Charivari plan ends in injuries near Cleghorn Iowa
A planned charivari by friends led to a head on crash injuring newlyweds Mr and Mrs Cecil Dorr of Cleghorn and hired hand Marvin Dreeszen. Mrs Dorr suffered severe facial cuts while Dreeszen sustained four broken ribs and a punctured lung. Sheriff Don Phipps noted both cars drove with lights off and collided in darkness.
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Cherokehe
Cecil Dorr
Cleghorn
Marvin Dreeszen
Dorr
Dreeszen
Hill Assumes Duties at G.O.P. Headquarters Des Moines
R E Hill a Oxford Junction publisher becomes secretary of the state central committee at the newly redecorated GOP headquarters in Hotel Savery. H A Grantham of DeWitt moves to the state tax commission July 1, and Mildred Crosby of Clarksville joins as stenographer taking over some duties while Blanche Stafford shifts to Garntham’s secretary position at the tax commission.
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Des Moines
Hotel Savery
R. BE
Bandits Stolen Car Found in Montana Mystery
A gray 1938 Buick sedan stolen from Mayor O. F. Smith's garage in Storm Lake has been found at Broadus, Montana. Authorities were notified after a filling station was held up at Miles City and another car was stolen there, sheriff C. R. Gaffin reported.
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Storm Lake
O. F. Smith
Marathon
Iowa
Broadus
Mont
Miles City
C. R. Gaffin
Attorneys Seek To Reopen Tax Case Des Moines
Attorneys for Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck urged the Iowa Supreme Court to reopen the mail order use tax case to obtain rulings on legal questions not covered in earlier proceedings. The U S Supreme Court recently ruled the state may revoke permits for in state mail order business if the 2 percent use tax is not collected. Stuart Ball, representing Montgomery Ward, said federal constitutional questions were significant and not argued initially.
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Des Moines
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Iowa Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Stuart Ball
Keul Ousts Agent From Union Job
Carl Keul of Des Moines, representative of the International Drivers union, ousted Mason City local business agent Joe Pease from office. Keul accused Pease of belonging to the Socialist Workers union described as the Trotsky group and of attempting to shift the local AFL-CIO alignment. Local members voted unanimously to remain with the AFL.
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Mason City
Carl Keul
Des Moines
International Drivers Union
Joe Pease
Keul
Pease
Socialist Workers Union
Trotsky Group
A. F. of L
C.I.0
Camp Dodge worker suffers unusual on-site accident
Des Moines reports Delbert Anderson, 41, injured at Camp Dodge on a sewage disposal plant project. While building scaffolding for a tank, an excavating machine overturned, causing the drag line boom to strike the scaffolding. Anderson fell into a sand-filled cubic-yard bucket, nearly suffocating before coworkers freed him. he sustained a fractured right hip, fractured left foot, and internal injuries.
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Des Moines
Delbert Anderson
Camp Dodge
Anderson
New Minister Rev Riess Begins Washington Pastorate
Rev Ivan Riess is named the Church of Christ pastor in Washington. He recently completed a theological course in a Knoxville Tennessee school and this marks his first pastorate. His former home was North English Iowa.
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Ivan Riess
Church of Christ In
Washington
Knoxville
Draftee Enjoying Army Life Writes Home from Camp
Harry Strathman formerly on Milford Anderson farm northwest of town reports from Camp Leonard Wood Missouri where he serves in Company D First Infantry Sixth Division. He says he is well and enjoys army life, asks for the Washington Journal, and shares details of camp life, a fifty caliber machine gun unit, sports and shows, and maneuvers planned for August 11 in Tennessee or nearby.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
Harry Strathman
Milford Anderson
Town
Camp Leonard Wood
Missouri
First Infantry
Washington Journal
Washington
Leutenant
Paris
Ozark Country
Tennessee
Hogs Reach Three-Year High on Chicago Market Today
Chicago on June 18 reports hog prices climbing 153 cents overnight to 1.15 per hundredweight, a three year peak. Agriculture department sources credit light receipts and the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation purchases for the rise, noting the new high since July 15, 1938.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Sioux City inquiry into county graft sparks inspector dismissal
A Sioux City area probe into county graft is under way amid a police controversy that led to the dismissal of Inspector Joseph. The grand jury investigation follows reports of misconduct and potential corruption within local law enforcement and county officials.
