Seventeen Members Build Church Free of Debt
A small rural church near Ruby Pancratz was rebuilt after a June fire, funded by donations from members and friends totaling about 5500 plus in kind work. The new church, 24 by 46 feet with a 9 by 11 vestibule and full basement, was dedicated debt free with around 200 dollars in a contingency fund. Elder John Zuck guided the church from 1886 to 1935. now about 40 regular worshipers attend. The dedication featured Love Feast services and a plaque quoting Psalm 118 23.
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Lowden
Clarence
Church of the Brethen
John Zuck
Anna Garner
A. J. Fike
Alvah Morphew
James H. Elrod
McPherson
Kan
Hancher finds lack of hysteria encouraging in war effort
CHICAGO AP Virgil M Hancher president of the University of Iowa said the absence of hysteria and emotion is an encouraging sign in this war He noted Americans have not embarked on a crusade with the high moral exaltation of the last war and said this time the aim is a difficult but necessary task The remarks were at a Parents magazine luncheon where Sister Elizabeth Kenny of Queensland Australia received the publication s annual medal for service to children
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Chicago
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
Hancher
Parents’ Magazine
Elizabeth Kenny
Queensland
Australia
Newsmen Meet This Weekend at Iowa U
Iowa City AP reports Iowa weekly newspapermen gather on the University of Iowa campus for a two day short course on wartime publishing problems. A meeting of Iowa Press Women joins the publishers conclave with speakers including Chancellor A C Wang Chinese consulate general of Chicago and C R Dudley from the treasury department in Washington.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa Press
A. C. Wang
Chicago
C. R. Dudley
Treasury Department
Washington
Padgett Promoted To Full Colonel
DES MOINES AP Lieut Col Vernon L Padgett executive oficer at Fort Des Moines army post was notified Monday that he has been promoted to a full colonel.
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Des Moines
Vernon L. Padgett
Fort Des Moines
Volga City Woman Joins WAAC Motor Corps
Miss Leota Germar reported for duty Monday at Fort Des Moines after enlisting in the women's army auxiliary corps in the motor corps division. For nine years she worked in the local post office as assistant to her father, Otto Germar, postmaster, and she is a Volga City High School 1929 graduate and Bayless Business College alumna.
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Volga City
Leota Germar
Fort Des Moines
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Motor Corps
Otto Germar
Miss Germar
Volga
Bayless Business College
Dubuque
Economy vs Non-Partisan Appeal in Iowa Senate Race
Borger Wilson 58, Republican, touted economy in government as he seeks U S Senate seat, touting past wins and 1938 comeback to Iowa House. Clyde L. Herring, 63, Des Moines Democrat, seeks reelection as U S senator presenting a down the line, nonpartisan campaign.
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Borger, Wilson
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herring
George A. Wilson
Clyde Herring
Jackson
Mich
Emma Pearl Spinney
Lawrence, LaVerne
Capt
Clyde Edsel Herring
Northern Ireland
Detroit
South Park
Colo
Wyoming
Ford Motor Company
Atlantic
Herring Motor Company
Ford
Jurors Drawn for Delaware County Court Term
A 45 member jury panel was announced by County Clerk Burton Clark to serve in the Delaware district court during the November term opening November 23. Judge Ralph W. Hasner of Waterloo will preside. Jurors include Leo Britt Delhi and many residents from Manchester Earlville Hopkinton Ryan Dyersville and other towns.
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Manchester
Burton Clark
Delaware District Court
Ralph W. Hasner
Waterloo
Leo Britt
Delhi
Thomas Brunkan
Earlville
Emil Conrad
Dale Child
Masonville
Lee Croyle
Harry Correll
Strawberry Point
Ernest Carpenter
Evelyn Dresser
George
Jennie Lafferty
W. F. Martens
Dundee
Mary Mason
John McGuire
Coggan
John McIntosh
William J. McCormick
Malinda Preston
Ryan
Andrew Jd. Rector
Glenn Meyen
Floyd N. Pinch
John Ovel
Dyersville
Elmer Richardson
Lyle Retz
Oscar O. Smith
Ruth Stonecipher
Arnold Tauke
Henry Saathoff
B. S. Schumann
al Vaske
Glen T. Wonleighton
Edgewood
George Wood
Janella Wood
Hopkinton
Emma Wickman
Manchester Couple Note Their 50th Wedding Date
Manchester couple Mr. and Mrs. John Porteous observed their golden wedding anniversary at home with a family dinner. Lifelong residents, both were born and raised nearby. Porteous, a livestock buyer, and Mary Hetherington have two children, Mrs. Walter Rossman of Manchester and Mrs. A. S. Tucker of St. Elmo, Illinois.
