Grahl to Defer Key Men for Farm Fuel and Labor
Iowa selective service chief Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl said 1-A registrants may be deferred if their induction would harm farm production or efficiency. He advised draft boards to grant additional deferments as needed to safeguard agricultural needs after a meeting of farm leaders called by Gov. George A. Wilson.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Selective Service
Grahl
George A. Wilson
Conference attendees push farm labor needs and deferment rules
Representatives from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation the National Grange Farmers Union Farmers Mutual Grain Dealers Elevator Association and others meet with selective service officials. Major James T Coatsworth and Gen Grahl discuss deferment cases key workers and war effort priorities with Thornburg noting local board discretion and possible appeals.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
Farmers’ Union
Farmers Mutual Grain Dealers Elevator Association
United States Employment Service
Iowa State College
Mark G. Thornburg
Representative Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Armed bandit robs Des Moines pharmacy for eighty dollars
A masked man with a revolver robs the Harder pharmacy in Des Moines Thursday night and escapes with about $80. A. M. Harder, owner, reports the cashier and a customer were forced to lie on the floor during the robbery.
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Des Moines
Harder
Vandals Damaged 30 to 40 Tombstones at Tiffin Cemetery
Special to The Gazette reports vandals toppled between thirty and forty tombstones in Tiffin Cemetery, some nearly a ton, on Thursday night. Investigators suspect a drunken gang or a grudge against cemetery trustees Louis Kline Frank Costachil and Bert Reeves.
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the Gazette
Tiffin
Here
Louis Kline
Frank Costachil
Bert Reeves
Schenk Trial Delayed By Illness of a Juror
In Benton county district court the trial of LaVerne Schenk, CIO organizer, on a conspiracy charge was postponed until Monday due to the sudden illness of juror Claude Sanders of Vinton. The case proceeds slowly with state witnesses on the stand and the defense planning to call about 50 witnesses.
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Gazette
Vinton
Claude Sanders
LaVerne Schenk
CIO
Benton County
Des Moines Haircut Price to Be 65 Cents
Des Moines notices an upcoming haircut price increase to 65 cents next Wednesday as city prices rise. The change affects customers seeking basic grooming services in the capital city.
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Des Moines
Icicles Still Prevail at Decorah in Cold September
Des Moines reports a nasty day with cold drizzle across Iowa. Forecasters warn of colder conditions Friday night and Saturday morning. The Weather Bureau notes Iowans endure some of the coldest September weather with Decorah's 22 degree low, while Atlantic and Clarinda reached 53.
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Des Moines
Mercury
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Decorah
Atlantic
Clarinda
Delaware County Certifies 61 Draftees for Army Call
MANCHESTER The Delaware county selective service board Thursday certified 61 draftees to go to the army in the board s next call. The men will go to Des Moines early in October for preliminary examinations.
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The
Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County Selective Service Board
Army
Des Moines
Naval Training School at Iowa State Dedicated
The naval training school at Iowa State College was dedicated at Clyde Williams field with about 1000 sailors in attendance. Lieut. Comdr. Frederick H. Lauder and Dr. Charles E. Friley spoke as 189 sailors completed the 16 week basic electrical training and received ratings as electricians mate third class. Included on the honor roll were Ronald F. Host of Hartley and Jack D. Whaley of Knoxville.
Waukon Flyer Joins Decorah V.F.W. Lodge by Proxy
Lieut. Fred O Riley of Waukon was initiated into the Helof Holm V F W lodge in Decorah this week with his father acting as proxy. O Riley has credited his service in the South Pacific defending against Jap planes.
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Decorah
Fred O'Riley
Waukon
South Pacific
Helof Holm V. F. W. Lodge
Racoon Patrol Hosts Farewell For Quentin Bogart
The Racoon Patrol of Boy Scout Troop 35 held a Thursday evening farewell at Richard Fontaine’s home for Quentin Bogart who is moving to Decatur Illinois. Guests included John Vernon Bob Page Robert Williams John Ross Pete and Stanley Kepros Ted Bailey and Bill Page.
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Racoon Patrol
Boy Scout Troop 35
Quentin Bogart
Decatur
Ill
Richard Fontaine
Sherman A. Fontaine
John Vernon
Bob Page
Robert Williams
John Ross
Pete
Stanley Kepros
Ted Bailey
Bill Page
Fiftieth Anniversary of Iowa Free Methodist Society
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Iowa conference Free Methodist churches marks its 50th anniversary at Marion church Sunday evening. Organized in Marion by J. K. Terrill, only two charter members survive Mrs. Handa E. Trimble of Marion and Mrs. Alberta Mendenhall of Fairfield. Mrs. Mendenhall, 96, will not attend. Mrs. C. D. Patrick, wife of the local pastor and president, will speak.
