Willkie Farm Conference Invites Midwest GOP Leaders
Invitations to six Midwestern states to meet Wendell Willkie in Des Moines on August 5 were sent by Gov. George A. Wilson. Included were Governors Stassen Minnesota Heil Wisconsin and Ratner Kansas and nominees Green Illinois Griswold Nebraska with Missouri to be represented by a GOP official. The plan includes a Willkie press conference noon at the Iowa statehouse and private talks on agriculture in the afternoon. Willkie will travel from Colorado Springs to Des Moines and then return to Colorado before a post on August 17 in Elwood Indiana.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
George A. Wilson
Town
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Julius P. Heil
Wisconsin
Payne H. Ratner
Kansas
Harlan J. Bushfield
South Dakota
Dwight Green
Illinois
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Elawood
Ind
Iowa's Iron Men Dig Water Mains on Campus
Mike Enich captain of the University of Iowa football team works this summer at campus water mains. Ham Snider, a stout lineman from Eddie Anderson's 1939 team, uses his strength to keep in condition while laying pipes. The scene echoes gridiron battles with Big Ten opponents.
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Mike Enich
University of Iowa
Ham Snider
Eddie Anderson
Iowa
New Job Created in State County Land Use Planning
E F Graff, district extension agent for northeast Iowa since 1921, becomes state extension leader in county land use planning. Director R K Bliss of Iowa State College Extension Service announced the new post and supervision of five full time district planning assistants. The position, created by a joint Iowa State College and Bureau of Agricultural Economics committee, aims to coordinate planning efforts across districts with existing staff. District assistants Buck, Welborn, and Kutish are in place. Folken serves as interim northeast planner until appointed.
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Ames
E. F. Graff
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College Extension — Service
Graff
Iowa State College
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bliss
Murl McDonald
J. Joe Reed
Walter W. Wilcox
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Robert Buck
Roland Welborn
Francis Kutish
Northwest
Northeast
Herbert J. Folken
Reed
Maquoketa Man W P Bowers Dies at 84
W P Bowers of Maquoketa aged 84 died about 5 p m Saturday after a week long pneumonia illness. A fall two months earlier contributed. He had worked in Chicago real estate and has since 1925 managed local properties and farms. Surviving wife a daughter Mrs Emil Levien of Springville a granddaughter Betty of Springville and half brother Harry French of Maquoketa. Body lies at Buchner Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Maquoketa
W. P. Bowers
Bowers
Chicago
Emil, Levien
Springville
Betty
Harry French
Buchner
Independence Youth Killed After Walking Into Car Path
Richard Jamason aged 14 from Independence was fatally struck on Highway 20 about noon Saturday when he stepped from behind a truck into an oncoming car driven by Martin Girton of Bartlett Illinois. Girton was exonerated after a sheriff office hearing. The boy died within minutes. the body was sent to Swan and Leytze funeral home. He is survived by his parents and several siblings.
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the Gazette
Independence
Richard Jamason
Leo Jamason
Highway 20
Martin H. Girton
Bartlett
A. W. Hammelman
Girton
B. B. Sells
Young Jamason
E. D. Powers
Muxlow
Powers
Swan and Leytze Funeral Home
McGregor Flood Control System Proves Itself After Heavy Rain
McGregor residents celebrated Saturday as 5.5 inches of rain fell without city flooding. The new flood control dams built with the U S Soil Conservation Service and city funds held back waters, letting them drain gradually through base openings. The project, five years in the making, caps timber and erosion work on hill farms upstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Mcgregor
McGregor Valley
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
The
Soil Conservation Service
Urban Taxpayers Get Nearly Three-Fifths Of Homestead Melee
A state tax survey shows urban homeowners received about 7.56 million dollars in homestead credits while farmers were allocated around 5.25 million. Polk County led urban credits with 900 thousand, illustrating urban residents benefited more from the homestead tax relief in Iowa.
