Women Club Discuss Sales Tax in Linn County Meeting
The Federation of Women's clubs meets Tuesday at 2 30 P M in the public library auditorium DeWitt H Smith Marion attorney will discuss the sales tax. An open forum follows on the sales tax and proposed state bills. Idle books will be collected to send to the Linn County home.
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Federation of Women's Clubs
DeWitt H Smith
Mar‘ion
Linn County
Farm Bureau
North
South Marion and
Bertram Townships
KV Cafe
Lucille Gove
East Central Health Council Meeting Reports on State Institutions
The East Central Health council of Linn County Nursing will meet Monday at 2 PM at 842 Fourth Avenue home of Mrs Robert Hess. Reports cover Glenwood school for the feeble minded Mount Vernon school for the deaf and other state institutions. Marion delegates include Mrs J Q Travis and Mrs Hess at Oakdale and Woodward. County nurse Miss Madeline Healy attends. Marion Linn chapter DA R meets Wednesday at 2:30 PM at 549 Twelfth Street with talks on George Washington and Continental Congress delegates. Special flower fund collection.
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East Central Health Council
Linn County Nursing Service
Robert Hess
Fourth Avenue
H Nebeker Marton
Glenwood School
George Berry
Mount Vernon
Schoo
Council Bluffs
J Q Travis
Marion
State University Hospital Town City
Hess
Oakdale
Clyde Scott
Marion Linn
D A. R
Charles D. Burns
Twelfth Street
George Washington
Continental Congress
Flower Fund
Mre W
Winter
Willis Jordan
Adelie Daniels
Pearl Bulkey
February Family Night Supper at Methodist Church
The February family night supper at the Methodist church is set for Wednesday at 6:30 PM. The Sunshine division of the WSC will host, with a special birthday table for January and February celebrants. The program features a patriotic theme and the church provides meat potatoes coffee and cream. Attendees should bring a covered dish and sandwiches.
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Methodist Church
Sunshine Division
WSC
Community notices and events from Marion area papers
Local groups announce meetings and fundraisers. Cub Scout Pack 58 meets at the Legion hall with achievement awards. Win-a-Couple pancake supper February 12 at Presbyterian church supports heating plant repairs after a recent explosion. Theater ad promotes Down Argentine Way at Marion theater. Socials include luncheons for Miss Tou Erwin’s visit, Christmas Seal group planning Feb 18 Cedar Rapids, and various club gatherings.
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Presbyterian Church
Miss Gail Savidge to Wed Howard Leinbaugh in Milwaukee
Miss Gail Elizabeth Savidge of Milwaukee to marry Howard B. Leinbaugh of Marton at 2 PM at the bride’s mother home. She is a South Sioux City high school and Northwestern University graduate and has taught in West Allis. Leinbaugh is a railway postal clerk. They plan a home on 915 Tenth Street Marion after March 1 following a Texas Mexico motor trip.
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Gail Elizabeth Savidge
Milwaukee
Blanche Savidge
South Sioux City
Neb
Howard B. Leinbaugh
Marton
Eleanor Leinbaugh
Elwood
South Sioux City High School
Northwestern University
West Allis
Leinbaush
Texas
Mexico
Tenth Street
Marion
Marion and Area Clubs Schedule Varied Meetings This Week
Local groups from Marion and nearby townships announce a week of meetings and events. The Marion Parent-Teacher Association plans an open discussion on youth offerings Thursday evening, with multiple clubs and lodge chapters listing sessions, dinners, and social events through Friday and next week.
Marion and Maquoketa clash in afternoon bowling match
Marion bowling team facing Maquoketa this afternoon at 2:30 in the local alley. Maquoketa has defeated Marion twice this season.
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Marion
Maquoketa
Northeastern Iowa Press association banquet set for Feb 14
Reports from Postville and nearby towns note the Northeastern Iowa Press association will host its annual banquet and business meeting February 14 in Postville. The association covers Allamakee Clayton Fayette and Winneshiek counties with Richard Westerfield of West Union as president and Herold Griffith of Elkader as secretary.
