Iowa column reports multiple DUI and theft sentences
Judge Fry fines Clinton man 300 dollars for driving while intoxicated. Raymond Smith pleads guilty to auto larceny and receives a 1000 dollar fine with jail time if unpaid. Frank Nodland sentenced to up to one year in Fort Madison penitentiary for operating an automobile without owner’s consent.
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Fry Eldora
Irwin Noble
Clinton
H. E. Fry
Raymond Smith
Smith
Frank Nodland
Marshalltown
Fort Madison
Man Blown Off Tractor in Pipeline Crash Near Nyman
A road tractor struck a pipeline near Nyman, sparking a six hour blaze that burned the machine. Joe McCord of Coin was thrown from the tractor but uninjured. Loss estimated at 8000 to 10000 dollars as 150 firefighters, WPA workers and farmers battled the fire from Red Oak Shenandoah and Kasex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Joe McCord
Coin
Nyman
McCord
Red Oak
Kasex
WPA
Two Catholic Nuns Lose U S Citizenship
Des Moines report states the federal district attorney’s office revoked the American citizenship of two former Des Moines residents now in Germany. Elizabeth Klaussmann and Johanna Maria Pauls, both naturalized years ago, had returned to Germany and reacquired German citizenship last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Federal District Attorney's Office
Germany
Elizebeth Klaussmann
M. Seraphicea
Johanna Maria Pauls
M. Clementia
Farmer Dies After Silo Fall Near North English
Joe King a 73 year old farmer died at University Hospital Iowa City from injuries after falling 35 feet from the top of a four story silo. He had climbed the silo top to prepare it for filling when a board broke sending him to the silo floor. He died on the operating table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Joe King
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. King
Firemen's Program at Iowa Association Meet Sparks Contests
Nearly 25 Iowa firemen registered in Marshalltown for the sixty second annual Iowa Firemen's association convention. The first day featured competitive contests including a chicken scramble and a pie eating contest, plus an evening dinner and a street parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Iowa Firemen's Association
Annual Journal Football Contest Opens Monday
The Journal announces its annual football contest with weekly cash prizes starting Monday. Hundreds entered last year under a sponsor group of football minded firms amid high interest this season. Entries require naming the firms ad and the predicted winning team. first games appear in next Monday’s edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace
The
Blanks Re
Picking Jury For Trial of Damage Case
Jury selection underway in the damage suit of Dorothy Denison against Franklin W. and Frank Kinsley over injuries from a December 8 1938 crash on East Main Street Washington Damages sought total 5075 with Ernest White a rider in the truck The case is represented by Dunham Morrison for the plaintiff and L J Kehoe for the defendants In a second matter Lizzie Farrells case against the Goble estate began trial but no verdict by mid afternoon Ruebsam seeks divorce decree and $100 alimony a month plus costs and home in petition and cross petition through attorney Edmund D Morrison junior
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Ernest Whte
Franklin W. Kinsley
East Main Street
Washington
Dunham Morrison
L. J. Kehoe
Lizzie Farreel
Rebeckah Goble
Ruebsam
Edna E. Ruebsam
C. A. Ruebsam
Edmund D. Morrison
Bis
Admits Part in Slaying Lowan to Be Returned
Detective Charles Antrim and Assistant County Attorney Walter Selby left for Eugene Oregon to fetch Fred Otto Ostenrieder 21 wanted for the slaying of Harold J Dreher Mason City salesman City announces the youth made a verbal confession before leaving Des Moines to face charges in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Charles Antrim
Walter Selby
Eugene
Oregon
Fred Otto Ostenrieder
Harold J. Dreher
Mason City
Paul Castelline
Funeral set for Mrs Pearson Thursday at two
Mrs Harold Pearson of nine miles northeast of Washington died at 2 35 Tuesday morning September 19. She lived a sunny life, taught in Louisa and Washington counties, married February 11 1933 in Rock Island Illinois. Survived by husband, parents and two brothers Vaughn and Merle. Service at Shermans Funeral Home Washington Thursday 2 PM conducted by Rev EB Brook burial Crawfordsville Cemetery.
