A COLUMN ABOUT IOWA IN DAVENPORT AND DES MOINKE
Nearly a hundred quail settled on Sidney J. Delaru's shady Davenport lawn as Mars Thornburg names William Batley to a state agriculture stall in Ottumwa. The Iowa City campus reports 95 degree temperature as 1,200 University freshmen sing and cheer at their orientation.
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Davenport
Sidney J. Delaru
del Moinko
Mars Thornburg
William Batley
C'tumwa Ne- Bro
Suile Cleidist
L. IL
Redfern
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Sue Tune
Jingie Beils
Services for John Marino in Marshalltown to honor Squalus death
Services for John Marino son of Mr and Mrs Tony Marino of Marshalltown will be held at St Marys church as the body is returned to Clinetown burial will be in Side Cemetery with full military honors the Squalus disaster claimed his life
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Marshalltown
John Marino
Tony Marino
Mareshalltown
St. Mary’s Church
Chailtown
Moose Convention Opens in Muscatine With Hundreds Expected
Registration under way for the annual convention of the Iowan association of Loyal Order of Moose. More than 150 candidates were initiated in the evening, followed by an address by Paul P. Schmitz of Mooseheart Illinois.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Muscatine Muscatine
Iown Association of Loyal Order of Moose
Paul P. Schmitz
Mooseheart, Ill
Farm worker Albert Krause killed in wagon mishap
Albert Krause aged 43 a hired hand on the Eric Peterson farm died from a broken neck after his team bolted while loading a kile on the farm. He was thrown from the wagon in the Le Mars incident.
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LE Mars
Albert Krause
Eric Peterson
Krause
Woman Dies After Hay Rack Accident Near Emmetsburg
Mrs. Edward Tendall, 51, of Mallard, died in a hospital after a team she drove bolted and threw her from a hay rack onto a plow. Survived by her husband and 10 children.
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Emmetsburg
Edward Tendall
Mallard
Marble Rock Man Hurt By Vicious Bull On Farm
William Kelm of Marble Rock was injured severely by a vicious bull on the John Kiefer farm near Marble Rock. Kiefer used a shotgun to drive the animal off and the man is recovering in the hospital.
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Charles Cit
William Kelm
Marble Rock
John Kiefer
Kiefer
Wright county grand jury returns no bill in extortion case
The Wright county grand jury found no bill against Amos Schreck of Des Moines and Otto Schreck of Iowa Falls. The brothers were accused of extortion via an agency to protect business men from dishonest employees. Prosecutors alleged threats to expose employees unless bribes were paid.
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Clarion
Wright County
Amos Schreck
Des Moines
Otto Schreck
Iowa Falls
Wright
Rock Rapids football coach injured in auto crash en route to game
Principal Lynn Kruwell of Rock Rapids High School fractured his kneecap in a car accident near Sheldon while traveling to the Emmetsburg football meet. Three Rock Rapids players in the same vehicle sustained minor injuries en route to the game. Sparks from a tractor caused a fire at the Leonard Nimrod farm crib, destroying 600 bushels of corn, a chicken house, and sheds. firemen from Stanton Red Oak Villisca and about 20 volunteers fought the blaze and checked the flames spreading to the house.
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Rock Rapids
Lynn Kruwell
Sheldon
Emmetsburg
Ock Rapids
Leonard Nimrod
Stanton
Red Oak
Villisea
MOUNTAYR Man Van Sickle Found Dead at Home
The 73 year old Frank Van Sickle was found dead in his Mount Ayr home. Sheriff Homer Todd Coroner J. Watson and County Attorney Grant Hayes asked the state bureau of investigation to assist. His body lay face down with a September 13 newspaper nearby.
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Frank van Sickle
Homer Todd
J. Watson
Grant Hayes
State Bureau of Investigation
Des Moines
van Sickle
Armory for Troop F, 113th Cavalry. work to begin
Ground staked today for a new armory at the junction of roads 1 and 92 near the city limits. Carleton Smith of Smith Construction Iowa City awarded the contract to erect a 100 by 192 foot building with a riding hall and stables for 34 horses, cost around 40 000 dollars, completion expected by January first.
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113Th Cavalry
Carleton Smith
Smith Construction Company
Iowa City
O. J. Brown
Washington Iowa National Guard
Smith Company
Cap Tein
Smith
Washington
Washington Armory Corporation
George A. Spooner
Des Moines
Brown
Charles H. Grahl
Enterprise
Armory
C. B. Reed
Chautauqua Park
Reed
Armory Corporation
Carrie Berdo
Army Corporation
National Guard
Central Life Assurance Company of
Rodney Arnold
Iowa State Bank and Trust Company
Paving Discussion For No 1 Highway In Town
State highway officials led by Leslie Kicher Willis Smith and Robert McCormick met with Mayor Lloyd Lytle city council and Street Commissioner Blaine Holmes to plan elevation and related items for a three four mile segment of No 1 north from the North Second avenue underpass. The project aims to connect Second avenue to the existing No 1 at Marion avenue and would be bid in fall pending weather.
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Leslie M. Kicher
State Highway Commission
Willis J. Smith
Ottumwa
Robert McCormick
North Second Avenue
Lloyd Lytle
Blaine Holmes
No. 1
Second Avenue
Marion Avenue
Seecond Avenue
Eicher
Washington youths head to college and junior college
A survey shows about 90 Washington youth will attend college this fall and 78 will enroll at Washington Junior College. Most students come from Washington and nearby areas with University of Iowa and Iowa State among the largest destinations. Names of several students and colleges across states are listed, inviting corrections for omissions.
