Cedar Rapids Boys Build Weekly Press Empire in Iowa
Tom Powell and Dick Westerfield, long friends from Cedar Rapids, form a West Union weekly paper partnership the Fayette County Union. Since 1937 they expand to Anamosa Journal ownership, win multiple Iowa and national awards, and credit local businesses and staff for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
West Union
Tom Powell
Dick Westerfield
Journalism
Chicago
Washington
New York
Tom and
Fayette
National Editorial Association
Anamosa Journal
Powell
Anamosa
Westerfield
Tom
Thomas B. Powell
Seventeenth Street
Charles M. Westerfield
Bever Avenue
Coe College
Ethel R. Outland
Cosmos
University of Iowa
Hardin County Citizen
Iowa Falls
Ten WPA offices in Iowa to close due to budget cut
Iowa WPA administrator George J. Keller announced the closure of 10 area offices and a reduction of 90 administrative staff over two months as Congress cut the WPA budget. By Aug 1 staff in operations will drop from 125 to 104, then to 84, with multiple county reallocations and office transfers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Iowa
Des Moines
George J. Keller
Congress
Keller
Grinnell
Orange City
Storm Lake
Mason City
New Hampton
Waterloo
Muscatine
Fort Madison
Osceola
Atlantic
Ames
Marshalltown
George P. Prichett
Story
Marshall
Poweshiek
Tama
Jasper
Jones County
Clinton
Muscatine County
Iowa City
Cedar County
Sioux County
Sioux City
Lyon
O’brien
Black Hawk
Cedar Rapids
Cass County
Red Oak
Audubon County
Denison
Steeplejack Falls Fifty Feet and Is Not Seriously Hurt
McGREGOR Milton Smith a 23 year old steeplejack from Rockford Illinois escaped with minor injuries after a 50 foot fall from a ladder while painting St Mary's church steeple in the city A nearby tree is believed to have broken his fall saving his life He struck a wall at 30 feet then tumbled 20 feet to the sidewalk James West his partner said they have worked on steeples nationwide for ten years and this was their first accident West returned to finish painting after learning Smith was not seriously hurt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
McGregor
Milton Smith
Rockford
Ill
St. Mary’s Church
James West
Smith
West
St. Mary’s Steeple
Horse Leaps Off Truck Wrecks Car
A horse jumping from a moving truck landed in front of Wilbur Layton's car in Atlantic causing a crash. The gaited horse owned by Carl Osler of Walnut valued at $500 was so severely injured it had to be killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Wilbur Layton
Carl Osler
Walnut
Use Of State Trucks Cuts Liquor Hauling Cost 50 Percent
Iowa liquor hauling costs for the year ended July 1 averaged 10.59 cents a case, about half the private contract figure. State trucks move shipments from the central warehouse to 170 stores, with private costs once as high as 29 cents a case. Total hauling cost was $65,250 for 616,212 cases, including $4,500 for a death and $1,220 from a truck fire. The fleet covered 551,894 miles, about 295 miles per trip, with wages $28,965 and depreciation $12,197. wages accounted for 44 percent of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
Commission
Sioux City Hosts 20th Iowa Legion Convention
Sioux City will host the nineteenth annual convention of the Iowa American Legion from August 20 to 23 with expected attendance near 10 000. Gov. George Wilson and National Commander Stephen F Chadwick are slated speakers as parades and band performances mark events at Band Shell Stockyards Park and the 40er 8 Society program opens the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Nebraska
South Dakota
Monahan Post
Sioux
40 Er 8 Society
Herring Denies Iowa Patronage Rift With White House
Senator Clyde M. Herring of Iowa denied a rift with the administration over patronage. He said hundreds of recommendations have been accepted, including by Senator Gillette, and that no postmaster for Des Moines has been named yet. He noted recent appointments in southern Iowa were made at his suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde M. Herring
Iowa
Herring
John Valentine
Southern
George Keller
WPA
Northern
Des Moines Safe Robbers Held By Lincoln Police
Des Moines detectives report two men and a woman tied to a $700 local saf e robbery will be held in Lincoln after admitting the Nesbit Distributing Company theft. They also face charges in two railway company safe robberies. Names given: Benny Becker 32 Nelson H Silver 39 Dorothy Silver 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Antrim
L. O. Hardenbrook
Fred Nesbit
Benny Becker
Nelson H. Silver
Dorothy Silver
Aqua-Bike Makes Splash On Cedar River
Adolf Bideman of the Upper Palisades launches a tandem boat styled aqua bike with water tight pontoons and a Model T Ford rear, powered by pedals and steered by a front rudder. Spectators test ride it and pledge liniment after each trip. Bideman has built other craft including a 14 passenger launch named Wally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Bideman
