Morley Women Officials Take City Hall Posts
In Morley a slate of women candidates defeated most men for mayor and council, shocking locals who joked the move. Ada Smith was elected mayor, Katie Sunday and Lois Pulver joined the council, with several men still winning seats.
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Morley
Smith
Katie Sunday
J. J. Klinefelter
City Hall
Jones County
Church
Ada Smith
Lois Pulver
Miss Sunday
H. P. Smith
Gar
Ruth Smith
Pulver
I<linefelter
Viola
Migs Sunday
Pearl Hunter
Iowa Farmers Move To Cut Hog Production In 1940
Iowa farmers brace for lower hog production as prices fall to 4.80 per hundred for hogs sold March 15, 1939 figures show a weaker market. Observers note lower interior hog receipts, a 10 to 1 ratio in the March corn hog index, and unfinished hogs being sold to balance high corn costs and AAA policies.
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Iowa
Des Moines
AAA
Interior Territory
Minnesota
Federal Agriculture Department
Interior
State institutions see meat quality improve with grader move
DES MOINES AP says the state board of control reports Saturday meat quality at 15 state institutions has improved definitely since a meat grader began selecting it. The federal agriculture department now operates a meat grader's office in Des Moines with W. H. Adams transferred from Waterloo to grade meat for the board and private firms.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Federal Agriculture Department
W. H. Adams
Department of Agriculture
Waterloo
Iowa Seven Year PWA Program Nears Completion
The Public Works Administration reports the Iowa seven year program, due to end June 30, is 86 percent complete. Of 226 grants, 204 projects are finished and in use, with 22 still to finish, adding about 80 million dollars in public improvements including many schools.
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Chicago
Public Works Administration
State of
Iowa
D. R. Kennicott
E. W. Clark
PWA
Seven Iowa high schools earn Class C superior ratings
In Iowa City, seven schools gained superior ratings in Class C at the state high school play production festival. The honored list includes LeGrand Vinton School for the Blind Glidden South English Wadena Tracer and Oelwein.
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Iowa City
LeGrand
Vinton School For Blind
Glidden
South English
Wadena
Tracer
Oelwein
Danville
Oxford
Guttenberg
Wellman
Letts
Earlville
Mount Vernon
Grand Junction
Waukee
Primghar
Hawarden
Teachers College High of
Cedar Falls
Laurens
Mapleton
Mount Ayr
Sioux City
Thomas Jefferson
Council Bluffs
Patrol To Seize Cars Missing 1940 Plates In Monday Action
Des Moines AP Highway patrolmen will begin Monday to stop and seize motorists whose cars lack 1940 license plates. State Public Safety Commissioner Karl W Fischer said county treasurers must supply sheriffs with lists of unrenewed licenses by March 15. A March 1 registration total reached 702,000, up from 636,000 the prior year.
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Des Moines
Karl W Fischer
Fischer
Dr. Craig M. Work Dies at 69 Ottumwa Dentist Leader
Ottumwa loses Dr. Craig M Work 69 longtime dean of local dentistry and former state and national dental officers after seven month illness. He helped introduce aseptic dentistry to the U S army on the frontier during the Indian wars. Survived by widow son three sisters and brother Emmett, Ottumwa attorney.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Craig M Work
Ottumwa Dentists
Work
National Association
U. S. Army
South Dakota
Emmett
Ottumwa
Youth Charged With Biting Off Man's Ear
Des Moines. A 16 year old, Duane Stinson, faces a preliminary hearing on mayhem for biting a man’s ear in an argument over parking a truck. The charge carries five years and a $1000 fine. The father sought leniency. the victim did not appear.
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DES Moines
INS
Duane Stinson
Iin Municipal Court
C. Versteeg
Dunns Celebrate Sixty Years of Married Life
Special to The Gazette, West Union. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dunn marked six decades of marriage. Long-time residents of Clayton and Fayette counties, they spent 40 years in West Union and farmed near Elkader and West Union before retiring. They reside with daughter Mrs. J. T. Lillis in Oclwein and have six children Peter Dunn New Orleans Mrs H Friend New Hampton T R and D1 Dunn Chicago Mrs D J Raftis Oclwein and three grandchildren.
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West Union
J. S Dunn
Clayton
Fayette
Elkader
J. T. Lillis
Oclwein
Dunn
Peter Dunn
New Orleans
Two Brothers Rescued From Smoke Filled Rooms
KEOKUK INS Firemen saved Donald and Robert Patterson from a smoke filled basement apartment after they could not escape. Both suffered minor burns with Donald in pajamas and blistered feet from the hot floor. Firemen raised ladders to bring them down safely.
