Jewelry salesman charged in Canadian airliner bombing killing
J A Guay, 31, a jewelry salesman, faces murder charges for causing the deaths of his wife and 21 others when a bomb exploded on a plane near St. Joachim’s Que. Mrs. Marie Pitre, 41, admitted arranging the package but denied knowledge it contained a bomb. A taxicab driver tip assisted police timing of the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qlebec Cpey
J. A. Guay
Simard
United States
St. Joachim's Que
Marie Pitre
Guay
Baie Comeau
Que
Pitre
Riverside Plans Final Rites for Mrs Yeggy
Mrs Josephine Volger Yeggy 88 died at her Riverside home after a long illness. Funeral at St Marys Church Wednesday Sept 28 at 9 am with burial at Mt Olivet. Rev Thomas Wolfe presides. Born April 1861 in Washington County she married Anthony Veggy in 1887 who died in 1937. Survived by son Ed and many nephews and nieces. Rosary group will recite at the Yeggy home Tuesday evening after body is moved from Sorden and Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Josephine Volger Yeggy
St. Mary’s Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Thomas Wolfe
John Volger
Washington County
Anthony Veggy
First corn picker born on Lawler farm near Wall Lake Iowa
In 1885 Patrick J Lawler and John F Barry built a metal corn picker on the Lawler farm near Wall Lake Iowa. The device used a gathering chain and snapping rolls to separate ears from stalks. A test succeeded despite a breakdown and later attempts to commercialize failed. the machine was later scrapped in 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawler
Wall Lake
Iowa
Patrick J. Lawler
Walter Campbell
L. Mooney
Flora
U. S. Patent Office
John F. Barry
Department of History and Archives
Des Moines
Patrick Lawler
Chicago
Oldtimers
Barry
Feem Machinery Manufacturing
Vail
Joe Downey
Des Moines Weather Outlook For Weekend
Mostly fair and warmer weather expected tonight and Sunday. Highs reach 70 to 78 today and 76 to 82 Sunday, with lows 44 to 50 tonight. Winds shift from 10 to 15 mph this afternoon to 15 to 20 mph Sunday from the southeast. Friday temperatures around 65 and 39 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Belief Communist Spies Aided Soviet Bomb Discovery
Washington reports quote Chairman Brien McMahon suggesting wartime spy work in Canada and the United States may have sped the Soviet Union’s atomic progress. Dr Allen Nunn May allegedly passed a bomb sample to a Soviet attache after a admitted espionage. Groves testified Russia pursued U.S. atomic secrets during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canada
United States
Russia
Brien McMahon
Conn
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senate
Allen Nunn May
Loncon
May
Ottawa
Leslie R. Groves
U. S
House
American Activities Committee
U.S
Congress
Defense
Louisson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of
Dean Acheson
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Predict Warm Weather To Reach State Soon
Des Moines dispatch reports warm weather returning to Iowa after a very cold night. The Weather Bureau forecasts highs around 82 degrees in parts of the state tomorrow with tonight's lows from 40 in the east to 45 in the west. Temperatures are expected to stay warm through Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Uup
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Union Star Society Aided Civil War Soldiers
A young group formed the Union Star Society to aid soldiers during the Civil War era. After Lincoln's death, the society held no further meetings. A mention credits John F. Barry of Wall Lake Iowa among the context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Star Society
Lincoln
Parade Of Children Thursday Plans Announced
Plans are set for a rural and town school children parade Thursday evening at 7 in the Washington Tall Corn Fiesta. The parade forms between the YMCA and the National Bank with the junior high band leading and prizes offered. Nic Mc Cleery Jim Gallagher and Gilbert Mills head the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
YMCA
National Bank
Nic McCleery
Nicola & Harmon
Jim Gallagher
Atchison’s Shoe Store
Gilbert Mills
Mills Garage
Farmer Hangs Self After Killing Two
In South Dakota a farmer sought for murder warrants in two counties killed his wife and her sister-in-law, then died by hanging himself on a farm near Tyndall nine miles north. Coroner Kostel said Slaba, 33, hung himself with rope used for tying bale twine after a three day search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
S. D
Ed Slaba
Slaba
John Kostel
Alvin Podzimek
Podzimek
Kostel
Two Soldiers Killed In Jeep Crash In Nebraska
