Iowa Fair Probably Off for Duration of War
Five gubernatorial candidates discuss education and state aid while noting legislative limits. Iowa State Guard will keep rifles until shotguns arrive. Telephone rate regulation is debated as Northwestern Bell plans a 14 percent increase. Victory Book Campaign pushes reading material for armed forces with 5 million books collected nationwide. Senator Hugh W. Lundy of Albis, Iowa Coal Institute, issues statement.
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Iowa
Towa
War Department
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Victory Books
United States
American Library Assn
American Red Cross
United Service Organizations
Hugh W. Lundy. Albis
The
Iowa Coal Institute
Iowa urged to store coal for next winter shortages
Governor Lundy warned an emergency coal distribution system may be required unless Iowa coal buying policies change soon. He urged early purchases to keep mines and carriers productive and advocated storing coal properly to prevent waste. He stressed dry storage, moderate piles, sealed windows, and dry transfer to storage. The state’s miners need work as transportation strains ease with timely stockpiling.
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Lundy
Clermont School News Reports Class Activities and Moves
The fourth grade explores a United States imaginary trip in geography while practicing halving numbers in arithmetic and creating a home room art panel. Gary Conner relocated to Cresco. Names listed show students recorded as neither absent nor tardy for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gary Conner
Cresco
Robbie Abel
Barbara Appelman
Ronald Burgett
Jimmie Flynn
Lorene Gilbert
Donald Gutcher
Elsie Jerdee
Wendell Loftsgard
Evelyn Miller
Howard Stumme
Minnie Kist
Louis Larson
Gladyce Peterson
Arthur Wede
Oran Shipton
Ruth Westpfahl
Donald Yauslin
Fifth and Sixth Grade Arts and Who's Who Highlights
Reading lists weave and citizenship club officers are announced. Names of absent or tardy students are noted, senior and eighth grade profiles cover birthplaces, ambitions, favorites, and hobbies. A theatre party, annual progress, and Madonna Trude’s bios close the Clermont school notes.
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Gladys Barnes
Frankville
Clermont
LeAnna Qosmundson
West Union
LeAnna
Madonna Trude
Fayette
Dover
Harold O Halverson Notes New Address in Desert Training Center
Corp Harold O Halverson of Co I 3rd Bn 1st Infantry reports a change of address to Desert Training Center India California. He describes sultry days and chilly nights, noting 30 miles from the nearest town India and comparing climate to Missouri.
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Elgin
Rocky Mountain Desert
California
Ozark Mt
Missouri
India
Corp
Harold O. Halverson
Inf. A. P.O
Desert Training Center
Sigourney Council Pay Day Reveals Varied Salaries
Recent pay day for Sigourney councilmen shows uneven earnings. Three members earned a combined 17 dollars for the year’s meetings, while others received 16, 15, and 3 dollars, with no payment for committee work.
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Sigourney
Clermont Stork Shower and Local Visits Highlight Week
A stork shower honored Mrs. Donald Kobriger at her sister’s home with a social afternoon and lunch. Numerous guests sent gifts while families and friends shared birthdays, hospital duties, and visits across Castalia Osage Sumner and Decorah area towns.
Oslo clergyman held in Bretveit camp for rebellion
Ex-Bishop Eivind Berggrav and three pastors were jailed at Bretveit concentration camp on charges of instigation to rebellion after all Norwegian bishops resigned on February 24, 1942. They refused Quisling’s order to resume duties, choosing imprisonment in solidarity with the church.
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Oslo
Norway
Eivind Berggrav
Church of Norway
Bretveit
Quisling
Neimoller
Bavaria
Fire Hits Former French Liner Normandie
In New York last Saturday firemen used acetylene torches to cut through steel plates on the capsized Normandie, once named the U S Lafayette and later a troop transport. Water was poured in as the blaze, now in its third day with city aid, continued after February 9 destruction.
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Normandie
New York
Queen of the
U. S
Lafayette
Birthday Party for Lavanda Olson Held at Lien Home
Last Saturday evening April 18 Mrs L Lien hosted a birthday gathering for Lavanda Olson at her residence. Attendees included Lavanda Olson Augusta Miller Myra Olson Verla Gunderson Bernice Harlan Michael Blockhus Opal Lavern Oliver Larson Thelma Leona Helmer Lyngass Ardis Verna Groth Clifford Lyte Olson Fern Buraas Arlene Amundson Irene Helgerson Iva Paterson Arthur Amundson Eugene Thorson Geraldine Olson Ruth Anderson Anton Skaren Arthur Olson and O L Lien. Games and contests provided entertainment lunch was served and Lavanda received many gifts.
