Governor Wilson Draws 7000 at Anamosa Governor's Day
Governor George A. Wilson attracted about 7,000 people to Main Street Anamosa for his first speaking appearance in the town. The crowd, a cross section of Jones County, packed the area and required handshakes and autograph signing after the address.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Main
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Wilson
Anamosa Friends
Bill Donnelly
Donnelly
American Legion
Anamosa High School
Monticello
Martello
Morley
Main Street
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Iowa Falls Firm Is Low Bidder On Clermont's Bridge
Welden Brothers of Iowa Falls offered 54 325 dollars to build a 192 foot concrete arch span over the Turkey river on highway 18 at Clermont replacing a 60 year old structure. Co B Taylor Decorah bid 56 687 dollars as second low. The low bid awaits federal approval in Kansas City before work starts in October.
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West Union—Welden Brothers
Iowa Falls
Turkey River
Clermont
State Highway Commission
Ames
Central States Power Company
William Larrabee
Iowa
Co. B. Taylor
Decorah
Kansas City
Thornburg Considers Senate Run in Iowa State Race
Emmetsburg editor reports Secretary of Agriculture Mark G Thornburg plans a U S Senate bid with a formal decision due soon. Thornburg, long serving as agriculture chief since 1924, would face Governor George A Wilson in the Republican nomination race.
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Emmetsburg
INS
Mark G Thornburg
United States Senate
Palo Alto
Mark Thornburg
United States
George Flood
Palo Alto County
Flood
Thornburg
Senate
Des Moines
George A. Wilson
East Iowa pledges to Iowa fraternities list of new members
IOWA CITY With formal rushing ending at the University of Iowa new pledges were announced Wednesday Readable lists show eastern Iowa names by chapter Alpha Tau Omega Richard Bright Iowa City Kieth Ohl Iowa City Raymond Jensen Cedar Rapids and James Becker Mount Vernon Beta Theta Pi Richard Hall Vinton Delta Tau Delta Francis Clark Cedar Rapids Carl Jungbluth Washington John Krabben hoff Cedar Rapids etc Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kate Howell Robert Towner Adams Lambert and Robert Merriam all of Iowa City Sigma Chi John Miller Marion and Robert Bordner Iowa City Theta Xi John Albert Cedar Rapids Don Key Iowa City Darwin Jack Cedar Rapids and other pledges from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Alpha Tau Omega
Richard Bright
Kieth Ohl
Raymond Jensen
Cedar Rapids
James Becker
Mount Vernon
Beta Theta Pi
Richard Hall
Vinton
Delta Tau Delta
Francis Clark
Carl Jungbluth
Washington
John Krabbenhoff
Delta Upsilon
Carl Wieben
William Pearson
la Porte City
Kenneth Arrington
Columbus Junction
Weston Binder
Phi Gamma _ Delta
William Dunton
Lowell Andreas
James Bone
Monticello
Glade
Charles Dake
Richard Chadima
Phi Kappa Psi
Howard McCollister
Robert Swisher
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Kate Howell
Robert Towner
Adams Lambert
Robert Merriam
Sigma Chi
John Miller
Marion
Robert Bordner
Sigma Nu
Dan Devine
James Sweeney
John Foster
Theta Xi
John Albert
Don Key
Darwin Jack
Anamosa Pardlee Receives Ten Year Larceny Sentence
Harlan L. Hile man, 22, was given ten years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to larceny. He confessed Sunday to entering the bedroom of Don Peeper near Arlington and taking $90 from trousers. Hileman, living nearby and employed by Roy Peeper, had two weeks left on parole from Anamosa reformatory and had prior larceny of an automobile on January 31, 1938.
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West Union
Harlan L. Hileman
State Penitentiary
Harry Hansen
Don Peeper
Arlington
Hileman
Peeper
Roy
Anamosa Reformatory
Scott County
Anamosa Man 71 Named Defendant In Alienation Suit
Glen Davis of Anamosa filed suit against Charles Elliott age 71 also of Anamosa seeking 5000 dollars damages for loss of love and affection of Leonez Davis alleged to have been alienated over four years. Davis also seeks divorce on grounds of desertion. They married in Chariton February 26 1913.
