Condemnation Notice Served Over McGregor Monument Lands
Iowa officials pursue seizure of 90 acre Liebhardt tract at McGregor to reach 1,200 acre goal for Native American mound park. Commissioners will hear objections Oct 22. Federal transfer desired for national monument protecting effigy mounds including Great Bear Mound.
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Florence L. Clark
Mcgregor
Iowa
U. S
Liebhardts
Denver
Colo
Liebhardt
Middlewest
Leichhardts
National Park Service
Iowa Conservation Commission
Park Service
Mississippi Rivers
Iowa minimum wage eases teaching strain in Des Moines
The Iowa Department of Public Instruction credits the 65 dollar per month teachers minimum wage law with preventing any Iowa school from failing to open. Some institutions operate on short staff and rearrange courses but no statewide closures occurred. An official asserts the law helped alleviate the teaching situation.
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DES Moines
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Georgia
Iowa
Des Moines Seeks 800 to 1000 New Homes This Year
Des Moines recovers housing needs estimate from T J Nolan Iowa federal housing administration director who says 800 to 1000 new homes will be needed next year to meet demand from residents and newcomers as construction boosts jobs and labor demand.
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Des Moines
T. J. Nolan
Iowa
Federal Housing Administration
Woman Indicted For Slaying Former Mate
Catherine Johnson 42, indicted by a Pottawattamie county grand jury on first degree murder in the June 21 shooting death of her divorced husband Henry Christensen 58 a North Western railroad car inspector whose body was found in his garage. Evidence included statements by Christensen's brother a taxi driver and a restaurant employee who placed Johnson near the scene and shortly after the shooting.
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Council ‘Bluffs
Catherine Johnson
Henry Christensen
Pottawattamie County
North Western Railroad
Alexander Christensen
Johnson
Henry H. Scott 94 Dies in La Porte City
La Porte City's oldest resident Henry H. Scott 94 died Thursday morning at his home from a heart attack He was born May 7 1847 in Robrey Ind and moved to Iowa at age ten He lived near La Porte City except for Civil War service in Missouri He married Elizabeth Fretzs Feb 14 1884 and leaves daughter Eva a Mason City teacher and sister-in-law Maude Fretzs Funeral arrangements are at Ashley and Waldroff with burial at West View cemetery.
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LA Porte City
Henry H. Scott
Robrey
Ind
Iowa
Benton County
Missouri
Elizabeth Fretzs
Mount Auburn
Scott
Eva
Mason City
Maude Fretzs
Scotts
Ashley and Waldroff Funeral Home
West View
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Local Accidents and Events
Peter Majorowicz sues Robert and L Bender for 481.91 over a June 27 collision on highway 6 near Iowa City. WSUI director Carl Menzer attends NAB convention at Purdue and leads a round table on radio problems. Elks host lodge of sorrow for George J Keller, amid WPA ties. Over 240 University of Iowa students train as civilian pilots. Five UI chemistry professors to attend American Chemical Society meeting in Atlantic City. Louisa County ministers plan fall meeting in Morning Sun September 8 led by Rev John R Fraser.
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Iowa City
Peter Majorowicz
Kankakee
Ill
Robert Bender
L. Bender
Highway No. 6
Here
Majorowicz
Carl H. Menzer
University of Iowa
WSUI
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
Purdue University
Menzer
Lems
Iowa City Elks Lodge
Thomas E. Martin
George J. Keller
WPA
Grinnell
M. B. Guthrie
Air Corps
Army
Navy
University of Iowa Chemistry Department
American Chemical Society
Atlantic City
Edward Bartow
George Glockler
P. A. Bond
G. H. Coleman
L. C. Raiford
Iowans Face Doubling of Federal Income Tax Bills
Des Moines report notes 115,000 Iowans may pay about 16 million dollars in federal income taxes next year due to senate changes in rates and exemptions. This year 90,000 paid 7.74 million, 40,000 paid 4.82 million in 1940 before a 10 percent defense tax. State tax payments in 1942 are expected near 4.45 million for 129,500 filers as federal payments become deductible.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa Relief Leads At All Time Low
Des Moines AP reports Iowa welfare rolls fell to 199 042 in July the lowest since records began Dependent on WPA pensions and direct relief accounted for 7 8 percent of the population total on relief in July 1940 was 233 888 and 9 2 percent of the population March 1940 had 289 989 on relief with a high mark of 335 000 in January 1936 Officials credit job gains from the defense boom.
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Des Moines
Poses As Heir To Fortune Marries Farmer's Daughter Hoax
Andrew Belknap, 26, was arrested on a federal charge of impersonating an army officer in Audubon Minnesota. He admitted the $750,000 fortune claim and its will were fakes, confessing the hoax and saying his wife Ava Nelsen helped fund his purchases with $300.
