Christmas carries hope and peace across the world
An editorial fragment reflects on Christmas as essential to civilization, postponing greed and conflict, and shaping the year ahead. It notes how Christmas softens iconoclasm, fosters goodwill, and inspires a safer world, then pivots to January’s meaning and a political jab at postwar public life and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Raymond Moley
Rexford Tugwell
Donald Richberg
New Deal
Birthday project funds fight infantile paralysis nationwide
The national committee promotes varied fund raising to combat infantile paralysis. Activities include lunches, socials, shows, and a potential march of dimes with ten cent cards. In January efforts aim to involve all citizens, not just the wealthy, to support prevention and treatment research. An NC highway safety experiment uses roadside reflectors to reduce headlight glare and light the road, aiming to lower night accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Christian Science Monitor
Michigan
Killing the Goose Monson Journal
An editorial contrasts anti government demagoguery with American progress. It cites improvements in wages hours and living standards while warning against heedless promises that could endanger the gains. It notes the need to raise farmer incomes and curb risky advertising practices. It likens government spending to bank lending and argues debt will be repaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monson Journal
America
U.S. Department of Commerce
New Hempton Tribune
Merit Should Shield Iowa Patrolmen From Politics
Reinbeck Courier argues for protecting efficient highway patrol officers from party-driven staffing changes. The piece praises frontline troopers for courteous, firm enforcement and warns against treating law enforcement as political football. It urges merit-based retention, reserving patronage for lower-risk office jobs while prioritizing road safety and state-wide efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck Courier
Iowa
Farm Bureau backs AAA but seeks reforms for better plan
Rock Rapids reporters notes that Farm Bureau federations nationwide approve the Agricultural Adjustment Act, while requesting changes. They acknowledge weak spots but resist dropping current programs until a superior plan is created. A lively congressional fight is expected as farm legislation remains a central issue for national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Rapids
Farm Bureau
United States
AAA
Congress
Why Cross the Bridge Now Knoxville Express
The health department announces dogs and cats can carry tularemia germs on teeth and claws not contracted disease. The news implies broad social and political fear about public interaction, suggesting 1940 politicians may fear shaking hands with the proletariat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Health Department
Teachers Annuity Plan Gains Friends in Iowa Legislature
The Grundy Register notes a proposed teachers annuity plan for Iowa, backed by the governor and Iowa State Teachers Association. It would cost about half a million dollars annually, potentially funded without new taxes, to provide pensions for teachers too old to work. The piece argues for approving a public service measure to support teachers, urging timely action. It also lauds Fred White receiving the George Bartlett award for highway engineering and praises his apolitical, steady leadership at the Iowa Highway Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Fred White
Sheldon Mail
Iowa Highway Commission
Engineer White
George Bartlett
National Association of State Highway Officials
The
Highway Research Board
American Road Builders Association
White
Highways Commission
Judging Values Ed M Smith in Winterset
In the Madisonian piece Ed M Smith argues many claim they cannot afford essentials yet spend on luxuries like cinema and circus tickets. He notes buyers protest price hikes for schoolbooks yet casually purchase cigars and trips, questioning true value judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed M. Smith
Winterset
Madisonian
Why the Discrimination Northwood Anchor
A small Iowa weekly notes postal rules barring papers that could be linked to lotteries or games. The piece surveys the regulation and its impact on local publications and editorial freedom, warning managers to avoid content that might invite postal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
Iowa
United States
Elegant golden eagle arrives for Opera Hall ornament
Yesterday’s notes recount a new decorative eagle for Opera Hall stage, partnership formed between C E Albrook and J F Hardin in law and collecting, a Union residence fire hositing losses, pottery improvements by T G Williams, and an incident where a team nearly drowned after ice broke near the mill with passengers E K and Dewey Tower drenched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera Hall
C. E. Albrook
J. F. Hardin
William E. Herron
Union
T. G. Williams
K. Brown
E. K
Dewey Tower
New Year Reflections on Freedom Purpose and Thought
A column urges readers to adopt clear goals and steady effort in the New Year. It contrasts holiday sentiment with the need for disciplined thinking, urging Americans to pursue a straight path toward improved living and community progress, rejecting easy panaceas.
