Two Iowa families suffer stomaine poisoning and a dog dies
In Cedar Rapids two-year old and his mother suffered stomaine poisoning after eating chocolates found in a city dump. The dog in the family died after consuming chocolates. Medical staff reported the mother and son were in good condition. In Waterloo aviation notes accompany a broader column on wartime air raids with British cooperation. There is also a labor dispute update from Wilson and Co. in Cedar Rapids with charges of strike lockout filed and back pay sought for union members.
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Waterloo
Mina Bolander
Donald
Cedar Rapids
Wilson & Co
National Labor Relations Board
Ewis Clark
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Clark
Wilson Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Yugoslavia Mobilizes as War Fears Rise in 1941
Belgrade signs mobilization and frontier closures amid reports Yugoslavia may seek negotiations in Rome to avert war with Germany and Italy. Anti-aircraft fire greets intruders near the frontier while authorities halt private vehicles in a sign of possible government requisition.
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Budapest
Yugoslavia
Rome
Belgrade
Greece
Hungary
Germany
Italy
United Press
Great Britain
Goslavia
Royal Air Force
Bus Drivers Appeal to Governor Wilson
A petition asking Governor Wilson to create a board of conciliation and arbitration to settle the dispute between the Iowa City Motor Company and the local AF of L Bus Drivers union was signed by striking drivers. The strike began February 11 with non union drivers operating the buses since February 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Wilson
Iowa City Motor Concia Co
A. F. of L
Transients Refuse Janitor Job at Burlington Tavern
A Burlington tavern owner offered a janitor position at twelve dollars weekly plus board and room. He visited police headquarters and offered the job to one of six transients quartered there. all six refused and a seventh transient accepted the post.
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Burlington
Des Moines man jumps from University Avenue Bridge
Authorities recovered the body of Abe Zarnow 65 a former grocer after he leaped from the University avenue bridge and sank about 200 yards downstream in the Des Moines river. Relatives identified his hat and coat noting ill health.
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Des Moines
University Avenue
Abe Zarnow
Bright Pleads Guilty in Postal Larceny Case
Arthur J. Bright, 43, of Sioux City, pled guilty before Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey to postal larceny. He and two accomplices were arrested April 17, 1939, in Decatur City while attempting to load a stolen safe into a car. The two other men Hammatt and Redfield escaped from Clarke county jail in Osceola on June 26, 1939, and remain at large.
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Des Moines
Arthur J. Bright
Sioux City
Charles A. Dewey
Bright
Decatur City
Charles KE. Hammatt
Alfred CC. Redfield
Clarke County
Osceola
Attorney Pays Fine for Fouts Kidnapping
Sioux City. John Connolly Jr a Des Moines attorney paid the $600 fine imposed in district court a year ago on Howard Fouts a 39 year old Sioux City union organizer after his conviction of kidnapping Fouts was found guilty by a jury of abducting Merritt Brazier and George Brown drivers for H G Gibson of Havelock and Gibson s nephew Marvin Cook Lin of Wetherville in an effort to force Gibson to sign a contract in the union Fouts was sentenced to pay a 600 fine or go to jail six months He appealed
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Sioux City
John Connolly, Jr
Des Moines
Howard Fouts
Fouts
Merritt Brazier
George Brown
H. G. Gibson
Havelock
Gibson
Marvin Cooklin
Wetherville
Visions of Early Settlement of Ford Strike Seen
Governor Murray Van Wagoner of Michigan said prospects for settlement look bright though not immediate. He noted the three man state mediation commission and Federal Conciliator James Dewey must remove idle production workers from River Rouge plant past the picket lines.
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Detroit
Murray van Wagoner
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Threeman State Mediation Commission
James Dewey
River Rouge
CLO
Medical Group To Appeal Case
UP Counsel for the American Medical Association said it would appeal a federal jury verdict finding the group guilty of violating anti trust laws for restraining trade by opposing group health cooperatives. The DC Medical Society was convicted alongside the association. eighteen defendants were acquitted. Maximum fines of $5000 each were possible, with no penalty date set.
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Washington, D. C
The
American Association
Association
District of Columbia Medical Society
Local man jailed over 5.60 bad check case
Rex Nickerson of Washington is jailed after cashing a $5.60 bad check. He appeared before Justice J. K. Bovee and chose to pay a fine or serve 30 days. The fine remains unpaid.
