Vatican Italy Concordat Ends Long War Pact
Rome February 7 1944 official announcement by Cardinal Gasparri of a twofold treaty between the Holy See and Italy. One part conciliation between church and state, the other a concordat regulating future relations. Signatures by Gasparri for the pope and Mussolini for Victor Emmanuel III end Vatican Italian estrangement. Terms include enforcement of Canon law throughout Italy and a monetary provision totaling about 105 million dollars with cash or bonds.
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Rome
Holy See
Cardinal Gasparri
Vatican
Gaspatri
Pape
Itelian
Gasparrio
Mussolini
Victor Em. Manuel
Victor’ Emmanuel I
Italy
Road Commission Seeks Headquarters for Oelwein Staff
Oelwein Iowa Feb 7 Members of the state highway commission were here this week to arrange for temporary headquarters for some engineers and assistants during spring and summer paving on Highways 11 and 10 A downtown office and residences are needed for 15 to 18 men A district farm bureau outlook meeting will be held in Oelwein Feb 13 at 10 am at city hall with northeastern Town to attend Edith James and Milton Zabriskie of Stanley were married by Rev L L Bond at Hazleton Presbyterian manse he will live on a farm near Stanley Captain Fabian Kaney has obtained leave from the fire station for Seattle Wash his family may move there Fred Becker takes Kaneys place and Lee Reid becomes extra man in Becker s place M Berk of Peoria purchased the Oelwein feed yard to establish auto wrecking business Frank McAvinchey went to St Paul for his aunt Miss Mary McAvinchey s funeral Joe Thomas of Oelwein to box Joe Gordon of St Paul Feb 16 A free patriotic program will be held Feb 14 in K of P hall all World war veterans and the public welcome
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Oelwein
State “‘Highway Commission
Fifeet
District Farm Bureau Outlook
Ociwein
City Hall
Edith James
Milton Zabriskie
Stanley
L. L. Bond
Hazleton
Staney
Fabian Kaney
Seattle
Fred Becker
Mr. Haney
Lee Reid
Becker
M. Berk
Peoria
Xii
Oolwein
Harvey Dit
Frank MecAvinchey
St. Paul
Mary McAvinchey
Joe Thomas
Joe Gordon
K. of
P Oil
Hammill urges lawmakers to pass no measure with no value
Des Moines reports Gov. John Hammill telling legislators at a Greater Des Moines committee banquet that it is better to pass no bill during the session than adopt one lacking permanent constructive value. Separate item notes a dental clinic at the University of Iowa with Drs Hoxie Hemsworth and McCoy attending tomorrow and Saturday in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
Greater
C. R. Hoxie
J. C. Hemsworth
T. R. McCoy
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Fire Alarm Notices from Lafayette to Jefferson
Backfire of automobile at Lafayette and Mourth caused slight damage after a car incident. Short circuit at Jefferson and Fourth caused minor damage. Advertiser notes insurance options and contact details.
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Bimmons
Randolph
Lafayette
Mourth
W. G. Willingas
Jefferson
Fourth
Lindbergh Flies Mail to Panama Canal Zone
Col Charles A Lindbergh delivered the first air mail to the Panama Canal Zone aboard the Sikorsky aircraft of Pan American Airways. He rested aboard the Saratoga after a 2,600 mile journey, welcomed by 3,000 spectators near Cristobal, as army pursuit planes escorted the flight. The trip began in Miami and ends with plans to return Sunday morning.
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Barbor
Canal Zone
Haying
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Charles A. Lindbergh
Panama Bay
Saratoga
France Field
Cristobal
Colon
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Filer
United States Army
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Henry Wiley
Texas
Saratogs
Arthur Fisher
Lindbergh
Miami
John A. Hambleton
Pan-American Airways
H. K. Buskey
Treburn
Managua
Arenas
Costa"Rica
Aleft‘agein
David
Panarha
Altho
Fla
Patrick J Barry industrial leader and longtime Muscatine resident
Patrick J Barry 79 former Muscatine resident and co owner of Barry Company died January 31 at his home after influenza complications. He helped build Waterloo water works and helped invent an automatic button machine around 1900. Surviving are his wife and children Robert Paul Richard Gretchen predeceased by a daughter. He was active in St Mathias church Knights of Columbus Rotary and Western Realty.