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Harold Pearson
Washington
Pauline Achsah
Rex Smith
Ainsworth
Washington County
Blazensburg
Iowa
Denver
Colorado
Crawfordsville
Cedar Falls
Louisa
Washington Counties
Harold H. Pearson
Rock Island
Illinois
Des Moines Shooting Confession Ties Slay to Two Suspects
A late yesterday confession from Ostenrieder alleges Francis Welsh assisted in the July Des Moines street slaying of Dreher after his car was shot at and abandoned in Council Bluffs. Fingerprint matches reportedly link the suspects to the crime scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreheg
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Ostenrieder
Francis Welsh
Dreher
Mystery Killing Reported in Rural Iowa Farmhouse
Paul Carlson, 41, was found shot in the back of the head at his father’s home on rural route six. Officers, led by Sheriff Harding, pursued a murder inquiry with limited evidence and few details available as they investigated the rural farm scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
U.P
Paul Carlson
Harding
Carlson
Fire truck called to Rains farm near Franklin Center
This afternoon around two o'clock the Farmers' Mutual truck responded to a fire at the Rains farm two and a half miles north of the Franklin Center schoolhouse. Harvey Meek drove the truck. A neighbor said the barn and a shed were burning and the house was in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual
Rains Farm
Franklin Center
Harvey Meek
Tenants Seek To Buy Farms Under Tenant Purchase Plan
One hundred forty one applications from farm families were received at the Farm Security Administration offices in Washington. The office expects only five families will purchase farms this year, but the high interest signals demand for the program in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Washington
Legion to Buy Flags for Two Grade Schools
At a Leon Beatty post meeting the American Legion agreed to buy United States regulation flags with poles and standards for Stewart and Lincoln grade schools. Each flag costs about 10.50 dollars. Commander Bobe Kurtz spoke on the purchase. Plans for the Armistice day banquet were discussed but not finished. The Legion Auxiliary will meet this afternoon to decide on a joint plan differing from prior years.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Post
United States
Stewart
Lincoln
Bobe Kurtz
Legion Auxiliary
New Hudson Cars at Willits Garage
cloud willits of the willits garage announces today that two of the three new 1940 hudson automobiles are now on display at this garage. the new hudsons are described as larger and more powerful with a redesigned front end and air foam cushions. the absence of running boards is highlighted with optional running boards still available.
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Cloud Willits
Willits
Mr. Willits
Washington
Pes
Hudson
Ste Meger
County Doctors Oppose Neutrality Law Change After Address
County doctors voted against any modification of U S neutrality laws after a dinner in Wellman where Congressman Tom Martin spoke before the Washington County Medical Society. Martin argued the cash and carry plan risks war, while praising local medical work and honoring Dr C A police and Dr George Seamon.
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U. S
Martin
George Seamon
Iowa City
Adrian Kuipers
Wellman Advance
Ly Miller
Coffey
Parker
Des Moines
State Medical Society
C. A. Police
Revolt in Bohemia Reported Amid War Talks
British and French leaders vow to fight Hitler to the end as they plan a long war. In Bohemia and Moravia a revolutionary movement spreads with Slovak troops disarmed in western Slovakia. Warsaw pleads for aid as German siege intensifies in Poland.
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Hitler
Bohemia
United Press
Great Britain
France
Poland
Germany
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Council of Ministers
Chamberlain
Danzig
Warsaw
Paris
Siegfried Line
Moscow
London
Ministry of Information
Czechoslovakian
Moravia
Slovakia
Veterans Back Embargo on Arms Sales to Fighting Nations
After a Legion meeting, about 20 members voted to embargo arms and munitions to fighting nations, rejecting Roosevelt's cash and carry plan. The group reaffirmed support for the existing embargo and sales prohibition to all combatants, aligning with Congressman Tom Martin's Washington statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Congress
Roosevelt
Tom Martin
Firv
Iown
Waashington
Wellman
Peace as a business theme at Fairfield Spurgeon store visit
A. K. E. Sandburg and M. H. Hagenstad toured the Spurgeon store in Fairfield with Harold Johnson to argue peace is good business. They noted shifting public opinion on cash and carry and an embargo favoring current neutrality rules, while Dr. Ware presided and Dr. Boice led a medical group endorsement of neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. KE. Sandburg
Spurgeon
Fairfield
M. H. Hagenstad
Boureceon Stores
Chicago
Harold Johnson
8. C. Ware
Kalona
R. B. Shannon
C. A. Boice
Armour Strike Averted Today Will Negotiate
Washington D C September 2040 Chairman A Bittmer of the packing house workers organizing committee said a nation wide strike of Armour and company workers has been averted for now. He added negotiations for a contract between Armours and the CLO union would start Monday at the Thirty first street plant in Chicago Indianapolis and Kansas City with further plant talks to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
A. Bittmer
Packing House Worker's Organizing Committee
Armour and Company
Armours
CLO
Thirty-first Street
Chicago
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Landon to Speak at Cornell College Inauguration
Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, Republican presidential candidate in 1926, will deliver the principal address at the inauguration of Dr. John B. McGee as the eighth president of Cornell College in Mount Vernon on October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
John B. McGee
Cornell College
Police Merger Sparks Convention Showdown in Iowa
At the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police annual convention in Davenport a heated argument over a proposed consolidation with the Iowa State Police men’s association grew tense. Merger is discussed due to overlapping memberships and duplicated purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa State Police Men's Association
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police
Team Pulls 3,160 Lbs in Weight Class Record Claim
MASSENA a team owned by W C Davison of Clarinda pulled 3 190 pounds in a 2 800 pound class contest averting a world record claim by W L Har per of Iowa State college Smoky details. Earl Fritz of Fontanelle led second place finishers.
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Massena
W. L. Harper
Iowa State College
W. C. Davison
Clarinda
Davison
Earl Fritz
Fontanelle
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