Childs Calls Campaign A Wartime Horse Race In Des Moines
Washington columnist Marquis Childs told a Des Moines audience that the election looks like a horse race with Roosevelt favored to win 266 electoral votes. He warned of unknown factors and urged post election unity and prudent use of wartime powers.
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Washington
Des Moines Public Forum
Far West
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Solid South
New York
Pennsylvania
Club Royal proprietor pleads innocent in beer case
Albert Chesley 58, owner of Club Royal, pled innocent in District Judge J. E. Heiserman's court to selling beer to minors. He posted a $500 bond after arrest by Deputy Sheriffs Harlan Snyder and P. J. Whittemore for alleged sales to two Marion high school boys.
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Albert Chesley
Club Royal
J. E. Heiserman
Chesley
Harlan Snyder
P. J. Whittemore
Marion
Letter from wife who lost husband in war
Kath Irvin writes from Detroit about the death of her husband Bede Irvin, AP photographer killed in France near St Lo. The letter recounts their seven years of marriage, her daily wartime mail, and the need to preserve memory while awaiting a return that never comes.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Kath Irvin
Bede Irvin
St. Lo
Bede
Associated Press
Des Moines
France
Kath
Danny Grossi
Irvin
Los Angeles
Detroit
Danny
Silver Star Awarded S/Sgt J D Shaffer
The war department announced on Thursday that S/Sgt J D Shaffer of West Union Iowa earned the Silver Star for heroism on November 4 1943 in Italy. He moved ahead of advancing infantry across 100 yards of open ground carrying a 65 pound radio to set up an observation post 150 yards from enemy positions.
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J. D. Shaffer
West Union
Italy
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Marine Sgt Warburton to surprise father but father dead
Marine Sgt Eugene Warburton planned a homecoming to Des Moines after three years in the South Pacific. He would learn his father Harry Warburton died in a filling station air tank explosion just before the son’s arrival.
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Eugene Warburton
Harry Warburton
Warburton
San Francisco
Accused Slayer Is Declared Sane in Iowa Report
Harry E. May held for the slaying on May 14 of Mrs. Vearl Mae Weatherill in Council Bluffs was found not insane by two Iowa institutions. The report states May is feeble minded but aware of the nature of the charge and able to aid his attorney in defense.
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Vearl Mae Weatherill
Iowa
Charles Lacy
May
Man Buried Alive In Dubuque Ditch Collapse
Clarence Doerr aged 35 of Dubuque was buried alive when a 10 foot trench collapsed on Thursday. An inhalator squad failed to revive him after he was pulled from the ditch.
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Dubuque
Clarence Doerr
Newhall Veteran of 33 Air Raids Returns Home on Furlough
Staff Sgt. George W. Hartz, 23, of Newhall, a B-17 tail gunner with 33 bombing missions over Germany and France, is on a 22 day furlough with his parents. He wears the Aid Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart after a shrapnel wound March 18 over Augsburg. Hartz entered service October 14, 1942 and went overseas last December. after furlough he will report to Miami Beach for assignment.
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Augsburg
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Miami Beach
Fla
Boudewyn Convicted in Keokuk Trial
In Keokuk a jury of eight men and four women deliberated about two hours before declaring Tom Boudewyn guilty on the charge brought against him. Prosecution and defense had wrapped up their cases and the verdict followed largely by the book.
Man, 60, Guilty of Manslaughter in Tavern Death
Dewyn, aged 60, found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Claude Rowe, 24, following a Sept 2 fight outside a tavern. Local authorities reported the incident occurred after a disturbance near the tavern entrance.
Dr Pepper Plant in Des Moines Destroyed by Fire
A fire leveled the Dr Pepper Bottling company building in downtown Des Moines early Friday. Flames visible for blocks forced evacuation of two nearby three story frame apartments. a used car lot suffered wrecked autos as the west wall collapsed. Estimated damage reached $100,000.
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DES Moines
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Dr. Pepper
Bottling Company
Three Boys Injured In Automobile Upset Near Central City
Special to The Gazette Central City Iowa June 6 Three teenage boys were injured when their car overturned about a mile and a half north of Central City. Bolton 15 was fracturing his right leg and remaining at St Luke's Cedar Rapids in good condition Covington 16 driver and Henderson suffered minor bruises. They were returning from Coggon around 6 p m when a stock truck ahead stopped to avoid a gravel truck causing the car to skid and overturn.
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Garwood Henderson
Coggon
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