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Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
Iowa Conference of Free Methodist Churches
Marion
J. K. Terrill
Handa E. Trimble
Alberta Mendenhall
Fairfield
M's. Mendenhall
C. D. Patrick
West Marion Garden Club Hosts Annual Guest Tea
The West Marion Garden club held its annual guest tea Thursday at the home of Mrs. Elmer Cherry and Mrs. Carl Cherry. Guest presenter Mrs. Carl Baumhoefner presented the program "Jean's First Garden" as Mrs. Norris Lovig and Mrs. Arlene Fanton sang. Tea served to 16 guests and 20 members with Mrs. Carl Cerver presiding at the refreshment table.
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West Marion
Shakespeare Club Opens Fall Season With Buffet Supper
Mrs. John A. Beeson hosted a fall opening supper for the Shakespeare club with Emma Klein, Mrs. George P. Whitney, and Ruby Powles on the supper committee. President C. D. Burns announced studies of King Richard the Second and Measure for Measure this year. At the Oct. 8 meeting Mrs. Burns will chair the program led by Mrs. Beeson as an introduction to King Richard II.
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John A. Beeson
Shakespeare Club
Emma Klein
George P. Whitney
Ruby Powles
C. D. Burns
King Richard the
Wilcox couple moves to Ottumwa with new SCS post
Mr and Mrs Richard A Wilcox relocate from 1184 Eleventh street to Ottumwa. Mr Wilcox, area engineer for the Soil Conservation Service at Marion since fall 1935, will become district conservationist of the service at Ottumwa.
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Richard A. Wilcox
Eleventh Street
Ottumwa
Wilcox
Soil Conservation Service
Marion
Cornell Family Reaches Moline After Fire Injures Father
Mr and Mrs Kenneth E Cornell were called to Moline Illinois Friday morning as C E Cornell suffered burns when a fire destroyed his home. He was taken to Moline City hospital. Cause of the fire is not known.
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Kenneth E. Cornell
Moline
Ill
Mr. Cornell
C. E. Cornell
Moline City Hospital
Miss Janette Roberts to Wed Keith Jacobs This Month
Mrs Harry Jacobs and Mrs Merle Mc Grew hosted a shower at the Jacobs home 525 Tenth Street with invitations on recipe files and each guest’s favorite recipe placed in a file for the honored bride to keep Refreshments were served by the hostesses Miss Pauline Wetzel and Miss Elaine Leaf hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Roberts Thursday evening at the Wetzel home east of Springville with high school classmates as guests
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Janette Roberts
Keith Jacobs
Miss Roberts
Private Benedict Arrives on 21 Day Furlough from Camp Dix
Private First Class Donald Benedict came from Camp Dix New Jersey to spend a 21 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Russell Benedict. Benedict has a history of infantile paralysis and was restricted from overseas service. He hopes to perform clerical work upon returning to Camp Dix.
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Donald Benedict
Camp Dix
Russell Benedict
Benedict
Northern Ireland
United States
Wakefield
Airborne assignment for Lieut Kohl after furlough
Lieut Howard F. Kohl former ly of Randolph Field Texas left Thursday for Fort Bragg North Carolina to join the airborne command He spent a 10 day furlough here with his parents Mr and Mrs E L Kohl Mrs Kohl accompanied him to Davenport and remained there for a visit with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Lynn Miller Sixty three kindergarten pupils underwent physical and dental exams in the LINCOLN building health roundup sponsored by the P T A with Dr R E Lehdigh and assistants Mrs Harry Rowley and Mrs Elizabeth Gigson
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Howard F. Kohl
Randolph Field
Texas
Fort Bragg
N. C
Airborne Command
E. L. Kohl
Lincoln Building
R. E. Lehdigh
Harry Rowley
Elizabeth Gigson
Railroad line features thousands of ties in mile
A historical note states that a mile of railroad track contains 2,994 ties, illustrating dense standard gauge track construction and railroading practices of the period.
Fairfax Couple to Note Anniversary Milestone
Fairfax residents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. Tow celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a noon family dinner at their Fairfax home and an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. They were born near Stavanger Norway and came to the United States in the early eighties. Married Sept. 26 1892 they farmed near Norway Ia and Fairfax for years before moving to Fairfax about 25 years ago. They are 74 years old and have two sons Gif ford of Cedar Rapids and Omer of Fairfax seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Fairfax
Lewis G. Tow
Tow
Stavanger
Norway
United States
Tows
Gifford
Cedar Rapids
Omer
Spotted Fever Prevalence Drops By Half In Iowa
DES MOINES AP Fourteen Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases were reported in Iowa this year matching last year. In 1939 there were 27 cases and 19 in 1940. First appeared in 1933 in Fayette County with 113 total cases to date. The disease is often fatal and is combated by immunization in affected areas. Wood ticks are carriers.
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Des Moines
Rocky Mountain
Iowa
State Health Department
Fayette County
Women urged to take war jobs and abandon pride
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs urged in a Des Moines convention that women with skills should abandon pride and fill positions left by men in agriculture and industry. The resolution also supported liquor and vice enforcement, federal aid to education without control, aid to dependent children, and compulsory smallpox vaccination.
