Governor Wilson Reviews Iowa U ROTC Troops in Visit
Governor George A. Wilson attended the University of Iowa ROTC review with 1,400 cadets at on campus ceremonies. He rode in, awarded honors, and spoke at Memorial Union luncheon as Col. George F. N. Dailey led the event and entertainment by the Scottish Highlander group.
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Iowa City
George A. Wilson
University of Iowa
Army
R.O.T.C
Wilson
Clyde Herring
Nelson G. Kraschel
Memorial Union
H. J. Thornton
Iowa History Department
University
Scottish Highlander Organization
Col. Dailey
Iowa university men to graduate from air corps school
Former University of Iowa students pictured above are scheduled to graduate from the U S air corps advanced flying school at Kelly Field Texas in May 235 J R Maney A J Wheeler and A G Evanoff attended the university 1934 38 Maney will receive his B A by correspondence and another Cedar Rapids student Robert Wray Tacklesohn a cadet lieutenant at Randolph field Texas will soon graduate for advanced work at Kelly field On graduation they receive wings and commissions as second lieutenants in the air corps with three years active duty and possible additional years plus a 500 government bonus after three years Commercial aviation firms usually absorb army trained pilots after service
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Robert Wray Tacklesohn
Earl Morton
Mapkewood
Washington High
Iowa Wesleyan
Randolph Field
Texas
Kelly Field
Air Corps
Regular
Army Air Corps
Regular Army
Elisabeth von Hesse the Voice Doctor and Her Circle
Elisabeth von Hesse a renowned voice coach noted for her work with Eleanor Roosevelt and Dale Carnegie and for shaping speech through physical release tone technique and spiritual belief. She recalls Iowa roots Cornell education Pratt Institute and Steinway Hall teaching across the country and authoring magazine pieces while limiting interviews.
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Co York
Elisabeth Ferguson von Hesse
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dale Carnegie
Linville
Iowa
S. R. Ferguson
von Hesse
Life Magazine
Farley opposes postal department entering private competition
Postmaster General James A Farley told Iowa postmasters that the postal service should aid private enterprise and highlighted savings bonds and postal savings as strong indicators of activity He defended efficiency and budget balance noting good pay and conditions while avoiding reference to 1940 delegates and stressing ongoing public service development.
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DES Moines
James A. Farley
Post Office Department
Iowa
National Association of Postmasters
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
United States Savings
Ice
Farley
America
Speidel Buys Poughkeepsie Newspapers
Merritt C. Speidel of Iowa City purchases the Poughkeepsie Courier Sunday and interests in the Poughkeepsie Evening Star and Enterprise and the Poughkeepsie Morning Eagle News. Florence Tobey and Harry Bunker negotiate the deal. The Tobey family has run the Sunday Courier 67 years. the Eagle News dates to 1785.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Poughkeepsie Courier
Poughkeepsie Evening Star and Enterprise
Poughkeepsie Morning Eagle News
Merritt C. Speidel
Iowa City
Florence D. Tobey
Courier Publishing Corporation
Harry S. Bunker
Speidel
Sunday Courier
Tobey
Morning Eagle-News
New York State
New York
California
Palo Alto
Calif
Colorado
Iowa
Wyoming
Ohio
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Hyde Park
Iowa Postmasters Reelect Cedar Falls Man President
L. H. Hughes postmaster of Cedar Falls was reelected president of the Iowa chapter of the National Association of Postmasters with 96 votes. Ray Baxter Burlington received 37 and L. S. Hill Des Moines 20. John Haldeman Shenandoah became first vice president and Mary Lee Garnaville second vice president. Clara Kennedy Estherville reelected secretary treasurer. Executive committee members named as George Davidson College Springs John A. Davis Colfax and Vane Herbert Storm Lake. Burlington won the 1940 convention by a two vote margin.
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Des Moines
L. H. Hughes
Cedar Falls
Iowa
National Association of Postmasters
Hughes
Ray Baxter
Burlington
L. S. Hill
Hill
Ruth Hollingshead
Albia
Congress
John Haldeman
Shenandoah
Family Makes 8100 Mile Air Trip to Visit Relatives
Gaylord Kipping a copper mine engineer from Santiago Chile and his wife and their 20 month old son Elmer traveled from Chile to the United States visiting relatives in Adel Iowa. The trio flew from Santiago to Los Angeles in five days then took a taxi 30 miles from Des Moines airport to the Kip ping parents farm.
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Adel
Gaylord Kipping
Santiago
Chile
Elmer
Los Angeles
Des Moines
Kipping
Iowa State College
Two Attempts To Wreck Fast Meat Train Near Cherokee
In Cherokee Indiana two attempts to wreck a fast meat train near the town were foiled by police. Albie Steinke, 17, found a tie and tie plates on the Illinois Central track and alerted authorities. The would-be wreckers returned and placed more tie plates on the rails but workers removed them as the train neared the crossing. The train, bound for Chicago from Sioux City, carried a crew of five and 35 cars. Police study footprints and fingerprints to identify the vandal.
