State Capitol Letter Reports On Budget Pressures
The piece outlines the 1943 1945 state appropriations cycle with Comptroller C Fred Porter under pressure as costs rise and revenues shrink. It details the board of control processes, legislative review steps, and potential deficiency spending to extend current appropriations amid wartime needs. It also notes the Iowa Hardware Show cancellation to aid transportation and a Purdue soybean meeting signaling wartime crop emphasis.
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Statehouse
C. Fred Porter
Board of Control
Appropriations
House
Senate
Office of Defense Transportation
Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers Association
Philip R. Jacobson
Mason City
ODT
Jacobson
Des Moines
Iowa U.S. Treasury War Bond Quota Raised for September
The Iowa September quota increases from 14,030,000 to 18,869,312 after accounting for past deficits in certain counties with seasonal incomes. Nationally the September quota stands at 75,000,590. The adjustment reflects annual pledge purchases by farmers and regional income variation monitored by the Treasury and state War Savings staff.
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Iowa
Treasury
War Savings Staff
Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Community building renamed to National Red Cross
Local note recalls changes as the Community building now bears the National Red Cross name. Coach Carl Gruss reports a 20 man football squad for practice, smaller than recent years, with band concerts and sidewalk cement work noted in Spencer and Aurelia area updates.
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MO Vibes
National Red Cross
Carl Gruss
Dan Hankens
Donald
Okoboji
Spencer
Sioux City
Illinois Central
C. A. Larson
Soran Nelson
A. H. Waddell
Nurses urged to attend Cherokee refresher course
All nurses in Cherokee county are urged to attend a refresher course at Cherokee Garfield school on Wednesday and Thursday September 23 and 24 at 2 p.m. Miss Dorothy Freriks the school nurse will be in charge.
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Cherokee County
Cherokee, Garfield School
Dorothy Freriks
Iowa Motorists Join the Three Blast Club
The Iowa State Safety Council and Public Safety Department promote a campaign urging motorists to honk three times at any driver exceeding forty miles per hour. The policy invites participation from urban and rural motorists as a public safety gesture.
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Iowa
Three Blast
State Department of Public Safety
Iowa State Safety Council
Public Safety Department of
Scrap Harvest Yields 80 Tons For Aurelia War Effort
About 80 tons of scrap iron were gathered by Aurelia farmers and townspeople by the end of the Scrap Harvest drive. The Eclipse Lumber Co. received the metal, with praise to participants. Officials urge continued collection to stock wartime reserves and supply war factories and troops until victory.
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Aurelia
Aurelia Commercial Club
Eclipse Lumber Co
B. F. Ruppert
Supt
A. J. Renaud
War Bonds Drive Urges Ten Percent From Pay
A wartime appeal emphasizes frugality and sacrifice urging readers to set aside ten percent of every paycheck to purchase War Bonds. It frames investments as saving lives and mobilizing resources for the war effort.
Trail Ride and Horse Show Net $101.95 for U.S.O.
The Northwest Iowa Trail Riders Association event in Aurelia drew about 1500 spectators despite bad weather. Admission was 150 for adults, totaling 101.95 donated to the U S O, with prizes paid in War Stamps and a parade led by the Aurelia High School Band through town to the ball park where multiple horse events crowned winners from Aurelia and nearby towns.
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Debra
Athens
Iowa
Aurelia City Park
Aurelia
Ball Park
George Johnson
Rolin Wheat
Storm Lake
Velda Brummer
Sioux Rapids
Burkhardt
McDonald
Cherokee
Claude Jones
Edith
Ruth O'Bannon
Alta
Dick McDanial
Rossie
Don Schneider
Paullina
Glen Schneider
Roger Sturgeon
Danny Coombs
Dean Will
Leona Webster
Peterson
Lou Crane
Alex Cuthbert
Glen Loucks Elected Afton Township Farm Bureau Chairman
Glen Loucks was elected chairman of the Afton township Farm Bureau at a meeting held at the James Fee home last Friday night, succeeding Arthur Phipps. Herbert Kolpin was named vice-chairman and Mrs. T. H. Mum mert secretary-treasurer. The women's group elected Mrs. George Zwick chairman and other officers. About fifty attended as County Agent C. H. Thompson and Home Agent Mrs. Lois K. Hughes spoke briefly.
