Weather Warmth Returns as Frost Hits Iowa Roads
Iowa forecasts show a warm day with lows from 19 at Cherokee to 26 at Des Moines and a high of 56 at Council Bluffs. Frosts reported across the state as Mississippi floodwaters drive airport closures near Dubuque and a river stage reaches 15.9 feet. In Newton, 24 year old Robert Tough died after a paralytic stroke suffered while riding his motorcycle near Kellogg, later dying in Grinnell hospital.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cherokee
Iowa City
Charles City
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Robert Tough
Kellogg
Grinnell
Farm Bureau President Criticizes Wage Ceiling Gap
Indiana Farm Bureau state president A Williams of Indianapolis told Buena Vista county Farm Bureau that the administration’s failure to set a wage ceiling makes parity for farmers essential. He blamed rising labor costs for unbalancing the farm economy in his county meeting remarks.
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L. A. Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Farm Bureau
Williams
Buena Vista County Farm Bureau
State guard enlists wider age range in Iowa
The Iowa state guard updated enlistment ages Monday from 18 to 50 to 17 to 55. Lieut. Col. John T. Lonsdale said the relaxation aimed to replace guardsmen entering the regular army. Those under 18 need parental permission, and those over 55 may serve if physically fit with waivers from state headquarters.
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DFS
Iowa_ state guard
John T. Lonsdale
Lonsdale
Court Asked to Cut Speed of Power Boats
William Mc Cauley a Webster county farmer filed suit Monday seeking an injunction to halt 10 power boat operators on the Des Moines river from operating their craft at allegedly excessive speeds He contends the boats create large waves that erode his land and that they are run without mufflers in violation of the river use rules
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Fort Dodge
William McCauley
Webster County
Des Moines
Ten-Year Term For Killing at Sidney
Alfred M. Goodwin of Hamburg began a 10 year sentence in Fort Madison penitentiary for the slaying of Everett Spittler 36 a former Hamburg resident. Spittler was found outside an Omaha hospital July 24 with a bullet wound in the neck. Goodwin admitted shooting during a quarrel near Hamburg and pleaded innocent at arraignment July 27 while jailed pending trial next month.
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Sidney Sidney
Alfred M. Goodwin
Hamburg
Fort Madison
Everett Spittler
Spittler
Omaha
Neb
Goodwin
Americans Interned in France by German Authorities
The United States embassy confirmed 1400 more Americans have been interned by German authorities in occupied France, according to official channels.
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Vichy
France
U.P
United States
European corn borer hits 19 Iowa counties
The Iowa Department of Agriculture reports the European corn borer found in 19 eastern counties including Clinton Washington Scott Muscatine Des Moines and Johnson. First detected August 10 in Clinton County near Clinton. Secretary Thornburg plans a conference to decide control measures while urging farmers not to panic.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Clayton
Cedar
Jefferson
Dubuque
Scott
Henry
Inns
Muscatine
Jones
Washington
van Buren
Jackson
Keokuk
Lee
Johnson
Louisa
Clinton
Wapello
Clinton County
N. N. Harrison
Carl J. Drake
Mark Thornburg
Thornburg
Soybean Crop Salvage Outlook After Frost
Ames Iowa Sept 29 agronomists at Iowa State College say about 75 percent of Iowa soybeans can be salvaged for grain. Of the remainder, roughly half may be only partially damaged. Findings by Robert Weber note green pods with full distention yield well, while some frost damaged fields may only serve as hay.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Robert Weber
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
College Agronomists
Gladys
Herrons Receive Letter from Son Prisoner of Japs
Mr and Mrs H O Herron of Moline Illinois formerly of Wyman have received a letter from their son Merle Lee Herron who was at Wake Island when it fell to the Japanese last December He is at Shanghai Interment Camp Field Post 106 Central China The letter dated September 24 says his health is good and he leads a regular life in the prison camp with work play and sleep No worries need to exist for him
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H. O. Herron
Moline, Ill
Wyman
Merle Lee Herron
Wake Island
Shanghai
Central China
Corporal Promotion for Shirley Statler in Company E
Private Shirley Statler of the 355th Infantry Company E has been promoted to corporal by his commanding officer. The promotion was announced via a Camp Carson Colorado public relations office communication received by the Journal. Statler is the son of Mrs. Martha L. Statler of Keota.
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355Th Infantry
Shirley
Statler
Martha L. Statler
R.F.D. No. 2
Keota
Camp Carson
Colo
Message to Friends and Doris
The speaker asks that the Lord watch over everyone and requests that friends be informed of their thoughts. The note further instructs writing to Doris.
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Doris
Dismissal of 3 Democrats Upheld by Court
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled five to four that three former state auditor office employees, Karl Warner Rudolph Clatt and Clarence Neergaard all Democrats, were not entitled to reinstatement under the soldier's preference law. District Judge Loy Ladd had ordered back pay totaling 6740 dollars. the court said the jobs were confidential and not protected.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
State Auditor’s Office
Loy Ladd
Polk County
Karl Warner
Rudolph Clatt
New Hampton
Clarence W. Neergard
Soldiers Voting Information Sent to Auditor
County Auditor Stan Kiesey has received a notice from Secretary of State Earl G. Miller with details on voting on November 3 by members of the land and naval forces. War and navy departments send postcards for armed forces to fill out and return. the secretary of state then prepares and transmits a list of names and addresses to county auditors by election precinct. The secretary will provide war ballots to service members, who will return them to the secretary, who then transmits to the appropriate county auditor for counting as if cast within the county.
