Iowa National Guard officials won state executive council approval to attend a Washington meeting on October 21 to 22 and 23. Adj. Gen. Charles H. Grahl called the gathering vital as it will cover plans to induct the Iowa guard into federal service. Attending officers include Brig. Gen. Ray Venter, Brig. Gen. Gordon Hollar, Col. Harry Ward, Col. George Everest, Col. Roy Gault, Col. Earl Bush, Col. Howard Rouse, Lt. Col. W. J. Hayek, and Lt. Col. James Thomas.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa National Guard
State Executive Council
Washington, D. C
Adj
Charles H. Grahl
Grahl
Iowa Guard
Ray Venter
Gordon Hollar
Sioux City
Harry Ward
Davenport
George Everest
Council Bluffs
Roy Gault
Osceola
Earl Bush
Ames
Howard Rouse
Waterloo
W. J. Hayek
Iowa City
James Thomas
Funeral services for Central City merchant Frank W Sauer
Frank W Sauer 55, Central City merchant, died Saturday night after a lingering illness. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 am at Federated church. Rev. Arnold Kenyon to officiate. Survived by wife Angie Waring, two sons Franklin and Harvey, mother Emma Sauer of Cedar Rapids, three sisters, and brother Olvin Sauer. He had lived in Central City after years in Quasqueton and Grand Forks. He was a member of town council and several fraternal orders.
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Central City
Frank W Sauer
Federated Church
Arnold Kenyon
Sauer
Buchanan County
Charles
Emma Sauer
Angie Waring
Grand Forks
N D
Quasqueton
Masonic Lodge
the Shrine
Eastern Star
Franklin W. and
Harvey
Emma I. Sauer
Cedar Rapids
Media Ironside
Sharp cold wave moves into Iowa from west
Des Moines AP reports a sharp cold wave entering Iowa from the west with temperatures freezing or lower likely early Tuesday in the western state. Monday morning showed readings about 10 degrees above normal but falling. clouds covered the state with light rain in most areas except the far south and west. Omaha marked 79 Sunday while Charles City logged 47 last night.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Mercury
Omaha
Charles City
Williamsburg Boy Dies Of Paralysis
Lawrence Fischer six year old son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Fischer of Williamsburg died Sunday in University hospital from infantile paralysis He had been a patient there since Oct 4 The death was caused by a paralysis of the respiratory brain center the same disease that claimed Robert Gray sixteen of Washington a week earlier.
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Iowa City
Lawrence Fischer
Leslie Fischer
Williamsburg
University Hospital
Lawrence
Robert Gray
Washington
Miriam Fairbanks of Monticello Married
In Monticello Miss Miriam Fairbanks daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Fairbanks wed Dr Marvin Eckberg of Peoria son of Mrs Bertha Eckberg of DeKalb at the bride’s parents home The Rev William Grossheim Presbyterian pastor officiated A wedding dinner followed Mrs Eckberg is a Monticello High School and Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing graduate Dr Eckberg trained at NI State Teachers College earned his MD from the University of Illinois He and his wife will live in Peoria where he interns at St Francis Hospital Out of town guests included Mrs Bertha Eckberg and Mrs Robert Brogmus of DeKalb ML
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the Gazette
Monticello
Miriam Fairbanks
Allen Fairbanks
Marvin Eckberg
Peoria
Bertha F Eckberg
DeKalb
William Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Eckberg
School of Nursing
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
College of Medicine
University of Illinois
St. Francis Hospital
Bertha Eckberg
Robert Brogmus
DeKalb, Ml
Booklet on Fistula and related disorders Offered Free
The McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri offers a free 11 page booklet on fistula hemorrhoids and related colon disorders. Request by postcard to E2208 Elms Blvd with no charge. The ad notes potential to save suffering and money and urges writing today.
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McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
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