Iowa set to hear 323 miles of REA lines October 28
Iowa Commerce Commission will hold hearings October 28 on nine reconstruction and extension projects totaling 323 miles of rural electric lines. The list includes Farmers Electric cooperative Greenfield proposing 9715 miles in Madison County. Maquoketa Valley REA, Anamosa, has seven small-project applications across Linn, Jones, Clayton, Dubuque, Cedar, Delaware and Jackson counties.
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Des Moines
National Defense
Iowa Commerce Commission
Carl W Reed
REA
Commerce Commission
Reed
Farmers Electric Cooperative of
Greenfield
Madison County
Maquoketa
Linn County
Jones
Clayton
Dubuque
Cedar
Delaware
Jackson
Als
No Appointment For Clinton Man
Des Moines reports say Thomas J. Slowie of Clinton Iowa will not be appointed to the federal communications commission. Slowie, former secretary to Congressman W S Jacobsen and current secretary of the commission, was recommended by Iowa Democrats, but another appointment appears to have been chosen.
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DES Moines
Thomas J. Slowie
Clinton
Federal Communications Commission
Slowie
W. S. Jacobsen
Communications Commission
Iowa
Building To Go On FHA Director Says
DES MOINES AP FHA Director T J Nolan says federal restrictions on strategic defense materials will not noticeably affect the home building program in Des Moines and nearby towns. The defense area includes Ames Boone Indianola and other towns within commuting distance of the Des Moines ordnance plant.
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DES Moines
FHA
T J. Nolan
Ames
Boone
Indianola
Dawn Thursday Zero Hour For Iowa Ducks
Dawn Thursday opens the Iowa duck and goose season at 6 14 am near Clinton, running 60 days to December 14. Pheasant season runs November 12 to 18 and quail from November 15 to December 15. The Iowa Conservation Commission says bird supplies are excellent and over 200,000 residents hold hunting licenses. Ducks and geese may be shot from sunrise to 4 pm with bag limits of 10 ducks, 3 geese daily. possession limits 20 and 6 respectively. blue geese up to 6 with 12 possession. coots and mudhens 25.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Mississippi River
Clinton
Iowa Nimrods
Iowa Conservation Commission
Minnesota
Hunger Will Lick Hitler In A Year
Prof. Hans Von Hentig, visiting sociology professor at Iowa, predicts an eight year hunger blockade will break the Nazi regime within a year. He says Nazi power will decline if the war lasts two more years and notes his prior positions at Bonn Yale and the U.S. attorney general's office.
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Iowa City
Hitler
Hans von Hentig
von Hentig
University of Bonn
University of Iowa
Yale
Washington
School For Court Clerks Authorized
Iowa district court clerks may attend a Des Moines school of instruction as approved by Attorney General Rankin. State Auditor Akers can call clerks to the event and county supervisors may reimburse their expenses.
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Des Moines
INS
John M. Rankin
Chet B. Akers
Akers
William McFarlin
Mark Morse 100th Birthday Centenarian Wields Garden Trowel
Wyoming Iowa resident Mark Harrison Morse prepares for his 100th birthday on October 18 as he works in his garden. He recalled a Civil War service with Company F, Thirty-first Iowa Infantry, and noted Marshalling bridges over the Mississippi has grown from a few to more than 150 since his youth. Morse married Margaret Elizabeth Willis in 1867 and raised two sons, John and William, while leading a long life of farming and public service.
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Mark H. Morse
Mark Harrison Morse
John Morse
Bradford
N. H
Mr. Morse
Morse
New England
Iowa Prairie
Mississippi
Father of
Waters
Grand Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Iowa
Margaret Elizabeth Willis
Maquoketa
New York
John
William
Wyoming
Centenarian Morse Reflects on Wyoming Iowa Life
A 100 year old Wyoming Iowa resident born in New Hampshire remains active tending his yard and garden. He raised Poland China hogs and earned blue ribbons at Jones county fairs while preserving pioneer relics in his shop window labeled Morse's Collection. He travels daily to the post office, recalls Civil War reunions, and awaits a G A R centennial celebration with invitations to Gov. George Wilson and a W R C dinner.
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Wyoming
Jones County
Morse
Highway Commission
Mr. Morse
Gettysburg
Washington
Omaha
George Wilson
Roosevelt
Slots Liquor Seized In Mills County Raids
DES MOINES AP Chief R W Nebergall said 11 simultaneous raids in Mills county netted 25 gambling devices and five cases of liquor. Seizures occurred at 3 p m in Glenwood Pacific Junction Silver City and Mineola.
