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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel is published every Thursday and filed as second class matter at the Aurelia Iowa post office. Proprietor listed as E C Lighter.
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The first meeting of the state office building committee chaired by Governor Wilson aims to begin construction without delay. Senator Ray Emerson leads the legislative group, with Omaha as the next meeting site and visits planned to Madison and Des Moines. Public opinion splits into three camps on building now, delaying, or not building at all amid wartime concerns.
Explanations trace opposition to the capitol grounds extension during Governor Clarke's tenure and note parking crowding during sessions. The libel suit against Governor Wilson was exonerated in Polk county court after a judge directed a verdict.
The item reports tavern operators in an Iowa city paying protection money to push illegal hard liquor sales while beer tax income declined. It notes rumors about Dailey and a looming personnel shift after July 1 as H A Tex Grantham ascends the tax commission, and Gov Wilson planning business or farm managers for state hospitals including Cla rinda and Woodward, under a 1939 law and a 1989 expansion.
Mrs Earl Zwick reports weekend visits at Chippewa Falls by Will Scott Orin Kelly and families. Kan sas City visitors at George Melton home. Junior senior banquet and prom at Aurelia high school attended. A son born to Wayne and family at Sioux Valley hospital. A C C met at Louie Melton with prizes and luncheon. Mrs Helen Dreyer to host May 27. Fifty relatives and friends joined birthday celebrations for Mrs Zwick Isabel Zwick. Five hundred games and seven tables hosted by Lester Melton.
Emmetsburg conservation project brings 35 sportsmen and students from Emmetsburg high school and junior college to Fifth Island in Medium Lake to reforest the area with 500 Scotch pine trees under the Emmetsburg Conservation League guidance.
Foresters at Iowa State College warn that high grading removes the best trees for timber and weakens future stands. They compare forestry to livestock breeding, noting poorer parent stock leads to poorer offspring and predict future oak proportions will decline. Wedding stationery at the Sentinel.
Herman Bailey of Des Moines serves as Iowa's No 1 man in several ways. He is the states top chauffeur holding license No 1 and also owns official license No 1 for his panel truck at the statehouse garage.
See Player-Manager Chet Woodruff in action for the first time on Memorial Day. Congo Collins, veteran outfielder, appears with the Aurelia club. Ronnie Miller also to pitch for Aurelia this season.
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