Reduced Budget Assurance for Iowa State Fair
Cursive notes on weather forecasts lapse as censorship clamps predictions. Weather bureau activities are limited. past records burned to prevent saboteurs. Political announcements loom with Republicans and Democrats preparing gubernatorial bids. Anticipated entrants include Lieut. Gov. B Hickenlooper and Gov. A Wilson, plus W G C Bagley, John M Rankin, and Jessie M Parker as contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
B. B. Hickenlooper
A. Wilson
W. G.C. Bagley
John M. Rankin
Jessie M. Parker
Be On Guard Warns Schools On Annual Fund Heists
Supt. Jessie M. Parker urged school officials to guard against thieves stealing athletic funds during the annual epidemic of break ins. Corning high school vault lost 50 dollars after a basketball game as the season begins, prompting reductions in cash kept in buildings and tighter security.
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Public Instruction
Jessie M. Parker
Corning High School
Miss Parker
Daylight Saving Time Likely in Iowa by February 9
Iowa appears set to adopt daylight saving time starting February 9 with little guidance in law on who sets time or how it is measured. President’s signature on the federal bill suggests broader state adoption, though details remain unresolved and adjustment challenges loom.
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Iowa
Neverther Gress
Tawa
Farmers Face Tougher Tasks As Animals Keep Habits
Farmers will need to adjust to unchanged animal habits, likely adding hours to already crowded days for four farmers.
Pan-American Day Set For April Fourteenth In Iowa
Pan-American day is scheduled for April 14 this year and is expected to gain wider observance than in previous year, when the event drew notable attention in Iowa especially Greenfield.
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Iowa
Greenfield
Welfare agencies to attend Midwest Child Welfare Conference
Welfare town agencies will be represented in the Midwest Region conference of the Child Welfare League of America in St. Paul Minnesota February 5 7. States participating include Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota. Keynote is Children Social Priority No 1. Prominent leaders from across the United States will lead discussions on advances in child welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Welfare League of America
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
United States
Clermont Local News Notes From Nearby Residents
Mrs Link remembered by many as Irene Keenan. Julia Bilden and Sarah Groth helped celebrate Lars Bilden's 80th birthday. Marjorie Olson improves enough to leave hospital and visits Iowa City with her mother and sister. Lolita Blake visits from Dysart weekend. Norman Amundson enlists in Army. wife and others accompany to Cedar Rapids. Many local visits, hospital updates, and family news from W. R. Blake, Gundersons, Helgersons, and neighbors. Correction issued for Red Cross funds. funeral arrangements noted for Perkins and Calahan relatives.
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Minneapolis
Link
Irene Keenan
Julia Bilden
Sarah Groth
Lars Bilden
Louie Olson
Lois
Oakdale
Marjorie Olson
Marjorie
Iowa City
Lolita Blake
Dysart
W. R. Blake
Norman Amundson
Des Moines
Martin Amundson
Herbert Malven
Maynard
Cedar Rapids
Mary Scott
Russell Gruver
Fayette
Robert Steele
W.R. Blake
Mr. Steele
Interstate Power Co
Albert Lea
Edward Kozelka
Postville
Emma Gunderson
Austen Helgerson
Wayne Shipton
Wm. A
Blake
Iowa Public Utilities Assn
W. B. Blake
Thomas Cummings
Nelson J. Link
Henry Kittleson
New York City
Clarence
Flying Corps
Camp Claiborne
Red Cross
John Kaveny
Herman Griechenow
Lee
Sparta
Wis
A. E. Perkins
Perkins
J. J. Lee
William
Kanute Kaveny
Waukon
Raymond Wilson
Dick Schmidt
Andy Redding
West Bend
Harold Burke
Oelwein
Harry Raney
John Sheehy
Dan Burke
Carl Carmichael
F. E. Wiligen
West Union
Local notes and visits from West Union community elders
Harvey Anderson shows pneumonia improvement after a week of illness while Alma Anderson assists at the Walter Follett home. Families exchange travel news as Marvin Davies party departs for two weeks in San Antonio. Appendicitis operation for Arlene Amundson at West Union hospital proceeds well. Various visits and address changes recorded for local residents.
