State Owned Cars Not for Personal Use Continued
State officials debate a dispatch system requiring drivers to log travel between home and office and to track mileage. An inspector may be added to audit cars not meeting expected mileage, with some officials resisting the shift from state to personal cars. Governor Wilson set a precedent by choosing personal cars for commuting, influencing others to follow.
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Tootale
Ouneil Bluffs
Creston
Reston
Winterset
Executive Council
Way
Des Moines
Homer
George A. Wilson
Audits loom over attorney general and bank receiver cases
Attorney General Fred D. Everett and staff consider a special audit of receiver ship activities at the closed Johnson County Savings Bank in Iowa City while another detailed audit for the state banking department nears completion. Separately, reports recount a string of local barn fires, a Churchill Canada memory, a near-fatal tractor incident, a cow pasture cistern rescue, scaffold fall, and a turkey flock loss to dogs as Thanksgiving approaches.
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Attorney General's Department
Fred D. Everett
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City
Romain
State Banking Department
Views on Present Issue by Congressman Talle
Congressman Talle voices stance on current issue and war policy. Refers to Sioux county case involving Steve Farris and a death by suicide after a postponed hearing. Discusses economic cautions of cash and carry, munitions demand, and American security advantages across oceans.
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Sioux County
Steve Farris
Farris
South America
Shylock
Europe
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Rumored Iowa liquor office move under lease questions
Reports say the Iowa liquor control commission, its warehouse and Store No 1 may relocate after the existing lease expired last spring. Executive council rent offers were rejected, and a new site near rail access is under consideration, with unclear plans for whether HQ, warehouse, and Store No 1 will share a building or move together.
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Executive Council
Commission
Soldier Esther Price Injured by Accidental Rifle Fire
Esther Price of Marengo describes the impact of a .22 caliber bullet that struck her leg after an accidental discharge by her brother during rat hunting. She expects to recover. The Iowa conservation commission places frogs under license rules. a fishing license will be required for frog hunting this fall.
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Edward Weihe
Tripoli
Etter
Weihe
Esther Price
Marengo
Europe
Iowa Conservation Commission
Local team eyes home court fate in tense outlook
The report hints at a potential loss at home as a key outcome. It discusses the challenge of securing victory on familiar turf and the implications for standings and momentum heading into the next game.
Simple speed formula for stopping distance at sixty mph
An English judge proposed a quick rule to gauge feet traveled per second. Add half the speedometer reading to the speed to estimate feet per second and judge stopping ability. At sixty mph this equals about 90 feet per second, underscoring the need for good brakes and wise speed choice.
After the War and the Endless Peace Cycle
Fred Biermann warns in the Mason City Globe-Gazette that after every war, victors and losers drink from bitter peace and seek revenge. He argues only a world league can settle disputes without killing, preventing endless cycles of conflict.
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Fred Biermann
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Clermont man complains wife cleans up clutter
A Clermont man says his wife must pick up many items left on the floor by him which prevents her from doing bend over exercises for weight loss. The exchange notes caution against selling wartime munitions to Europe and suggests keeping them for domestic use.
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Ned
Railroad Wreck Near Erie No One Killed Thirty Two Cars Involved
Farmers in Erie northeast of Moline watched a C B and Q freight wreck when sixteen cars piled up in a pasture two miles south of Erie. A loose engine shoe caused the crash. No fatalities were reported.
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Erie
Pan American Neutrality Conference Opens in Panama City
Delegates from twenty one American nations meet in Panama City for the first formal discussion of hemispheric neutrality. A leading proposal favors creating an American safety zone exempting belligerent activities from the region.
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Panama City
Panama
Americas
Hemisphere
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Marjorie Scheel
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Farmers’ Savings Bank
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Postville
Vicinity
J. F. Miller
J. A. Erickson
Fred Barrett
Nevada
Stanton Marquardt
Churchill
Canada
Marquardt
Tee
Joe McCord
Page County
Mes
Chris Hansen
Harlan
Cylinder
Harold Fries
Don Hunsecker
Central City
Cong
Talle
Hampton Chronicle
M. McInerny
Ottumwa
James Hicks
Montezuma
West Liberty
Hicks
Buddy Johnson
Felix Johnson
Mystic
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