Iowa Cities Show Census Shifts in First District
John A. Wallbank district supervisor reports gains and losses in the first district. Iowa City adds 1817 people over ten years while Fort Madison increases by 309. Keokuk shows a decrease. Local column notes these population shifts across Iowa City Fort Madison Keokuk and surrounding towns.
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Iowa City
Mount Pleasant
Fort Madison
John A. Wallbank
Iowa_ City
Keokuk
Ft Madison
Davis Campbell Body Identified After Des Moines Sister
The body of Davis Campbell aged 45 was found dead of a heart attack. Identified by sister Mrs. Margaret Iverson of Des Moines after a newspaper story prompted the identification.
Iowa City's Democratic Leaders Call for July District Convention
In Iowa City, Democratic leaders of the First District announce a convention set for July 10 to nominate the party candidate for Congress. William R. Hart of Iowa City says the convention will select the nominee after all four primary candidates failed to reach the 35 percent threshold.
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Iowa City
Iowa
William R. Hart
Currie Daughter Teaches in Egypt Sails Home
Reverend and Mrs Currie, noting their daughter teaching at Pres sly Memorial Institute, Egypt, received a cablegram about sailing safety on the Atlantic. She left Alexandria June 4, three years into service, amid Italy's war entry and Egypt relations severance, aboard the Ekxorchorda, due to dock early next week.
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Mda
J. Currie
Pressly Memorial Institute Assult
Weypt
Atlantic
Egypt
Alexandria
Italy
Ekxorchorda
Lineman Killed Touching 4600 Volt Line
Duane C Baumgartner of Cedar Rapids IowA Electric Light and Power Co is killed at Newhall after touching a 4600 volt high line during restringing. Crew lowered him to ground and ambulance service was summoned from Cedar Rapids. Attendants attempted reviving him for over an hour before the body was moved to a Cedar Rapids mortuary.
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Cbadar Rapids
Duane C Baumgartner
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Newhall
Baumgartner
Band Festival Draws Crowds to Mason City
Tens of thousands from north Iowa and southern Minnesota visit Mason City for the fifth annual North Iowa Band festival. Highlights include a noonday parade of 54 bands and drum corps through the business district and a massed band concert and festival queen coronation at Roosevelt stadium in the evening.
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Mason City
Iowa
Minnesota
North Iowa
Roosevelt Stadium
Judge Accepts $10,000 in Summerwill Case
District Judge W. W. Scott of Davenport accepted a $10,000 settlement offer by Ben B. Summerwill former state bank examiner in the Farmers Loan Trust Co liquidation. The accord ends litigation over Summerwill involvement in the Iowan Apartments receivership and its transfer to a corporation of which he is president.
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Iowa City
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Ben 8
Summerwill
State Bank
Farmers Loan & Trust Co
Iown
Dr Klineberg Says No Pure Race in Nations
Dr Otto Klineberg of Columbia University told Grinnell Institute of International Relations that no nation has a pure race. He said there is no Jewish race and that there is no separate Aryan race. He described Semitic and Aryan as language groups and added the melting pot extends beyond the United States.
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Grinnell
Otto Klineberg
Columbia University
Grinnell Institute of International Elations
Klineberg
United States
French Navy Escape Reported From German Seizure
Chicago Daily News reports a message claiming the French navy avoids German capture. The dispatch says the fleet is safely out of German clutches and nothing was left behind, indicating no loss to the enemy.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
France names plenipotentiaries for armistice talks amid ongoing war
Reports from Borcraux say France may accept Hitler and Mussolini terms for armistice soon but the war continues. British raids on German targets intensify while London predicts Britain will fight on until victory. Petain meets Spanish ambassador Lequerica as France signals firmer stance against surrender.
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France
Hitler
Borcraux
Marshal Petrin
Mussolini
Munica
Great Britain
British Isles
Britain
Hold Claypool for liquor possession in Davenport
James Claypool of Des Moines was bound over to district court on charges of illegal possession of liquor after arraignment before Magistrate John McSwiggin. The car seized contained 22 cases of alcohol and 11 cases of whiskey. Joe Baker, riding with Claypool, was freed after overnight jail time and is owner of the Des Moines tavern.