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Des Moines
R. W Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Mills County
Glenwood
Pacific Junction
Silver City
Mineola
Fort Atkinson unearthed with memories of old blue uniforms
At Fort Atkinson, Iowa, excavations reveal remnants of the 1840s army garrison protecting Winnebago lands and patrolling the frontier. Artifacts include bullets, coins, tools, and building foundations as researchers trace the site of a former post now eyed for a museum creation.
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Fort Atkinson
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Canada
St Marys Church Begins Centennial Celebration in Iowa City
St Marys church in Iowa City opens a three day centennial celebration with a 10 45 pontifical mass led by Bishop Henry P Rohlman of Davenport. The event recalls founding in 1842 with earlier cornerstone and 1867 rebuilding. A banquet at Iowa Memorial Union follows, with seven speakers and a closing address by Rev Carl H Meinberg.
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Iowa City
St. Mary’s Church of
Henry P. Rohlman
Davenport
Town City
Loras
Dubuque
Samuel Mazzuchelli
Iowa Memorial Union
Henry F. Willenbrock
J. Willard Lampe
University
Murder Charge For Iowa Soldier Death At Fort Warren
AP report from Cheyenne states Pvt. Jack McCutchen 25 of West Palm Beach Florida is charged with murdering Pvt. Clyde Mayo 20 of Burlington Iowa. Mayo was shot Aug. 10 at Fort Frances Warren while both served in the Fourth Quartermaster regiment. Fort Warren officials had called the death an accidental shooting during gun cleaning before federal charges were filed after further investigation.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
G A. Nicholson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Denver
Jack McCutchen
West Palm Beach
Fla
Clyde Mayo
Burlington
Fort Frances E. Warren
Fort Warren
Mason
McCutchen
Nicholson
Fourth Quartermaster Regiment
Charges Filed Against Drivers In Crash Fatal To 2 Monticello Youths
Two Monticello youths died in a Sunday morning crash on Highway 38 north of Monticello. Leslie Leggett of Scotch Grove faces a charge of operating with a suspended license. John N. Meyer, Monticello area farmer, is charged with failing to yield right of way. Hearing set before Justice Bay Echternacht.
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Clarence B. Day
Iowa Highway Patrol
Monticello
Sergeant Day
Leslie Leggett
Scotch Grave
Robert Schneider
Maxine Bader
John N. Meyer
Leggett
Justice of the Peace Bay Echternacht
Bids Too High On $45,000 Children’s Hospital Addition
TOWA CITY AP report says University of Iowa plans for a 45000 addition to Children’s hospital are delayed due to high bids. Work on a 25000 annex to the University theater is underway and should finish later this fall. Preliminary sketches are being drafted for the 250000 central library with site clearing already started southwest of the campus.
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Towa City
University of Iowa
Fred Ambrose
Children’s Hospital
Ambrose
Governor Praises Iowa Newspapers and Historical Societies
In Des Moines Governor George A. Wilson lauded Iowa newspapers and local historical societies for recording daily events. He urged support for the Iowa Association of Local Historical Societies and called newspapers the greatest mine of information on a people’s history.
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Des Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Iowa Association of Local Historical Societies
Democratic Women to Hear McFarland in Des Moines
Des Moines reports that U S Senator Everett McFarland of Arizona will give the main address at an Iowa Democratic women’s meeting in Des Moines on October 23. Also attending are Mrs Charles Tillett of Washington DC, chairwoman of the DNC women’s division, and 10 other leaders.
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Des Moines
INS
U. S
Everett McFarland
Arizona
Iowa
Senate
Charles Tillett
Washington, DC
Democratic National Committee
Senator Herring denounces Iowa state liquor profits
Washington AP reports Senator Clyde L. Herring accusing Iowa state stores of profiting from liquor sales. He argues the system was created for control and price fairness, not revenue, and condemns markup as improper when stock and equipment were funded by customers.
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Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Towa
Iowa
Herring
Iow- Liquor Control Commission
Brookhart Pushes 4 Percent Profit Cap Legislation
Former Iowa Senator Smith Brookhart for the Little Business Men's League of America urges Congress to pass price control laws to cap industrial profits at four per cent. He cites 89 000 registered members in 32 states and says he represents all organized farmers of America.
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Washington
Smith Brookhart
Iowa
Little Business Men's League of America
Congress
Brookhart
One Organized Farmers of America
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M. H. Morse
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Maquoketa River
Ray Anderson
la Crosse
S S Roque
Luther College
Isaac Lynde
E. V. Sumner
United States Dragoons
James Allen
Fort Des Moines
Edwin Vose Sumner
Fredericksburg
Elizabeth Sabin
Minneapolis
George Cooney
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Winneshick County
Iowa City Church
McFarland
Waukon
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