Insurance Agents Gather for 35th Iowa Convention
Registration nears 500 as the Iowa Association of Insurance Agents opens a three day 35th annual convention at the Montrose hotel. Notables Payne Midgette and R W Sorshay head diverse programs with the banquet featuring Rev John Hubbard. A golf tournament, meetings, and tours cap the agenda as officers are elected and 1942 plans discussed.
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Iowa Association of Insurance Agents
Montrose Hotel
Payne Midgette
Tallahassee
Fla
National Association
R. W.W. Sorshay
Anita
Towa
Montrose Crystal Room
John B Hubbard
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Park Ridge
Mr Hubbard
University of Michigan
Princeton Theological Seminary
Illinois’ Masonic Grand Lodge
Charles Fisher
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Lyle M. Jefferies
Clinton
Montrose
George H. Cockburn
Cedar Rapids Association
H. C. Burleson
A. B. Millard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Crystal Ballroom
L._M. Jefferies
D. I Berrer
Coccolere
Burrus
Leon Morse
Fedmen
Charles Jervey
Travelers Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
Jules B. Guinette
Aero Insurance Underwriters
Kansas City
Aviation Insurance
B. Mil Yard
Accident Prevention Bureau of National Association
Hotel Roosevelt
L. M Jefferies
Payne Midgettee
National Association of Insurance Agents
Our National Association
Ray GL
Bubots
Indianapolis
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
Milton Mays
New York
Rire Fim
William J Davis
Automobile Protective and Information Burea
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Chicago
George Cockburn
Aon Hubbard
Colt Prizes
Army Flyers Killed In Texas Crash Toll Rises
Two army lieutenants and a civilian flying instructor plus a student pilot died in Texas crashes. Lieut. Austin T. Heffelman from Beloit and Second Lieut. Allen R. Bailey of San Diego were killed when their basic training plane crashed 50 miles east of Fort Stockton after leaving Goodfellow field. Earlier near Stamford a trainer piloted by Louis C. Dearley Arlington and Stanley A. Siegel Chapel Hill N C burned after a crash leaving both badly burned.
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San Angelo
Tex
INS
Texas
Army
Austin T. Heffelman
Beloit
Wis
Allen R. Bailey
San Diego
Calif
Fort Stockton
Goodfellow Field
West Texas
Stamford
Louis C. Dearley
Arlington
Stanley A. Siegel
Chapel Hill
Japanese Press Warns Greer Incident Could Spark War
Tokyo papers intensified coverage of the Greer incident warning that such actions threaten peace in the Pacific. Editors argued U S policies push incidents toward conflict and criticized neutrality shifts over Iceland. The Hochi noted the Greer episode resembles an attack on a belligerent ship within a war zone.
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TORIO
United States
Germany
Pacific
Japan News- Week
Foreign Office
News-Week
Hochi
Iceland
Change Credit Rule In SUI Law School
Dean Mason Ladd announced that University of Iowa College of Law will grant a completed unit of credit for a semester’s work this fall for the first time. The change accommodates men drafted for military service and aims to allow more individual attention despite reduced enrollment.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Law
Mason Ladd
Debate invited on War or Peace in Chicago
Chicago invitation sets a September 14 clash on War or Peace with Mayor LaGuardia and Byrd facing Lindbergh and Wheeler. Robert D. Ross, head of the Chicago Institute for Public Debate, announced the event and said the LaGuardia Byrd team would argue the affirmative that Roosevelt policy is best for America.
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Chicago
INS
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Richard E. Byrd
Charles A. Lindbergh
Burton K. Wheeler
Robert D. Ross
Chicago Institute For Public Debate
LaGuardia-Byrd
Ross
America
Lindbergh-Wheeler
Upper Iowa Methodists To Meet In Conference
Five hundred delegates and an equal number of visitors are expected in Iowa Falls for a six day Upper Iowa Methodist conference. Bishop J Ralph Magee urged Des Moines area Methodists to join a processional and open air service at Estes Park at 10 30 am next Sunday with a hoped 10 000 attendees.
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Iowa Falls
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
Estes Park
Pony Joins Range Horses
Jess Edgington regains his long lost saddle as his pony reappears after six weeks with a band of range horses. The pony is saddled but shows soreness from the ordeal near Sisters Oregon.
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Sisters
Ore
Jess Edgington
Tonsil Diathermy Debate Highlighted by Jennie Knott
A discussion contrasts Dr William Brady's diathermy as a tonsil treatment with Jennie Hibbard Knott's claim that tonsils are God’s messengers. A nose and throat specialist reports a singer’s tonsil removal by local anesthesia led to voice issues despite prior diagnosis and advice.