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Davenport
James Claypool
Des Moines
John 8. McSwiggin
Joe Baker
Maypool
Claypool
Baker
1.30 Inches of Rain Saves County Crops
A brief storm ended a looming drought with 1.30 inches of rain around 6:30 PM, accompanied by thunder lightning wind and hail. The downpour soaked the thirsty soil quickly with surface water draining via sewers while roads stayed passable.
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Washington
Mrs Walton of Brighton Dead
Mrs Al Walton 71 died at Mercy hospital Iowa City after a week’s illness. Born Mary Tracy in 1868 near Wellman she married Al Walton in 1889. They lived on farms near Wellman Keswick and Riverside since 1915. They had seven children with two deceased including daughter Ella Fern and son Charles who died in World War II.
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Riverside
Mra
al Walton
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mary Tracy
Wellman
Horati
Amanda White Tracy
Keswick
Ella Fern
Charles
Army
San Antonio
Texas
Walton
Rebekah Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Needle Club
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Boone Family to Perform at Church of Christ Friday
The Boone family of Des Moines and WHO radio artists will debut in Washington on Friday June 21 at 8:00 PM in the Church of Christ. The program lasts an hour and a half featuring six family members, their readings, and instrumental music. No admission charge.
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Des Moines
Washington
Church of Christ
Home Builders
Boones
Rev
WHO
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
Oskaloosa
Social Security Official to Visit Ottumwa Field Office
Social Security Buel A Williamson of the Ottumwa field office will be in Washington on Friday June 2 at the post office to discuss old age and survivors insurance programs. A marriage anniversary is noted for Mr and Mrs Walton with a family dinner and several surviving children listed.
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Buel A. Williamson
Social Security Board
Ottumwa
Washington
Post Office
Social Security
Corcoran To Mark 25 Years In Priesthood At St James
Rev H J Corcoran pastor of St James church will celebrate a solemn high Mass Sunday to mark 25 years since his ordination in Ireland on June 25 1915. The event will feature deacon T P Coleman sub deacon E W Neuzil arch priest H J Courtney master of ceremony and guest speaker Mons W L Hannon with Most Rev H P Rohiman bishop in attendance.
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Lane 23
H. J. Corcoran
St. James Church
Father Corcoran
Ireland
America
Iowa
T. P. Coleman
E W. Neuzil
H. J. Courtney
P. D. Moore
J. McAuliff
W. L Hannon
Muscatine
Vernon Richardson
John Humble
Francis Sehneider
H. P Rohiman
Davenport
Grave Service for Miss Sessler Here
Miss Mary Sessler dies at her Davenport home after living much of her life in Washington. Her graveside service is set for Thursday at 4 30 pm at Elm Grove Cemetery, conducted by Dr. F. W. Hastwood. She is survived by sister Miss Idd Sessler and brothers Charles and Mort Sessler, both formerly Washington printers.
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Mary Sessler
Washington
Davenport
Elm Grove Cemetery
F. W. Hastwood
Sessler
Idd Sessler
Charles
Mort Sessler
Civil Service openings for explosive chemists and technologists
Explosive chemists and chemical technologists are urged to apply at once for federal civil service examinations. The current national defense program makes timely qualified applicants essential. Applications must be filed with the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington District of Columbia by June 24.
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National Defense
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Another Smallpox Case Is Near Havre
The seventh smallpox case in three weeks, reported by Dr. D. C. Barrett, affects Donald Baker south of Havre. Two cases are in Washington county with four south of Washington. Health authorities expect more cases as a source of infection remains unclear. Vaccinations will be offered this month for unvaccinated and unable to pay, Fridays 2 to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 to 12 pm, for both children and adults.
