Deep Voiced Rep Avery Dean Of House Came The Hard Way
A. H. Avery, known as Dad in Spencer, is the 70 year old oldest Iowa House member serving since 1931 with a varied career from farm work to law study. He rose from orphan youth to insurance agent and legislator, stressing public speaking as craft and proposing adoption record sealing to curb gossip. Arlington notes: Ralph Bateman’s building sold to Raymond Staudt. Arlene Opperman to run the restaurant there.
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Avery
House
ES Moines
IDPA
Clay County
House of Representatives
Rep. A . Avery
Spencer
Congregational Church
Arlington
Ralph Bateman
Page
Raymond Staudt
Arlene Opperman
Democracy’s Danger Isn’t Hitler Says Bishop Magee
Iowa City AP Bishop J Ralph Magee, Methodist bishop of Iowa, warned that democracy’s danger lies not in Hitler but in the erosion of Christian principles. He noted rising professed Christians yet fewer practicing Christian ideals and urged respecting majority rule over self will.
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Adolf Hitler
Bishop Magee
Iowa City
J. Ralph Magee
Methodist
Iowa
Magee
Youths Held For Oelwein Filling Station Holdup
West Union by Gazette reports Paul Gehrke 20 and Roy Ohl 17 jailed in Fayette county for Feb 26 holdup of Thornberry's filling station at Oelwein. Attendant J T Householder struck with hose and revolver. $22 cash and cigars taken. Confessions implicate Tony Rubino 16. Rubino earlier pled guilty to auto theft. all three residents of Oelwein.
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West Union
Paul Gehrke
Roy Ohl
Fayette County
Thornberry
Oelwein
J. T. Householder
E. B. Shaw
Tony Rubino
Rubino
Eldora
Jolas Resumes Saturday Broadcasts From Cornell Studio
Jacques Jolas Cornell concert pianist will resume his informal weekly broadcasts on WMT Saturdays at 4 p m The Mozart concerto in E flat major will be performed with the Cornell Little Symphony directed by Lloyd Oakland The broadcasts originate from Jolas studio on the Cornell campus
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Spreial
Gazette
Mount Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Cornell
WMT
Cornell Little Symphony
Lloyd Oakland
Jolas
Mr. Jolas
Couple Teaches Glenwood Ties in Decorah Wedding
Nora Nelson and Irvin Berge wed at Glenwood Lutheran church with Rev. Alfred Bredesen officiating. Attendants include Gerna Sersland and Walter Berge. Norman Nelson gave bride away. reception at Green Parrot. Both educated locally. Berge works as a mechanic for Peter Johnson and Sons of Decorah.
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Elmer Bredesen
Green Parrot Tea Room
Glenwood Township
Peter Johnson and Sons of
Decorah
Iowa 49th General Assembly Acts Overview
Des Moines AP reports the 49th Iowa general assembly passed acts across many areas. Key items include marriage health tests for licenses, tax shifts, farm tax exemptions, dairy promotion tax, highway and road funding, district reshuffles, home guard powers, teacher pay rise, building projects at state universities, and new crime and relief measures with enactment dates set for July 4.
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49Th
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa
Farm Bureau
National Defense
Executive Council
the Times
University of Iowa
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Towa Board of Control
State—General Fund
Iown Conservation Commission
Rockwell City
Towans
Supreme Court
Iowa Conservation Commission
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Easter cantata to be staged by Baptist youth
A Sunday morning service in the Baptist church features an Easter cantata Christ Liveth directed by Mrs. June Hoaglan. Cast includes Leila Renfrow Marie Child Lucy Meyer Mildred Meyer La Von Watson Flossie Gene Smith Lois Hundley How ard Mosher George Child Galen Griffin and Lee Griffin.
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Aurora
Christ
Baptist Church
June Hoaglan
Leila Renfrow
Marie Child
Lucy Meyer
Mildred Meyer
la von Watson
Flossie Gene Smith
Lois Hundley
Howard Mosher
George Child
Galen Griffin
Lee Griffin
Anamosa
Fred Henry Dirks
Minnie Johanna Folkers
Olin
Jones County
Iowa
West Liberty
Lloyd Papenthien
Rotary Club
L. A. Royal
Arnold Jacobs
Louis Barrack
Ben Schneider
Jean Echternacht
John Guler
Jake Metzenburg
Henry Jacobs
Jake Bader
Florence Carmichael
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Roman B. Bjorgo
Highlandville
Dale Irving Dietz
Clifford J. Little
Mabel
Minn
Edward B. Palmer
Oxford Junction
Fred Coker
Mr. Coker
Oxford Mills
George
Charlotte Coker
Maquoketa Masons To Conduct Burial Of Geo L Mitchell
Former State Representative George L. Mitchell 82 died after a heart illness. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at his home with Ma sonic honors in Mt Hope cemetery. Helion lodge 36 and Tancred Commandery 40 provide rites and escort. He was a banker and former city official with deep Ma sonic ties. Surviving wife Jennie Squires, daughter Harriet Avery, sister and two grandchildren.
