Printing Board to Meet Over Liquor Seal Contract
Iowa state printing board to hold a special meeting Thursday afternoon to decide on liquor seal bids after the General decalcomania firm failed to meet specs. M. L. Curtis of the Iowa liquor control commission said Meyercord of Chicago will supply seals in minimum 5 million lots at 76 cents per thousand, with last year’s price 69 cents. The board may rescind the current contract and re-bid, press access allowed. whispers tie to prior Wal lace-Homestead bid dispute.
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DES Moines
INS
Chet B. Akers
State Printing Board
Akers
Printing Board
M. L. Curtis
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Statehouse
General
Consolidated) Decalcomania Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Curtis
John Rankin
Commission
Meyercord Company of
Chicago
Meyercord Company
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Wallace-Homestead Company
Nation Wide Publicity Overloads Boy Publisher
The Edeter travels with his father to Cedar Rapids amid heavy publicity for the boy publisher. Charly Mellicker accuses the editor of overexposure as the Gazette faces confusion over page one content and a missing paper next week due to excessive publicity.
Plan for 219 Buildings for Arms Plant in Iowa
DES MOINES AP says a $30,000,000 small arms munitions plant near Des Moines will include 219 permanent buildings with 70 main factories costing up to 24 million dollars. Weitz of Weitz & Co notes no temporary structures on the 2,445 acre site and cites utilities needs of a sizable city.
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DES Moines
Rudolph W. Weitz
Weitz Company, Inc
Weitz
Leap From Burning Home Proves Fatal
KEOKUK AP A woman from Montrose Ta Mrs Fred Brown 50 died Tuesday from burns and injuries after leaping from the second floor of her burning home Her husband Rob Brown was restrained by neighbors from entering the blaze and remains in the hospital with burns.
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Keokuk
Fred Brown
Montrose
Mrs. Brown
Boy publisher John Lanner runs private paper The News
Anamosa ten year old John Lanner, publisher of The News, halts weekly issues for a vacation after a surge of publicity from a New York advertising firm. He printed extra pages for a $5 Navy ad, wired by George Gouge of Batten firm, disrupting page order. The paper features local ads, a spoof editorial, and claims of nationwide attention from readers and barber shop promotions.
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Namosa
Iowa
John Lanner
New York
John
the News
George Gouge
Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne
Anamosa _hardware
Melicker
United States
Harper Smyth
John Sanner
Giana Talnas
Navy
Horace Greeley
Anamosa
The
Charly
Life In the Navy
Newpaper
Tama County Aluminum Drive Friday Saturday
Friday and Saturday were set as Tama county aluminum collection days at a county meeting in Toledo. William Lorenz, chairman of the Tama county board of supervisors, named mayors of every town as chairmen. a Farm Bureau advisory group and Triple A will notify members and relay drive information via party lines.
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Toledo
Tama County
William Lorenz
Lincoln
Tama County Baard of Supervisors
Tama County Farm Bureau
Triple-A
George H. Struble
Lorenz
Burns M. Byram
Farm Bureau
F. J. Kremenak
Dale Bardo
Cecil West
Gladbrook
Walter S. Huyck
Hugo H. Joens
Barkdal
Dysart
Sawyer
Traer
Plasterer Injured When Scaffold Collapses at Church
Harry Burnett of Wilton Junction, a plasterer and bricklayer, fractured a vertebra and chipped another after scaffolding collapsed in the Tipton Methodist church auditorium. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Iowa City for treatment.
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Tipton
Harry Burnett
Wilton Junction
Tipton Methodist Church
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Belle Plaine CCC Plans Open House
Belle Plaine's civilian conservation corps camp will hold an open house Sunday from 1 30 to 5. Buildings will be open and guides will show visitors the camp's departments. The soil conservation service will display exhibits on the camp work program under the East sponsorship.
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Belle Plaine
Civilian Conservation Corps
Soil Conservation Service
The
East
World War II Veterans Camp in Belle Plaine
The Central Iowa Soil Conservation association in Benton Powe sheik and Tama counties supports Company V-2726 CCC at Belle Plaine. The unit, formed by World War veterans, has been stationed there since September 1939, occupying the southwest Belle Plaine area on Eighth street.
