Iowa City on All Night Civil Defense Alert
Prof. Rollin M. Perkins led an all night civilian defense alert as 42 auxiliary police and 32 state guards protected key sites in Iowa City. Guards watched the Rock Island and Burlington bridges the university power plant water pumping station Coralville dam and navy pre flight school with six civil air patrol members added. The alert followed information from confidential sources and was not a drill.
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Iowa City
Rollin M. Perkins
Civilian Defense Auxiliary Police
State Guards
Perkins
State Guard
Rock Island
Burlington Street
University
Water Company
Coralville
Navy
Civil Air Patrol
Harry Knott Dies in Iowa Button Industry Leader
Harry H. Knott 65 a longtime pearl button worker and inventor died suddenly Thursday in Burlington where he supervised the Mississippi Pearl Button machine department. Born near Muscatine he moved to Washington 32 years ago and was married in 1900 to Barbara Bily. He leaves two daughters and three sons plus a son in the army air corps. Services planned for Saturday afternoon.
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the Gazette
Washington
Harry H. Knott
Burlington
Mississippi Pearl Button Company
Muscatine
Barbara Bily
Ed Gilmore
Vinton
Doris Jean
Russell
Junior
John
Army Air Corps
Baton Rouge
L. A. Jones
Knott
Plymouth Brethren
Iowan Accused of Wife Abandonment
Sioux City packinghouse worker Winship Lee DeMars, 29, waived extradition to face abandonment charges in Minneapolis. Police note he has five marriages with one divorce and one annulment. his latest union was to Donna Mansfield of Merrill, Aug. 18.
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Sioux City
Winship Lee DeMars
Minneapolis
Minn
DeMars
Donna Mansfield
Merrill
Iowa Receives Monthly Fat Quota In Wartime Push
The War Production Board conservation division set Midwest monthly goals totaling 7.0 million pounds. Illinois is allotted 2.67 million pounds, Indiana 1.07 million, Iowa 750000, Michigan 1.72 million, Minnesota 850000, and Wisconsin 970000.
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Chicago
War Production Board Conservation Division
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Towa
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
United Press Sues Sioux City Tribune over News Contract
United Press Associations filed suit in district court against the Sioux City Tribune and the Journal-Tribune company for 8379 dollars. The agency says the amount is due under a contract to supply news canceled when the Tribune was consolidated last January. The contract ran to January 1, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
United Press Associations, Inc
Sioux City Tribune
Journal-Tribune Company
United Press
Tribune
Iowa Citians Hear From Redenbaugh Prisoner of Japs
Iowa City residents Mr and Mrs Chris Vetter report word from their adopted nephew Private First Class Carl Redenbaugh a Marine captured by the Japs at Guam The letter dated Zensuji War Prison camp says he is treated with respect and hopes to return home A photo shows him at work in a tailor shop at the camp Redenbaugh a former University of Iowa student joined in October 1940 and was captured in January
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Iowa City
Chris Vetter
Carl Redenbaugh
Redenbaugh
Guam
Zensuji War
United States
Walter J. Barrow
America
Red Cross
Switzerland
Tokio
University of Iowa
Wellman Gob Keeps Lexington Log in Coral Sea
Lester Hole third class who stood on the Lexington bridge during the Coral Sea battle visited Wellman with his parents. He recorded the action in the ship’s log which now rests in Washington DC as the official record of the first naval air battle. Hole is training men in Washington state for carrier duty.
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Wellman
Lester Hole
Lexington
W. E. Hole
Hole
Washington, D. C
Washington State
Mercury Dips to 40 in Decorah as Iowa Warmth Returns
Des Moines AP reports Iowa ends two day cold spell with warmer weather. Atlantic and Forest City reached a high of 75 while Decorah logged a low of 40 signaling a shift from football weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Atlantic
Forest City
Decorah
Mercury
Charge Against Swim Pool Head Dismissed
VINTON The case against Walter Fye superintendent of the Vinton swimming pool and a Vinton high school instructor was dismissed by Justice John Ruhl Wednesday. The plaintiff Lynn Hart withdrew the charge of assault of a minor filed two weeks ago. The charge arose from Fye’s attempt to discipline Bill Hart the plaintiff’s son at the swimming pool.
