Rising Costs Sidetrack State Hospital Improvement Program
Des Moines article reports rising food costs forcing Iowa to divert funds from a two year program to improve state hospital care. Affects inmates staff and upkeep. beef coffee flour and sugar prices rise. payroll half of expenses. November court term and jury call noted.
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Harold L. Redd
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
State Board of Control
P. F. Hopkins
H. L. Shropshire
November Petit Jurors Drawn In Jones County
Anamosa Iowa November term jurors named include Ethel Bebee Florence Bebee John Bennen Emil Burrichter T M Clothier Hazel Deischer Joseph Delay R C Denniston Burrell Fagen Claude Fayram Louis Finn Myron French E C Harms Henry A Harms Lester J Hearn John Henrichs and others from Monticello Wyoming Olin Monmouth Onslow and Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Jones County District Court
Ethel Bebee
Florence Bebee
Monticello
John Bennen
Wyoming
Emil Burrichter
T. M. Clothier
Olin
Hazel Deischer
Joseph J. Delay
R. C. Denniston
Burrell Fagen
Claude Fayram
Monmouth
Carnival at Greeley School Friday Night
A carnival will be held at Greeley school on Friday night November 7 to raise funds for the activity fund.
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Greeley
Greeley School
56 Patrolmen To Work Husking And 2 Football Games
Des Moines reports Chief C A Knee orders 56 Iowa highway patrolmen for traffic control at three events this week the cornhusking contest near Hartley and football games in Iowa City and Ames. Twenty men to Hartley traffic, twenty one to Iowa City and fifteen to Ames to manage influx and prevent jams.
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DES Moines
INS
C. A. Knee
Iowa
Hartley
Iowa City
Ames
University of Iowa
Indiana
Gas Tax Yield To Exceed 18 Millions In Iowa This Year
Iowa expects gasoline tax revenue to top 18 million dollars in 1941, led by October receipts of 1.644 million. Treasurer W. G. C. Bagley forecast a total surpassing 1940’s 17.19 million, with 5/9 of funds funding the state highway commission and the rest to counties for secondary roads.
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Iowa
DES Moines
INS
W. G. C. Bagley
State Highway Commission
Deaths in Traer and Belle Plaine Obituaries
Elsie Lee 33 formerly of Traer died in a Waterloo hospital after moving from LaPorte City to a farm near Traer She is survived by her husband two sons five brothers and three sisters Funeral services set for Thursday in Traer Burial in Buckingham cemetery Belle Plaine Wesley Harris 82 died at home Surviving are three children with burial in Beal cemetery Harris born near West Branch worked as cement mason before retirement His wife Cora Wonderlich predeceased him
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Traer
Elsie Lee
Waterloo
Camp Arkansas
Ark
Tama County
LaPorte City
Lendith
Donald
Henry Darringer
Dunkerton
Bert Lou
Granville Fuller
Koshkonong
Rufus
Arch
Roy Cochrane
John
Ollie
Orange Township
Boettcher
J. J. Snyder
Buckingham Cemetery
Belle Plaine
Wesley Harris
P. F. McKinley
Bethany Evangelical Church
Beal Cemetery
Mr. Harris
West Branch
Cora Wonderlich
Henry Harris
Cedar Rapids
Independence
John Simpson
Buchanan County
Peoples Hospital
Ohio
Simpson
Rowley
Jane Smith
California
Dias Simpson
Elmer Simpson
Rowley Presbyterian Church
Charles Kruse
Rowley Cemetery
Class Play Leads At Troy Mills
The Troy Mills junior class will present One Delirious Night on Saturday. Betty Biggs and Wilbur Gilbert headline the cast, with Maxine Warner Orval Andrews Louise Polk Irma Cook Wilma Gilbert Virgil Chester Bernard Carson Oakley Floyd Fern Alden Eldon Jefferies Marion Price. directed by Blanche Norris and stage managed by Daniel Floyd.
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Troy Mills
Troy Mills High School
Betty Biggs
Wilbur Gilbert
Maxine Warner
Orval Andrews
Louise Polk
Irma Cook
Wilma Gilbert
Virgil Chester
Bernard Carson
Oakley Floyd
Fern Alden
Eldon Jefferies
Marion Price
Blanche Norris
Daniel Floyd
Obituary notices note several Iowa casualties and survivors
Colesburg funeral services for Arthur Radabaugh who died Sunday were held in the Methodist church. Earlville funeral services for William Brinkman a former resident were at Immanuel Lutheran church. Independence John Simpson 88 died at Peoples hospital. Surviving relatives include several siblings and spouses across Cedar Rapids Tipton Davenport and California. Burial details listed for Oak Hill Rowley cemetery and Fairview cemetery.
