Iowa State costs rise. 1940 operations hit record figures
A state audit shows Iowa State College at Ames spent 3 953 181 during the year ended June 30 1940, up 341 157 from 1939. State share 59 percent funded expenses, federal 20 percent, with tuition gifts and endowment making up the rest. The college posted profits on football and auxiliary enterprises and sits on a 653 073 endowment with dormitory notes outstanding.
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DES Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Iowa
Iowa State
Drownings Of Son And Mother Probed
County Sheriff Riley C Nelson announced an inquest into the deaths of Mrs Morris Sales 29 and her son Raymond G who drowned in the Missouri river eight miles northwest of Crescent on July 6. He cited new evidence from a long investigation and said he questioned nearly 100 people to probe rumors of foul play. He alleged the pair were in a motor boat with two men and another woman when it capsized. earlier reports had Raymond drowning after a boat tied at the bank capsized and his mother died trying to save him. Neither body has been recovered.
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Council Bluffs
Riley C. Nelson
Morris Sales
Raymond G
Missouri River
Crescent
Nelson
Chokedamp Blamed For Youths Death In Idle Coal Mine
Centerville youth Thomas Lyons, 17, died in the idle Ballard coal mine near Numa after reportedly calling to his brother and friends that the air was bad. Coroner B B Parker attributed the fatal fall to chokedamp, a mine gas rich in carbon dioxide, which overcame him.
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Centerville
Chokedamp
Thomas Lyons
Ballard
Numa
B. B Parker
Wilbur Lyons
Bernard
Lyons
Parker
Four Lane Highway Planned to Ankeny-Herring Plant
Senator Clyde L. Herring said a new four lane defense highway will be built to the Ankeny ordnance plant despite the President's veto of the defense highway bill. Construction could start without a new smaller road bill. He called the veto right as the bill had become more park than road. Plans include a road from Des Moines to the plant edge and a two lane belt around the 2,464 acre site.
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Des Moines
Ankeny
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Friends Reaffirm Opposition To War In Iowa Meeting
Iowa Friends reaffirm their peace oath that all war is incompatible with the Lord's precepts. At Oskaloosa for the seventy ninth annual meeting they reelected Richard Newby of Des Moines as general superintendent. Trustees include Emmett Morris New Providence and Warren Cadwallader Oskaloosa.
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Oskaloosa
INS
Iowa
Richard Newby
Des Moines
Emmett Morris
New Providence
Warren Cadwallader
Penn College
Roy Rich
C. V. Stanley
Charles Maxwell
Earlham
Edwin Wright
Carl Binford
Weldon
Ross Reece
Yearly Permanent Meeting Board
E. M. Brown
New Salem
White
Manual Labor Institute
Guy and
Louise Michener
Knoxville
New York Artist Marries Portrait Subject in California
James Chapin, NY artist and PAFA instructor, came to Claremont for a portrait commission from Mary Fischer, sportswear shop proprietor. After destroying an early version, he painted another that earned critical praise, then returned Thursday to marry Fischer in Pasadena. She is daughter of Judge and Mrs. Frederick Fischer of Shenandoah Iowa.
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Claremont
Calif
James Chapin
New York
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Claremont College
Graduate Institute of Art
Mary Fischer
Chapin
Deaths in Iowa towns bring multiple notices
Obituaries from Wilton Junction Stockton Fayette Oelwein Kalona list Frances Rauth Schorr 80 of Wilton and others including William Raymond Herr 67 and Mrs C F Schell. Michael DeTimmerman 3. Mary Jane Frederick 84, with details of births, marriages, survivors, funeral arrangements and burial locations across Cedar, Fayette, Clinton, and surrounding counties.
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Wilton Junction
Frances Rauth Schorr
Henry Schorr
Wilton
Peter Schorr
Stockton
Madison County
Illinois
Cedar County
Peter
William
Muscatine
Anna Wilkerson
Grace Reformed Church
J. M Wnewegard
Oakdale
William Raymond Herr
Chris
Margaret Herr
Edith Hegarty
Faye Grunder
Cheyenne
Wyo
Margaret Bouland
Norma Maurer
Joe Lyford
Marcellene
Nellie Byall
Hobart
M. E
W. A. Longnecker
Lutheran Laymen Will Hear Gov Wilson Talk
Gov. George A. Wilson will address the Lutheran laymen's retreat August 30 to September 1 at the Walther league camp on West Okoboji Lake. Several hundred laymen from western Iowa churches are expected. The conference will honor Dr. Walter A. Mater of St. Louis, Lutheran Hour pastor. Charles A. Duryea invented and operated America's first successful gasoline engine driven automobile.
