Farm Editors Urge Real Farmers Talk Radio Content
Iowa City session of the University of Iowa conference on applied radio featured Elizabeth C. Wherry and Ray Anderson urging farm broadcasters and editors to speak in farmers’ language. They stressed presenting facts, knowing farmer culture, and avoiding insincerity while planning programs for farm women and general listeners.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
Radio Farm News
Applied Radio
Midwest
University of Iowa
Elizabeth C. Wherry
Wyoming
Ray Anderson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Anderson
Radio Farm
Wherry
Charles Worcester
WNAX
Yankton
S. C
Clair Hull
WDZ
Tuscola
Ill
Arthur C. Page
WLS
Chicago
Phil Evans
KMBC
Kansas City
Herb Plambeck
WHO
Des Moines
Farm News
County school tournaments set for January and February
Victor hosts girls tournament January 30 31 and February 1 while North English hosts boys event February 17 18 19. Other items include a Washington county corn picker accident in Keota injuries, community notices from Troy Mills Decorah Earlville Postville Ossian Ely Vinton La Porte City Riverside McGregor Grinnell and Grinnell adult education.
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Victor
Iowa County
North English
Washington
Washington County
Ambrose Jaeger
Keota
Two Women Tie For First In Husking Bee At Springville
Mrs Merle Long and Hila Paul tied for first place in the women's cornhusking contest at Springville's annual fall festival. Other prizewinners included Mrs O A Sackett and Mrs Douglas Ross among a list of entrants in the event. Bob McShane won open pollinated corn and displayed the longest ear of corn.
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Springville
The
Gazette
Merle Long
Hila Paul
O A Sackett
Douglas Ross
Cecil Patten
Jake Kissling
Willis Boats
Laura Mae Paul
Russell Jaycee
Ada Hoge
Neil Larson
Alexander Taylor
Will Bedell
George Jaycee
Roger Cummings
FG. Moore
Herbert Pollock
Wd. Pirie
A. G. Thurman
Ralph Stewart
Bob McShane
Mt Pleasant Test Vote Shows Willkie Landslide Margin
DES MOINES INS reports Mount Pleasant News poll yields a three to one Willkie over Roosevelt for president and a strong Wilson lead for governor. Rural Henry county ballots boosted GOP support with 72 to 27 for president and 77 to 20 for governor.
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Des Moines
INS
Mount Pleasant
Cedar Rapids Student Honored At Cornell
Cornell's Phi Beta Kappa chapter announced the election of four students Friday to the national scholastic honor society. Named are Marjorie Littell Mount Vernon Eleanor Hall Joliet Robert Nelson Mediapolis and Richard Sampson Cedar Rapids.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Phi Beta Kappa
National
Scholastic Honorary Society
Marjorie Littell
Eleanor Hall
Joliet
Ill
Robert Nelson
Mediapolis
Richard Sampson
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg junior class to stage Hobgoblin House
Shellsburg high school junior class presents Hob goblin House a three act mystery play in the auditorium on October 24. Leading roles are Le Vern Bonesteel Genevieve Moulds Richard Blattler and Robert Deklotz with Beulah Vogt La Vonne Schlotfelt Nina Marie Reynolds Nile Roszell Genevieve Coy Junior Buettner Douglas Thomas and Dorothy Lint in supporting parts Geraldine Ronk directs the production.
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Shellsburg
Hobgoblin House
le Vern Bonesteel
Genevieve Moulds
Richard Blattler
Robert Deklotz
Beulah Vogt
la Vonne Schlotfelt
Nina Marie Reynolds
Nile Roszell
Genevieve Coy
Junior Buettner
Douglas Thomas
Dorothy Lint
Geraldine Ronk
Royce Lyons Wins Washington Keokuk Cornhusking Meet
A 1500 crowd watched 12 contestants compete on the E L Conrad farm for the joint Washington Keokuk cornhusking title. Royce Lyons of Kent a won with a 2843 pound net after 195 pounds deductions. Ernest Krantz and Ralph Krantz followed with 2767.5 and 2757 pounds. Dwight Havle placed fifth and Ed Weber sixth. Keokuk rivals Elmus Brenneman and Ed Weber named alternates for district competition.
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Washington-Keokuk
E L. Conrad Farm
Kenta
Royce Lyons
Washington County
Ernest Krantz
Wellman
Ralph Krantz
Crawfordsville
Filmus R Brenneman
Keokuk County
Dwight Havle
Washington
Fdl Weber
Harper
Havle
Farm Bureaus
Keoku
Speaker Pays Tribute To Cornell College
Dean Earl Marratt of Boston University School of Theology praised Cornell College during a preaching conference in Mount Vernon. He compared its standards to Swarthmore and Oberlin, noting the college maintains high quality education despite competition from larger endowed institutions. A crowd of about 500 New England ministers attended.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Earl Marratt
Boston University School of Theology
John Benjamin “Magee
New England
Dr. Magee
Swarthmore
Oberlin
Middlewest
Marlatt
Bease to Speak at Southeastern Iowa Eagles Meeting
Walter Bease of Davenport, Scott county sheriff and state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be the principal speaker Sunday at a meeting of the southeastern Iowa district. Funeral services set for Ralph T. Brubaker 68 of a farm near here. Chester Graham 79 dies at his farm west of town. The University of Iowa alumni association nominating committee begins election of 15 officers in November with mail ballots in March for terms starting May 31 1941.
