Dubuque Leads Iowa Scrap Salvage Drive in Early Campaign
Dubuque County led the first day of Iowa's three week scrap salvage drive with about 100 tons harvested. Johnson County followed with 22 tons and Harrison with 20 as 223 tons were reported nationwide. Executive Secretary Herbert C. Plagman urged daily wire reports by 9 am and praised county and township workers for their role.
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Des Moines
Dubuque County
Iowa
Herbert C. Plagman
Dubuque
Johnson
Harrison
Plagman
Red Cross Seeks Iowa Nurses for Reserve Corps
Des Moines AP Iowa chapter of the American Red Cross issued an urgent call for qualified graduate nurses who have passed state board exams to enroll in the Red Cross first reserve of the army and navy nurse corps. Miss Lena Brandt said Iowa lags behind its quota and must enroll several hundred immediately.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Red Cross
Red Cross First Reserve
Army and Navy Nurse Corps
Lena Brandt
Red Cross Nursing Committee
Henderson Speaks at Cornell Art Exhibit
Phil Henderson, art instructor, gave a gallery talk at Armstrong hall as the Cornell art department opened its first exhibit of the year. The show features works from the Cornell collection arranged chronologically to trace art history and remains open to the public until Oct. 17 when alumni art will be displayed.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell
Phil Henderson
Armstrong Hall
Manchester Man Celebrates 91st Birthday on Farm
Albert M. Lane of Manchester marked his 91st birthday on a farm west of Manchester tenanted by his son Edward. The event drew 40 relatives across four generations including 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Lane settled in Iowa in 1872 and still helps with daily farm chores despite his age.
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Manchester
Albert M. Lane
Edward
Frank Child
Aurora
R. J. Erb
Rockford
Ill
Harte Allyn
Frank Carrothers
Masonville
William Patton
Ryan
Edward Lane
Lane
Iowa
Mr. Lane
Hickenlooper to Visit Iowa City Friday
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bourke B. Hickenlooper will visit Iowa City on Friday. A 7 p.m. dinner will honor him at the Jefferson hotel followed by an 8 p.m. public address in the community building, announced by Johnson county GOP chairman H. J. Dane.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
H. J. Dane
Johnson County
Republican Central Committee
Hickenlooper
Jefferson Hotel
Anamosa Soldier Home After Duty in Ireland
Sergt. Ward Vincent, stationed with the American army in Northern Ireland, is spending a 10 day furlough at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Vincent in Anamosa. The note appears in The Gazette.
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Redal
Anamosa
Ward Vincent
Northern Ireland
William Vincent
Government offered Younker air-conditioning gear in Des Moines
Des Moines officials received a request from WPB chairman Donald Nelson for air conditioning equipment and the government was offered the Younker Brothers department store units. The exchange aims to support wartime production and logistics.
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Des Moines
INS
Younker Brothers Department Store
Donald Nelson
WPB
Accident Free McGregor Driver Sets Fancy Tire Mark
Eva Jordan of McGregor, aged 93, has driven 1,400,000 miles with only three slow leaks and no accidents. She reports 69,000 miles on a single set of tires bought Oct 13, 1940, and a current speedometer reading of 101,003 miles, while continuing to transport northeastern Iowa patients to University Hospital in Iowa City.
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Florence Clark
Eva Jordan
McGregor
Jordan
Oelwein
Iowa
University Hospital
Iowa City
Pheasant Census Sets Season Length in Iowa
Iowa’s annual pheasant census under way to guide the season length. Early reports indicate a record pheasant population, with a decision on this year’s opening period due Oct. 6. Sportsmen and farmers push for a 30 day limit, vs last year’s seven day season across 54 counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Seven Events Planned for Iowa U Dad's Day Weekend
The University of Iowa Dad's Day weekend October 16 to 18 features seven events. Festivities begin with an opening mass meeting themed Beat Illinois on Friday night, followed by a dance at the Iowa Union. Saturday offers films, a military drill, and athletics exhibitions at the field house, capped by the Illinois game at 2 p.m. and a parents' dinner at the Union at 6:30 p.m.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
E. E. Harper
Illinois
Iowa Union
Ilinois
Union
Scrap drive roars through Marion with siren and band
Marion residents woke to a city siren led by Fireman Edward on a motorcycle carrying a Get Your Junk Ready banner as a seven piece high school band rode a city truck mobilizing scrap for charity. City trucks and local businesses aid in collection with proceeds to Red Cross USO and China relief.
