Towne Hen-Roost Theft Lands Worker Behind Bars
Blaine Towne and wife near Blencoe Iowa report farmhand Lawrence Wessell stole nearly $200 in chickens from their roost. Wessell pleaded guilty and was jailed. Mrs. Towne found $27 in a mattress in his room. George Allen directed sheriff Rasmussen to require the Townes to show cause why funds be applied to Wessell’s costs as parole plans rise.
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Blencoe
Blaine Towne
Lawrence Wessell
Townes
Wessell
Infant Found On Doorstep In Castle Hill Mystery
Waterloo-Black Hawk authorities search for parents of a 24 day old dark haired baby boy found warmly wrapped in a new market basket on the porch of William Cox in Castle Hill. The infant, discovered by Mr. Charles Cox, bore a tape reading Baby boy born Feb. 9, 1938.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
William Cox
Castle Hill
Charles Cox
Injured Madison Man Fighting For Life After Christmas Eve Crash
Charles Angle, 35, of Madison South Dakota, was critically injured in a Christmas Eve automobile accident near Whiting. He remained unconscious or semi conscious for over two weeks, with doctors unsure whether he would improve or deteriorate. He was fed with difficulty, sometimes speaking incoherently, while undergoing multiple operations and treatments.
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Sioux City
Charles Angle
Madison
Angle
Whiting
Eighth Grade Civics Class Secures Road Safety Signs
Milford eighth grade civics students investigated highway fatalities on a downhill S curve of Highway 71 south of Milford. They found four deaths with no warning signs and persuaded the highway commission to install new signs in Ames.
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Milford
Highway Commission
Ames
Flooding Hits Turin and Surrounding Areas
Turan residents faced rising floodwaters from the Little Sioux and Maple rivers with two feet of water in Wolfe general merchandise store and intrusion into a Rainsburg oil station on Highway 37. Widespread property damage and hazardous statewide travel due to ice and fog.
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Turin
Des Moines Man Reports Earthquake And Flood Delays
A. Blank from Des Moines and his wife left Jan 19 for Honolulu and felt no injuries after an earthquake. They later faced a floodbound delay in Palm Springs, California, with no immediate chance of exit.
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Des Moines
California
A. Blank
Mr. Blank
Honolulu
Hawaii
Palm Springs
Cal
Mayor Demands Bingo Operators Fund Charity Drives
Davenport Mayor Merle F. Wells pressed bingo game operators to pay delinquent pledges to the Davenport Community Chest. Carl Castell, 18, paid after arrest on disorderly house charges. Dominic Veselo agreed to donate about 689 dollars seized from his Coliseum box office. Joseph Packman, a local pharmacist operating a bingo at the Grand, also paid 150 dollars.
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Davenport
Merlen F. Wells
Davenport Community Chest
Carl Castell
Wells
Dominic Veselo
Coliseum
Community Chest
Joseph Packman
Grand Theater
Rebel Air Raids Kill Civilians in Barcelona
On March 5 insurgent air raids struck Barcelona killing 46 and wounding 64 as warplanes bombed the loyalist capital five times. Earlier that night planes appeared three times, terrorizing the city and killing three residents. Reports also cite attacks on Alcaniz with about 100 killed and nine rebel bombers involved.
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Barcelona
INS
Alcaniz
Remorseful Plotter Speaks in Stalin Treason Trial
In Moscow on March 5 G. Rakovsky former Soviet ambassador to France became the first participant in the treason trial to explain his motives behind admissions that led to impending execution. He cited eight months in prison and cited Japanese aggression in China and fascist moves in Spain as factors in his decision to tell the truth. The trial then returned to standard confessions of plans to topple the Stalin regime.
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Moscow
INS
K. G. Rakovsky
France
China
Spain
Stalin
Fire truck called to Coppock home near Washington
Yesterday the Farmers Mutual fire truck responded to a blaze at the Ben Coppock farm home three miles southwest of Washington. Fire started in a pasteboard box with lima beans near a stove, the house filled with smoke but the flames were extinguished with no further damage.
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Mutual
Ben Coppock
Washington
Roosevelt Backing Seen in Iowa Senate Primary Clash
Iowa Democrats eye a test vote in the senatorial race as Otha Wearin, Hastings congressman, faces Guy Gillette, Cherokee senator, amid whispers of President Roosevelt support. The pivot hinges on endorsements from figures like Leo Wegman and Gov. Kraschel, with Wearin courting F D R backing while others weigh candidates and possible convention outcomes.
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Iowa
Roosevelt
Des Moynts
Iowa Daily Press
Otha Wearing
Hastings
White House
Guy Mark Gillette
Cherokee
Ellsworth Richardson
Eddyville
Wearin
Richardson
Des Moines
Washington
Wegman
Leo J. Wegman
Carroll
Senate
Weeman
G. Whirtley
N. G. Kraschel
Excelsior Springs
Kirtley
State House
Kraschel
Kruschel
Gillette
F.D.R
Protest Over Sentry Attack on American Teacher in Shanghai
Consul General Rauss protested Japanese authorities after a sentry struck Grace Brady an American teacher outside a British building in the Shanghai international settlement. Brady teaches at St Marys Episcopal school for girls. Separately three Japanese divisions about 45 000 men head toward Formosa as war prep and ships concentrate off Sukien province to aid cross water landings.
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Shanghai
INS
Rauss
Grace Brady
International Settlement
Labor leader Leo W Quick found murdered in East St Louis
Leo W Quick a prominent labor leader aged 37 was found shot seven times near his East St Louis home. The killer took a diamond pin and Quick's money, authorities said.