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Washington County
D. C. Barrett
Washington
Donald Baker
Sam Baker
Havre
Health Department
Chicago Children Due for Summer Homes from Howell House
The Howell Neighborhood House in Chicago will send a group of children on Tuesday June 29 for summer homes in Washington Wellman Kalona and rural areas. Mrs Leslie Dunlap invites families to offer homes for girls or boys aged 30 to 7 years and to call 6291 before Sunday June 23.
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Howell
Chicago
Washington
Wellman
Kalona
Leslie Dunlap
Howell House
Dunlap
Hampsher joins Navy after Burlington recruitment notice
Allan Francis Hamp sher aged 23 of Washington has been accepted for enlistment in the United States Navy. He was transferred to the naval training station at Great Lakes Illinois for training following the notice received by the Journal from the Burlington navy recruiting station.
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The
Journal
United States Navy
Burlington
Allan Francis Hampsher
Kemps Hampsher
Washington
Navy
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Application forms available from U S civil service examiner
The text notes that forms may be obtained from Fred 8. Downing, secretary of the board of U S civil service examiners, at the post office.
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Ments
Fred 8. Downing
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Poat
Monroe Doctrine Extended to French Territories in Hemisphere
The United States served notices to Germany and Italy declaring enforcement of the Monroe doctrine to resist any change in sovereignty of French British and Dutch holdings in the western hemisphere. Copies were given to France Britain and the Netherlands plus Canada Greenland and other entities. The move ties to France’s peace talks and Roosevelt’s prior extensions of the doctrine. Former Governor Alf Landon criticized President Roosevelt saying war could come if he keeps acting as he pleases.
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United States
State Department
Berlin
Rome
France
New World
Roosevelt
Canada
Greenland
British Empire
Great Britain
Fra
Netherlands
Philadelphia
Alf MM. Landon
Roose
Hitler
Landon
Roest
Pratt 84 Dies After Brief Illness In Washington
George E. Pratt 84 brother of Ralph and Clyde Pratt of State and Fox theaters died last night at 10 20 in Washington county hospital after a brief illness He suffered a stroke at the State theater office and was soon taken to the hospital Funeral services will be private at 2 pm Thursday at L A Jones funeral home burial in Elm Grove cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and until noon tomorrow Pratt born January 2 1864 in Athens County Ohio came to Crawfordsville as a child He lived in Winfield before moving to Washington in 1933 He worked in harness making before entering theater business in 1911 He married Sarah Ann Shockey in 1881 who died in 1920 He leaves another son Rolla H of Chicago a daughter Mrs Frank Swan of Fairfield six grandchildren and several other relatives.
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George Edgar Pratt
Ralph E
Clyde A. Pratt
State and
Fox Theaters
Washington County Hospital
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Pratt
Washington
Mr. Pratt
Athens County
Ohio
Albert C
Electa (Yeaver) Pratt
Crawfordaville
Crawfordsville
Winfield
Ralph and
Clyde
Pratts
Sarah Ann Shockey
Rolla H
Chicago
Frank Swan
Fairfield
Lightning and hail cause scattered damage west of town
A morning storm damaged farms in the Franklin Center area and southwest of town with hail and lightning. Some grain damage noted while electric service flickered in several communities as line crews worked. officials said corn was largely unharmed and hail losses were not heavy.
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Franklin Center
Franklin District
Iowa Southern Ut Company
W Chester
Weigion
Farm Beau
Hail Damage Report Shocks Franklin Center District
Hail struck Franklin Center area last evening, turning streets white instead of green and damaging crops gardens and fruit. Falls were light due to weak wind, with no broken windows. lines were weighed by fallen trees and large limbs. Power service not restored until this morning.
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Franklin Center
Corn Makes Progress Amid Dry Weather Woes
Des Moines reporter notes corn grew rapidly last week but drought hit northern counties. Federal meteorologist Charles Reed documents widespread crop bugs in southern counties and warns heat and dryness could accelerate grain destruction.
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Des Moines
Charles Reed
Coun
Reed
Four Great Grandchildren Remembered in Brief Notice
Fragmentary text notes he was the oldest of five siblings and references a death or loss connected to his family. The readable lines mention four great grandchildren and an implied family event without full context or dates.
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