Iowa couples flock to border counties for marriage licenses
Iowa border counties set a 1939 record for marriage licenses as couples rush to wed to bypass stricter neighboring state laws. Dubuque County issued 5,772 licenses, with Chickasaw Worth Clinton and Scott counties also reporting large totals. Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Nebraska laws influence the surge. The legislature had considered a marriage health bill in Iowa but did not pass it, while South Dakota later approved a similar measure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Border Counties
Dubuque County
Illinois
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Chickasaw
Worth
Clinton
Scott
South Dakota
Scott County
Border County
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Dickinson
Emiret
Winnebase Kossuth
Worth Anne
Mitchell Oe Vores
Howard . Ee
Winneshirk
Aay
Allantakee
Clayton Eae
Jackson Et Nee
Clinton Org
Louisa Ee
Des Moines Ee
State Liquor Sales Gain With Beer Tax Decline in Iowa
Iowa figures show state liquor stores sold about 12.5 million dollars of liquor in the year to June 30, up more than a million from 1938-39 and 3.8 million above 1936-37. Beer tax receipts fell nearly 7.5 percent from 1936-37 to 1939-40, reflecting a national downward trend. Officials caution the liquor gain may reflect bootleg replacement rather than more hard liquor consumption, as store outlets grew to 174 from 90 since 1934.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Iowa Tax Commission
Liquor Commission
Seee Coset
Yeggs Take Cash and Bonds in Northern Lumber and Graves Office Heists
Robbers broke into the Northern Lumber company offices in Estherville and the Paul H Graves elevator at Gruver, forcing safes with sledges. They took 20 dollars in cash and 7800 dollars in bonds. Sheriff Cliff Fredericksen investigated the incidents. Graves runs elevators in northern Iowa and resides in Gruver.
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Estherville
INS
Northern Lumber Company
Paul H. Graves
Gruver
Cliff Fredericksen
Graves
Iowa
Senneff bodies recoverd after river drowning near Waukon
Ken neth Senneff of Waukon and his wife were involved in a Mississippi River drowning incident. Mrs Senneff lost a light from a Prairie du Chien bound boat and fell overboard, Ken neth dived in to help but both men perished. Ken neth was the son of R L Senneff, local lumber company manager.
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Waukon
Kenneth Senneff
Mississippi River
Waukon Junction
Prairie du Chien
Senneff
R. L. Senneff
Harrington Reports $903 Campaign Expenditures
Vincent F. Harrington of Sioux City, the incumbent Ninth district congressman, was renominated by the Democrats in the June 3 primary and reported campaign expenses totaling 903 dollars with 48 dollars contributed to his campaign.
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Des Moines
INS
Vincent F. Harrington
Sioux City
Secretary of State
Escher Appeals Neb Supreme Court Conspiracy Embezzlement Case
Walter V. Escher from Des Moines appealed to the Nebraska supreme court Saturday a two year prison term and $1000 fine on his conviction for conspiring to embezzle 7734 dollars from United Securities, a company in which he served as an officer.
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Lincoln
Neb
Walter V. Escher
Des Moines
Nebraska Supreme Court
United Securities Corporation
Oelwein Man Shot In Struggle Over Gun
Sam Sherman, 25, was shot in the calf during a fight with his father in law Clarence Struckman at a downtown apartment. Sherman was hospitalized then jailed in West Union. no charges yet pending further investigation. Authorities cited threats by Sherman and a planned confrontation over a home made trailer used on fishing trips.
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Oelwein
Sam Sherman
Sherman
Clarence Struckman
Fayette County
West Union
A. J. Kutschat
Kutschat
Struckman
Iowa to Share Cost of Missouri Interchange Road
Iowa State Highway Commission authorized to help pay up to thirty five thousand dollars to straighten Missouri Route No 5 linking Cincinnati Iowa with Unionville Missouri. Missouri would require a new road, with Iowa to cover excess costs beyond Iowa’s straightenings. Attorney General Rankin said interstate connection interests justify cost apportionment.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa State Highway Commission
Missouri
John M. Rankin
Fred White
Cincinnati
Unionville
White
Iowa
Backbone State Park Provides Scenic Eastern Iowa Recreation
Viewers see Backbone state park near Manchester offering a sandy river beach on the Maquoketa, CCC built cabins, lodge with bath houses, trout hatchery, and Devils Backbone rock formations. Concerts at the central grounds feature Dundee and Buck Creek bands. Access via Cedar Rapids routes No 13 No 20 and No 19 routes through Dundee or Strawberry Point.
