Millersburg Women Seize Power to Hire Marshal and Clean Up Town
In Millersburg Iowa a five woman city council sworn in to curb an unruly town plan to hire a town marshal with arrest powers and to restore the town’s respectable image. The move follows nine years without local law enforcement and targets issues of beer laws Sunday dancing and taxes.
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Millersburg
Mellersburg
Iowa
Marengo
Main Street
Alfred Schall
Wolfe
Keswick
Highway Commission
Springtime planting time nursery stock ad
Advertisement notes that spring is planting time and directs readers to look under classification 34 in the Want Ad section for nursery stock listings.
Iowa death rate falls as birth rate rises says health official
Des Moines AP reports Iowa birth rate climbed from 165 per 1000 in 1937 to 16.9 last year and deaths dropped from 104 to 10. Dr Walter L Bierring notes provisional vital statistics show 1938 births at 43 209, up 1 135 from 1937 while deaths excluding stillbirths totaled 25 621, down 871. Heart diseases and cancer were leading causes of fatalities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
Department
Vital Statistics Division
Iowa State Politics Delays Local Officials Confirmations
Mason City's District Attorney Ed Dunn and Sioux City's Postmaster H E Gooch may stay in office after their terms expired as party factions maneuver for Iowa state leadership. Senator Gillette opposes Dunn's reappointment, while Dunn could remain until a successor is appointed. congress adjournment suggests Gooch will continue as postmaster at least until the next session.
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Washington (Ap
Ed Dunn
Mason City
H E. Gooch
Sioux City
Guy M Gillette
Dunn
Harry L. Hopkins
Ed Eicher
Gillette
Hopkins
Commerce
Eicher
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
United States District Attorney
Northern
Iowa
Ed Birmingham
Washington
Birmingham
Indications
Gooch
Congress
Brooklyn Warren Carpenter Appointed Scoutmaster
Brooklyn Warren Carpenter has been appointed scoutmaster of the reorganized Boy Scout troop sponsored by the commercial club. The Scouts will purchase new uniforms.
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Brooklyn
Warren Carpenter
Commercial Club
Spencer Chamber plans court action on redistricting
The Spencer Chamber announced it will seek a Polk County district court injunction to block another general election until Iowa's state senate districts are redrawn. They said they will gain support from other northwest towns as a redistricting measure sits in the state General Assembly.
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Spencer
Iowa
State
Senate
Chamber of Commerce
Spencer Chamber
Polk County
Chamber
Injunction Sought to Halt 1940 Election Call
In Des Moines an injunction suit seeks to restrain Secretary of State Earl G. Miller from issuing a call for the 1940 general election or certifying elections until the legislature meets constitutional redistricting requirements for state senatorial districts.
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Des Moines
Earl G. Miller
Conviction Of Tracy Couple Is Reversed
The Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the conviction of Mr and Mrs Lee Coleman of Tracy farm couple and ordered their case retried. They were convicted at Knoxville May 23 1938 on second degree murder for the fatal injury of Bert Conrey Knoxville night marshal.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Lee Coleman
Tracy
Knoxville
Bert Conrey
Fire destroys wing and vehicles at Buckwalter garage
Wellman firefighters aided by crews from three towns fought a blaze that damaged 13 cars and trucks and a 25 by 300 foot wing of Roy Buckwalter's garage Tuesday night. Buckwalter estimated the loss at 10000 dollars. A 300 gallon gasoline tank truck was destroyed.
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Wellman
Roy Buckwalter
Buckwalter
Washngton
Kalona
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