Colusfn Opens Southeast Field Drive for Airport Funds
Carlberggren of Swea City was fined 50 dollars and 4.25 costs for shooting a pheasant in closed season. On payment of 15 dollars and costs the balance of the fine was suspended. Akers names Graff to auditing post in Des Moines. Gerald Graff of Clarinda, Republican, appointed acting supervisor of state building and loan audits succeeding George Virden.
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Algona Carlberggren
Swea City
Akers
Graff
Des Moines
Luthe Hardware Co. Partner Dies in Des Moines
Charles J. Luthe, 69, a former partner in Luthe Hardware Co., Des Moines, died at his home after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage three months earlier and bronchial pneumonia. His wife Mrs. Luthe died five years ago.
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Luthe Hardware
Des Moines
Charles J. Luthe
Luthe Hardware Co
Luthe
Warin Named Head of Democratic Speakers Bureau
Des Moines announces Roger F. Warin of Bedford as director of the Speakers Bureau for the Democratic State Central Committee. Warin previously served as Taylor County Democratic chairman and was seventh district supervisor for the 1940 census and a 1948 congressional candidate.
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Des Moines
Roger F. Warin
Bedford
Democratic State Central Committee
E. H. Birmingham
Warin
Taylor County
Farmer Buys 155 Acre Farm for 40 Per Acre
Ryan Gilbert Wenger of Ryan purchased the 155 acre Mangold farm from Equitable Life Assurance Society. The unimproved tract is about half permanent pasture. Bought at 40 dollars per acre, Wenger plans immediate possession and a tiling program to drain the wet pasture and construct improvements.
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Ryan
Gilbert Wenger
Mangold
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Wenger
Two Men Detained Over Anti Conscription Handbills
Davenport police arrested Ellis Leehy aged 30 and George Teeple aged 27 for distributing handbills signed by the Tri City section of the communist party. The notice urged Americans to contact Representative William Jacobsen to oppose the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Tri- City
Communist Party
Ellis Leehy
George Teeple
William Jacobsen
Not Conscription but Cabin Draw Led Ames Couple to Marriage
Clyde Zimmerman 24 and Winifred Brinkman 19 wed after a week’s stay in a pastor H A Sinning’s cabin in northern Minnesota. The couple, from Ames and Rolte, say fear of conscription wasn’t the motive. the cabin stay is cited as the inducement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Zimmerman
H. A
Rudd
Minnesota
Zimmerman
Winifred Brinkman
Rolte
Cancer Fall Festival Cancelled Over Paralysis Fears
Three new infantile paralysis cases reported to Waterloo authorities raise the total treated since August 1 to 33. The new cases are Jeanette Conry, 3, William Theisen, 2, and Curtis Williams, 6, children of local families. A Dunkerton fall festival planned for September 10 was postponed amid fears of the illness, though no cases exist there.
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Waterloo
Jeanette Conry
Harold D. Conry
William Theisen
William P. Theisen
Curtis Williams
George H. Williams
Dunkerton
House Debates Draft Bill Amid Wall Street Claims
In Washington the House pursued debate on the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill with Rep. Dewey Short charging Wall Street financiers and foreign investors back of the measure. Democrat Rep. Charles I. Faddis defended conscription as a democratic duty to build a trained force, citing prewar democracies and European examples.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey Short
Missouri
House
Wall Street International
Senate
Short
Charles I. Faddis
Pennsylvania
United States
Switzerland
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Letter from Layton supports conscription bill and attacks anti-draft groups
Gilbert B Layton of Washington DC, formerly of Troop F, 113th Cavalry, backs the conscription act and denounces anti-draft organizers as un-American. He cites funds spent in Washington, calls them communistic, warns that signers of a supporting resolution risk government jobs, and urges disclosure of finances and officers by any pro American organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert B Layton
Washington
Suc
Washington Public Schools Open Enrollment Totals 481242
Enrollment in Washington public schools at the opening totals 481,242, down slightly in elementary but up in high school and junior high. The junior college reports 98 students, the largest in its history, with 19 more than a year ago and final counts expected over 100. Elementary Stewart and Lincoln total 528, down from 548, while junior high sits at 175 up from 171 and high school at 441 with final headcount likely above 450.
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Washington Public Schools
Stewart
Lincoln
Barclay Baby Dies at University Hospital
Joanna Virginia D Barclay infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Barclay died at 8 o clock this morning at University hospital in Iowa City. The notice records a death of a baby in an Iowa City hospital from the Barclay family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay
Charles Barclay
Joanna Virginia D Barclay
University Hospital
Iowa City
Airport project push begins with Sept. 10 deadline
The chamber airport committee starts work to raise $2,000 and recruit 100 charter members for a field leased from the Wilson estate two miles southeast of town. The project ties into a junior college pilot training course and aims to develop into a major regional asset with potential feeder fields and possible air mail base. Funding, field fencing, a small hangar, and road improvements are planned, with a report to the civil air authority in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Chamber of Commerce Airport Committee
Civil Air Authority
Kansas City
A. Keith Droz
W. W. Wilson
Clyde Rouse
Burlington Railway
Wilson
Middlewest
Unnamed woman taken last night prompts funeral plans
Funeral arrangements are in charge of L. A. Jones but not completed. Joanna Virginia was born Tuesday at 1 25 AM at Washington county hospital. She is survived by Charles and Virginia Moore of Barclay and grandparents G. N. Barclay of Washington and Sidney Moore of Danville Illinois.
