Des Moines Woman Seeks Divorce Custody for Ten Children
Mrs. Virginia Smith, 33, files for divorce from John Smith, a window washer, asking custody of ten children from 16 months to 16 years old. She seeks possession of two geese and seven chickens at the family home. Attorney Ed Scarpino represents her.
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Des Moinps
Virginia Smith
John Smith
Earl
Albert
Henry
Darlene
Ralph
Barbara
Daniel
Ray
Timothy
Joseph
Heat takes a toll on Iowa workers says Detroit doctor
Dr Carey P McCord of Detroit warns Des Moines audience that fatigue from salt loss through perspiration is Iowa’s common occupational disease. He notes fatigue plus cramps and heat exhaustion may occur, especially in farmers during summer, and recommends a 15 grain salt tablet with every drink in heat months.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Detroit
Mich
Carey P. McCord
McCord
Town to Town Nation in Aluminum Drive
Des Moines will join a nationwide scrap aluminum drive to aid defense starting July 21. Gov. George A. Wilson announced he will appoint a campaign head after receiving a telegram from New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, head of civilian defense, noting no formal plan exists yet.
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Des Moines
Lowa
George A. Wilson
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Wilson
Towa
Controversy Flares in Sioux City Police Dispute
Sioux City police clash resurfaces as Chief Ray J. Mahr leaves on a Minnesota fishing trip. Detective Chief Tom Farley takes charge, while Inspector Joe Young disputes authority after being briefly ousted and reinstated following Mayor David Loebs command. The mayor says he will oversee the department.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Ray J. Mahr
Minnesota
Mahr
Tom Farley
Joe Young
David F. Loepn
Farley
Young
Inspector of Police
Hessian Fly Increases Threat Warns ISU Entomologist
Ames Iowa weather has favored Hessian fly growth. Dr. Carl Drake, entomologist at Iowa State College, says the fly is at the flax-seed stage and could threaten wheat crops this fall. He urges farmers to plant within fly-free dates.
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Ames
Iowa
Carl Drake
Iowa State College
Prake
Giant Bomber Passes Tests
The first test flight of the Douglas B-19 bomber, the world’s largest airplane, was a success. Major Stanley Umstead said the craft handled perfectly as the Army begins 60 days of further experiments at March Field California after a flight from Santa Monica.
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Calif
Army
Stanley Umstead
Cloverfield
Douglas
Santa Monica
Washington council approves five mile street surfacing project
A special meeting of the Washington city council authorized Engineer W P Rawn and City Solicitor Henry B Bailey to prepare plat schedule and resolution of necessity for a summer street surfacing program estimated at about five miles or ninety blocks. Preliminaries will take 4 6 weeks with work not starting before August and the plan mirrors recent southeastern Iowa towns while keeping costs low.
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Washington
W. P. Rawn
Henry B. Bailey
Iowa
Ecounei
Monroe Street
Tyler Street
Polk Street
Burlington
Harrison Street
Marion Avenue
Iowa Avenue
Main Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Street
Fourth Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Street
Avenue D
Seventh Street
North Marion
Average Attendance Reported At City Playgrounds
Joe Duen reports 155 children registered this week at two playgrounds Stewart school 69 and Lincoln 86. Five day total attendance 507 with 214 at Stewart and 293 at Lincoln. Average daily attendance 101. First special day announced by Mr Duca a track and field meet next Thursday with races and contests and prizes. Program prepared by Mr Duea with Frances Sartor and Margaret Ragan.
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Joe Duen
Stewart
Duea
Frances Sartor
Margaret Ragan
Some Relief in Iowa from Heat
Violent storms in southern and central Iowa brought some relief from the first heat wave of the year though temperatures remained six degrees above normal. Scattered thunder showers and cool air forecast with little temperature change. highs reached 95 in Marshalltown Davenport and Iowa City. Atlantic dropped to 62. Adair recorded 2.77 inches of rain with high winds and hail. Iowa City saw 2.59 inches with wind and hail.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marshalltown
Davenport
Iowa City
Atlantic
Adair
Two Wabash freight trains collide killing two crewmen
Near Shapin, Illinois, two members of the locomotive crew perished when a head on wreck involving Wabash freight trains caused an oil car to telescope and engulf the cab with flames. Engineers Herman Schultz and fireman Bailey, both of Decatur, were trapped and burned.
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Shapin
Here
Herman Schultz
Flurry Bailey
Decatur
Washington Posts Hottest Day Amid Light Friday Rain
Friday forecast notes light rain and the week’s peak heat with Washington recording a 47 degree rise over normal. Last night and this forenoon brought about .30 inch of rainfall, while the minimum temperature hovered at 67 degrees.
