Republicans Split Over National Committeeman
Republicans in dispute over the party post with talk of a possible run by Secretary Wallace for governor. Birmingham is in Washington for a strategy meeting, but expectations of him pressuring Wallace are low. Deposits rose by 30,697,070 in 1939 across 295 savings banks, 240 state banks, and three trust companies despite seven institutions surrendering charters. Col. Hanford MacNider of Mason City is quietly moving to the presidency, with proponents noting his Scottish surname linked to a broader political signal.
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Natorial
Wallace
Birmingham
Washington, D. C
D. W. Bates
Col. Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Col. MacNider
Scottish Society
Sioux City
Governor Names Business Managers At State Institutions
Gov Wilson selects business managers at state institutions under the board of control after the 1939 legislature authorizes the action. The move, announced as former State Senator C L Rigby joins the role, marks the first use of the governor’s appointment power in this mechanism.
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C. L. Rigby
Stanwood
Wilson
Board of Control
Board appoints new state official amid liquor probe
The Iowa board of control names Warren Huebner as secretary to succeed R B Cliff at the state juvenile home in Toledo, while Cliff takes a four year post as superintendent. The board also assigns four year terms for new farm managers with salaries up to 1800 dollars plus maintenance or 600 dollars extra if living off site. A Polk county grand jury probes illegal liquor shipments, with distillery reps present.
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Board of Control
R. B. Cliff
Toledo
Cliff
Warren Huebner
Des Moines
Ed Smith
G. C. Greenwalt
Polk County
Grand Jury
Iowa
Scranton thief plunders infantile paralysis fund box
Around Iowa items report a mean thief stole a collection box for infantile paralysis funds in Scranton. Fire alarms woke Glenwood volunteers at five am as three members hosted a breakfast for firefighters at the station. An Alton fire yarn recalls Chick Homan walking to a call in Hospers. A horse bite led Forest Wilson near Knoxville to shoot a saddle mare. Dorn Rickabaugh, LeMars, died in a navy accident during fleet maneuvers with no details released. C. D. Heras of Tania cleaner patents a clothes dryer. Paul Cox of Maquoketa broke an ankle in a car incident while helping to haul a steel beam. Hawthorne school principal Miss Bachelor saved old magazines for ten years, raising 243.40 for students. Mrs. Harry Chalmers, 72, of West Des Moines, died recently.
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Glenwood
Alton
Chick Homan
Hospers
Dorn Rickabaugh
LeMars
Hawthorne School
Independence
Miss Bachelor
Underage status noted for Mr Hurst in Sac City
Charles Hacke publisher of Sac City received a postcard showing only the words Sac City on the address side and a newspaper portrait of Mr Hacke. The message implies enforcement and the phrase You can't stop Uncle Sam signals a federal context.
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Charles Hacke
Sac City
Mr. Hacke
Uncle Sam
Common Causes of Auto Crashes Revealed by Safety Council
National Safety Council findings show four of five accidents happen on straight dry roads in clear weather. Key causes include speeding, driving on the wrong side, ignoring stops or signals, cutting in, and passing on curves or hills.
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National Safety Council
Chicks Thrive on High Oat Rations Over High Corn Diet
Agricultural notes show vigor differences in chicks fed oats versus corn. Local farmers face seed shortages for red clover and alfalfa due to import costs, while veneer protects orchard trunks from rabbits. Lime is needed to use sweet clover on acid Iowa soils. Angler licenses total nearly 7.5 million nationwide, up 500,000 from 1948. Wildlife numbers rise under a 25-year conservation plan. Fire and grazing protection are urgent for Towns 2,378,000 acres of timber.
Winter farm uses for timber posts and livestock shelter
Farmers can use spare winter time to prepare longer life fence posts by treating soft maple beech birch sweet gum black gum and red oak in coal tar creosote in open tanks to last 10 to 30 years. Pregnant ewes should be housed in draft free quiet shelters with wide doors to withstand storms. A survey shows Iowa chinch bug winter mortality varies with snow cover, higher in counties with less snow.
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Iowa
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Lake Mills
Gilbert Swenson
Olaf Swenson
Red
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Guthrie Center
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Dallas
Ashton
Armon Hodge
Pierson
Floyd Thompson
Elgin
C. B. Rogers
Letts
Mediapolis
Peter Franston
Finley Murphy
Dickens
Wow
Luel Max Hurst
Fairfield
Mabel Oliver Hurst
Scranton
Forest Wilson
Knoxville
C. D. Heras
Tania
Paul Cox
Maquoketa
West Des Moines
Harry Chalmers
Mr. Hurst
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