Column Confusion Over Fatal Route Collision Near Wayland
Brady Bailey, 68, of St. Francisville Missouri, was struck and killed while walking on a highway near Wayland Saturday night by a car driven by Glen Sleyers, 24, of Kokomo. Meyers was cleared of blame by Sheriff Al Schoeniz of Kahoka Missouri.
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Keokuk
Brady Bailey
St. Francisville
Wayland
Glen Sleyers
Kokuk
Meyers
al Schoeniz
Kahoka
Agricultural planning in Iowa extended for another year
Iowa will continue agricultural planning with federal state and county cooperation to gather grass roots views for national farm programs. The state committee on agricultural planning leads, with funds and staff from the federal bureau of agricultural economics the Iowa agricultural experiment station and Iowa State College extension service. Four counties Cerro Gordo Monona Warren will conduct countywide planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Committee On Agricultural Planning
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Towa State College Extension Service
Cerro Gordo
Monona
Warren
Waterloo Business Houses Targeted by Mystery Man
Waterloo police seek W. M. French, 440, after he victimized five local businesses. He appeared ten days ago, announced plans to open a shop, bought a $1,500 auto with a personal note, and obtained two adding machines, two typewriters, and a portable sewing machine on trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
W. M. French
Waterloo Ness
McH
Waterlooer
Thousands Witness Iowa Negro Festival at Des Moines Coliseum
About 4 000 people attended the second annual Negro patriotic festival in Des Moines Coliseum on Saturday night. Civic officials present included Mark Thornburg Karl Miller John Budd and Joseph E Meyer I. The program featured singers pianists speakers and actors with a dramatic sketch honoring Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre of March 5 1770.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mark Thornburg
Karl G. Miller
John Budd
Joseph E. Meyer
Crispus Attucks
Boston
Old Grant mill, 75 years old, set for razing
The Grant mill on the Nodaway riverbank will be torn down after Ellsworth Parker of Anita Iowa purchased it. The mill, built over 75 years ago by the late Same Smith, predates the town of Grant and will soon disappear.
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Grant
Nodaway River
Ellsworth Parker
Anita
Smith
Six Hurt in Crash Near Hartford at Highway 60 Intersection
Pleasantville six persons were taken to Bank hospital after an auto collision at a highway 60 intersection one mile east of Hartford. Polk county deputies investigated. the Gaumer car pulled onto the highway from a gravel road when the crash occurred.
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Pleasantville
Burbank Hospital
Hartford
Polk County
Gaumer
Drowned Boy Recovered From North River Near Des Moines
Indianola Iowa reports five year old Darrell Wayne Hawke of Newton Ir. drowned after slipping into the North River while playing with siblings Beverly 38, Elyn 6 and Verlee 4 near the grandparents farm seven miles south of Des Moines. His mother Mrs. Logan notes the children disobeyed orders not to play along the high river.
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Indianola
Darrell Wayne Hawke
Newton
North River
J. E. Fan
Des Moines
Logan
Darrell
Beverly
Elyn
Verlee
Four Days Of Sunshine On Street Work In Town
Council officials report four days of fair weather will allow resurfacing on the northwest streets using remaining asphalt oil. About 15 blocks have top coat finished. 12 more blocks await primer coat after rock is laid and dried. North of Main Street will then be over half complete with most northeast streets already finished and in use.
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Will Dupuis
Main Street
North Ninh Avenue
George Dowell
East Main
A. ©. Palmer
South Second Avenue
Dupuis
Crawfordsville School Chief Resigns for Grinnell Post
Orville Loper, superintendent of Crawfordsville consolidated schools, resigns effective after meeting with the board to accept a position as admissions counsellor at Grinnell College. He will serve until a successor is named and applications are invited. Loper has worked summers for Iowa Wesleyan College and the American Institute of Business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Orville Loper
Crawfordsville Consolidated Schools
Grinnell College
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Grinnell
Man executed for Insurance murder ring leader Petrillo
BELLEFONTE Pa Oct 20 The man authorities say ordered the deaths of at least 100 persons died in the electric chair early today He was Herman Petrillo 57 a olive oil and spaghetti salesman head of Philadelphia Murder for Insurance syndicate which specialized in ridding Italian women of unwanted husbands The execution followed his midnight transfer to the chamber as he protested his innocence in tears and fear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Herman Petrillo
Philadelphia
Petrillo
Notable Roadway Work Warns on Load Stress This Fall
Officials urge keeping heavy loads off edges of newly surfaced portions due to interfering weather during work. The precaution targets protecting soft edges as construction proceeds into autumn and winter.
Fighting General on Big Front in Soviet War Update
Massive nazi reinforcements clash with Soviet defenders along a 350 mile arc before Moscow. British sources say the attack gained little ground yet the push continues. In France, Lt. Col. Karl Friedrich Holtz, a top German commander in Nantes, is assassinated in Paris style reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Moscow
Europe
Karl Friedrich Holtz
Mantes
France
Tucker Graduates From Air School at Kelly Field
Washington announces the graduation exercises at the advanced flying school in Kelly Field Texas to be held October 31 in the morning. Claude Eugene Tucker of Washington son of Mr and Mrs C W Tucker is among the graduates who will receive commissions as lieutenants in the air corps.
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Washington
Kelly Field
Texas
Claude Eugene Tucker
C. W. Tucker
Air Corps
Three Towans Win American Farmer Awards at FFA Meet
At Kansas City the Future Farmers of America convention awarded American Farmer honors to Willard Klin Iowa Falls Donald Long Sea City and Kenneth Randolph McCausland. Each applicant was judged on farming achievements leadership and community service with Klin earning 1480 Long 1159 and Randolph 1085 in earnings.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Willard Klin
Iowa Falls
Donald Long
Sae City
Kenneth Randolph
McCausland
Kline
Long
Randolph
Drunken Driving Charge Pending For John Sokulin
A hearing is set for four o'clock this afternoon before Justice of the Peace J. E. Bovee on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated against John Sokulin of Richmond. Sokulin was arrested late Saturday afternoon by two state highway officers.