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Sioux City
Anether
Woodbury County
Joseph
Wandering Woman Found On Chicago Streets
Police puzzled by an elderly woman’s wandering on Chicago’s west side. Mrs Effie Cook 82 of New Hartford Iowa said she drove to Chicago in a horse drawn buggy with her son Norman a farmer. She cannot explain separation from her son. Officers seek Norman and will notify New Hartford authorities. Mayor Dodd advised Mrs Cook left New Hartford Tuesday for Valparaiso Indiana in a car driven by her 55 year old son.
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Chicago
West Side
Effie Cook
New Hartford
Iowa
Norman
Hanna Estate Case Decided by Court
Judge P. J. Siegers ruled Emma M. Maxwell’s claim against Nelson Thompson, administrator of the Lee Hanna estate, as an unsecured third class claim for 2475.44 dollars. The petition to set aside the May 14 1940 order exempting property for Jeannette Hanna was denied and the exempt property confirmed for Jeannette. Judge Siegers spoke in Sigourney and Washington before returning to Newton and plans to be in Washington for the March term on June 24.
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P. J. Siegers
Emma M. Maxwell
Nelson Thompson
Lee Hanna
Maxwell
Jeannette Hanna
Silegers
Newton
Washington
Sigourney
Shakeup Rumors Fly After Inspector Demotion
Police Chief Ray J. iWann dismissed E. Young for conduct unbecoming an officer with Safety Commissioner H. N. Sturgeon approving. The transfer from inspector to head of the detective bureau sparked the clash, though broader changes have loomed for weeks.
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E. Young. Young
Ray J. iWann
H. N. Sturgeon
Young
Detective Bureau
Nearly 100 Attend County 4-H Beef and Swine Tour
Ninety eight 4 H club members, parents and friends participated in the annual beef and swine project tour across the county. Twenty seven stops were made from 7 45 a m to 5 39 p m starting at Bob McLaughlin's home and ending at A L Duensing farm. Ed Sondergaard and Rollie Pemberton aided local leaders while Pemberton praised the pigs and projected strong project outcomes. A noon basket dinner was held in Riverside Park. Charles Karel presided over the event.
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Ed Sondergaard
Rollie Pemberton
Bob McLaughlin
A. L. Duensing
County American Legion Meet Friday in Wellman
A county gathering of Washington members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will meet Friday evening at Wellman High School. Mrs. Wilma Briggs of Lisbon, state president of the Legion Auxiliary, will speak. British war films will be shown and an entertainment program is planned.
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Washington
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Wellman
Legion
Wellman High School
Wilma Briggs
Lisbon
The
Legion Auxiliary
Riverside club tour with superintendent visits schools
Riverside Community club and Superintendent Wiley of Riverside public schools attended a noon hour tour. Members compared projects with others and discussed nations and suggestions were made for improvements in feeding and management practices at several stops during the day.
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Riverside Community Club
Wiley
Riverside Public Schools
County towns set schedule for driving license applications
Sheriff H. M. Putnam announced a county wide drive to accept new license applications. Locations include Kalona city hall Crawfordsville bank Wellman bank Riverside Rabenold feed store Ainsworth Rabenold and other sites from June 19 to June 30. Applicants must bring 1939 41 licenses or apply in Washington for duplicates if lost.
