Iowa Approves Defense Commission Measure in Fast Action
The Iowa Senate approved a national defense commission bill 43 to 0 with seven absent. The House quickly passed a related bill creating an Iowa industrial and defense commission and a legislative committee on defense coordination to secure a $50,000 appropriation. The governor would appoint a 15 member commission and a four member legislative panel.
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Bulletin— Des Moines
Iowa Senate
George A. Wilson
National Defense Commission
DES Moines
Towa House
Senate
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
Legislative Committee On
National Defense Coordination
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Altercation Over Team Of Horses Lands Two In Jail At Manchester
In Manchester both principals in a dispute over a court awarded team of horses remained jailed Tuesday. Mrs Clara Eberhart had secured the horses as part of a divorce settlement from Claude W Eberhart. Auctioneer James Slater faced charges after allegedly seizing the team from Eberhart without court action concluding a quarrel over a chattel mortgage. Slater was bound over to district court on grand larceny charges with a $1000 bond. Eberhart remained in jail on a $500 bond for assault with a deadly weapon after waiving preliminary hearing.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Clara Eberhart
Claude W. Eberhart
James Slater
Eberhart
Oyer
Slater
William J. Nieman
District Court
Iowa Senate Again Dodges Lease-Lend
DES MOINES Iowa Senator A E Augustine introduced measures to reveal lawmakers views on the lend lease bill and Wendell Willkie stance but the senate by voice vote referred both resolutions to the military affairs committee. One sought copies of the bill for every legislator and another urged memorializing Congress to pass the lease lend measure before it is too late.
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Des Moines
INL
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Wendell Willkie
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Augustine
Congress
Keokuk County Forms Educational Council
Keokuk County schools met to organize the Keokuk County Educational council. Officers elected include President Don McGill Vice president Kenneth Kemp and Secretary Treasurer Supt George Ewart. Representatives listed from Sigourney Slater Brockman Keota and others.
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Kinross
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Anson Weeks and R W Anderson Improve After Accident
Marengo reports condition of Anson Weeks Chicago orchestra leader and R W Anderson of Omaha injured in a highway accident near here Saturday has improved somewhat at a local hospital by Wednesday.
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Pecal
Marengo
Anson Weeks
Chicago
R. W. Anderson
Omaha
Trial defense by girl helps in manslaughter case
Miss Marilyn Barton 19 of Missouri Valley faces manslaughter charges after a truck struck Aaron W. Thompson as he walked on a sidewalk. Defense attorney Marjorie Welch asserts Barton was not at the wheel. county officials had questioned her driving at the time. A blood test after arrest showed alcohol concentration of 190.
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Marilyn Barton
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Marjorie Welch
Chattanooga
Pottawattamie County
Miss Barton
Roy Smith
Rock Island Arsenal to Continue Tank Production
Davenport UP report: a 100 member Army ordnance and industrial leaders meeting at Rock Island arsenal discussed bottlenecks in tank and artillery vehicle construction. Brig Gen Norman F Ramsey denied reports of tank production discontinuation and said most orders are private contracts with a new warehouse planned for housing tanks.
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Davenport
United States Army Ordnance Division
Industrial Jeaders
Rock Island Arsenal
War Department
Arsenal
Norman F. Ramsey
Army
Ramsey
Wintering waterfowl at McGregor on Mississippi River
For the first time in memory, wild geese and ducks winter along the Mississippi near McGregor seven miles south of town. About 30 geese and 400 mallard ducks rest in John son’s slough by the Iowa shore, near Sny Magill creek. Geese migrate to Iowa fields each morning and return at dusk, while ducks feed inland after rising in the early afternoon.
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McGregor
Mississippi River
Johnson's Slough
Mississippi
Iowa
Sny Magill Creek
Lloyd Blake
Sny Magill
Nelson Lindquist Pioneer Shoemaker Dies at 85
Nelson Lindquist 85 a veteran shoemaker born in Sweden died at his Center Point home after months of illness He learned the trade in Sweden worked in Denmark England Scotland and Ireland immigrated to the United States at 22 lived in Chicago Cedar Rapids and Center Point since 1897 Survived by wife Lola Sleight and three children Funeral at Satchett chapel Friday at 2 p m with Rev S C Bretnall officiating He was an Odd Fellows member in Chicago and a charter member of the local lodge.