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Rex Nickerson
Washington
Justice of the Peace
J. K. Bovee
Iowa Supreme Court Case and Federal Sentences Noted
The article reports that one man and Ralph Johnson were sentenced in federal court to two years in prison for burning a Metz Bros. truck during the Sioux City bakery strike two years earlier. They are confined in the Terre Haute Indiana penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Supreme Court
Ralph Johnson
Metz Bros
Sioux City
Terre Haute
Ind
Washington High Earns Multiple No 1 and No 2 Ratings
Results from the Iowa City pre state high school music contest show Washington students earning several top ratings. No 1 honors went to Douglas Dowell in baritone, John Rothlisberger in bass, Merle Booth in tenor, and the Washington boys quartet with Willis Booth. Eleanor Tucker and the mixed and madrigal groups received No 2 ratings.
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Iowa City
Washington
Douglas Dowell
John Rothlisberger
Merle Booth
Willis Booth
Eleanor Tucker
Wanda Pence
Geneva H Baker
Nan Hoover
Geneva Baker
Jean Mathers
Marilyn Bell
Jean Atchison
Keith Hammond
Bill Maas
Doris Gray
Robert Bontrager
Pre-state music festival results for Boyd White ensemble group
At the pre state festival students under Boyd White and Maurice Brayton competed in vocal and instrumental events. The girls sextet with Nan Hoover and others earned a 1 rating while the girls trio led by Jean Atchison earned a 2 rating. Several instrumental groups received 1s or 2s, with absences noted due to mumps.
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Boyd White
Maurice Brayton
Nan Hoover
Martha Crossett
Jean Atchison
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Eleanor Tucker
Geneva Bawer
Doris Gray
Muscatine
Georgeanne Rudiger
Audrey Hotle
Frances Porter
Helen Hays
Carol Brewer
Marjorie Carlson
Doris Beatty
Merle Turnipseed
Bill Hammer
Eugene Dunlap
Maxine Guenther
Dorothy Turner
Betty Stewart
Edith Gillespie
Louisa Spelling Champion Crowned at Wapello High
Charlotte Ann Pierce Morning Sun eighth grade pupil at consolidated school won first place in the Louisa county spelling contest held last Saturday at Wapello high school. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Pierce. Joan Hotle of Frog continued as a competitor in the event.
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Charlotte Ann Pierce
Roy Pierce
Morning Sun
Louisa County
Wapello High School
Charlotte
Joan Hotle
Frog
Flights to Establish Precedent in Bomber Observations
United States army aviators will accompany British pilots on raids to study the performance of American long range bombers in actual combat. This marks the first aerial observations by Americans in the current war and parallels naval and ground observer practices with British forces.
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Washington, Dbc
United States Army
United States
Mediterranean
United States High Command
Eight Applicants Receive Driving Licenses in Local Exam
Eight persons who passed driving license exams yesterday were issued permits to operate automobiles. Recipients include Mildred McGraw Lloyd RB Donaldson Ruth M. Ginkene Velma M Beenblossom Mildred C. Yoder and Wilmer A. Maullens John P. Ryan and Mary H. Edgar. Two chauffeurs were licensed J A Cochran Washington and J D Hartzler Wellman.
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Mildred §. McGraw
Lloyi RB. Donaldson
Ruth M. Ginkene
Velma M. Beenblossom
Mildred CC. Yoder
Washington
Wilmer A. Maullens
Wytan
John P. Ryan
Riverside
Mary H. Edgar
Winfield
J. A. Cochran
J. D. Hartzler
Wellman
Appreciation for Gift of a House Trailer
Rev and Mrs DeKoning express gratitude for a house trailer given by W Allen Stewart and Maizie Stewart. The trailer aids American Sunday School Union work in organizing Sunday schools, running daily vacation Bible schools, and revivals across 30 eastern Iowa counties. DeKoning, commissioned Aug 15 1924, cites 251986 miles, 26209 pastoral calls, 16503 letters, 2742 sermons, 8000+ tract distributions, 734 Bibles, 430 New Testaments, 700 gospels, 419 winter classes, 47 revivals, 98 DVBS sessions, 973 church visits, and 98 Sunday schools organized.
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Jacob Dekoning
W. Allen Stewart
Maizie Stewart
DeKoning
American Sunday School Union
Sunday School Union
Missouri
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Four Hurt in Three Car Crash Near Denison Iowa
Four persons injured in a three car collision a mile east of Denison Iowa including an alleged auto thief. A stolen car from Eugene Kenig of Harbor last night side swiped a machine driven by Mrs. Charles Fisher Jr. of Gridden and head on with Mrs. Ethel Austin of Coon Rapids. All victims taken to Denison hospital.
