Iowa Column Recalls 1912 Murder Case In Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids column notes an Atlanta police arrest of fugitive evangelist Rev C A Higby, once jailed at Anamosa reformatory 27 years earlier. Higby, who called himself the Rev Higby, was convicted in 1913 for second degree murder in the December 10, 1912 shooting of his wife, a case revived by Earl Stanley chief of detectives who alerted southern authorities after Higby was seen in evangelistic work.
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Cedar Rapids
Atlanta
Anamosa Reformatory
C. A.higby
Earl Stanley
Southern Police
Higby
South
Nebraska Man Admits Iowa Bank Holdups
Orval Lloyd Skinner 28 a Winnebago Neb native confessed to robbing Farmers Savings Bank Pierson Iowa $1200 on March 19 and Perry State Bank Bagley Iowa $497 on April 3. He was captured near St Louis after fleeing the Home State Bank Louisville Neb $1300 holdup. He also admitted wounding a Saline State Bank Wilber Neb customer April 2.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Des Moines
St. Louis
Orval Lloyd Skinner
Winnebago
Neb
Pierso
Farmers Savings Bank
Perry State Bank
Bagley
Skinner
Louisville
Missouri
Saline State
Wilber
Fort Dodge Boy, 5, Drowns in River
Fort Dodge reports a five year old boy, Gerald Ericson, fell from the river bank into the Des Moines River near his Fort Dodge home. He was swept away while playing with his seven year old brother Benton. A search followed the accident near the Bennett canal.
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Fort Dodge
Gerald Ericson
Des Moines
W. L. Ericson
Benton
Bennett Viaduct
Cedar Falls Teen Chooses Year Licenses Suspension
Daniel Mc Nabb a 17 year old Cedar Falls high school student charged with reckless driving was given a choice by Justice C Thorsrud to read a 500 word essay on safe driving before a high school assembly and receive a six month license suspension or face a full year suspension. He chose a full year suspension.
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Cedar Falls
Daniel McNabb
Justice C. 5
Thorsrud
McNabb
Brain Hemorrhage Kills Iowa City Boy
Iowa City nine year old Karl Kondora son of George and Mrs Kondora was found dead in bed. An autopsy by Coroner George Callahan concluded the death was caused by a brain hemorrhage.
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Iowa City
Karl Kondora
George Kondora
George D. Callahan
Kondora
Iowa School Children To Get Merit Awards
More than 7 000 Iowa school children members of safety patrols will receive merit certificates and bronze merit awards from the Motor Club of Iowa. A B E Rhoades, manager, announced. Each child has spent an hour daily on duty at dangerous crossings, totaling over one and a half million hours promoting traffic safety.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Motor Club of Iowa
A. BE. Rhoades
Rhoades
Man Fatally Burned as Distillate Ignites at Home
INDEPENDENCE James R. Trotter, 67, a shoe and harness repairman from Aurora, was fatally burned when a two gallon distillate can ignited as he lit a fire. Neighbors rescued him from the room but burns covered most of his body. He died at People's hospital after being brought from Aurora. He had lived in Aurora most of his life. He is survived by his wife.
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Independence
James R. Trotter
Aurora
Trotter
People’s Hospital
Heavy Chineh Bug Threat Looms Over Iowa Counties
Dr. Carl J. Drake says an outbreak is likely in Harrison Shelby Audubon Guthrie Pottawattamie and Cass counties with eastern counties Louisa Muscatine Washington Henry and Lee at risk. Weather in coming months will decide severity as heavy spring rains could curb growth while dry conditions may worsen the infestation. Creosote stocks exceed 100000 gallons with potential to reach two million gallons for early control if needed.
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Shelby
Crawford and
Carroll
Washington County
Louisa
Muscatine
Washington
Hen
Ry and Lee
Iowa
Drake
Shelby County
Program of Band Concert at High School April 29
The high school band presents a concert featuring Victory and Fame Holmes Prayer and Dream, Hansel and Gretel pieces, Humperdinck Funeral March, trombone and violin solos, Mozart woodwind and string ensembles, and finishes with Saint-Seans Symphony No. 1 in E flat recorded by Milo Sorden of Sorden's Music Store.
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Holmes
iMarch
Hansel
Grete Humperdinck
Conched
Charles Mayo
Brooks
Wfillmore
Bennett
Dorothy Turner
Georganne Rudiger
Audry Hotle
Eleanor Tucker
Valse
Ruberstein
Shirley Dunlap
Genevieve Baker
Mary Baldridge
Rhea Buck
Mozart
Georgeanne Rudiger
Frances Porter
Friedemann
The
Sierras
David Bennett
Eugene Dunlap
Glory of the Gridiron
Alford Milo Sorden
Sorden's
Saint-Seans
Experts Suggest New Plan For Tax Increases
Washington April 26 UP experts propose a new plan for a 3.6 billion defense and British aid funding. It would start surtaxes at six percent on all taxable income raising about 1.1 billion, lighter than the treasury 11 percent plan which would yield 1.521 billion. New consumption levies on sugar coffee tea cocoa and electric light bulbs plus a 4 tax on each operating automobile are included.
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Washington, D.C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Navy expands Atlantic patrol to keep safe channel
The navy plans expanded patrols across the Atlantic to maintain a safe channel for ships carrying supplies to Britain. The move aims to safeguard merchant convoys and ensure steady wartime logistics as tensions rise.
