Iowa House OKs anti diversion gas tax amendment
The Iowa House approved a resolution for an anti diversion constitutional amendment by 73 to 25 after Senate passage. If the 1941 legislature approves, the measure goes to voters. It would bar future use of gasoline tax and motor vehicle license funds for non road purposes, though farm to market roads and city maintained primary roads might be exempt.
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Garrison School to Present Play A Sweeping Victory
Garrison high school plans a three act comedy A Sweeping Victory Friday night. Mary Merchant and Edward Turner lead with Everett Mack Keith Vanderzyl Wayne Henkle Anna Wolfe Marian Wolfe Jeanne Criswell Dale Romann George Craddock Lois Kizer Charlene Runyan in the cast. Vera Mitchell and Jasper Farrow direct the production.
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Jasper Farrow
Senator Gillette Refuses 1940 Presidential Talk
Washington Senator Gillette denies considering a run for president in 1940. He cites lacking broad culture and an unfitted temperament as reasons, notes letters from Iowans urging candidacy, and reaffirms support for Secretary Wallace, should he run, offering backing.
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Men Abdicate As Girls Take Over Luther College
Coed week at Luther college in Decorah features the women running affairs. Phyllis Johnson of Decorah becomes president with Hazel Nelson as vice president and Janice Relf as treasurer. Olga Strandvold serves as registrar and Laila Leikvold as dean of men. Randi Onstad and Marie Hendrickson head the deans, while Gladys Dirkson directs public relations. Male staff retreated from classrooms and chapel programs come under female direction.
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Wallace Laughs Off Residence Barter Question
Secretary Wallace gently dismisses a question about Hopkins changing his legal residence from New York to Iowa as part of a barter deal. He notes Iowans are pleased to have a distinguished citizen renew residence there while both men are linked to potential presidential considerations amid talks on trading surplus cotton and wheat for strategic war materials.
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Inquirer
Quilt Completed After 67 Years In Decorah Home
A quilt began 67 years ago by Mrs. Theodore Gerwin, formerly of Canoe township and now in Portland, Oregon, was finished last week by her niece Mrs. Horace Smith. The quilt was given to Gertrude Ellen Smith, who plans to display it on a walnut bed in the Smith home, a piece with over a century of family history.
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Iowa U Students Stage Peace Strike
Iowa City student body demonstrated near Old Capitol in support of peace with 500 onlookers. Speakers included Prof. Howard R. Bowen and Charles Joiner. A plebiscite on peace questions will be held Friday amid a broader national student strike context. Frances Gerstenberger, wife of J W Gerstenberger, died in Iowa City, survived by seven children.
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Junior Simpson Reaches Sixty Ninth Blood Transfusion
Mount Vernon five year old Junior Simpson, son of Earl Simpson, has undergone his sixty ninth blood transfusion at the University of Iowa hospital in 355 days for nephrosis. April 29 will mark one year of the rare disease as his body shows puffing from water absorption failure. He has been tapped at the abdomen eleven times and has received nine and a half gallons of blood from volunteer donors.
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Child Falls Downstairs Cuts Hand With Razor
Joan Kirby, two year old daughter of Mrs. Mary Kirby, found a stray razor blade while playing upstairs. She ran to her mother and fell, slashing her palm. Fourteen stitches were required to close the wound.
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Cows in Russia Use Glasses to Prevent Snow Blindness
In northern Russia and Siberia some cows wear protective glasses to guard against snow blindness. The eyewear aims to reduce glare and improve grazing in bright, high-latitude conditions.
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Iowans Press for Strict Neutrality Act in Letters
Constituents flood Senator Guy M. Gillette with about fifty letters a day urging a neutrality bill and no foreign entanglements. Samples from Clinton Waterloo Cresco Chelsea Cascade Viola Des Moines reflect broad demand to keep the U.S. out of war and alliances.
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Maquoketa Lecture Plan Fails to Draw Crowd
Maquoketa business men contributed 25 cents to 1 may be $1 to a Rock Island man who promised a free public lecture at Maquoketa city hall on the topic Crime Does Not Pay. The speaker did not appear as the audience waited.
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Vining Couple Announces Immaculate Conception Nuptials
Announcement for Miss Blanche Konicek daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Konicek Vining and Arthur Foley son of Mr and Mrs Michael Foley Dysart vicinity. They plan to wed at the Immaculate Conception church in Clutter on May 2.
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Building activity booms in Iowa in March gains
Iowa building activity rose 166.2 percent in March from February with valuations up 13.9 percent. Employment climbed 0.8 percent and payrolls 0.7 percent, led by Des Moines and eight other cities as officials expect a larger spring increase.
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Aurora School Closed Due To Mud Roads
Aurora schools have canceled classes since last Friday because muddy unpaved roads hinder bus routes from rural districts. The board will keep the school closed until conditions improve and transport resumes safety.
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