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Washington
Street Segments Bounded by West Third to West Seventh
A fragment notes street boundaries from West Third Street to West Seventh Street and the area between West Fifth and West Seventh. The text implies a map or zoning description but provides no further action or dates. The readable portion lists the corridor and limits without additional context.
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Second Avenue
Ninth Street
North
Marion
Tenth Street
North Fourth
Washington — Street
Main Street
Washington
East Second Street
Madison
van Buren
Seventh Street
East Tenth
East Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Clara Barton
Polx Street
Tyler
Monroe
Main
Second
Fifth
Sixth
Eighth
Washington county to register all 21 year old men Tuesday
About 200 young men in Washington county who turned 21 since the last October 16 registration will register next Tuesday July 1 at the selective service office on the second floor of the old Washington National Bank building. Chairman Richard McCleery leads the board with Lloyd Foster and Francis Schnoebelen assisted by the clerk. Registrants may come from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Penalties for evasion and the provisions of the October registration apply.
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Washington County
Washington County Selective Service Board
Washington National Bank
AAA
Richard MccCleery
County Selective Service Board
Lloyd Foster
Francis Schnoebelen
Riverside
Seek to Break Strike on Coast
A California chemical firm, British owned American Fotash and Chemical Corp, plans to resume soda and potash production at Trona next Wednesday. The Mine, Mill and Smelters' union strike began March 19, affecting U.S. army orders. 1250 workers were notified by mail of the plant reopening.
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United Press
California Chemical Company
United States Army
Fotash and Chemical Corp
Trona
Calif
Mine, Mill and Smelters’ Union
CSO
Traffic Ticket for Failure to Yield on Left Turn
James Thompson paid a nominal fine and costs this morning after a traffic violation charge of failure to yield right of way on a left turn. Justice of the Peace J. E. Bovee imposed the penalties.
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lJeft
James Thompson
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Bovee
Army Leaders To Be Younger
Washington dispatch reports the army seeks youth in leadership by ousting unfit officers and promoting 285 lieutenant colonels to temporary colonels based on performance. The moves coincide with a request to Congress to revise the Selective Service Act reducing the active duty age limit from 85 to 28, pending legislation.
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Washington, D.C
Army
Congress
Defer Men With Families Ordered By Draft Headquarters
Washington June 28 The selective service headquarters ordered the deferment of draft age married men and registrants with dependents who contribute substantially to support. Briga dier General Hershey also reclassified those in 1-A and set an exception for men who married after registration if not shown to have acted to dodge service.
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Washington, D. C
National Selective Service Headquarters
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Cars in Collision East of Ainsworth
Two cars collided at the junction of routes 92 and 218 east of Ainsworth yesterday afternoon. Dale Leach of Waterloo on 218 from the south stopped at the intersection and was rear ended by Harry Marshall of Davenport who said his brakes failed. Damages were about 100 dollars and Mrs Edith Leach, mother of one driver, suffered a wrenched shoulder.
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Ainsworth
Dale Leach
Waterloo
Harry Marshall
Davenport
Edith Leach
Sunday Evening in Central Park Union Service Announced
The first summer union church meeting in Central Park is set for tomorrow at 7 30 PM with sermons by rotating pastors through July and August. If rain, services move to the Methodist church. Committee includes Rev F W Eastwood and Rev George Kerr.
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Union Church
Central Park
Washington
Methodist Church
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
God of Grace
Carl Klein
L. W. Soule
R. C. Keagy
Our
A. Trennery
Nine Drivers Granted Licenses After Weekly Examinations
Nine licenses to operate automobiles were issued at yesterday's weekly driver examinations at the courthouse. Three instruction permits were issued and three failed to pass. recipients include Helen B. Gall Des Moines Ronald Moore Ainsworth Mary C. Erickson Mt. Pleasant Kermit Wyse Washington Harold A. Maize Ari D. Barham Washington Merle A. Yoder Robert A. Wehrle Wellman Alice Eichelberger Ayland and chauffeurs licenses went to M A Mishler Ernest J. Klaman Bloomington Ill Kenneth E. Manning William A. Burham Washington.
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Court House
Helen B. Gall
Des Moines
Ronald Moore
Ainsworth
Mary C. Erickson
Mt. Pleasant
Kermit Wyse
Washington
Harold A. Maize
Ari D. Barham
Merle A. Yoder
Robert A. Wehrle
Wellman
Alice Eichelberger
Wings Over Washington Model Air Show Planned
A model airplane show titled Wings Over Washington will be held at Washington airport on Wednesday August 6 starting at 1 30. Any boy 18 or younger in Washington county may enter. The event has three classes solids rubber propelled and gas propelled under Y M C A boys work supervision and Chamber of Commerce support with named committees for entries prizes judging field management publicity and more.