Upper Palisades
Cedar River
Biderman
Wife Slayer Is Freed After Sanity Finding
O Burton Govig a grocer from Clear Lake and Mason City was released from the state hospital for the insane after a writ of habeas corpus. Dr A Stewart testified he and six doctors believed Govig sane, and Judge R W Hasner released him following the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Govig
Stewart
State Maintains Two Mill Tax Levy for 1939
Des Moines announces that Comptroller C. Fred Porter will certify a two mill general property tax levy for state purposes next year. The levy is expected to raise about $5,750,000 and keep the general fund balance steady. A fractional mill levy for retirement of soldier bonus funds accompanies the two mills, with hoped completion of the homestead tax credit for the full year 1939 without drawing on the state general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fred Porter
Porter
State Tax Commission
Gambling Raid Seizes Equipment at Carter Lake Clubs
Sheriff Riley C. Nelson and deputies raided the Chez Paree and two other Carter Lake night spots in Council Bluffs. Eight men were arrested and gambling gear including croupier sticks and poker chips were seized. No liquor was found as officers halted a floor show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Riley C. Nelson
Chez Paree
Carter Lake
Nelson
Village Inn Club
Yacht Club
Surprising Old Friends Meet After 21 Years of Letters
Des Moines tax official Harry Millstead and Chicago resident Harry Millstead, both named Harry, finally meet after 21 years of pen pals sharing birthdays and anniversaries. They discover their middle names differ, Des Moines’ Harry Orville and Chicago’s Harry Oscar, ending the long mailed connection with a real reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Harry O. Millstead
Millsteads
Millstead
Iowa Independent Retailers Report June Sales Gains
Iowa independent retailers posted an average 3.9 percent sales rise over June 1938 with motor vehicle dealers up 24.8 percent leading nine positive lines. Largest city gain was Dubuque at 14.7 percent. several cities also posted gains while Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Council Bluffs showed small declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Census Bureau
Dubuque
Iowa City
Mason City
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Burlington
Muscatine
Davenport
Clinton
Waterloo
Oskaloosa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Eggs Thrown at Homes of Hawkeye Button Nonstrikers
In Muscatine unidentified groups hurled eggs at homes of non-striking workers at the Hawkeye Pearl Button Co. Friday night. Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union official Schultheis warned members that such tactics would not be tolerated and urged actions stay local to the Hawkeye plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Pearl Button Company
Schultheis
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Hawke
Watch and suit found in Omaha pawnshop linked to Dreher death
Omaha police intensified their hunt after a watch and a gray suit identified as Harold J. Dreher’s were pawned in Omaha. A Buick stolen in Council Bluffs was found near the Florence waterworks, but investigators discount it as the killers’ car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha (Ap
Omaha
Harold J. Dreher
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Dreher
Florence Water Works
A. Riklin
Iowa
Riklin
Buck Marrow
Spokane
Wash
Francis Welsh
Marshalltown
Fred Franks
Franks
Des Moines slayings probe shifts as suspects cleared
Three questioned suspects, a woman and two men, are cleared as new evidence from Omaha points away from them. Police pursue a new trail after Dreher’s murder, with leads on pawning his watch and suit and possible hitchhiker involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harold J. Dreher
Jack Brophy
Omaha
Neb
Cherokee
Iia
Henry Depew
Fort Dodge
Dreher
Gillman
New Trail
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Dueser
Iowa Press Association
Liberal Arts
Phi Kappa Psi
Charles Westerfield
Morganthaler Linotype
Louisville
Fayette County
Edward F. Mason
University of Iowa News
Community Weekly
Fred J. Lazell
Adolph Ochs
Everbody
al Schadle
E. E
Gabe” Miller
Floyd
Buena Vista
Sac
Calhoun
Spencer
Pocahontas
Cerro Gordo County
Hampton
Winnebago
Worth
Hancock
Kossuth
Floyd County
Mitchell
Howard
Chickasaw
Bremer
Lee County
Henry County
Keosauqua
Warren County
Madison County
Boone
Palisades
Ores
Lucille Fiesener Kubichex
Ben
Adolf Biderman
Ft. Dodge
Keosauqua Way
Seventh Street
Carorine
Osage
Nora Springs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!