Fuel Oil Rationing Zones Set for 30 States
The Office of Price Administration completed its four heat zones for fuel oil rationing starting next month. Twenty Iowa counties join zone A, including Allamakee Winneshiek Howard Chickasaw and others. zone B covers remaining Iowa counties and parts of several midwest states. Zone A areas have higher allowances than zone D, with subzones under study for unusual climates.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Iowa
OPA
Weather Bureau
Iowa Counties
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Howard
Chickasaw
Mitchell
Floyd
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Winnebago
Hancock
Kossuth
Emmet
Palo Alto
Dickinson, Clay
Osceola
O'Brien, Lyon
Sioux
Reimers Nominated to Oppose Narcy in Ninth District
Otto J. Reimers of Rock Rapids was nominated by Ninth district Democrats for the unexpired term of Rep. Vincent Harrington who resigned to join the army air corps. Republican nominee for the short term is Harry E. Narey of Spirit Lake.
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Cherokee
Otto J. Reimers
Rock Rapids
Ninth Congressional District
Democrats
Vincent F. Harrington
Harrington
Army Air Corps
Harry E. Narey
Spirit Lake
GOP Rally Planned in Waverly Thursday
A Third district Republican rally will be held in Waverly Thursday night with principal speakers Gov. George A. Wilson candidate for senate Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper candidate for governor and R. D. Blue candidate for lieutenant governor.
Lumir Kouba Promoted to Major in Army
Center Point couple announce their brother Lumir J. Kouba has been promoted from captain to major. He joined the army in November 1940 and is now stationed at Camp Breckenridge Ky.
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Center Point
Lillian and
Arhur Kouba
Lumir J. Kouba
Kouba
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
Fayette County Courtyard Relics Sold as Scrap
Uprooted from the Fayette county courtyard square after 79 years, the big cannon, the little cannon, cannon balls, and the old courthouse bell were sold for scrap in a salvage drive initiated at the request of an American Legion post. Purchaser Jim Chase paid 10.50 per ton for the 6 600 pound haul, with memories shared by veterans recalling Fourth of July salutes and Civil War era drills.
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Blanche Beau
UNION
Fayette County
Board of Supervisors
American Legion Post
Jim Chase
W. W. Wright
Frank Camp
War Department
Fought for Kaiser Before But He'll Fight Hitler Now
Special to The Gazette reports Claus Mueller, 45, a World War I veteran who served in Flanders and France, left Benton county in a draft contingent from Vinton. Mueller, employed at Lloyd Werning farm, became a U.S. citizen in 1939 after arriving in 1933, with family remaining in Germany and recent communication largely unsuccessful. He expresses readiness to serve his adopted country, claiming he is fit and experienced.
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Newhall
Claus Mueller
Benton County
Vinton
Mueller
Lloyd Werning
Here
Flanders
France
Russia
Germany
America
Henry Alpers
van Horne
Buchanan County Men Go to Camp for Training
Seventeen Buchanan county men left for a training center on Tuesday. Two others, Venice J. Levindusky and Virgil Stainbrook, will depart later. The group includes Harold J. DeWald Emerel J. Flynn Charles E. Fowlkes Iver H. Heidt Harry D. Kirkendall Alfred E. Lechtenberg Hans F. Olsen James W. Peterson Thomas C. Pleis Jr. Carl G. Rehberg Romeo J. Roach Richard A. Schmitt Joseph B. Shafer Warren Streeter Charles R. Studebaker Lloyd K. Walton and Raymond L. Weber.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Venice J. Levindusky
Virgil Stainbrook
Harold J. DeWald
Emerel J. Flynn
Charles E. Fowlkes
Iver H. Heidt
Harry D. Kirkendall
Alfred E. Lechtenberg
Hans F. Olsen
James W. Peterson
Thomas C. Pleis, Jr
Carl G Rehberg
Romeo J
Iowa to replace plates with wind shield stickers next year
Des Moines AP reports Iowa will issue state shaped windshield stickers as license fee proof next year due to steel shortages. Meyercord Co. of Chicago won the bid to print 550 000 passenger stickers at 26.80 per thousand and 165 000 truck stickers at 29.10 per thousand, with shapes 2 by 3 and a half by 4 inch. Regular steel plates will stay on vehicles, saving the state money compared with sticker costs.
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Des Moines
Meyercord
Sherman Needham
Loss in Oil Boat Blaze Destroys Tug Helen H
The 102 foot diesel tug Helen H of Walther G Hoagland Co of St Louis burned Tuesday in Bettendorf. Captain A G Speck estimated damage at 90000 dollars. The fire started under the pilot house as the crew dined. swiftly contained by the crew saved several barges holding about 856000 gallons of gasoline.
