Liquor Store Transfers 3.5 Million to Iowa General Fund
Des Moines reports show the Iowa Liquor Control Commission will transfer 3.5 million dollars to the state general fund for the year ended June 30, matching last year’s contribution. Stores expect higher fiscal year earnings than 1940-41, while inventory grows to about 90 days due to transportation issues. Liquor sales from July 1 to May 31 totaled 2,282,925 gallons, up from 2,170,284 gallons in 1940-41. federal tax increases contribute to part of the gain.
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DES Moines
Lowa Liquor Commission
State General Fund
State NYA Office to Close and Shift War Workers
Des Moines chief Theo dore P. Eslick announces the state NYA office will close July 1. About 45 staff will be affected and transferred to St Paul as regional works program director. 1961 NYA war project workers to stay while 1,343 on the regular program are cut.
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Des Moines
INS
Theodore P. Eslick
Iown
National Youth Administration
NYA
Eslick
St. Paul
NYA Toledo School Project to Close June 26
Word reached Sunday night that the NYA school project in Toledo will be closed on June 26 after about four years of operation. Mrs. Elzy Mathern has led the program. State-owned furniture will be moved to the NYA warehouse in Des Moines. Remaining girls will pursue war industry employment. A five-acre vegetable garden will be turned over to Mrs. Carrie L. Burley, Tama county relief director, for county relief work.
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Toledo
NYA
Elzy Mathern
Des Moines
Carrie L. Burley
Tama County Relief
Retailers Now Can Work at Retailing Price Expert Says
DES MOINES AP George D Haskell Iowa OPA executive told a gathering of Iowa clothiers that price ceiling regulations will let retailers return to the finesse of retailing and avoid speculative hazards Unrestricted fluctuations would force risky purchasing but ceilings stabilize the market and reward merchants for sacrifices if they prevent postwar collapse
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Des Moines
George D. Haskell
Iowa Opa
Iowa Clothiers
Haskell
Iowa Men's Apparel Club
Iowa Retail Clothiers Association
Open House Set for Vinton Power Plant Upgrade
Vinton hosts an open house Wednesday at the municipal power and water plant under the Greater Vinton club. The plant, municipally owned since 1896, recently added a 1000 horsepower Diesel motor in a near 1 million dollar upgrade joining four Diesels with space for a fifth. Roy G. Miller has led the facility as superintendent since 1935 after starting with the city in 1903.
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Vinton
Greater Vinton Club
Roy G. Miller
Rural Iowa wedding and community notices montage
Eastern Iowa brief notes cover multiple weddings and church events from towns like Vining Tama Brandon Dysart Olin Anamosa and others. Couples include Dorothy Kouba and Donald Butterfield at Vining with attendants and future Cedar Rapids radio work for the groom, plus many local ceremonies and reunions across the region.
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Vining
Dorothy Ellen Kouba
Donald Butterfield
Warren L. Feller
Tama Methodist Church
Isabel Butterfield
Streater
Ill
Clifton Spear
Charles Dunham
LeGrand
Arthur Woods
Chicago
Butterfield
Paul Kouba
Toledo
Central Iowa Telephone Company
Charles Butterfield
Tama
Tama High School
Chicago School of Television
Cedar Rapids
Bever Avenue
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Iowa Summer Forum and Parade
University of Iowa hosts a radio and visual instruction forum June 26 27 with George W Denny Jr moderating a round table including NBC executive Thomas D Rishworth Blue Networks H Summers Teaching Films Custodians Roger Albright and Paul Reed. A downtown parade marks the Retailers for Victory drive July 1 led by general chairman H S Ivie. Funeral services for Loretta Zimmerman are set at St Marys church with burial in St Josephs cemetery. Ava L Johnson to speak at AAA rural urban meeting on How Town and Country Women can Correlate Their Activities for Victory. Prof C C Wylie credited with Army Air Corps Reserve text Astronomy Maps and Weather to be released in August.