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Glen Loucks
Afton Township Farm Bureau
James Fee
Arthur Phipps
Herbert Kolpin
T. H. Mummert
George Zwick
Wilbur Allen
C. H. Thompson
Lois K. Hughes
Pauls Radio Shop Opening Next Wednesday Night
Paul Stiencke announces the opening of his radio shop next Wednesday night September 23 at his new building formerly Maple Valley Hatchery. Free treats will be offered to all visitors on opening night.
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Paul
Paul Stiencke
Maple Valley Hatchery
Band Boosters Net Profit From Burma Road Show
Bandmaster Lloyd C. Ruby reports the Community Theatre show A Yank On the Burma road yielded a clear profit of 42.94. It is the largest net yet for the annual Band Boosters production. The funds will buy two new Scotch Drums labeled Aurelia High School Marching Band to be seen at the Aurelia Sioux Rapids football game Friday night.
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Lloyd C. Ruby
Community Theatre
Band Boosters Club
Ruby
Eding
Aurelia High School
Aurelia
Sioux Rapids
Aurelia High
Aurelia Woman's Club Meeting Features American Creed Program
The Aurelia Federated Woman's Club met at Mrs. Bert Waddell's home on Friday afternoon September 11. President Mrs. A. J. Renaud opened the session with a business meeting followed by Leone Mummert and Ro Mindedem presenting a program on I Am An American, The American's Creed, The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Performances included Hazel Stutz in a vocal solo, a piano duet by Catherine and Helen Paulson, and readings and songs on American themes culminating in the Star Spangled Banner.
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Aurelia Federated Woman's Club
Bert Waddell
A. J. Renaud
Leone Mummert
Ro- Mindedem
CBS
United States
Fae Fraser
Hazel Stutz
Olive Johnson
Catherine
Helen Paul
Aurelia High to Face Sioux Rapids Friday on Home Field
Aurelia opens its football schedule with a conference game against Sioux Rapids Friday at 7 45 pm on the Aurelia field. The squad shows improved blocking and growing spirit as Dean Sauter and Jerry Booth return to boost the lineup.
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H. S
Sioux Rapids
Aurelia
Dale Larson
Loren Peterson
Dale Sturgeon
Harlan Hinkeldey
Vernon Galvin
Gus Chison
Clayton Lehnhardt
Stewart Gustafson
Bob Coombs
Junior Nelson
Lisle Harris
Tom Coombs
Dean Sauter
Jerry Booth
Rune Gustafson
Vocational Agriculture Class Activities Report
Students in Vocational Agriculture toured farms and a Storm Lake canning plant. Hog projects show many pigs near 200 pounds with self fed protein supplements. Archie Mackay Jr reports 21 pigs in two litters. A school bus from Ira Mann funds trips enhances travel for the program.
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Archie Mackay, Jr
Storm Lake
Ira Mann
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U.S. Treasury
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Trento
Teeter
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Vata
Yara Amose
U. S. Treasury
Official War Bond
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Edgar Rapp
Orlie Waddell
American Legion
Waterloo
Richard Bell
University Hospital
D. Parnell Mahoney
Ethel Jane Haskins
B. R. Wilson
W. A. McLaughlin
John Dowding
Hattie M. Neville
S. H. Graham
Inez Whitney
Ada Belew
Margaret Lockin
Carl Nelson
Morningside
Archie Nelson
Grinnell
Bess Olds
Cedar Falls
U.S.O
Afton
Woman’s Club
Lorene Radke
Claire Jordan
Roberta Meinking
First Trust & Savings Bank
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