Iowa Schools Struggle With Paper And Tool Shortages
Iowa schools entering the new year face severe shortages of paper drawing and penmanship paper notebook paper and metal tools due to defense demand. Des Moines reports limited Manila paper muslin and paper towels with orders delayed and suppliers overwhelmed by federal needs for mimeograph and other paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
INS
National Defense
Manila
Uncle Sam
Mary
Johnny
Cedar Rapids School Supplies Ordered for Possible Shortage
Charles D. Hedberg, secretary of the Cedar Rapids board of education, said on Wednesday that school supplies were bought last December in anticipation of a shortage. A few items, mainly chemicals, have been ordered but not received, though the overall impact will be scarcely noticeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Hedberg
Cedar Rapids
Federal tax on slot machines won’t end Iowa gambling
Assistant U. S. District Attorney Cloid I. Level says a proposed $200 yearly federal tax on slot machines will not be a deathblow to the industry in Iowa. He compares slot laws to prohibition, noting they exist but enforcement depends on public will, and police will arrest few violators while most people favor slots. Senator Clark predicts the measure will end the racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
U. S
Cloid I. Level
Senate
Iowa
Bennett Champ Clark
Washington
Police Chiefs Meet In Waterloo Sept. 16
The thirty third annual convention of the Town Association of Chiefs of Police will be held in Waterloo September 16 to 18 with over 300 expected. Gov. George A. Wilson will lead speakers including Karl Fischer J L Dalton H T Wagner Paul L Kildee Ralph B Slippy and Count Rosloff. Officers named include Hugh R Crumline J H Clift C C Robinson Howard Conaway and A B Manson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Town Association of Chiefs of Police
Joe H. Strub
Dubuque
George A. Wilson
Karl Fischer
Ralph B. Slippy
Count Rosloff
Straub
Hugh R. Crumline
J. H. Clift
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Robinson
Howard Conaway
Missouri Valley
A. B. Manson
Grinnell
Funeral rites planned for Mrs Pamela Williams at Marion
Funeral services for Mrs Pamela Frances Williams who died Monday at Mason City will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Yocom chapel with Rev A W Henke and the Grove City Rebekah lodge No 35 in charge. Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery. Pallbearers are Bert Gibson Charles Granger George Burns and Marshall Swayne. Mrs Williams a England native was widow of Clement J Williams who died in Marion in 1931. She was a Marion Methodist Church member. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Frances Williams
Mason City
Yocom Chapel
A. W. Henke
Methodist Church
Grove City
Social Roundup Notes Visitors and Dinner Guests
A Marion area social page lists multiple dinner guests and travels. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Sommerbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Vernon, Mrs. Fred Sommerbeck of Chicago, and visitors from Champaign, Cedar Rapids, and Chicago. Several couples are noted with vacations in Virginia and Washington, D. C., plus a Cedar Rapids hospital transfer and a local fishhook incident. Osceola lodge announces a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sommerbeck
Glenn Vernon
Marion
Labor Day
Vernon
Fred Sommerbeck
Chicago
Neal Covington
Phyllis Jean
Champaign
Lola Collins
Joseph Lux
Harold Travis
Eugene
Orville Daywitt
Clementine Simmons
Lyle Vernon
Judith Anne
Burdette Ralston
C. E. Ralston
Alice Ralston
Cedar Rapids
Fisherman and Pony Drowned Near Elgin
In Elgin, Edward Conner aged 69 and his pony drowned after his buggy drove into the Turkey river. His body was found about eight feet from shore near Otter creek. Sheriff Kutschat said no inquest will be held. Conner is survived by siblings and half siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Elgin
Edward Conner
Otter Creek
Turkey River
Conner
Emma Knudtson
A. J. Kutschat
Mr. Conner
Lester Grimm
Maria Fox
Anna Anderson
Forest City
Dora Boyle
Esley Howard
Judd Conner
Ray
Ben Conner
Chilren
Judge Says Red Fight Democratic Salvation