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Patrick J. Barry
Waterloo
Muscatine
Barry
Pat
Barry Company
Cleveland
Nicholas
Alice Potts Barry
Rock Island
Fils
Patrick Barry
Patrick
Elizabeth Feirlein
Thiensville
Wis
Robert
Paul
Richard
M. Berry
Thomas F. Barry
Mary Fahey
Davenport
Kate Hadden
Chicago
Mys
Aliee Anson
Gretchen
James
St. Mathias Church
Knights of Onelumbus
Rotary Club
Western
Daca Oeea Estern Realty
Girl 14 Licensed to Wed Man 32 in county notice
Margarette Cole 24 daughter of Fred Cole was licensed to wed dog Sepn Alien Soper 32 late yesterday. The father, only surviving parent, gave consent. Deputy clerk Miss M Eva Wetres noted brides under 14 are rare in the county and no girl under 14 may wed under town statutes. Other licenses issued included Maurice V Lynch Green Mountain Adolph Vogt Reinbeck Margie Mastain Woorthle LeRoy Boers Shell Rock Velma Winkey Shell Rock. River expected to reopen March 15 with river operations resuming in Dubuque after the thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margerette Cole
Fred Cole
Adolph
W. Vogt
Reinbeck
Margie Mastain
Vyoorhle
LeRoy F. Boers
Shell Rock
Velma Alice Winkey
Mortuary Notices for Flin and Strattier
Louis A. Flin 75 died at the state hospital in Independence after residence in Waterloo for 26 years. He married Estella Wilerd in 1898 and leaves multiple children and grandchildren. Lovina Steaffer Strattier dies at a daughter’s home, with funeral in North English, Iowa.
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Louis A. Flin
Louia A. Finn
Wilby Street
State Hospital
Independence
Waterloo
Carpenter
Gascade
Estella Wilerd
Epworth
Linden
M. E. Church
Myrtie Koch
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Seward
Waverly
Charles E. Flin
Albert Lea
Minn
Orlen Flin
Des Moines
Juanita McLarnen
Nashua
Bernard ‘Trego
Mildred Gilbert
Kansas City
Kat
Man and Troyé
Kistner Mortuary
Lovina Strattier
Wirs
Lovina Steaffer
Clara Raffie
Webster Street
North English
Millersourg
Congress Today Faces Foreign and Domestic War Bill Debates
Congress debates war department appropriation and cruiser bill amendments. Agriculture panel weighs lender bills while Ways and Means holds tariff revision hearing. Military affairs committee examines Muscle Shoals project amid routine House sessions.
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Minieg Etkeny
Senate
War Departments
Agriculture Committee
Mason's Helper Tells of Bribes Offered 70: Him
Edwin L. Miller of Oskaloosa, long time undercover worker for the state bureau of investigation, says he was notified his special police job would end. He describes bribe offers linked to whiskey seizures, comments on enforcement, and notes wage pressures and family needs. Mason, road patrolman and constable, faces board action over his dual role while continuing snow removal duties and mileage charges.
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Edwin L. Miller
Oskaloosa
County Board
Mondey
Bescame
Miller
Harry PP. Main
Cedar Fall Dee
State Bureau of Investigation
State Bureau
Ab. Oskalodsa
Water service restored as standpipe thaws in Sutherland
Sutherland residents report thawing standpipe restores water after days of rationing. Farmers haul for household and farm use with costs rising above 60 dollars monthly. county ships gag and oil to Mason, who notes his car economy and patrol mileage. Local farms across Okee County face inoperable systems due to freezing.
