Tire Rationer Says Roads Are Too Hard For Horse Hooves
Special to The Gazette Manchester says Delaware county tire rationing board named local examiners to handle tire distribution. Chairman Fred Traver notes a clergy tire ban and only three tire refusals this month. He argues hard roads favor motor vehicles and question farming access to town.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Fred Traver
Delaware County Fire Rationing Board
Traver
Indiana
Hollywood
Luther Doubles Length Of Its Summer Session
Decorah Luther college announces a 12 week summer session starting June 1 1942 to allow the liberal arts curriculum to be completed in three years reducing from six weeks to 12 weeks as part of national defense measures.
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Gazette
Decorah
Luther College
Defense Class Schedule This Week at Public Library
The Red Cross room hosts defense classes this week. Monday 2–4 pm surgical dressings with Mrs L C Ross. Tuesday 2–4 pm home nursing by Mrs S F Cary and 7–9 pm surgical dressings for Marion women taught by Mrs Lumer A Lorence with Mrs Harlan F Knight assisting. Wednesday 2 pm new home nursing class. Thursday 2–4 pm surgical dressings by Mrs H Peck and 7–9 pm new surgical dressings class by Mrs Harlan F Knight. Friday 2–4 pm home nursing by Mrs Charles A Engel and 7:30 pm first aid class led by Capt E A Milliken, chairman H R Livingston.
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Red Cross
L.C Ross
S. F Cary
Marion
Lumer A. Lorence
Harlan F. Knight
H R. Livingston
E. A. Milliken
Concord A and L club hosts fundraiser and program
Mr and Mrs A B Black host Memorial hall event for the Concord A and L club. The group raises 2 to the Red Cross relief fund and features readings piano solos, a Red Cross talk, songs by a quartet, and poems read by club members. Also notices of evangelistic services and local meetings follow.
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A. B Black
Concord A
Memorial Hall
Red Cross War Relief Fund
D. B. Storck
Herbert Westrom
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Harold Scott
W. B Sebern
Harley W Erwin
Clyde Kearns
Centenary observances and community notices in Marion
Dr. David I. Berger to preach at Marion Presbyterian Church as the town begins the centennial of the church founding. Weeklong events include a music program, remembrances by Chicago pastor Dr. Harold Bowman, banquet with Bowman kin guest speaker, Legion post gathering, and multiple club and church activities across Marion.
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David I. Berger
Coe College
Marion Presbyterian Church
a_ choir
John M. Thompson
Harold Bowman
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
Benjamin Bowman
Funeral Services for Mrs Jennie Barber Held Monday
Mrs Jennie Siebers Barber 73 prominent in Marion church and social circles died Saturday. Funeral services by Rev J Franklin Parsons Monday at 2 p.m. in Yocom chapel. Burial in Cedar Memorial cemetery. Other items note Carlton Owen returning home from Cedar Rapids hospital and the Danskins’ automobile collision recovery. Community notices list church associations meetings and local club activities.
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J. Franklin Parsons
Yocom Chapel
Jennie Siebers Barber
Marion
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Cary Club Meeting Invites All Women
Mrs Arthur W Henke will entertain the Cary club Monday at 2 30 p m Mrs A E Blinks will review the book Life of Moses society members invited to attend all women of the community are urged to join in the program
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Arthur W. Henke
Cary Club
A E. Blinks
Moses
S. U. I. Students Learn To Speak From Recordings
Iowa City students study foreign languages using the university phonetics laboratory. Daily work with electrical phonograph recordings and earphones, plus class-wide loudspeakers, helps prospective teachers master pronunciation without travel abroad.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Paul K. Hartstall
J. Milton Cowan
Military Ball honors cadet colonel and ROTC leaders
The page shows Miss Kent, 21, president of Mortar Board and head of freshman orientation, accepting her ROTC commission as Cadet Colonel Fuller. Honorary cadet lieutenant colonels include Miss Kuever, Miss Lint, Miss Nugent, and Miss Stuart. ROTC promotions list Dale Hirt as cadet major and regimental adjutant. cadet leaders include Bell, Krouse, Butterstein, and Henthorne as regimental executive officer.