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East ST. Louis, II
Leo W. Quick
Highway travel remains dangerous in Iowa
Murky skies over Des Moines and snow in the northwest left icy roads, making travel hazardous statewide except in the south. Weather conditions persisted as of March 5 with reduced visibility and slick surfaces.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gardeners win Washington County home improvement contest
Mr and Mrs James Gardner seven miles NW of Wellman Lime Creek township win first prize in the Washington County Farm Bureau home improvement contest judged by Professor Russell B Johnson. Second prize goes to Mr and Mrs William Spencer between Kalona and Riverside English River township.
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James Gardner
Wellman
Lime Creek Township
Washington County
Buren
William Spenner
Kalona
Riverside
Engelish River Township
Russellb. Johnson
Iowa State Ecollege
Washington County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Organization
Tehbarn
TVA Directors in Squabble Over Power Authority
Washington March 5. TVA board dissension disclosed with Arthur E. Morgan accusing David E. Lienthal and Harcourt A. Morgan of policy ruin and pressuring staff. Roosevelt silent but leaning to Lienthal and H A Morgan amid investigation request. Film stars back from flood marooning report hikes Mob to reach town. Madelaine Carroll and George Marshall walk two miles to call for help. Myrna Loy bemoans garden damage. Clark Gable sees bridge to ranch washed out and tours two miles. Robert Taylor worries for his property. Frank Capra still stranded. Harry Cohn considers airplane rescue. Rex Benz of Oskaloosa reports birth of son Robert Rex weighing five pounds twelve ounces. mother and baby thriving with two sisters in family. Various local place names and townships listed.
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Washington, D. C
INS
TVA
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Morgan
David E. Lienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Morgan
Lienthal
H. A. Morgan
George Marshall
Myrna Loy
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
Frank Capra
Malibu
Harry Cohn
Columbia Pictures
Ace
Rex Benz
Oskaloosa
Robert Rex
Supervisors Allocate Territory for Road Work
The Washington county board of supervisors completed territory assignments for road work and bridge repairs. Supervisors K.E.F. Bauer and H.W. P. Wilson received districts including Dutch Creek, Franklin, Clay, Brighton, Marion, and areas west of Coppock road.
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Washington
Four Divorces and Other Terms Set for Washington Court
Four divorce suits are planned for the district court term opening in Washington on March 14, including Eli M. Plank vs Marie Ada Plank and Geraldine Wagner vs James Wagner. An annulment suit, Leslie G Zook vs Dora Ann Zook, is also on the docket along with fourteen law cases, three partition actions, three quieting title suits, three equity actions, two guardianships, two foreclosures, one trusteeship, and a landlord’s attachment. The sole criminal entry is the state v Keeshin Motor Express Co and William Tyrell for operating an unlicensed motor truck.
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Eli M. Plank
Marie Ada Plank
Geraldine Wagner
James Wagner
Catherine A. Dusenbery
Clarence E. Dusenbery
Scerena MecDole
Richard McDole
Leslie G. Zook
Dora Ann Zook
Keeshin Motor Express Company
William Tyrell
Justice Court
Appoint New Auto License Clerk at Mason City
L. L. Raymond, longtime Cerro Gordo auto license clerk and local American Legion commander, was named county treasurer to replace Joy Ridgeway who resigns effective May 1 after nearly 11 years in office.
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Mason City
L. L. Raymond
Cerro Gordo County
American Legion
Miss Joy Ridgeway
Miss Ridgeway
Missing Peter Levine search shifts to Indian lake
New Rochelle New York March 5 scene of the search for twelve year old Peter Levine shifted to the Bronx after tips that the body would be found in Indian lake Crotona park. Police drained the lake to speed the search following crude snow markings. A Spanish accented caller made three calls from a Manhattan drug store Brooklyn candy store and a Bronx apartment lobby claiming the body would be there. The messages were initially treated as a prank.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Bronx
New York
Indian Lake
Manhattan
William Sullivan
Levine Boys
Crotona Park
Brooklyn
Levine
Executions in New Gas Chamber At Missouri Penitentiary
Raymond Boyer and two other men were executed in the state’s new gas chamber at the Jefferson City penitentiary. Boyer, 32, of Kansas City, killed W. D. Samford near Oak Grove, Missouri. The two other Kansas City men were executed the previous day, marking the first gas chamber executions in the state.
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Jefferson City
March
Raymond Boyer
Kansas City
W. D. Samford
Kan
Oak Grove
Falk and Logan to Attend Iowa Retail Clothiers Meet
Joe Falk and Clarence Logan will travel to Des Moines Monday to attend the Iowa Retail Clothiers convention at the Fort Des Moines hotel. They expect to return home Tuesday.
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Joe Falk
Clarence Logan
Des Moines
Iowa Retail Clothiers
Fort Des Moines
Free Dance Draws Big Crowd in Washington
The first free dance at the Rendezvous ballroom draws a large crowd as part of Oliver Day promotion by C. I. Phillips. Oliver machinery and a tractor are displayed, a manure spreader sells for 142.50 and a Cory planter brings 70 at auction.
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Washington
Rendezvous Ballroom
C. I. Phillips
Coal and Grain Dealer
Oliver
Joe Shreeves
Phillips
Phillips Yards
C. B
Oliver Cory
Lindquist
Des Moines
Clyde Hart
Omaha
Phillipg
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T. V. Soong
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankow
Haifa
Palestine
Genin
Gillette, Wegman
Gardners
Parm Burea
Wheater
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Madelaine Carroll
Marion Township
Crawfordsville
Oregon Highland
Washington Township
Ned Morrow
English River
Lime Creek
Cedar Jackson
No. 2
County Board
Sesson of District Court
Ottumwa
W. H. Heller Hardware Store
Agency
TipGiven
Clarence Phillips
Oliver Company
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