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Sutherland
Tay Water Service
Heokee
Mason
Hill
Oir
Mayor requests loan of in city snow removal trucks
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts asks for business trucks and drivers willing to aid snow removal in Waterloo. Dunkelberg Leeper Cropper and Waterloo Roofing loaned units for three days. he cites 15 to 20 firms with idle trucks. Call Harvey Will, street commissioner, at 647 to offer help or leave phone numbers for future needs.
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Glenn A. Tibbitts
Waterloo
Dunkelberg, Leeper & Cropper
Tor
Mayer Tibbitts
Waterloo Roofing Company
Harvey Will
Forward Expansion captains named by Chamber chiefs
Nineteen of twenty four captains for the Forward Expansion movement under four majors in the Chamber of Commerce were named at a Gold Room meeting in the Hotel President. Divisions two and three listed six captains each, with leaders Hussman and McGinn naming their crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
A. P. Hussman
Robert Cass
Hiram Gross
B. L. Holton
L. C. Leeper
H. D. Simon
Gus Thode
K. I. Bragdon
A. B. Chambers
Lamar Duke
James Leonard
Mid-Continent Laundry Chain Buys Battle Creek Firm
Mid-Continent Laundries Inc a national chain including St Sibert White Laundry and Miller Cleaning Dye Works has taken over the O K Laundry Battle Creek Mich W W Sibert Waterloo director announced Acquisition of other laundries in other cities is also under contemplation Des Moines Feb 7 LAY OFF LEGISLATION Iowa Farm Bureau federation executive committee did not discuss proposals president Charles E Hearst said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Continent Laundries, Inc
St!bert's White Laundry
Miller ‘Cleaning & Dye Works
O. K
Battle Creek
Mich
Chicago
W. W. Sibert
Waterloo
Sibert
Des. Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Charles E. Hearst
Temperature forecast and daily readings
Weather brief shows Wednesday highs and Thursday lows with mentions of timing. Readable fragments indicate temperatures around 2k and 0.5.8 and a sequence of days including Thursday and Friday with implied changes. Further details are unclear due to garbled OCR but the forecast centers on temperature trends across the week.
Business groups seek ideas for Forward Expansion effort
Business groups in Waterloo plan conferences at Hotel President to brainstorm projects for the Chamber of Commerce program. Four Friday meetings cover professional retail wholesale and industrial sectors with additional sessions Monday morning. Representatives urged to bring ideas as leaders push citizen input for city progress.
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Chamber
Commertce
Chamber of Commerce
Allan
D. Allan
William Davenport
Alexander Karr
American City Bureau
Chicago
American Legion
West High Assembly
East High
Conlider
Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
Hileman and Gindt Debut New Ambulance Vehicle
Hileman and Gindt funeral home added a new Buick Master Six ambulance valued at 3500 with a custom body built by Lagerquist Auto. The interior features blue mohair, a movable glass partition, dual heaters, Arch glass rear windows with purple crosses, light and dark desert sand paint with gold striping, and side entrances. William Gindt returned from Des Moines with the vehicle this morning, built on a Black Hawk Buick chassis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hileman & Gindt Funeral Home
Ada
William Gindt
Des Moines
Lagerquest Auto Company
Black Hawk Buick Company
Flock of 204 pheasants seen in Refsauge Grove
A flock of 204 pheasants was observed Sunday in the grove at Edward Refshauge's farm, one mile southwest of Cedar Falls. The birds, driven by hunger, fed on soybeans and corn near the building.
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Edward Refshauge
Cedar Falls
Snow scraper collision fractures farmer near Parkersburg
Heiko Hulsings a farmer northwest of Parkersburg Iowa suffered a fib fracture when struck by a snow scraper while helping clear a highway on Monday Officials report the accident occurred as snow removal continued in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Heiko Hulsings
Boy 13 Injured Lip After Sled Fall Near Dane Street
Boyd Gore, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Gore of 404 Dane Street, was treated at St. Francis hospital last night for a deep lip cut. He was running with a sled near his home when he fell, tearing the lower lip and requiring several stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box
Boyd Gore
Guy H. Gore
Dane Street
St. Francis Hospital
Glasses Save Eyes In Plant Blast
Arthur Poe, superintendent of the Quaker Onts plant in Cedar Rapids, suffered facial burns when an oil burner exploded as he tried to adjust it. His glasses apparently saved his eyes, preventing blindness.