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Dubuque
Red Cross
Oskaloosa
Waterloo
Plagman
Jowan
Marion
Edward
George Wood
Farmers Elevator Company
Castle Brothers Coal Company
Gordon Hatchery
Stuber Motor Company
John C. Mullin
Tom Dougherty
City
American Red Cross
China Relief
Sergt Murray Hosts Army Camp Radio Programs at Camp Barkeley
Sergt Billy K Murray son of Mr and Mrs Roy W Murray of Marion Iowa leads radio programs from division headquarters at Camp Barkeley Texas He is a musician first class and directs the division drum and bugle corps since his April induction as a private.
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Billy K. Murray
Roy W. Murray
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Murray
Local notices and social items from a midweek page
Community notices include Darlene Keenan departing for Omaha airline training and Mrs. E V Carey hosting the Cary club. Church circles meet, including Rachel Booth guild and St Marys circle. Local families host visitors, Cub Scouts plan a meeting, and St Josephs Catholic church circle gathering noted.
Sills Family Hosts Dinner After Son Enlists in Navy
Mr and Mrs Cliff Sills praised their son Neil Sills who has joined the navy and went to Fort Des Moines Monday. Sunday’s family dinner included guests Richard Sills Lowell Byse Frank Schwarz Cedar Rapids and relatives Eldon Bencke Neil Sills Milton Fay Lila Wilma Joyce and Larry Sills.
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Neil Sills
Fort Des Moines
Cliff Sills
Richard Sills
Lowell Byse
Frank Schwarz
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Bencke
Milton
Fay
Lila
Wilma
Joyce
Larry Sills
McDonnell Family Ill and Transfer News From Marion Area
C L McDonnell is seriously ill at home in Marion with relatives traveling from Leesville Savanna Cedar Rapids and Des Moines to assist. Private Frank B Travis moved from Camp Dodge to Will Rogers Field Oklahoma. Harry Rockey ill at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids to be moved to Earl Jacobs home Wednesday. Local social notes report the Dry Creek Ladies Progressive club gathering and visits by Maude Grandle Secrist and L F Machacek family engagements nearby.
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C. L. McDonnell
Eighteenth Street
Marion
Thomas McDonnell
Leesville
Frank McDonnell
Savanna, Ill
Charles Burkhart
Lowell Randall
Cedar Rapids
McDonnell
Agatha McDonnell
Des Moines
Frank B. Travis
Camp Dodge
Will Rogers Field
Oklo
Harry Rockey
Mercy Hospital
Earl Jacobs
Maude Grandle Secrist
Pierre and Philip, S. D
Harry J. Murphey
Manchester
Delaware
Ezra Coates
Chicago
Gill
Waukon
Anna Gjefle
West Paint Creek
J B. Anseth
Norway
Eric Gjefle
Olaf
Louis
Otto
Theodore
Emil
Melvin
Hannah McChintock
Clinton Kelly
Tenius Kolsrud
Near Waukon
Ida Thorstensen
Fargo
N D
Earl Kruse
Dubuque
Enoch Mark
Luana
Waterloo to vote on airport bonds in November election
Waterloo voters will decide November 3 whether to authorize a 450000 dollar municipal airport bond issue to buy a site for a city airport. The council set a three quarters of a mill annual tax levy for the bond. Waterloo currently has two privately operated airports hosting federal pilot training classes.
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Waterloo
Des Moines Board Protests OPA Installment Plan
The Des Moines real estate board adopted resolutions protesting an Office of Price Administration plan to require a minimum $500 down payment on homes sold on installment. It also urged opposition to a proposal to set monthly payments below frozen rent scales.