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Anamosa
Glen Davis
Charles Elliott
Leonez Davis
Elliott
Davis
Chariton
FBI Agents Describe Des Moines Blackout For Police
FBI agents spoke to officers from 20 central Iowa counties outlining wartime blackout duties. They described checking homes for light leaks, directing traffic, and guiding lost pedestrians. The agents emphasized local police help to combat espionage and sabotage, noting 2,300 FBI agents cannot handle all threats alone.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. L. Dalton
W .W. Keenan
Dalton
FBI
Iowa Deaths and Funeral Notices Across Several Towns
A Tama funeral for Hans Arnold A Olsen 23 of Chicago was held at Harrison funeral home with burial at Oak Hill Tama. Roy Cook 38 killed in a quarry blast near Ames. services in La Porte City. Foster son of George and Mrs Cook survived by wife Mars Langford and sister in law, burial at West View. Ferdinand Federson 31 of near Olin waived to grand jury on forgery charges in Anamosa. Mrs George F. McKinley 64 former Victor resident had funeral in Victor. survived by husband son granddaughter sisters and brothers in law.
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Tama
Harrison Funeral Home
I. J. Deines
Hans Arnold A Olsen
Chicago
Mantour
Oak Hill Cemetery
H. M Olsen
Norway
la Porte City
Ben Tallman
Presbyterian Church
George Cook
Roy Cook
Ames
Mr. Cook
Hazel Schaible
Mars
Robert Langford
Boyd Fox
Independence
West View
Anamosa
Ferdinand Federsen
Near Olin
George C. Lawrence
Federson
Marion
Roy Cooley
A. B. Snyder
Victor
George F. McKinley
J. J. Pritchard
The
Methodist Church
Des Moines
Waldo
Los Angeles
Billa Davis
Ventura
Calif
George A. Share
Marengo
John Finch
A. F. Randolph
Koszta
McKinley
Local Notables and Obituaries Across Iowa and Illinois
Rose McNeely active in OES White Shrine and Methodist church in Rock Island and Silvis Illinois. Howard R. Wilder 45 of Vinton Vinton-Word: dies after WWI service record and ice cream parlor work. funeral in Eldora. Ronald Dean Miller six weeks old son of Meaders found dead near Manchester. coroner rules natural causes. Archie Bailey 48 of Riverside Iowa City hospital dies. burial at Great cemetery. survived by wife son father and siblings.
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Rose McNeely
Rock Island
Ijl
O.R.C
Methodist Church
Silvis
Ill
Vinton
Howard R. Wilder
Walter Hines Memorial
Chicago
Wilder
Eldora
Mr. Wilder
Savanna
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Manchester
Shelly Funeral Home
Ronald Dean Miller
Leonard Meader
B Rogers
Earlville
W. A. Adix
First Lutheran Church
Delaware
Riverside
Archie Bailey
Iowa City
Great Methodist Church
Stuart C. Peterson
Riverside-Kalona
Great
Bailey
Paul
Joseph S Bailey
Bayertown
Howard Bailey
Clair Bailey
Strawberry Point Couple Celebrate 90th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John A Huebsch observed their golden wedding with an open house in Strawberry Point. They were married Sept. 24, 1891 at St Sebald Lutheran church and farmed until 1920 before retiring to town. Mrs Huebsch is Elizabeth Fliehler. He is 75 and she is 70. They have ten children and ten grandchildren, with nine living.
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Strawberry Point
John A. Huebsch
Huebsch
Elizabeth Fliehler
St Sebald Lutheran Church
Emanuel's Lutheran Church
Santa Barbara
Calif
Werner Fritschel
Hebron
Neb
John F Huebsch
Arlington
Arthur Huebsch
Harold Huebsch
Notable Lectures Planned by University of Iowa 1941 42
The University of Iowa announces a free lecture series for 1941 42 featuring seven distinguished speakers. Opening Oct 13 is Julian Bryan the free lance camera reporter followed by Thomas Mann on Nov 4. Other guests include Major George Eliot Ruth Draper Eve Curie and Charles Morgan with dates through Feb 24.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Julian Bryan
Europe
Asia
South America
Thomas Mann
United States
J. O. Perrine
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
George Eliot
Ruth Draper
Charles Morgan
Eve Curie
Mme. Curie
Mrs Helen Downing Brownell Found Dead Near Wyoming
Mrs Helen Downing Brownell 29 wife of Richard Brownell and high school teacher was found dead in bed at her home two miles northwest of Wyoming around 10 a m Wednesday. Coroner says heart ailment. Surviving: parents D A Downing Anamosa, Ruth Yount Anamosa, Marvin Westphal Olin, sister Jean died two years ago at Tama.