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Audubon
MNS
Andrew Belknap
Fred Clemmensen
Belknap
Ava Nelsen
Hans Nelsen
Near Extra
Funeral Service for Mrs. Wilhelmina Hamer in Anamosa
Mrs. Wilhelmina Hamer 78 died suddenly Tuesday. Funeral held Thursday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. H L Buesing officiating. Burial at Riverside cemetery. Born in Germany she married John Hamer in 1882. They came to the U S in 1890 settling first in Lowdon then Anamosa. Survived by husband and several children in Anamosa Cedar Rapids Toddville Ely West Liberty. Three children preceded her in death.
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Anamosa
Wilhelmina Hamer
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Buesing
Riverside Cemetery
Hamer
Lena Herren
Emil Hamer
Anna Workman
Paul Hamer
Otto Hamer
William, Hamer
Henry Hamer
Cedar Rapids
Minnie Miller
Toddville
Elizabeth Lerch
Ely
Charles Hamer
West Liberty
Marion News Notes Hostesses and Club Meetings
Mrs Drake hosted the Comforter division of the Methodist W S C S with officers for the coming year announced including joint presidents Mrs Ned Jones and Mrs W H Booze and others. The Mothers Club opened its season with Mrs Dell Adkins hosting and program led by Mrs Ivan Gillmore with bridge games and refreshments for members and guests.
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Drake
Irving Drake
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Ned Jones
W. H. Booze
Gertrude Mitchel
Myrtle Cunningham
L. M. Phelps
Edward Manson
Alta Emerson
George B. Gray
Mothers Club
Dell Adkins
Ivan Gillmore
Gillmore
High Shore
M. G. Linkletter
Walter Hall
Mrs Newcomb Elected President of Loyal W S C S Group
Mrs Frank Newcomb was elected president of the Loyal division of the Methodist W S C S on Wednesday at the home of Mrs Owen Turner. Other officers include Mrs J W Bowdish and Mrs Forrest Blackford, reelected secretary and treasurer.
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Newcomb
Frank Newcomb
Methodist
Owen Turner
J. W. Bowdish
Forrest Blackford
Blackford
Charles Granger
Ivan Mann
Irene MccMickle
Cedar Rapids
Carl L. Wiley
Nora Lorence
Maude Newman
West Vacation Returns and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs James D Pope and their son James F Pope have returned from a western vacation visiting Casper Wyoming and Grand Teton National park. En route they stayed with Rev Mr and Mrs W J Robinson in Storm Lake and Mrs C E Russell of Aurelia accompanied them home. Ruth Engstrom will host a piano recital featuring Doris Eckhart at 2 30 pm Saturday. Marion Softball playoffs to decide the season championship are set for Friday night and Sunday at Sheena.
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West
James D. Pope
James F. Pope
Ruth Engstrom
Fourteenth Street
Doris Eckhart
R. B. Eckhart
Doris
Jack and Jill
George Porgie
London Bridge
Miss Engstrom
Marion Softball Association
Sheena
Marion Athletic Feld
Miss Kemp Heads Class at Church Meeting
Elda M. Kemp elected president of the Christian church Service class with Mrs J L Roberts as vice president and a slate including Minnie Timson secretary Anna Flickinger attendance secretary Roy Mack treasurer and C J Dykes teacher. Refreshments for 18 served by the hostess and helpers. Several ads follow.
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L. A. Franke
G. L. Martin
Local church events and assignments noted
M Hibner and Mr and Mrs Good years return to Pittsburgh home. Mideastern Baptist associations plan a two day meeting at Jordan's Grove Baptist. Guild of St Joseph Catholic church officers met Thursday. Fall dinner to be held September 30 in the recreation room. Verne Balster leaves for Loras Academy in Dubuque. Raymond Manson promoted and transferred to San Diego naval air station. Mrs Alice Parmenter visits Riverside. Eleanor and Elsie Nelson visit Palo with aunt Miss Anna Nelson returning for weekend.
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Guild of St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Raymond Manson
Edward Manson
U.S S. Saratoga
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Eleanor
Elsie Nelson
Palo
Anna Nelson
Jarvis Catoe Trial Set For October Fifteenth
In Washington, Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe, 36, pled not guilty to five counts of rape and murder and ten counts of rape and robbery. He allegedly confessed to the sex slayings of three white women and four Black women and the rape of about ten others. Officials have not yet chosen whether the trial will focus on Jessie Elizabeth Strieff or Rose Abramowitz murders. The District of Columbia murder penalty is death in the electric chair.
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Washington
Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe
Catoe
Jessie Elizabeth Strieff
War Department
Des Moines
Rose Abramowitz
Kansas City
District of Columbia
Cedar Posts Back Reply To Lindbergh
Cedar County American Legion posts vote to back bringing a nationally known speaker to Iowa to answer Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Lindbergh will speak in Des Moines on September 11 under America First. The resolution denies HanfordMacNider speaks for the Legion.
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Mechanicsville
Cedar County
American Legion
Iowa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Des Moines
America First Committee
Hanford MacNider
MacNider
The
Legion
Blue Stamps Issued in Iowa in June Total $208,063
The surplus marketing administration reports Iowa blue food stamps for June totaled $208,063. For the fiscal year ending June 30, Iowa issued blue stamps worth $2,002,613, with the Midwest region including Iowa and 11 other states totaling $25,042,377.
