Iowa High Court Rules on Accident Statements
The Iowa Supreme Court held that statements given to highway patrolmen by accident participants are confidential and cannot be admitted in court, while patrol observations are admissible. The decision upholds a $13,056 judgment for George L. Bachelder of Cedar Rapids and his wife against J. H. Woodside for a collision on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids on October 18, 1940.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
George L. Bachelder
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Woodside
Bachelder
Highway 30
Six young men sentenced for selective service act violation
United States District Judge Charles A. Dewey sentenced Ralph William Owen 23 Mount Pleasant Andrew Edward Tichy 24 Marshalltown Robert Wayne Sheeder 21 Des Moines Melvin Logan Emmons 83 What Cheer Lincoln Raymond Davis 26 Woodburn and Richard Oral Dickey 22 Adair to four years in prison. All but Tichy are Jehovah's Witnesses who oppose war. Each man was fined 100 dollars to repay the government for impaneled jurors and witnesses.
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Des Moines
United States District
Charles A. Dewey
Ralph William Owen
Mount Pleasant
Andrew Edward Tichy
Marshalltown
Robert Wayne Sheeder
Melvin Logan Emmons
What Cheer
Lincoln Raymond Davis
Woodburn
Richard Oral Dickey
Adair
Tichy
Jehovah's Witnesses
Dewey
Venereal Disease In Iowa Rises Among Youth
Iowa state health department reports sharp increases in venereal disease rates for 1943, especially among girls and young women aged 10 to 24. Notable rises also appear in gonorrhea among boys aged 18 to 20.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Health Department
Health Department
Farm Valuations Rise Nine Percent in Iowa
Des Moines report shows Iowa farm land values up nine percent for the year ended March 1. Leslie M. Carl of the federal agricultural statistics service notes the index reached 107 percent of the 1912-14 base, up from 98 last year, with town land values still below World War I levels.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Woman Becomes First Female Rural Carrier in Wayne County
Lucille Couchman Pauley, 26, is named the first woman appointed as rural mail carrier in Wayne county. She will begin duties Monday over a 32 mile route, mostly dirt roads, after teaching and farming since graduating from Sewalla High School.
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Corydon
Lucille Couchman Pauley
Wayne County
Pauley
Sewalla
Waterloo Woman Heads State P E O
Davenport report notes election of officers and selection of Marshalltown as the 1944 convention city during the fifty first annual P E O closing business session.
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Davenport
Marshalltown
Poppy Poster Contest Winners Announced by American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary announces the winners of the poppy poster contest with two classes, all prizes awarded to St. James school pupils. First prize earned one dollar, second prize fifty cents. Posters will be displayed in store windows before the May 24 poppy sale.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Biddy Johnson
Mary Louise Reelinger
Louise Barnes
Leo Vittetoe
St. James School
Oscar Lane
Ed Squire
St. James
Carl Voorhees
Fred Downing
Lane
Local PEO Sisterhood Elects New President
The Iowa PEO Sisterhood met on Tuesday with Mrs. Elizabeth Young of Waterloo elected to succeed Mrs. Gail Page of Ottumwa as president.
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Vention
Iowa P.E.O
Elizabeth Young
Waterloo
Gail Page
Ottumwa
Air Patrol Meet Held in Muscatine
Washington Civil Air Patrol members joined detachments from Columbus Junction Morning Sun Iowa City Davenport Moline and Muscatine for a CAP promotion day at the Legion post quarters and high school. About 250 patrol members attended including 35 from Washington and 10 Muscatine squadron members on active duty. Governor Hickenlooper Brig Gen Grahl Major Johnston CAP wing commander Capt Hahn and Lt Boyd Jordan attended as awards were presented for training completions and rank advancements.
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Washington Civil Air Patrol
Columbus Junction
Morning Sun
Muscatine
Washington
The
Junction
Civil Ai Patrol
United States
Iowa City
Davenport
Moline
George VI Begins 7th Year as King
London reports King George VI entering the seventh year of his reign under wartime restrictions. An anniversary marked by frugal meals and a sparse celebration reflects Britain’s war effort, with Buckingham Palace damaged by the blitz and life in the empire shaped by air raid conditions and rationing.
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George VI
London
England
Buckingham Palace
Goering
Royal Residence
New Price Ceilings For Meat Announced By OPA
The Office of Price Administration sets revised ceiling prices for beef veal lamb and mutton lasting May 17 to June 1 and rolling back about 10 percent on June 1. Prices are 1 to 3 cents below April maximums and near February cost of living levels. Retailers must post meat grades and keep grades segregated for customer verification.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Price Administration Today
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Water famine sparked by Arkansas River flood in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas faces a water famine as the Arkansas river floods erode the main water line from Lake Fort Smith near Van Buren. The flood toll rises with six Oklahoma deaths and millions in damages. City supply uncertain until repairs. In Pennsylvania, jail terms for drunks shrink as magistrate Torpey starts new program.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
Fort Smith-Van Buren
Ark
Moffett
Okla
Oklahoma
Lake Fort Smith
Arkansas River
van Furen
CAP and lodge honor with governor and military leaders
The Civil Air Patrol and its role in the war effort were highlighted by Major Johnston. A Moose Lodge dinner for the governor General Grahl and Major Johnston followed by CAP refreshments at the YWCA and a Moose lodge sponsored event showcased wartime community support.