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Ing
H. H. Slaughter
Military Science Department
Virgil M. Hancher
Miss Kent
Fuller
F. W. Kent
Iowa City
Jim
Charles
Tommy
Mary Carolyn Kuever
Dot Lint
Wichita
Kaw
Jane Nugent
Oak Park
Ill
Edith Stuart
Dubuque
R.O.T.C
Dale W. Hirt
Hartley
William V. Bell
Council Bluffs
Howard Krouse
Des Moines
Arthur F. Butterstein
Fishkill
N. Y
William W. Henthorne
Marquette
Deaths and Services in Independence and Nearby Towns
Funeral services were held for Miss Jennie Bissell age 70 who died in Woodward Indiana. Rev B A Bashore led services at Swan funeral home with burial at Oak Grove cemetery. She was born in Independence daughter of Dr and Mrs E M Bissell and survived by a brother Charles of California. Funeral services for Edward Bushell 65 were at Swan funeral home Independence led by Rev Gearhard Bunge. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. He died at his St Louis home with wife two sons William and Donald and daughter Irene of St Louis. Edwin M Braden retired farmer died at his Winthrop home aged 87. Born January 1 1853 in Liberty township Quasqueton he lived in Winthrop area and is survived by daughters Eva I Beezley of Denver Edna G Wenholz of Winthrop and son Clarence J of Quasqueton.
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Independence
Jennie Bissell
Woodward
Swan Funeral Home
B. A Bashore
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
E. M. Bissell
Charles
California
Edward Bushell
Swan’s
Gearhard Bunge
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Bushell
St. Louis
Dover
England
Buchanan County
William
Donald
Irene
Winthrop
Edwin M Braden
Liberty Township
Quasqueton
Braden
Eva I. Beezley
Denver
Edna G. Wenholz
Clarence J
Funeral services for Colesburg resident George Hoisington
George Hoisington died at the State hospital in Independence. Funeral services are set for Monday afternoon in the Fawcett chapel and the Congregational church with Rev F M Strange officiating. Burial will be in Hickory cemetery. He formerly lived in Colesburg and is survived by two brothers Amos and Ed and a son Seymore, all of Colesburg.
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Congregational Church
F M Strange
Hickory Cemetery
Colesburg
George Hoisington
State Hospital
Independence
Amos
Seymore
Iowa Briefs Highlight Weddings and Local Events
The Iowa News in Brief reports Laura Martens and Warren S Bissell Jr set to wed January 28 in Manchester. Wapello hosts three one act plays with Grandview Letts and Wapello schools. Oak Hill cemetery elects officers. Irene Gade and Lewis Sander wed near Lowden with reception in Cedar Rapids. Independence notes Equitable Life seeks $111 for a Dec 17 1940 collision. Des Moines area selectives announce six inductees to Fort Des Moines. Hubert C Smith promoted to staff sergeant in California. George Smith in the Marine Corps. Fairfax reports OES installs officers. Daisy Ray to install, others listed. Vinton offers out-of-school youth defense class for 17-25. Mech class runs eight weeks. Baird and Seigel enlist. Maquoketa detains Roy Bain for draft evasion. Alburnett Modern Book Club plans Red Cross drive. officers elected. next meeting Feb 6.
