Hawkeye Boys State Election Narrows to 28 Vote Margin
In Hawkeye Boys State closest race, Nationalist party wins 16 state offices led by Robert Fontana of Cedar Rapids for governor by 28 votes over Dayton’s Robert Williams. Federalists gain with Joe Shoemaker Ha warden as agriculture secretary Garver Wilson Waterloo commerce commissioner and Vernon Kriz Cedar Rapids named supreme court judge.
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Grinnell
Hawkeye Boys
Nationalist Party
Robert Fontana
Cedar Rapids
Robert Williams
Dayton
Joe Shoemaker
Hawarden
Garver Wilson
Waterloo
Vernon Kriz
Supreme Court
Hawkeye Boys State
American Legion
Des Moines paving crews advance 10 miles in spring season
Des Moines Iowa paving contractors completed 10 miles of road in April and May the state highway commission said. Only eight paving crews operated in the tight initial two months of the paving season since 1940.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Methodist group denounces sugar liquor policy in session
In Mount Plidasant the Methodist Iowa Des Moines conference denounced the governments sanctioning of sugar use for alcohol production as un Christian unpatriotic and economically unsound. The report from the social courses committee led by Rev Walter A Briggs of Grace Methodist church Des Moines was adopted after several amendments.
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Mount Plidasant
Iowa-Des Moines
Ev. Walter A. Briggs
Grace Methodist Church
Des Moines
Des Moines Enlistments Reach 35 At Local Recruiting Offices
In Des Moines recruiting offices 35 men joined service on Friday. Navy provided 14, Army 13, Marines and Coast Guard 4 each. John Morris of Drake University, known for football basketball and baseball, enlisted in the Marine Corps and aims for officers training before returning to school if called.
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Des Moines
Navy
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
John Morris
Drake University
Marine Corps
Morris
Holstein Show Winners Listed at Southeast Iowa Show
The 388-entry Southeast Iowa Holstein dairy cattle show drew eleven exhibitors. Despite weather and wartime fuel limits, Alsin Leader led awards, with Mosher’s entry named junior and grand champion, and Bash and Swartzendruber winning senior and grand champion cow honors.
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Southeastern Iowa
Army
Alsin
Washington County
J. J
J. J. Mosh
Salem
Dean Johnson
Brighton
C. W. Haight
Winfield
Bruce Taylor
Della
J. L. Mosher
Bash
Swartzendruber
Wellman
Mosher
Haight
Charles Troyer & Sons
R. W. Sarver
Rose Hill
U K Men Landed on Irish Soil
A Northern Irish port reports the safe arrival of a new large American expeditionary force to bolster preparation for the opening of a second front in Europe. The convoys to the British Isles have not faced enemy torpedoes or cannon fire for three months, despite the looming German threat. The latest contingent includes some aero detachments.
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Europe
United Nations
North Atlantic
British Isles
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Hitler
Caucaus
Turkey
British landings in Murmansk raise front question
Reports from Helsinki claim British forces landed at Murmansk to open a fighting front, with unclear details. German efforts to draw Finns into action near the Far North and renewed Soviet supply concerns frame the since-dubious reports.
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Stockholm
Sweden
CUPA
Helsinki
Alle Handa
Murmansk
Russia
Moscow
Petsamo
Unseasonal Cold Grips City With Damp June Weather
A sudden cold snap sent temperatures down to 52 degrees last night with a high of 54 this forenoon, after yesterday’s 78 degree high. June rainfall totals exceed three and a half inches, with .18 inches falling yesterday.
Glove and Mitten Industry Employs Thousands
The making of gloves and mittens is a $70,000,000 industry giving employment to 28,000 persons in nearly 400 factories, according to the census.
Legion to Elect Officers at July Meeting
Commander S W Easter of Leon Beatty post announces nominating committee slate for next year. Committee includes Archie Buwer Russell Frink George Baker Oscar Lane and Clarence Jackson. Big crowd at Legion benefit dance at Rendez vous with Max Lee’s orchestra and June Garrett singing.
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S. W. Easter
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Legion
Rendezvous
Max Lee
Orchesta
June Garrett
Organized Greases Salvage Drive in Washington County
R Wilson chairs the county campaign to collect waste oils and greases for explosive production. Local chairs appointed per town include Brighton Mrs Cora Pringle Rubio and West Chester Mrs A J Steinhagen among others with arrangements with butchers and locker plants to buy greases. Containers should be cans or pails not glass bottles.
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R. Wilson
Washington County
New Trial Sought By Fitch Company
Frank Comfort Fitch attorney filed a motion for a new trial in federal district court seeking to overturn a jury verdict awarding Fitch Co 117000 for land taken by the Des Moines ordnance plant. Fitch had valued the land at 208000.