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Cedar Rapids
Ian
INS
Arthur Poe
Quaker
Onts
Hooper Nebraska Town Claims Law Abiding Record
Hooper Nebraska reports a single arrest in the year and no disturbances. Justice of the Peace Chris Royer cites a population of 1,014 of mostly retired German farmers and notes no sorb disturbances. He claims Hooper’s order is better than Lincoln’s, which also boasts 30 months without murders.
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Nebraska
Hooper
E. Tepo
Justice of “the Peace
Chris Roger
Dodges County
Royer
Lincoln
Luxury Spoils Athletic Work at Banquet
A Cedar Falls gathering of 87 men and boys heard L. L. Mendenhall of Iowa State Teachers College urge the spirit to win through effort and good sportsmanship. He warned athletes cannot live in luxury and praised hard work as essential to education. Prizes for Christmas seal poster distribution were awarded to HIY members, with George Busby and Harris Yagla accepting.
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L. Ld. Mendenhall
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Hast
A. Godhagan
Homer Albright
Ted
George Busby
West Hill Club
O. M. Yaugy
First Evangelical Church
E Myre
J. P. Jones
H. 8. Maynard
Iowa Public Service Company
Hi-V
Harria Yagla
East Hi-Y
Paul Elliott Held on Forgery Charge
Paul Elliott formerly of Waterloo was arrested under the alias J E Bartlett of Moline by detectives Davis and Crumline. He forged several checks in Eldora ranging from seven to eighteen dollars, most cashed in drug and cigar stores. Police check his record for possible past larceny and reformatory confinement. Elliott has resided in Moline for several months.
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Paul Elliott
Waterloo
J. E.bartlett
Moline
Davis and Crumline
Elliott
Eliiott
Eldora
Reformatory
Arbuckle Indorsed for Supreme Bench by USWV Camp
A resolution urging John W. Arbuckle Waterloo attorney to be appointed to the Iowa supreme court bench was adopted by Gov Hammill at the Pred Wilier camp United Spanish War veterans meeting. J A Gary James Young 4 J Artus A O Smith and W A Burton named to organize the April banquet. Ernest Haldwin John Boeller and Frank Swartz on committee for a patriotic program broadcast February 15.
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John W. Arbuckle
Waterloo
Supreme Court
Iowa
John Hammill
Pred Willier Camp
United Spanish Yet Veterans
Memorial
J. A. Gary
James Young
J. Artus
A. O. Smith
W. A. Burton
Ernest Haldwin
John Boeller
Frank Swartz
Father and Son Banquet at First Congregational Church
The Brotherhood of First Congregational Church hosts its annual father and sons banquet tomorrow at six, ending promptly at eight to allow attendance at the hockey game. The event features short talks, singing, and a magic program led by Gwynne Weston.
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Father and Sons
Brotherhood of Firs Congregational Church
Fathers and Sons
Gwynne Weston
Violinist Rose Reichert Injured In Fall
Rose Reichert known as Mrs H Marshall and violin instructor at Scholin Conservatory sustained a broken wrist in a fall at a tee while visiting Des Moines to attend her father D H Reichert who lies ill The injury may allow resuming violin work in six weeks or less The report notes her Kimball Avenue residence and Des Moines trip amid court updates on Feb 11 continuations for school attendance cases against M J Riley and Mr and Mrs William Kearney arrested yesterday by Detective Ralph Davis
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Rose Reichert
M. J. Riley
Ansborough Street
William Kearney
Black Hawk Street
D. c. Beem
Ralph Davis
Gilmore Fire Damages Hardware Store In Feb Deluge
A February fire in Gilmore Ja destroyed the hardware store billiard hall and barber shop. The blaze of unknown origin caused about 15000 in losses, the worst in two decades, with firemen hampered by a bitter wind and frigid 12 below temperature.