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Gazette
Vinton
Walter Fye
John Ruhl
Lynn Hart
Fye
Bill Hart
Iowa Fraternities List 146 Pledges Amid Delayed Rushing
Special to The Gazette Iowa City one hundred forty six pledges the smallest total announced for the Greek letter fraternities on the Iowa campus Friday 15 social fraternities used the delayed rushing system this year. The list includes names such as Don Frank Waterloo John Voreck Davenport Keith Nelson Gowrie and many others across Des Moines Cedar Rapids Muscatine Davenport and nearby towns.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Don Frank
Waterloo
John Voreck
Davenport
Keith Nelson
Gowrie
Larry Korneman
Muscatine
Norman Dake
Cedar Rapids
George Cavalier
Traer
Eugene Hempel
Burlington
Jim Dugan
Bill Byington
Decatur
Bud Hovland
Webster City
Derrold Clouse
Dick Jacobson
Ottosen
Chuck Gilson
Evanston
Ill
Dick Sherman
Des Moines
Frank Comfort
Bill Doran
Boone
John Swanson
John Baxter
Lake Stueland
Mason City
Bob Jones
Tom Burke
Jerry Laughlin
James McGiffin
Fairfield
Art Dailey
Bill Hunt
Tom Chamales
Wilmette
Walter Smith
Dundee
Harold Smith
Robert Law
Wheaton
Jim Dumbauld
Marshalltown
Joe Schupp
John Goodrich
Bob Knarr
Atlantic
Lynn Rhoads
James Kraschel
Harlan
Joe Carroll
Spencer
Wellman Theater Sells $20500 in War Bonds First Day
The Grand theater in Wellman opened Salute to Our Heroes month by selling $20500 in war bonds during the day. A 9 p.m. program featured brief talks by Eardley Bell Jr and L J WKehoe. Don Bidwell led the local drive in Slater O'Hare's absence.
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Wellman
Eardley Bell, Jr
L. J Wkehoe
Don Bidwell
Slater O'Hare
McGregor Theater Raises 800 in War Bond Drive
Manager Ed Nordhus of the Strand theater in McGregor reports $800 in bonds and stamps sold for the September 1 opening of the motion picture theaters Salute to Our Heroes war bond drive. Local American Legion members staffed the band table on opening night.
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McGregor
Ed Nordhus
Strand Theater
The
American Legion
Mt Auburn Man To Ferry Planes
Mt. Auburn Paul Towne, a farmer with a wife and two children, has joined the army air forces and will soon begin advanced training before being assigned to ferry bombers. Mrs Towne will stay on the farm until spring as Towne trains. Dale Wilson, also of Mt Auburn, enlisted in the army air corps as a mechanic and reported at Fort Leavenworth. Raymond Hatfield joined the navy and left for Great Lakes. Laurence Willson, Roscoe Albertson and Leo Ohrt reported to Des Moines for army duty.
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MT. Auburn
Paul Towne
Army Air Forces
Towne
Laurence Willson
Roscoe Albertson
Leo Ohrt
Des Moines
Tuition Funds Cover 39 Percent of SUI Instruction Cost
Audited figures show tuition paid at the University of Iowa for the year ending June 30 1941 totaled 771 774 dollars. Tuition amounted to 39 percent of expenditures charged to instruction compared with 1 977 286 dollars in instructional costs.
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DES Moines
INS
University of Iowa
State Auditor’s Office
Iowa Private Killed In Jeep Crash At Richland Missouri
Private Leroy C. White 23 of Des Moines Iowa was killed and three other soldiers were seriously injured when an army jeep overturned at Richland Missouri Thursday, the Army’s police relations office announced Friday.
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Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Leroy C. White
Des Moines
Richland
Leo Brom Calmar Fourth WWII casualty at sea
Leo Frank Brom of Calmar is reported killed in action in the Pacific, the fourth Calmar casualty in World War II. Born March 14, 1917, he enlisted in 1934, married Hyacinth Aquistopace in 1940, and served as chief quartermaster. He is survived by his parents, a sister Eleanor, and brothers George and Cleronnes in Brooklyn.
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Calmar
Leo Frank Brom
Navy
Pacific
Calmars
Joseph Brom
Walter Brom
Labrador
Broms
George
Northern Ireland
Leo Brom
Mason City
Hyacinth Aquistopace
Los Angeles
Eleanor of
Cleronnes
Brooklyn
Seventeen Flying Indians Join New Cadet Contingent
Seventeen members of the Flying Indian squadron from Southeast Missouri Teachers College traveled to Iowa City to join 187 prospective cadets arriving at the navy pre flight training base. The group forms the second battalion of the second regiment under the St. Louis selection board led by Herbert S. Maley Jr.