Union and Vicinity Senior Class Present Plays Friday
The Union high school assembly featured the senior class play Second marriage of Santa Claus with Carol singing. Cast included Mary Lu Cook Irene Hobson Pauline Barton Dorothy Rash Dean Fitzgerald John Chaplin Ronald Settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Mary Lu Cook
Irene Hobson
Pauline Barton
Dorothy Rash
Dean Fitzgerald
John Chaplin
Ronald Settle
Thomas E. Latcham
Union
Marshalltown
Methodist
Peoria
Ill
Wagner Mortuary
Riverside
Hickory
George Latcham
Evelyn Pierce Latcham
Latcham
G. O. Pierce
E. B. McLean
Clare Mac Mason
Pierce
McLean
Shipping Association
Union Farmers Co-operative Shipping Association
Protest Macleod Appointment In Hardin County
The Workers Alliance of Hardin county adopts a unanimous resolution opposing the hiring of Marian Macleod as social welfare director for the coming year. It says the contract should have been let by the incoming board for 1939 and directs signatures and notices to named individuals and newspapers for wider dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Scott
Otto Peglow
Marion McCleod
Iowa Falls Citizen
Iowa Falls Advertiser
Hardin County Index
Eldora Herald. Ledger
Leo Clute
Deed Transfers and Land Purchases Across Hardin County Dates
A sequence of property deeds records shows transfers from Hardin County entities to individuals and estates, including Fred Begemann to J A Nelson for land in 21-87-21 dated 7-1-37 for 8000, Central Life Ins Co to A C Johnson for land in 8-86-22 dated 12-12-38 for 10, Herman G Diehl to Minnie M Sievert for part of O L Radcliffe dated 12-20-38 for 400, and multiple other parcels in Eldora Alden Iowa Falls Garden City and surrounding areas with prices and lot descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ill
Ruth Haggin
Des Moines
Howard Haggin and
Marshalltown
G. E. Haggin
Noyce
Cora M. Long
L. L. Long
Whitten
C. I. Barnes
Chas
F. Long
Perle Bowers
Grundy Center
H. F E. Long
Peggee Ann
Helen May Long
Clinton Stanfield
Cedar Falls
Frank Humphreys
W. R. Stanfield
Donald Hammer
Leo Walton
Verne
Earl
Margaret
Indianola
Earl Hobson
Viola
Warren Hammer
Hammer and Sons
Charlotte Shultz
Ralph Beecher
Sam Johnson
New Providence
Preston Cockerham
Louise
Ernest Beecher
Loyd Beecher
Rexine
Wardman
Verne Hammer
Don Hammer
Bobby
Shultz
Walton
Warren
Rita Vaux
E. H. Biersborn
Keith Henry
Meter
Paul Sievert
Hubard
Paul Glenney
Lynn
Mr. Glenneys
George Kiser
Wilton Junction
Dores Jaspers
H. D. Edick
Evelyn Reece
St. Anthony
R. L. Bixby
F. H. Golly
P. H. Hamm
Vincent Hamm
Vera Bowman
Eldora
Maxine Hamm
Richard Newell
J. Eugene Krum
T. R. Maddle
Savannah
H. A. Biersborn
B. H. Biersborn
Boyd Reese
Nina Carol
Walter Bailey
Mary Louise
Iowa Falls
Pearl Hauser
Red Oak
Elsie Hauser
George Hauser
E. J. Hauser
Union
Virginia Hauser
Diamond Products Co
Rev
L. L. Chamnesg
J. R. Heryford
Robert Shaver
Duane Shaver
Harold Reece
B. C. Caster
H. E. Oon
Merlyn
Milton
Joyce
Minnie Due
F. E. Drake
Ray Morvig
Shirley Roe
Sharon Kay
Liscomb
Harold Elery
Marlyn
Carl Miller
Donald
Colleen
Earl Miller
Barbara
Mary Marlene
Lyman Sheets
Lyman
Des Oines
Iowa State College
Ames
Grinnell High School
Ike Perry
Shirley Ann
Sydel
Dickie
Alta
A. C. Butterfield
Perry
Alta School
A. P. Mason
Harold Buck
Walter Hanson
Quincy
Jessie Hanson
May Rogers
Washington
Ross Tiffany
Harry Clement
D. Reynolds
Hardin County
Fred Begemann
Et al
J. A. Nelson
Central Life Ins. Co
A. C. Johnson
