Opinion Split Over Liquor By The Drink In Iowa Poll
AP survey of nearly 40 percent of Iowa's 1941 legislature finds no decisive trend on favoring liquor by the drink or local option. Some comments support close regulation or local control, while many lawmakers remain noncommittal or undecided. The Legislature, 158 in the house and 50 in the senate, is Republican majorities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Freday
General Assembly
Tegislature
Towa
House
Senate
McGregor Votes On Light Franchise Renewal
McGregor will vote on granting Interstate Power a franchise to furnish the town with light and power. Major J F Walter set the election for January 14 after the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a district court order for another election following a defeated first vote and a petition by about 40 property owners.
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Mcgregor
Interstate Power Company
J F Walter
Iowa Supreme Court
Robert E Coon
Power Company
Supreme Court
Coon
Turbanway permanent wave takes beauty world by storm
Iowa City beautician Mrs Gilchrist patents Turbanway a heat free permanent waving system using wires and waxed paper wraps. A local client helped prove the method in Washington DC prompting nationwide demonstrations and East Coast shop adoption. Gilchrist now tours major cities with rights sold in several states while Life magazine carries four pages on the method.
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PD Mac Shawers
Iowa City
Washington, D. C
Fthel Guilchrist
Town City
Gilchrist
Gilchrists
Washington
Bonwit- Teller
Lord and Taylor
New York
East
Illinoi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Life Magazine
Ethel Gilchrist
Gilchrist plans national tour from Iowa City kitchen factory
Mrs. Gilchrist and her husband J O Gilchrist run a small wire curl holder solution factory in the former Gilchrist kitchen, converting it for production. The couple lead the corporation with Mrs. Gilchrist as secretary-treasurer and Ollie as president. Edythe MeCleod of New York handles promotion as the tour schedules visits to Boston Philadelphia Richmond and Baltimore.
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Iowa
Cits
Gilchrist
J.O “Ollie
Ventor
Edythe Mec-Cleod
New York
Iowa City
Osage
Ee Moines
Chicago
Waterno
Marion Christmas Lighting Contest funded by Chamber and utility
The Marion Chamber of Commerce and Iowa Electric Light and Power announce prizes for the three best decorated homes in Marion during Christmas. Entries are due by noon on Dec 13 to John C Mullin. Judges will tour Dec 22 to Dec 28 with scores based on artistic effect originality Christmas spirit and ingenuity.
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Marion Chamber of Commercce
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Marion
Chamber of Commerce
John C Mullin
Chamber
City of
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Estate action taken by Marion school board
The Marion board of education on Thursday evening voted to pursue ancillary administration on the estate of Miss Louise Rathbun who died last February in Seattle. Rathbun's will made the Marion schools residuary legatee in certain Marion property. The notice follows pre meeting home making class activities led by Miss Harriet Beyer. Nearby items mention local advertisements and visits, including Mrs Jessie Coffey returning from Riceville and preparations for travel to Benton City Washington. A Cedar Rapids attorney, Joseph Mekota, spoke Thursday evening in Memorial Hall at a picnic.
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Arthur Julien Dahn
Cedar Rapids
Yocom Chapel
L. W. Inman
Baptist Church
Arthur W. Henke
Methodist Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Mr. Dahn
John W. McGeeney
Charles City
Frank A. Cahn
Marion
Hallwood Cafe
Masonic Temple
Bess H McFlwain
Albert E. Brage
Joanne Crew
George
Judy Gipp
Verle Breed
LaVerna Crew
Mary Chalmers Cory
Crew
Harlan F Knight
Harry Dunker
Adah G. Thompson
Agnes Horak
Ida Manchester
Agnes King
Grand Ruth
South Dakota
Florence Thomas
Grand Adah
Cedar
Malta
Springville
Kensington
The
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Vernon H. Carter
Ben Bulkley
C. A. Dykes
Lucile Douglas
Charles Harlan
Fred J. Lang
L. Roberts
Lang
Fred Shireman
James Lang
Joyce Carter
Esther Luse
Helen and Blanche Hamm
Frances Reinhard
Board of Education
Louise Rathbun
Seattle
Jessie Coffey
Vernon Wagner
Riceville
Benton City
Wash
Glenn Vernon
Alice Ralston
Ralston
Vernon
J W Taylor Observes 92nd Birthday At Rural Acreage
Special to The Gazette notes J. W. Taylor celebrated his ninety second birthday on Thursday at his place between Marion and Springville. He credits his long health to moderation, drinking milk by the quart, never tasting liquor or tobacco, and quitting coffee in 1861.
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Gazette
Springville
J. W. Taylor
Marion
Taylor
Public health and social notices from Cedar Rapids area
Public health nursing meeting set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Dr. Alice Ross’s home to discuss tularemia and trichinosis as part of county nursing service education. Local clubs held events and visits, including Walther League plans for the Tall Corn zone rally and Jolly Dozen club gathering. An advertising note mentions Hallmark cards and gift wrappings at the Boston Store.
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Alice Ross
Whittier
Walther League of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Helén
Lois Lutz
Victor
Former Davenport Man Murdered In Kansas
Marcus Miller a 35 year old Salina department store manager and former Davenport Iowa resident was killed by a discharged employee Thomas G Armstrong who also wounded a third man before shooting himself Armstrong entered after hours demanded money and lured an employee to a cafe where a struggle occurred Armstrong fled and Miller died from multiple gunshot wounds with police reporting the shooting happened at his Salina home earlier
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Salina
Kan
Davenport
Marcus Miller
Harold Joy
Thomas G. Armstrong
Miller
Claude Stone
Armstrong
Stone
Blood Substitute Now Available For Transfusion Cases
Normal pooled serum touted as a universal emergency transfusion substitute arrives in limited Iowa quantities. Dr Walter L Bierring says it is red and white cell free, storeable a year, and usable immediately without cross matching. Dr Eugene Wagner named serum center director to equip hospitals. he succeeds Dr Ellis Vaubel who joined the army medical corps.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter L. Bierring
Eugene Wagner
University of Iowa
State Health Department
Division of Preventable Diseases
Ellis K. Vaubel
Army Medical Corps
Mrs Hupfield Wins Verdict Against Stottler in Auto Collision
Mrs. John Hupfield of Garrison receives 2726.25 in damages and her husband 235 after a district court jury found in favor of the Hupfields in a collision case against J. W. Stottler of Garrison. A directed verdict eliminated one claim for 1200 dollars. An admission by Stottler's house keeper helped shape the verdict.
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Hupfield
Stottler
Frank Welbes
Golden Armstrong
Carlton Hagan
Coral Woodhouse
W. H. Trimble
Otto Andresen
Mina Newton
Walter Dietrick
F. W. Shoquist
William Nebendahl
Sarah Hall
Louise Ward
R. E. Hite
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