Induction Cheer Sparks Anamosa Section Spotlight
Iowa highway maintenance faces a manpower pinch with 1276 workers on the job as of Sept 1, a drop of 178 from a year earlier. Chief Engineer Fred R. White warns a return to a 60 hour week may be needed to keep up maintenance and tonnage, as 40 set hours and later 44 48 hour weeks have been used since 1932.
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Ames
IDPA
Iowa Highway Commission
Fred R. White
White
Commission
Pearl Harbor
Des Moines
Burlington
Team Frightened Millersburg Man Fatally Injured
Willis Griffith, about 70, was fatally injured when a team he was driving in downtown Millersburg panicked and threw him from the wagon. He suffered a crushed chest as wagon wheels passed over him and a horse stepped on him. He died two hours after being taken to Williamsburg hospital. Griffith lived four miles west of Millersburg. His wife and two sons survive, Norris of Millersburg and Raymond in Savannah, Ga., in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Millersburg
Willis Griffith
Griffith
Forest Martin
Williamsburg
Norris
Raymond
Savannah, Ga
Memorial Services for Maurice Curray Held Today
Memorial services are set for 2 p.m. at the Methodist church in Manchester for Maurice Curray 21 son of Charles Curray. Navy department announced he died in service. Rev. Thomas P Shaffer officiates with United Service Women of America and Legion auxiliary in attendance.
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Manchester
Maurice Curray
Charles Curray
Navy Department
Thomas P. Shaffer
United Service Women of America
The
Legion Auxiliary
Hale Loses Round In Squabble Over Legacy Dispute
Federal case over the estate of the late Elizabeth C. Hale of Fort Dodge ends with judgment for seven heirs-at-law against Henry O. Hale. Judge Nordbye denies Hale's bid to quiet title based on a preexisting contract, finding mutual abandonment before her death. The heirs challenged the will on undue influence, a Webster County jury previously found for Hale, with a new trial granted and appeal pending at the Iowa Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Elizabeth C. Hale
Henry O. Hale
Gunnar Nordbye
Minneapolis
Hale
Nordbye
Hales
Webster County
Supreme Court
Iowa Woman and Father Die in Newton Shooting Fray
Two Newton residents were fatally shot on Saturday in what Jasper county authorities investigate as murder and death by own action. Mrs. C. C Evans, 37, died in an upstairs room. her father Thomas Ray, about 70, was found in the basement. Her daughters, aged 16 and 18, were in the house during the shooting. A .16 gauge single shotgun was reported as the weapon.
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Newton
Jasper County
C. C Evans
Thomas Ray
Ray E. Barber
Ray
Barber
Justice of the Peace
Frank Sellman
C. R. Hooper
Duster Named to American Legion Amendment Group
Iowa delegates named to committees at the twenty fourth annual American Legion convention in Kansas City with Leo J. Duster of Cedar Rapids listed for the Constitutional amendments and Frank B. Ulish of Fort Dodge among others.
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Kansas City
The
American Legion
Dan O’brien
Iowa
George Maresh
Iowa City
A. W. Huber
Council Bluffs
J. C. Gehan
Sioux City
Oscar Hanson
J. A. Sheldon
Mason City
C. G. McCombs
Marshalltown
Jules
R. C. Patrick
Troy Mills Sailor Missing in Action
Troy Mills resident Lawrence Williamson Jr. 21 is reported missing in action by the Navy Department. He is the first World War II casualty from Troy Mills area and is survived by his parents and two sisters.
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Troy Mills
Lawrence Williamson
Knight Williamson
Navy Department
Earl Zellar
Carl Peyton
Troy Millis
Cornell Campus Sees 92 New Pledges Join Social Groups
Social groups at Cornell college completed pledging last week, adding 92 new pledges. Names span cities such as Des Moines, Oak Park, Chicago, and Mt. Vernon, with many coming from Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Gazette
MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Arrow
Phyllis Miller
Charles City
Janice Shriver
Kellogg
Alberta Joslyn
Clear Lake
Kay Lowry
Des Moines
Eleanor Strawman
Anamosa
Winifred Prusia
Bernice Hardwick
Onida
S. D
Betty Lou Bjork
Lehigh
Marilyn Lynch
Oak Park
Ill
Pauline Neilson
Kankakee
Louise Reynolds
Mason City
Barbara Young
Mary Alice Walrod
Storm Lake
Delphi
Muriel Kness
Chadwick
Mary MacGregor
Mary Dierks
Barbara Ashworth
Aurora
Arline Swain
DeWitt
Marilyn Hauck
Chicago
Kathryn Klousin
Hampton
Elaine Hughes
Astoria
Ore
Betty Lou Ralston
Caledonia
Helen Mattern
Esther Sumner
Rockford
Barbara Spitzer
Kein, Ill
Marilyn Miller
Elgin
Bob King
Warren Walder
Dixon