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Harvey Anderson
Alma Anderson
Walter Follett
Marvin Davies
August Burrew
San Antonio
Texas
Harold Landsgard
Donald Kobinger
Anna Kelly
Marshall
Mary Delahrey
Arlene Amundson
Martin Amundson
West Union Hospital
J. C. Halverson
Frank Camp
Methodist Church
West Union
Nels Nelson
Council Bluffs
Jess King
Ben Hubert
Postville
Dick Vargason
Wayne Abel
Helen Abel
Aldean Trude
402
Tech
Area T
Sheppard Field
Richard Griebenow
Thomas ‘Wetherbee
Hawkeye
Local Real Estate Transfers Reported by Abstract Office
Within two weeks ending Jan 23 transfers include Central States Power & Light Corp to State of Iowa WD for $200 for land in Clermont used for a new highway. Fayette County to E R Nutting Qed for $130 Ls 7 88 and 10 B 9 Clermont.
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W. J. Rogers’ Abstract
Central States Power & Light Corp
State of Iowa
Clermont
Fayette County
E. R. Nutting
Save Those Papers West Clermont Mission Society Drive
The West Clermont Mission Society will accept all saved papers and collect them at the Lutheran parsonage garage for disposal through regular channels. If unable to deliver, call Mrs. Martin Nelson for delivery arrangements.
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West Clermont
Clayton County Scrap Iron Contest Dates and Rules
The Clayton County Scrap Iron Contest, run with the U.S. O.D.A War Board, asks farm families to collect and sell scrap iron to support war needs. From January 26 to February 28, 1942, participants can win Defense Stamps for top scrap totals with a 3.00 prize for the top reporter and 2.00 for the runner up. A form from the Elkader AAA office must be signed by the participant, a parent or guardian, and a township AAA committeeman or Farm Bureau director, with weight tickets mailed by February 28, 1942.
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Clayton County
U.S
Clayton County Aaa
Farm Bureau
Elkader
Ekader
Lows
B P Club Hosts First Meeting of Year
The Business and Professional Women's club met January 26 at Mrs. Louise Miller’s home with Norene Boley assisting. Twenty members attended along with guests Mrs. Louis Schutte, Mrs. L. L. Carr, Mrs. Mary Grover, Mrs. Louie Olson and Mrs. T. C. Ressler. The group donated $5 to the Red Cross. High bridge score went to Mrs. Len Simek with Alma Smith in second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Louise Miller
Norene Boley
Louis Schutte
Postville
L. L. Carr
West Union
Mary Grover
Louie Olson
T. C. Ressler
Red Cross
Len Simek
Alma Smith
Out and Back Again at Peterson Home Fire
Chas S Peterson of Grundy Center rushed to join his fire crew but met the fire truck en route. A neighbor reported a blaze at his own home where a chimney burned out with no serious damage. Peterson had previously faced similar chimney fires and laid fire-proof roof covering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. S. Peterson
Grundy Center
Peterson
Fagg's Dairy Fails Milk Delivery in Blizzard at Eldora
In Eldora during a severe blizzard a Fagg's Dairy delivery failed for the first time in 40 years. Attempts to use a horse drawn wagon covered only part of the route. The town also notes a local Army story about Homer Troxel, once sought for enlistment, now a sergeant at 18, born in Grinnell. A penny payment exchange occurs for a hospital birth in Eldora. Carl J. Smith becomes secretary of Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co. of DeWitt, continuing a family line starting with J. Alex Smith.
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Fagg's
Eldora
OWA
O'Leary
Homer Troxel
Eldora Training School
Richard O'Leary
Grinnell
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co
DeWitt
Carl J. Smith
G. M. Smith
J. Alex Smith
Roberts Reports Pearl Harbor Findings To Roosevelt
Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts, head of the investigating commission, discusses the document's contents after delivering a full report on the Pearl Harbor surprise attack to President Roosevelt before leaving the White House on Saturday.
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Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Owen J. Roberts
Dereliction of Duty inquiry names key figures
Weekend coverage cites Admiral Husband E. Washington, Admiral Kimmel, and Lt Gen Walter Short under investigation into Pearl Harbor attack. Justice Roberts leads the inquiry as the country confronts leadership failures and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Husband E. Washington
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Clermont Enterprise
Agnes Paulson
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
C, Jerdee
Clermont, Iowa
R. V. Brandt
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Ghe
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
James Ellison
Jerry Colonna
Jce
Penny Singleton
Glenn Ford
George Sanders
Gay Falcon
Abbott and Costello
Disney Cartoon & Broadway
Joan Blondel
Bennie Barnes
Jinx Fatherburg
Buddy Rogers
Humphry Bogart
Mary Astor
Clayton County Scrap Iron Contest
Eldora Hospital
Eugene Huisman
Wellsburg
Washington, D. C
White House
Roberts
Press of
Mr. Farmer
Agricultural Records
Echo-Enterprise
the Echo- Enterprise
Elgin
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