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Maquoketa
George L. Mitchell
F. C. Snyder
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Helion Lodge No. 36
University of Town
Jennie Squires
First National Bank
Iowa
Helion Lodge
Harriet Avery
Rochester
N. Y
Charles von Schrader
Pierce
Henry
George Mitchell
M. W Joiner
Burr von Schrader
M. A. Samuelson
Stahlberg Anniversary Celebrated by Scotch Grove Family
Mr and Mrs John Stahlberg Jr marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home in Scotch Grove with about 150 relatives and friends. A noon picnic followed by a brief address from Rev F H Kehren highlighted the celebration. The couple, German-born, have eight children and many grandchildren.
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Scotch Grove
John Stahlberg
F. H. Kehren
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Germany
Stahlberg
Iowans’ Income Taxes Seen Surpassing Twenty Million
Des Moines AP Iowa federal income taxes for 1940 are expected to total over 20 million dollars, about 60 percent above 1939. Early 1940 payments through March 31 reached 7.92 million, with higher incomes in the state likely pushing the total beyond 20 million. The rise follows reduced personal exemptions from 1000 to 800 for singles and 2500 to 2000 for married filers. Last year Iowa’s collections were 12.68 million.
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Des Moines
Iowa
McGregor Hosts Clayton Federated Clubs Meeting
The Federated Women's clubs of Clayton county plan their annual gathering in McGregor at the Congregational church on Friday April 18. Mrs Edward Wickler of Monona will preside with Mrs E H McGhee of McGregor Tourist club chairing the host group. Guest speakers include Mrs Mildred M Cox of St Louis and Mrs R Reid visiting from London England. The Clayton County Farm Bureau women's chorus led by Miss Luncia Roggman will sing in the afternoon.
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Federated Women's Clubs
Clayton County
Congregational Church
Edward Wickler
Monona
E. H. McGhee
McGregor Tourist Club
Mildred M. Cox
St. Louis
R. Reid
London
England
Delbert Meier
Clayton County Farm Bureau Women’s Chorus
Luncia Roggman
Garnaville
Funeral At Stanwood For Mrs Ed Haesemeyer
Funeral services for Mrs Ed H Haesemeyer 45 who died Thursday after a lingering illness at her Rockford Ill home will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Stanwood home of Mrs Fred Haesemeyer Born in Monticello as Ruth Wilson she taught school in Stanwood before marriage Surviving are husband two sons Frederick and Richard sister Ethel and four brothers James Norman Wallace and Malcolm all of Monticello
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Ed H. Haesemeyer
Rockford
Ill
Fred Haesemeyer
Monticello
Ruth Wilson
Frederick
Richard
Ethel
James
Norman
Wallace
Malcolm
Predict Sunshine For Easter Parade
Des Moines reports sunshine for Easter Sunday with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures statewide. Friday's readings show Des Moines at 62 degrees with warmer highs expected in Davenport, Keokuk, and Dubuque, while Sioux City saw a light drizzle and showers appeared in the southwest and southeast regions.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Keokuk
Dubuque
Sioux City
Iowa Congressmen Visit Camp Claiborne During Easter Recess
Three Iowa U S representatives John Gwynne Fred Gilchrist and Paul Cunningham toured Iowa units of the 34th division at Camp Claiborne Louisiana Gwynne and Gilchrist met with Col Howard J Rousa and the 133rd infantry while Cunningham visited Col Folsom Eversest and the 168th infantry Also three 133rd officers Lt Wayne A Walton Lt Bruno G Marchi and Lt William R McClintock left for the infantry school at Fort Benning Ga bringing the regiment’s officers at the school to 18 all from Iowa units
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Camp Claiborne
Towa
John Gwynne
Waterloo
Fred Gilchrist
Laurens
Paul Cunningham
Des Moines
Gwynne
Gilchrist
Howard J. Rousa
133Rd Infantry
Cunningham
Folsom Eversest
168Th Infantry
Iowa
Fort Benning
Wayne A. Walton
Cedar Rapids
Bruno G. Marchi
Fort Dodge
William R. McClintock
Sioux City
Newly Elected Officers of BPW Club Named
The Business and Professional Women's club announces its new officers Teresa Mayer as president Helen Schott as vice president Eva R. Jordan as secretary and Kate O Reiley as treasurer for the term.
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Monticello
Remember These Famous Fives and the Gazette Want Ads
The piece highlights the Dionne Quintuplets as the five famous individuals and notes the five card suit. It promotes Gazette Want Ads as a quick economical way to earn money, citing an apartment rental example at 117 5th Ave. SW and offering phone-based ad charging.
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Dionne
Gazette
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