Iowa teachers to get larger pay envelopes next year
Iowa public school teachers will receive monthly increases of five to twenty dollars for the 1942-43 term with some retroactive raises for 1941-42. Districts such as Shenandoah and Cedar Rapids approved rises, while Des Moines and West Des Moines boosted pay by seven hundred fifty dollars monthly in some cases.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Department of Public Instruction
W. A. Winter Stein
State Department
Winter Stein
West Des Moines
Marion
Council Bluffs
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stanwood Mayor Joins Navy With His Son
Des Moines AP report says Russell J. Rhoads 43, mayor of Stanwood, enlisted as a machinist mate in the Navy construction regiment. He hopes to serve alongside his son Robert 18 at a naval aviation base while Cedar County town of 531 residents watches the move.
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Des Moines
Stanwood
Navy
Russell J. Rhoads
Navy Construction
Robert
Rhoads
Hitler
Togo
Cedar County
Independence Education Board Rehires All Staff
All Independence school teachers were rehired at Monday night board meeting. The action included salary increases for the superintendent, principals, coaches and building employees.
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Independence
Board of Education
Thunder Rock at Cornell Friday and Saturday nights
A major Cornell production titled Thunder Rock will be staged Friday and Saturday at 8 15 in the Little Theater Armstrong hall of fine arts. The play, recently produced by a New York Group Theater, centers on a newspaper columnist who tries to escape a contemporary crisis by imagining real people in a Lake Michigan lighthouse setting.
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the Gazette
Vernon
Cornell
815
Little Theater
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
Group Theater
New York
Lake Michigan
Craig Huston
Columbus Junction
Wally Engelhardt
Oak Park
Ill
Jeanette Carlson
Pocahontas
Cast Named for Marion Senior Class Play It Happened Next Tuesday
The Marion senior class cast for It Happened Next Tuesday to be staged May 7 and 8 in the Lincoln auditorium includes Keith Stark Jean Stamy Gene Jacobs Eileen Schenken Bonnie Carey Bob Wainwright Mary Alice Kemple Kathleen Mullaley Albert Van Fossen Eugene Dunn and Patricia Peck. Director is Miss Winifred Schrubbe. The article notes other local events and community notices around Marion including bond drives, park programs, and social gatherings.
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Marion
Lincoln Auditorium
Winifred Schrubbe
Keith Stark
Jean Stamy
Gene Jacobs
Eileen Schenken
Bonnie Carey
Bob Wainwright
Mary Alice Kemble
Kathleen Mullaley
Albert van Fossen
Eugene Dunn
Patricia Peck
Community notices and club events in a Iowa town
A dense page lists a shower with decorations and 50 relatives, a dessert luncheon for the Child Study club, and multiple club meetings. Mrs Fay Bailey hosts, Roll call on housecleaning hints, and Trojan lodge 548 to meet at the Masonic temple. Other items note out of town guests, an auction sale, Red Cross meeting, and local residents' movements and hospital quarantines.
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Fay Bailey
Child Study Club
Paul Bowdish
Elmer Fisher
Trojan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
A. E. Granger
Grace Fernow
Cedar Rapids
Drunk Driver Receives Three-Year Term in Benton Court
Earl L. Clark, 47, Conrad, Ja., was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested Monday on Highway 30 south of Van Horne, his third drunken driving arrest. John McAllister, 30, Cedar Rapids, fined $300 and costs for the same charge. Edwin J. Selkin, 40, Keystone, also fined $300 and costs. Pat Daily, 50, Belle Plaine, and Donald Whitson, 20, Vinton, pled not guilty and rescheduled on bond.
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Vinton
Earl L. Clark
Conrad
Fort Madison
B. O Tankersley
Benton County District Court
J B Franklin
van Horne
John McAllister
Cedar Rapids
Tankersley
Edwin J. Selkin
Keystone
Pat Daily
Belle Plaine
Donald Whitson
Slot Machine Licenses Mapped Across Iowa Counties
Iowa reports show Des Moines leading with 498 licensed pinball operators while Davenport Cedar Rapids rank next. The list lists business locations not machine counts. penalties exist for keeping gambling sites. Attorney General Rankin urges county attorneys and sheriffs to enforce the law.
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Fort Madison
Muscatine
Charles City
Burlington
West Burlington
Clinton
Oskaloosa
Iowa City
Spirit Lake
Oelwein
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Mason City
Des Moines
Davenport
John M. Rankin
Iowa
Fayette County Women Convene Tuesday Meeting Notes
OELWEIN Fayette county Federated Women's club will gather in Randalia high school gym Tuesday. Mrs Pearl Schneider of Oelwein will chair. Miss Meta Jane Masters of Fayette will speak on Conservation. Mrs Eugene Henely of Grinnell will discuss Our Neighbors in South America. Civilian Defense is the topic by Wilford V. Clark of West Union.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
Federated Women's Rubs
Randalia
Pearl Schneider
Meta Jane Masters
Fayette
Eugene Henely
Grinnell
LF W.C
South America
Wilford V. Clark
West Union
Miller Rebuked Club Over Wife's Name Listing
Des Moines reports a Hamilton County Women's club dispute linked to the 1940 dinner for state executives spouses. Secretary of State Earl G Miller criticized a program misnaming him as Carl and misordering names, then defended his letter urging correct listings to aid the party.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Hamilton County Women’s Club
Webster City Freeman-Journal
Earl G Miller
People
Webster City
Carl
Earl
T R Amsden
Miller
Hamilton County
Carl Miller
Earl G. Miller
Akers
Spencer Youth Held For Fraternity Sign Thefts
Iowa City police say Blaine Asher a University of Iowa student from Spencer was charged with petty larceny not for stealing signs but as president of Sigma Nu fraternity where several traffic signs were found. The signs were discovered during a robbery investigation.
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Iowa City
Blaine Asher
University of Iowa
Spencer
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Asher
Iowa City Plans Practice Blackout
Iowa City defense committee spokesman Charles Chansky says the city will hold a practice blackout soon to improve safety. Date to be announced once plans are completed.
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Iowa City
Charles Chansky
Iowa City Defense Committee
Chansky
Judge Cooney Holds First Court in Waukon
Judge Martin Cooney of West Union opens his first term in Allamakee county this week. Abe Watts of Clarion continues as court reporter for Judge Cooney after succeeding Judge Taylor in September 1939.
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Waukon
Martin Cooney
West Union
Taylor
Allamakee County
Abe Watts
Clarion
Cooney
Poppy Poster Contest Prizes Awarded by American Legion Auxiliary
Postville prizes awarded in the poppy poster contest show in sixth grade first place Mary Jane Schlee and second Jimmie Koevenig. In seventh and eighth grades Floyd Schultz wins first with Jack Martens second.
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Postville
American Legion Auxiliary
Jimmie Koevenig
Mary Jane Schlee
Floyd Schultz
Jack Martens
Iowa News in Brief highlights local court and civic items
Vinton Glenn W. Peterson 20 Dysart jailed two days for operating a vehicle with revoked license. Herbert Brooks, transient from Great Britain, jailed 30 days for vagrancy Belle Plaine. Independence Red Cross shipment of 4926 knitted sewn articles to St Louis. Springville teachers, incl Supt Johnston and Principal Thomaband, receive raises. Hartwick installs new town officials. Waukon NYA project discontinued after 25 girls employed.
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Independence
Ralph Kimball
Red Cross
St. Louis
Lutie Marshall
Fred Agnew
Arda Davis
Fred Limbert
Springville
Springville High School
Minnie Opfer
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