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Lela Briggs
Cedar Falls
Briggs
Art Institute
Chicago
Stone City
Iowa
Iowa City
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Ames
Biz Creek
M. H Taylor
Ann Hager
Bud Clark
C. C. Hager
Frank Wilson
Ezra Hager
Irving Anton
Riverside
Trinity Methodist Sunday School
John Bates
John W. Tener
Ruth Allen
Glenys Marner
William Ingram
C. E. Fitzsimmons
Kenneth Kern
Harold Cress
W.N. Crozier
Hubert E. Doud
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Sherman Fox
McGregor
Morgan J. McEnaney
Mason City
Congress
Jack McGhee
Grinnell
Grinnell Public Schools
Rupert A. Hawk
Walter Bease
Davenport
Scott
Worthy
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Ralph T. Brubaker
Here
Frida
Chester Graham
Barren County
Mich
Johnson County
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Bruce E. Mahan
Sumner R. Chase
Ft. Dodge
Glenn D. Devine
Thomas R. Gittins
Sioux City
Wilson Claims $1.1 Million Yearly Highway Savings
Gov George Wilson asserted the Republican administration saved 1 100 000 annually by placing the state highway commission in the state budget. He told a Hampton rally that opponents misstate facts as spending rose under the general appropriations bill.
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Hampton
INS
George Wilson
State Highway Commission
Wilson
Highway Commission
Tax reports may aid registrants prove dependents
Iowa draft registrants may use filed income tax blanks to prove dependents. State tax officials said returns are confidential but registrants can permit local draft boards to obtain dependent information from state tax records.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Bequest to Anamosa Library From Native Farm of Grant Wood
Jones county court authorized 60 percent of a $5,000 bequest from the late Sarah Wand to the Anamosa library. A $3,000 check was handed to the library board. The estate is a 160 acre mortgaged farm three miles southeast of Anamosa near highway 64. Grant Wood will receive a $90 check. The Wood farm birthplace is tenanted by Mrs Helna Rahnken.
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Jones County
Sarah Wand
Anamosa Library
Library Board
Grant Wood
Miss Wood
Wood Farm
Helna Rahnken
Marengo Attorney John Stapleton Dies at 58
Marengo attorney John Stapleton 58 longtime resident died Friday after a lingering illness. Born in Marengo and USD graduate he is survived by his wife his mother Mrs Tom Stapleton and a sister Mrs James P Gaffney wife of the district court judge Funeral services set for Monday at 9 am at St Patrick church.
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Leola Finkney
Claire Ankney
Hopkinton
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Dyersville
R .N. Kierland
Kierland
Vinton
Martha Jane Oppelt
Vinton Hospital
Chester Diehl
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Oppelt
Henry County
Alexander Henderson
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Rosalind
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Lester
Lane Tree
Wellman
Sigourney
William Streets
Mary Manion
Pat Manion
Sperial
Marengo
John Stapleton
University of South Dakota
Tom Stapleton
James P Gaffney
District Court
St Patricks Church
Iowa September egg production tops last year
Iowa’s September egg production was estimated at 614,000,000 eggs, up 2 percent from September last year. Total layers for the 1939-40 season exceeded the previous year, and with pullets beginning to lay, the September layer count reached 17,162,000, still only 2 percent above the prior year.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Leslie M. Carl
Allan F. Beck Reelected Head of Iowa Realtors
Allan F. Beck of Mason City was reelected president of the Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards at its 22nd annual convention in Sioux City. James Leverett of Council Bluffs was named secretary treasurer with vice presidents Duane Leamer Ralph Jester William Keller and Tom Delaney elected. Directors elected included E. P. Cotton Emory Loomis and Alex Krause. A key resolution urged state legislation to cap real estate taxes at one percent in rural areas and one and a half percent in cities.
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Sioux City
Allan F. Beck
Mason City
Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards
James Leverett
Council Bluffs
Duane Leamer
Davenport
Ralph Jester
Des Moines
William Keller
Dubuque
Tom Delaney
E. P. Cotton
Emory Loomis
Waterloo
Alex Krause
Fort Dodge
WPA Funds For Mt. Vernon Sewers Announced
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration allocated 6563 dollars for storm sewer construction in Mount Vernon Iowa. Rep. W S Jacobsen announced the funding in Washington DC, detailing the project scope and local impact.
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Mt. Vernon
Washington, DC
Works Progress Administration
W. S. Jacobsen
Mount Vernon
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