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Ames
Surplus Marketing Administration
Iowa
Cow Killed After Ditch Ram Causes Car Crash
A cow owned by Matt Rawson emerged from a ditch onto the Ellis Park road three miles out Friday morning, causing a collision with a car driven by William Brount of Central City at about 35 mph. The cow suffered a broken leg and had to be killed. the car sustained damage to its right side.
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William Brount
Central City
Ellis Park Road
Brount
Matt Rawson
Route 1
Claude Pepper to Speak in Ottumwa Sept. 21
Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida will address about 2000 railroad workers from the Kansas City division in Ottumwa on September 21. The event is sponsored by the Milwaukee Railroad Service Club, with C. W. Riley as club president noting Pepper’s role as a foreign policy spokesman for the administration.
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Ottumwa
Claude Pepper
Fla
Milwaukee Railroad Service Club
C. W. Riley
Riley
Kansas City
Florida
Iowa City Plans Airport Dedication on September 10
Iowa City will dedicate its municipal airport on September 10 with two free air shows by Shaw Aircraft Co. and the local Pilot's Club. The program includes a public dance on the new runways, air shows at 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., and a musical downtown after the dedication.
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Iowa City
Shaw Aircraft Co
Waukon Residents File Two Damage Suits
Steve Gavin sues Luther Strepp for 2500 dollars claiming injuries from a September 5 1940 motor vehicle crash on a highway between Waukon and Rossville. Velora Adney sues the city of Waukon for 2500 dollars for injuries from a September 22 1940 sidewalk fall.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Steve Gavin
Luther Strepp
Gavin
Strepp
Rossville
Velora Adney
U S Mediators Try To End Ship Steel And Coal Walkouts
Government labor experts sought to end walkouts at Lorain Ohio shipyard American Shipbuilding Crucible Steel Harrison New Jersey and 20 soft coal mines near Birmingham Alabama. CIO demands and wage disputes fueled stoppages affecting shipbuilding ammunition and mining operations nationwide.
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U. S
United Press
Lorain, O
American Shipbuilding Company
Crucible Steel
Harrison
N. J
Birmingham
Ala
Lorain
CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
AFL
Harrisburg
Atha Works
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Fire Prevention Exhibit At Insurance Convention
A Cedar Rapids Fire Department exhibit on fire hazards a model pumper engine and a working fire alarm will be shown in the Montrose hotel lobby during the Iowa Association of Insurance Agents annual convention in Des Moines next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Prepared by Fire Chief E P Kohout and Harry Hall the display uses a miniature house to illustrate hazards and an engine that throws water into a doll house.
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Cedar Rapids
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Newman
Picnic Supplies
Third Fleor
Columbus Junction
Louisa County Ministerial Association
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John R. Fraser
Wapello
Marion News
Azette
Marion
Fall Arrow
Ed Sigfred Company
B. Earl Beiber
Terre Haute, Ind
Beiber's Market
Patmos Commandery No
E. T
Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Eleventh Street
F. M. Byerly
Monticello
Warren Mundy
5Th Avenue
Uae
Potosi
Josie
Paul Jerabek
Twelfth Avenue SE
Dial
Potos! Brewing Company
Wisconsin
Benish Shoe Store
Lee M. Brown
Jerry
Alvin, Tex
Mr. Brown
Lee Brown
Mrs. Brown
Gordon Hatchery
Mgr
George A. Hutchison
Toledo
Mr. Hutchison
Mary Hanna
Fairmont
Minn
Riceville
Decorah
Arlington
Manchester
George A. Kindler
la Crosse
Wis
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Owen
Mrs. W. K. Lothian
Central Market
Donald Jones
Syl’s Grocery
Charles de Wald
Eighth Avenue
Delbert G. Turner
de Wald
Robert Hibner
Mr. Hibner
George
M. Hibner
Mrs. Hibner
W. J. Goodyear
Pittsburgh
Mideastern Association of Baptist Churches
Jordan’s Grove Baptist Church
Verne
Louis Balster
W. H. Balster
Dubuque
Loras Academy
Alice Parmenter
Riverside, Calif
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Jarvis Catoe
Cedar
Culbert’s Food Market
Colorado
Sunkist
Salada
Ideal Dog Food
Gren
Nash's
Kellogg's
Dickey’s Foods
Creamery
Maxwell House
Lba
Michigan
Harmon
Nichol Kovs
Colorado Peaches Ideal Dog Food
Little Boy Blue Bluing Purex
Fillsbury
National Biscuit
Chellipy
Airaed
Hu Lee
Ake
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Mich
SAR Rapids
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Sixteenth Avenue SW
Tbs
Anerue West F Mineck Groc
Acme Poultry Market
William Ann Company
West End
F Ave. Bridge
First St. NW
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