Liquor Price Boost to Hit Iowa Stores October First
Iowa state liquor stores will raise quart bottle prices by up to 45 cents after October 1 due to a combined increase in federal tax on 100 proof liquor and higher wholesale costs. Town Liquor Chairman M L Curtis noted the markup will shift to include the new federal tax, while distillers report rising production costs and material shortages affect prices.
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Des Moines
Iowa
M L Curtis
Curtis
Corn Belt Plowing Draws 20 000 Crowd at Albia Event
More than 20 000 attended the corn belt plowing match on the Miss Iva Turner farm near Albia directed by Herb Plambeck. Leo Drake of Memphis won the championship. Garret Rosenbloom and Virgil Benner led senior tractor results. Frank Poortinga topped the horse division with 93 percent. Kenneth Hill won junior tractors with 95.07 percent.
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Albia
Ed Shhlenker
Ankeny
F. Martin
Bridgewater
Poortinga
Kenneth Hill
Baxter
Forrest Dean Pollock
Putnam County
Leo Drake, Jr
Memphis
S. R. Leonard and Son
Perry
H. E. Hazard
New Sharon
F. F. Martin
Jim Clark
Cherokee
George Gergely
Eddyville
Retrial Denied in Will Contest Over Cocklin Estate
Judge H J Mantz refused a new trial for Fanny Watkins of Red Oak in the suit to invalidate L A Cocklin's will. A jury previously upheld the will distributing a 335000 estate. Mantz ruled the verdict was supported by substantial evidence and the requested retrial based on allegedly coercive jury instructions was rejected.
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Atlantic (Ap
H. J Mantz
Fanny Watkins
Red Oak
L. A. Cocklin
Mantz
Republican Task Is To Audit Spending, G. O. P. Clubs Told
Kenneth Nell of Mason City urged Minnesota Young Republicans to cut non-defense expenditures and audit the administration. He warned against waste and profiteering, calling for loyal party unity and focus on defending the nation. He emphasized organization and restraint to prevent World War I–era scandals.
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G. O. P. Clubs
ST. Paul
INS
Kenneth Nell
Mason City
Young Republican Clubs
Minnesota
Republican Party
Nazis Should Hold No Terror For Him After All Of This
Carl Rehder, back at Camp Claiborne after visiting his parents near Traer, Iowa, has endured multiple medical trials since his draft five months ago. He underwent eye cyst removal, pneumonia, a fractured ankle, appendicitis, and a life threatening tongue swallow during anesthesia, yet he survived and remains in the army.
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Traer
Carl Rehder
Camp Claiborne
Louis Rehder
Army Hospital
Rehder
Three Proposals To End Iowa Ohio Truck Tax Tiff
Des Moines IA three proposals were presented at a Chicago conference to resolve trucking reciprocity disputes between Iowa and Ohio. Ohio officials imposed a utilities tax on Iowa operators while Iowa taxed two Ohio firms as regular operators. proposals call for reclassification or mutual certification between the states.
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Iowa-Ohio
DES Moines
INS
Iowa Commerce Commission
Ohio
Chicago
Karl Fischer
Ned Turner
Hoyt Crooks
Commerce Commission
Iowa
Northern Lights To Show In Iowa Again This Week
University of Iowa astronomer Professor C. C. Wylie reports the aurora borealis will likely appear nightly for about a week in Iowa. He explains sunspots emit charged particles that travel along magnetic lines to Earth, causing the lights about a day after the sun spots pass the sun’s center.
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Northern Lights
Iowa
Iowa City
C. C. Wylie
University of Iowa
Wylie
Earth
Maynard Barnes Titled First Secretary in Reykjavik Move
The State Department announced changes in the foreign service. Maynard B. Barnes of Vinton Iowa now on duty in the department designated first secretary at the legation at Reykjavik Iceland. Marc L. Severe of Sioux City Iowa appointed vice consul at Mexico City and former vice consul at Paris.
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Washington
State Department
Foreign Service
Maynard B. Barnes
Vinton
Legation
Reykjavik
Iceland
Marc L. Severe
Sioux City
Paris
Mexico City
Sauerkraut Day at Lisbon draws 12,000 amid hot kettles
The thirty second Sauerkraut Day in Lisbon Iowa drew about 12 000 visitors as 325 gallons of sauerkraut and nearly 600 pounds of weinerswere served by American Legion Auxiliary volunteers led by Eldon Stahl who has chaired the event for 20 years. Ivan Stanley mixed pork trimmings into the kraut as kettles cooked over wood fire in 85 degree heat while crowds formed long lines for free samples.
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Lisbon
Iowa
Linn
American Legion Auxiliary
Eldon Stahl
Stahl
Ivan Stanley
Railroad Men Will Hear Sen Pepper At Ottumwa Today
Sen Claude Pepper from Florida will outline his views on international affairs as the principal speaker for railroad men from several states at Ottumwa. The speech will be broadcast by WHO Des Moines during a community picnic hosted by Ottumwa Milwaukee Road Service Club starting at 3 p.m. About 10 000 people are expected to attend with H A Scandrett of Chicago Milwaukee trustee as another speaker. Special trains from Kansas City and Cedar Rapids will bring delegations from towns along the railroad.
