U.S. Trades Warships for Sea Bases Reports London Air Threat
Weekend crash toll rises to six in Iowa as six people died in automobile and gun incidents over Labor Day. Victims include Elinor Fulton 26 Seymour and Charles Fisher 21 Balboa Beach Calif. Several injuries reported in crashes near Keosauqua Mawazine Riverside and Liscom. Authorities list names Norman Hatter Carl Hollingsworth and Robert McGinty among injured youths.
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United Press
Iowa
Elinor Fulton
Seymour
Thomas Miilion
Ed Sheetz
Muscatine
Glenn C. Potter
Mason City
Anna Vodicka
Downey
Charles Allen Fisher
Balboa Beach
Calif
Centerville
Keosauqua
Million
Sheetz
Mawazine
W. H. Swailes
Lone Tree
Swailes
Patterson
CCC
Arnold J. Lavin
Wesley Robinson
Bancroft
Algona
Vodicka
Riverside
Fisher
Fisher Governor Company
Marshalltown
Liscom
Norman Hatter
Santa Ana
Carl Hollingsworth
Robert McGinty
Schools Open New Year With Patriotic Programs
The opening programs at multiple schools feature patriotic readings, flag ceremonies, and songs. Dr. Stanley B. Niles of Iowa Wesleyan College addresses students on democracy versus dictatorship, urging students to pursue meaningful work and embrace American institutions.
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Dr. Niles
Iowa Wesleyan
America
Stanley B. Niles
Iowa Wesleyan College
Niles
Eld Dobbin
A Column About Iowa Osteopaths Train as Civilians Pilots
In Kirksville Missouri the Kirksville College of Osteopathy has named The Olesona School of Pugeht of the municipal airport to run a civilian pilots training program. This Iowa focused column notes the collaboration and aims to educate local osteopaths in aviation skills.
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Kirksville
Ottumwa
Olesona School of Pugeht
Sweet Corn Day draws 8000 in Vinton parade
Crowds exceeding eight thousand lined a mile long parade in Vinton for the twelfth annual Sweet Corn Day. At noon ten tons of sweet corn on the cob were served to the attendees. The event also noted Leonard Balmer, the thirtieth infantile paralysis victim here, placed in an iron lung with reports of improvement as doctors observed some paralysis receding in his legs.
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Vinton
Waterloo
Leonard Balmer
Leo Balmer
Geome
Girl Dies Noted After Car And Truck Collision
Eldon teen Maury Louise Thomas 18 suffered severe injuries when the car she rode in with Wayne Gaston Ottumwa collided with a turning truck. Gaston said he was passing the truck when it turned.
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Ottumwa
Maury Louise Thomas
Eldon
Wayne Gaston
Creston Plans Fifth Annual Horse Show in September
Creston will host its fifth annual horse show on September 25 and 26 with a seven member committee led by Marion Shields of the Shields sales barn organizing the event. Earlier shows were sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Creston
Marion Shields
Shields Sales Barn
Chamber of Commerce
Nagle to Rebuild Burned A and P Market
Leland Nagle announces plans to reopen and rebuild the burned A and P Market in Iowa City. The project aims to restore the store under a new framework with community support expected to guide the reconstruction.
Volunteers Sought to Build Corn Maps for Festicorn
Rev. Carl W. Klein urged volunteers to assemble county maps from corn kernels for a Festicorn display in Iowa. Four counties are finished Mitchell Chickasaw Emmett Washington, with students and local families contributing. Many counties remain unassigned and need early start.
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Carl Klein
Carl W. Klein
Iowa
Klein
Mitchell County
Frances
Helen
Clara Ann
Marilyn Falk
James Pauls
Joe Falk
Chickasaw
Celia Campbell
Marjorie Winn
Doris Knott
Emmett
Martha Anne Young
Shirley Dowell
Ruth Miner
Donald Klein
Washington County
Owner Announces Immediate Reconstruction After A. W. Blaze
The owner of the building destroyed by the thirty five thousand dollar fire that swept an A. and W. supermarket here said reconstruction will begin immediately. Officials believe defective wiring caused the blaze.