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Lowa
Iowa
Minnesota
Backbone State Park
Manchester
Okoboji
Maquoketa
CCC
Richmond Springs
Dundee
Buck Creek
Cedar Rapids
Strawberry Point
ISU Graduates Land Jobs At High Rate In 1930s Ames Area
Iowa State College reported by July 1 about 90 percent of June agricultural graduates were employed. By mid-summer 111 of 157 grads had positions, with employment described as normal or above. Graduates from horticulture, landscape architecture, dairy, and agricultural education were all placed, and farming work increased as a life pursuit.
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Ames
Iowa State College
R. M. Visquain
Vilquain
Kenneth Benda
Brooklyn
United States Forest Service
McKenzie Bridge
Ore
Howard Boone
Delaware
Cargill Grain Co
Minneapolis
Kenneth Decker
Hedrick
Akron
Henry Espensen
West Branch
Sears
Raebuck and Co
Chicago
Marvin Harden
Tama
Lyon Metal Products Co
Aurora
George Kansky
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Knock
Holland
General Mills
Francis Reiss
Vinton
Winfield Rosenberger
Gladbrook
Sidwell Dairy
Iowa City
Donald Sheetz
Farming
Washington
Marvin Springer
Harlan Bartholomew Associates
St. Louis
John Tellier
Cherry
Supreme Court Receives Williams Case Transcript
Attorneys for Lee Williams of Unionville Missouri filed with the Iowa supreme court a transcript of Fairfield trial proceedings. Williams was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the March 1 fatal shooting of Elmon Harter a Stockport farmer at Al's Place near Fairfield. Williams argued he and Mrs. Murdy wished to leaveOttumwa but Harter intoxicated blocked their departure.
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Des Moines
INS
Lee Williams
Unionville
Iowa Supreme Court
Fairfield
Williams
Elmon Harter
Stockport
Al's
Harter
Mabel Murdy
Ottumwa
Spangler Faces Possible Replacement as Iowa GOP Committeeman
Capitol Currents reports a push to oust Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids from the Republican national committeeman post over his Taft leaning and lack of enthusiasm for Willkie. The Iowa delegation split 15 Taft and 7 Willkie votes at Philadelphia, scene of intra party maneuvering before next Friday’s convention. The Iowa Democratic convention also faces choosing a new committeeman as Hubert Utterback has been in ill health.
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EL Moines
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rauids
Hanford MacNider
Philadelphia
Taft
MacNider
Iowa
Spangler
Willkie
G.O.P
National Committee
Chicago
Hubert Utterback
Spannier
Iis
Republcans
Naional
Spanier
San
Si Ted
Republican State Central Committee
Veterom Party Service
Iowa Receives $48116 for Wildlife Conservation
Des Moines reports Iowa will receive 48116 from federal wildlife restoration funds for the fiscal year starting July 1. The state must match with one dollar of state funds for every three dollars of federal aid, part of a 175000 emergency conservation fund awaiting executive council approval. Funds support wildlife research, acquisition or development of wildlife areas. Iowa’s share reflects area size and hunting license issuance, with total federal distribution at 2.5 million nationwide.
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Des Moines
INS
M L. Hutton
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
United States
Federal Aid and Wildlife Restoration Act
Executive Council
Hutton
Spencer Boy Dies in Iowa Fourth of July Blast
Calvin Jesperson, 14, died in a Spencer hospital from burns suffered in a firecracker and powder explosion. Billy Long, 14, injured in the same blast, was reported to be fair. The two boys lit a four inch firecracker in a frame pumphouse and tossed it into blasting powder. The incident marks Iowa's only Fourth of July firecracker death. sale and use of firecrackers outside supervised displays are banned by state law.
