Story City Water Cut After Fireplug Crash
A motorist knocked off a fireplug in Story City causing a water outage for hours. Marshal Ole Roth was notified by a resident, and deputies followed car tracks to Clint Sheffield a 60 year old sign painter at a nearby farm. Sheffield admitted memory loss about the crash and police noted his car bumper damage and a damaged light pole before the water main overflowed.
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Story City
Ole Roth
Sighway
Lawrence Kirsher
Leo Chevelier
Clint Sheffield
Sheffield
Paroled convict charged with stealing alto during delivery
Fort Dodge report says Frank Brown, a paroled convict, allegedly operated a motor vehicle without the owner's consent after entering an Alto being delivered to an agency. J R Gault of Farmington chased, jumped on a running board, Brown hit a parked car, were subdued. Gault injured.
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Fort Dodge
Frank Brown
J. R. Gault
Farmington
Mich
Brown
Gault
Boy dies after swallowing wintergreen oil tragedy
Richard James Edgett, a young boy from Davenport, died at Mercy hospital after swallowing half a bottle of oil of wintergreen. Parents Ray D. and Mrs. Edgett reported the incident, noting the child’s odd behavior alerted them to the medical issue.
Charge Two Plotted Holdup of Bus
Two men Dial Wardup 26 and Clarence Newton 32 of Nichols Muscatine county were arrested on Highway 61 for carrying concealed weapons after police say they planned to hold up a bus bound for Muscatine. Informant Robert Reif of a nearby filling station reported overhearing the plot to force the driver at gunpoint.
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Burlington
Muscatine
Dial Wardup
Clarence Newton
Nichols
Robert Reif
Who's Who in Iowa mailed by Press Association
DES MOINES The Iowa Press Association announces that Who's Who in Iowa is being mailed this week to purchasers. The directory compiles about 15 000 names of Iowans recommended by friends and neighbors after a year of research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Press Assciation
Iowa
Don Reid
Jobless Gambler Receives Iowa Unemployment Aid
In Des Moines the gambler Jack N. Laye testified in municipal court that he collected Iowa unemployment compensation from benefits earned as a croupier at the Viaduct tobacco store and tavern. He lives at Hotel Como and said health forced him to leave the Viaduct. He received nine dollars and fifty-eight cents weekly for several weeks and had not built up enough funds for extended benefits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jack N. Laye
Viaduct
Laye
Hotel Como
Ralph Powers
Jnless
Missing Treasurer Faces Three Counts
DECORAH The Winneshiek county grand jury returned three indictments charging Carl Dvergsten, deputy county treasurer, with making false entry, embezzling 2439.99 and failure to take oath of office. Dvergsten disappeared Jan 3. On Jan 4 a shortage of 635 was discovered. STATE checkers have been examining the case for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Carl Dvergsten
Dvergsten
Trooper Details Health Precautions Amid Flu Outbreak
Washington troops report influenza spread but upkeep of sanitation and discipline remains steady. A Bowie detachment notes many soldiers suffer colds while on a Colorado River expedition in scout cars.
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Washington
Washington Koys
Colorado River
Washington troopers in Camp Bowie report influenza epidemic
Private Harold Wolf of Troop D 11th Cavalry writes from Camp Bowie Texas describing a flu and cold outbreak among Washington men. He details confinement measures hospital stays and medicine shortages. He recounts a scout car trip to the Colorado River and notes radio school plans and upcoming maneuvers.
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Harold Wolf
11Th Cavalry
Preston Wolf
Washington
Camp Bowie
Texas
Harold
Fred
Reid
Colorado River
113Th
Coldthwaite
Comanche
Blanket
Pop
Chicago Plant Picketed Today
Pickets and police patrolled entrances to the Chicago McCormick works of International Harvester after violence left eight injured. The walkout, the fourth at IH plants, raises national strike totals to nineteen in defense industries. The CIO called the strike late yesterday to press for higher wages and union bargaining rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
McCormick Works
International Harvester Company
Perkins calls meeting to settle four IH plants strikes
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins asked officials of the International Harvester company and the CIO farm workers organizing committee to meet in Washington to seek a settlement of strikes at four IH plants.
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Washington, D. C
ULP
Frances Perkins
International Harvester Company
CIO Farm Workers Equipment Organizing Committee
Washington
Senator Lucas backs Britain aid bill to defend peace
Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois argues the administration's Britain aid bill is a practical effort to preserve peace and strengthen naval and national power. He says aiding Britain with tools, not men, can deter war maniacs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Scott Lucas
Illlinois
America
Glass
Elizabeth Dilling
Mothers
G-men
Carter Glass
Virginia
FBI
Crusade
Capitol
Britain
Two Draft Call from Washington County March 8
Washington County draft board announces two men will be inducted March 8 under the selective service program. Leo Barnard Walsh of Riverside and Arthur Thomas Alien of Kalona are principal selections with William Sanford Bowersox of Brighton as alternate. Walsh previously registered in Dillon Montana and will replace a Washington County registrant awaiting disqualification.