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Center Point
Nelson Lindquist
Sweden
Lindquist
Denmark
England
Scotland
Ireland
America
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Avis Johnson To Speak To Jones County Women On Balkans
Avis Johnson a former university teacher from Ro mania will address town and country women in the Anamosa Jones county courthouse community room Friday on Balkan nations and the impact on American life. Johnson spent two years teaching in Romania and worked with women in rural Bulgaria observing political and social Balkan issues. The meeting is hosted by Mrs Don L Wherry Jones county home conservation chairman with delegates from PEO and P W League Federated Clubs DAR and rural study clubs also invited. State committee head Mrs Ellsworth Richardson will speak and a forum discussion will follow. This marks the first in a series of rural urban women meetings in Jones county.
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Wyoming
Avis Johnson
Romania
Jones County Court House
Anamosa
Balkan
Miss Johnson
Town State College
Ames
Rumania
Bulgaria
Balkans
Don L. Wherry
Jones County
Home Conservation Committee
P W
League of Women Voters
Federated Clubs
Ellsworth Richardson
Funeral held for Dr Ward Woodbridge in Central City
Dr Ward Woodbridge who died Tuesday was honored with Thursday services at the Federated church in Central City. The Rev C F Stratton of Plainview and Rev M C Melcher led the rites with Masonic lodge pallbearers and a grave side service at Jordan's Grove cemetery.
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Central City
Ward Woodbridge
Federated Church
C. F. Stratton
Plainview, Minn
M C Melcher
Methodist Church of
Jordan's Grove
Masonic Lodge
Woodbridge
U S To Investigate Dubuque Milk Dispute
Two assistant U S attorneys general arrived in Dubuque to open a grand jury probe into a suspected price controlling dairy monopoly. They will review Sanitary Dairy’s complaint that rival dairies and the teamsters union blocked a lower milk price of 11 cents per first quart and 8 cents for subsequent quarts.
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Chicago
U. S
Dubuque
Thomas H. Daly
Richard B. O'Donnell
Leo F. Tierney
Bitter Letters From Across Nation Hit Iowa Young Republicans
Iowa Young Republicans reported a flood of bitter letters after the national convention in Des Moines endorsed U S aid to Britain. Kenneth Neu said signers ranged nationwide with some calling Wendell Willkie a Democrat and others opposing aid to Britain. Neu planned to consult with county and state officials before involving postal inspectors or investigators.
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Des Moines
INL
Iowa
Young Republicans
U. S
Britain
Kenneth Neu
Mason City
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Nell
George van Nostrand
Fairfield
Young Republican Clubs of
Neu
Clinton Burlington Get Radio Stations
The Federal Communications Commission granted construction permits for new standard broadcast stations in Clinton and Burlington, Iowa, and Hannibal, Missouri. Clinton Broadcasting Corporation will operate on 1240 kilocycles at 250 watts unlimited time. Burlington Broadcasting Company will use 1490 kilocycles at 250 watts unlimited time. Courier-Post Publishing Company of Hannibal will use 1340 kilocycles at 250 watts unlimited time.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Clinton
Burlington
Hannibal
Clinton Broadcasting Corporation
Burlington Broadcasting Company
Courier-Post Publishing Company
Blind student at Iowa earns honor degree early
Shirley Porter, 21, from Humboldt Indiana, blind and Phi Beta Kappa, received a bachelor of arts at the University of Iowa mid-year convocation. He completed the degree in three and a half years, aided by honor credits, while active as a musician, wrestler, and Sigma Phi Epsilon member.