Judge Wiley B. Rutledge told the Iowa City Kiwanis that Russia’s resistance to Nazi invasion saved the democracies and bought time for the United States and England. He predicted the Red Army would stay intact and said Russia’s industries lie farther east than Hitler believed. He warned sweeping American changes ahead, with or without war entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
INS
England
Russia
Iowa City Kiwanis Club
Wiley B. Rutledge
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
United States
Stalin
Hitler
Judge Rutledge
Red Army
Leningrad
Moscow
America
Warm Iowa Summers Predicted To Soar By 1970
Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed warned that Iowa summers will grow hotter if current trends continue. Using a mathematical analysis of July and August statewide mean temperatures, he found these two months warming at 0.36 degrees per year, totaling about 2.3 degrees over 67 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Maguire Hinted As Keller's Successor
A Des Moines AP report says Dan iel E Maguire of Dubuque a longtime judge in the Nineteenth Iowa district has been mentioned as a possible replacement for George J Keller as state WPA head Keller was killed last week in a car crash The source noted Maguire is not an engineer but the WPA post is largely administrative and would pay about six thousand dollars annually with engineering skill available in the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Daniel E. Maguire
Dubuque
Iowa Judicial District
George J. Keller
WPA
Keller
Maguire
Young To Mediate U. S. Gypsum Row
Owen D. Young, former GE chairman, named by the defense mediation board as special investigator in the dispute between a CIO union and 17 United States Gypsum plants. One plant is in Fort Dodge Iowa. He will report within 30 days as the CIO strikers at the 17 sites had halted work for two months and resumed at the board’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Defense Mediation Board
CIO
United States Gypsum Company
Fort Dodge
Young
Coke and Chemical Workers Union
McCalley Bryant Family Reunion Held at Walker City Park
The McCalley Bryant family reunion gathered 75 members Sunday at Walker City Park. M. J. McCalley presided in Mrs. Charles Morningstar’s absence as officers were reelected including President Morningstar Vice-president Myrtle McCalley and Secretary Treasurer Carl R. McCalley. The Alburnett consolidated school opened for a half day with two new teachers Miss Pauline Varce and Miss Val Eva Graham joining a 130 pupil enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alburnett
McCalley
Pauline Varce
Granger
Val Eva Graham
Oskaloosa
Twins At Delta Nursing School Spark Turmoil At Hospital
Special to The Gazette reports Delta born twins Alene and Arlene Olive, 18, will enroll Sept. 15 in the Burlington Protestant hospital nurses training course. They are nearly indistinguishable in looks and tastes, differing by only three pounds, and will likely blur identities in uniforms. The sisters, graduates of Delta High School, planned nursing careers after singing in the glee club and marching with the school band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
DELTA
Burlington Protestant Hospital
Alene
Arlene Olive
Ollie Olive
Nursing
Delta High School
Call For New Bids On Ames Building
Des Moines AP report shows initial bids for the Iowa State College agricultural engineering hall exceeded the 105000 appropriation by about 3000. Iowa board of education secretary Pierson said all bids were rejected and new offers will be opened September 9 at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa State College
M. R. Pierson
Iowa Board of Education
Ames
Pierson
Parole Board Frees 22 Inmates From Iowa Prisons
The Iowa parole board announced the release on parole of 22 prisoners from Fort Madison penitentiary and Anamosa reformatory. Named cases include Floyd Tucker 29 with 20 months left of a 10 year forgery sentence from Washington county Elmer Clapton 29 with 11 months left of a 10 year forgery sentence from Washington county and Robert Besser 40 with 11 months left of a five year larceny sentence from Linn county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Parole Board
