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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
2
The article discusses third term politics and war talk in Iowa with focus on how third term questions affect fall campaigns. It also reports on military traffic readiness, noting Iowa highways and bridges can handle standard traffic and primary tanks with limits, plus thirteen new patrolmen and three clerks joining after exams.
In coming weeks Willkie for president clubs may form in Iowa with Willard J. Archie named president and Charles Williams Jr as chief aide. The aim is a club in every city over 1,000 and in smaller communities showing interest to win about 730 more votes per county than Landon did in 1936. Archie, a Philadelphia delegate, helped push the nominating drive at the Philadelphia convention. Adj. Gen. Grahl says about 280000 Iowa men aged 21 to 31 are eligible to register, with those without dependents likely to sign up first.
Iowa State College agronomist Dr. C. P. Wilsie warns against feeding red clover, alsike and white clover in summer due to heat and low moisture. He notes poor germination and potential winter injury. alfalfa and sweet clover can be planted late summer with August 1 to 15 as ideal windows, seedings needing moisture and careful weed control.
Afton vicinity notes describe an outing by 4-H girls led by Mildred Cave plus Mrs. Clow and Mrs. Mummert at a Storm Lake cottage. A Sunday picnic with families, birthday dinner for Mrs. Elsberry, and visits with the Starks are reported. Various social visits, entertainments, illness, and local happenings fill the week, including Marines enlistment for Gerald Mummert and recent rains benefiting crops.
In Waukon a church organist stayed to practice while the janitor was at work. After long music study in the choir room, the janitor locked up and left. The organist could only crawl out through a window.
Thelma McKinney of Rockwell City and Homer Akins of Butler Missouri wed at Lake City on July 6 aboard roller skates. The rink’s nickelodeon provided music as eighteen couples on skates formed the bridal party. The Aurelia Hatchery offers the highest poultry prices at 20-8.
Three faded scraps in the British Museum may settle the claim that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays. Dr. Robin Flower believes the fragments are Shakespeare’s original writings from the Sir Thomas More play, challenging theories that accuse Bacon or the Earl of Oxford.
Dr. Harold G. Hewitt of the University of Buffalo notes a boom in odor production as smells boost sales. He cites scented glues, paint odors, scented inks on food packages, and perfumed fabrics, predicting future scented gasoline.
In Kwei lin Guang xi near here students from across China study in 18 cave classrooms carved in mountain sides after bombing disrupted normal schooling. Tao Tze shing organized spaces for Han Min middle school Kiangsu educational institute and China vocational educational institute once in Shanghai, with libraries in smaller caverns and radios keeping pupils informed on the war and Chiang Kai shek appeals from Chunking.
Boston 1651 colonists faced a £200 ownership to wear gold or silver ornaments silk bands or scarfs. Magistrates public officers families military officers soldiers in service and those with decayed estates were exempt per the Massachusetts Bay colony general court rule in WPA histories.
The giant oak known as The Sentinel of the Ages in San Marino is believed by scientists to be the oldest and largest oak in the world. Its age is put at 1,200 years, with a 20 foot circumference and more than 60 foot spread.
When temperatures rise dairy cows shed heat by seeking shade or grazing at night. Iowa State College extension dairyman A R Porter notes heat harms milk production and many farmers use cooling systems, fans, or shaded yards. Some paint windows blue to reduce heat and flies and improve visibility.
The piece stresses understanding traffic sign meanings for safe driving. It notes communities may overuse signs and authorities should avoid unnecessary STOP or SLOW signs to prevent delays and confusion.
Emory Collins, renowned dirt track racer, aims for another record at the Iowa State Fair NASCAR national championship races starting August 23. He will race his new Offenhauser car worth $15,000, joining Gus Schrader who also enters a $15,000 Offenhauser. More than sixty top drivers are expected for the August 23 to 25 event.
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