Watch Congressional Fight In Iowa's Sixth District
Governor George A. Wilson travels to California this week and expects to return for the March 5 sixth district special election. The piece notes party friction at the tax commission, with many Democratic division heads and staff amid patronage concerns. A Republican employee jokes about lack of work in the commission offices.
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Refresher School for Iowa Patrolmen Details Training and History
Half of Iowa's highway patrol attends refresher school at Fort Des Moines army post with a second group scheduled for March. Daily routines include calisthenics, first aid, classes from dawn to night, and a review of motor vehicle registration history from 1904 to present, noting growth to over 800000 registrations and substantial revenue.
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Fort Des Moines Army Post
Polk County
Oddities and Local Fluke News From Small Town Iowa
A Sanborn Ace Cafe mishap shows sunlight through a fish bowl catching a cloth curtain, causing minor damage. In Lost Nation a car and a stray striped cat collided after a sudden reversal, with odors lingering. Akron man William Mitchell suffers eye injuries from a refrigerator fire. Gray resident Harold Scott receives an order for four batches of cochin eggs from Bangkok, to be air mailed in four days. Massachusetts Spy volume 1 number 1, a 1770 Boston publication, is found by Dr George A.
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Bruno Carstedt
Harold Scott
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Siam Party
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National Cochin Club
Massachusetts
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Pedestrian Safety and Driving Speed Urged in 60 mph Warning
A safety column warns that 60 mph is too fast when accounting for weather and traffic, comparing impact to a ten story fall. It urges careful driving and emphasizes pedestrians as a major danger, noting over forty percent of 1939 automobile fatalities were pedestrians. Pedestrians should cross only at intersections and crosswalks, and walkkeepers should observe caution in right of way.
Insurance Firms Largest Farmers in Nation
Federal committee evidence shows active competition among insurers for farm mortgages after World War I, making the 26 largest life insurance firms major farm landholders in the United States. They held $756,447,000 in mortgages last year, with about 508,019,009 in Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri and Nebraska.
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2000 Camp Grounds in National Forests
The 48 national forests of the United States now contain more than 2000 public camp grounds.
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United States
Local families relocate and host gatherings in Gander area
Joseph Kjosa and Clifford Gis leson spent Thursday in Manchester while Leslie Larson and family move to the Wettleson farm for the year. Clarence Kirke berg and Carlyle visited the Reierson home. Clavus Jacobson assists at the Tom Hobrannon home. Leslie Lantzard Norma hosted dinner at the VDT Leftégard home. Martin Halverson and family joined Mrs. B. Nelson for supper. Howard Hinson spent Sunday with Mrs. T. Kjosa. Clarence Burden helped Martin Halverson last Friday and Saturday. Several residents move this week including Martin ralversoft to Regina Ness, Otto Warner to Harold Op band tenant house, Geol Gisleden to his new purchase, Anna Johnson home, and Joe Becker to Sam Erickson home. Welcome to newcomers. Emil and Albert Gulavig visited Saturday afternoon. Henry R. Larson and Map Suri guests.
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C. Reierson
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Tom Hubrannon
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Otto Warner
Harold Op
Howe
Geol ‘Gisledén
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Joe Becker
Sam Erickson
Burg
Emil
Albert Gulavig
Monte Criste Mediterranean tourists mythic isle tale
A fragment recounts Monte Criste and the legend surrounding Elba famed as once walled yet never landed upon by a count. It hints at Mediterranean tourists and a mystery about access to the island.
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Cristé
Elba
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