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CAP
Major Johnston
Civil Air Patrol
Moose Lodge
Grahl
Open Debate on Income Tax Bill
In Washington on May 12 Chairman Walter F. George after the Finance Committee backed 13 to 8 for 100 percent forgiveness of one year's levy for all taxpayers opened debate on a pay as you go tax bill. George plans a substitute proposing 75 percent forgiveness with the rest paid in equal annual installments over two years.
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Washington, D. C
Walter F. George
Dem
Senate
George
Axis War Prisoners to Be Shipped to United States and Canada
Allied North Africa reports final plans to move about 150000 Axis prisoners out of the war theater within weeks. Some German captives have already been sent to the United States and Canada, while Italians express eager interest in relocation. The plan aims to ease Allied logistical strain and bolster U S and Canadian manpower.
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North Africa
United States
Allied
Canada
Souces
Commencement Likely at Church for School Honors
Supt. W A Erbe said the Washington schools will move the high school and junior college commencement to the Methodist church if weather warms, with Edna Klein playing organ processional and senior girls quartet singing My Own America. University of Missouri’s Dr Robert L Hill will deliver the address. Rev W J Stevens offers the invocation. diplomas presented by Richard A Stewart. Freeman to present junior college class. scholarships awarded by Erbe.
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Supt
W. A. Erbe
Washington
The
Methodist Church
Case Field
Erbe
Edna Klein
America
Lott
Robert L. Hill
University of Missouri
W. J. Stevens
George Kerr
Kk. H. Freeman
Richard A. Stewart
Board of Education
Funeral services for Louis Baird held at Jones home
Funeral services for Louis Baird were conducted yesterday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home with Rev. Ivan officiating.
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Louis Baird
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Ivan
Court suit seeks sale commission against estate
A district court clerk suit by W. 8. Eldridge and Charles Brown against Con I. Davis executor of Israel Davis estate seeks judgment of 157 dollars for commission claiming they found a buyer for the estate farm. L. J. Kehoe represents the plaintiffs.
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Clerk of District Court
W. 8. Eldridge
Charles Brown
Con I. Davis
Israel Davis
Eldridge & Brown
Neighbors Plow Thrapp Farm For Spring Care
A Dayton Grove group helped Charles Thrapp with spring chores at his farm due to illness delaying his work. Neighbors Jack Slickling Tred Ladehoff John McDowell Will Embree Robert Stephens Ernest Crawford Bill Carr Lawrel Statler Clement Griffith Paul Griffith Harold Schnoebel en Lloyd Phillips and Wilbur West spent the day plowing and handling tasks for the ailing farmer.
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Dayton Grove
Charles Thrapp
Thrapp
Mr. Thrapp
Jack Slickling
Tred Ladehoff
John McDowell
Will Embree
Robert Stephens
Ernest Crawford
Bill Carr
Lawrel Statler
Clement Griffith
Paul Griffith
Harold Schnoebelen
Lloyd Phillips
Wilbur West
Riess Rites Held With Pallbearers List
Pallbearers named J K Lemmon Rodney Davis Tom Luncan George McDaniel Josha Winga and Carl Jungbluth stood at Riess funeral. Burial occurred in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Quartermaster Corps Spends Vast Sum on Army Needs
Philadelphia's Quartermaster Depot, a 100 acre hub housing 15 000 staff, purchased 1.5 billion dollars worth of 250 000 miles of cloth and 69 999 other items for the Army in 1941 42. The facility handles clothing equipment and personal items for soldiers WAACs and Army nurses, with vast daily duties and emergency supply roles amid a growing wartime demand.
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Philadelphia
United States Army
WAAC
Waace
Near East Campaign Imminent
Allied North Africa dispatch reports Nazi general Jurgen Von Arnim captured on Cap Bon. Churchill leads a British high command trio to Washington for strategy conferences amid renewed plans for offensives in the Far East as Axis forces in Tunisia near last pockets of resistance.
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United Press
Allied
North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Cap Bon
India
Winston Churchill
Washington
Allied War Counsel
Far East
Churchill
Archibald Avell
James Somerville
Richard Peirse
Indian
Tunisia
War leaves urged for farm workers to plant crops
Washington May 12 War manpower commissioner Paul V McNutt and food administrator Chester Davis urged granting leaves of absence to industrial war workers living on small farms to plant crops. They限定 allowed only workers with agricultural plots that add valuable food to the national supply and excluding men with skills needed in the war effort.
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Washington, D.C
Paul V. McNutt
Chester Davis
McNutt
Davis
Gasoline Thefts Signal Bold Local Burglary Rise
Gasoline thieves grow bolder in this community with several thefts reported. A Washington man found eight gallons missing from his car’s tank this morning, and a car stolen last weekend was recovered with 12 to 15 gallons missing. Authorities warn of strict penalties amid wartime shortages.
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Washington
Wes Custer to be brought home after hospital recovery
Wes Custer, injured in a horse accident on a farm south of town three weeks ago, will receive ambulance transport from the University Hospital at Iowa City to his home today. He is reported to be recovering well from his leg injury.
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Wes Custer
University Hospital
Iowa City
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