Gridder Hurt at Practice Improves in Fayette
Fayette high school quarterback F B Claxton Jr for whom a ruptured spleen was diagnosed after being struck by a teammate during practice is reported slightly improved at an Ocelwein hospital. He has received blood transfusions from his father and Coach Charlee Hughes.
Coeds at Iowa State Protected by City Ordinance
The article notes Iowa State College coeds are safeguarded by a city ordinance adopted to prevent advances by strangers, reflecting the foresight of earlier city leaders. It mentions enforcement since April 4 1930 under section 21 of the applicable code.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa City
Ordinance 419 Targets Harassment of Women in Public
An ordinance prohibits any male person who accosts addresses offensive remarks ogles or winks at or forces his company on an unfamiliar female within the city or acts offensively toward women in public places, declaring such conduct a misdemeanor.
Burglars Take Tools From Iowa Gas Engine Plant
Police reported burglars stole tools valued at about $2000 from the Iowa Gas Engine Co. plant in Waterloo. The loot included micrometers and precision devices, though the burglars failed to force the office safe.
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Waterloo
Iowa Gas Engine Co
Commodore Wins in Class E Racing at Regatta
Muscatine Commodore C. P. Hanley of the Mississippi Power Boat Association won first place in Class E at the Mississippi Valley Regatta in Quincy Illinois. He clocked a best time of 68.66 miles per hour on the five mile Mississippi River course.
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Muscatine
C. P. Hanley
Mississippi Power Boat Racing Association
Quincy
Mississippi River
Raid on Nazi Air Bases Opens Second War Year
London dispatch reports RAF squadrons repelling German air attacks southeast of England with 23 German planes shot down and 15 British aircraft destroyed. RAF launched heavy counter attacks along the French coast near Boulogne as explosions rocked Boulogne and echoed to England. Churchill vowed the empire would not surrender or scuttle the fleet. In Transylvania, a band of 100 Romanian soldiers deserted to wage guerrilla warfare against cession of territory to Hungary.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Air Ministry
England
Brptios
Boulogne
Winston Churchill
British Empire
British Isles
Clug
Transylvania
Hungary
Jesse Marr Funeral Wednesday at Four
Funeral services for Jesse Marr, 81, will be held Wednesday at four o'clock at the L. A. Jane funeral home in Washington. Dr F W Eastwood will conduct the service. Interment will be in Ainsworth Cemetery. The body was taken to the Mary Marr home today for viewing until ten tomorrow morning. He died yesterday morning at his sister Mary Marr's home, after auto crash injuries and prolonged illness.
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Ainsworth
Jesse Marr
L. A. Jane
Washington
F. W. Eastwood
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Marr
Marr
Washington County
Iowa City
Ther
Robert
Josephine Hawthorne
Wingler
Vodicka
Rivenside
Franklin
West Liberty
Putnam
Florence Morback
Janice Elaine Gill
Chicago
L. C. Gill
Martin
Harda Vodicka
Jens Ad Andy Skriver
Harry
Downey
Charlies Skriver
Hills
S#usel Pugbe owe
RS Skriver
West Branch
Cathout
Robert Hamil
West Branch.Mrs. Vodicka
Chris Morback
Antone Vodicka
Indicted for by two registered nurses
Jesse Marr, born January 20 1859, died on the family farm near Ainsworth. He married Etta Wood on July 12 1882 and they had one daughter Nora. A farmer and stockbuyer, he remained active into old age, helping the community and serving with Hill’s Gun Club and local Memorial Day duties.
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Orn
Jesse Marr
Thomas Marr
Franklin Pierce
Marr
Thomas
Womesters
Sara Stewart Marr
Etta Wood
Nora
Tie
Hill's Gun Club
Ainsworth
Driver held over drunken crash that killed Vodicka
Robert Wingler was sentenced to one year in county jail and a $1000 fine after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in the Riverside area crash that killed Mrs. Anna Vodicka. His brother Daryl Wingler pled guilty to intoxication with a $25 fine. manslaughter charges are being considered.
