Partisan Balance Shifts in Iowa Liquor Agency
Iowa liquor control commission ends a round of job changes with 10 managers and 6 clerks dismissed, 17 filled, and 2 promoted. A survey shows Republicans and Democrats evenly represented among 249 party-affiliated staff, with 157 nonpartisans.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Iowa City
H. J. Reichardt
William Meardon
Commission
G. O P
G.O P
Glenn Cunningham Speaks At Cornell College
Mount Vernon report notes Glenn Cunningham, famed as the world’s fastest mile runner, spoke at a surprise chapel program at Cornell College. He was set to work out with the cross country team and shared experiences on the mile track both here and abroad.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Glenn Cunningham
Cornell College
Cunningham
H. J. Ennis
Iowa Eastern Star Convention Opens in Des Moines
Mrs. Bessie McMurray of Newton addressed the Iowa Eastern Star convention urging adherence to democratic principles. World leader Mrs. Anna W. Smalley of Roundup Montana urged battlements against communism as more than 4,000 members gathered in Des Moines for the state convention, with sessions slated to end Thursday.
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Des Moines
INS
Bessie McMurray
Newton
Iowa
Eastern Star
Anna W. Smalley
Roundup
Mont
United States
Smalley
Newhall Students Win Iowa State Scholarships at Honors Convocation
Phyllis J. Bennett of Boone received the Sigma Xi prize for the top scholastic record among Iowa State junior students in 1938 39 while Arnold Olson of Newhall earned the S25 George Gund scholarship for highest grades in the junior animal husbandry curriculum. Dr Charles E Finley president of the college presented the awards at the fall honors convocation.
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Ames
Phyllis J. Bennett
Boone
Sigma Xi
Iowa State College
Arnold Olson
Newhall
George Gund
Charles E. Finley
Partial Moon Eclipse Visible Friday Night
A partial lunar eclipse is expected Friday night and into Saturday morning. Observers can see the event starting at 9 42 p m Iowa time and ending at 3 30 a m, according to Drake University astronomy instructor Prof Theodore Meh Jin.
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Des Moines
Theodore Meh- Jin
Drake University
Iowa
Upper Iowa U Set For Inaugural Homecoming
Fayette Iowa Upper Iowa University outlines events for Vivian T Smith inauguration with a 1030 am ceremony presided by W F Baker. The program includes a 1230 pm luncheon toastmaster Earl A Roadman and speeches by Gov George A Wilson Bishop Ralph Magee and others. Homecoming play Our Town is Friday with a 230 pm game vs Loras Duhawks and a 430 pm reception at the president’s residence.
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Fayette
Vivian T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Virgil C. Welch
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
Jessie M. Parker
Ralph Magee
Chesley R. Palmer
Cluett Peabody and Co
New York City
Herbert L. Case
Mankato
Minn
W. F. Baker
Decorah
John L. Seaton
Albion College
Albion
Mich
Upper Iowa
Kingsley R. Palmer
Gov. Wilson
Earl Harmon
Hampton
William C. Mangold
Sterling Baldwin
Rudd
George Hartman
W. H. Antes
West Union
David R. Roberts
Forest C. Ensign
Iowa City
Miss Parker
Marion People Gather For Church, Club and Social Events
Marion activity roundup notes a bride elect Miss Arlene Starry honored at a 440 Twenty second Street party. church events include family night picnic, homemaking club meeting, and Methodist choir rehearsal with community notices for Lions club talk and I O F open house.
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Arlene Starry
Jack Oxley
Gwen Knight
Lillian Voorhies
Alfred Bensch
Richard Sears
R. D. Conley
Marion Dye
Liquor Board plans tractor trailer truck buy
The Iowa liquor control commission announced it will buy three tractor trailer trucks to speed liquor deliveries from the central warehouse to 171 state stores. Chairman M L Curtis said stock shortages and rising sales justify the upgrade, with plans to trade in three 10 ton trucks as specifications are prepared.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
M. L. Curtis
Curtis
Commission
Highway Commission
Fischer Fires 10 Patrol Clerks Hires New Men
DES MOINES Iowa highway patrol dismissed ten clerks from stations statewide and appointed ten replacements. Karl Fischer commissioner of public safety announced the changes listing the relieved workers and their duty areas and the new appointees from Lamont Harlan Davenport Creston Council Bluffs Cedar Rapids Sumner Bennett Keokuk Sibley and other communities.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa Highway Patrol
Karl Fischer
Commissioner of Public Safety
John Lewis
Winterset
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Seivert
Primghar
Denison
Byron Hockenberry
Extra
West Liberty
Melvin Howe
Cedar Falls
Virgil Dawson
Sigourney
Fort Dodge
Sumner
Howard Miller
Bennett
Hugh Short
Keokuk
Verne Jackley
Sibley
Firms Selling Liquor To Iowa Must Register
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission announced a policy requiring out of state distilleries and liquor firms selling liquor to Iowa to register and qualify to do business. Commission Chairman M L Curtis said no back penalties would be collected, and the move aims to place such firms under Iowa court jurisdiction rather than raise revenue.
