Iowa marriage decline under health law cuts May totals
Iowa reports a sharp drop in marriages in May 1941 with 1,461 ceremonies in 85 counties down from 2,826 in May 1940. Officials say the May 1941 level is near normal for 1935, following the new marriage health statute and prenatal testing requirements. Some counties show increases, while others report large declines, with several river counties especially affected.
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Health Department
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Riage
Iowa General Assembly
E. P. Pfeiffer
State Vital Statistics
Adams
van Buren
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Exle
Scott
Clinton
Winheshirk
Des Moines
Wing
Old World Village Gets Electricity
The village of St. Donatus in Iowa’s hills near Maquoketa sees modern power with REA extension. Over half of the 112 residents now have electric lights and appliances, boosting daily life at the post office and general store and on the Felderman farm nearby.
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St. Donatus
Buque
Alien G. Felderman
Navy Help for Britain Urges No Armies Sent
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell urged during Stevens Institute commencement that sea power and air power will win the war and isolationism is over. He called for using the U S Navy to ensure munitions reach Britain and to keep the British fleet dominant in the Mediterranean. He advised against sending armies to Europe or Te land and favored a vigorous all out defense, funds to China, and aid to Britain.
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Hoboken
N. J
Stevens Institute of Technology
Harry E. Yarnell
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Independence
Britain
Mediterranean
Europe
Judge Hatch Dies En Route To Alumni Reunion
Des Moines Iowa state alumnus Judge Andress Alva Hatch 83 of Tulsa Oklahoma died Friday night near Des Moines after a heart attack while traveling to an alumni reunion at Ames. Arrangements were made to return his body to Kansas City for burial. Survived by his widow and a son.
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Des Moines
INS
Andress Alva Hatch
Tulsa
Oklaz
Iowa State College
Ames
Kansas City
Judge Hatch
Iowa Guardsmen Grow Soldierly in Four Months at Camp Claiborne
Iowa’s 34th division trains at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. About 5 000 guardsmen and 2 000 draftees have undergone tougher routines. Maj. Gen. Walsh notes stronger health and readiness. Units like the 168th and 133rd infantry drill with new equipment and field exercises while others conduct dry firing and night training.
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Camp Claiborne
Iowa
National Guard
Guard
E. A. Walsh
Minneapolis, Minn
168Th
133Rd Infantry
Waterloo
Organizabion
Clinton and Boone
Iowa cities resist new beer and dance rules
Des Moines and other Iowa towns bar dancing under the state beer law by existing ordinances. The AP survey shows Des Moines faces heated council debate over a 20 page measure to sever beer from dancing, while Sioux City awaits a floor space boost to 1250 square feet and revised permit rules. Johnson County plans no change beyond permit reductions. The 500 square foot rule aims to eliminate many taverns from dancing use.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Sioux City
Johnson County
H. F. Willenbrock
Iowary
Gasoline Thief Warned After Lacquer Thinner Theft
Des Moines AP report notes a thief stole a gallon and a half of lacquer thinning fluid from the rear of O C A Smith's home on Friday night. The owner warns the thief that if mistaken for gasoline it could ruin the car, and stresses the fluid was of little monetary value.
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Des Moines
O. C. A. Smith
Linn Legionaires Elect Harlan Briggs
Harlan Briggs of Lisbon was elected Linn county commander of the American Legion at a dinner in Central City Friday night. He succeeds Henry Wright of Mount Vernon. Officers installed include Floyd Smith of Central City first vice commander, Barta of Fairfax second, L. J. Enzler of Lisbon chaplain. Briggs announced committee appointments Graves registration James Clapp highway safety and Jones of Cedar Rapids boys activities. Commander of Wapsie post Carl Hendrickson welcomed. Hasard post Cedar Rapids responded.
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Central City
Harlan Briggs
Lisbon
Linn County
American Legion
Henry Wright
Mount Vernon
Edward Kopp
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Smith
Barta
Fairfax
Secoo
L. J. Enzler
Chapn Briggs
S. N. Merritt
James Clapp
Marion
Jones
Cedar Ra Boys Activities
Wapsie Post
Carl Hendrickson
Hasard Post
Three Thousand Register For S U S Summer Term
About 3,000 students from nearly every state registered at the University of Iowa for its forty second summer session. Dean Paul C. Packer, head of the college of education, directs the program for the fifteenth year.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Paul C. Packer
College of Education
Plans for volunteer air raid warning posts nationwide
The Midwest assembly heard calls to establish an observation post for every 32 square miles as part of an air raid warning service. Illinois and surrounding states plan a nationwide system by Sept. 1 with 2,628 Minnesota posts and 39,420 observers, plus 2,107 posts in Iowa and 1,755 in Iowa with thousands of staff. A filter center with about 600 operators would process reports for possible aviation or anti aircraft orders.
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Chicago
Midwest
Council of State
Eggeeene
Office of Emergency Management
Listeers
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Wisconsin
East
Middle West
Defense Councils
Eat
C. Tilley
Lincoln
Neb
Division of State and Local Cooperation
Raymond Hare
Facilities Division
War Department
Selective Service Board
Salary Raises Sought For Iowa Liquor Store Staff
Des Moines Iowa Gov George A Wilson and Comptroller C Fred Porter will review salary raises for Iowa state liquor store managers clerks and other staff. The liquor control commission reports nearly 600 regular employees plus 90 hourly workers with last fiscal year wages totaling 794256 dollars down from 807341 the prior year.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
George A. Wilson
C. Fred Porter
M. L. Curtis
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Curtis
Porter
Goveror
Liquor Control Commission
Three Defense Contracts Awarded Iowa Firms
Three additional small defense contracts to Iowa firms were announced by the War Department. Scholls Engineering Works of Waterloo received a gauge making contract, Lisie Corporation of Clarinda secured a steel component order, and Zimmerman Company of Bettendorf was awarded a steel work contract.
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Washington
Iowa
Scholls Engineering Works
Waterloo
Lisie
Clarinda
Zimmerman
Bettendorf
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Council Bluffs
Earl Bush
109Th Quartermasterment
109Th
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