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Washington
Peple
Washington Junior College
Wellman Paper Sold to Aurian C Kulperg in Hospers Iowa
The Wellman Advance changes hands as Lola Coffey retires due to poor health and Aurian C. Kulperg of Hospers Iowa assumes ownership after studying journalism at the State University of Iowa Mun. A special Golden Anniversary edition marks 50 years of the Advance established in 1889 by William F Reed with 40 pages of Wellman history and photos.
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Wellman Advance
Iowa
Coffey
Aurian C. Kulperg
Hospers
State University of Iowa Mun
Lola Coffey
William F. Reed
Wellman
French Claim Victory In Largest Battle Of War
Paris dispatches report the largest western front battle yielded a crushing German defeat after waves of troops and tanks failed to pierce new French lines between the Moselle and Saarbrucken. German casualties in Poland cited. French repulsed a Moselle counterattack with heavy losses. Belgium liner sunk near Weymouth. 49 survivors. Canada creates wartime supply board. possible U S purchase agent. unconfirmed reports say an explosion wounded or killed about 1,000 aboard the French cruiser Clion.
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Paris
Germany
Moselle
Saarbruecken
Poland
Soir
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Casa Blanca
French
Moerocco
Clnion
Germans Gain in Poland Occupy Presemyst 60 miles from Lemberg
The German high command announced occupation of Presemyst 60 miles west of Lemberg and capture of 8,000 prisoners and 126 guns in the Warsaw region. Earlier communique reported Bialystok taken and a battle ongoing near Lemberg.
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Poland
Berlin
Army High Command
Presemyst
Lemberg
Warsaw
Bialystok
Diplomats Leave Poland Border Talks Amid Frictions
Diplomats depart Poland during Polish Romanian frontier discussions in September 1640 as tensions linger and envoy movements slow, signaling cautious progress in resolving border issues and ongoing high level exchanges between nations.
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Poland
Copper Thieves Linked to Multiple County Thefts
Sheriff H. M. Putnam said two men, Charles Adler of Fairfield and Vernon Shepherd of Council Bluffs, were arrested with 200 pounds of copper lightning rod cable and suspected in numerous thefts across Jefferson Keokuk and Washington counties. They mainly hit unoccupied farm buildings and schools, removing only the cable and leaving rod tips.
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H. M. Putnam
Charles Adler
Fairfield
Vernon Shepherd
Council Bluffs
Putnam
Jefferson County
Keokuk County
Washington County
Keoranqua
New Haven
Franklin Center
Glenn Cuddeback
Will Reinert
George Augustine
Walter Starler
Brighton Road
Mrs Coffey Dedicates Edition to Her Nine Children
The edition is dedicated by Mrs. Coffey to her nine children Max Hubert Francis James Marcela Helen Kathleen Jean and Diana all of whom have helped in the Advance office. Helen was a Washington schools music teacher and Kathleen is wife of Allory Dunham Morrison of Washington.
Cheyenne Sunk. Crew Rescued by Ida Blake
London dispatch reports the Anglo American oil tanker Cheyenne was sunk and its crew saved by the Norwegian steamship Ida Blake, according to the ministry of information.
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London
Ida Blake
Ministry of Information
Barn on Durst Farm Burned Near Wellman
A general purpose 40x40 barn on Win Durst farm four and a half miles southwest of Wellman was destroyed around 3 30 yesterday. Fire spread to a nearby granary but caused only slight roof damage. Fifteen tons of last year’s hay oats harness and tools were lost. damage partly insured but not yet estimated.
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Wellman
Win Durst
John Durst
Vesper Service at United Presbyterian Church Scheduled
Announcement notes a Sunday 4 PM vesper service at United Presbyterian Church to dedicate chimes and two organ stops donated recently. Donor name and amount will be revealed at the service. Rev. William M. Nichol states there will be organ numbers by Miss Helen Harvey, organ duets by Miss Harvey and Mrs. Sara McCleery, and vocal numbers by Miss Carolyn Hamilton.
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United Presbyterian Church
William M. Nichol
Helen Harvey
Miss Harvey
Sara McCleery
Carolyn Hamilton
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West Front
New Armory
International Illustrated News Radiophoto
War
Adolf Hitler
Europe
International Illustrated News
University of Iowe
University
School of Nursing
Euey
University of Iowa
Katharine
Marguerite Hardy
Wima Kerr
Olen Zager
John McKinstry
Don Stutaman
le Roy Riley
Clyde L. Bolce
Billy Cox
Daryl Fetters
Paul Kyle
Hayden Hughes
Sherman Watson, Jr
Richard Johnson
Donald C. Davis
Wayne Wilson
Evelyn Nebergall
Mary Ellen
Iowa State College
Ames
Helen Finney
R Richard Birney
Naomi Kyle
Do, Marek
Mildred Kyle
Tom Blewart
Robert Thompson
Ruth Wead
Vera Foss
Bill Rawn
David Pearson
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mabel Wiley
Virginia Shannon
Doris Klepler
Donald Griffith
Martha Crone
Parsons College
Iola Dittmer
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Virginia Stateman
Anna Plummer
Coe College
Cedar Lapide
Douglas Eastwood
Doneld i Davis
Drake University
Deas Moines
Dixie Carter
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Iir
William Walker
Clinton Stewart
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Leola McLamore
University of Arkansas
Little Hock
Bob Stutsman
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Elizabeth Thorne
University of Texas, Austin
Ruth Smith
Romania
Zaleszczyki
Alex van Opstal
Shambles Light Chip
Weymouth
England
Canada
Ottawa
Great Britain
United States
Durst Farm
U. P
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