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Cherokee
Here
Albie Steinke
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Sioux City
Waterloo Woman Heads B. and P. W. Federation of Iowa
Mrs. Alice Warsaw of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs at the state convention. Also chosen were Mrs. Marie Tomlinson Peel of Keosauqua as first vice president Grace Nordyke of Webster City as second vice president Doris Smith of Iowa City as recording secretary and Mrs. Louis Casteel of Davenport as treasurer.
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Waterloo
INS
Alice Warsaw
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Marie Tomlinson Peel
Keosauqua
Grace Nordyke
Webster City
Doris Smith
Iowa City
Louis Casteel
Davenport
Declare Truce In Strike At Dubuque
In Dubuque Farley and Loetscher manufacturing workers agreed to a noon Saturday truce through Monday morning. Pickets will be withdrawn around the plant while company officials pledge no reopening. A court hearing on an injunction was postponed to Monday. Further talks between the union bargaining committee and company officials will continue over the weekend.
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Dubuque
Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company
District Court
Marengo Church Hosts Centennial Lutheran Services
Eleven Lutheran churches join in centennial emigration commemoration in Marengo. Two services at 10:30 and 2:30 enroll a massed choir of 100 plus voices directed by Prof. O Kamprath. Local pastors include Theo Rottmann and Theo Schultz with a roster of participating clergy from nearby parishes.
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Marengo
O. Kamprath
Williamsburg
Theo. Rottmann
Theo. Schultz
Davenport
A. Bostelman
John Bertram
Iowa City
Iowa Pike Season Opens Across Lakes This Weekend
DES MOINES AP The conservation commission announced opening pike season as anglers head to Iowa lakes beginning midnight today. A catch limit of eight and a daily possession limit of 16 are set for harvest.
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DES Moines
Iowa
The
Conservation Commission
Marshal Wounded In Struggle With Suspected Robber
BERKLEY IA AP City Marshal H H Hunt was shot in the foot Friday night while subduing a suspected robber. He was taking the suspect to Boone jail when the man escaped. A fellow officer was slugged. Sheriff Fred Wilkins arrested a man named William Rogers, 49, of Sioux City, near here early Saturday in connection with the shooting.
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Berkley
H. H. Hunt
Boone
Boone County
Fred Wilkins
Here
William Rogers
Sioux City
Herring Seeks Private Business as Key to Prosperity
Senator Clyde L. Herring urged focusing on private enterprise to lift the economy. He linked unemployment drops to the growth of new businesses and argued for keeping government spending at current levels while praising President Roosevelt. He did not comment on his presidential prospects.
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Herring
Roosevelt
Scotch Grove Woman Musician Leads 57 Years in Church
Mrs. Donald Sinclair of Scotch Grove has served as organist and pianist at the Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church for 57 years and is regarded as the community's dean of religious musicians. She accompanied services during the church centennial in 1937 and hails from a musical family with roots in Sandy Lake Pennsylvania.
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Scotch Grove
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Donald Sinclair
Sinclair
Iowa
John Rice
Sandy Lake
University of Glasgow
Iowa Postmasters Convention Windup At Des Moines
Iowa Democrats and politicians gathered for the windup of the Iowa Postmasters convention in Des Moines. Attendees included Senator Clyde L. Herring former Gov Nelson Kraschel former Lieutenant Governor John Valentine former Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Curran and former Senator Dan Steck. Claude Wickard AAA north central region chief attended for an instructional session with AAA field men. Garritt Roelofs, Kraschel aide and AAA employee, also was present.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Nelson G. Krascheil
John Valentine
Secretary of Agriculture
Thomas L. Curran
Dan Steck
Claude Wickard
North Central
AAA
Garritt E. Roelofs
Kraschel
North Liberty Youth Hostel Receives 1939 Charter
The North Liberty Youth Hostel earned its first AYH charter from American Youth Hostels Inc at Northfield Mass. Iowa City sponsors include Rev Evans Worthley Dr Elizabeth Halsey Miriam Taylor Esther Taylor Robert Hammill Hanna Hammill and W A Young houseparents. AYH pass costs 1 for under 21 2 for 21 or over and grants access to 4000 hostels worldwide.
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North Liberty
National
American Youth Hostels, Inc
Northfield
Mass
Evans A. Worthley
Elizeabeth Halsey
Miriam Taylor
Esther Taylor
Robert H. Hammill
Hanna J. Hammill
Iowa City
W. A. Young
Young
United States
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A. J. Evanoff
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D. L. Clark
Alta
J. R. Maney
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Wide World Photo
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Joseph Kaselow
Cornell
Thomas Nicholson
Mount Vernon
Maine
Canada
Florida
Jane Patterson
Maryland
North English
Will J. Thomas
Wellington Doll
Brooklyn
Hold
Goil
School of Commercial Art and Design
Pratt Institute
New Jersey
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Woman Heads
B. and
P. W. Federation of Iowa
Marengo Church
Theo, Rottmann
Gazette Photo
North Liberty Youth Hostel
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