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Earlville
Immanuel Lutheran Church
William Brinkman
Randolph
Neb
W. A. Adix
Manchester Lutheran Church
Fairview Cemetery
Fred Hahn
William Kragenbrink
Ray Salow
Albert March
John Wendt
Fred Hackbarth
Mr. Brinkman
Germany
Elizabeth Schroeder
Bellvidere
Ill
Iowa
Wesche
Binning
Brinkman
Clara Spearing
Dora Johnson
Rockford
Emil Brinkman
Great Falls
Mont
Edna Gibson
Redondo Beach
Calif
Hilda Booth
Lincoln, Neb
Otto Brinkman
Plainview
Iowa City news briefs wrap resignations and college sororities
Johnson county social welfare board chair Earl E Webster resigns Tuesday and joins the county board of supervisors. Rev Martin J Diamond, new pastor of St Marys Solon and St Peter and St Pauls Nolan settlement, will be installed Thursday at 7:30 pm in Solon. Tau Gamma sorority names four Iowa City officers and Phi Gamma Nu lists several Eastern Iowa members. Tipton pinochle season starts with a 6:30 dinner at the Methodist Church, games every other Wednesday with no prizes.
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Iowa City
Earl E. Webster
Johnson County Social Welfare Board
Webster
County Board of Supervisors
Martin J. Diamond
St. Mary's Church
Solon
St. Peter and St. Paul’s
Nolan Settlement
Solon Church
C. H. Meinberg
St. Mary’s
Father Diamond
John E. Michalek
University of Iowa
Tau Gamma Sorority
Patricia McVicker
Marian Pickering
Barbara McCann
Josephine Wilson
Phi Gamma Nu
National Professional Commerce
Eastern Iowa
Betty Crum
Neva Mae Schaefer
Violet Lackender
Anne Serup
Joyce Hidleberg
Brooklyn
Betty Petsel
Lone Tree
Shirley Jackson
Blairstown
Tipton
Attorneys Balk At Dismissing Action Against Dog Racing
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP Attorneys for Joe W. True oppose dropping an injunction suit against a dog racing track arguing they were not consulted and the case cannot be dismissed without their consent and county attorney approval due to Iowa state interest in the quasi criminal action. The track run by William J. Syms and Meyer Lansky faced True’s suit filed July 22 and his recent bid for dismissal after the Iowa Supreme Court allowed the action.
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Council Bluffs
Joe W. True
White
Bruner
Carroll
Harlan
True
Reinstate Roland White as labor paper editor
Dubuque stockholders ordered the reinstatement of Roland A. White as editor of the Dubuque Leader labor paper. White, formerly of Marengo, had been discharged a month earlier by a five to four vote of the board of directors. The decision upholds his policies.
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Dubuque
INS
Roland A. White
White
Marengo
Mrs Cyrus Lamb of Morley Dies After Illness
Mrs. Caroline Pfeiffer Lamb died at her Morley home after a lingering illness. Born January 30, 1853 near Center Chapel, she was a charter member of Center Chapel and Morley United Brethren, led the Ladies Aid as president, and with husband Cyrus Lamb reared grandnephew Albert Roderick. Surviving: husband, sister Mrs Amanda Smith of Morley. Funeral at Morley United Brethren church Thursday.
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Morley
Caroline Pfeiffer Lamb
Cyrus Lamb
George Pfeiffer
Center Chapel
Morley United Brethren Church
United Brethren Ladies’ Aid Society
Dolphin Follies Open Homecoming Week at Iowa Pool
The Dolphin Follies aquacade at the University of Iowa unfolds in the Iowa Fieldhouse pool for three nights starting Thursday. Hawaiians and performers from university groups headline the Tropic Winds themed show with the Flying Collegians trapeze act, swimming races, diving and a 37 foot fire dive.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Fieldhouse
Jean Badgley
Panama
Clifford Kobayasky
Harold J. Miller of Belle Plaine Dead
Harold J. Miller 47 of Belle Plaine died suddenly at home after hours of illness. He will be burial at Oak Hill cemetery after services at First Congregational church led by Dr J Irvine Walker. Miller, a former chief of police and railroad engineer, is survived by wife Ann Jane McElroy and three sons Harold Thomas and Jack.
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the Gazette
Belle Plaine
Harold J. Miller
Hrabak
First Congregational Church
J. Irvine Walker
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Miller
John W. Miller
North Western Railroad
Ann Jane McElroy
Harold
Burlington
Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Jack
Masonic
Eastern Star
Lococomotive
Grinnell Professor Weds Westerly Bride in Rhode Island
Grinnell college friends prepared to welcome Dr. E. A. Steiner 74, former professor of applied Christianity, to his bride Clara Elizabeth Perry of Westerly Rhode Island, married Saturday in Westerly. Announcements say the couple will be at home in Grinnell after November 15.
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Grinnell
INS
Grinnell College
E. A. Steiner
Clara Elizabeth Perry
Westerly
Iowa Jobless Benefits Drop To All-Time Low
Iowa unemployment benefits for September totaled 106 028 dollars, the lowest since benefits began in 1938, while placements rose to 10 024, the second highest in four years. The benefit peak was 809 691 dollars in March 1939 for 25 000 out of work.
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Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Iowa State Employment Service
Every-Pupil Test Program Set to Open January Fourteen
The University of Iowa will administer its annual every-pupil test from January 14 to 28 in over 300 Iowa schools. More than 60,000 pupils in grades three through nine will be assessed in four basic skills reading work-study language and arithmetic under Prof. E F Lindquist. Last winter about 60,000 pupils from 310 schools participated.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
E. F. Lindquist
College of Education
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