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Wapello
Grandview
Letts
Colesburg
Oak Hill Cemetery Association
Edmund Birkholtz
Carrie Grom
Marge A. Craig
Clarke Shaffer
Harley Barnhart
Kenneth Kuhlman
Lowden
Irene Ga
Myron Schneider
Independence
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Don Bargary
Middlefield Township
Highway 20
Masonville
Buchanan County Selective Service Board
Fort Des Moines
Burdette Rooney
Francis Turner
Quasqueton
Bill Young
Cedar Rapids
Robert Davis
Lamont
Clifford Duffy
Watkins
George Smith
Hubert C
San Jose
Calif
Olive Burgess
LaVerna Slisterbarger
Mildred Heaton
Gail Armstrong
Ada
Mary Volesky
Ruth
Ruth Davis
Esther
Elizabeth Erickson
Martha
Lucille Lockhart
Electa
Myrtle McDowell
Ralph Heaton
Sentinel
Daisy Ray
Oelwein
Worthy
Harry W. Dunker
C.E.S
Selma Ridge
Vinton
C. E. Knapp
National Defense
H. J. Fuehrer
P. H. Meyers
Supt. Knapp
L. J. McDowell
Ivan Trottnow
Harold Wallace
N. A. Potter
Frank Baird
Don Boddicker
Jack Seigel
Maquoketa
Henry DeVeirs
Roy Bain
Kahoka
Lorin Felderman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bain
Dubuque
Alburnett
Modern Book Club
Frank Wills
Red Cross
James Martin
C. R. McCalley
Lester Hense
Clarence Peterson
Adolph Christensen
Violin Theft Sparks SUI Writer Marcus Bach Career
Iowa City AP Marcus Bach 37 a student instructor at the University of Iowa becomes a playwright after his violin was stolen six years ago He has since written more than 25 stage works focusing on American patriots Bach holds two Rockefeller fellowships and is pursuing a PhD in dramatic arts He lectures in religion.
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Iowa City
Marcus Bach
University of Iowa
Bach
School of Religion
Kansas City
Haym Solomon
Hollywood
Thomas Payne
Blacksmith Shop Revival Promises Busy 1942
After forty years retired on the Wiegand farm near McGregor, a long dormant blacksmith shop sign near the Half Way House at Giardla is dusted off again. The sign revival suggests a return to business as usual for village smithies in 1942.
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Giardla
Wiegand Farm
McGregor
Iowa Conservationist Aims to Replace Police Gazette in Barbershops
The Iowa conservation commission will publish the Iowa Conservationist a new eight page magazine to be distributed to barber shops libraries schools and civic groups. Editor James Harlan says it will feature conservation subjects with plenty of pictures not of girls and will suit the hunting and fishing talk common in barber shops.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Police Gazette
Iowa Conservationist
James Harlan
Painters Name Clinton Leader As Iowa Council President
N. S. White of Clinton was chosen president of the Iowa state council of Painting and Decorating Contractors of America at a three day convention. Elected as vice presidents were Joe Cowles Chariton Harry Johnson Cedar Rapids and Ernest Carlson Burlington. Other officers named include J. W. Newburg Dubuque secretary and national executive board member from Iowa John C. Kaiser Dubuque treasurer H. C. Krause Davenport William Helsterkamp Clinton and D. J. Linnane Des Moines trustees.
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Clinton
N. S. White
Iowa State Council of Painting and Decorating Contractors of America, Inc
Joe Cowles
Chariton
Harry Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Carlson
Burlington
J. W. Newburg
Dubuque
Iowa
John C. Kaiser
H. C. Krause
Davenport
William Helsterkamp
D. J. Linnane
Des Moines
Miller Seeks Governor Nomination on License Cost Cut
Des Moines. Secretary of State Earl Miller outlined a platform plank proposing to lower automobile license costs from about 15 to 5 or 10 dollars. He also supported teachers' pensions, aid to dependent children, and a doubled state highway patrol.
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DES Moines
Earl Miller
Repubican
Miller
Postmasters Named by Roosevelt for Senate Confirmation
President Roosevelt sends to the senate for confirmation several postmaster nominations including Lorenz C. Goettsch in Dyersville Ta and Laurence C. Smith at Bennett Iowa.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Bennett
Lorenz C
Goettsch
Dyersville
Laurence C. Smith
Calmar Creamery Plans Annual Meeting Feb. 7
The Calmar creamery company schedules its annual meeting for February 7. Officials urge stockholders to attend and review last year’s earnings and future plans.
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Calmar
The
Calmar Creamery Company
Legion Auxiliary Benefit Nets 60 for Red Cross
A Friday night benefit party at the Municipal hall sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary raised $60 for the Red Cross. Prizes were handmade articles from the Veterans hospital in Knoxville. Mrs. C. R. Anderson, auxiliary president, supervised the event.
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Tipton
Municipal Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
C. R. Ansderson
Auxiliary
Advertisers Piles Pain Is A Danger Signal
The McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri publishes a 122 page illustrated book on piles fistula stomach and colon ailments with a detailed chart and dish orders.
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McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
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