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Homestead
George 8. Mills
Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Osceola
Emmet
Clinton County
Linn
Dubuque
Polk County
Polk
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Cedar
Cerro Gordo
Clinton
Fayette
Town
Johnson
Marshall
Scott
Woodbury
Shave Makes Him A Different Man In Osage
E Avery, 73, a longtime Osage farmer, shaved his heavy beard to cope with a heat wave while mowing hay. He said he hardly recognized himself after the change and walked Main Street where locals did not recognize him.
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Osage
E. Avery
Main Street
Avery
Iowa Sales Tax Up Slightly For Quarter End July 1
DES MOINES AP First Iowa sales tax returns for the quarter ended July 1 show a two per cent revenue gain from a year ago. Returns from 28 362 merchants total $1 178 069 versus $1 268 828 from 20 684 retailers last year. The average late is $62 73 up from $61 34. Officials view the tax as a guide to state prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Tax Commission
Boone Democrat Drops Suit For Harmony
E. C. Brown Boone grocer withdrew his injunction against Paul Hellwege Democratic county chairman, saying party harmony was the goal. Brown had challenged Hellwege’s chairmanship while central committee members who elected him were holdovers. Observers expect Hellwege to resign in August. neither man plans to contest the chairmanship.
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BOONE
SNS
E. C. Brown
Boone Grocer
Paul Hellwege
Democratic
Brown
Hellwege
Central Committee
Columbus Junction Native Confesses in Indiana Bank Robbery
Lester Lewis Corey, 54, born in Columbus Junction, Iowa, admitted involvement in the Sept. 14, 1938, $2,492 robbery of the First National Bank of Swayzee, Indiana. FBI Chief Earl Wynn said one or two accomplices may still be at large. Corey was arrested in Detroit Feb. 25 and had plea bargained on an Ohio Citizens Savings Bank robbery, leading to an 18 year federal sentence.
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Indianapolis
INS
Lester Lewis Corey
Columbus Junction
First National Bank of
Cleveland
Ohio
Corey
Maytag Son Named Administrator Of Estate In Iowa
Fred L. Maytag II, son of late E H Maytag, was named special administrator for the Iowa portion of the Maytag estate. Jasper county clerk H F Cassidy approved to continue farm and property operations until general administration. The petition, signed by widow Mrs Ora Maytag and heirs Fred II and Mary Louise Maytag McCahill, seeks authority to run Iowa farms and pay workers.
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Newton
Fred L. Maytag TI
E. H. Maytag
Maytag Company
Iowa
H. F. Cassidy
Jasper County District Court
Ora Maytag
Fred L. Maytag II
Mary Louise Maytag McCahill
Robert
Betty
Florida
Maytag
Iowa County Pioneer Woman Dies At 91
Margaret Frederickson, a longtime Iowa county resident and pioneer, died Friday at age 91. She survived by six children, with funeral services planned locally.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Margaret Frederickson
Roemdey
Georgian Held After Fatal Truck Crash
A man from Atlanta T J Patterson was charged with murder after a truck collision near Sioux City killed Zelma Sargent of Quimby Iowa. Patterson pled not guilty and was bound over to the September grand jury.
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Sioux City
T. J. Patterson
Atlanta
Zelma Sargent
Quimby
Patterson
Dry Strip In Iowa Still Wishing For More Even Rainfall
Iowa farmers welcomed timely rains that ended a heat wave yet desire more even moisture. Northern towns recorded up to 8.3 inches of rain, while a dry belt from PottaWattamie toward the Mississippi remained. Cloudy, cooler weather aided crops though some downpours risked erosion in West Union and Charles City. Temperatures ranged from 79 to 86 across listed locations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pottawattamie
Mississippi River
Sahara
West Union
Charles City
Omaha
Atlantic
Montezuma
Iowa City
Sioux City
Elkader Boy Wins Clayton County Soap Box Derby
Elkader eleven year old Clark Pahlas won the Clayton county soap box derby with a 26 second run. Arne Strandford of St Olaf was runner up with 28 seconds. Both boys advance to the state derby in Des Moines next month. Dixon Ferrin of Dubuque won a feature race to qualify for the state meet. About 750 spectators attended.