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Bettendorf
Helen H
A G. Speck
Walter G. Hoagland Company
St. Louis
Speck
District Nine Traffic Deaths Drop 50 Percent
Iowa City report from the Iowa department of public safety notes a 50 percent drop in traffic fatalities in district 9 during the last eight months, with 20 deaths versus 40 in the prior period. Statewide eight month totals show 78 women and 198 men killed, an 82 death decrease.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa Department of Public Safety
District 9
Johnson
Cedar
Clinton
Jackson
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Motor Vehicle Statistics Division
Marine Lost in Solomons Star Iowa City Grid Star
Lieut. Richard R. Amerine, U S Marine flyer missing seven days in the Solomon Islands jungle, survived on three coconuts ants and snails. A former Iowa City high school athlete in 1935 1936 he led football basketball and track teams, later continued to excel at Kansas, and after recovery from his ordeal married in Kansas City.
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Bob Buckley
Iowa City
Richard R. Amerine
U. S. Marine
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Amerine
Kansas
Solomons
Henderson Field
Jens Norgaard
Rogers Jenkinson
University of Iowa
Marine Air Corps
Jenkinson
Navy Air Corps
Norgaard
Army
Elkport Brothers Convicted for Not Reporting to Camp
Two Elkport men Virgil and Julius Ortman were convicted in Superior Wisconsin court of refusing to report to conscientious objectors camps under the selective service act. They were among five Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to five years in prison and fined $500 each.
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Elkader
Virgil and
Julius Ortman
Superior
Wis
Patrick Stone
Elkport
Schluter Named Senate Candidate in Twenty Fourth District
Edwin C. Schluter of Clarence, attorney and Cedar county central Republican chair, chosen by TIPTON-Cedar and Jones county Republicans at Stanwood school for state senate in the Twenty Fourth district. Cedar county delegates caucused to back Schluter who received unanimous convention support. Hunt gave the nominating speech.
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Tipton
Cedar
Jones County
Stanwood
Edwin C. Schluter
Clarence
Cedar County
Schluter
Reid L. Hunt
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Grant W. White
Hearing Continued In Des Moines Bookmaker Assault Case
A habeas corpus hearing for three men sought by Des Moines authorities over a July 23 assault on Mose Cohen, a Des Moines bookmaker, was continued to October 6 after state witnesses completed testimony in Chicago.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Mose Cohen
Scrap salvage drive boosts per capita in four Iowa counties
Des Moines AP reports Cass Emmet Harrison and Montgomery counties exceed 400 pounds per person in scrap collections with per capita totals of 539.8 in Cass 582.8 in Emmet 4616 in Montgomery and 4072 in Harrison. District chairs and a five point plan guide county canvassing weigh stations and dealer participation.
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Des Moines
Cass
Emmet
Harrison
Montgomery
W. S. Rupe
Ames
Iowa
Herbert Plagman
Iowa Salvage Committee
Harrison Clay
Robert KR. O'Brien
Council Bluffs
W. E. Day
Creston
J M Beck
Centerville
John Huston
Ottumwa
E. C. Hoyt
Cedar Rapids
A. M. Clapp
Clinton
Carl Melcher
Marshalltown
Carey
Waterloo
Lee Loomis
Mason City
George Tucker
Webster City
Kenneth Goodrich
Boone
W. S
Analee McCormick and Robert Banks Tie the Knot
Analee McCormick daughter of Clarence and Robert C Banks son of Tipton were married Sunday at Grace Methodist Church Des Moines by Rev Dr Briggs. She is a graduate of Olin high school and Iowa State Teachers College and taught at Keystone junior high. He is a Tipton high school graduate and an Iowa State College veterinary student. They will reside in Ames.
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Clarence
Analee McCormick
Walter McCormick
Robert C. Banks
C H. Banks
Tipton
Grace Methodist Church
Des Moines
Briggs
Olin High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Keystone
Tipton High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Testimony Begins In Schenk Labor Riot Trial
Three witnesses testified in Benton county district court on Tuesday as the state presents its case against LaVerne Schenk CIO organizer charged with conspiracy. James Bruce described overheard orders during the April labor dispute and riot at the Vinton Produce plant. L. E. Whitcomb, plant manager, recalled Schenk throwing a missile at a truck cab window the riot morning. Wilson Ervin, a Vinton businessman and deputy, spoke on the disturbance as about 50 workers passed the picket line on April 20. Judge B. F. Thomas presides.
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Vinton
Benton County District Court
LaVerne Schenk
CIO
James Bruce
Schenk
L. E. Whitcomb
Wilson Ervin
Ervin
Mt. Pleasant
B. F. Thomas
Scouts Begin Record Drive in Iowa City Neighborhoods
Iowa City residents start handing over old records to Boy Scouts in local neighborhoods. Discs placed on front porches for pickup by Scouts, with collection continuing Thursday and trucks gathering items Friday. Lawton J. Petrick announced the drive.
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Iowa City
Boy Scouts
Lawton J. Petrick
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