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Wyoming
Helen Downing Brownell
Richard Brownell
D. A Downing
Anamosa
Jean
Tama
F. L. Harrington
Brownell
L A Downing
Ruth Yount
Marvin Westphal
Olin
Iowa City Briefs Funeral services and city projects noted
Funeral services for John L. McLaughlin 42 of Iowa City held at St Marys church with burial in St Josephs cemetery. Other items include funeral for Jennie Woolf Sterett, council approves 67000 pool in City park, Ensign Lorne Pelzer heads aviation training, and University of Iowa conference on administration on Oct 2 3 with 400 educators expected.
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Iowa City
John L. McLaughlin
Mercy Hospital
St. Mary's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
John, Jr
Erma L. Kneese
Muscatine
Edith Bergstrom
Dora McLaughlin
Hoopstrom, Ill
Frank
California
E. T Hubbard
Dean W. J. Teeters
Cochairman
Johnson County Nutrition Committee
Hohenschuh Chapel
Jennie Woolf Sterett
Norwood C. Louis
W. Earl Danner
Lelitia Hedges
Oakland Cemetery
City Park
Ensign Lorne Parker Pelzer
Louis Pelzer
Corpus Christi Tex
Naval Air Pilots’ Training School
University of Iowa
Nual
Iowa
E. W Jacobsen
University of Pittsburgh School of Education
G. T. Buswell
University of Chicago
Eugene Youngert
Township High School
Oak Park
Virgil Hancher
Johnson County schoolmasters elect officers at Iowa City meeting
At the Johnson county schoolmasters club gathering in Iowa City Supt Albert Hogan Cosgrove was chosen president Supt E G Williams Solon vice president and Coach H PD Elliot Solon secretary treasurer The athletic committee includes Williams Harsha and Ludwig The county basketball tournament runs Feb 5 6 and 7 at Solon and the club will sponsor declamatory contests and a music festival.
Iowa Girl Murdered By Jilted Suitor
KEOKUK AP A 19 year old Vincennes Indiana brunette Clarice Rankin was killed by a shotgun blast in her home after telling a suitor she could not see him again John Soule 27 of Wayland Missouri would be charged with the slaying He allegedly admitted firing a 12 gauge shell into the back of the girl as she sat at a kitchen table in the house where she lived Her parents opposed her seeing Louie and they had split up days earlier Rankin had come to Vincennes to work in a rubber company and lived with an uncle
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Keokuk
Vincennes
Ian Brunette
Clarice Rankin
E C McPherson
John Soule
Wayland
Missouri
McPherson
Soule
Miss Rankin
Louie
Lee County
Ls Rankin
We K
The Gestapo Might Employ This Idea
Spirit Lake AP Duane Fike a crew member on a pike scll ing boat was pulled into a large revolving drum and ducked into water as ropes lashed him tighter. Parker Dunham acted to stop the engine. Both arms broken with possible other injuries and a doctor noted a near drowning or neck fracture risk.
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Spirit Lake
Duane Fike
Fike
Parker Dunham
Tn Sre Fike
Marshalltown Pair Wed in Toledo Justice Ceremony
Patrick Garland TOLEDO and Ethel Dodge of Marshalltown were married by Justice of the Peace John Boles in Toledo on Saturday. The couple, both residents of Marshalltown, formalized their marriage in a short civil ceremony.
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Toledo
Garland Patrick
Marshalltown
Ethel C:r .] Dodge
John Boles
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Warren Reese
Jones
Cecilia McGreevy
Gazette
Anamosa American Legion
East Iowa
U. of Iowa
Anamosa Pardlee
Morgan Bros
510
Third Avenue SE
Anamosa Man
Mann
Eliot
Curie
Draper
SUI Lectures
POE
Model
Westinghouse
Pept
Lectric Light and Power Co
Iowa Electric Licht and Power Company
Iowa State
Mary Rex
Lets
Iowa State College
Miss Rex
Grinnell College
Gestapo
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