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Iowa City
Southeast Missouri Teachers College
Navy
St. Louis
Naval Aviation Cadets Selection Board
Herbert S. Maley, Jr
Cypress
Ill
Teachers College
CIO seeks union vote at Centerville plants
CIO organizer Charles W Hobbie says petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board seek a workers election at Hercules Manufacturing and Standard soybean mills in Centerville. The union claims majority support while management disputes proof. Hercules handles wartime contracts and the soybean mill processes farm products.
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Centerville
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Hercules Manufacturing Company
Standard Soybean Mills
Charles W. Hobbie
CIO
Cedar Rapids
Hercules
Cooley Enlists in Navy Construction Branch
Manchester youth Robert Cooley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Cooley, has enlisted in the Navy and awaits a call to service in the construction division.
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Manchester
Robert Cooley
Hobart Cooley
Navy
Archishop Beckman details $350000 mine investment scheme
Archbishop Francis Beckman testified in federal court about investing roughly $350000 in Phillip Suetter mining ventures in Oregon and California. He described promissory notes and cash paid for a 49 percent John Bosco mine stake and 150 units in Suetter placer mines, with more funds advanced for a mill and portions recovered in 1939 settlements.
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Portland, Ore
Francis J. Beckman
Dubuque
Phillip Suetter
Suetter
Josephine County
Oregon
del Norte County
California
Beckman
Pheasants Were Chickens In Farmer Lawsuit
John Weidenfeld filed a $5,000 suit in Sioux City district court alleging state conservation officer Walter W. Russell wrongfully arrested him for illegal possession of 35 pheasant carcasses. Weidenfeld argues the birds were domestic chickens killed by a dog and stored at Sioux City Refrigerated Lockers. experts from Town State College reportedly identify them as chickens.
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Sioux City
JINS
State Conservation
John Weidenfeld
Merrillla
Walter W. T Russell
Weidenfeld
Town State College
Iowa to Honor Coast Guard Mothers in Des Moines Concert
Iowa dedicates a tribute to more than 2,000 Iowa sons serving in the U S coast guard. The Ninth Naval District Band from St Louis will headline the Des Moines event with a 30 member concert for coast guard mothers Tuesday night.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Coast Guard
Ninth Naval District
St. Louis
Iowa Coast Guard
New Farm Fire Truck Delivered at McGregor
A new $4,500 fire truck for McGregor and Marquette area farms arrived and will be housed in the McGregor fire hall. Local volunteers will operate it, funded by a bond vote of township farmers, and the unit features 1000 feet of hose a 500 gallon pumper a 30 foot ladder and a 300 gallon water tank.
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Mcgregor
Marquette
Quakers and Collins Reach Midget Tourney Final
Collins Radio defeated La Plant Choate 10 to 7 to reach the final round of the Marion Softball Association mid get tournament. Quaker Oats earned the other final berth by beating Fry's Dairy 7 to 3. The title game is set for tonight with a consolation match between Fry's and LaPlant at 7 45.
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Quaker Oats
Collins Radio
Marion Softball Association
LaPlant-Choate
Quakers Oats
Fry’s Dairy
Fry's
LaPlant
Yonda
Hanna
Brooks
Eeworin
Clark
Schmidt
Compliment to Gordons Visiting Marion Relatives
Compliments to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gordon of Chicago visiting Marion relatives including Gordon’s sister Mrs Donald Rundquist and Mr Rundquist who hosted a dinner at 1256 Fifth Avenue. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Dick Hardin and daughter Barbara of Aransas Pass Texas Mrs Edith Gordon Miss Muriel Gordon and Mr and Mrs Harry Hense.
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Gordons
Lawrence Gordon
Chicago
Marion
Gordon
Donald Rundquist
Rundquist
Fifth Avenue
Dick Hardin
Barbara
Aransas Pass
Tex
Edith Gordon
Muriel Gordon
Harry Hense
Knitters Complete Rush Order for 18 Sweaters
Marion Red Cross reports the 18 sweater quota for the U S army was filled for a Sept 1 rush order. Yarn released July 15. 21 sweaters produced. Surgical dressings chief notes totals of four by fours and two by twos made by local classes since June. Women with unfinished garments for boys and girls urged to return to sewing room Thursday afternoon.
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A. A Hardin
Marion
The
Red Cross
U. S. Army
Lumer Lorence
Mothers Club Opens Season With Cancer Program
Mrs Walter Bensch hosted the Mothers club's first meeting with Mrs George Brewer aiding. Mrs Elvie J. Peterson presented the program on adult diseases titled Cancer. Two new members, Mrs Henry Kriegermeier and Mrs Ewell Smith, joined. Bridge at three tables. Mrs Smith won high prize and Mrs M G Linkletter earned consolation.