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Gilmore- Jeas
Gilmore
City
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Woodcock in Spencer Iowa
Mr and Mrs B B Hunter of 222 Locust Street announce the birth last night of a son to Mr and Mrs W P Woodcock of Spencer Iowa. Mrs Woodcock formerly Mildred Hunter, eldest daughter of the Hunters.
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B. B. Hunter
Loctst Street
Spencer
Woodcock
Mildred Hunter
Lions Club Luncheon Hosts Winnipeg Guests at Black's Tea Room
A warm afternoon luncheon at Black's Tea Room welcomed Winnipeg Can hockey star Mam Berg and the local American Legion team. Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts delivered the city welcome while Tom Eaton and Roy Malcolm of the Legion team were introduced. Alexander Karr, educational director of the American City Bureau in Chicago, spoke.
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Lions Club
Black's
Mamberg
Winnipeg
Can
American Legion
Gus
Thode
Glenna. Tibbitts
Frank Wyant
Tom Eaton
Roy Malcolm
Alexander Karr
American City
Bureau
Chicago
Hartleips and Cowans Attend Mardi Gras Carnival
Mr and Mrs J A Hartleip of Bay Fourth Street West and Mr and Mrs W E Cowan of 1626 Third Street West left this week to attend the Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans promoted by that city drawing visitors from across the United States. They plan to then travel to Milani Florida to meet Mr and Mrs H O Bernbrook of 1700 Third Street West for a trip to Havana Cuba.
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J. A. Hartleip
Bay Fourth Street
Priday
New Orleans
United States
W.E. Cowan
Third Street
New’ Orleans
Milani
Fla
H. O. Bernbrook
Havana
Guba
Leaves for Kingsley in wake of death at Waterloo
Mrs. Rd Stahl of Kingsley Iowa visits at H Gilley 113 Dewar street since Mary Eben Peverill the niece of Mrs Gilley left for home yesterday Floyd Ragsdale of Sumner Virginia visiting at the Gilley home will depart Waterloo Saturday
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Kingsley
Rd Stahl
Gilley
Dewar Street
Mary
Eben Peverill
Floyd Ragsdale
Sumner
Waterloo
Konjola Praised As Real Medicine Wherever Tried
Local residents praise Konjola after Waterloo introduction at Wangler Bros Drug Store. Canton resident Mrs. Gladyea Scharff credits the remedy with stabilizing digestion, boosting energy, and gaining weight after years of failures with other treatments. She urges others to hear the claims and sample the medicine.
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Waterloo
Kontota
Wangler Bros
Fourth Street
Ronjola
Mays Gladyea Scharff
Eighth Avenue
Canton
Iowa
Bonijola
Mrs. Scharff
Honjola
KonjJola
Konjola
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Metter
Berman O. Miller
Lindy
Fred Brandhorst
Sixth
Water Streets
Seventh Street
O. M. Tritz
Magnolia
Falls
Qbeuze
Punta Srenas
Mite
Tilo City
Olea
Dubuque
Congress Today
HOUSE
Eben
Him
Mason Geases
Mauer
Harry ‘Mason
Bancroft
Hoddeys
Jmen
Harry P. Madison
Imsofar Aus
Board of, Supervisors
Eagle Center Road
Highway Commission
Man Peanle
H. W. Miller
Jon
Eagle Center
Cedar Fallat
Tibbitts
C. OF. Campaigh
Ghogen
Ideas. Inc
C. Drive
Hileman & Gindt
Washington, D. C
Free Bridge Company
Missouri River
Sioux City
Amana
Sam’ Fels, Jr
Fels
S. T
Mr. Chits Spirit
Arbuckle
Supreme Bench
First Congregational
Lions
Konda
Wang, Jey -Bros
Gladyce Scharff
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