Potent Political Potions Brew at State Fair Kettle
Iowa politics begin bubbling at the State fair State day talks with races for U S Senate eight Congress seats and a full state ticket as aspirants line up. Clyde L Herring will skip the event while James Dolliver and L J Dickinson are discussed as possible candidates in a crowded GOP landscape.
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DES Moines
Iowa
United States
Clyde L. Herring
GOP
Ance
Onew SY Udal
Burg
James Dolliver
Fort Dodge
L. J. Dickinson
Mail carrier faces delays at Ankeny plant gates
Paul McEl rurs a mail carrier struggles to pass guards at the Des Moines ordnance plant near Ankeny. After each gate check he is told the route will not last long as 10 area families are slated to move by September 10.
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Ankeny
Paul McElrur
Des Moines
McEl
La Porte Youth Hurt When Box Falls From Truck
Kenneth Eastman, 12, was pinned by a heavy metal box from a dump truck while unloading corn cobs at the Ralph Foss home. He suffered a possible skull fracture and eye injury and was taken to a Waterloo hospital. Witness Lee Foss, 12, watched the incident as Mrs. Foss fell and injured her hip during the attempted rescue.
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the Gazette
Laporte
Kenneth Seen Lea
Pony
Eastman
Ralph Foss
Waterloo
Lee Foss
Civet Cats Escape at Iowa State Fair
Five baby civets squeezed out of their cage at the conservation commission building and fled into decorative trees outside the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Attendants tracked and rounded up the animals after a delay.
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Des Moines
Conservation Commission
Iowa Among Few States With Drop In FHA Building
The FHA reported in early 1941 that all but 10 states increased insured home building in the first half of the year. Iowa shows a slight decrease of 1.95 percent with $3,420,400 and Nebraska leads gains at 77.79 percent with $92,372,100. Illinois and Minnesota also posted substantial increases.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Kentucky
Nebraska
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Witwer Employees Strike At Ottumwa
About 20 Witwer wholesale grocery truck drivers walked out on Saturday at the Ottumwa firm. Union officials said the strike followed the dismissal of Floyd Bush, an Witwer employee, after 18 years with the company.
Iowa Doughboys' Dust Battle On Louisiana Maneuvers
AP dispatch describes Iowa soldiers in De Quincy Louisiana enduring weeks of dust during prairie maneuvers. On Monday and Tuesday the 34th Infantry and 168th and 133rd regiments fought a delayed blitz through harsh heat and choking dust as trucks moved 18 000 men along a war road.
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Louisiana
Robert W. Service
Iowa
Red” Army
de Quincy
Thirty-fourth
168Th
133Rd
Iowan
Dvorak's Spillville Summer Echoes In Centenary Tribute
The Spillville Czech community gathers next Sunday at 2 30 p m to honor the centennial of Antonin Dvorak with a Capitol City Symphony Orchestra concert of his works. Locals recall the composer’s brief stay here and his simple, friendly nature as he enjoyed tavern beer and church hymns at St Wen clsau s.
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Dora Jane Hamblin
Spillville
Capitol City Symphony Orchestra of
St. Paul
Joseph Kovarik
Abee Ho Bee
America
Dvorak
G. F. Heuser
Riverside Park
Mr. Heuser
New World
New York
Esas
Mr. Houser
St. Wencelaus
Heuser
Bill Campbell
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Antonin Dvorak
Denies U.S. Spending Hurts Private Capital In Iowa City
University of Iowa economist Carl Folkerts argues there is no evidence that U S government spending during downturns hurts private investment. He notes that at less than full employment deficits can raise national income and support investment, savings, and a sustained income level through multiplier effects.
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Iowa City
United States
Carl J. Folkerts
University of Iowa Commerce College
Purchasing Folkerts
Folkerts
Folker
Germany
Japan
Cedar Rapids Firm Supervises Ankeny Utilities Project
The H. R. Green Engineering of Cedar Rapids and Smith Hinchman and Grylls of Detroit were approved by the War Department to supervise the Ankeny small arms plant utilities project. The joint firms will plan and oversee utilities for the $7 million water, rail, electric, steam, road and street system as part of the $30 million ordnance installation north of Des Moines.
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H. R. Green Engineering Company
Cedar Rapids
Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, Inc
Detroit
War Department
Aneny
Des Moines
Phoebe Escapes Noise At Iowa State Fair
A Des Moines AP report describes Phoebe the Irish setter anxious about the Iowa State Fair. The old and fat hound flees the fairgrounds each year to seek quieter surroundings near its home.
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Des Moines
Phoebe
Matador Slightly Injured as Bull Hooks His Groin
Waterloo exhibition goes bloodless as Juan Silvetti the famed Mexican matador is hooked in the groin by a bull’s horn and limps off to medical care. No weapons were used.
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Waterloo
Juan Silvetti
Silvetti
Randolph Graduates II Iowa State Men
Iowa State College men were among 315 aviation cadets from 150 colleges who earned degrees at Randolph Field Texas this month. The Iowa State participants include E. Allen of Red Oak and Andrew C. An.
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Ames
Iowa State
West Point of the Air
Randolph Field
Tex
E. Allen
Red Oak
Andrew C. An
Danes to Sing English National Anthem at Iowa Convention
At the Iowa convention of Danish Brotherhoods in Des Moines on August 31, the Danish national anthem will be sung in English for the first time. Hans Pauli, convention chairman, says the event honors a homeland under Nazi occupation and aims to raise funds to aid Denmark’s rehabilitation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hans Pauli
America
Denmark
Hitler
Grunnar Jensinius
Gicammes
John Hansen
Davenport
Danish Brotherhoods
Ole Jorgensen
Clinton
Deat
Iowa Brotherhoods Pauli
U. S. Treasury
William Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Jean Hersholt
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Witwer
Ottumwa
Iowa Doughboys
133Rd Infantry
Doughboy Diary
John Polansky
G. F. Houser
Dr. J. Who
Comavine
New World Symphony
U.S
Ankeny Utilities
H. B&b. Green
le Green Company
Bever
Ae Ee Se
Randolph
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