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Milford
George A. Wilson
Walther League
West Okoboji Lake
Iowa
Walter A. Mater
St. Louis
Lutheran Hour
Charles A. Duryea
America
Fair Mild Weather Across Iowa After Night Rain
Des Moines reports fair mild conditions indoors and outlook for Saturday after showers statewide Thursday night. Fort Dodge led rainfall with 1.34 inches. Ames 0.59, Dubuque 0.82, Council Bluffs 0.35, Decorah 0.40, Waterloo and Des Moines 0.29 inches. Highs reached 86 in several towns. lows fell to 50 in Inwood and Decorah. Temperatures ran about three degrees below normal statewide.
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Weather Bureau
Fort Dodge
Inman
Ames
Clarinda
Dubuque
Mount Ayr
Council Bluffs
Decorah
Waterloo
Inwood
Estherville
Curtis Frowns On Policy Conference on Liquor Licenses
DES MOINES AP Chairman M. L. Curtis of the Iowa liquor control commission opposes the commission joining a state house conference on liquor company licenses. Secretary of State Earl Miller urged a policy meeting with the attorney general and the liquor commission to address enforcing the foreign corporation license law for out of state distilleries. Curtis states it is not the commission's responsibility to define state policy on license enforcement.
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M. L. Curtis
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
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Participation Inn
Statehouse
Earl Miller
Attorney General
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Curtis
Miller
Full Term Jury Drawn for Allamakee County Term
Special to The Gazette. WAUKON Allamakee county trial jurors for the September term of district court have been drawn Judge H E Taylor will preside. The jurors include Martin Drie vold Dorchester Arnold Melbos tad Spring Grove Leo Collins Harpers Ferry Joe Byrnes and J P Broderick Waukon Lillian Waters Postville Ardys Brown and Mrs John Hale Waukon Charles Tweet and Mrs Lois Goettel Dorchester Myrta and Edward Dee Harper s Ferry Glenn Hagen Waterville John Kosbau and C M King Waukon E W Dickman Postville Mandus Laufer Water ville George Toedter New Albia Mary Martin Howard Nierling and George Reik all of Waukon Anna Putnam Postville Everett Mullholland Lansing Donald Bul man Harper s Ferry Andrew Oelberg Postville Fern Johnson Waterville Al Dierauer Waukon Evelyn Amundson Dor Chester Eleanor McMorrow Melvin Anderson and Mrs Dennis Duggan all of Waukon Rudolph Myhre Decorah Ella Bresnahan Waukon Lucille Mauss Lansing Ed Shafer Postville Marcus Haugen Harpers Ferry Roy Bechtell Lansing Otto Wantzel Harper s Ferry Ralph Bechtell Postville and Lloyd Bechtell Waukon.
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Allamakee
H. E. Taylor
Martin Drievold
Dorchester
Arnold Melbostad
Spring Grove
Leo Collins
Harpers Ferry
Joe Byrnes
J. P. Broderick
Lillian Waters
Postville
Ardys Brown
John Hale
Charles Tweet
Lois Goettel
Myrta
Edward Dee
Harper's Ferry
Glenn Hagen
Waterville
John Kosbau
C. M. King
E. W. Dickman
Mandus Laufer
George Toedter
New Albia
Mary Martin
Howard Nierling
George Reik
Anna Putnam
Everett Mullholland
Roy Bechtell
Lansing
Otto Wantzel
Harper’s Ferry
Ralph Bechtell
Lloyd Bechtell
Seventh-day Adventists Open Cedar Falls Conference
Delegates from across Iowa gather in Cedar Falls for the 71st Iowa conference of Seventh-day Adventists opening tonight. The session runs through August 30 with new officers to be elected. Speakers include Prof. M. E. Kern, Prof. W. H. Teesdale, and E. H. Oswald. music by Winston Dennis.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
E. H. Oswald
Northern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Minneapolis
Winston Dennis
Cedar Rapids
Maynard Creamery Pays 40 Cents for July Butterfat
Maynard Creamery will pay patrons 40 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in July. Secretary C. H. Paul reports the payment. An inch of rain Wednesday night greatly benefited pastures.
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Maynard
Maynard Creamery Company
C. H. Paul
Wellman Host To 6 000 At Mennonite Meeting
Wellman hosts a biennial Mennonite general conference at Lower Deer Creek church north of town drawing between 6 000 and 8 000 attendees. The gathering runs through Aug 29 with focus on church war stance after the European conflict, and absence of European delegates due to Nazi bans. Two 100 by 200 foot tents provide auditorium and meal space for participants from Africa, South America, Asia, and North America.
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The
Mennonite Church
Lower Deer Creek
Nazi Germany
Occupied
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South America
Asia
United States
Canada
Nominate Sumner Woman To G O P State Committee
Waterloo AP Mrs Gertrude Wilharm of Sumner was nominated by Third district county central chairmen for membership on the state Republican central committee to succeed Mrs L Mae Banks who resigned for a state job. Election by the state central committee is set for Wednesday. Mrs Wilharm is wife of Paul Wilharm Bremer county central committee chairman and active in the American Legion auxiliary.
