State aid funds boost farm to market roads and cities
Governors oppose spending while taxpayers grumble over the gasoline tax raise judged constitutional. From July 4 1945 to Aug 27 1946 the penny brought in 5 376 836 dollars split 60 percent to farm to market roads and 40 percent to cities and towns. Local communities hope to reclaim liquor revenue for enforcement and public facilities. Bond sales in Iowa June totaled 16 357 220 with redemptions of 8 489 552. Pinkie George buys Milo Motor weekly paper ambitions.
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Towans
Supreme Court
Iowa
East Afton and Elk Notes in Brief
Harvey Kolpin returned home from the Sioux Valley hospital. Ed Pingel and Madonna of Peterson visited the Burdette Pingel home. Mrs. M. Hines came home to Aurelia after a week with the Booths. Fred Kolpin and Carolynne and Colleen Anderson visited Sioux City. Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Hill were held in Cherokee. The Campbell family from Lake Bluff Illinois stayed in the Booth home. Mrs. Quentin Anderson and Colleen visited the Glawe home. Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Hines visited in Alta. Mrs. W. F. McCabe of Storm Lake visited the Booths. Afton Farm Bureau met in Fred Kolpin’s airplane hangar. Mrs. Freda Grone returned to Kimball, South Dakota, after a visit with the Booths.
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Harvey Kolpin
Sioux Valley Hospital
Ed Pingel
Madonna
Peterson
Burdette Pingel
M. Hines
Aurelia
W. M. Booth
Fred Kolpin
Carolynne
Colleen Anderson
Sioux City
Cora Hill
Cherokee
Charles Campbell
Janet
Lake Bluff
Ilinois
Quentin Anderson
Colleen
George Glawe
Alta
Lee Hayes
Martha Waldo
W. F. McCabe
Storm Lake
John Booth
Afton Farm Bureau
Fred Kolpins
Freda Grone
Kimball, S. Dak
Olive News
Laverne Holmes
Hammond
Indiana
Cliff Simmons
Aurelia Pittman
Near Sloan
Iowa
Jack Lamb
Miss Pittman
Lamb
Earl Bruce
Robert
Kenneth
Clifford Bruce
Hazel
Vera Wiswaw
DeKalb
Ill
Clara
Nina Ohlson
Martyn Erickson
Orlan Sauter
Charles Galvin
Oscar Smith
Raymond Gould
Larrabee
Will Hahn
Helen
Nellie Sawwell
John Hahn
Quimby
Patricia Fritz
Laurence Fritz
Maggie Fritz
Edgar Johnson
Melvin Anderson
Twin Falls
Idaho
John Cox
Pocahontas
Donald Peterson
Lincoln Hahn
Henry Ohlson
John Larson
Oscar Gustafson
Enoch Nelson
Elsie Hahn
Spencer
Barbara Smith
Marlyn Erickson
Near Aurelia
Leonard Anderson
Howard Anderson
Homer Anderson
California
Sloan
Earl Crippen
A. B. Grimes
Boone
Apple pickers escape after live wire shock rescue
Mrs Burl Donald of Corydon grabbed a hidden live wire in a tree and suffered severe burns and shock. Mrs EB T Clayton rushed to help and pulled her free, also suffering shock. Both were taken to a hospital for treatment and released the same day.
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Burl Donald
Corydon
EB. T. Clayton
Notice of Probate of Will for Emil Radke Deceased
The last will and testament of Emil Radke, dated July 22 1908, is filed for probate in Cherokee Iowa. A hearing to prove the will is set for September 12 1946 at 10 00 AM before the District Court or Clerk at the Cherokee Court House. All interested persons must appear to show cause why the instrument should not be proved and allowed. Dated August 9 1946. E F Bare Jr Clerk of District Court. Deputy Litta Carpenter.
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Emil Radke
Cherokee
Iowa
District Court
F N C Club meets at Mrs Larson home in Mt Olive
Mt Olive notes report a F N C Club gathering at Mrs John Larson's home on August 9 with a brief business session led by president Mrs John Hoof er. Members plan to start toy making for orphans next month and luncheon was served by Mrs Larson and her daughter. Visitors listed include Mrs Beebe of Sioux City and several local residents.
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John Larson
John Hoofer
Myron Johnson
Forrest Lenz
Beebe
Sioux City
John Hoefer
Judy
Frank Laposky
Cherokee
Barbara Smith
Elaine Johnson
Helen Hahn
Earl Crippen
Mr. Olive Ladies Aid
L. C. Bengtson
E. H. Gillet
Gillet
Reuben Ohlson
Shirley Kahl
Ed Gearke
Floyd Johansen
Jess Weatherman
Gunnar Hanson
Oscar Gustafson
Gunnerson
Clifford Dukes
Roy Ohlson
Hazel
Vera Wiswaw
Disappearing Fish Puzzle Baffles Mrs Hoepner
Mrs. Gerald Hoepner of Reinbeck reports a mystery in Waterloo where a gold fish bought with a black tropical fish vanished from the bowl leaving twelve fry and the black fish. A classified ad may reveal the missing gold fish.