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Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Britain
Governor Laches to Work Amid Lace Theft Mystery
Des Moines April 26 Governor George A Wilson was late to work after discovering a shoe lace missing from one shoe. A visitor described as a seag anger hunter reportedly came to the Governor’s home last night seeking a lace and his 18 year old son Jim provided one.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Hunter
Jim
Drake on protecting corn from chinch bug damage
Drake said the federal government may not be needed as chinch bugs begin to migrate into small grain. He warned that once the pests enter, little can save the crop, but if harriers are laid in time and properly maintained, 95 to 99 percent of the corn crop can be saved.
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Drake
Employers Will Hold Positions For Men in Army
The Washington county selective service board announced classifications of registered men last night noting employers are arranging to hold jobs for men entering induction and training in the army. The board praises employer cooperation and urges broader adoption to support national defense and training periods. The Washington board of education agreed to hold teaching positions for two instructors likely to be called this summer, with the school district preparing to hire new teachers next year. The affected are Walter Lussky and J Orval Meckenberg.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
National Defense
Washington Board of Education
Washington
Walter Lussky
J. Orval Meckenberg
Picture Soldiers With Movie Actress at Camp Roberts
LOOK magazine features five pages of Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Roberts California with actress Jane Russell posing with trainees. Local servicemen David Augustine Carl Schuler Stanley Johnson Ralph Knapp John West among midwest selectees in fifth week of training at infantry replacement center about 250 miles north of Los Angeles under Lt Colonel George Norris.
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List Infantry
Camp Roberts
Calif
Look Magazine
Jane Russell
S811st
David A. Augustine
Carl W. Schuler
Ralph C. Knapp
John W. West
George B. Norris
Mid-West
Pacific Coast
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Los Angeles
Draft Board Adjusts Classifications At Local Induction
Richard McIntosh of the Washington State Bank was promised his job upon return as draft board statements reflect his position. The board last night placed 18 men in Class 3A for those with dependents, three in 4F not qualified, and two in 1A ready for immediate induction. Ten men were referred for physicals, with examination dates not yet announced.
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Selective Service Board
Richard McIntosh
Washington State Bank
Manufacturing In County Shows Good Increase
A census bulletin shows Washington County Iowa expanded its manufacturing sector from 12 to 17 establishments between 1937 and 1939. Wage earners rose from 468 to 506. costs of materials and energy climbed, and value of products plus value added by manufacture increased, with comparisons to Jefferson Henry Keokuk Louisa Muscatine and Johnson counties noted.
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Ashington County
United States Bureau of the Census
Iowa
Washington County
Census Bureau
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Henry County
Keokuk
Louisa
Muscatine
Johnson Counties
Johnson County
Washington
Mediation Urged to Avert Auto Plant Strike
The defense mediation board urged General Motors and the United Auto Workers to keep plants open and send representatives to Washington on May 2 to mediate a threatened strike. The request asked any May conference agreement to be retroactive to April 28.
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Washington, D.C
Defense Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Cio
CIO Group
Thebes Captured as German Drive Near Athens
Berlin reports rapid German assault toward Athens from two directions. Thebes fell 40 miles northwest of Athens as another force landed on Euboea, captured Chalcis, and pressed toward the mainland. The high command says rapid troops pursue the beaten British rear guard while Thesos Samothrace and Lemnos islands fall, blocking access to the Dardanelles. Allied troops fight on, evacuations underway and scattered groups race to southern harbors.
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Berlin
Athens
Thebes
Euboea
Chalcis
Thesos
Samothrace
Lemnos
Dardenelles
Iowa Farm Holdings Cut by Bank Program
Omaha April meeting of the farm credit board heard Charles McCamsey president of the Omaha federal land bank say 105 Iowa farms were sold in the first quarter of 1941. He said the bank aims to close most Iowa land holdings this year and that the bank and the federal farm mortgage corporation have reduced ownership or acquisitions from 1309 to about 509 farms.
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Omaha
Iowa
Charles McCamsey
Omaha Federal sJand Bank
Bank
Farm Credit Board
L and Bank
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Carol Expected to sail Transatlantic Clipper to U S
New York April 26 King Carol of Romania is expected to take the Transatlantic Clipper from Lisbon for the United States late this month en route to Valparaiso Chile. Reliable reports here today place him aboard the liner to advance his travels.
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New York
King Carol of Romania
Lisbon
United States
Valpariso
Chile
Golden State Train Schedule Changes Announced
Agent Lewis Goodlander of the Rock Island railway announces new time cards effective tomorrow for Washington trains. The Golden State Limited from Chicago will depart three minutes earlier arriving at 3:57. California trains will meet at 2:20, seven minutes earlier, with No 1 delaying to 11:30. The east bound Golden State Limited arrives at 1:08 instead of 3:11.
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Lewis Goodlander
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Washington
Golden State Limited
Chicago
California
Man Pleads Guilty to Disturbing the Peace in City Hall
Wilbur Buzz Richard son, 22, pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace after an argument at the Anderson hotel. Mayor R L Lytle ordered a five dollar fine. Complaint filed by N D Anderson, alleging Richardson clashed with Joe Arnold, an elderly man.
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R. L. Lytle
Wilbur
Buzz") Richardson
N. D. Anderson
Anderson Hotel
Richardson
Joe Arnold
Government faces 160000-strong strike over wages and other demands
Frances Perkins said the proposed strike by about 160,000 workers could halt production of materials vital to national defense if wage, closed shop, and other grievance demands were not met.
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Laor
Frances Perkins
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Jassie) Condon
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