Iowans Behind Wallace Offer Behind the Scenes Drive
A hastily formed Iowa group did most of the spade work for Henry Wallace's vice presidential bid. Rep. Vincent Harrington led delegates and key men, with help from Claude Wickard and Maurice Sheeny. Gillette and others organized support, and the President signaled Wallace as a favored running mate.
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Chicago
Henry Wallace
Vincent Harrington
Sioux City
Wallace
Paul Appleby
SEC
Leon Henderson
Harrington
Claude Wickard
Washington
Capital Cut Proposed in Fort Dodge Interurban Reorg
Washington AP reports Harvey H. Wilkin son, ICC examiner, filed a plan to reorganize Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Railroad. Capital would drop from 10 162 751 to 3 672 500 with 76 275 annual requirements if earned. First mortgage bondholders get 300 of new income bonds and 35 shares per 1 000, while general creditors share 299 050 in free assets.
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Washington
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad Company
Harvey H. Wilkinson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Squirrel Shooting Season Fixed For Sept 15 To Nov 15
DES MOINES AP The Iowa conservation commission reversed a 1939 change and restored Sept 15 to Nov 15 as the squirrel season. Officials say Aug 1 opening caused high mortality among mothers with young and the new dates revert to earlier practice.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Mobile Parlor Goes Village to Village for Hair Services
In Manchester area Delaware county two sisters Ethel Cocking and Ruth Cocking Roff operate a trailer beauty parlor visiting Delaware Delhi Dundee Masonville and Manchester. They finance the venture with savings after beauty school in Cedar Rapids and hold itinerant cosmetology licenses. They charge a $3 operator fee and plan further appointments including a Clearwater Florida tourist.
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Midwest
Ethel Cocking
Ruth Cocking Roff
Manchester
Cedar Rapids
Delaware County
Delaware
Delhi
Dundee
Masonville
Gertrude Miles
Tipton
State Board of Cosmetology
Beauticians
Ida Wheeler
Jean Ryan
Kansas City
Village park operators offer mobile beauty services
Operators park in village lots with hand driers and hair clippers and hook to power lines for electricity. They travel in trailers with gas heaters and water tanks, facing winter freezing concerns while joking about county paying to empty their waste tanks on roads.
Iowa Republicans seize on Mrs Wallace remark at nominating convention
In Des Moines Mrs Henry A Wallace voiced doubt on a Roosevelt Wallace ticket. Iowa Republicans seized on her "pro-Wilkie" comment while tracing Wallace allegiance since 1924. The piece notes Rankin and Pike schedule, Chicago precon, O Connor's role, and Herring's campaign buttons.
Mercury Tops 100 for Third Straight Day in Iowa
Des Moines and several towns reached the 100 degree mark as a heat wave persisted in Iowa. Garner led with an unofficial 103 degrees while Boone Estherville and Humboldt hit 100. Des Moines reached 96, with forecasts showing temperatures easing slightly but not breaking the heat. Scattered storms were noted in the northwest and extreme west portions as crop conditions worried authorities over the next two weeks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mercury
Garner
Boone
Estherville
Humboldt
Weather Bureau
Stewart Says He Placed Dynamite In Water Heater
Des Moines AP police investigated the beating of Mrs Helen Stewart on July 11. Her ex husband A Dale Stewart 33 admitted placing dynamite in a water heater at his rooming home but denied intent to kill landlord Harvey Wolfkill. The blast occurred three days later when Wolfkill lit the heater. no one was injured.
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Des Moines
Helen Stewart
A. Dale Stewart
Harvey Wolfkill
Stewart
Jack Brophy
Wolfkill
Washington Estate Taxes Pay $7366 in Iowa
The Iowa tax commission announced nearly 20000 dollars in inheritance taxes from eight estates. The list includes Washington Iowa resident J A Maxwell paying 7366 dollars on 873667 value and Fort Madison Sophia Spreen paying 18528 value with 1852 dollars tax, plus others from Plymouth county Tulsa Bloomfield Des Moines and Logan.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
John Boyens
Bennett
J A Maxwell
Washington
Sophia Spreen
Fort Madison
C C. Delahunt
Tulsa
Okla
Plymouth County
Preston Hornbeck
Bloomfield
Mary E. Kingston
Nelle Hendricks
Logan
Grinnell man builds table from 576 wood pieces
Ola Thompson collects wood from Iowa wrecks to assemble a table of 576 pieces. His project uses boards from cars, with hickory and oak panels, plus inlaid decorations. Thompson also crafts violins and owns a Stradivarius, cherishing the unusual table as a unique work.