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Donald Kobriger
Clarence Thompson
Kobriger
Richard Griebenow
Emma Gunderson
Russell Larson
Alfred Olson
Clarence Bear
Nels Reinerteen
David Jacobin
Trene Peterson
Chicago
Ole C. Peterson
Mary Adson
Orlando Kittleson
W. J. Moyle
Peoria
Judith Lynne
Moyle
Dorothy Henderson
Hans Banch
Springfield
D. J
Franz Appelman
O. Henderson
C. C. Grant
Cedar Falls
Ezra Rowland
Elmer Grimes
West Union
Reuben Hackmann
Paul
Gus Krueger
Marie Krueger
Elgin
Mary Washburn
Osterdock
Paul Wells
Doris Krueger
Toelp
Arlene Johnson
Ruth Krueger
Ina Lewis
Anna Mae Schupbach
Lois Miller
Helen Roberts
Margaret Rippon
Lyle
Kenton Krueger
Jack Boleyn
Dale Kelly
Clifton Miller
Harlan Rolfs
Eliza Nelson
Qelwein
Charles Bigler
Floyd Bigler
Billy
Fred Bigler
Immanuel Larson
Clarence Sampson
Joe Larson
Gander
Elvira Johnson
Randalia
Harold Cue
Lucille Lubke
Marian Bailey
Oelwein
H. A. Bubke
Nina Simerson
Ossian
Nels Gilbert
Malvin Anderson
Lolita Blake
Dysart
Robert Steele
Dubuque
Wm. R. Blake
G. B. Leet
Wau
L. Lien
Lavanda Olson
Augusta Miller
Myra Olson
Verla Gunderson
Bernice
Harlan
Michael Blockhus
Opal
Lavern
Oliver Larson
Thelma
Leona
Helmer Lyngass
Ardis
Verna Groth
Clifford
Lyte Olson
Fern Buraas
Arlene Amundson
Irene
Counties End Crow Bounty Payments In Iowa
Worth county led the state with 189 dollars paid to crow killers last year while a three day 1942 record stood at 86 dollars as many counties vote to suspend bounties due to high costs. In a Surprise Meeting two Clarinda boys Charles Lee and Wendell Otte in the U S Army Air Service met in Australia and said they like most things there except the mutton they are fed too often.
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Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Worth
Clarinda
Charles Lee
Wendell Otte
Australia
U. S. Army Air Service
Singing Church Sunday Service Schedule and Sermon Series
Lutheran church notices list Divine worship at West Clermont 9 30 am Norse East Clermont 22 am Highland 2 30 pm West Clermont Luther League 7 30 pm choirs meet Wednesday 7 15 and 8 15 pm weekday instruction Friday 11 am confirmation class Saturday 9 15 am pastor begins Holy Spirit sermon series next Sunday through Pentecost all welcome Rev E Ramsey pastor
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Singing Church
Woletle
West Clermont
East Clermont
Highland
Ramsey
Defense Bonds and Stamps Drive Patriotism at Home
Wartime urgency flows from Uncle Sam’s money campaign urging purchases of U S defense bonds and stamps. Citizens urged to strengthen national security through saving and investing in defense financing.
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Uncle Sam
U. S. Defense
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Clermont Enterprise
Agnes Paulson
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
B. B. Hickenlooper
Earl G. Miller
Nelson G. Kraschel
A. E. Augustine
David K. Brown
I. C. Jerdee
Clermont, Iowa
R. V. Brandt
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Postville
Clermont School News
Dwayne Anderson
David Appelman
Don Appelman
Robert Larson
Kenneth Westpfahl
Ronald Gunderson
Gerald Kittleson
Carmen Loftsgard
Vernon Loftsgard
Gordon Meyer
Millard Nelson
Gerald Schupanitz
Franklin Shipton
Donald Stephens
Eugene Trudo
Lorraine Kittleson
Mary Tschantz
Delores Wede
Norene Amundson
Norma Schave
Donna Thorson
Marjorie Westpfahl
Citizenship Club
Mr. Ressler
John Peterson
Elmer Peterson
Decorah
Mission Society
Lutheran Church
Hans Hanson
Earl Sirpliss
Minneapolis
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Abbott and Costello
Carole Lombard
Jack Benny
Carole
Don Ameche
Joan Bennett
Alka-Seltzer
John Deere
R. L. Olson
Clermont Brick & Sand Co
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