Linn County Tops State In Government Administrative Costs
Linn county led Iowa in governmental administrative economy for 1940 with total expenses of 123 703 dollars and a per capita cost of 1 39 dollars. Polk Woodbury Scott and Pottawattamie followed, while Clarke county paid the highest per capita cost at 3 20 dollars. State average was 2 05 dollars per person.
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Linn County
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Pana
Recorder’s Office
Pended
Woodbury
Scott
Pottawattamie
Polk
Iney Hawk
Calie
Marshall County
Cerro Gordo
Clarke County
Linn
Board of Supervisors
Sheriffs Office
Assessor
Board of Super
English Made Compulsory for Mexican Soldiers
Mexico City AP reports that English study becomes mandatory for all Mexican soldiers with courses to be offered in barracks nationwide starting Monday.
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Mexico City
What You Buy With WAR BONDS
The mess kit is a key Soldier item including a pan plastic canteen cup and eating implements in a canvas pack. It costs about 2.09 dollars with canteens and tool handles now plastic replacing aluminum and stainless steel. Buy mess kits for the boys with War Bonds and Stamps. invest at least ten percent of income each pay day to meet county quotas.
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Treasury
Youth Sentenced in Kidnap and Infant Death near Gwinn
Fifteen-year-old Charles Heath of Chicago admitted kidnapping and accidentally killing 10 week old Gloria Jean Nault near Gwinn Michigan on May 31. He was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison by Circuit Judge Frank Bell, though Michigan has no death penalty. Heath had changed to guilty, offered no clear motive, and said he did not know why he took the baby.
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Marquette
Mich
INS
Charles Heath
Chicago
Gloria Jean Nault
Gwinn
Michigan
Frank Bell
Heath
Bell
Two Children Hurt in Cedar Rapids Auto Accidents
Two youngsters were injured in separate automobile mishaps in Cedar Rapids on Monday. Harold Tyler Jr., 10, of 340 Third Avenue SW, suffered a broken left arm after being struck by a car driven by R H Chiverton. Chiverton reported he saw the boy run from between parked cars on Fourth Street SW between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Harold was taken to St Luke's Hospital in fair condition. William Corbett, 72 Avenue W, sustained injuries in another collision at approximately 8 30 p m involving Patricia Cook.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Tyler, Jr
Harold Tyler
Third Avenue
R. H. Chiverton
Chiverton
Fourth Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
St. Luke's Hospital
William Corbett
Ae Avenue W
Patricia Cook
Collision on Ninth Street Causes Injuries to Driver’s Daughter
Patricia, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Cook of 2106 Ninth Street SW, suffered a bruised jaw and a cut after a collision at the Ninth Street SW and Nineteenth Avenue intersection. The accident involved a speeding charge against one driver.
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Richard Cook
Ninth Street
Patricia
Corbett
Nineteenth Avenue
Russians Sink Swedish Ship Rumor Suppressed
Report circulated Monday night claiming a Swedish vessel was sunk by Russians. The fragmentary text provides no verifiable details or names.
Eknoe Sinks in North Sea Near Helgoland Island
A vessel named Eknoe sank in the North Sea near the Heligoland area after a distress event. Salvage operations and search efforts were reported, with authorities coordinating investigations and rescue attempts.
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Eknoe
North Sea
Heigoland Island
Chinese Forces Hold 62 Miles of Key Rail Line
Reports from Chungking say Chinese troops still control a 62 mile segment of the Nanchang Hangchow railway in eastern China. They press Japanese forces at a rear area in one region while noting the loss of Shangjao and Kweiki to Japanese control in prior communiques.
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Chungking
Nanchang-Hangchow
China
Itfe
Lake ee ene ee shores described in old article
An item from the South Shore of Lake ee ene ee outlines a geographic note or local feature. The fragment discusses coastal details and regional naming without a clear event or person attached.
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Lake
Farm boys collect scrap rubber during outreach drive
A group walked three miles to collect scrap rubber from 21 farm homes on a Saturday. Two homes had already turned in rubber while three others had reclaim material ready for pickup. Oilmen gathered 2,740 pounds from 16 remaining farms, with one family spending much of a day digging a dump for discarded jar rubbers.
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