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Jennie Hibbard Knott
Jennie
Modern approach to infected tonsils rejects radical tonsillectomy
The author condemns the old Spanish method of radical tonsil removal, arguing that only the septic focus should be addressed. He cites risks to vocal function and vocalists, urging use of diathermy extirpation and electrocoagulation for safe, effective treatment.
Wheeler Dismisses Report He’ll Seek Vote Of Confidence
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana, an isolationist leader, rejects rumors he will resign his senate seat to challenge Senator Murray in November. He says no basis for the stories and notes he would seek a vote of confidence only if constituents showed doubt. A Great Falls poll had suggested he would be heavily defeated. Wheeler then left his Glacier National Park summer home to go fishing.
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Glacier National Park
Ins
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Senate
James E. Murray
Mannas
Wheeler
Washington
Great Falls
Woman To Enter Race For Secretary Of State
Mrs Ma rie M Christianson of Des Moines announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for secretary of state on a platform calling for economy plus efficiency She favors returning state highway patrol supervision to the secretary of state and a pension system for patrolmen Christianson is a member of the Iowa Council of Republican Women and has just completed a term as national head of the Women of the Moose.
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Des Moines
Marie M. Christianson
Christianson
Secretary of State
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Iowa Republican Women’s Club
Women of the Moose
British Submarine P-33 Declared Overdue and Lost
The admiralty reported the submarine P-33 overdue and presumed lost. The undersea craft is believed to be a new class submarine built since the war began and is not listed by Jane's Fighting Ships.
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London
Admiralty
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Shouts Liberty Or Death Trigger Fatal Collapse in Missouri
A stranger who joined a courthouse lawn political argument in Kirkville Missouri shouted Give me liberty or give me death and collapsed dead. Coroner W C Summers said the death was caused by a heart ailment.
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Kirksville
INS
W. C. Summers
Knox says North Atlantic lifelines can be kept open
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox tells the London Sunday Express that the United States and Britain can sustain the vital North Atlantic lifelines and that Anglo American cooperation in the Far East is crucial. He urges unity and describes the U S as an ever more powerful arsenal of democracies, noting sea power's enduring duty.
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London
INL
Frank Knox
London Sunday Express
North Atlantic
United States
Britain
Far East
Knox
the Express
United States Navy
Great Britain
West
America
British Isles
Cactus Society Plans Open House for Succulents
Mrs J L Rhea reports city interest in forming a Cactus and Succulent Society. First meeting planned, open house at the Frank W Barta funeral home greenhouse 805 Fifth Ave SE with free admission. Visitors can view loaned specimens and seedlings during the day and evenings this week.
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Frank W. Barta
Fifth Avenue SE
Americas
Local gardener dreams of rare varieties next year
The writer reflects on the joy of anticipating rare plant varieties possibly arriving in the next year, noting how this season’s outcomes won’t occur this year but expressing optimism for future availability.
First winners named at Bennett Fall Festival exhibits
Judges placed entries for agricultural garden and oven products at the Bennett festival. Winners include Ralph Ritson and Adolph Hamann with various crops and seeds, Loyd Thein and Melvin Slenker winning best eggs, and multiple locals such as Adolph Hamann and Harold Wagner among prize recipients.
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Bennett
Ralph Ritson
Pfister
Sowealth
DeKalb
Pioneer
Halting
Ralph Brendes
Vinton
Harry Stachus
Behan and Helfert
Adolph Hamann
Sunbury
Northrup King
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Hickenlooper
Fegister
Inter Ocean Reinsurance Company
M. Jefferies
Inland Marine Insurance
Ww. Sanders
Western Department of the Fire Association of Philaelphia
Casualty Tinsurance
John H
Field Service, Casualty and Surety
R. C. Larson
Aeris Casualty and Surety Company
Aetna Group
South America
Buenos Aires
Raul Damonte Taborda
Taborda
Dies Committee
Baron Edmund von Thermann
Argentina
Brazil
Storm Troopers
Patagonia
Chile
Misiones
Paraguay
Rio Grande Do Sul
Santa Catalina
Republic of
Uruguay
Tobarda Committee
von Thermann
Gestapo
Hitler
Greer
Japan
SUI Law School
Upper Iowa
William Brady, M
Cactus Society
J. L. Rhea
Miss Lingard
van Lassburg
Innocence
Lilian
Daily Sketch
Columbia
Amaryllis Hallii
Hallii
Holland
HNL
Montgomery Ward
The
Pin Money Bank
Montgomery
Directs
Ward
Second Street
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