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Robert Wingler
Frank Bechly
Montezuma
H. M. Putnam
Richard A. Stewart
Wingler
Riverside
Anna Vodicka
Downey
Iowa
Robert
Daryl Wingler
Iowa City
Justice Court
Vodicka
J. E. Bovee
Justice Bovee
County Attormney
District Court
Willkie to Speak on Train Stop in Washington September 14
Willkie, Republican presidential candidate, is due in Washington at 8 55 p m on Saturday September 14 for a ten minute speech from the rear platform of the Rock Island special train. The train arrives from Muscatine and heads to Coffeyville Kansas with a public address system on the rear platform. Washington leaders hope to move the talk to the square for a larger crowd, but current plans call for the speech from the North Fourth avenue crossing.
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Wendell Willkie
Washington
Wilkie
Theodore B. Bailey
Washington County Central Committee
Rock Island
Willkie
Muscatine
Coffeyville
Kan
North Fourth Avenue
Bailey
Iowa Population Rises 24 Percent 1930 to 1940
The census bureau announced Iowa’s population climbed from 2 470 939 to 2 535 430 between 1930 and 1940, an increase of 64 491, reflecting 24 percent growth.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Free Cedar Falls Park Dedication Barbecue Promises 5000 Pounds Beef
Cedar Falls prepares for a September 12 dedication of the new state park with Gov. George A. Wilson in attendance. An estimated 30,000 visitors are expected to attend a free barbecue requiring more than 5,000 pounds of beef. A farm bureau chorus contest featuring 18 Iowa farm choruses will crown a winner awarded a gold trophy presented by Joe Dumond the radio character Josh Higgins after whom the park is named.
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Cedar Falls
George A. Wilson
Cedar Falls State Park
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm
Joe Dumond
Josh Higgins
Borrows Gun to Protect Melon Patch Ends in Tragic Death
Hamburg report of Thomas Million a 67 year old mail carrier and trucker who died after a self inflicted shotgun accident. He had borrowed the gun to practice shell handling for his watermelon patch and was seated when the fatal shot occurred. He left one son and three daughters surviving.
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Hamburg
Thomas Million
Million
Sigourney Dedication Marks Electric Fountain Gift
A dedication event in Sigourney honored an electric fountain designed by Perry Jordan. Risk Construction built the fountain as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. John G. Lewis in memory of their daughter Helen Beatrix Dewey. Judge A. Dewey of Des Moines delivered the dedicatory address. Mrs. Lewis spoke briefly about their daughter who died at age five.
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Sigourney
Perry Jordan
Risk Construction Company
Sigourney and Keokuk County
John G. Lewis
Helen Beatrix
A. Dewey
Des Moines
Roosevelt Announces 60 Destroyers Trade for Bases
President Roosevelt informs Congress that the United States will give Britain 60 destroyers in exchange for naval and air bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Antigua, and British Guiana. The bases for Newfoundland and Bermuda are gifted. the rest acquired in exchange for destroyers.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamacca
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Antigua
Atlantic
British Guina
South America
United States Navy
More Ju. S. Liquor Stamps Issued in Iowa This Year
Iowa records show 1,958 individuals firms and organizations issued retail tax stamps for the period July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947. The tax amounts to 27 50 and total collections reach 53 845. Officials expect several hundred more stamps to be issued in the next two weeks.
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Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Internal Revenue
Iowa
Internal Revenue Bureau
All Teachers Here for School Opening in Washington
All teachers employed for the year in Washington public schools were present at the morning opening. Nine new instructors replaced a similar number released from contracts and made a favorable impression in their first day. Attendance figures will be released tomorrow. A patriotic opening program was conducted at each school and the junior college shows a definite increase.
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Washington Public Schools
Sigourney Hosts Dedicatory Ceremony for Electric Fountain
Local residents including Mr and Mrs W B Dupuis Dr and Mrs Fred Reid Mayor Lloyd Lytle Lester Orr Frank McFarlane and others attended the dedication of an electric fountain in Sigourney last evening.
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W. B. Dupuis
Fred Reid
Lloyd Lytle
Lester Orr
Frank McFarlane
Robert Risk
Perry Jordan
Roy Means
John Morrett
Dale Denison and Sons
Tom and Jerry
Sigourney
Sigourney Officials Accept Fountain at City Meeting
The mayor accepted the fountain while city council members and the board of supervisors spoke during the session.
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Sigourney
City Council
Board of Supervisors
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