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Central Iowa Soil Conservation Association
Benton
Iowa
Powesheik
Tama
CCC
Belle Plaine
Eighth Street
Fight Shapes Up Over Democratic Leadership
Prospects of an east west battle for Iowa Democratic chairmanship loom as Ed Birmingham leaves the post Aug 1 to become federal internal revenue collector. Western contenders G G Jeck and Jake More head the field for chair. eastern backers push Walter Balluff, with other names from Ottumwa to Cascade in consideration. Birmingham’s departure also opens bids for the Ninth district committeeman.
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Harold L. Reld
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Atlantic
Jake More
Harlan
Walter Balluff
Davenport
M. L. Burns
Ottumwa
Wapello
William R. Hart
Iowa City
Howard C. Baldwin
Cascade
Birmingham
Central Committee
Jeck
More
Tom Cleary
Woodbury County
LeRoy A. Rader
Storm Lake
O. J. Ditto
Sibley
Lvls Cusack
Walter Mahoney
Harry Gleason
Sioux City
Internal Revenue
Charles D Huston
Cedar Rapids
Huston
E. H Feuling
New Hampton
Congress
Battle of Champions junior bands set for August 6
Eastern Iowa marching groups will vie in the fourth annual Battle of Champions in Iowa City on August 6. Demonstration units include the Iowa City Grenadiers Eldora Training School band Chariton band Boone Spanish Musketeers Cedar Rapids Musketeers and Des Moines Sons of American Legion.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa City Grenadiers
Eldora Training School
Chariton Band
Boone Spanish Musketeers
Cedar Rapids Musketeers
Des Moines Sons of American Legion
GOP Leaders Urged to Quit Over Municipal Ownership Stand
Des Moines attorney Eugene D Perry asked George Olmsted and Peter Janss to sever all official party ties after their claim they do not represent the Republican party in backing Des Moines Electric Light Co ownership. Perry contends their stance misaligns with party positions and could influence workers. In Marshalltown delegates to the American Lesson auxiliary convention elected new president J S Mercer and secretary Mrs Housman with alternates Feller and Refer. Malcolm Lidzka family reunion held at J C Deedrick home with 55 attendees.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eugene D Perry
George Olmsted
Republican State Central Committee
Peter Janss
Polk County
Perry
Start Action To Close Greyhound Race Track
District court action seeks to shut down Council Bluffs greyhound track. Judge restrains removal of track fixtures until injunction ruling. Petition argues pool selling and pari mutuel betting violate Iowa law. hearing set for Friday with State of Iowa plaintiff and City Council of Council Bluffs as defendant.
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Council Bluffs
White
Bruner
Carroll
John A. Murray
Iowa
State of Iowa
Joe W. True
Avoca
William J. Syms
Hollywood, Fla
Kennel Club Tracks Open After $20,000 Build
Dodge Park Kennel Club and associate Meyer Lansky backed the project. Races began July 11 after the club spent about $20,000 to build and equip the track grandstand and fixtures.
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Dodge Park Kennel Club
Meyer Lansky
Sym
Kennel Club
Moral Be Sure She Has License Incident
Anamosa story says Lawrence Bruce allowed his female companion to drive home from Prairieburg. Sunday around 1 30 morning she crashed at a service station, destroying the coke box. Station attendant learned she had no license and notified Marshal Norton. Bruce pled guilty to permitting an unauthorized operator, and paid a $6 fine plus $3 costs after an immediate hearing.
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The
Gazette
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Harriet, Dick and
Helen Lanner
Ceder Rapids
Editoril
Charly Mellicker
Becaus
Ing
Jack Ferring
Sanner
Alexandria
Washington
Kansas City
Denver
Colo
Northwestern
UNION
Plasterer
Belle Plaine CCC
Opticians
America
WPA
National Optical
First Ave
Roosevelt
Principat
Woerderhoff
First Avenue East
GOP
Malcom
Lidzka
J C. Deedrick
Goodyear Deluxe
Adquarters of
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Second Avenue SE
DIAL
Penick and Ford Company
Federal Labor Union No
American Federation of Labor
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Penick and Ford
CIO
American Federation of Labor Organization
Penick and
C. Young
G. K. Strausser
R. E. Lacy
A. J. Stirsky
L. C. Rinderknecht
F. C. Robbins
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