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L. A. Jones
Joanna Virginia
Washington County Hospital
Charles
Virginia Moore
Barclay
G. N. Barclay
Washington
Sidney Moore
Danville, Il
Destroyers for Britain Move Details Revealed
The United States advances Roosevelt’s destroyers deal with Britain as 50 destroyers are prepared for navy transfer to Canada and British crews assume control. Admiral Greenslade leads officers toward Bermuda to select bases for American warplanes and ships amid European jubilation and German commentary.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
United States Army
Navy
John W. Greenslade
Bermuda
Atlantic
Boston
Canada
Veteran Telegrapher Retires After 50 Years Service
H G Miller longtime Western Union manager in Washington retires on pension after more than five decades with the company He started in Hoopeston Illinois and worked in Sterling Fort Dodge Keoksho Burlington Iowa City and Dubuque before moving to Washington He praises the companys benefits and staff relations Stella Wilcox will replace him as the Washington office manager replacing Lou Smith temporarily
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H. G. Miller
Western Union Telegraph
Washington
Miller
Hoopeston
Western Union
Sterling, Ill
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Keonosha
Wis
Burlington
Iowa City
Dubuque
The
Stella Wilcox
Perry
Jefferson
Lou Smith
County Exhibit Is Fourth at Iowa Fair
Washington county earned fourth place at the Iowa state fair for its county exhibit of vegetables grains and fruits prepared and entered by Mrs. Fred Kephart of south of Washington. This marks the fifth year of her arranging county displays with the first year in Henry county and the last four after moving to Washington. The award follows last year’s same ranking and stands as the county’s highest exhibit to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Fred Kephart
South of Washington
Kephart
Henry County
Routine City Council Acts At Fall Meeting
The city council held a brief session with routine business and the NaS hearing report. City assessor position remains open after A. E. Palmer’s resignation and E. J. Kallous’s recent report. Bailey presented highway commission correspondence on paving South Second Avenue for roads one and 92 in Washington.
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Nas
E. J. Kallous
Jackson Township
A. E. Palmer
Henry B
Moothart Funeral Service Held at Wellman
Cleo Moothart 25 farmer south of Kalona died after illness at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Funeral services at Wellman Methodist church tomorrow at two with Rev. Conant officiating. He is survived by Berberice Sitler his wife and two sons Donald and Gary.
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Wellman
Cleo Moothart
Kalona
Wellman Methodist Church
Bidwell Funeral Home
FP. M. Conant
Methodist Church
Norman Walter
Ollie Mas Chapman Moothart
Wellman High School
Washington
Berbice Sitler
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Donald
Gary
Charles Sehachner
Hangar Fire Destroys Planes in Spencer Iowa
A hangar and four airplanes were destroyed by fire at Spencer municipal airport. The blaze started about 8:20 AM and quickly engulfed the wood and metal structure. cause was undetermined. Local officials investigated the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Iowa
Spencer Municipal
Kephart Display Wins Multiple Awards At Fair
A farm won fourth place among 22 entries and earned a first and second prize on a sheaf of oats as part of the Kephart display.
Hitler threats reprisal bombings and war outlook
Adolf Hitler warned of massive aerial reprisals against Britain and vowed continued air warfare as German attacks on London and the Ruhr persisted. London said about 40 German planes were shot down in fresh raids while Britain reported bombs on Berlin and the French coast. In Romania, Gen Ion Antonescu became premier after Iron Guards faltered, and dispatches from the Far East signaled early Japanese moves into Indo China to press proposals against China.
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United Press
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Germany
Nazifuehrer
Berlin
Reich
Hitler
London
Ruhr Basin
French Channel
Bucharest
Carol
Ion Antonescu
Far East
Indo-China
China
New Legion Officers Set to Begin Duties at Meeting
Leon Beatty post installs Howard Miller as new commander with George Baker as adjutant. Glenn Mace announces season-ticket price for eight games at 1.26 and urges member turnout. Ives McKay receives gratitude for previous service as adjutant. A committee to arrange bingo stands for Oct 1 to 3 celebration is named. Des Moines hospital update on Arnot Wylie is reported as satisfactory. A gift of appreciation is planned for retiring district commander Fred S Downing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Beatty
Howard Miller
American Legion
George Baker
Glenn Mace
Chamber of Commerce
Legion
Ives McKay
Harry Simpson
Russell Frink
Ed Squire
Feilborn
Arnot Wylie
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
M. L. Brown
Charles Kennedy
Fred S. Downing
Paul Snakenberg
Ed Squtre
Balcony Exhibition Demo of New Indirect Lamps
A six by thirty five foot balcony along the East wall of the Iown Southern Utilities show room was completed yesterday. The balcony reaches the height of the average home ceiling to demonstrate the new indirect lamps.
Des Moines Forecast For Sept 4 To 7
Four day forecast for the upper Mississippi Valley shows a rising temperature trend with readings well above normal. Expect fair weather with scattered thundershowers Friday or Saturday and light to locally moderate rainfall in the north portion of the area.
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Werather
Des Moines
Mississippi Valley
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Lloyd Duensing
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Robert Priese
Johnny Robertson
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Robert B. Price
Howard P. Mace
Calvin Pierson
John E. Hanna
Fiten
Bearborough
Carl DeGraw
M. T. Johnson
J. M. Chadwick, Jr
W. F. Johnson
George Woodhall
Layton
Parsons
Washington High School
Clayton Ward
Dave Masson
White House
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Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Rome
Foreign Office
Moscow
Moothart
Parmer
Iowa City Hospital
Romania
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