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Washington County
Army
Hide
Leo Barnard Wallish Af
Walsh
Dillon
Montana
Mie
Montana Selective Service
Yyushington Counly
Hkiverside
Wovever
Alien
Bowersox
County Selective Service Board
Firemen Rescue Man After Home Fire
A blaze damaged the home of H. C. Claussen in Sioux City, causing 1050 dollars in damage and destroying Claussen's wallet with 60 dollars in paper money. Firemen rescued him from the root via a ladder.
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Sioux City
H. C. Claussen
Clausen
Chauffeurs Licensed in Court Driver Tests
Seven chauffeurs received licenses after automobile driver tests at the courthouse. Recipients include Ruth H. Bowen and Leighton C. Edmondson of Washington, Grace Lucille Carson of Ainsworth, Homer L. Thomas of Cotter, Donald F. Sands of Crawfordsville, Lloyd E. Dubois and Blaine J. Holmes of Washington, Earl B. E. Stutsman of Wayland, and three men from Muscatine. One instruction permit issued. four others failed.
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Ruth H. Bowen
Leighton C. Edmondson
Washington
Grace Lucille Carson
Ainsworth
Homer L. Thomas
Cotter
Donald F. Sands
Crawfordsville
Lloyd E. Dubois
Blaine J. Holmes
Earl BE. Stutsman
Wayland
Muscatine
King George Welcomes New U S Ambassador at Station
King George VI greeted John G Winant the newly named U S ambassador at a wayside station near London, a first time gesture by a British monarch matching Roosevelt's welcome to Lord Halifax. The scene mirrored prewar diplomacy as Winant headed toward London for his post.
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London
Mar
George VI
Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
John G. Winant
United States
Winant
March Docket Opens For March Term At District Court
The March term docket shows four quieting title actions four divorce cases two law cases one foreclosure and one equity action filed with the clerk of district court. Milford Shett ler vs John Speas Son seeks 550 damages for a Dec 5 1940 highway crash on highway 218 twelve miles south of Cedar Rapids alleging defendant negligence. Judge J G Patterson of Oskaloosa presided for four days of the January term and adjourned sine die.
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Clerk of District Court
Milford Shettler
John Speas & Son
Cedar Rapids
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Patterson
March First Land Transactions Heaviest for 10 Years
Washington County records show a surge in farm land transfers and financing on March first, with about 75 instruments filed daily since February 24. Deeds and mortgages indicate more purchases and refinancing, as out of county owners sell farms to buyers and investors seek farmland at strong prices.
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Washington County
Washington
County Recorder
Harriet Coulter
Recorder
Grandfather Dies While Witnessing Grandson Crash in Des Moines
Walter Casner aged 46 drops dead after seeing his six year old grandson Walter Bixler struck by an automobile. The boy suffers a skull fracture and is in serious condition at a Des Moines hospital. Casner’s grandson’s father J E Bixler traveled to donate blood for transfusion to the dying great grandfather Harvey Beeghley aged 71, who has not been told of the tragedy.
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Des Moines
Mar
Walter Casner
Walter Bixler
Harvey Beeghley
Caster
J. E. Bixler
Bixler
Beeghley
World Day of Prayer program urges Christ and law for world peace
Rev. Claude Breidenthal of the Christian church told a World Day of Prayer audience that the world faces war due to lacking world government law and Christ. He warned nations rely on force and call for a balance of Christ and law to achieve world brotherhood and peace. Mrs. Holden and Mrs. Largon led arrangements as groups from all churches attended the union meeting.
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Christian Church
Claude Breidenthal
Breidenthal
G. B. Holden
Andrew Largon
Britain to Sever All Relations With Bulgaria Reported
British observers in London and Sofia say London may declare war on Bulgaria and bomb strategic targets with Royal Air Force. Diplomatic ties could be cut within hours as German forces loom in Sofia and a British legation spokesman notes an imminent break.
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London
Mar
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Britain
Sofia
Mar. 1
Legation
United Press
Adolph Hitler
Vienna
Berlin
Hitlers March Move Draws Bulgaria Into Axis Pact
March 1941 deepens Axis ties as Bulgaria signs on with Berlin Rome and Tokyo. German planes fly over Sofia signaling Bulgaria as a partner, with Britain and Bulgaria relations likely severed and a potential war expansion near the Dardanelles.
Molten Carbide Fire Kills Worker at National Carbide Plant
Fred Cunningham aged 50 of Elveston Illinois died after molten carbide struck his clothing at the National Carbide Co. plant where he worked as a furnace tapper. He ran through the plant with his clothes ablaze in an effort to extinguish the fire.
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Keokuk
Fred Cunningham
Elveston
Ill
National Carbide Co
Cunningham
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