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Ottumwa
Claude Pepper
Fla
WHO
Des Moines
Ottumwa Milwaukee Road Service Club
H. A Scandrett
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Woman Burned In Naphtha Cleaning Fire
Mrs Gottlieb Barney of Waterloo, 56, suffered second degree burns to arms legs and face when naphtha used to clean garments ignited by friction in her basement on Saturday.
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Waterloo
Gottlieb Barney
Tumble From U S Dorm Window Fatal To 5 Year Old Child
Richard Broder, 5, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Broderson of Harlan Iowa, died after falling from a third story dorm window at Currier hall University of Iowa. He died at Mercy hospital in Iowa City shortly after the accident the coroner ruled the death accidental.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Richard Broderson
Henry Broderson
Harlan
Mercy Hospital
Currierhall
University of Iowa Women’s
Ella Ann Fredrickson
University
Fredrickson
George D. Callahan
Johnson County
Locomotives Collide Injuring Two Engineers in Fort Madison
Two Santa Fe locomotives collided at a cross switch in the Fort Madison yards injuring two engineers. The incident occurred Saturday as trains met at the yard junction. Safety crews investigated the cause and assessed damages to the locomotives.
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Fort Madison
Santa Fe
Code Membership Of Hamilton Coal Producer Is Voided
The bituminous coal division revoked the code memberships of two producers in Iowa and Missouri. F. B. Coal Company of Hamilton Indiana had membership revoked and must pay 132 dollars in taxes to reinstate after being found selling coal below minimum prices. E. D. Long and Sons of Perry Missouri had membership revoked and must pay 597 dollars in taxes to reinstate for willful coal act violations.
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Washington
Iowa
Missouri
F. B. Coal Company
Hamilton
E. D. Long
E. D. Long and Sons
Perry, Mo
Burlington Employees Set for 21st Annual Reunion
Burlington railroad employees including retired veterans will gather in Des Moines for their twenty first annual reunion. Officials say railroad men from fourteen states will arrive by special train for the event. H C Deitemeyer of Lincoln Nebraska is president of the association.
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DES Moines
Burlington Railroad
H. C. Deitemeyer
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa State Sales Tax Rises Across 1940–41 Year
The Iowa state tax commission reports total sales tax collections of 15 884 097 for the year ending March 31 1941, up six percent from the prior year. Retail purchases reached 45 390 000 with higher spending on food automobiles clothing and household goods.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Commission
Public Utilities and Manufacturing Funds Increase Shown
The document notes allocations of $4 911 000 more for public utilities and $3 401 000 more for manufacturing and trading groups, signaling expanded funding.
He'll Seek Peace but Not With CIO
Des Moines AP Harvey W. Brown president of the International Association of Machinists said at the AFL convention in Seattle he will seek to restore peace by resolutions to settle jurisdictional disputes between unions but will not seek peace with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Des Moines
Harvey W. Brown
International Association of Machinists
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Wash
Brown
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Iowa GOP Senate Field Grows as Dolliver and Thurston Enter
Fort Dodge figure James I Dolliver and former Congressman Lloyd Thurston are entering the 1942 Republican race for US senator. Dolliver backs Roosevelt foreign policy aligning with the Legion's stance, while Thurston favors mild isolationism and all out aid to Britain but opposes war. Other potential contenders include Gov George A Wilson Mark Thornburg Lester Dickinson and Sen Clyde L Herring.
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Des Moines
James I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Lloyd Thurston
Dolliver
Iowa
American Legion
Roosevelt
Legion
Milwaukee
Wis
Thurston
Britain
Republican Party
Clyde L. Herring
George A. Wilson
Mark G. Thornburg
Agriculture
USA
Lester J. Dickinson
Algona
Guy M. Gillette
Washington
Jonathan P Dolliver
Clarke County
Webster County
Frank Bittner
Fort. Dodge
Governor Wilson
Thornburg
Dickinson
Fire Destroys Kalona Barn Killing Horse and More
A barn on Paul Gingerich farm three miles east of Kalona burned about 2 30 p m Saturday. Hay horse and harness were lost along with a 30 by 50 foot barn a corn crib corn hog house and a silage cutter A new silo was damaged The cause was undetermined when discovered the fire had already broken through the roof.
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Kalona
Paul Gingerich
Plea Of Sullivan For Rehearing To Come Up Tuesday
Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments on a petition for rehearing of the decision condemning Ivan Sullivan to the gallows. Sullivan, an escaped prisoner, was found guilty of shooting guard Robert Hart during an attempted penitentiary delivery at Fort Madison.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Ivan Sullivan
Fort Madison
Sullivan
Robert Hart
Lee County
Clinton Teacher Seeks Year Long Leave of Absence
Grant N. Nelson, longtime Clinton high school chemistry head and executive board member of the Iowa State Teachers Association, has requested a year off to focus on his seriously ill young son health grounds.
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Clanton
Grant N. Nelson
Iowa State Teachers Association
Clinton High School
Nelson
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