St Pauls Church Cleared Its Debts On 100th Anniversary
St Pauls Methodist church reports its debts paid for the first time in 50 years as it nears its centennial. Mortgage reduced from 90000 to 7500, with an 8000 addition for property and pastor residence. Dr E D Wells proposes hosting Upper Iowa conference next September. Dr Charles J Bready to continue as minister.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Board of Trustees
E. D. Wells
Upper Iowa
Cornelia Van Jerland Survives 200-Foot Bridge Dive
Cornelia Van Jerland, 22, dived more than 200 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge and survived. A warship passed beneath as she was pulled aboard and brought ashore with two broken arms and no other obvious injuries.
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San Francisco
Cornelia van Jerland
Golden Gate Bridge
Frank Gorham
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt proclaimed Fire Prevention Week to start October 5 urging public authorities press and radio to emphasize the dangers of fires during the national emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Receiver's Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Iowa Bank Case
M. W. Ellis as Receiver of American Trust and Savings Bank seeks court authority to sell a North Dakota property described as Section 35 Township 145 Range 55 West Fifth Meridian for 3500. A hearing is set September 10, 1941, in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa to decide the application and any higher bids.
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American Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Reid Bank
District Court
Linn_County
Iowa
M. W. Elis
Steele County
North Dakota
L. W. Sorrowfree
Linn County
M. OW. Ellis
George
Gorman
Only Half Plants Labeled Defense Work on Arms
An official survey shows only 6,657 of 11,819 private plants earmarked by the Army and Navy for defense orders held defense contracts after 14 months. The study, tied to President Roosevelt’s push to speed up production, cites contract shortages, tool scarcity, civilian business strength, labor fears, and raw material access as reasons for nonparticipation.
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Washington
Army Navy
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Roosevelt
Holding de
War Department
Mr . Roosevelt
Robert P. Patterson
Ray M. Hare
OPM
Ford to Move House for Airport Runway Near Ypsilanti
Ford Motor Company agreed to relocate a house within a quarter mile and learn blocking construction for an airport runway at its large bomber plant near Ypsilanti. An elderly couple, Dempster Norwood 76 and his wife, refused to leave the 84 acre Norwood farm after the sale, prompting eviction proceedings.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ypsilanti
Dempster Norwood
Ford Company
Norwoods’ Long-Run Buildings Move Decided
The company reached a decision to relocate the buildings owned by the Norwood family for fifty years. The move ends a half-century era for the Norwoods and their properties.
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Norwoods
Court House News from a 1941 Iowa session
A district court petition seeks 2900 dollars in damages filed by Gilbert Emerson as administrator of Virgil Emerson estate against the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and trustees for a Jan 18 1941 crossing accident on highway 64 near Springville that killed Virgil Emerson. Also noted are a partition suit seeking 2106 27 on a note from Beverly Boatty and Watsabaugh, an estate sale order for F W Armstrong Vernon Heights, and a forged instrument case against Harold Webb with a 30 dollar check claim.
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Gilbert Emerson
Virgil Emerson
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Henry A. Scandrett
Walter J. Cummings
George J. Haight
Highway 64
Springville
Merle Plummer
Sadie Barnhart
M. Beverly
R. LeRoy Beatty
W. R. Watsabaugh
David G. Bleakley
Emily Steffen
Beverly, Boatty
Watsabaugh
Bleakley
Steffen
Petiion
Harold Webb
C. J. Haas
Webb
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
German Nazi Red Loss Figures in World War with Russia
A British source cites German losses at about 1 750 000 and Russian losses from 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 in the war’s bloodiest battles. The Russians are praised for their conduct and for destroying the Lenin Dam as promised.
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London
Russia
Lenin (Dnieper River
Nazi Tankers Blown Up Believed Sabotaged Off Bergen
Stockholm reports two German gasoline tankers exploded off Bergen Norway with houses shaken by the blasts. Advices say the 1151 ton steamship Ryfylke of Stavanger has not returned from its voyage and may have been captured by the British and taken to England with passengers and crew.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Bergen
Norway
Ryfylke
Stavanger
England
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City Ave
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Railroad
Robert C. Armstrong
F. W. Armstrong
Vernon Heights
G. K. Thompson
Marvin Burkholder
Robert Neff
Roy Harger
Carney
Hall-Ekfelt
Lane Cedar Chest
Chrome Breakfast
3Rd Avenue
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