Grand Champion Shorthorn Bull at Iowa State Fair
Braelodge Headlight No. 1,874,600 was named grand champion Shorthorn bull in the open class at the Iowa State Fair. Owned by F. W. Hubbell of Des Moines, the winning bull had earlier captured the senior Shorthorn championship. The junior Shorthorn title went to a Sun-A-Bar Farm entry from Green Valley, Missouri. The cattle judging expanded across seven rings due to large numbers. 4 H youth presented A Study in Democracy, and other livestock honors went to Seitz and Sons for Ayrshire, Oaklands of Ann Arbor for Jersey, and various exhibitors across species and breeds.
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Des Moines
F. W. Hubbell
Green Valley
Farm Bureau
Edith Barker
C. D
Oaklands
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas Jersey Farms, Inc
Hartford
Iowa to pay homestead tax refunds without general fund help
Iowa Comptroller C Fred Porter said the state can cover the last half 1939 homestead tax refunds from the homestead fund with about 4.6 million on hand and an expected 1.5 million from sales and income taxes before September 25. About 6 million will be needed to pay counties. The legislature allowed transferring cash from use tax receipts if needed. Homeowners received about 12 million in refunds this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. Fred Porter
Tama Co Team Wins In Poultry Judging
A Wapello county lad Elmer Kinsinger won the individual championship in the Iowa state fair poultry judging contest. The Tama county team captured the team title with Mills county second Wapello third Boone fourth and Wright fifth. Second and third high individuals were Walter Herman and Esther Lorenz from the champion Tama team. Mary Seeger of Mills county finished fourth.
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Des Moines
Wapello County
Elmer Kinsinger
Tama County
Mills County
Wapello
Boone
Wright
Walter Herman
Esther Lorenz
Mary Seeger
City Briefs and Personals Chronicle Minor Local Notices
Corrected phone number for St. Clair Appliance from 5101 to 5017. Dr B T McCready and Earl McCready in Chicago for National Health Food conference at La Salle hotel. Bungalow canning school each Wednesday at 2.00. Mrs Louise Engel reports lawnmower theft from 1011 Tenth Street SW. antique mower left in its place. Hanna Barbers advertises 25 cent haircuts at 322 Second Avenue SE. Women’s major bowling league officers to meet at the YWCA Wednesday 7 p.m. Kenwood Presbyterian chicken supper Thursday 5.30. 35 cents. First Lutheran women’s missionary society to meet at Mrs C G Houx’s home at 1517 Fifth Avenue SE for 1 p.m picnic luncheon. Mrs Clyde Kent to lead lesson on The Church and Mission. Mrs Emma Hayek reports dark blue coin purse missing from apron pocket in front of her home at 408 Sixth Avenue SW. purse likely dropped on Rockford road. over $5 inside. reward offered for return.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Lutheran Church
C. G. Houx
Fifth Avenue SE
Clyde Kent
Emma Hayek
Sixth Avenue
Rockford Road
Police search for suspect after shells found in Tormey car
Police Tuesday hunted a suspect who dropped eight .32 caliber pistol shells wrapped in a newspaper into J. C. Tormey's car at 2239 Bever avenue SE. The vehicle was parked on Second avenue near the Merchants bank building between 7 and 9 15 p m Monday.
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J. C. Tormey
Bever Avenue SE
Second Avenue
Merchants Bank
Police report on theft of 1935 coupe with full gas tank
Roman Vecerka, 43 Twenty second avenue SW, told police his 1935 coupe was stolen from his garage about 3 am Tuesday. He later found the car at Fourteenth avenue and Second street SE with the gas tank full, indicating the thief left the vehicle with fuel after taking it.
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Roman Vecerka
Twenty-second Avenue
Vecerka
Fourteenth Avenue
Second Street
Auto collision at Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street
Sam Pinsky 37 of 613 Third Avenue E and J A Chrysler of Tipton were in a collision at 5 45 p m Monday at the Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street SE intersection. No injuries were reported. Pinsky said he traveled east on Fifth avenue and was struck by the Chrysler car going south on Fifteenth street at a high speed.