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DES Moines
Des Moines Real Estate Board
Office of Ffice Administration
OPA
Chelsea Couple Wed at St Joseph’s Church
Chelsea residents Rachel Landuyt and Theophille Cleppe were married at St. Joseph’s church Saturday by Rev. Father Panek. The bride’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edd Landuyt. the groom’s parents reside northwest of town. The newlyweds will reside with the groom’s parents for now.
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Chelsea
Rachel Landuyt
Theophille Cleppe
St. Joseph’s Church
Panek
Edd Landuyt
Here
Webster native Ace Wheeler listed missing in action
First Lieutenant Marion L. Wheeler of Webster is listed as missing in action. Air Force News credit him as the best bombardier in the Pacific for sinking a heavy cruiser and two transports after delivering eight bombs in a convoy of Japanese ships near Java and Bali during World War II.
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Webster
Marion L. Wheeler
Army Forces
Pacific
S. T. Wheeler
Wheeler
Robert B. Hotz
Air Force News
Smelser
H. C. Smelser
Java
Bali
Macassar Straits
Poisonous Dust in Tut’s Tomb Killed 20 Survivors Speak
Des Moines reports Dr J O Kinnaman one of two survivors from the 1922 Tutankhamun expedition says twenty others died from poisonous dust rather than a tomb curse. He recalls a pneumonia like illness and notes he recovered from a 1939 ailment. The only other survivor mentioned is H H Hall of the British Museum.
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Des Moines
INS
J. O Kinnaman
King Tut
Egypt
Kinnaman
Los Angeles
H. H. Hall
British Museum
Melroses Speak at Walker Church on Wednesday
Mr and Mrs Paul Melrose former Presbyterian missionaries to China visit Walker and will speak at the United Church on Wednesday evening. The Melroses will share experiences from their missionary work and current family connections in the area.
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Melroses
Walker
the Gazette
Paul Melrose
China
The
United Church
Appleby Calls Social Influences Key to Government
Ames AP Paul Appleby undersecretary of agriculture told an Iowa State College audience that American democracy grows from citizen and group influence not imposed from above. He said USDA has built strong citizen contacts to support flexible, well administered farm programs and better public relations.
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AMES
Paul Appleby
Iowa State College
Department of Agriculture
Appleby
Iowa Deaths Report Wide Rural List Of Funeral Notices
Multiple obituaries from Iowa towns record deaths and services. James Tucker of West Branch died of a heart attack. Mary Elizabeth Hansel of Garber and Kathryn Cahill of Iowa City also noted with funeral details.
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West Branch
James Tucker
Tipton
Frank Tucker
Washington
Michael Horrigan
Frank Donahoe
Gary Hayslett
Irene
St. Joseph’s Church
Cedar Valley
Garber
Mary Elizabeth Hansel
Fairview
Fred Riggs
Ames
Stern
Fredericksburg
Mallory Township
Clayton County
Dubuqque Hospital
Willam J Hansel
Cedric
Florine
Lavina Oldham
Riverside
Calif
Iowa City
Kathryn Cahill
St. Patrick's Church
St. Marguerite’s Cemetery
Davenport
Hohenschuh
Cahill
Belle Plaine
William
John
John McQuiston
McGovern Chapel
W . Alen
Oakland Cemetery
McQuiston
Geneva McQuiston
Reginald Blecha
Pella
Vance Blecha
Harold Blecha
Arthur Brown
Manitowoc
Wis
Wheldon Hoepner
John Mandeville
Cleveland
Ohio
Martin
Colfax
Monticello
Henry Freese
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Henry L. Adix
Freese
Germany
United States
William Matthiessen
Ernest Wahl
Gerhard Freese
Lovell Township
John Peters
Hopkinton
Alexander Blair
Manchester
Hopkinton Presbyterian Church
David de Best
Sarah Mullen
North Fork Township
Delaware County
Blair Farm
Blair
Guy Duncan
Ina Robbins
Hop
Vice President Wallace praised by Mexican singer for charm in Spanish
New York AP report quotes Margo the Mexican singer saying Henry Wallace speaks Spanish charmingly with a corn belt accent. She notes his Washington speeches to Latin America show solid knowledge of Mexican songs and history, despite slight slang in a San Geronimo anecdote.
