City council faces pool delay amid airport completion debate
Citizens fault council for slow pool progress while airport work continues. Contractors hesitate due to fluctuating costs and looming contracts, with rising prices and Washington indecision affecting bids. Officials insist every effort is made to start pool construction and want regular updates to inform residents.
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Washington
Congress
Park Board
City Park
Umlilie
Oerwein
Open Forum letter defense clears local petitioners
The Daily Register reports that accusations in a yesterday open forum letter signed Vet were untrue about a family petition to stop a moving car on a residential street in Oelwein. The son served in the Marine Corps with an honorable discharge and the father served in World War I in France. The family has paid taxes and owned their home here for 12 years. The paper argues service members deserve a voice and notes no specific names were mentioned.
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Daily Register
Marine Corps
France
Oelwein
Isis
Register
Oelwein Civic Platform Promises Park Beautification
The Register outlines a civic platform urging a building program to keep pace with Oelwein growth, more funds for beautification and maintenance of parks. It also mentions construction of the Oelwein Swimming Pool and extension of Second Ave SE, noting columnist opinions do not reflect the paper’s stance.
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Register
Lake Oelwein
Te Oelwein
Second Ave. S. E
Oelwein Register
Bewa
Teeny-Tiny Bedtime Story of Ducky and Cat
Ducky Doodle Waddle Quack frets his mother does not love him and longs for open country. Mr Feline Cat lures him with tales of forest freedom and playtime without meals or bedtimes. Ducky agrees to follow the slick cat into the woods, awaiting next week for the continuation.
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Ducky Doodle Waddle Quack
Wils
Quack
Ducky
Mr. Feline
Cat
Mr. Cat
Feline Cat
Woodland Grove
Confusion in Government Result of Underlings' Refusal to Take Orders
An analysis by George Ff. Sokols ky argues that subordinates must remain under their superiors and that foreign policy is a presidential function executed by the secretary of state. The piece cites Stettinius, Acheson, Baruch, Hurley, MacArthur, and FCC concerns to illustrate how independent actions undermine orderly government and how constitutional delegation works.
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George Ff. Sokolsky
Ed Stettimus
Stettinius
United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Warren Harding
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
State Department
Bernard Baruch
Acheson-Lilienthal
Mr. Acheson
Mr. Baruch
Pat Hurley
China
General MacArthur
Japan
Two-Tone Hair Do Fad From Paris Draws Gaze
A Paris fashion fad, the two tone hair style, features contrasting top and root colors including purple and auburn. The trend, noted for its bold contrast, inspires playful accessories and unique self expression such as mismatched nail polish to signal moods.
Fragmentary Era Commentary On National Leadership Tone
Fragment of a 1940s opinion column arguing the nation needs orderly leadership and condemning decades of altered systems as causing confusion. Contains political rhetoric with references to responsibility and structure.
Accola Family Hosts Get Acquainted Party in Elgin
Des Moines visitors Dr and Mrs C C Accola spent the weekend at the William Accola home in Elgin. They were joined by Mr and Mrs William Accola’s two daughters and by Mr and Mrs Carl Alleman and Annette of Santa Fe New Mexico visiting the Accola household. Accola and Alleman are cousins. Mrs William Accola and children were guests at a neighbor hood party hosted by Mrs Calrence Tatro.
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C. C. Accola
Des Moines
William Accola
Wiliam Accola
Accola
Carl Alleman
Annette
Santa Fe
N. M
Calrence Tatro
Decades Back News Items Frescoed in Oelwein
A trio of dated notes from 1936 1928 and 1916 recount local visits births marriages and travels. Ed and Mary Steele visit Marengo with relatives while Joe Aiello becomes a father to Mary Carmella. Mary and Marjorie Engels visit Chicago with Perry’s Clarence Ballentine nearby. Daisy Flanagan and Charles Richie wed in Oelwein as A C Wilson attends a Des Moines Pharmacy Commission meeting. Gus Jolson visits his daughter in Red Oak and Delia Blunt returns from Minneapolis. Tom McDonald goes home to Kansas City after a stay with his sister Mrs Crowe.
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Ed Steele
Marengo
Fred Redmond
Oelwein
Steele
Joe Aiello
Mary Carmella
Maude Howell
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Ballentine
Perry
Mary
Marjorie Engels
Chicago
M.G. Simmons
Martha Meyer
University of Iowa
C. Meyer
Daisy Flanagan
Charles Richie
Sumner
Evangelical
A. C. Wilson
Des Moines
Pharmacy Commission
Gus Jolson
Red Oak
C. E. Swartz
Délia Blunt
Minneapolis
Tom McDonald
Kansas City
Frank Crowe
Social gathering notes and kitchen fire at Marblehead
Those present were the honored guests Mrs. William Acecola and children Mrs. Millard Larson Mrs. Ralph Schrader and children Mrs. Glen Nygaard and Pauline Mrs. Emil Johnson Mrs. Gira Amund son Marlene and Rosemary Mrs. Elmer Trudo and Mrs. Irene Ost lie. Refreshments were served by the hostess. St. and Mrs. Melvin Erickson were dinner guests of Inga and Alina Larson Thursday evening. Callers Wednesday Mrs. John Mark and Mrs. L. T. Nelson called on Mrs. Emma Bear Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Heigh Mrs. Witliam Burrow and Mrs. Rich ard Gricbenow were supper guests Wednesday at the Minty Tender halt home near Ossian. Gives Daughter Zero MARBLEHEAD Mass UP The man Edward Humphrey had to put the finishing touches on the homework of his 16 year old daughter Patricia. Answering an alarm he found the blaze was in his own kitchen where Patricia had been conduct ing a chemistry experiment on the gas glove. Humphrey is trying to persuade the bird to change her course from scientific to classi cal Want Ads Bring Results.
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William Acecola
Millard Larson
Ralph Schrader
Glen Nygaard
Pauline
Emil Johnson
Gira Amundson
Marlene
Rosemary
Elmer Trudo
Irene Ostlie
Zero
Marblehead
Mass
Edward Humphrey
Patricia
Humphrey
Veterans Attend Test Pilot School in Cranford England
In Cranford England graduates of the empire test pilot school, costly and demanding, train to fly any plane. Admission requires under 25, 1000 hours, strong math, engineering knowhow, and top fitness. Tuition runs 40000 dollars as 38 World War II veterans begin a nine month course under government or manufacturer sponsorship.
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Cranford
England
Empire
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Intersrate Power Co
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Inga
Alina Larson
John Mark
L. T. Nelson
Emma Bear
Emil Heigh
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Richard Gricbenow
Minty Tender
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