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Manchester
John Porteous
Porteous
Mary Hetherington
Thomas Henderson
Anamosa Sailor Ensign Commissioned After Navy Service
Warren Kellogg of Anamosa has been commissioned as an ensign after enlisting in the navy last November and serving as a second class yeoman in the navy recruiting service in Boston. A former circulation manager of the Anamosa Journal, he is a graduate of Anamosa High School and Coe College. He spent a weekend with his parents before heading to the west coast with his wife.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Warren Kellogg
L. W. Kellogg
Navy
Boston
Kellogg
Anamosa Journal
Anamosa High School
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Ensign
North Liberty Red Cross home nursing course opens
Special to The Gazette reports a Red Cross home nursing course starting Monday Nov 2 at 2 30 p m in the North Liberty school hall. It runs 12 two hour periods with instructors Mrs Nelle Byrnes RN of Iowa City.
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North Liberty
Iowa Homecoming This Year to Skip Frills and Frolics
Iowa's wartime homecoming program at Iowa City, set up by Prof. Allen C. Tester, will be simple and economical. A mass meeting on Friday night, Nov. 6, kicks off festivities ahead of the November 7 football game with Wisconsin, marking the third wartime homecoming in the university's history with limited frills but traditional events like receptions, a dance, open house, a military exhibit, and an alumni luncheon. Plans include a share your car route for attendees.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
Allen C. Tester
Wisconsin
Triangle
Secretary Dies at Convention Party in Des Moines
In Des Moines AP report, Jean Jones a state banking department secretary died at an Iowa Bankers association convention party from a heart attack after dancing. Coroner J W Bailey found no head injury though initial belief suggested a fall. Jones based in Leon Iowa.
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Des Moines
Jean Jones
State Banking Department
J. W Bailey
Miss Jones
For Des Moines
Iowa Bankers Association
Bailey
Leon
Farmer Questioning Postwar Synthetic Rubber Control
DES MOINES AP Governor Wilson warned in a radio address that farmers risk losing control of the postwar synthetic rubber industry. Citing the Baruch committee, he said without improved production bases big corporations will dominate, leaving farmers to watch rubber be made from grain instead.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Baruch Committee
Suspect Arrested In Watch Robbery In Burlington
A man named Ben A Sheldon 37 of East St. Louis Illinois was detained by Burlington police early Tuesday after allegedly breaking a jewelry store window and taking four watches at Black s jewelry store. The same suspect was connected to an Oct 5 break in at the same shop and matched a description from a similar robbery in Ottumwa Sunday night. Police found the watches on the suspect and he denied the breaking.
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Burlington
Ben A Sheldon
East St. Louis
Black
Sheldon
Andrew Smith
Smith
Ottumwa
Iowa City Scrap Piles Grow After City Drive
Iowa City's salvage piles continued to grow after Sundays collection added 24 tons from the business district. University cleanup squads reported 31 tons in the last two weeks, with 68 tons previously contributed. Items turned in included a safe door from First Capital National Bank and jeweler I Fulks donated an old Cadillac containing aluminum worth 75 to 90 dollars and other metals weighing 4680 pounds.
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Iowa City
First Capital National Bank
I Fulks
Army general to inspect Grinnell administration school
Major General J A Ulio the adjutant general of the army will inspect the army administration school in Grinnell on November 4. Lieut Col William H Hammond the post commandant announced the schedule on Tuesday.
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
When constipation causes stomach upset and bloating this ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin. It claims to wake up lazy nerves and muscles in the intestines and ease stomach discomfort, noting doctors' use of pepsin and ease of taste for children. Get genuine Caldwell's as directed.
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Dr. Caldwell
Eve Curie Urges Allied Unity in Spirit at Iowa Talk
Eve Curie told University of Iowa listeners that Allied nations are united by force yet lack unity of spirit. She noted Russian unity and sacrifice behind and at the front, and described Libya as a stark proving ground for modern war.
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Iowa City
Maile
Eve Curie
University of Iowa
Russia
North
Africa
Libya
WAACs to Drill at Des Moines Coliseum Sunday
The WAACs will take over the Des Moines Coliseum probably next Sunday for drill hall use and physical education as part of their training. Downtown WAACs, housed in hotels, will join after four weeks at Fort Des Moines for a total stay of about six weeks, with winter drills at the fort and similar use of the Coliseum. The 8500-seat Coliseum, built 31 years ago, is Iowa’s largest public auditorium.
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DES
Iowa
Littleport Men at Pearl Harbor Four Locals Serving
Four men from Littleport, a village under 200, are stationed at Pearl Harbor. Two serve in the army and two in the navy. They are Lloyd Clinton and Clifford Rolfe in the army, Carl Corson and Richard Nighingale in the navy, all sons of local residents.