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Waterloo
Gertrude Wilharm
Sumner
State Republican Central Committee
L. Mae Banks
Montour
State Central Committee
Paul Wilharm
Bremer County
American Legion Auxiliary
Orris announces marriage in Independence Iowa
Mr and Mrs O C Orris of Independence announce the marriage of their daughter Willa Wynette to William Seward Newlin on August 13 at Grace Episcopal church in Washington D C The Rev Charles McBride officiated They will reside in Washington where Mr Newlin works at the U S Naval Medical School in the chemical laboratories.
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O. C. Orris
Willa Wynette
William Seward Newlin
Grace Episcopal Church
Washington, D. C
Charles McBride
Washington
Newlin
U. S. Naval Medical School
Postville
Lorraine Powers
John Powers
Western Washington College of Education
Bellingham
Wash
Miss Powers
Sioux City
Fayette
Lillian Paul
Adrian L. Stevenson
Jay Stevenson
Torrance
Calif
Methodist
A. J
Anamosa
Marguerite Morning
Iowa Builders and Supply Co
Cedar Rapids
Lois Herr
Board of Supervisors
Monona
Hagensick-Schumaker
Elkader Fair Grounds
Elkader
Guttenberg
Garnaville
Marquette
McGregor
Minneapolis
Minn
Boscobel
Wis
W. E. Kaiser
E. W. Milewsky
Garnavillo
Orin
Local notices report weddings schools openings and public events
Septembers schedule announces new courses physiology business English and manual training. Community updates cover Wellman Fayette Sigourney Oelwein Marengo North English Postville Anamosa Monona and Monona reunions and appointments. Notable items include two weddings in Wellman and Fayette, a church picnic in Sigourney, a safety light check in Marengo, and a dean of women appointment in Bellingham Washington.
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Wellman
Homer Turnipseed
Bettye
Dean Schwartz
Inlaw
Max McCrabb
Anamosa
H. E Dalrymple
Congregational Church
Roy Wetrich
Fayette
A. J. Brown
Harry
Hannah Pederson
S. W. McComb
Kirksville
McMillen
First Presbyterian Church
Randalia High School
Upper Latoa University
Bremer
Sigourney
St. Elizabeth's Church
Harper
Oelwein
Russell Zubrod
Marengo
State Highway Patrol
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L. V. Robinson
Eileen Lynott
Louise Summers
Wenona Harris
Lauretta Ruppelt
Paul Zidlicky
Dorothy Borg
Henrietta Loots
Elvira Brandsmeier
Marguerite Dickinson
Officers Elected In Monona Area Club Possehl Heads
Kuenster Minneapolis notes the following officers elected Everett Hagensick Elkader is president Elsie Possehl Monona is secretary A program committee includes Mrs George Heins Monona Mrs Eldo Kaiser Garnaville and Margaret Tangeman Elkader
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Minneapolis
Everett Hagensick
Elkader
Elsie Possehl
Monona
George Heins
Eldo Kaiser
Garnaville
Margaret Tangeman
Price Control As Inflation Remedy Delusion
Iowa State College economist Albert G. Hart called price control without rationing a delusion and a snare as an inflation remedy. He blamed rising living costs on government defense spending and urged tax reductions, lower exemptions, and payroll withholding to widen the tax base and curb inflation.
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Ames
Albert G. Hart
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
Hart
Russian claims ships destroyed at Nikolaev port
Moscow says Russian forces blew up all warships under construction in Nikolaev and wrecked the shipyards before leaving the port. Spokesman Solomon Lozovsky rejects German reports that eight ships, including a 35000 ton battleship and a heavy cruiser, were captured.
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Black Sea
Nikolaev
Solomon A. Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Survivors Of Tama Crash Face Fair Condition
Thomas Bracken a 65 year old Emerson Nebraska man remained in fair condition at a Marshalltown hospital after a wreck near Tama that killed his wife and injured two others. Mrs Thomas P Drips 47 of Derry Pennsylvania was listed as fair with possible skull fracture and back neck injuries.
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INS
Thomas Bracken
Emerson
Neb
Bracken
Tama
Thomas P. Drips
Derry
Condition Of George Keller Still Critical
After an auto mishap near Grinnell on Wednesday, George J. Keller state WPA head remains not much improved. X rays show a fractured back and ribs a concussion and head lacerations.
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Gazette
Grinnell
George J. Keller
WPA
North Carolina Produces Record Tobacco Crop in 1940
North Carolina harvested a record 600 million pounds of tobacco in 1940, marking the largest crop in state history. The bumper yield underscored strong farming conditions and market demands for U.S. tobacco.
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North Carolina
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