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Denison
Iowa
Here
Eugene Kenig
Harbur
Charles Fisher, Jr
Gridden
Ethel Austin
Coon Rapids
Denison Hospital
Pond School Runner-Up Wins Contest Spelling
Charlotte correctly spells "xeology" to secure second place in the contest while Pond School’s competitor misses the target word executor was spelled correctly by Charlotte and she spelled correctly xeology to win the contest.
Plan Hearing On Plane Wreck
Civil aeronautics board investigators in Vero Beach Florida signaled a formal hearing on the swamp crash of an Eastern Airlines plane in which all 16 aboard survived. Board representatives questioned passengers and crew and planned to inspect the wrecked craft in the swampy area about 11 miles away.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Airlines
A Board
Fire Rages in Cuban Treasury Vaults
In Havana on April 5 a fire swept the Cuban treasury vaults burning sixty million pesos in notes. A treasury agent trying to open a vault was overcome by fumes and the short circuit blamed for the blaze caused it to run out of control as attempts to contain it continued.
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Havana
Treasury
Stewart Appoints Coordinating Group For School Activities
President Richard A. Stewart of the board of education appoints Mrs. Charlotte Baldrige and Harry Ramseyer to a coordinating committee to work with the PTA teachers organization and students council on school problems. The board will allow use of Stewart and Lincoln school grounds for next summer playgrounds and considers a cumulative sick leave clause in teachers' contracts. They are now granted a sick leave to be defined.
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Richard A. Stewart
Board of Education
Charlotte Baldrige
Harry Ramseyer
P.T.A
Students’ Council
Stewart and Lincoln
Highway Crash Leads to Arrest in Washington
A highway crash east of Washington yesterday evening led to the arrest of Clyde Garrett of Washington on a drunk driving charge. Garrett was arraigned by Justice J. E. Bovee and bound over to the September grand jury with a $500 bond. The crash involved a cattle truck from Ainsworth driven by W. A. Lopshire and passenger Fat Orris, colliding with a Washington truck owned by Conrad Implement. Both truck crews were shaken but not seriously hurt, and all cattle were recovered.
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J. D. Rabenold
Wash
Clyde Garrett
Washington
Don Braden
Garrett
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Bovee
Don Rabenold
Ainsworth
W. A. Lopshire
Fat" Orris
Fred Palmer
Conrad Implement Company of
Lopshire
Orris
Proposed five day annual leave approval
The clause allows five days of leave per year but applies to a single year only. If enacted, the change becomes effective from one year into the next or beyond.
Junior College to Stage Sinister House April 24 25
The Junior College presents the three act mystery comedy Sinister House with an all girl cast. Director Ruth Flood lauds the play as highly entertaining with two cast members in their first stage experience and two making their Washington debut. Cast includes Hepzibah Lacey Phyllis Shalla Jeannie Lacey and Dorthea Snyder among others. Show doors open after the Guidance Conference with conference visitors as guests.
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Washington
Hepzibah Lacey
Phyllis Shalla
Jeannie Lacey
Frances Hayes
Mrs. Dirks
Mable Finney
Miss Huey
Edith Megehelsen
Pease Blossom
Dorthea Snyder
Edith Burke
Beverly Niffenegger
Midget Towers
Margaret Hennon
Tony Trent
Lois Humble
Maude Garrett
Virginia Utterback
Ruth Lacey
Frances Sartor
Madame Moray
Norene McFarland
Williamson Advises Ottumwa Federal Security Office Guidance
Buel A. Williamson, manager of the federal security agency office at Ottumwa, advises the agency's approach and procedures amid evolving security concerns. The RCA and local authorities consider updated protocols to enhance vigilance and response readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buel A. Williamson
Federal Security Agency
Ottumwa
Library Bill Delayed in Iowa House
The Iowa House failed to move a $500000 appropriation for the University of Iowa library from the appropriations committee as action neared adjournment. Amid progress on 19 minor bills, four major items remained unsettled including beer policy congressional redistricting and four year terms for county officers. DES MOINES April 5 UP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa House
Appropriations Committee
University of Iowa
House
Des Moines
Open Most of Mines Agreed In Appalachian Coal Talks
New York April 5 Wage hour negotiators reach a draft accord to reopen most idle soft coal mines in the eight state Appalachian region. A one dollar per day raise and paid vacations are reported to be accepted by a majority of operators, affecting about 838,000 idle miners in Appalachia and another 80,600 in nearby districts.
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New York
Appalachian
Interviewer to Visit Washington Post Office on April 9
The journal states he will be in Washington on April 9 and will be at the post office that day to interview individuals interested in social security matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office
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Little Maureen Messick
Terra Ceia
Brest
Atlantic
High Command
River
Visions
Ford Strike
Cleveland
Walant
American Magnesium Company
Louisa
Stewart
Williamson
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