Rol screenings and office news from a small factory
The factory and office force enjoyed a holiday on Monday November 11. Jay Downey was ill the first of the week. Earl Black plans a week in Minnesota and a home. A girl voted for the first time, George Hargrove enlisted as a Second Lieutenant at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Christmas party preparations begin for December 1. Verne West attends transport school in Des Moines weekly. Several sales orders arrive from Indianapolis Binghamton Albany and Tuskegee Institute. Venetian Blind orders include many locations and a Red Cross request prompts support.
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Jay Downey
Earl Black
Minnesota
Earl
George Hargrove
George
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Verne West
Transportation School
Des Moines
Des Moines Transportation Club
Des Moines Public Schools
W H H Barker Dies at Home in Knoxville
W H H Barker, longtime resident with roots in Pella and Knoxville, died at home on November 8 after heart trouble. He served in the Civil War, studied dentistry and medicine, invented a polishing machine, and nurtured an arboretum that helped designate the sycamore as the official American peace tree. He left a daughter, ten grandchildren, and a great granddaughter, with funeral services at Knoxville Presbyterian Church.
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Clay Township
Mahaska County
Durham Ford
Hellefountainerancis
A. Barker
Pella
Barker
Fort Madison
Third
Iowa Cavalry
Frank
George
Tex
Kim Edwards
Harry Ovens
Knoxville
Captain Barker
J. H. Garrison
Catherine Barker
Ruth Smith
Harvey
Hanford MacNider
Plain Barker
Eleanor Kimmuell
Nellie Barker Bates
South Pasadena
Califora
Knoxville Presbyterian Church
J. L. Bond
Rov. Bstin
Ehaed Ag
Graceland Cemetery
Oskaloosa Herald
Townsmen urged to honor draftees by Lt. Lancaster
Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Lancaster of State Selective Service headquarters in Des Moines urges townspeople to honor draftees with farewell parties and ongoing support. He recommends social efforts to help with problems, commemorations on birthdays and holidays, regular letters, and ensuring the return to old jobs. He notes servicemen seek home backing even amid the camp life.
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Ralph Lancaster
State Selective Service Headquarters
Des Moines
Lancaster
Conete
Taxpayers Meet in Des Moines Lead Speaker Eldean Rideau
The sixth annual Town Taxpayers Association meeting at Hotel Fort Des Moines will feature Fred A. E dean of New York as headline speaker and Tax Foundation leader Eldean Rideau discussing the New Democracy. The event opens Friday with luncheon and a full day program, while draft and national unity themes echo through a related message from University of Wisconsin official C A Dykstra on education and civic duty.
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Town Taxpayers Association
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Joe L. Long
Rideau
Eldean
New Democracy
Iris
Long
Lancaster
United States
C. A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Selective Service
Mr. Dykstra
America
Mr. Dykst
Public letter proposes aid plan for needy by farmers
D De Bruin urges readers to help Dakota drought victims by donating one bushel of corn per acre from each farmer. He recalls past fruit and vegetable surplus efforts and asks for a community meeting to organize the plan.
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DE Bruin
Chronicle
D. de Bruin
Pella
South Dakota
Dakota
State Superintendent visits Central students and faculty
The state superintendent of public schools met Central students who felt the discussion benefited them. Dean Williams hosted Miss Parker for luncheon with all women faculty at Graham Hall and later toured the student industries, leaving with bulbs. Poor weather kept Miss Parker from attending the Penn-Central game but she wished Central's team success.
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Dean Williams
Miss Parker
Graham Hall
Student Industries
Central
Des Moines Visit Sparks Return Talk and Leather Itinerary
A resident expresses enthusiasm for another visit to Des Moines and the Central family shares anticipation for her return. A related note states the automobile industry consumes more than two thirds of all leather upholstery processed in the United States.
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United States
Des Moines
Tourists spend large sum on equipment gifts in 1938 39
American tourists last year spent a billion and a quarter dollars for equipment, gifts and souvenirs. Mississippi leads in percentage of motor vehicles registered from 1938 through 1939 with an increase of 13.4 percent.
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Mississippi
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