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa _ reformatory
Floyd Tucker
Washington County
Elmer Clapton
Robert Besser
Linn County
Fewer Men Expected At Upper Iowa University
FAYETTE Fewer men than women are expected to enroll at Upper Iowa University this year says registrar R. M. Deming. He notes enrollment will be similar to last year but the 60 40 male to female ratio will reverse as many upper class men enlist or are drafted. Freshmen report September 15 and upperclassmen register September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
R. M. Deming
Deming
Albert J. Stuhler Dies at 50 in Monticello
Albert J. Stuhler 50 prominent Monticello merchant died at his home after a six week illness. He operated three Monticello stores including clothing shoes and grocery and had run the grocery since 1927. He is survived by wife Gladys Emmons a daughter Mary Elizabeth and three brothers Riess Carl and Louis. Funeral Friday at Goettsch funeral home with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Albert J. Stuhler
Stuhler
George Stuhler
George
Mary Stuhler
Northwestern Military Academy
Highland Park
Ill
Stuhlers
Mary Elizabeth
Moline
Wilma McIntyre
Gladys Emmons
Walnut
Riess
Carl
Washington, D. C
Louis Stuhler
Rochester, Minn
Belle Plaine Man Held On Drunk Driving Count
Belle Plaine resident Robert Jacoby was held to Benton county district court in a preliminary hearing before Justice John A. Ruhl with a $600 bond on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested Sunday on county road 21 at the Tama Benton county line by Highway Patrolman James Clapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Robert Jacoby
Belle Plaine
Benton County
John A. Ruhl
Jacoby
James Clapp
Tama- Benton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowa
John O. Edwards
Burlington
St. Paul
Minn
C. R
Marion News
Mrs
Pamela Williams
Harlie Reynolds
Edgewood
Harmine Norton
Anamosa
Davis Reynolds
W. Q. Norton
George Wessels
Hazel Harden
O. K. Collins
Charles Schmatt
Fidelis Circle
King’s Daughters
O. W. McBride
Presbyterian Church
Helen Papes
Cleveland, O
J. L. Papes
Miss Papes
Girl Scouts, Inc
Owen
A. J. Cahn
Eighth Street
University Hospital
Elliott Hutton
George Hutton
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Helen Engstrom
Deerfield
Ruth Engstrom
Harry Emerson
William Dippel
Davenport
Harville’s
Loring B. Lacock
Joyce Ann
James B. Nash
Juanita
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Polo, Il
Clinton
Bruce Fulton
Charles
Harold
Marjorie Mae
Mr. Fulton
Milwaukee Railroad
Ethel Cruise
Irene Racetta
Mrs. Cruise
Jack Norris
Prairie Union Agricultural and Literary Club
Prairie Chapel Church
Ray Starry
Lee R. Fitzgerald
St. Luke’s Hospital
William and
Mabel Kearns
Francis N. White
Rebekah Lodge No. 35
Marion Linn
Balliol
Mount Vernon
Roodhouse
R. P. Ink
D. A. RB
Marion Athletic Field
W. J. Goodyear
Ava Agnes Walker
Dickie
Goodyears
Robert Hibner
Pittsburgh
Ottumwa
W. S. Vanables
Lions Club
E. V. Cafe
Carl Hendrickson
Thomas Doran
Geraldine Ann and
Thomas, Jr
Madison, Wis
Verle McNutt
Lois Jean
Goodell
Sixth Avenue
McNutt
Della
Clara Beall
Omaha
Carl Fernow
J. J. Whitacre
Kate Wing
Whitacre
Marion High School
Minnie Lathrop
Myrtle Johnes
G. A. Storck
Adeliza Daniels
Mary and Louise Durham
Unit No. 3
American Red Cross
Earl Helbig
Frank Keith
Perry
Will Keith
Hopkinton
Florence Houghton
Neal Miller
Robins
Mary Ellen Granger
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ruth McGehee
Arthur E. Granger
Harry P. Dunlap
University of Iowa
Lee Dunlap
Bill Nickeson
Pasadena
Calif
Richard Hall
Hall
California
C. V. R. de Jong
Betty
John
Sherman A. Fontaine
Marilyn
Richard
Martinsville
Fontaine
Virginia
R. D. Conley
Springville
F. M. Grafft
R. A. Badger
Jesup
Lee Voorhies
Lillian Voorhies
Charles Dusek
Gladbrook
William H. Ray
Third Street
Charles A. Engel
Kenora
Winnipeg
Can
Alice Anne
Gaylord
Larry Maxson
Ralph Maxson
Osceola Lodge No. 18
Argentina
Democratic Salvation
Alene and
Point Fountain Pen
Holden-Kahler CO
Albert Stuhler
Congregational Church
Barnslodge
A. F
A. M
el Kabir Shrine
de- Molay
Smulekoff
Third Avenue
West Side
Third Avenue Bridge
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!