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Spencer
INS
Calvin Jesperson
Billy Long
Jesperson
Iowa
Royal
Hitching Shed Demolished for Auto Yard Use
In WaukOn the Downs hitching rack and feeding shed built in 1903 by Ed Wilbur are being torn down. The facility held nearly 70 teams with 15 cent parking. The 126 by 145 foot lot will become car storage for the Connor sales agency.
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Waukon
Ed Wilbur
Connor Sales
Marshalltown Fair Buildings Razed By Fire
Fire believed started by boys with matches destroyed the grand stand, agricultural and art halls at the Central Iowa fairgrounds. The blaze, aided by a south wind, threatened central Marshalltown for over 30 minutes and injured a firefighter. Buildings were only partly insured. fall plans for the exposition were uncertain ahead of a directors meeting.
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Marshalltown Fair
Marshalltown
Central Iowa Fairgrounds
Leo Piper
Des Moines career man cites troubled sons as future success
Homer White a Des Moines Western Union supervisor says troublemaking boys often grow to succeed. With 62 years in the field he notes no two boys are alike and that earning a child's trust prevents problems. He recalls former messengers turning up in later life in various jobs.
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Des Moines
Homer White
Homer
Western Union
White
Whiteys
Inwa
Cedar Rapids
Bloomington, Il
Dewey Goode Faces Possible Charges in Tax and License Dispute
Des Moines AP report states Dewey E Gende of Bloomfield must appear before the state agriculture department over alleged violations of the Iowa cream grading law and possible charges under the 1 cent butterfat tax. A 10 pound cream batch sold to L E Goode Produce was found to be second grade despite payment at first grade rates.
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Des Moines
Dewey E. Gende
Bloomfield
State Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G Thornburg
Davis County
Don Harris
Goode
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Industries Commission
Thornburg
Dewey Goode
L. E. Goode Produce Company
Joe Higbee
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa GOP Eager To Fast Track Nominees At State Convention
Iowa Republicans rush to nominate candidates for attorney general and commerce commissioner at the state convention in Des Moines amid heat wave concerns and a crowded field. Rankin may continue as attorney general with a short term vacancy tied to the November canvass. The convention also weighs possible action on Cedar Rapids attorney general and commerce candidates from Sioux City and other cities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Dewey Shail
Missouri
Commerce
Robert G Arthur John H Cruckshank
Albert M. Seff
Sioux City
Dav Griffin
Neg Moines
Joe Gunderson
Fazle Grove
McGinnis Leon Carl W Reed
Cresen
Phil Roan
Fort Madison
H E van Denover
Oelwen
Rankin
State
Olso
Johnny Critelli’s Tavern Raided on Tax Evasion Charges
Federal agents and Des Moines liquor squad raided Johnny Critelli’s tavern dubbed the bombing area and jailed Critelli and two men on federal and state liquor charges. Fr an k Hunt and Nick Franceschini pled not guilty and were released on bail. Five gallons of untaxed alcohol were seized and a case of 25 half pint bottles of out of state liquor was found in Critelli’s sedan nearby.
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Des Moines
Johnny Critellis
Criteli
Critelli
Frank Hunt
Nick Franceschine
Charles H Barber of Mason City Dies
Charles H Barber aged 74 of Mason City died Saturday from a heart attack. A longtime secretary of the Mason City Retail Merchants Association he was active in civic life since 1880 and held offices in the North Iowa Fair Lions Club Y M C A Congregational church and chamber of commerce.
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Mason City
Charles H. Barber
Mason City Retail Merchants’ Association
Associated Credit Bureaus of Iowa
North Iowa Fair
Lions Club
Y. M. C. Ay Congregational Church
Chamber of Commerce
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Bob Estabrook
Backbone Park
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John WH. Chapman
White House
Wendell Willkie
U.S
Spencer Boy
Atty. General and Commerce Post
H. E. Spangler
Rx Gorges Mins
Fred D Everett
Albia
Atterney
John Rankin
Keokuk
Wilson
Eversetts
Nine Aspants
Ain
Johnny Critelli
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