Regional Scout Conference Sees Record Membership Gain
Delegates from 11 Iowa councils gathered at the Roosevelt hotel for a one day regional session. The eighth region including Wyoming Kansas Nebraska and Iowa won the Lorillard Spencer award for highest percentage gain in 1940. Arthur Schuck headlined the banquet while Troop 36 opened the morning ceremony.
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Nion
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Acesien
First Baptist Church
Grant F. Anderson
Harold W. Lewman
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Nebraska
Scouts See 1940 Gains and 1941 Membership Figures
Figures show a gain of 11330 in 1940 and a 1941 regional membership total of 122675. Northeast Iowa councils list Cedar Rapids 2190 Iowa City 818 and southeast 2190 with 26.8 percent attending long camps while 26.7 percent had no camping.
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Lewman
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Northeast
Iowa City
Southeast Area
Schuckck
Rollo Pickford
Fred Niesz
L. O. Tisdale
Marshalltown
Can a Married Woman Ever Feel Certain
An Elizabethan era advice tone discusses feminine hygiene and risks of strong acid douches. It promotes Zonite as non caustic and germ killing for intimate care, claiming safety for delicate tissues and over 20 million bottles sold. A free booklet titled Feminine is offered.
Army mulls two year extension incentives for draftees
Army officials reportedly study keeping thousands of draftees in uniform for two extra years beyond the standard one year. The plan would expand forces to beyond 1,418,000 by mid 1941 and may include bonuses larger than the current 75 to 150 dollar reenlistment gratuities. General George C. Marshall testified on mechanized divisions reflecting lessons from France.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
France
Classroom teachers accuse federal agencies as education control wedge
Harold Templeman president of the State Classroom Teachers Association denounces federal emergency agencies overseeing educational programs as a wedge to control local schools. He warns expansion would shift funding and governance to Washington, elevating costs and undermining local education.
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Harold Templeman
State Classroom Teachers Association
Eulbe Wem-Didcenionan Ieastans
Washington
Tempieman
Leman
Templeman
Darling
Teachers’ Association
William Koch to Speak at Consistory Dinner
Des Moines resident William Koch, sovereign grand inspector general in Iowa and Masonic service committee member, will speak at the consistory dinner on Wednesday. The article notes the twentieth degree, but details are unclear.
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William Koch
Des Moines
Iowa
Masonic Service Committee
Masonic Degrees Conferred Over Two Evenings
The 32nd degree was conferred in full form at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and again on Thursday the second section. Scottish Rite degrees and Bruce chapter Rose Croix were also conferred.
Navy warns mariners of drifting mines 190 miles north of Haiti
The U S Navy issued a warning to mariners to beware drifting mines after a mine was detected in the Atlantic about 190 miles north of Haiti and 500 miles east of Florida.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Haiti
Florida
Thousand American Planes To British
Lord Beaverbrook British minister of aircraft production told the house of lords that a plan to supply Britain with a thousand American airplanes is underway and would aid wartime defense. He stressed cooperation with the United States and outlined delivery timelines and logistical support for production and deployment.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
The
House of Lords
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Wants
Elmer Noon
Bakken
New York City
Rural Scouting Service
Rayner Harper
Troop 36
RAF
Beaverbrook
America
Uation
Lillian Clark
Pension Board
Frank Byers
Ezira
Little Boy Blue
West Side Sewing Machine
Westside Sewing Machine
Third Ave
Chance ON
Bowlene
U.S
U.S. Tires
U. S
U. S.S
Eac S
Specia Res
National Defense
Crosley
Freezor
Pay cc
Mak
Cah
du Pont
DuPont New House
Sensa
Second Street
Cali
Crosley Shelvadors
Crossey
Crosley Shelvador
Armstrong and Nairns
Petee
Bureka
Standard Tire Company
First Avenue
First Street
DuPont
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