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Stan Kiesey
Secretary of State
Earl G. Miller
Land and Naval Forces
United States
War and Navy Departments
Nazis Give Ground at Stalingrad
Moscow reports Marshal Semyon Timoshenko’s counteroffensive pushing Germans back along a 50 mile front between the Don and Volga above Stalingrad. Soviets claim gains on the Don east bank, weather turns cold, and Red Army presses in Stalingrad as heavy fighting continues.
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Moscow
Russia
Semyon Timoshenko
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Red Star
Livestock Feeding Meeting Set For Thursday Evening
County agent J W Chandler announces Wartime livestock feeding and management meeting for Thursday October 1 in the courthouse courtroom. Volunteers extension workers and stock feeders urged. women invited for poultry topics with BE L Quaife and Herb Howell assisting. Session runs from 7 to 9 PM.
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J. W. Chandler
Court House
Chandler
BE. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Herb Howell
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Bus driver pleads guilty to excessive speed charge
Harlan V. Lenix, driver of a Burlington Trailways bus, pleaded guilty when arraigned before Justice of the Peace J. E. Boyee yesterday evening. He was fined ten dollars and costs. He had been given a prior admonition.
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Harlan V. Lenix
Burlington Trailways
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Boyee
Election Day Closing Note
A brief line notes polls will close as voters finish casting ballots on election day.
Victory Lay Salvage Drive Seeks 150 Trucks and Drivers
A wartime appeal urges every citizen to join the October 6 Victory Day scrap metal drive. The Civilian Defense Chairman and city mayor declare it a day of labor not a holiday, with a call for 150 trucks and drivers and nationwide participation.
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Civilian Defense
Washington
Purchasers Pick Own Apples at Brookhart Place
The Brookhart orchard at the east edge of town draws around 100 apple pickers daily. Apples cost 25 cents per bushel, or a whole tree with crop for 1.50 if picked by the buyer. The 25 acre, 700-tree site mainly grows Jonathan Grimes Golden and Delicious, though it has not been sprayed this year. The land will be chopped and planted to grain, likely corn, with prior yields as high as 100 bushels per acre. Brookhart notes the orchard paid in the 1920s and 1930s, with one year nets around 5,000 dollars.
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Smith W. Brookhart
Jonathan
Grimes
T. L. Brookhart
Brookhart
Navy Recruiter Here Thursday Enlists Two Washington Men
A United States navy recruiting officer will be in Washington Thursday from ten to noon and may be seen at the post office. The Burlington Navy recruiting station reports two Washington men enlisting there Ralph W. Borman 84 and Maxwell K Raymond 31. An army enlistment from Des Moines yesterday included Clyde E Bowden of Washington. A speeding ticket was issued by State Highway Patrolman Don Braden for over 50 mph between West Chester and the Keokuk county line.
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United States Navy
Washington
Navy
Burlington
Ralph W. Borman
Maxwell K. Raymond
Army
Des Moines
Clyde E. Bowden
Don Braden
West Chester
Keokuk County
Mr and Mrs Cox of Rubio welcome daughter born Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cox of Rubio are parents of a seven pound daughter born Sunday morning.
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Samuel Cox
Rubio
Jury Impaneled In $25,000 Shettler Suit Trial
A jury was impaneled to hear the $25,000 damages claim by Mrs. Gertrude Shettler as administratrix for the estate of William Shettler against Farmers' Light and Power and Iowa Electric. The case cites electrocution July 27 near Wellman due to a pole and line relocation, with opening statements by Kehoe for the plaintiff and Barnes Livingston for the defense.
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Gertrude Shettler
Wellman
Farmers’ Light and Power Company
Iowa Electric Company
Lillian Livesay
Arnold Nicholson
Logan Heilman
Mildred Whitehead
L. D. Carris
Vera Smart
Robert Henderson
Margaret Voorhies
Donald B. Robison
Myrtle Pierce
Rachel Longwell
Emmaline Ward
L. J. Kehoe
Don Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Gs. W. Livingston
Paul Harned
Marengo
Kehoe
Barnes
Livingston
Shettler
Farmers’ Company
Barkley Presses Farm Price Reform in Senate
Senate leader Alvin W. Barkley in Washington said there would be no adjournment until the anti inflation bill and farm price amendments pass. He urged action on the Thomas amendment including farm labor costs in parity calculations and warned the chamber to vote out the amendment and the bill today.
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Congress
Barkley
Senate
Thomas
Farm Bloc
Boy Accidentally Shoots Teen in Davenport
In Davenport Iowa on September 2 Robert Tolmie Jr 15 was critically wounded by an accidental gunshot from an eight calibre revolver fired by Francis Rubois 13 The incident occurred as Tolmie was nearby the shooter and authorities investigate the mishap.
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Davenport
Iowa
Robert Tolmie, Jr
Francis Rubois
Negligence Dispute Over Electrocution in Quarry Case
Attorney Barnes argues defendant negligence caused the death of Shettler from a blasting accident. He claims power lines were improperly placed on private property and that Shettler helped relocate poles. The defense contends proper blasting methods would have prevented the wires from being blown over the transmission line. Trial adjourned with jurors released for the term.
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Kehoe
Shettler
Barnes
Garry
Barnescourt
J. G. Patterson
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Oliver P. Echols
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Red Army
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Sion
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Kentucky
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