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Spreial
Littleport
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Lloyd Clinton
William Clinton
Clifford Rolfe
Ramson Rolfe
Carl Corson
Lavin Corson
Richard Nighingale
Herman Nighingale
Tall Tales of Old Marsh Ha to Iowa Sportsmen
Florence Clark recounts the legendary tall tales of Marsh Hatfield, famed Mississippi hunter from near McGregor. A midautumn yarn describes a ramrod mishap causing a bear, a button, and eleven ducks to bear on a single ramrod, with wild honey flowing from the bear’s wound as Marsh retrieves the rod.
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Tall Tales
Old Marsh
Regale
Iowa Sportsmen
McGregor
Mississippi
Marsh Hatfield
Paul Bunyan
Robert Hetfield
Dubuque
Hatfield
Marsh
Hickenlooper to Represent Iowa At Wood Exhibit
Lieut. Gov B. B. Hickenlooper will represent Iowa at the opening of a memorial exhibition of Grant Wood at the Chicago Art Institute. The display honors the Iowa artist who died last February and is the first memorial honoring an American artist. Cedar Rapids patron David Turner and University of Wisconsin artist John Steuart Curry are also listed for ceremonies.
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Chicago
B. B. Hickenlooper
State of Iowa
Grant Wood
Iowa
Chicago Art Institute
Institute
David Turner
Cedar Rapids
Wood
John Steuart Curry
The
University of Wousconsin
Iowa City Physician Leaves for North Carolina Practice
Dr F J Anthony, Iowa City physician since 1925, will depart immediately for North Carolina to start a new practice in Asheville. He was born in Iowa City and educated at the University of Iowa and was appointed city physician on August 1.
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Wilson
Wendell Willkie Gow
Senate
Polk
Polk County
State Senate
Menlo
James Henderson Wilson
Martha G. Wilson
Iowa
New York
Grinnell College
University of Iowa Law School
Mildred Zehner
Wilsons
James
Camp Polk
George, Jr
John
Mary
Iowa City
F J Anthony
North Carolina
Asheville
University of Iowa
Ration First Pair Of Boots In Jones County
Anamosa reports the first certificate for rubber boots issued by the south Jones county rationing board went to farmer John Tallman near Anamosa. Richard Landess of Anamosa received the first bicycle certificate. The board last week issued four tires, six tubes, and 13 retreads for passenger cars to listed individuals and businesses, including Iowa Electric Oxford Malls and Jones county residents.
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Anamosa
South Jones County
John Tallman
Richard Landess
Paul Levien
Wyoming
Frank Norris
Center Junction
William Prult
Martello
Raymond A .Ward
Jay Meade
C Russell
Olin
Roy Holzinger
Iowa Electric
Oxford Malls
Wink Oxford Junction
Jones County
Loyal
Edna Harris Returns Home After Auto Crash
Delta Miss Edna Harris, injured in an automobile accident a week ago, was discharged Sunday to her home. She is the daughter of Mrs. Susan Harris.
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Delta
Edna Harris
Sigourney Hospital
Susan Harris
Little Man’s Future Dark Told to Bankers in Des Moines
Iowa Lieutenant Governor B B Hickenlooper warned bankers that small business faces a dark future with depleted shelves and rising purchase restrictions. He urged continued advocacy in Washington to aid economic life while criticizing eastern farm policy and noting Iowa’s higher military enlistment. Dr Raymond Moley praised industry for restoring public confidence and predicted industry will meet Roosevelt’s production targets.
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Des Moines
INS
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa Bankers Association
Hickenlooper
Washington, D. C
Raymond F. Moley
New Deal
Brain Trust
Veteran Edges Philippines Loss, Returns to Volga City
Vern Debes, a Volga City veteran who lost his right arm in the Philippines, has been discharged and is visiting his father Jim Debes. His wife and baby remain in the Philippines with no recent word.
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Volga City
Vern Debes
Philippines
Jim Debes
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Page Boy
Clyde L
Delaware County
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George Smith
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J. K. Delahooke
Lester Boots
Boots
Farm Bureau
English River Township
Frank Brower
Shellsburg
Methodist Ladies Aid
Wesley Hall
Gage Coupland
Emmett Cripps
R. L. Holliday
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Will Richart
Jim Kibbie
Daisy Rambo
LA Porte City
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Wilma Hajek
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Edna Randall
Frank Jonas
Donald Erenberger
Everett Spidle
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Wendl Pata
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Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Johnson County
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L. L. Stoner
W. A. Young
Madison Township
Stoner
Newhall
American Legion and Auxiliary
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