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Sam Pinsky
Third Avenue
J. A. Chrysler
Tipton
Fifth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Pinsky
Chrysler
Missing patient sought from Cylinder to Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police were alerted Monday by a state radio bulletin to watch for Mrs. Harlow Johnson a 25 year old mental patient missing from Cylinder Iowa. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall 135 pounds with fair complexion dark eyes and hair. She was last seen wearing brown slacks an orange sweater and a gray jacket.
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Cedar Rapids
Harlow Johnson
Cylinder
Evans Daughter Arrives in New York From London
Dr William M Evans of 1328 A avenue NE reported his daughter Miss Willa McClung Evans arrived safely in New York City aboard the S S Aquitania from London where she spent the summer She is a teacher at Hunter College New York City.
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Willa Evans
N. Y
William M. Evans
Avenue
Willa McClung Evans
New York City
London
England
Miss Evans
Hunter College
Train schedule changes for Columbine and Bluebird routes
Effective September 4 the North Western Columbine arriving daily at 12 15 p m eastbound will arrive 2 24 p m The Columbine leaving Cedar Rapids westbound at 7 30 p m will be discontinued and its equipment combined with the Bluebird leaving Cedar Rapids at 7 15 a m to be known then as the Columbine
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North Western Columbine
Columbine
Cedar Rapids
Rotary event offers boat rides bingo and songs
A Rotarian gathering featured boat rides and bingo games with singing of old favorites including Let Me Call You Sweetheart and Moonlight and Roses. The entertainment reflected a lighthearted program aimed at socializing and fun.
Rotary club picnic at Upper Palisades hosts 125 attendees
About 125 Rotary members and guests attended a Monday night picnic at the Upper Palisades. Biderman's provided a chicken dinner. Speeches preceded the meal by T. M. Ingersoll M. H. Morrison Ed Moorman Otto A. Kohl and Leo P. Peiffer with group singing led by Rudolph Novak.
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Rotary Club
Upper Palisades
Biderman’s
T. M. Ingersoll
M. H. Morrison
Ed Moorman
Otto A. Kohl
Leo P. Peiffer
Rudolph Novak
Clothes Stolen From Clothesline In Rear Yard
Mrs. F J Husak reports six pieces of clothing were stolen from a rear yard clothesline at 1514 Fourth Avenue SE between 9 45 a m and noon Monday. The garments were taken after laundry was hung out earlier that day.
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F. J. Husak
Fourth Avenue SE
Old Age Pensioner Arrested In North English Liquor Raid
North English Iowa sheriff deputy and federal tax agents raided the blacksmith shop residence of 65 year old David Armstrong an old age pensioner and seized nine pints of diluted whisky 20 half pints of diluted whisky eight half pints of diluted gin and 225 quarts of home brew Armstrong charged with maintaining a liquor nuisance pled not guilty held on 2000 bond Four customers were sent home and a possible supplier cited as under investigation
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Iowa
M. C. Englebert
Beryl Long
Ed Miller
Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit
David Armstrong
Armstrong
Justice Court
Miller
Doesn't Need To Imitate To Be Liked
Mary Manners observes RAN believes one must follow trends to fit in. She resists smoking or drinking, coming from a well brought up background. The piece notes a blind spot that keeps her from acting on convictions and standing out.
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Mary Manners
Ran
Miss Manners Advises Patience Before University Entry
A reader writes of disappointment after parents urge another year at the same school, while expressing desire for university. The answer cautions that parents likely have good reasons and emphasizes strengthening study skills this year to enter university better prepared.
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Miss Manners
Sue
Dear Miss Manners Advice on Coping With a Missing Steady
The reader seeks help for loneliness while a steady is away. The answer urges activity and socializing, recommends a brisk hike, hosting friends for supper, reading, and staying informed. It advises drying tears, smiling, and avoiding self pity.
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Miss Manners
Indigo
Roosevelt awards yarnell distinguished service medal
President Roosevelt presented Admiral Harry E. Yarnell with the Distinguished Service Medal for skillful handling of delicate situations during the emergency in China. Yarnell, retiring commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet, is from Iowa and set to retire November 1 at age 64.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry E. Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
China
Yarnell
Iowa
Polan Banks Drafts Film Rights Across Two Novels
Hollywood gossip notes Polan Banks, married to heiress Amelie Baruch, has written three books in two years with a fourth on the way. Warner Bros buys January Heights, Darryl Zanuck funds Manhattan Holiday, and Metro plus an Anglo French firm seek The Man From Cooks. Wendy Hiller’s father Wilfred Lawson stars in The First Rebel in New York with Madame, Will You Walk? rehearsals planned after Howard’s tragic death. Boston opening set for October.