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DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Commission
M. L. Curtis
Delegates Named for Smith Inauguration at Upper Iowa
Dr. W C Welch announced Saturday’s inauguration delegates led by Rev John A Holmes of Burlington and J F Mangold of Chicago. The list spans 70 plus named academics and church leaders from Babson to Yale, with reps from Coe Grinnell Drake Iowa State and many colleges in between.
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Fayette
W. T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
W. C. Welch
John A. Holmes
Burlington
Andover- Newton Theological School
J. F. Mangold
Chicago
Armour Institute of Technology
John L. Seaton
Albion
Mich
Albion College
O. J . Preus
Decorah
Association of American Colleges
George H. Dulany
Clinton
Babson Institute
John D. Clinton
Boston University
L. W. Sampson
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
Irwin J. Lubbers
Pella
Central College
Richmond Morgan
Waterloo
Chicago Theological Seminary
H. M. Gage
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
John A. Storey, Jr
Des Moines
Columbia University
John Benjamin Magee
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Paul J. Kehoe
Manchester
Creighton University
Joseph H Edge
Mitchell
S D
Dakota Wesleyan University
W. Morehouse
Drake University
S. J. Baldwin
Rudd
Drew University
Edward Allen Wight
Dubuque
Emory University
John C. Bain
Gammon Theological Seminary
William C. Cleworth
Hampton
Garrett Biblical Institute
John E. Dorman
Georgetown University
Thomas Conry
Loras College
John S. Nollen
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Arthur W. Hoover
West Union
Hamline University
Henry M. Staunton
Nichols
Holy Cross College
Mary Bell
Huron College
Forest C. Ensign
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Paul Edward McElroy
Iowa State College
E. J. Cable
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Methodist Church
Mabel C. Briney
Hopkinton
Miami University
Philip Carpenter
Ames
Middlebury College
Earl A. Roadman
Sioux City
Morningside College
O. N. Fellow
Mt. Union College
L. A. Underkoffes
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Frank L. Eversall
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota Agricultural College
Francis I. Moats
Indianola
Northwestern University
Edwin B. Seller
Oberlin College
Donald C. Eyssen
Ohio Wesleyan University
Jessie M. Parker
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Paul A. Leonard
Osage
Phillips University
John M. Drabelle
Purdue University
John L. Horsley
Simpson
John C. Knox
Stanford University
O. Gles
Liberty
William Jewell
Paul Russell
Oskaloosa
William Penn College
Vaughn Gayman
Wittenberg College
Gordon OD. Southard
College of Wooster
John P. Clyde
Yale University
87 Year Old Cyclist Hits Truck Delays Coast Trip
Special to The Gazette. Joe Shaffer, 87, of three miles west of Brandon, was riding a bicycle on highway No 11 south of Independence Saturday when he was struck by a truck and thrown to the pavement. He is hospitalized in Independence.
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the Gazette
Brandon
Joe Shaffer
West Coast
Independence
Independence Hospital
Retired Minister A. A. Hallett Dies in Dubuque
The Rev. A. A. Hallett, 65, a retired Methodist minister, died of a heart attack in Dubuque. The obituary notes his years of service and standing in the church community.
Oxford Jct Farmer Awarded 2112 In Suit Over Highway
Anamosa jurors awarded Edward Hronek of Oxford Junction 2112.50 in a suit against the state highway commission for 7.89 acres condemned and damages from rerouting a highway across his 160 acre farm. The verdict follows testimony of land loss, farm disruption, and altered water flow.
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Oxford
Farmer
Anamosa
Edward Hronek
Oxford Junction
State Highway Commission
Lester Fairbanks
Hronek
Shellsburg to stage Tom Sawyer with student cast
Shellsburg high school junior class will present The Adventures of Tom Sawyer on Thursday and Friday. George Senft stars as Tom Sawyer and Winnona Bonesteel plays Becky Thatcher, with a cast including Jeanne Dimmick Vernon Bergen Jean Pangborn Robert Bull Rhoda Weichman Don ald Peacock and others under director Miss Geraldine Ronk.
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Gazette
Shellsburg
Shellsburg High School
Tom Sawyer
George Senft
Winnona Bonesteel
Becky Thatcher
Jeanne Dimmick
Vernon Bergen
Jean Pangborn
Robert Bull
Rhoda Ann Weichman
Donald Peacock
Bessie Woodson
Vernon Vochoska
Edwin Sadlon
Alice Coupland
Thomas Long
Geraldine Ronk
Canada Cold Wave Heads Toward Iowa From Canada
The weather office forecasts a sub zero Canadian cold front moving into northwest Iowa by Thursday morning. Clouds bring rain statewide with colder temperatures after the system arrives. Overnight snow and near zero readings were reported in parts of Montana and North Dakota.