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Elkader
Clark Pahlas
Clayton County
Arne Strandford
St. Olaf
Des Moines
Dixon Ferrin
Dubuque
Guernsey Bull Trapped In Silo Pit Near Waterloo
Darby a 1500 pound Guernsey bull is four feet down in an empty silo pit on Curt Flinn’s farm west of Waterloo. Flinn plans to fill the silo with ensilage to floor level so the animal can walk out.
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Waterloo
Darby
Curt Flinn
Here
Flinn
Hunt Gypsy Woman Seens $300 Vanish in Fortune Ruse
Des Moines police sought a gypsy woman in a pink dress and blue ribbon after a maroon car case involved a handkerchief containing $300 for a fortune telling session. Mrs Assunta Cheisa and daughter Mary reported the loss while clippings replaced the cash.
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Des Moines
Assunta Cheisa
Mary Cheisa
Cheisa
Spencer City Council Acts To Get Airport
Spencer city council approved applying to the WPA for an airport project and bought land subject to voters and government approval. Officials seek to establish a CAA training school at Spencer for primary and advanced flying classes.
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Spencer
INS
WPA
CAA
Iowa Senator Calls Field Training Practically Useless
Cherokee AP report quotes Senator Guy M Gillette opposing compulsory military training as archaic amid rapid warfare advances. He argues field training is largely useless given modern weapons and notes his 11 years of service across Spanish American War World War I and the National Guard. He supports drafting machinery as reasonable preparedness but would oppose compulsory training without amendments.
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Guy M Gillette
Washington
Senate
Birmingham Slated To Remain As Party Chairman
Iowa Democratic sources predict E. H. Birmingham of Sioux City will be reelected state chairman at the state convention in Des Moines with no opposition. The convention plans a largely ceremonial session, delegates will elect 18 central committee members, and a new vice chairman will be chosen to replace the resigning Mrs Mary Kelleher. John K. Valentine, Fort Wille nominee for governor, will keynote. 11 presidential electors will be named in case Roosevelt and Wallace win Iowa.
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Missouri
Wilson
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa Statehouse
Des Moines
Iowa
E. H. Birmingham
Sioux City
Shrine Auditorium
Birmingham
Mary Shelleher
Fort Dodge
Ray Baxter
Burlington
Lawrence Smith
Dyersville
Sam J Burroughs
Waterloo
Kelleher
John K. Valentine
Center- Wille
Edward Breen
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
New Strip Coal Mine Planned Near What Cheer
Angus Coal company of Oskaloosa plans a strip mine south of the John Nelson pottery after two test drills found coal seams six feet four inches and six feet two inches. A nine foot layer was located north of What Cheer. Karsten Bros. open a new strip mine southeast of What Cheer at their former shaft site.
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What Cheer
Angus Coal Company
Oskaloosa
John Nelson Pottery
Karsten Bros
Freight Rate Cut On Feed, Seed To Storm Hit Town
Shelby county officials urged lower freight rates for feed and other commodities to Portsmouth, the tornado wrecked town. They met Governor George A Wilson in Des Moines with state commerce commission and agriculture officials. McCaughan to investigate. The department of agriculture will curb dumping cheap seed to farmers who lost supplies in the July 8 storm.
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Des Moines
Shelby County
Portsmouth
George A. Wilson
State Commerce Commission
State Department of Agriculture
George A. McCaughan
Commerce Commission
State Department
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ASK Midwest G. O. P
Willkie Farm Conference
Red Frye
Northwestern
Boone Democrat
Columbus
Indiana
Elkader Boy
Spencer City Council
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