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Postville
Northeastern Iowa Press Association
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Winneshick Counties
Richard Westerfield
West Union
Herold Griffith
Elkader
Martin’s equine art earns praise from critics and laymen
Critics and casual fans alike admire Martin’s paintings of horses. He labels many works experiments reflecting his Idaho riding roots. Major museums own his pieces, signaling a secure place in modern art.
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Idaho
Martin
Metropolitan
Museum of Modern Art
Los Angeles
Denver
Iowa City Develops Simpler Alcohol in Blood Tester
In a University of Iowa lab under Dr. Robert B Gibson a simple glass still for measuring blood alcohol content costs under 50 dollars. It distills faster with about two percent error and reduces alcohol loss, aiding legal recognition of blood tests as evidence.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Robert B Gibson
Gibson
Wickard Listed On Farm Institute Program Feb 22
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard and Miss Harriett Elliott were added speakers for the 1941 National Farm Institute in Des Moines on February 21 and 22 1941 The program centers on economic preparedness and agriculture Vice President Henry A Wallace will close with Can a Capitalistic Democracy Compete with a Totalitarian World Wickard will discuss For the Long Pull What are the Weak and Strong Features of Our Agricultural Polices Miss Elliott former UNC dean will talk on the consumer relation to national defense at the opening session.
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DES Moines
Claude R. Wickard
Harriett Elliott
National Defense Council Consumer's Division
National Farm Institute
Henry A. Wallace
Wickard
Miss Elliott
Women's College
University of North Carolina
Sergeant O'Leary Impersonator Held for Return to Iowa
Laverne M. Taylor remained jailed in Denver awaiting a federal order to return to Des Moines Iowa to face impersonation charges. He was brought from Colorado Springs by Deputy U. S. Marshal M. C. Cameron after admitting using the name Sergeant O'Leary to lure 35 Town reformatories inmates to desert for army careers. A U S District Judge J. Foster Symes must issue the transfer order.
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Denver
Laverne M. Taylor
Des Moines
Iowa
Taylor
Colorado Springs
U. S
M. C. Cameron
O'Leary
U. S. Marshal's Office
J. Foster Symes
Dr. E A Steiner To Speak At Cornell Today
Mount Vernon drifted report states Dr. Edward A Steiner professor at Grinnell college will lecture to Cornell students on Creative Living in a Disintegrating Age during the third convocation at 4 pm in King Memorial chapel. Rev T C Collister and Rev W O Eckler will read and lead prayers with Prof Eugene Devereaux presiding the organ and a capella choir providing music.
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Thor Gazette
Mount Vernon
Edward A Steiner
Grinnell College
Cornell
King Memorial Chapel
T. C. Collister
St. James Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
W. O. Eckler
Trinity Methodist Church
Eugene Devereaux
Belle Plaine man gets suspended sentence in theft case
John Hughes of Belle Plaine pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing 113 bushels and 40 pounds of corn from a Dysart area field crib last December. Judge B O Tankersley gave a six month suspended jail term and paroled Hughes to Victor Visquain of Belle Plaine. The corn allegedly was sold later at West Liberty. In Wellman, under Mrs L C Miller, residents contributed 35.60 to the March of Dimes for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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L. C. Miller
Wellman
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Cheese imports drop as war disrupts supply in 1940
As war advances and Italy enters the conflict imports shrink with Swiss and other imports delayed. US cheese imports total 32,622,678 pounds in 1940 versus 59,071,059 in 1939. Domestic producers expand Bleu Gouda Edam and other cheeses, some at lower prices than duty taxed imports.
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Italy
Switzerland
United States
Argentina
Marion Elevator Declares Eight Percent Dividend
Irvin Ford, manager, announced at Marion Farmers Elevator annual meeting that 1940 sales of grain, feed, coal and related materials exceeded 110000. An eight percent dividend to stockholders was declared and three directors were reelected: K. O. Knudsen, Rudolph Fitzgerald, and J. E. Isham.