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Canada
Iowa
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Dubuque
Davenport
Montana
North Dakota
Calgary
Prince Albert
Wichita
Kan
Drunk Driving Seen Vanishing Fast in East States
Director Paul F. Hill of the state safety education department says drunken driving is no longer a problem in the eastern states. He cites large patrols and on the spot breath tests using balloon samples as evidence. He contrasts eastern enforcement with Iowa where penalties rely on concrete evidence.
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Des Moines
Paul F. Hill
State Safety Education Department
Hill
National Safety Council
Atlantic City
N. J
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Among the Stars at Garrison High Friday Play
Garrison high school junior class presents Among the Stars this Friday evening in the school gymnasium. Lead roles go to Lauretta Flickinger and Velva Balhorn with Richard Gruhn Winifred Merchant Merlin Raymond Merldine Kaiser John Romman Melvin Christy Walter Turner Delbert Flickinger Jess Quackanbush and Oren Romman in the cast.
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Arrison
Garrison High School
Lauretta Flickinger
Velva Balhorn
Richard Gruhn
Winifred Merchant
Merlin Raymond
Merldine Kaiser
John Romman
Melvin Christy
Walter Turner
Delbert Flickinger
Jess Quackanbush
Oren Romman
County Recorder Sentenced for Embezzlement in Primghar
Howard Davis 50 O'Brien county recorder pleaded guilty to embezzlement by a public officer after a shortage found in his accounts. Judge O S Thomas gave an indeterminate term up to 10 years and a $1,150 fine. The county board appointed Roy M. Hughes to succeed Davis. Shortage uncovered by state checkers during days of book review.
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Primghar
Howard Davis
O’brien
O. S. Thomas
County Board of Supervisors
Roy M. Hughes
Sutherland
Davis
Iowa Entry Wins At Omaha Baby Beef Show
Hereford calf owned by George Hoffman of Ida Grove Iowa was named grand champion at the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H club baby beef show in Omaha Nebraska. The event drew 1 049 beef animals entered by over 500 4-H members from Nebraska Iowa Missouri and South Dakota.
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Omaha
George Hoffman
Ida Grove
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Lightning Strikes Barn Near Wheatland
Fire departments fought a lightning sparked blaze that destroyed a large basement barn on the Phil DeWulfe farm three miles north of Wheatland. They saved the house. hay oats machinery and one calf were lost. Mrs. DeWulfe at home with neighbor aid saved horses and cattle. Loss estimated in the thousands, partly insured.
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The
Gazette
Wheatland
Toronto
Phil DeWulfe
Here
Buchanan county tax levy for 1939 set at 12.773 mills
The 1939 uniform tax levy in Buchanan county is 12.773 mills, payable in 1940, up from 12.213 mills in 1918. The increase reflects a half mill for Bangs disease eradication and a quarter mill for tuberculosis eradication, ordered by the state tax board. The total tax base rises to 273,090 dollars from 260,050 dollars in 1938.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
J. M. Gemmel
Bang
State Tax Board
Seventy five jurors drawn for Benton County district court
The Benton County district court will convene November 13 with Judge B O Tankersley presiding. Seventy five jurors have been drawn to report November 20, including Porter Albertson Shellsburg, Helen Baldridge Vinton, J C Beatty Atkins, J C Becker Watkins, and many others from Vinton Belle Plaine Mount Auburn and surrounding towns.
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van Horne
Ida Kinzeenbaw
Blairstown
Bert Kizer
Garrison
Steve Kozik
Elberon
Frank Kramer
Walker
Carrie Krug
Fairfax
Levi Lewis
Vinton
Linn Lilja
Earl Maxson
Shellsburg
Alice May
Luzerne
H. Hi Montague
Norway
John Mussman
Herman E. Mussman
Dysart
Floyd
Farmer Near Tama Loses Arm in Cornpicker Mishap
Special to The Gazette Charles L. Thorne, 24, of Tama county, lost his left arm in a cornpicker accident on Tuesday. The arm was amputated below the shoulder due to elbow injury. He is hospitalized at Marshalltown in the Deaconess with a forehead laceration and body bruises. His wife suffered facial and bodily injuries last month from steam while cooking for a silo fill crew.
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Tama
Charles L. Thorne
Los
Zhorne i
Deaconess
Marshalltown
A. J. Havlik
Zhorne
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Never Say Die
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Lauretia Flickinger
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First Ave
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Second Ave
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