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Ola Thompson
Grinnell
Iowa
Thompson
Vern
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Thompson
Wallace Refuses to Resign Cabinet Position During Campaign
Democratic Vice President nominee Henry A Wallace says he will not resign as secretary of agriculture while campaigning for the presidency. He plans to discuss campaign plans with President Roosevelt in Washington and will speak at the Des Moines state convention July 31. Republicans charge the move could give political power to the agriculture department.
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Wallace
Des Moines
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Harding-Coolidge
Hoover
Ins
Henry A Wallace
Roosevelt
Washington
Jonn K. Valentine
Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Elliott Roosevelt in Iowa declines Wallace comment
Elliott Roosevelt son of President Franklin D Roosevelt while in Burlington Iowa on route to Fort Worth Texas from the Chicago convention declined to comment on Henry A Wallace as a Democratic vice presidential candidate. He noted the Texas delegation voted against Wallace and later supported a unanimous nomination. He also avoided comment on a third term for his father or the acceptance speech.
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Hart
Gillette
Pennsylvania
Wallace
James A. Farley
Jesse Jones
Texas
Wheeler
Montana
Harry Hopkins
Harrington
John K Valentine
Iowa
Frank O'Connor
Dubuque
Burlington
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D Roonsevelt
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
Henry A Wallace
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Elliot
George C Swiler
SEC refuses public probe of Illinois Iowa Power control
SEC Chairman Jerome Frank rejected North American’s push for a public investigation into Illinois Iowa Power and its affiliates over campaign contributions. He said a public equity would be neither practical nor fair while the commission’s inquiry remains in a preliminary stage.
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Union Electric Company of Missouri
SEC
Union Electric Company
Mindstowa Power
Shea
Union Electric
Illnois-Iown Power Company
Illinois- Iowa
Frank
Funeral of Drowning Victim to Be Monday
Funeral services for Arnold Toomer 18 son of Mrs Susan Toortz of Salon Iowa formerly of this locality who drowned Saturday in the Maquoketa river will be held Monday afternoon at the Congregational church at Edgeword with burial there Toomer was a member of the Lamont CCC camp.
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Manchester
Arnold Toomer
Susan Toortz
Salon
Iowa
Maquoketa
Edgeword
Toomer
Lamont CCC
Iowa Officials Await Word on Escape Convicts
Iowa agents await word from Kansas City and Lincoln as Haenze and Sullivan capture after Diller bank robbery in Nebraska. Estes believed dead. authorities question three участники Fort Madison prison breakout, with Sullivan and Haenze linked to Wilber and Diller crimes and weapon seizure.
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Des Moines
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa State Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City
Lincoln
Neb
Lowa
Lowell Haenze
Ivan Sullivan
Diller
Pai
Forrest Estes
Robert Hart Guard
Iowa State Prison
Estes
Fort Madison
Middle West
Tawa
Haenze
Sullivan
Haenze Waz
Maryseville
Kaw
Missouri
Diller Bank
Kansas
Francis Messick
Farmer
Messick
Rural Mail Carriers Elect Officers Pick Burlington as 1941 Meet
OELWEIN Iowa highlights of the final session of the Town Rural Letter Carriers convention and its auxiliary groups include selecting Burlington as the 1941 convention city and electing officers. Thomas P Knobbs Montrose is president with H V Sheppard Newton as vice president Arthur J Meyer Elkader secretary and Ed Poole Eagle Grove treasurer. John W McBurney Stuart becomes a director and Fr Kollman Westgate and Mack Schroeppel Schaller named as national delegates. The Ladies auxiliary reelected officers and board members while Frances Womeldorf Decorah was chosen president of the junior group for a third term.
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Kollman
Westgate
Mack Schroeppel
Schaller
J A Hays
Jefferson
Harry Dukes
Centerville
John Grace
McInttire
A. L. Miner
Indianola
Green Lawin
Oto
Frank Enderton
Davenport
John Mehlo
McCallibur
John W. McBurney
Stuart
Frank Burke
Akron
Frances Womeldorf
Decorah
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Aids
Maurice Sheeny
Catholic University
West
Clifford Harr
Appleby
Walter T. Cusack
W. T Mahoney
G. L. Avery
Guy Gillette
Don Parel
Cherokee
Earl Dean
Mason City
Fred Biermann
Harold Teachout
Farragut
Ralph Low
Columbus Junction
Ft. Dodge
Miss Cocking
Bny
Capitol Currents
John MN. Chapman
ES Moines
Henry A. Wallace
John Rankin
Rankin
Horace Pike
Camp Riley
Minn
National Guard
O’connor
Hopkins
Ord
New Deal Party
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Valentine
Willkie
Wilson
Wanda Montz
GOP
Illinois-Iowa Power
Mountain Home
Ark
Winthrop
Munn
Wilber, Neb
Trenton
Atchison, Kan
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
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