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Justice of the Peace
J. E. Bovee
John Sokulin
Richmond
Book Week Observed at Public Library in Washington
Public Library in Washington will host Book Week from November 2 with daily 1:30 pm reviews of outstanding books open to the public. Mrs. Grace Stephens, the librarian, says reviews will be announced soon, with the theme Forward With Books and aims to foster love of reading and support for public library facilities. Mayor Lloyd Lytle endorses the observance and its civic value as a reading privilege.
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Washington
Grace Stephens
Lloyd Lytle
United States
Lytle
Early Sunday Fire Causes Minor Damage at Weidner Home
Firefighters were summoned around 4:30 am to the Edith Weidner residence at 847 South Second Avenue where smoke indicated a fire behind a fireplace. Investigators confirmed a small blaze and extinguished it quickly with only slight damage.
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Edith Weidner
South Second Avenue
Patrolmen Stop Suspect After Evasive Driving
West Liberty officers Drexel Giersdorf and Gifford Strand, patrolling a highway near River Side, detained a suspect named Sokulin after erratic maneuvers drew their attention. The arrest occurred at the junction of highways 218 and 22 east of Riverside.
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Drexel Giersdorf
Gifford Strand
West Liberty
Sokulin
Riverside
Florists of Southern Iowa to Meet Here
The Wolf Floral company hosts the Society of Iowa Florists southern district meeting. J. B. Wilson and R. S. Herrick of Des Moines lead, with Professor Gunderson and L. C. Koves of Iowa State College contributing on greenhouse insect control. A dinner follows at Winga's cafe.
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Wolf Floral Company
Society of Iowa Florists
Wolf Greenhouse
J. 8. Wilson
Des Moines
R. S. Herrick
Gunderson
L. C. Koves
Iowa State College
Ames
Winga
Nine New Cars Are Licensed In Washington County
Sales of new automobiles rose last week after a fall reregistration at the courthouse. Nine new cars were licensed, bringing total 1941 plates in the county to 5 885 versus 5 686 a year earlier. Truck licenses rose to 1 005 from 873, prompting a need for more plates due to outside company work on the natural gas line.
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Washington County
Court House
Dale Woodburn
Washington
Ford Tudor
Charles Mi Havel
Riverside
Studebaker
Willits Motor Co
Hudson
Homer Lowry
Roscoe Kolosick
Kalon
Patterson Shot In Foot From Rifle Accident
Allen Patterson of the South Prairie school district was injured when a bullet fired from his rifle pierced his right foot. He carried the gun down with the trigger snagged by clothing, causing the accident. he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Patterson
South Prairie School
Name Alternate Ward Captains For "Y" Drive
Richard A. Stewart named ward alternates for the Y M C A drive in Washington to support next year’s budget. First ward John Lemmon second ward Arnold Cary third ward Tom Duncan fourth ward Claude Tucker. J W Chandler leads country efforts outside Washington. A captains meeting is set for Wednesday to plan next week’s campaign.
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Richard A. Stewart
Y.M.C.A
Washington
John Lemmon
Arnold Cary
Tom Duncan
Claude Tucker
J. W. Chandler
Indiana Bank Robbery by Three Masked Bandits
Bluffton bank president George G. Gerber says three men dressed as policemen robbed him of 12000 dollars. The men, with a black sedan and sirens, forced his car off a road near Fort Wayne airport, bound him, and fled a mile away. Gerber escaped and gave police a vague description of the attackers.
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Bluffton
Ind
George G. Gerber
Bluffton Merchants Bank
Gerber
Fort Wayne
Divorce Suit Filed by Anna Grady Against Earl Grady
Anna Clara Grady files for divorce from Earl Leon Grady. They married February 11, 1933 and lived together until September 24, 1941. She seeks custody and $25 monthly support for two minor children.
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Anna Clara Grady
Earl Leon Grady
T. A. Michels
Sidney Crawford Family Visit Hits Winfield Saturday
Sidney Crawford and family of Winfield visited the city on Saturday as local business visitors and enjoyed a brief stay with regional contacts. The outing showcased cross town ties and community connections among local merchants and residents.
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Sidney Crawford
Winfield
Bullet Extracted From Foot Sole Report
A medical note reports a bullet removed from the sole of a person’s foot, detailing a recent injury and subsequent treatment. The incident center remains unnamed, with no additional suspects or locations disclosed.
New Senate Bill Seeks to Repeal Neutrality Act
Three Republican senators introduced a bill to repeal the neutrality act and arm merchant ships. Senate hearings on the measure began as anti interventionists warned against secret proceedings. They cite aiding allies and avenging the Kearny attack as motives in a heated wartime debate.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Warren RK. Austin
Vermont
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Sinthép
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Kearny
Tom Connally
Texas
United States
Cordell Huh
Hitler
Bridges
Gurney
Moscow Exits as Government Heads Depart Amid War Threats
Laurence A. Steinhardt and other diplomats leave Moscow as Nazi advance endangers the city. It is understood that all governmental heads have departed, leaving the capital under Red Army control.
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United Press
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
United States
Russia
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Red Army
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West Chester
Lyle Wilcox
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Iceland
Phonephoto
U.S
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U. S
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Vichy
Karl Friedrich Holyz
Nantes
Paris
Holtz
Tucker
Air School
Florists
Patterson
Stewart
Indiana
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