Coralville flood dam cleared by engineers in Iowa and U S
Rock Island AP report says state and U S Army engineers back a 6 million dollar flood control dam on the Coralville Town river. Gov Wilson signals no injunction but defers final feasibility. Col Charles P Gross says federal project may proceed after governor’s statements. Further talks planned to resolve remaining questions.
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Rock Island
Gos
George A Wilson
Charles P. Gross
US. Army Engineers
Coralville
Col Gross
Guv Wilson
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Tha T Tme
Swan Accuses New Deal of Favoring the South in AAA
Atlantic attorney Wfarry B. Swan, Republican state chair, told Cass County Republicans the Roosevelt administration plays favorites administering the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He praised southern hog production growth, criticized cotton plow up and corn focus, and claimed the New Deal restricts northern farmers while funding irrigation to compete with them. He argued the policy drives small tenants from farming.
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Atlantic
Wfarry B. Swan
Roosevelt
Atlantic Attorney
South
New Deal
Democratic
Southland
Swan
Keep Insurance Free Of Politics Is Plea To Life Underwriters
Charles J. Zimmerman of Chicago urged 800 Life Underwriters at a Davenport convention to keep life insurance free of political influence. He criticized Roosevelt’s temporary economy committee for finding no evidence that policy funds were used for monopolistic power, saying insurers act in the public interest.
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Davenport
Charles J. Zimmerman
Chicago
National Association of Life Underwriters
Saturdins
Association
Town
Ilinois
National Economy Committee
Roosevelt
Pleads Guilty To Car Theft Ten-Year Sentence
Edward H. Skelton of Geneseo Illinois pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle and received a 10 year district court sentence in Fort Madison. He stole cars in Clarinda and Harper, attempted to break in a Harper store, and was later detained in Muscatine before being returned to Sigourney for questioning.
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Sigourney
Edward H. Skelton
Geneseo
Ill
Fort Madison
District Court
Skelton
Clarinda
Dimmittof] Station
Delta
Harper
Leonard Linenkamp
Muscatine
E. E. Tremmel
Thornburg
Westchester
Cooney Seeks Support in Iowa Republican Delegates Race
In Cedar Rapids area and beyond, Republican conventions weighed peers for national committeeman. Harrison E Spangler of Cedar Rapids drew broad support, while Martin Cooney of West Union received little backing. Some counties remained uninstructed, and others backed Spangler or favored Dewey for president.
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Costerrys
Cedar Rapids
Harrison E Spengler
Martin Cooney
West Union
Faswerto
Man Jacks
Jones
Linn Coueries
Spangler
Jolin
Pottawatteme
Des Moines
Jefferson
Cooness
Chickasaw
Coone
Clayton County
Debsites
Mowas
Spengler
Iowa Delegattes
Philadelphia
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
Anve Hanford MacNider
Priviene
Linn
Anamosa Republicans Pick Delegates at County Convention
Anamosa Iowa Jones county Republicans met in convention to back Harrison E Spangler for national committeeman. Delegates elected include A N Trevarthen C L Niles J E Remley Warren Rees Francis Brashaw Fred Kay James McLaughlin George Buel Herman Helgens Mont is.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Sateurday
Harerison E. Spangler
A. N. Trevarthen
C. L. Niles
J. E. Remley
Warren Rees
Francis Brashaw
Fred Kay
James McLaughlin
George Buel
Herman Helgens
Montis
Fred Lainson Dies As Wall Collapses
Fred Lainson 60 owner of Lainson greenhouses in Council Bluffs was crushed when a concrete wall collapsed late Saturday Two employees escaped unhurt Lainson tripped while trying to run free and a wall weighing several tons fell on him He died after 15 minutes pinned under the debris while a brick chimney was being dismantled nearby.
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Council Bluffs
Fred L. Lainson
Lainson
Laineson
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Craig M. Work
J. S. Dunn
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Bellevue AM
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Fy Wo Gibson Paul Ahlers
Glen Bailes
Maquoketa
Abe Hershberger
Baldwin
Lillie Womelsdorf
Lamotte
Johnson County
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Harrison BE
Nanes
Herbert Ries
Roy C. Finkinger
D. C. Nolan
Kenneth Dunlop
H.D Evans
William Morrison
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FE A. Putnam
R C McCann
Charles Bowman
George Maresh
Roy W. Weeks
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