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Irvin Ford
Farmers Elevator Company
Marion
K .O. Knudsen
Rudolph Fitzgerald
J. E. Isham
Cows Top At 90 In Sale Near Manchester
Special to The Gazette cows sold for 91 and 90 dollars at J. C. Parrott farm sale west of Manchester a three year old heifer brought 80 dollars spotted brood sows 25 each small pigs 5 75 calves four months old 24 dollars team of smooth mouthed horses 35 and 20 dollars mixed chickens 67 cents soy bean hay 5 50 a ton shredded fodder 4 75 a ton Maurice Ruddick of Manchester was auctioneer at both sales
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the Gazette
Manchester
J. C. Parrott
Clarence H. Blanchard
Maurice Ruddick
Buckhorn Butterfat Averages 32.43 Cents in 1940
Maquoketa area note reports Farmers Union Cooperative creamery Buckhorn west of Maquoketa paid an average butterfat price of 32.43 cents per pound for 1940. Secretary R. A. Werden announced the annual figures showing 2,835,853 pounds of cream processed, 858,581 pounds of butterfat churned into 1,068,509 pounds of butter sold at 27.81 cents per pound.
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Maquoketa
Farmers Union Cooperative Creamery
Buckhorn
R. A. Werden
Delaware Achievement Day Planned March 27
Committees were named and arrangements made for the annual Farm Bureau Women's Achievement day. A panel discussion will be the major project with two representatives from C o f f i n s Grove Delhi Elk and Prairie townships. Colony township will present an organization playset and Union township will contribute a sub project.
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Manchester
Farm Bureau
Coffin's Grove
Delhi
Elk and Prairie
Colony Township
Union Township
Iowa County Service Company Reports Profit
At the annual meeting in Marengo manager L. J. Franey reported a 1940 net profit of 8,584.32 dollars after a reserve. An 8 percent patronage dividend was announced. John R. Wallace of Williamsburg was reelected director and James Hartz of Marengo was elected to succeed O. D. Misel.
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Marengo
L. J. Franey
Iowa County Farm Bureau Service Company
John R. Wallace
Williamsburg
James Hartz
O. D. Misel
Linn County Farm Bureau Week Schedule
The Linn County Farm Bureau released a weekly calendar of meetings and trainings. Highlights include a Monday pasture committee meeting at the Farm Bureau office and a Friday home project school with Mrs. H W Klinsky, among multiple events across Cedar Rapids Prairieburg Ely and Alburnett.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Jackson and Boulder
Prairieburg
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Y.W.C.A
Maine
Otto Hanson
County Planning Committee
Putnam Township Farm Bureau
Ely
North Marion
Otter Creek
Alburnett
College and Putnam Home Project
H. W. Klinsky
War Department confirms bomber plant to be built in Omaha
Washington reports deny rumors the Glenn L. Martin bomber plant would go to Des Moines or another midwestern city. War Department officials and Martin company confirm Omaha as the site with contracts under negotiation and awards expected soon. Senators Herring and McLaughlin cite officials affirming Omaha as the planned location.
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Washington
Glenn L. Martin Company
Des Moines
Omaha
War Department
Capitol Hill
Clyde L. Herring
Defense
Martin Company
Westings House Company
Charles F. McLaughlin
Army Engineers
Army Air Corps
Farm Legislation Drives Corn Tax Exemption Debate
The report notes a showdown over corn tax exemptions for animal feed and bills drafted to aid farmers and tenants. Measures include commercial farm truck plates costing 3.50 to 5 dollars yearly. Activities show 105 bills introduced that week and 40 approved, with the Senate adding 1.5 million dollars for old age pensions.
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Senate
Remember Lincoln And Republic Will Live
Gov. George A. Wilson spoke on a Des Moines radio program saying that as long as people remember Lincoln the republic will survive. He described democracy as open to free thought and warned totalitarian systems can end freedoms while a republic is always in the making.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Lincoln
Republic
Herring
Kraschel
Wilson
Vinton Blind Students Stage Hardy Play to Applause
About 250 people packed the Iowa School for the Blind chapel to see ten blind and nearly-blind students perform Skidding under Harold Leeds direction. The cast played Aunt Milly Andy Hardy Mrs Hardy Judge Hardy Grandpa Hardy and Mr Stubbins with precise memory and distinct characterization. The American Foundation for the Blind funded a new stage setting and lent the production for future dramatics at the school.