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Des Moines
F. W. Fitch Co
Federal District Court
Frank Comfort
Fitch
Comfort
Fitch Company
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
Use Funds to Equip Rooms at Hospital
Contractor Earl Wood reports strong progress on the Washington county hospital addition. The new rooms are slated to be ready for use by August first, with furnishings received and stored. About $200 covers a room, and donors may fund remaining spaces or contribute smaller items. several $10 gifts and a $50 donation have already been given.
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Earl Wood
Washington County Hospital
Precinct Committee Members and Delegates Named
County Auditor Stan Kiesey lists the precinct committeemen and committeewomen and the delegates to the Republican and Democratic county conventions from the June 1 primary. The convention is set for 10 a.m. Friday June 26 in Washington, with detailed names for each precinct and ward.
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Stan Kiesey
Washington
Democratic
Democratic Committee
Bring Old Rubber To Salvage Depot
Earle WLibe county salvage chairman urges Washington county residents to bring old rubber of all kinds to the salvage bin across the street from the post office during the next two weeks as part of the national rubber conservation campaign. All rubber materials are wanted to meet the wartime shortage.
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Earle Wlibe
Washington County
Spring Chicken With One Wing Noted At Farm
A White Rock chicken on the Elliott McKinstry farm ten miles southwest of Washington has only one wing. It has mingled for four weeks with 125 chicks of its age without a wing loss being observed. Mrs. McKinstry, while delousing, found the missing wing and notes the bird is otherwise normal and balanced. She raises about 700 small chickens this year.
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Elliott McKinstry
Washington
McKinstry
Ma¢Kinstry
Japanese foothold in Aleutians alarms U.S. forces
United States forces pressed to oust a Japanese foothold on the Aleutian chain west of Alaska after Midway losses. Japanese troops were reported on Attu and KiskaHarbor with attacks described as defensive yet potentially strategic. Allied air and sea power continued strikes as weather permitted.
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United Press
United States
Aleutian
Alaska
Midway Island
Washington
Tatu
Alaskan
Duteh Harbor
Kiska Harbor
Attu
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Tokyo
Russian Siberia
Pacific
Battle of the Coral Sea
Aleutian Island
Crimea
Russia
Crimean
Sevastopol
Russian
Red Star
Defense workers graduate in county civilian defense course
Ivan Norton reports 37 county defense workers completed 22 hours of intensive study at the city hall and received graduation certificates. The class covered aerial attack, organization, gas defense, general subjects, incendiary defense, and plant protection. Certificates were presented as Leigh Soule spoke on mob psychology and highway patrol showed defense films.
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Ivan Norton
Washington County Civilian Defense Corps
Richard McCleery
County Selective Service Board
Norton
Leigh Soule
State Highway Patrol
Des Moines
Europe
Pearl Harbor
Washington
City Hall
Rotory Club
Rotary Club
Wellman
Commercial Club
Kalona
Ainsworth
C. M. Spessard
W. A. Lopshire
Lee Norris
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Washington County Civilian Defense School
U. K
Okura
Rumantay
Tn Turkey
Cora Pringle Rubio
A. J. Steinbeck
West Chester
A. E. Rig
Genhagen
Neke
Crawfordsville
Noble
Otto EF. Frey
William Sitler
Cs R. Wilson
Republican
Republican Committee
Cecil Myers
Roy RK. Crossett Cedar
J. PF. Rittenhouse
Jennie Rittenhouse
Clay—H Brinton
O. W. Schmitter Crawford
J. C. Huston
George Yeager
Dutch Creek
Glen Miller
Zel Miller
W. 8. Kyle
Mary Beggs
Willa Weldin
Donald Bell
D. W. Harvey Washington
W. H. McConnell
Pearl Kennedy
Donald Robison
Merna Robison
Cedar
Will Embree
Clay
Crawford
Mat Wehr
J. L. Fry
Ernestine Grady Richmond
William Chapek
Anna Chapek
Franklin Center
Highland
Lewis Coon
Hazel Boyd
John Walsh
Zelda She
Hbeck
Adam Marion
Sam ‘Marsh, Mrs.’ W H. Sigafoose
Oregon
George Lord
Ethel Trotter
Nira
Charles Steller
Ruth Bull
Marion
Clarence Boshart
Marguerite Boshart
John Rath
Russell Hell
Russell Bell
J. M. Kelly
Verne Birney
Marty Dye
Grace Brown
F. Boller
F. A. Dunbar
Merle Eckels
Chas. Hoover
John €. Owen
USO
Attu Island
China
Kiangsi
Kan River
Nanchang
Chekiang
Libya
Tobruk
R.A.F
el Edim
Acroma
Erwin Rommel
Bier Hachiem
Defense School
M. L. Mel Creedy
J. W. Jones
Harold Miller
J. I. White
Frank Fletcher
Cleo Fletcher
E. H. Reif. Com
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