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Iowa City
Shirley Porter
University of Iowa
Porter
Humboldt
Itn
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sheriff's Sale Notice on Linn County Real Estate Auction
By virtue of a Special Execution from the Linn County District Court Frances Niermeyer vs Ruby Stuff Admix etc the sheriff will sell Lot 23 Auditor's Plat 15 Cedar Rapids except a described easterly strip at public auction for cash on February 17 1941 at 10:00 AM in front of Cedar Rapids Court House. James H. Smith sheriff Roy Radebaugh deputy Stewart Holmes attorney.
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District Court
Linn County
Iowa
Frances Niermeyer
Ruby Stuff
Willard Corbit Stuff, Jr
Roberts, Cook
J Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Lot
Court House
Towa
James H. Smith
Roy Radebaugh
Stewart Holmes
Mount Vernon Chamber Names New President for 1941
J F Cooper owner of Cooper Motor Co was named president of the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce for 1941 The announcement came from nominating committee member J R Fyre at the annual dinner held at the American Legion hall Also elected were Vice President Charles Nutt Secretary Treasurer Charles Grier and directors W H Jaynes B A Smith Mrs D O Pringle Tom Meredith and Robert Beranck Johnson spoke and a group singalong preceded the address by Albert Franklin Johnson of Cornell College as the main speaker.
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Mount Vernon
J F Cooper
Cooper Motor Company
Albert Franklin Johnson
Cornell College
Charles Nutt
Charles Grier
W.H Jaynes
B. A Smith
D O Pringle
Tom Meredith
Robert Beranck
Man Suffers Foot Cut While Trimming Trees
George Kline Jr while trimming at the Herman Miller farm suffered a foot cut when his axe slipped. Mr Miller took him to a physician who gave several stitches.
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Mount Auburn
Herman Miller
George Kline, Jr
Solon Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J W Zenisek marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home in Solon. They served a dinner and supper in baskets, used the same gold trimmed cups as the couple’s parents, and cut a yellow and white wedding cake baked by Mrs Joseph Jo Dvorsky. The pair were wed by Father Mr Pechar at St Mars church in Solon with attendants Frank Suchomel and Mrs Charles Pvorsky. They farmed near Solon before moving to town six years ago and have six children Ernest, Anthony, John, Beatrice, Anna, Agnes and 19 grandchildren.
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Gazette
Solon
J W Zenisek
Zenisek
Mr Zenisek
Joseph Jo Dvorsky
Mrs Zenisek
Mr Pechar
St Mars S
Frank Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
Charles Pvorsky
Morse
Salon
Ernest
Fairfax
Anthony
Waterloo
John
Beatrice
Anna
Agnes
Iowa City
Schultz Kadel Wedding Set for Feb 16 at Sigourney Home
Miss Janet Schultz daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest W Schultz of Sigourney will wed Floyd Kadel of Kenta at the Schultz home on Sunday February 16. The ceremony and details reflect a local family event in Sigourney.
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Sigourney
Janet Schultz
Ernest W Schultz
Sigournes
Floyd Kadel
Kenta
Schultz
Fire Officials Who Ignore Beer Laws Proposal
Des Moines AP reports a proposal to remove pub lic officials who refuse to prosecute and enforce Town beer laws. Iowa Rep W J Johannes D Ashland sponsors the amendment to a dry beer bill. The measure would require removal from office within 30 days after proof of failure to enforce laws on beer and malt liquor.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
W J Johannes
Ashston
Board of Supervisors
Johannes
Paul Douglas to Speak at Cornell on Feb 12
Mount Vernon reports that Paul Dange J a professor of economics at the University of Chicago will speak on Social Security at Cornell University’s artist and lecture course on February 12 at 8 pm in King Memorial Chapel. He is known for his work on wages unemployment and unemployment insurance and has served as secretary of the Pennsylvania governor’s commission on unemployment and as economic adviser to the New York commission.
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Mount Vernon
Paul Dange
University of Chicago
Cornell
King Memorial Chapel
Douglas
Pennsylvania
New York Commission
Samuel Insull
Insull
Illinois Utilities Consumers’ Investors’ League
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Seciety
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