Farm Bureau Men Visit Des Moines Over Tax on Sealed Corn
O W Schmitter of Rubio A L Dvensing of Washington Richard Stephens and T H Houston of Crawfordsville and Amos Stout president of the Washington county Farm Bureau were in Des Moines on business connected with proposed legislation they viewed as important as leaders in the Farm Bureau. The group traveled to interview county legislators in support of a measure to eliminate the tax on sealed corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Schmitter
Rubio
A. L. Dvensing
Washington
Richard Stephens
T. H. Huston
Crawfordsville
Amos Stout
Washington County Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Washington County
Chicago Blast Probe Under Army Interest
Police said the War Department would join a formal inquiry into an explosion at a chemical laboratory that killed three men and injured six. Lt Bernard Corcoran stated Lt Bennett Cortland would assist to determine TNT sources and use with the army noting no shipment record or license for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bernard Corccoran
War Department
Corcoran
Bennett Cortland
Army Corps Area Office
Army
Confesses to Bank Robbery in Iowa Hold Up
Herman Peters 21 confessed to robbing the Aetna Savings bank at McIntire Iowa on Monday taking 240 dollars. County Attorney Donald Shedbock said the case would be tried this afternoon or tomorrow. Peters was returned to Osage from Rochester Minnesota after agents arrested him hours after the holdup. He was traced via a Cresco Iowa stolen car found near his Minnesota farm home.
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Osage
Iowa
Herman Peters
Aetna Savings Bank
McIntire
Donald Shedbock
Peters
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota
Cresco
Chester
Phillips of men meeting in Cedar Rapids last evening
Lee Suenpel, Bill Barth and Sherm Gault attended a meeting of Phillips of men held in Cedar Rapids last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Suenpel
Bill Barth
Sherm Gault
Phillips of Men
Cedar Rapids
Benders Receive Life Terms in Iowa for Child's Death
Walter and Mabel Bender were each sentenced to life in Iowa prisons for the murder of their wife's year old son Ralph Kodicek. The pair had pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Cedar Rapids before District Judge H Ring last February. The motive was to obtain a $1600 inheritance left by the boy's father. The husband goes to Fort Madison and the wife to Rockwell City reform school. The arraignment was moved up to avoid a packed courtroom and the judge called the crime the most unnatural he had heard of.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Walter Bender
Mabel
H. @. Ring
Earl Stanley
Bender
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Rockwell City Reformatory
Jurge Ring
Christmas Seal sales boost county tuberculosis fight
Fifteen members of the Washington county Tuberculosis association met at the North Side cafe to review the Christmas seal sale proceeds and hear Dr. Barrett and Dr. Boice report. Boice noted 177 x rays on 140 individuals with ten TB cases. eight hospitalized to curb spread. Barrett said nurses made 150 visits, and county TB deaths fell to 1.6 per 100000 in four years. The 1929 goal, $1004, was surpassed in 1940 by about $50 to fund ongoing TB control efforts.
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Washington County Hospital
Washington County Tuberculosis Association
North Side Cafe
D. C. Barrett
C. A. Boice
Washington Territory
Boice
Barrett
Iowa
Washington County
County Tuberculosis Association
Franco in Italy for Meeting
British forces in Africa press the Axis hard as diplomatic talks unfold in Italy. RAF raids hit Rotterdam and other targets from Norway to France while new advances push Italian Somaliland and Eritrea. Franco and Suner meet Mussolini in Rome amid secrecy fueling peace or accord rumors.
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Africa
Italy
Germany
France
Hanover
Bremen
Norway
Denmark
Rotterdam
Holland
Kristiansand
Jutland
Red Sea
Eritrea
Royal Air Force
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Francisco Franco
Spain
Ramon Suner
Mussolini
Rome
Fascism
Franco
Car Ditched Near Cuddeback Corner Injures Two
Victor Stacy of Wayland drove a car that veered into soft dirt at the Cuddeback corner on primary road 92. The vehicle suffered minor damage while two passengers, P P Wenger and Mrs Wenger, received slight injuries a dislocated shoulder and a bruised shoulder respectively. Other occupants, Mrs Stacy Aaron Wyse and Mrs Elon BPosh art, were uninjured.
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Victor Stacy
Wayland
Cuddeback Corner
P. P. Wenger
Stacy
Aaron Wyse
Elon Bposhart
Motors Mechanics in Vocational Courses Outline
Instruction in motor mechanics will be part of vocational training for young men aged 17 to 24 not in school. A meeting for interested participants is set for Thursday at 7 30 in room 112 at the high school. No educational requirements. competent instructors will be provided and a large class is hoped.
County tuberculos is program gains support and renewed officers
The county tuberculosis committee plans advisory services for visiting nurses and seeks no additional funds beyond the stated amount. They praise the PTA in Washington, Superintendent Krabill, and rural school superintendents for county wide support. Officers were re elected: Dr C A Boice president Burrell Foster secretary treasurer Rev Carl W Klein sales chair Old Stove H G Smith and Son Marengo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
Washington
Sup
Erintendent Krabill
C. A. Boice
Burrell Foster
Carl W. Klein
Roy White Involved in Car Hit With Cows Incident
Roy White of Churdan struck two cows with his car last week causing minor damage. Police noted no injuries and no further information was recorded.
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Roy White
Churdan
Roosevelt Seeks 830 Million Urgent Navy Rearmament Aid
President Roosevelt asks Congress to approve emergency supplemental appropriations of about 830 million dollars to speed the naval rearmament program. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee also accepts all House amendments to the British aid bill including a 1.3 billion dollar limit on U S defense materials that can be transferred to foreign powers.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
United States
Knox opposes further depleting U.S. fleet for Britain
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said he is against sending more destroyers to Britain, arguing the U.S. fleet has 159 destroyers, with 15 due this year and 45 next year, and that no more can be spared for balance. He noted prior testimony to Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Frank Knox
United States
Britain
Wendell Willkie
Allotments Go Out to Washington County Farmers
Carl Oldfield says allotments for the 1941 federal benefit program have been sent to over 2300 Washington county farmers. Township committeemen will contact owners to sign allotments as meetings occur in the coming weeks. The allotments are nearly the same as last year. Oldfield and other county officials returned from Des Moines after a two day meeting with committee members and women’s educational workers.
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Carl Oldfield
County Aaa Committee
Washington County
Oldfield
Wayne Norman
Warren Morgan
J. W. Chandler
Florence Stephens
Des Moines
County Legion Meeting Friday in Washington county
Members of American Legion posts from all Washington county towns meet Friday evening February 14 at Knights of Columbus hall in Washing. Col Robert Shaw of Sigourney state Legion commander will give the main address. Van Vodicka of Kalona presides as district officers attend and an entertainment program and dance follow with refreshments served.
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American Legion
Washington County
Washingon
Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
Knights of Columbus Hall
Robert Shaw
Sigourney
State Legion
van Vodicka
Kalona
Legion E
Cows Die In Crash. White Uninjured In Collapse
A vehicle collision resulted in the death of several cows and major damage to the car. White sustained no injuries in the incident.
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Lincoln
Railsplitter
Emancipator
Statesman Lincoln
Orator Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel C. French
County Hospital
Benders
Dr. Boice
United Press
P. I. Wenger
Old Stove
H. G. Smith and Son
Mar
Willkie
Secretary of Navy
Knox
U. S. Fleet
County Legion Meeting
County
White
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