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H. M. Putnam
Court House
Kalona City Hall
Crawfordsville
Bank
Wellman
Ainsworth
Rabenold Feed
Kalona
City Hall
Riverside
Washington
German Turkish Non-Aggression Pact Beginnings Report
London reports Turkish sources say a German Turkish non aggression pact has been initiated though not yet signed An Ankara source adds the pact is concluded and may be announced later The accord reportedly allows Turkey to honor the Anglo Turkish alliance and originated with Franz von Papen the German envoy to Turkey
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London
Ankara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Dr Will Boice to Army Training Camp Custer
Dr Will Boice of Chicago son of Dr and Mrs C A Boice of Washington will join the army for a period of training next Monday. He is assigned to Camp Custer Michigan as a captain in the medical corps according to word received by his parents.
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Will Boice
Chicago
C. A. Boice
Washington
Army
Camp Custer
Mich
Widmer Sentenced In Two Courts Here
Glenn Widmer a 19 year old from Wayland received sentences in the justice court of J B Boyee and in the Newton district court presided by Judge P J Siegers. He pled guilty to reckless driving and drew 15 days in the county jail. He also pled guilty to illegal possession of intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to four months but suspended on good behavior and he was paroled to Sheriff Putnam. Both judges recommended suspension of Widmer’s driving license for one year. He was arrested after a complaint for reckless driving led officers to liquor in his car.
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Glenn Widmer
Wayland
Windmer
Siegers
H. M. Putnam
Justice Bovee
State Public Safety Department
Widmer
Young Folks Escape Hurts in Car Crash
A group of youths from St Pauls Evangelical and Reform church narrowly escaped serious injury at a church convention near Donnells on Monday evening. Two cars collided on the main country road. neither rolled over, both were badly damaged, and all occupants sustained only bruises. William Finke of Washington suffered the most serious injury, a severe bruise to his leg.
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St. Paul's
Earmark Iowa Funds to Shield Rail Rates
Des Moines reporting that an Iowa legislative interim committee earmarked 25 000 dollars for the Iowa state commerce commission to guard the state from adverse effects of a forthcoming federal railroad rate decision. The move aims to prevent Iowa from being hurt by potential rate changes.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Iowa
Federal Commerce Commission
Violation Of Treaty Alleged In German Protest
Washington, June 18. Germany formally protested U S actions closing German consular offices and propaganda agencies, alleging treaty violation. Undersecretary Sumner Welles said the note concerns the order against German agents and does not address Roosevelt’s axis funds freeze. He noted safe conduct talks and no unusual funds for officials leaving the United States. No comment on retaliation or American reply.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Welles
Counway
Forecast Heat Wave for Iowa Rest of Week
A heat wave is forecast for the rest of the week in Iowa. Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed said temperatures will reach about 90 degrees each afternoon, contrasting with two weeks of cold rain and below normal sunshine. The past 24 hours saw highs of 86 in Sioux City and Council Bluffs and a low of 54 in Decorah, with no rain reported.
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Des Moines
Upo
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Decorah
Massacre Site Purchase Fight Narrows Funding
Governor Wilson urged buying the Abbie Gardner Sharp cabin at Spirit Lake. Owners want $10,000, with the House approving $5,000 and the Senate trimming to that same amount. An interim committee was to cover the balance, but a legislative act caps total state funding at $5,000, complicating the plan.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Legislative Interim Committee
Abbie Gardner Sharp
Spirit Lake
House of Representatives
Senate
Family Hunts Donors of Type Four Blood
The family of W. S. Peterson, a 69 year old farmer, seeks donors of type four blood who have recovered from a blood disease that destroys multi polar white cells. Peterson's son Peter is in hospital ill with the disease. Type 4 blood is rare and Peterson has had two transfusions, with two more planned this week. Family says no local shortage of type 4 blood but cannot find donors who had the disease.
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W. S. Peterson
Here
Peterson
Uniform rate plan would cost Iowa shippers millions
Harold Davidson, counsel for the state commission, warned that adopting uniform national rates would cost Iowa shippers millions of dollars. This briefing highlights concern over rate harmonization and its impact on local shippers and regional commerce.
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Harold Davidson
State Commission
Iowa
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