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Ollywood
INS
Polan Banks
Amelie Baruch
January Heights
Warner Brothers
Belle Davis
Miriam Hopkins
Darryl Zanuck
Manhattan
Metro
John Lodge
Lloyds of London
Polan
New York
Wendy Hiller
Wilfred Lawson
America
RKO
Sidney Howard
Playwrights Group
Howard
Boston
Waiting for Lepke and Hollywood’s next crime saga
Warner Brothers scouts adapt the Lepke surrender into a Bogart-starring crime film with Lew Seiler directing. Inda Ware rises from obscurity to sing at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept 6 under Stokowski, while Miriam Hopkins separates from Anatole Litvak amid personal clashs and career highs.
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Leonard Neubauer
Warner Brothers
Lepke
Bryan Foy
Humphrey Bogart
Lew Seiler
Hays Office
Dillinger
Public Enemy
World Is Our Home to Be Produced After Hunchback
William Dieterle plans a New York show The World Is Our Home about a Jew with no country. He will push its eastward production after Warners duties and finishing The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Greta Garbo attended Ninotchka preview unrecognized at Long Beach, sitting incognito.
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William Dieterle
New York
Warners
Notre Dame
Greta Garbo
Long Beach
Great Garbo
Father Admits Part In Plot To Kill Daughter
Camden officials say a former sweetheart Peter Shewchuk and the Rev Walter Dworecki will be charged with murder after a statement alleging they plotted to kill Wanda Dworecki. The 18 year old’s beaten body was found August 8 near a roadway with a corsage of roses on her coat. The father sought life insurance between 5000 and 6000 dollars with double indemnity.
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Camden
N. J
Samuel P. Orlando
Wanda Dworecki
Peter Shewchuk
Walter Dworecki
Orlando
Francis White Quits as WPA Art Head
Francis Robert White of Cedar Rapids resigns as Iowa WPA art director after two years. He aims to devote time to private art work. No successor named. White operated from Sioux City where he organized a community art center.
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Des Moines
Francis Robert White
Cedar Rapids
Ira
Iowa Works Progress Administration
WPA
White
Sioux City
Berne man killed in early Monday shooting
Police search for two bandits after the fatal shooting of Anthony Michaud 68, fruit stand and filling station operator, found on the Berne floor with two gunshot wounds to the heart and an empty wallet believed to hold 150 dollars.
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Berne
Ind
INS
Anthony Michaud
Radio Schedule Highlights A Day of Programs Across Stations
A reader friendly rundown lists stations WSUI KFJB WOC WGN WMT WO I and others broadcasting a dense mix of concerts, news, sports, soap operas, and variety shows from early morning through late night. Notable entries include orchestras, morning farms and markets reports, and a noon marriage licenses feature.
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Mall
Wmt—Farm
Boone
WGGN
WOC
Wol
Wgn—Gen
WGN
WSUI
KFJB
Bible Hour
Kitty Kelly
N. Y
John
Wwoc
The
Sox
Owens’ Cowboys
A. Wolf
Easy
Meee
Rhythmaires
Mr. Keen
Tracer
Sports Review
Iowa State Fair News
Arnold Family
Dorothy Thompson
Wooli
America
Ews
Summer Colony
Herring backs Des Moines River Valley Dam plan
Senator Clyde L. Herring expressed approval of the Des Moines river valley dam project in Madrid Iowa and urged supporters to secure state approval before seeking a favorable Army Engineers report. He warned not to bypass state authorities as opposition grows including the state conservation commission which opposes the lake on wildlife grounds. The project was estimated to cost 18 million dollars and would create a lake about 65 miles long with 230 miles of shoreline.
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Madrid. In
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines River Valley
Cape Port
State Conservation Commission
United States Board of Army Engineers
The
Conservation Commission
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