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Olin
R. M. Sewyer
Central City
Robert Manney
Kalona
United Brethren Church
Margaret Joyce Taylor
Wilbur Taylor
Merlin K. Lyon
G. L. Lyon
Bennett
Lloyd Dutro
Waterloo
Kieth Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Carol Swenson
Dean Henderson
Olin Consolidated School
Lyon
Chaies Kline
Anamosa
Jones County
Nellie V. Morey
I. A. Mirick
Thomas Stimpson
Warren J. Rees
Strawberry Point
St. Mary's
Jeannette Knipper
Leonard Knipper
Katherine Whittle
Joan Pugh
Jean Radloff
Mary Collins
Junior Shueter
Tipton
Irv Christensen
Tulsa
Okla
Army Air Corps
Christensen
Iowa City
University of Iowa
George W. Denny, Jr
Air
Mr. Denny
Thomas D. Rishworth
NBC
New York City
H. B. Summers
Public Service
Blue Network
New York
Roger Albright
Paul Reed
Arment Films
Washington, D. C
H. S. Ivie
Loretta Zimmerman
Davenport
St. Mary’s Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Clarence
John
Near Morse
Mabel Hopkins
Ann Zvacek
Lawrence
Kan
Luella Hodson
National City
Calif
M. Meade
Elvena Johnson
James Brock
Ionaty
Ava L. Johnson
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
AAA
C. C. Wylie
Army Air Corps Reserve
Wylie
Army
Oil Men in Iowa Plan Fleet of Tank Trucks
Iowa oil men form the Iowa Petroleum Carriers association to pool 150 highway tank trucks for hauling gasoline and liquid petroleum products to Iowa destinations. The plan seeks approval from the Office of Defense Transportation, with Des Moines executives and state commissions meeting with John Gillespie to submit the request.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Petroleum Carriers Association
Office of Defense Transportation
Schluter
Council Luffs
Allce Lls
John Gillespie
ODT
Iowa Commerce Commission
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Pecrly
Steiner links Europe’s fall to loss of spiritual core
GRINNESS UP Loss of the spiritual element caused Europe’s downfall, said 75 year old professor at the Institute of International Relations. He traced his own journey from Austria to America in 1886 and argued American democracy endures as a way of life, not merely a government form.
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Europe
Institute of International Relations
Steiner
United States
Presbyterians Elect Independence Pastor
The Rev. Joseph M. Kennedy, pastor at Nevada Iowa, was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church Synod of Iowa at the sixty first annual state meeting in Ames. He succeeds the Rev. Warren J. Conrad of Keokuk. The Rev. R J Nieting of Independence was elected permanent clerk.
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Ames
Ins
Joseph M. Kennedy
Nevada
Presbyterian Church Synod of
Iowa
Warren J. Conrad
Keokuk
R. J. Nieting
Independence
Winneshiek Collects 851 Tons of Rubber
Decorah report shows 851 tons of scrap rubber collected up to Saturday with about 171,000 percent tonnage noted and an estimated 100 tons remaining.
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Winneshiek
Decorah
Collee
Democratic Meeting Notice For Lesie Tmee Ekota
A local party committee announces a Democratic meeting led by chairperson Lesie Tmee in Ekota. The notice urges members to attend and participate in upcoming organizational discussions and decisions.
Iowa Ends WPA Information Chief Post in Budget Move
Des Moines AP reports Iowa eliminates the state WPA information chief position, held by J Ray Murrey of Buffalo Center Ta, citing no funding for the job in the new fiscal year's budget.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Manghton
WPA
J. Ray Murrey
Buffalo Center
Mrs. Robinson Leads Delaware County Republican Women
Mrs. Glen Robinson of Colesburg was elected president of the Delaware county Republican Women's club on Saturday. She succeeds Mrs. Thomas R. Holbert, head of the Iowa Council of Republican Women. Carl Anderson of Manchester was named secretary and treasurer. Verna Herman of Manchester chairs the war activities committee. Speakers included Harriet Ballard and Isabel Mays urging civilian cooperation with government requests.
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Manchester
Glen Robinson
Colesburg
Delaware County
Republican Women's Club
Thomas R. Holbert
Iowa Council of Republican
Carl Anderson
Ahe
Verna Herman
Harriet Ballard
Isabel Mays
Madison
Fla
Maynard Tar Who Bathed in Coral Sea Joins Mates
Merle Meyer 18 of Maynard returns to join his shipmates on the west coast after serving aboard the Lexington. He enlisted after Maynard High School in 1941, trained at Great Lakes and Pensacola, and survived the Lexington sinking off Australia as a cook and gasser. He escaped by rope and avoids talking about the ocean ordeal.