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Walter Bensch
Mothers Club
George Brewer
Elvie J. Peterson
Henry Kriegermeier
Ewell Smith
Smith
M G_Linkletter
Miss Elda Kemp Elected Service Class President
Miss Elda M Kemp was elected president of the Service class of the Christian church at Thursday’s meeting after a picnic lunch at the home of Mrs Er nest Clough. Mrs La Verna Crew named first vice president and Mrs J B Emmons second vice president. Miss Cynthia Drexler became secretary and Mrs Fred C Shire man treasurer. Mrs Robert Hess was a guest. Luncheon served to 35 women.
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Kendall
Karl W. Kendall
Adeliza Daniels
Congregational Church
Elda M Kemp
The
Christian Church
Ernest Clough
la Verna Crew
J B. Emmons
Cynthia Drexler
Fred C Shireman
Robert Hess
Ames social visits and local ad items noted
A Dutch treat luncheon preceded gatherings with guests including Dean Robertson of Ames visiting Marilyn Fontaine and Kathryn Kassler. Don Torrence of Burlington, working in the ordnance plant, stayed with his brother-in-law W. J. Konigsmark. Dr Katharine B Scott of Lancaster Mass arrived for a weekend with cousins Willis and Mrs Jordan after 11 years as a medical missionary in India. Apples for sale with contact phone 5541.
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Dean Robertson
Ames
Marilyn Fontaine
Kathryn Kassler
Don Torrence
Burlington
Brother
Inlaw
W. J. Konigsmark
Katharine B Scott
Lancaster
Mass
Willis Jordan
Scott
India
Certify CIO Union At Ordnance Plant Des Moines
The National Labor Relations Board certified the CIO Rubber Workers union in Des Moines to represent employees at the Des Moines ordnance plant after overruling AFL objections as meritless. The CIO won last month’s election with 50.1 percent of the votes.
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Des Moines
INS
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Rubber Workers Union
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
AFL
CIO
State Allows Tax Claim On Ordnance Plant Land
The Iowa executive council approved a $4,091 tax claim by Des Moines county for school taxes on land taken for the Iowa ordnance plant. Previously the taxes were paid by the property owners. the state will now cover them. Similar claims are expected from Polk and Woodbury counties for other ordnance related lands.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Strawberry Point
Lynn S Smith
la Porte City
Nelson J Osborn
Cailmar
Albert J Frana
Reserve air corps calls four men to active service
MT VERNON says Howard Fisher Delbert Richardson Rudolph Vodicka and Harlan Nelson of the reserve army air corps were called to active service. They left Cedar Rapids Tuesday to report at Nashville Tennessee.
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MT Vernon
Howard Fisher
Delbert Richardson
Rudolph Vodicka
Harlan Nelson
Reserve
Army Air Corps
Cedar Rapids
Nashville, Tenn
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Walkup
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Fort Dodge
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Creston
Gerald Cox
Malcom Coy
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John Denmead
Fort Madison
Donald Derauf
St. Paul
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Moline
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Jefferson
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Elgin
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Rockwell City
Phi Delta Theta
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Keokuk
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Loyall Pearson
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Charles Foote
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Williamsburg
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Winterset
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Robert Rinabarger
Keosauqua
Val Schoenthal
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Gilbert Taffee
Verle Floode
Edmond Tabor
Independence
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Galesburg
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Waukegan
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William H. Romine
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Glen H. Sutter
Princeton
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Henry L. Montgomery
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George Hotchkiss
Downers Grove
John H St. Clair
Delta Chi
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Alton
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Corning
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Bob Dom
Park Ridge
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Ind
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Victor
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Treloar
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Warren Hoff
Eighth Street
W. Hall
Wheaton, TH
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H. G. Stitzel
Syl's Grocery
R. E Kohl
Wheeling, W. Va
Mark Newhard
McConaughy
Shirley Stimson
W. E. Stimson
St. Luke's Hospital
Comforter
Methodist
W.S.C.S
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Mitchell
Syaz
Montgomery Ward & CO
Second Street
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Aurora
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Fall City, Neb
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O A Beerman
Katz Salvage
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Springdale
A A Hardin
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Hetzel
Eighth Ave
Third St. SE
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Rosedale
L. Ie
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Central City
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Glan
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