Wendell Salisbury
Colfax
Hugh Ford
Ida Grove
Ian Colquhoun
Mankato
Minn
Dick Geller
Hunter Soper
Estherville
Kenneth Claussen
Clinton
Wallace Engelhardt
Rickert Petersen
Morrison
Bill Mummery
Evanston
John Nelson
John Ballie
Dell
William Stevens
Villa Park
Albert Zadnichek
Melvin Meggers
Marion
Ora Miller
Sam Schwab
Rock Falls
Ronald Pickrell
Oak Lawn
Sig Dietz
Naperville
Bill Barringer
Belvidere
Paul Loepp
Cedar Rapids
Charles Macguire
Irene
George Peisen
Eldora
Bob Samek
Bennett Conner
Bethayres
Penn
Gene Waldorf
Mitchellville
Joe
Pelisek
Springville
Alethean
Maude Martin
Joliet
Elaine Douglass
Waterloo
Ruth Beck
Wheaton
Maxine Wakey
Osco
Constance Hugill
Joan Searls
Postville
Phyllis
Wis
Keith Quayle
Jefferson
Roy Roesch
Wyman Woodke
Schaller
Burt Alfin
Paul Fuerstenau
Lone Rock
Claude Klimo
Mr. Vernon
Paul Watson
Creston
Panthers
George Cummings
Don Merritt
DeWitt Ellinwood
Winchester
Thalian
Marjorie Harjes
Williamsburg
Patricia Hayes
A. X.E
Bob Bickett
Reinbeck
Bob Horton
Osage
Mark Hutchinson
Harvey Bishop
Galena
Hugh Henning
Fairbury
Don Fehrenbach
Sterling
Joe Marston
Raynard McGowan
Gladbrook
Dick Dereby
Bill Winters
Garth Roscoe
Clarence Postmaster Nomination Sent to Senate
President Roosevelt has sent to the Senate the nomination of Vern D. Freeman to be postmaster at Clarence Iowa for confirmation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Vern D. Freeman
Clarence
Life term given for $500 Des Moines bank hold up
Edward Earl Little 28 of Tacoma Washington received a life sentence from Judge John J Halloran after being found guilty of the May 19 Des Moines Bank and Trust Company robbery in which a revolver was brandished and $500 stolen. Separately G W Martin reported a $467 pickpocket loss near the bank.
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John J. Halloran
Rider journey of 1000 miles to University of Illinois
William Werstler Jr of Walden Colorado rode horseback to the University of Illinois in Champaign. Two years in a row he travels from his Colorado ranch covering about 1000 miles with a four week trek at roughly 40 miles daily. He switched mounts after the first horse fell ill at Albia and camps outdoors seeking shelter with farmer barns.
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Burlington
University of Illinois
Champaign
William Werstler, Jr
Walden
Colo
Werstler
Albia
Colorado
State Guard To Maintain Police Unit
A provisional military police battalion drawn from the Iowa state guard will be stationed at Camp Dodge indefinitely for emergencies. The unit numbers 24 officers and 219 men with voluntary service and ongoing replacements as members join or leave.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Guard
Camp Dodge
George A. Wilson
State Guard
Regular
Even the Blind See It Seems in Iowa Aid Program
Des Moines AP reports that 43 percent of state aid to the blind applications were rejected for not meeting the definition of blindness. In the year ending July 1, 165 rejections occurred, 71 due to still being able to see, with 10 of 15 rejections last month for that reason. Officials say blindness means vision no worse than one tenth of normal, and many applicants are elderly and misjudge their sight, average recipient age about 55.
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Des Moines
Methodist conference tabs Davenport for 1943 meeting
The Upper Town Methodist conference chose Davenport as the site for its 1943 gathering to be held next June. The board of bishops will set the exact dates.
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Waterloo
Upper Town
Davenport
Board of Bishops
Reed and Embree in Spotlight in Anamosa Navy Day
In Anamosa a large parade and civic program honored Navy inductees Lieut. Lee R. Embree of Anamosa and Lieut. William N. Reed of Marion. The event featured speeches by gubernatorial candidates Kraschel and Hickenlooper, a memorial service for Ensign Zeigler, and a mass induction of 31 sailors at the Jones County courthouse lawn.
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Nelson G. Kraschel
B. B. Hickenlooper
Anamosa
Thomas B. Powell
Kraschel
Cecil R. Farmer
Anamosa Club
Hickenlooper
Fred Hansen
Savanna
Ill
Ordnance Depot
Lee R. Embree
Jones County
Red Cross
Iowa
Navy
Truman Jones
Des Moines
Davenport
Dora Jane Hamblin
United States Navy
Harlan
Cedar Rapids
William N. Reed
Marion
Embree
Hawaii
Reed
American Legion
Krascher
Farmer
Anamosa Army
Lee Channing Zeigler
Pensacola
Fla
Zeigler
Hansen
Ted Swenson
Iowa City
Flying Tiger Bill Reed
Ray Embree
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Duster
American Legion Amendment Group
Reed and
Monticello
Savanna, I
Naval
Anamosa _ high
Boy Scouts
Savanna Depot
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