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Gazette
Vinton
Iowa School For the Blind
Josephine Riley
Aunt Milly
Charles Wood
Andy Hardy
Mildred Fouts
Lillian Hoefer
Lucille Dunlavy
Mrs. Hardy
Robert Burns
Judge Hardy
Keith Coakley
Grandpa Hardy
Bonnie Gale Tibbetts
Estelle Hardy Campbell
Marion Perkins
Marion Hardy
Gerard Sheplee
Wayne Trenton HI
Kathaleen Valen
Myra Hardy Wilcox
Eugene Soppe
Mr. Stubbins
Harold Leeds
New York City
American Foundation For the Blind
Future Dramatics
Cornell May Music Festival Dates Set
Cornell college will hold its forty third annual May Music Festival on May 15 16 17. The Cornell Symphony directed by Dr. Frederick Stock participates for the fortieth year in the spring event as it marks its Golden Jubilee in Chicago this season. The festival committee is led by Dr. John B. Magee with professors And yist Baltz Cole German Jolas Lane Oakland and others plus Messrs Stuckslager and Venn.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Cornell Symphony
Frederick Stock
Chicago
John B. Magee
Karl Andyist
Harold Baltz
Russell Cole
Francis German
Jacques Jolas
Howard Lane
Lloyd Oakland
Ruth Pinkerton
Williard C. Stuckslager
Helen Venn
Postville Club Plans Farmers Banquet and Film Showing
The Postville Commercial club will host a banquet next Thursday evening for local farmers. Carlton Schroeder chairs, H. E. Roberts leads the speakers committee and has arranged two films The Soil and Gardens In Color to be shown.
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Postville
Postville Commercial Club
Carlton Schroeder
H. E. Roberts
Waukon Junction Depot Demolished After Community Rail History
The depot at Waukon Junction was bought by Otto Berge for 240 dollars and razed to foundation. The Milwaukee railroad discontinued service on the Waukon branch, moving operations to Marquette, closing freight and passenger transfers. The depot era began with a 122000 dollar community railroad built by local citizens, later widened by the Milwaukee.
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Spreiat
Gazette
Waukon
Waukon Junction
Otto Berge
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Waterville
Marquette
Wauken Junction
Paint Creek Valley
Mississippi River
Edgewood Couple Celebrate Their Golden Wedding
Edgewood Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Stone celebrated their golden wedding with a Saturday family dinner in Edgewood. They married in 1891 at the Stone home and farmed near Strawberry Point before moving to Edgewood 38 years ago. Both are 1872-born Clayton county natives and longtime congregational church members. Their five daughters, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and other relatives attended open house in the afternoon. Mr. Stone, a buildings mover for 40 years, remains active after a past auto crash and a long janitorial stint.
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Edgewood
Myron L. Stone
Charles H. Stone
Cynthia E. Bacon
S. M. Bacon
Stone
Clayton County
Delaware County
Congregational Church
Pp. H. Brown
Delwein
Earl Noble
Des Moines
Roy Marclf
Hopkinton
Marcus Fitzpatrick
Milton Bowman
Strawberry Point
Couple At Elberon Celebrates Golden Wedding
Elberon Mr and Mrs Henry M Anders observe their golden wedding on Wednesday February 12 with open house for friends from 2 to 5 pm. A family dinner will follow at the I O C F hall and the day also marks the anniversary of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Laurance Heaton of Van Horne. They have six children and eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. They were married February 12 1891 in Elberon by N K Shugart and have lived in Benton and Tama counties.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Shirley Peck
Winton
Elizabeth Mease
Alcorn and Holland
William Butler
Elberon
Henry M. Anders
I.O.C.F
Laurance Heaton
van Horne
Anders
John Anders
Davenport
Jim
Clutter
Wilbert
Keystone
William Fintel
Heaton
Eldo Anders
N. K. Shugart
Benton
Tama County
Cornell Head To Leave Monday On Alumni Tour
Mount Vernon Dr. John B. Magee president of Cornell College will depart Monday for alumni meetings in the east Washington DC and New York and in the west Portland Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles. He will also speak on the National Christian Mission sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
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John B. Magee
Cornell Colege
Washington
D. C
New York
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Calif
Los Angeles
West Coast
National Christian Mission
Department of Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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Amy Dean
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WRC No. 126
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Payton Tininger
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Linn
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