Herman G. Diehl
Minnie M. Sievert
O.L
Radcliffe
Florence Finster
John Drugsveld
Carrie Jones
Guy W. Jones
Smith
Herman Meyer
Independent School District
Alden
Central
Frederick Henry Pohlman
Wilhelm F. Pohlman
Burny and
Fosters
T. O
Tungland
Claus Tungland
Pleasant Ridge
Garden City
Iowa
Olaus Tungland
Town
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January
Janus
Massachusetts
National Committee
Our State Highway Patrol
Hubbard
Modern Woodmen
Frank Lowden
Chicago
Allie
LeMars
L. C. Lowden
James Burling
Iowa College
Grinnell
C. I. & D. Railway
Supreme Court of Town
George F. Smith
F. W.eilers
G. W. Lockwood
H. P. Hullenbeck
Steamboat Rock
C. S. Edick
Mat Cox
Union, & Garoliine
Mabel Howard
Congregational Church
W. J. Moir
Huff & Davis
A. P. Wilson
Hardin County Agricultural Society
W. H. Smith
Clay Township
James Scurry
Eldora Motor Co
Community Club
American Legion
Chas. Speers
News of Union and Vicinity
H. E. Moon
Queen Esther
Federated Sunday School
Moon
Dave Glenn
F. &. Drake
I. B. Chamness
May Reigles
Mary McConnell
California
John
William Thompson
Bangor
Biersborn Funeral Home
Federated Church
Sam Sorensen
J. P. Johnson
L. W. Johnson
J. O. Chaplin
Everet Lepley
Forrest Barnes
Leland Wilson
Marjorie Packer
Harriett Herron
Roy Schalk
Mildred Caster
G. 0. Pierce
Grellett Dillon
Pauline Callaway
F. S. Schuler
Schuler
Kate Humeston
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Walton
Aden
Ed Benson
Ed Dighton
Floyd Ellis
Ronald Powers
Robert Wright
Waterloo
Erma Humphreys
Minneapolis
Harold Miller
Pearl Carter
Vaughn Reece
Teddy
Raymond Clemens
Everet Carter
John Henry Carter
Paul Carter
Robert and
Dale
J. W. Reece
Clemons
Ottumwa
Chester Callaway
Betty Jo
Jefferson
T. R. Madole
Nettie Pope
O. W. Dillon
Ross Pope
Ted Pope
Don Patterson
Dumont
Ed Brockway
Kenneth
Jimmie
Conrad
Francis Brockway
L. A. Atteberry
Harlan Chandler
Guy Gardner
Lawrence Whinery
John Urquhart, Jr
Janice
Arthur Rogers
Ft. Dodge
L. J. Rogers
Roy Pierce
Illinois
Elizabth Pierce
Edward Schalk
Iowa City
Wayne Ellis
Albuquerque
N. M
Wm. Ellis
Orle Ellis
S. H. Callaway
John Schalk
Wellsburg
Edward Schaik
Hazel Beck
Betty Joef Jefferson
Arthur Callaway
Bessie Cummins
State University of Iowa
D. D. Reynolds
Helen Rogers
Thompson School
Merle Stanfield
Martha Ann
E. D. Herron
Harriett
Ames With Mrs. Herron’s Mother, Mrs. J. Kinzer, and Sister, Marjorie Kinzer
Christian Church
Duane Chamness
L. L. Chamness
Lowell Waldo
Edward Waldo
Duane
Wade Williams
Ray Reece
Mesdames Williams
Reece
H. C. Weaver
Ellsworth
K. H. Weaver
Anna Haggin
T. A. Wilson
Lea Hagegin
Vincent
Thompson
Reynolds
F. J. Frederickson
Ringsted
Mutuacly
R. C. Caster
M. J. Johansen
Maywood
R. G C. Young
L. C. Clarke
Frank Neal
Allison
G. P. Simmons
Martyn Jean
I R. Jackson
Marshaltown
S. L. Rash
Marjorie
Henry Williams
Wade Rash
Bowen
Rd Rash
Gail
Ross Hauser
Dorothy
Doris
Wade Hauser
George
Junior
Lewis Crosser
Elvin Adams
C. E. Clemons
Vern Owens
Mount Union
Russell Cobb
Nettie Cobb
Oheydon
Maynard Cobb
Merrill and
Carroll
Josephine Doud
Willard Cobb
Rockwell City
Erio Cobb
Don Cobb
Frank Cobb
Helen Pink
Buffalo Center
Ruth
Ruby Willoughby
Yda Shultz
Minnesota
Bernice Shepard
Ethel
E. C. Kauffman
Carroll Mulford
Sandra
Leslie Davis
Hampton
Wm. R. Wilson
K. J. Lyon
Rosemary
L. G. Scott
E. J. Lyon
J. H. Lyon
F. E. Lyon
Ray Wood
Jack
E. A. Cramer
Kenneth Weir
Keith
Ic. T. Bair
Harold E. Ranney
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