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Washington Airport
Washington County
Y. M. C. A. Boys
Chamber of Commerce
W. D. Dwyer
Joe Duca
Stan Kiesey
Bob Marble
Paul Dodder
Harry Anderson
Ralph Martin
Merritt McDaniel
Willis Jones
Foster Bickel
Harlan Mead
Jack Snodgrass
Kenneth Kimberlin
Everette Burham
Leigh Soule
Bruce Cowden
Harold Wehr
Merritt McDaniels
Howard Little
Ralph Schilling
Charles Hennon, Jr
John Lemmon
Ted Brown
Clarence Logan
Dr. Dwyer
Stanton Kiesey
Rob Marble
Local amateur contest honors at Central Park band concert
Lois Fitzgerald of Ainsworth won first prize in the Wednesday night amateur contest with singing yodeling guitar and self accompaniment. Darlene Humston and Norma Payne took second and third with marimbaphone and tap dancing as part of ongoing Chamber of Commerce sponsored events.
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Lois Fitzgerald
Ainsworth
Central Park
Darlene Humston
Norma Payne
Chamber of Commerce
Third Contest in Series Set for Next Wednesday
The third contest in the series will run next Wednesday evening to extend through the summer. A group of excellent contestants will participate and, if possible, their names will be announced with the band program early next week.
Young Caddy Recovers After Serum Flight From Des Moines
James Knott a 14 year old caddy at the Municipal golf course in Jefferson Wo was described as definitely improved after serum to treat Rocky Mountain spotted fever was flown from Des Moines Iowa to the city.
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Jefferson
City
James Knott
Des Moines
Iowa
Missing White Rock chickens prompt sheriff inquiry
Sheriff H. M. Putnam appeals to Washington county residents for reports of about 50 White Rock chickens weighing 2.5 to 4.5 pounds each lost in recent days. Two youths, Lowrell Lake and Clarence Sullivan, were briefly held in Davenport for selling chickens, then released. a motor vehicle charge was added as officers plan further theft investigations.
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White Rock
H. M. Putnam
Putnam
Washington
Lowrell Lake
Clarence Sullivan
Scott County
Davenport
Carris Receives M. A. Degree From Columbia
Henry M. Carris has earned his Master of Arts degree from Columbia University New York. He taught at a Dalton private school and pursued night classes to complete the degree. He and his wife plan a fishing trip on the Canadian border before serving as associate directors of Camp Killoclet in Hancock Vermont. They will teach next year at a private school in Shreveport Louisiana and visit his parents J C Carris and wife in late August before moving to Shreveport.
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Henry M. Carris
Columbia University
New York
Henry
Dalton
Canadian
Camp Killoclet
Hancock
Vermont
J. C. Carris
Shreveport
USO Campaign Organized in Ainsworth
County USO committee chairman G. E. Mace reported a campaign in the interests of the fund is organized at Ainsworth under Rev. John A. Nye. Ainsworth, previously unorganized, expects a liberal response from residents. Campaign progress and Washington solicitations are awaited with results due early next week.
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G. E. Mace
USO Committee
Ainsworth
John A. Nye
Washington
Soviet Counter Thrust Halts German Drive on Central Front
Soviet communiques claim a Red Army blitz counter broke up German tank units near Minsk and the road to Moscow, with fighting expanding on the southern and northern flanks. They report prisoners and booty as the outcome remains undecided yet the German offensive toward Kiev and the Ukraine is challenged.
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Soviet Union
Red Army
Minsk
Moscow
Lwow
Kiev
Rica Ukraine
Poland
1Yth
High Command
Berlin
War Bulletins From Rome and Berlin June 28
Corriere reports Premier Joseph Stalin left Moscow for the Ukraine to join the Soviet high command. Berlin says German front successes will be announced Sunday in a special communique.
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Genoa
Corriere
Today
Joseph Stalin
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Ukraine
Berlin
U.P
High Command
Germans claim parachutists landings in Romania
The German Romanian high command announced that Soviet parachutists landed at several points in Romania but most were captured.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Reductions in British crime seen amid war
England and Wales report lower crime as employment rises and youths join armed services. Prison terms shortened during war. bombings complicate corrections with blockaded cells and urgent news briefings. Juvenile delinquency climbs as parents work in war effort and bombings disrupt daily life.
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England
Paterson
Wiverpool
New Mexico Reports Highest U S Birth Rate
Census figures show New Mexico leading the nation with a birth rate of 27.3 per 1000 population while New Jersey records the lowest at 13.6 per 1000. The data highlight regional differences in family growth across states.
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U. S
New Jersey
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