Iowa Selective Service to conduct July 1 registration
State Director Charles J. Grahl announced that local boards will conduct the second registration for military training on July 1 with hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Registrants must include those who have turned 21 since October 16, 1940. Most will register at local boards, with alternate sites allowed if needed. Grahl stressed cooperation and health as keys to national defense and noted farm labor shortages and high rejection rates for medical reasons.
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Selective Service Boards
Tawa
Charles J. Grahl
Grahl
Bureau of the Census
Washington
D. C
Charles I 1
United States
Charles H. Grahl
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
South Atlantic
East South Central
West South Central
Mountain
Pacific
Field Scout Executive Joins Central Iowa Area Council
Paul F E Johnson will arrive in Marshalltown on June 16 to serve as Field Scout Executive for the Central Iowa Area Council. A 27 year Scouting volunteer and professional, he has held key roles in Kansas and joins thanks to a $2600 grant from Frank Phillips of Bartlesville Oklahoma to expand Scouting in Hardin Jasper Marion Marshall Poweshiek and Tama Counties. He studied at Kansas State College and previously coached at Topeka High School.
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Tral
Iowa
Wamego
Kansas
Kaw Council
Kansas City
Johnson
Kansas State College
Topeka High School
Garnett
Central Town Area
Can Buy Drivers Licenses at City Office Next Week
Renewal of driving licenses drew a large crowd at Sheriff Paul Applegate’s office with 327 applications filed by 5 pm. To aid county residents, filing will also occur in Melcher, Bussey, Pella, Pleasantville, and Knoxville at designated dates and hours through mid July.
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Paul Applegate
Pella
Pleasantville
Bussey
Melcher
Knoxville
City Hall
Barnace Vander Linden
State Bank of
Lankelma
Sheriff's Ofee
Men Over 28 To Be Deferred In The Draft
The Senate unanimously adopted a selective service amendment authorizing President Roosevelt to defer men who reach 28 by July 1. The plan lowers the draft age from 35 to 28, while men aged 28 to 85 would not be fully excused but deferred from service.
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Washington
U. P
Senate
Roosevelt
Oskaloona Heral
Army recruit stories from Iowa reflect grumbling enlistment hopes
A reader writes about army life in Iowa amid odd exchanges and jokes. He mentions a registrant rejected for bad teeth and a selectee's gripe about food including spinach and carrots. The piece blends humor with recruitment strain and questions about duty.
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Iowa
Authorities target drivers outside the law in Pella
Court records show city officials cracking down on traffic violators. Two underage boys without licenses were arrested and fined five dollars eighty five cents each, with parents held liable. A Mahaska County youth, chased for speeding at seventy five mph and eluding officers, paid about twenty dollars after appearing before the court. City officers aim to keep Pella streets safe for good drivers.
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Mahaska County
Pella’s
Settlement of $1,500 damage case reaches accord in court
Arie L Van Rees of Pella and Ardis Van Rees settle with Marion Van Dusseldorp for $709.70 after a March 18, 1941 collision near Pella. Funds allocates $810 for a doctor bill, $189 for Mahaska hospital, and $10 for nurse Ethel Smith. defendant to pay costs. Settlement does not admit fault.
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Ardis van Rees
Arie L. van Rees
Pella
Marion van Dusseldorp
Mahaska District
Dr. Fox
Mahuske, Hospital
Misa Ethel Smith
van Dusseldorp
Oskaloosa Herald
Synod Closed After 135th General Meeting at Hope College
The 135th General Synod of the Reformed Church in America met in Holland Michigan from June 4 to June 10 in connection with Hope College’s 75th anniversary. Highlights included the Hope College pageant The Pilgrim, a visit by Princess Juliana who received an LL.D., and the unexpected arrival of Prince Bernhard. Pre-synod sessions featured addresses by Toyohiko Kagawa and Paul Moody, with elected officers Rev Simon Blocker and Rev John Brock. The assembly reported about 164000 members and $4 million raised, and elected three new professors for Western Theological Seminary.
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General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Holland
Michigan
Hope College
E. D. Dimnent
Riverview Park
Synod
Juliana of the
Netherlands
Pres. Wynand Wichers
Prince Bernhard
Juliana
Dr. Romig
New York City
Denominaton
Kagawa
Toyohiko Kagawa
Reformed Church
Japan
Wyckhof
Paul D. Moody
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Vermont
J. R. Mulder
Frederick Zimmerman
Secury
Board of Domestic Missions
Edgar Franklin Romig
Lonenga
Goulooze
Simon Blocker
D. D
Western Theological Seminary
John Y. Brock
Plainfield
N. J
Romig
Geo. H. Mennenxa
Th. M
Lester J. Kuyer
Wm. Goulooze
Army Chaplains Aid Growth In Contributory Annuity Fund
The Ministers Income Fund reports 294 clergy have joined the Contributory Annuity Plan, about 48 percent of eligible ministers. The Synod opposes social security taxes on church workers and notes the draft’s impact. Addresses by Dr Paul Moody and Rev Herman Kresel highlight church defense service roles. The church has one permanent chaplain and seven reserve chaplains in active service, with two more about to enter. The Synod sets a benevolence goal of $737,000 with a possible 5 percent increase and condemns bingo and card parties as fundraising. A world-wide communion service is ordered with other denominations. The Denominational paper Intelligencer-Leader reports 18,000 subscribers. a pageant by Col. Togo and a talk on Higher Christian Education follow. Monday’s crowd anticipated Princess Juliana’s visit. forum plans were dropped. The Foreign Missions budget is $270,000, with total needs at $329,097. The 1942 mission centennial marks Rev. Abeel’s Amoy landing in 1842. celebrations will send reinforcements and raise $10,000 for native ministry training. The Domestic Missions budget totals $203,548, aiding 137 churches and operating in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Mexico, Alabama, Kentucky, the Southwest, and among Japanese and Italians in the East. The Education Board report continues on Page 12.
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Army Chaplain Service
Nsion Fund
Crs
Synod
Paul D. Moody
Federal Council
Commission On Army and Navy
Herman Kresel
Fort Bliss
Ei Paso
Texas
Lik
Col- Togo
Br. ED. Dimnent
Pres
Henry Sweets
D. D
Presbyterian Church
U. S, Louisville
John “A. Dykstra
D.D
Grand Rapi
Juliana
Board of Foreign Missions
China
David Abeel
Amoy
South Fukien
Board of Domestic Missions
St. Thomas
Virgin Is Indis
Mexico
Alabama
Kentucky Mountains
Board of Education
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Ann Tawa
Olin Wesley Epperson
Oren Leslie Epperson
Marshall County Board
Green Top
Lyon County
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Buddy
Central
Iow
Paul FE. Johnson
Marshalltown
Cen
Paul E. Johnson
General Hauling
Chronicle
Eddyville
Princess Juliana of the
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BPS
van den Berg Electric and Paint Company
Ieeves
Crd
Intelligencer-Leader
TOM Sawyer
2S & S Blue Chambray
D. Desar Adel
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