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Gerald Hoepner
Reinbeck
Waterloo
Disability Review Board Alters Many Decisions
The Disability Review Board, organized by the secretary of war, has reversed about 25 percent of the 1,100 cases reviewed since September 1, 1944. Officers reversed were found entitled to retirement pay benefits under existing law. Retiring boards have granted physical disability retirement pay to over 22,000 officers. Officers may request review by writing to the adjutant general, Washington, D. C., with records assembled and a hearing date set at least 30 days in advance.
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Secretary of War
Disability Review Board
War Department
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
Adjutant General’s Office
Review Board
Farmers Urged to Invest in Land They Own over Buying More
Norman J. Wall of the Agriculture Department warns farmers to focus on improving and stabilizing income prospects by investing in land they already own. He notes high land prices and war-driven output gains have strained soil resources, advising lime and fertilizer to restore capacity and pasture improvements to stabilize income.
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Norman J. Wall
Department of Agriculture
Poultry Values Vary With Cut Age And Fatness
Poultry meat shows variation in food value by cut and bird age and fattening. Lean poultry rates excellent in vitamins B and G and a good source of copper and pel legra preventing factor. It provides high protein and phosphorus. dark meat is iron rich. a generous serving may meet daily protein phosphorus and iron needs for an adult man.
Spectroscope hailed as key science instrument
Better Vision institute declares the spectroscope the most important device yet invented to extend human vision, noting that every element in nature emits a unique spectral light when heated identifiable by this instrument.
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Better Vision Institute
Rich History of Salonika Emerges in Brief
The ancient and cosmopolitan city of Salonika lies at the heart of historical trade. Once a Greek colony and major Roman port, it served as a Byzantine second city before suffering sacking by Saracens in 904 and Normans in 1185. It later endured Venetian, Ottoman rule beginning in 1430 for about five centuries, with Suleiman the Magnificent building a striking white tower-fort that still guards the shores.
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Salonika
Suleiman the Magnificent
DIY Lounging Socks From Worn Workwear
Instructions describe converting worn heavy work socks with good tops into house slippers or shufflers. Cut padded soles from an old felt hat or leather scraps, sew sock uppers to the soles, finish edges with colorful blanket stitches, and decorate the front with embroidery.
Aurelia Council Budget Hearing Sets Levy for 1946
Aurelia Iowa special council meeting on July 22 1946 approved the budget estimates and levy as published in the Aurelia Sentinel. Mayor Grapenthen chaired with council members Christensen Howell Johnson Kaskey and Shank present. The levy was certified to the County Auditor and adjournment followed. August 5 1946 regular meeting minutes note approval of prior minutes and bills including H E Rice Brady Transfer & Storage Fort Dodge Tent & Awning Co Kroll Patterson A J Maltby Eclipse Lumber BideWAlks Paulson Finkbine Osterling Construction Leslie Holderness and others.
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Aurelia
Iowa
Aurelia Sentinel
Grapenthen
Christensen
Howell
Johnson
Kaskey
Shank
Ayes
H. E. Rice
Salary Brady Transfer & Storage Co
Fort Dodge Tent & Awning Co
Kroll & Patterson
A. J. Maltby
Eclipse Lumber Co
Bidewalks Co
Csecceesecsseceeesessenene Paulson-Finkbine
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Pinkie George
Des Moines
Milo Motor
Jo Anne Roberts
Henry Teerink
Aurelia Phone
Reggy Martin
Territorial
Mgr
Simonsen
Robert Bjorkgren
East Afton & Elk
State OF
Cherokee County
E. F. Bare, Jr
Litta Carpenter
Cherokee Livestock Auction Co
George A. Pierce
MT. Olive
Nancy
Vera Wiswawl
Clara Gregg
C. J. Johnson
Klaus Magnuson
Stanley Gillet
Philadelphia
Clarence Simmons
John Towner
Aretne McCarty
Anna Jones
E. H. Dubes
Will Negal
Victor Georke
Schaller
Erick Gustafson
Iowa Public Service Co
Solicitro
Ilee
C. B. Thorpe Co
Stocgk Srokane
W. A. Liebsch
Winfred Moulton
Postoffice
Don R. Hankens
Larson’s
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Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
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H. H. Lockin
C. H. Kaskey
Council Proceedings
J. W. Grapenthen
Chester G, Sjoberg
General Fund
Treas
Leslie Holderness
Walter Luloff
Geo. F. Dise
Paulson-Finkbine Lumber Co
Seeeseneee
T. P. Griffith
Leighton Supply Co
Guarantee Oil Co
Towa Public Service Co
Light Fund
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