Rural electrification plans discussed in Cass County meeting
R F Beaty of Town State College led a Cass County rural electrification meeting in Atlantic to gauge interest and form a temporary group. A loan from the REA would back construction, with costs per mile ranging 800 to 1200 dollars and monthly power charges around 12 to 15 dollars per line, per household, depending on usage.
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Cass County
Rold H. Beaty
Town State College
Court House
Atlantic
Casa Buty An & Rural Electrification
H. R. Baldwin
Enklin
Paulee
Franklin Township
Julius
R. E
Beaty
Tarmera
Intel
R. EB. A
Rts
Pe RE. A
Love Affair shines as Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer at Rialto
Irene Dunne delivers a serious romantic turn opposite Charles Boyer in Love Affair, the Rialto feature, with Madeira and New York as key settings. The pair’s evolving romance, sacrifice, and a dramatic disappearance drive a moving finale, supported by Maria Ouspenskaya and Maurice Mosecovich, plus a musical Miniature and newsreel.
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Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Rialto Theatre
Miss Dunne
Boyer
Naples
New York
Madeira
Boger
Maria Ouspenskaya
Lee Bowman
Astrid Aliwyn
Maurice Mosecovich
Phil Harris
Kid
Texas
Dennie O'Keefe
Rial
Florence Rice
Long Island
O'Keefe
Anthony Allan
Jessie Ralph
Buddy Ebsen
Pete Smith
County Receives Funds For Two New Road Sheds
Final approval for two Cass county WPA projects to build highway maintenance sheds was received at the county engineer's office in Atlantic. One shed 36 by 104 feet will be east of the current shed near the Rock Island depot. the other 96 by 88 feet will be in district No. 5, five miles east of Griswold. Total cost 20368 with 12670 federal grant and 3688 county share.
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Cass County
WPA
Atlantic
Rock Island
Griswold
Cass County CCC Enrollment Aims For Local Youths
Cass county welfare officials seek 10 youths aged 17 to 23 for CCC enrollment starting July. Miss June Hamm says applicants need not be on relief, with preference for borderline families and recent high school graduates. Information at the courthouse basement welfare office in Atlantic.
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Cass County
June Hamm
Miss Hamm
CCC
Atlantic
Farm Checkers Pouring Into Cass County Office
Reports from Atlantic county agricultural conservation office show township committeemen directing farmers through 1939 AAA performance checkups. Farmers within corn and wheat allotments are eligible for parity payments. corn at six cents per bushel times farm yield and acreage, wheat at 11 cents per bushel. Payments will be issued after checkups, with farmers urged to assist by measuring fields and supplying information and to verify their compliance forms.
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Cass County Agricultural Conservation Office
Atlantic
Bullheads Placed in Cass County Streams
Eight thousand full grown bullheads were released in Cass county streams by the county conservation commission, with thousand each in Troublesome, Turkey, and Seven Mile creeks. The group expects 500 pheasant chicks later to be brooded and released. The commission includes township and civic representatives from Atlantic. Cass residents bought 451.93 dollars in Christmas seals in 1938, while the state sale totaled 102000 dollars, up four percent from the prior year. average per capita purchase in Iowa was four cents.
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Cass County
County Conservation Commission
Troublesome Creek
Turkey Creek
Seven Mile Creek
County
Atlantic
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Iowa
Cass Farmers Visit Ames College June 28
Cass county residents will tour Iowa State College in Ames on June 28 led by county agent Dale E. Bush. The group will visit Central building Beardshear hall library armory and several facilities including the two way corn cultivator meat lab insectary and girl’s dorms. Also on tour are agronomy dairy poultry horticultural and animal husbandry facilities with stops at greenhouses home economics and athletic venues. Local farm bureau invites others to join from Atlanta.
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Casa County
Jews State College
Ames
Dale E. Bush
Beardshear Hall
Farm Bureau
Atlantic
Anita Voters Grant Iowa Electric 25 Year Franchise
Anita residents approve a 25 year franchise for Iowa Electric Co of Cedar Rapids to use streets and alleys for a high transmission line. Vote 140 in favor, 5 against. The route runs east limit to Linn Street then to Highway No 6 and town limits. Also notes a bridge club gathering and a state agricultural land credit law starting next year with a $600,000 fund.
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Anita
Iowa Electric Co
Cedar Rapids
Town Electric Co
Iowa
Second Street
Elm
First Street
Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway
Lightning Destroys Tom Bailey Farm Barn Near Anita
A lightning strike Sunday destroyed the large barn on the Harry C Faulkner farm six miles southwest of the city, tenanted by Tom Bailey and family. Losses included nine dairy cows, one horse, 15 tons hay, six tons straw, harness and tools. The Baileys escaped injury during chores as they hurried to the house. Anita reported a heavy wind and storm with 1.40 inches of rain, trees shed limbs, and power outages from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
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Harry C. Faulkner
Tom Bailey
Bailey
Mr. Faulkner
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