Wage Hour Law Aids Iowa and Nebraska Farmers Says Gen Fleming
Gen Philip Fleming, wage hour administrator, told Iowa Nebr union leaders the federal wage and hour act benefits farmers by supporting higher pay for extra time. He cited rising livestock prices and farm incomes since 1933, and noted enforcement and back pay restitution are higher in the Midwest than nationwide.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Nebraska
Philip B. Fleming
Department of Labor
Iowa-Nebraska States Industrial Union Council
CIC
Middle West
Fleming
United States Department of Agriculture
Marengo Baby Show and Daddy Diaper Contest Highlight Local Fun
A Marengo event featured 39 infants in a library basement baby show with titles like heaviest and curliest hair. An evening square event hosted a Daddy Diaper Contest judged by three fathers, where Charles Seaton won for speed in a quick-change diaper routine.
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Dora Jane Hamblin
Marengo
United States
Daddy
Elmer Simmons
Charles Seaton
Knights Of The Road Convene In Britt For Hobo Day
Hoboes meet in Britt for the ninth annual Hobo day with election for king or president of the Hobo Fellowship of America. Candidates include Hobo Benson Speedy Bill Fallon and Ed Baker amid a day of parade slumgullion feast games and an evening dance. Radio broadcast planned.
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BRITT
America
Knights of the Road
Mn “Hobo
Leon Lazarawits
Lazarowitz
Freedom and education praised by Gov Wilson at PTA program
Governor George A. Wilson told an Ames audience that freedom and ignorance cannot mix. He warned that tyranny thrives where wisdom fades and praised free public education as a keystone of American democracy during the Par ent-Teacher association citizenship event.
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AMES
George A. Wilson
Parent-Teacher Association
Great
Free Republic
Des Moines Woman Known As Grandma Mills Dies at 96
Mrs Annie Mills of Des Moines known as Grandma Mills has died at age 96 in a local hospital after reportedly never having been sick.
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Des Moines
INS
Annie “Grandma” Mills
Insurance Firm Sues Over Milligan Losses in Mock Market Deals
Western Mutual Fire Insurance sues Lamson Brothers and co partners for 33164.82 and seeks 5000 from Des Moines Bank and Trust in Polk County for funds diverted by ex president David Q. Milligan in 1940–37. The major claim alleges bucket shop gambling and grain and lard dealings causing a net loss of 59403.94. Milligan is serving a prison term for embezzlement.
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DES Moines
Western Mutual Fire Insurance Company
David Q. Milligan
Insurance Company
Milligan
State Penitentiary
United States District Court
Lamson Brothers and Company
Chicago
Polk County
Des Moines Bank and Trust Company
Shortage of Iowa teachers blamed on army training
Des Moines Iowa superintendent Jessie M Parker says there is a widespread shortage of qualified teachers in fields such as industrial arts vocational agriculture commercial music physical training and coaching. She cites many men joining selective service or entering national defense work as the cause. The gap is larger in smaller and consolidated high schools but exists statewide. Iowa teachers' agencies support her claim.
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Des Moines
INS
Jessie M. Parker
Iowa
National Defense
Miss Parker
Parker
Examiner frowns on midwest to Denver air routes
A civil aeronautics board examiner urged denial of new air routes from Denver to Kansas City via Salina and Topeka, proposed by Continental Braniff and TWA for passengers property and mail, and similar Denver to Des Moines service by United via Salina Topeka and Kansas City.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Middle West
Denver
Continental Airlines, Inc
Braniff, Inc
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Kansas City
Salina
Topeka
Kan
United Airlines
Des Moines
Marshalltown Men Challenge State Sales Tax Suit
Marshalltown attorney Ray P. Scott and property owner Harry Druker filed in Polk County District Court a suit seeking to declare Iowa's $15,000,000 annual state sales tax unconstitutional. They argue the act does not specify the tax’s object per the state constitution. The suit would affect revenue used for homestead credits and old age assistance, potentially trimming funds available for these programs.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Ray P. Scott
Harry Druker
Marshalltown
Scott
Druker
Iowa
State Tax Commission
State Social Welfare Board
Buffalo man douses car blaze by driving into river
Ezra Goins of Buffalo defied danger when a torch caused a gasoline fire while welding a trailer coupling. He drove a burning car a mile and a half to the levee, backing it into the Mississippi to extinguish the flames. The tank did not explode and the rear portion submerged, stopping the blaze.
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Buffalo
Mississippi
Ezra Goins
Sia
Moline Firm Agrees To Lay Off Union
The National Labor Relations Board announced that Herman Nelson Corporation of Moline agreed to cease discouraging union membership in the International Association of Machinists AFL. The stipulation also requires the company to end interference with employees organizational rights.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Herman Nelson Corporation
Moline
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Iowa Welfare Board Move Voted Down by Executive Council
The Iowa executive council rejected a proposal to move the welfare board from the Iowa building by four to one. Gov. George A. Wilson pressed for the move for efficiency, but the cost and lease terms kept it from happening. The governor insisted the new space agreement not ratify the old 10 year lease, which remains a sticking point. Wilson strategists push for Mark Thornburg to run for governor or Senate with Hickenlooper and Dolliver possibly eyeing the Senate. Rumors of 1942 primaries swirl as state events produce political “dope” ahead of State Day at the Iowa State Fair.
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Father Flanagan
Charles Seaton
Mrs. Seaton
Daddy
Tel Moines
State Executive Council
Welfare Board
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Kraschel
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark Thornburg
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
J. I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Senate
Dolliver
American Legion
Hickenlooper
Thornburg
State Bar Association
Clear Lake
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CIO
Marengo Baby Show
Larry Wandling
Clarence Wandling
Bobby Radeke
Wallace Radeke
Dennis Lynn Jones
Byron Jones
Dennis
Sheryl Mae Simmons
Sheryl
Bill Campbell Photos
Education Freedom Insurance—Wilson
Examiner
Levy
Moline Firm
Capitol Currents
John H. Chapman
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