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New York
Gay Caballero
Loway
Henry Wallace
Washington
Margo
Xavier Cugat
Wallace
San Geronimo
Lidice
93 Iowa City staff called to service
A survey by the medical bulletin shows 93 men and women from the University of Iowa hospitals and medical college staff have been called into military service.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Hospitals and Medical College
Medical Bulletin
Much Warmer Weather Promised for Iowa After Cold Spell
Des Moines AP reports the weather bureau forecasts much warmer conditions for Iowa after a spell of autumn cold. No precipitation in the past day. Monday high reached 57 at Atlantic, with a low of 29 at Decorah.
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Des Moines
Towana
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Decorah
Continue Schenk Trial With 11 Jurors In Box
Vinton Benton county district court resumed the LaVerne Schenk trial with 11 jurors hearing the case. Prosecution and defense agreed to proceed after juror Claud Sanders fell ill and could not report Monday morning.
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Vinton
LaVerne Schenk
CIO
Benton County
Claud Sanders
War bonds rally in Wheatland yields $19000
A Wheatland rally and dance raised $19 000 in war bonds, sponsored by Legion post 445, drawing over 400 attendees at Legion hall. Ferdinand Schneider led with a $2000 purchase, marking the second highest county tally.
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Wheatland
Legion Post 445
Legion Hall
Clinton County
Ferdinand Schneider
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Henderson
Ireland
Iowa U
Marion News
Women of the Christian Church
Earl H. Wescott
Riverside County
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J. P. Slater
John Wapsler
Henry Rohwer
Elaine Wapsler
Slater
John Reese
Chris Sulser
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J. H. Stamnaway
Myron Messerschmitt
St. Petersburg, Fla
Air Corps Technical Training School
W. G. Neill
Donald James
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Red Oak
Donald Dermyer
Griswold
Charles Schaefer
Richard C. Schaefer
Seattle, Wash
Lutheran Family Club
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thomas Park
Sergt. Murray
Army Camp
Darlene Keenan
Omaha
Airlines Communications
E. V. Carey
Cary Club
Gerald Thomas
Nevil Shute
Rachel Booth
the Baptist Church
Howard McKee
B. H. Shaw
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Otto Kieckhaefer
Lincoln Drive
Lee Voorhies
Harve Allen
Cherokee
Robert Lenz
Holstein
Stewart Hawk
Alfred Bensch
Floyd Robson
Blazing Star Circle Masonic Lodge
Wyoming
Tom Gallagher
Signal Corps School
Mrs
R. J. Gallagher
Cub Scout den No. 5
W. H. Balster
Howard Hutchinson
Balster
St. Mary’s
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
George W. Dippel
Cc. L. McDonnell II
Ladies Progressive Club
Dry Creek
Melvin Hasselbusch
L. F. Machacek
Dysart
James Fernow
Ace Bombardier
Tut
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Kate
Solon
Anna Baker Hruby
Albert Hruby
St. Mary's Church
Brosh Funeral Home
Nie” ‘Beer High Life Pe
BaLwine
Henry
Schenk
Ely
Frank J. Krob
Sergt
Norbert F. Krob
Camp Funston
Kan
Harold Zvacek
Beverly Butters
Rex Thiese
Shirley Swarts
Bill Jenkins
Ray Wine
Lillian Mazziotti
Dick Theobald
Inez Hosch
L. Beardslee
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Rickert
Pierre Oil Company
Jones County District Court
Charles J Haas
Elwood Kirkpatrick
Clarence
H. C. Sievers
Olin
G. H Withan
Edward Schemmel
Harold Klahn
Torronto
Leo Skahill
Cascade
William Balsinger
Norman Bickell
Eld Construction
Faiferns
Onis
Aale
Teo
A. W. Peterson
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