Two soldiers from the 743rd Air Force Reserve training center at Offutt air base near Omaha died when their jeep left highway 28 between Elwood and Orafino, plunging off a bridge. Corporals Lawrence W. Mould of Niles Michigan and Albert O. Moreau of Pawtucket Rhode Island, both 19, were killed instantly. Officials could not determine the crash cause. The pair were en route to Stockville for military police duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Neb
743Rd Air Force Reserve Training Center
Offutt Air Base
Omahiy
Here
Orafino
Cpls
Lawrence W. Mould
Niles
Mich
Albert O. Moreau
Pawtucket
R. 1
Offutt Field
Stockville
Chile United Nations reacts to Soviet peace bid as ironic
Hernan Santa Cruz, Chile’s UN delegate, denounces the Soviet five power peace proposal by Vishinsky as profoundly ironic, saying it pursues aggression against Yugoslavia and subservient governance while praising peace. American and British officials echoed the dismissive view, calling it propaganda. Ambassador Warren R. Austin labeled it the same propaganda as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
N.Y
Chile
United Nations
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Hernan Santa Cruz
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
China
Vishinsky
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Hickenlooper Returns to Consider AEC Charge Revival
Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper says he needs more time to study before reviving charges of mismanagement against the Atomic Energy Commission. The Iowa Republican helped trigger a full congressional probe into David Lilienthal’s AEC leadership, though members later cleared Lilienthal. He spoke after President Truman announced a Russian atomic test and noted leaks of atomic information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
David Lilienthal
Commission
Lilienthal
Truman
Russia
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Washington High records show first win since 1936
Athletic director Paul Thayer reported that Washington high school defeated Ottumwa 295 to 8 last night, marking the first victory for a local high school since 1936. Historical notes include Ottumwa’s 41 to 7 loss to Washington in 1922 and a 2 to 0 win for Ottumwa in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Thayer
Washington High School
Ottumwa
Demons
Bulldogs
Washington
GOP Farm Conference Outlines Five Point Farm Program
In Sioux City Sen Karl Mundt says a five point outline emerged from the GOP farm conference. The points call for price stability and parity, opposition to scapegoating agriculture, avoidance of surpluses, and protection of farmers freedoms. Urban reaction varied with critics and supporters debating parity and price supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP Farm
Sioux City
Karl Mundt
S&s. D
Republican Party
South Dakota
GOP
Kansas
Mundt
National Farmers Union
Charles Brannan
Brannan
Kenneth Wherry
Neb
Clifford Hope
Kane
Washington
Graham
M. Rymer
Spring Lake
Mich
Ed Thye
Minn
Beard Peak Named After Boy Scout Founder
Mt Beard a peak near Mt McKinley in Alaska was named for Daniel Carter Beard who started the Boy Scout movement in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Beard
Mt. McKinley
Alaska
Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scout Movement
America
Fetters Case Continues Monday With Rebuttal Witnesses
The defense rested after two psychiatrists testified Fetters was probably insane at the time of the shooting. Dr. Ristine and Dr. Bender diagnosed schizophrenia and irresistible impulse, while Mrs. Sarah Dougall Sailor denied giving gifts or a ring. The trial resumes Monday with state rebuttal witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Feters
Hugh Dougall
Leonard Ristine
State Mental Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Norman D. Bender
Clarinda State Hospital
Fetters
Sarah Dougall Sailor
Ristine
Bender
Don Wilson Leads Grade School Boys on Snipe Hunt
Don Wilson and the grade school boys left the YMCA at 11 30 for a snipe hunt with sack lunches. He promised the mounted snipe will be on display at the Y next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wilson
YMCA
Don
Red cedar prompts lead pencil production
Red cedar wood remains the most commonly used material in manufacturing lead pencils, valued for its aromatic timber and workability. Industry notes emphasize its widespread adoption across pencil makers and its role in producing smooth, uniform leads.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal
Dale Sojka
Route One
Mystery Farm
Rose Sojka
Dale
Ner
Farmer
Atom
Charles Gregg
Taunton
Mass
Washington, D. C
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Snipe
East Third
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!