State Comptroller Porter Keeps a Sharp Filing Cabinet Memory
Des Moines based profile of C Fred Porter Iowa state comptroller examining his lifelong focus on figures. The piece notes his 25 years in government service his roles under multiple parties and his desk placement reflecting his hands on approach. It cites the shift in revenue mechanics including a 60 percent assessment law and the one mill levy for a 3 million dollar shortfall.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Towa
Iowa
C. Fred Porter
Porter
Comptroller
Madison
Storm Dumps Nearly Two Inches Across Iowa City
Des Moines reports forecast showers for eastern and central Iowa after a 24 hour period of damaging wind hail and rain. Temperatures ranged from normal to six degrees above in the northeast with highs and lows listed, heavy rain noted in Indianola Clarinda Guthrie Center Ames Iowa City and Burlington.
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Iowa City
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Clarinda
Inwood
Indianola
Guthrie Center
Ames
Burlington
Iowa Faces Unemployment Risk From Defense Material Shortages
Des Moines AP report quotes Rodney Selby of the Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission warning that small Iowa factories face curtailment due to shortages of defense materials. He notes many are near shutdown, risking job losses as larger orders may not fill gaps. commission seeks to channel defense work to keep plants operating.
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Des Moines
Rodney Q. Selby
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
Iowa
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Industrial Commission
Office of Production Management
Commission
OPM
News Company
Newton
Selby
Burlington
Legislature Strives for Towa Defense Industry Share
The final legislature seeks to secure Towa’s portion of defense related industrial activity in a bid to boost local employment and economic development amid broader national security initiatives.
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Towa
Court Sues Over Telephone Line Dispute in Durant Area
Special to The Gazette Tipton H F Bierkamp Arthur F Schiele Mrs O W Schiele F W Schiele and Farmers Cooperative store Durant sue Iowa State Telephone Co in district court. They seek to stop use of a line said to belong to them between Durant and Wilton Junction and to prevent service discontinuation. They claim they are successors of Durant Wilton and Bennett Telephone Co. The Tipton Independent Telephone Co was to maintain the line and provide free service to Wilton and plaintiffs. Tipton company was bought by defendants who notified subscribers the free service would end. The suit follows.
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Tipton
H. F. Bierkamp
Arthur F. Schiele
O. W Schiele
F. W. Schiele
Farmers Cooperative Store of
Durant
Towa State Telephone Company
Wilton Junction
Durant, Wilton and Bennett Telephone Company
Tipton Independent Telephone Company
Wilton
Tipton Company
Marie Woerfel Joins Cornell Women’s Physical Education Staff
Miss Marie Woerfel of Sawyer Wisconsin is added to Cornell college for 1941 42 to replace Mrs Marie Odegard Wise who resigns this spring Woerfel studied interpretive dancing at the University of Wisconsin and will lead Orchesis the honorary dance society and work with Miss Dorothy Rogers on the women’s physical education program
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Mount Vernon
Marie Woerfel
Sawyer
Wis
Cornell College
Marie Odegard Wise
Woerfel
University of Wisconsin
Dorothy Rogers
Wellman Robert Marner Heads to Windsor to Enlist
Robert Marner, a grocery clerk, left Saturday night for Windsor Canada to enlist in the Canadian air force.
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Wellman
Robert Marner
Windsor
Canada
Airforce
Toledo Man Sentenced 15 Years for Forged Check
Toledo resident D. McCoy 45 was given a 15 year term after pleading guilty to uttering a forged $809 check at Bee Hive. Additional charges including auto theft and four more false checks remain pending with possible later trials. County officials note McCoy’s real name is Michael Schilling per state fingerprint records.
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Toledo
O. D. McCoy
B. O. Tankersley
McCoy
Bee Hive
Walter Willett
Willett
Michael Schilling
Atkins Hosts Double Wedding With Rinderknecht and Lange Couples
In Atkins on a Saturday afternoon, Miss Margaret Tow wed Edward Rinderknecht and Miss Dorothy Rinderknecht married Henry Lange. Maids of honor Velma Rinderknecht and Jean Tow. bridesmaids Eleanor Rinderknecht. Attendants Vernon Walters George Popenhager Carl Schminke. Alberta Rinderknecht and Harriet Keiper sang. 170 guests attended a reception at the Rinderknecht home. The Rinderknechts reside near Atkins. the Langes live in Davenport.
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Atkins
Margaret Tow
Elmer Tow
Norway
Edward Rinderknecht
Henry K. Rinderknecht
Dorothy Rinderknecht
Henry D. Lange
Davenport
Helen Lange
Muscatine
Velma Rinderknecht
Jean
Women Head Important Boards In State
DES MOINES AP Two women became chairmen of major state boards Tuesday. Mary Huncke of Des Moines was elected chairman of the state board of social welfare for 1941 42 and reappointed for a six year term. Virginia Bedell Spirit Lake became chairman of the state parole board as term next expires.
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Des Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Mary Huncke
George A. Wilson
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
State Parole Board
Mabel Meredith
Ames
Swift vows temperance as Iowa liquor panel member
Des Moines AP reports Russell F. Swift sworn in as a new Democratic member of the Iowa liquor control commission he pledges to support the liquor control system and to promote temperance in the use of hard liquor in his official duties.
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DES Moines
Russell F. Swift
New Democratic
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Clutier Begins Home Hygiene Course Under Nurse Clara Anderson
A class of eighteen women started a home hygiene course in Clutier under Tama county nurse Miss Clara Anderson. Sixteen attended the first meeting, held Wednesday at Mrs. Frank A. Hadcek’s home. Sessions will run weekly for sixteen weeks at members’ homes.
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Clutier
Clara Anderson
Tama County
Frank A. Hadacek
First Production Operations Start At Ordnance Plant
Burlington Iowa AP painting of shell casings Tuesday marked first production operations at the Iowa ordnance plant a 50 000 000 national defense project here Major John C Lowry construction quartermaster said all buildings on the first loadline essential to initial operation are complete and that equipment to operate has been installed sufficient for operation In the painting operation shell casings were run through an automatic paint sprayer then through a dryer on an endless chain of
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Burlington
Iowa
Steel casing operation speeds up shell loading progress
A steel casing is painted in 30 seconds while revolving at 200 revolutions per minute as part of the line work. Officials did not reveal when full shell loading will begin but said it would occur later in the month.
Van Fossen Reunion Elects Officers at Center Point
The annual Van Fossen reunion was held at the home of Charles Van Fossen in Center Point. A picnic dinner followed by a business meeting elected Wilbur Van Fossen president John Van Fossen vice president and Betty Van Fossen secretary and treasurer.
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Center Point
van Fossen
Charles van Fossen
Wilbur van Fossen
John van Fossen
Betty van Fossen
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