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Gazette
West Union
Merle Meyer
Maynard
Lexington
Coral Sea
Will Meyer
Merle
Henry Byerly
Near
Maynard High School
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Pensacola
Fla
George Gary Estate Valued At 70 832 In Tama Probate
Tama county probate inventory lists the George Edward Gary estate at 70 832 52 with 20 850 debts. Beneficiaries include widow Ma Gary and six children headed by W H Gary Mary Gary Weaver Nellie M Winders and Mabel Gary Hanity. Other estates: William Blazek Tama 16 182 25 with 6 500 debts and heirs Minnie Blazek Milroy Blazek and Dorothy Blazek. Henry Martens Gladbrook 13 098 97 with 100 debts. heirs Meta Johannsen Clara Billerbeck Louie Martens.
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Toledo
George Edward Gary
Tama County
Ma Gary
Chi W. H. Gary
Mary Gary Weaver
Nellie M. Winders
Mabel Gary Hanity
Grace E. Gary
Cedar Rapids
Charles A. Gary
Montour
William Blazek
Tama
Minnie Blazek
Milroy Blazek
Dorothy Blazek
Henry Martens
Gladbrook
Meta Johannsen
Clara Billerbeck
Reinbeck
Louie Martens
Beaman
Erick Bakke of Decorah Dies of a Heart Attack
Erick A Bakke 53 a Decorah resident and descendant of an early Frankville emigrant family died of a heart attack Monday afternoon while speaking with neighbor Albert Linnevold. He is survived by a widow two daughters Mrs William Good of Chicago and Joyce Bakke of Independence a list of six brothers and sisters and will be buried at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church.
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Gazette
Decorah
Erick A. Bakke
Frankville
Albert Linnevold
William Good
Chicago
Joyce Bakke
Independence
Philip
John Hegg
S. ©. Hanson
Vernon
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ole
Minneapolis
Spencer Bakken
Ridgeway
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
New sickness accident hospital policy advertised
A new sickness accident hospital policy costs as little as 3c a day and pays up to 100 per month for sickness or accident with hospital benefits. It also provides a $1,000 beneficiary payout if you are killed and covers all accidents and sickness from day one with no waiting period. Free inspection and no obligation to view more details.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid Snapshot
The page shows a themed horizontal and vertical clue list for a newspaper crossword with entries like motion picture actress and Roman magistrates. It mentions an answer to a previous puzzle and several clue numbers including 1 4 36 39 43 44 56 57 58 with a focus on rutaceous India and related wordplay.
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India
Cornell Grid Star Big Bill Watson Reported Missing in Action
Second Lieut. William S. Watson 25, a Cornell football and wrestling star from Rockford Michigan, is missing in action at a South Pacific island since June 4. The bomber pilot enlisted 1940, trained at Randolph Texas and Brooks Field, earned wings August 1941, and was last heard from June 3 before the Midway battle.
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Big Bill” Watson
Cornell
Grid Star
William S. Watson
Cornell College
Rockford
South Pacific
War Department
Alice Street
Coe College
Watson
Army Air Corps
Dayton
Ohio
James F. Collins
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Texas
Brooksfield
San Antonio
San Francisco
Calif
Patterson Field
Hawaii
Midway
Payton withdraws from Iowa state secretary race
Des Moines reports H L Peyton of Logan former Harrison county state representative quits the convention race for 35 percent of the vote in the June 1 primary. Peyton backs Wayne M as nominee and says he may serve as a dark horse if delegates fail to reach full agreement.
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Des Moines
H. L. Peyton
Logan
Harrison County
Iowa
Peyton
Wayne M
Dark Horse
Brothers killed in shotgun accident on Iowa farm
Edward David, 11, and his brother were visiting the Don Love farm near Winterset when a shotgun fired. They were playing on the farm at the time of the accident. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Lawson.
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Winterset
INS
Edward David
Don Love
John Lawson
Carpenter touts wooden tire prototype in Iowa
Des Moines reports Dr. L. F. Lehman 79 a carpenter claims a puncture-proof anti blowout spare tire made from elm wood. He built it with a band saw router and bolts and says it is noisy but functional after about 40 miles. He has applied for a patent.
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Des Moines
L. F. Lehman
Lehman
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