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Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Scrap Workers Need State Permission for Crandie Girders
Iowa City agents for Crandie say salvaging the pile of steel girders by the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railroad right of way north of North Liberty requires permission from the Iowa state highway commission. The girders were taken from the old Cedar Rapids and Mt. Vernon line and stored near North Liberty for emergency bridge washout use.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
North Liberty
Charles Ingersoll
Crandie
Mt. Vernon
WAAC to Graduate 117 Third Officers
Fort Des Moines AP reports 117 WAAC members will graduate to third officer rank in the third commencement. The school has now produced 790 officers since opening July 20. An all-WAC band debuts, replacing the men's post band, with Mrs. Herman Bakker delivering the graduation address and Oveta Culp Hobby introducing her.
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Fort Des Moines
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Wack
Herman Bakker
Women's Overseas Service League
WAAC
Oveta Culp Hobby
Oilman urges centralized wartime economic control in Iowa
Frank Phillips, 68, chairman of Phillips Petroleum and Midwest head of the petroleum industries war council, urged a central authority to manage the war economy at a Des Moines Chamber of Commerce event. He backed a capable organizer like Donald M. Nelson and said fuel oil could be trucked to the Midwest to ease heating shortages while warning against blanket gas rationing.
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Des Moines
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Oil
Creston
Barber
Midwest
Petroleum Industries War Council
Donald M. Nelson
Phillips
Middle West
East
Souvenir programs honor Johnson County Honor Roll names
Iowa City veterans of Foreign Wars post 2581 distributes souvenir books listing more than 2,037 Johnson County Honor Roll names in local theater lobbies. County 4-H club enrollment drives begin in October under county agent Emmett Gardner. Funeral services are held for 75 year old Joseph Shrader of Sharon township with burial at St. Stanislaus cemetery. he is survived by a brother and a sister.
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Iowa City
Charles F. Smith
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Johnson County
Emmett C Gardner
Iowa
Joseph Shrader
Sharon Township
St. Joseph's Church
Hills
St. Stanislaus
Here
John
Tillie Wenslick
Muscatine
Pleads Innocent to Threatening F D R
Louis Wachter a 35 year old Waterloo war plant worker pleaded innocent to a charge of knowingly and willfully threatening to take the life of or harm the President. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Arthur W Hyke and bound to the federal grand jury in Dubuque Dec 1 with a $1500 bond. Wachter arrested Sept 16 said he had been drinking and did not recall making the statement.
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Waterloo
Louis Wachter
United States
U. S
Arthur W. Hyke
Wachter
Dubuque
Visibility Zero as Washington County Blacks Out
Washington Iowa county conducted its first county-wide blackout in the Seventh corps area with only six violations logged. Major Raymond Wright of Burlington and 100 civilian defense officials observed the test, praised for high alert cooperation, with minor issues at Wellman Rubio and the Washington Elkader football game. The full moon exposed two targets the Methodist church dome and the water tower. violations forwarded to federal authorities.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Seventh Corps
Raymond Wright
Burlington
Ivan Norton
Wellman
Rubio
Methodist Church
Iowa Editors to Discuss Wartime Publishing at Uni Course
Iowa City AP reports editors and publishers from weekly papers will attend a University of Iowa short course October 30 and 31 to address wartime publishing challenges. Speakers include C. R. Dudley from the Treasury War Savings staff and editors from Mason City Globe Gazette Guthrie Center Vedette and Prairie du Chien.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
C. R Dudley
U. S. Treasury Department
Towa
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Alvin Dryer
Prairie du Chien
Wis
R. M
Poll tax ban petition drives House action
Five Iowa congressmen joined 213 others in signing a petition forcing House consideration of HR 1024 to ban poll taxes as a prerequisite for voting. Poll taxes are currently enforced in eight southern states including Alabama Arkansas Georgia Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia. Representatives Fred C Gilchrist Paul Cunningham W S Jacobsen Henry O Tall and Ben F Jensen were among the signers.
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Washington
House
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Fred C Gilchrist
Ben F. Jensen
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Kirkwood
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Allen Stewart
Storm’s
England
Glenn E. Kinser
Raymond Kinser
Fred Hill
Mason City
Ed Sigfred Co
F M. Brown
Marion Road
St. Paul, Minn
Henry Grape
900
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Murray’s
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Leona Grape Clark
Ben Eidemiller
Des Plaines, Il
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Mr Welsher
Rochester
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St Luke's Hospital
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Detroit
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Cornerstone
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City of Jerusalem
D. B. Storck
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Marion, Iowa
Culbert’s Food Market
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Strongheart
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Howard Kohl
National Salvage Collection
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Everett Bullock
de Wayne Bullock
Santa Monica
Calif
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Ozburn
G. E. Keifer
Kansas City
Mrs. Ozburn
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Antone Herda
Oxford Junction
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L. C. Wieneke
George Luense
Margaret Leming
Marion Chisman
Vernon
O.E.S
Ruth Maier
Stewart Hawk
Lee Voorhies
Lillian Voorhies
Hazel van Gorkom
Carolyn Hanscom
Hannah Johnson
Lewis Tow
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
F.D.R
Tugar
Ceca Rapids Moet
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Spolehna
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Roe
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