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GROSS H R Gross the Des Moines newscaster who sought the republican gubernatorial nomination appeared in Forest City on June 9 to discuss campaigning with a tribal audience. About 1 500 people attended as he considered running in the fall as an independent or returning to radio news in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gross H. R. Gross
Des Moines
Forest City
Gross
George Youngbear
Sac and Fox Tribal Council
W. W. Akers
State Bureau of Investigation
Polk County
National Broadcasting Co
Niles Trammell
Trammell
Akers
36Th Infantry
Camp Devens
Mass
Dewey F. Goode
Bloomfield Republican
Goode
Congress Nears Adjournment As War Aid Looms
Congress debates finalizing emergency measures by June 22 while weighing domestic bills like Logan Walter and Smith NLRA changes. Ford plans mass production of P-40 fighters and war material shifts raise hopes for faster output. Roosevelt seeks 15 million dollars for European civilian relief, with Americans urged to donate to Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Smith
Senate
House of Representatives
War Department
Henry
Edsel Ford
Fords
Air Corps
Henry Ford
Michigan
America
Roosevelt
Europe
Poland
Finland
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Warsaw
Louvain
Aurelia Hatchery Sets High Poultry Price Mark
The Aurelia Hatchery is paying the highest price for poultry at 15-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Turkeys Die In Storm At Cass Farm Thanksgiving
At M. A. Cass Jr. of LeMars 1 699 young turkeys perished when fledgling birds fled from wind wrecked shelter during a recent storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
M. A. Cass, Jr
LeMars
Shortage of Lime on Farms in This County
Cherokee county soil tests show widespread lime deficiency in topsoil and subsoil. Acidity varies from 1 to 84 tons per acre with an average need of 2 to 3 tons per acre. Lime removal averages 8.84 to 116.9 pounds per acre depending on crop. Technicians urge cooperative liming programs aligned to soil tests to prevent legume failure and spread costs over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
SCS
CCC
C. H. Thompson
Spring Township
50th Wedding Anniversary At Afton Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blake hosted an open house Monday night for their 50th anniversary. The event drew relatives from Ayrshire Sioux City Davenport and Newton. Mrs Blake's 95 year old mother lives with a daughter in Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blake
Mr. Blake
John Scott
Cherokee
Walter, Lynch
Ayrshire
Muriel
Gilbert Clow
Kathleen Grashoff
Bonnie Whiting
Ames
Afton
Mesdames
Lester Melton
Arthur Phipps
Newton
Boone
Leo
Oren Kelly
Ted Townsend
Lester Heckert
Elmer Kelly
St. Elmo
Illinois
Clyde Pasley
Jeanne Melton
Sioux City
Mia
Earl Zwick
Isabel
Clyde Martin
Sutherland
Francis Aken
Kansas City
George Melton
Local Social Hours Share News Across Area
Wednesday afternoon events featured prizes for Leone Mummert Hallie Anderson and Ruth Gilbert after a two course lunch. Ethel Zwick will entertain on June 6. A string of visits and dinners linked residents from Cherokee Aurelia and Buena Vista County, including the Honsbruchs at Storm Lake and the Kastengrens with friends at John Swanson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Leone Mummert
Hallie Anderson
Ruth Gilbert
Ethel Zwick
Will Honsbruch
Storm Lake
Bob Jackson
Cherokee
Gilbert Clow
Joe Kastengren
John Swanson
Buena Vista
Mesdames
Blanche Jones
Lorella Anderson
Methodist Aid
Aurelia
Clifford Gould
George Zwick
Irvin Cole
Kastengrens
Guy Robinson
Will Robinson
Pirmghar
Large Hanover picnic celebrates Mr Fahr birthday
A wide circle of relatives and friends joined a birthday picnic at the Edgar Fahr home. Guests included the Grieme, Holtz, and Zwemke families from nearby towns along with numerous others visiting Storm Lake area homes over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Fahr
Harold Holtz
Ervin Radke
Harold Hustedt
Carl Fett
August Fett
Albert Wendell
Fred Grunig
Storm Lake
Fred Hoffmeier
Alta
Elmer Otto
Ed Witt
Ernest
Lorenz Lietz
Mosel
Martha Lietz
Lorenz Sievert
Ann Thompson
Charles Zwemke
Philip Berhen
Larchwood
Iowa
Henry Wendell
Henry Grieme
Ruth
Henry Westphal
Aurelia
Fred Wogahn
Geneva Juergens
Ruth Roggon
Charles Garliek
Huntley
Illinois
John Holtz
Masel
Anton Larson
Norman
Guat “Magnusson
Rockford
Tennois
Leo Conley
Waverly
W. J. Rieman
John Koth
Galva
Gladys
Bernice Roth
Adele
Irene Zwemke
Chas Weiland
Tiny 21 Pound Shetland Pony Born at Scranton Farm
A 21 pound Shetland pony was born at Jim Peterson’s Scranton farm. The foal stands about 22 inches tall, making it a notably small newborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Peterson
Scranton
Fond Memories of a 35 Year Reunion With First American Boss
Toledo farmer Frank Vilek recalls his long journey from Czechoslovakia to the United States and his 35 year wait to be visited again by his first American boss Frank Melsa of Cedar Rapids after originally arriving 85 years ago to work in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Belgium
Flanders
Britain
Paris
United States
Frank Vilek
Toledo
Mr. Vilek
Czechoslovakia
Frank Melsa
Cedar Rapids
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Bb. F. Ruppert, Mer
Jack Shelley
Spangler
Colonel MacNider
Harrison Spangler
Hoover
M. M. Cooney
Cooney
Congressman Vincent HarRmner
Ing
American Red Cross
Don R. Hankens
Larson’s
State Bank
Sedan Ambulance Service
Aurelia, Iowa
Simonsen Sauper Ton
Wayne Hirkpatrick
Carlson’s Dairy
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Geo. E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
Geo. I. Blanch
Chas. Gustafson
W. A. Liebsch
Reggy Martin
Gustafson & Johnson Garage
Winfred Moulton
Dow Ameche
Eugenie Leontovich
Mary Beth Hughes
Alan Curtis
Gelorge
Robert Lowery
Lionel. Royce
Big Rumann
Pocketbook of Knowledge
CFS
Fate Eratea
Pcaw
Nousainvills
Arried
SY Law
Nylow
Northrup King
A. Fraser Elevator
Hanover
Tiny
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