Carrying Reform A Little Too Far In Politics
A report critiques the Hatch bill amendments aimed at restricting government employee political activity and imposing penalties for donations to political parties. It notes Republican opposition to curbing capitalists and cites large contributions to the Republican campaign fund. The piece also covers Iowa library shortages and a Gallup poll on farm voters favoring Republicans with favorable views on the farm program and tariff concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankhead
Senate
du Pont
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Gallup
Midwest
Henry Wallace
Editorials Debate Machinery and Economic Policy
The piece argues against taxing machine use to curb unemployment, contending long-run living standards rise with mechanization. It notes the machine age boosted life quality, while acknowledging short-term job displacement. It also surveys Iowa political activity and census questions amid party convention dates and delegate allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Congress
Webster City Freeman
National Bureau of Economic Research
National Industrial Conference Board
American Home Economics Association
Actuarial Society of Ameria
Tobey
Old magazines fund Hawthorne School efforts in Independence
Principal Miss Bachelor saved magazines for ten years at Hawthorne school and raised 243.40 which was used entirely for student benefits. Nearby, the Swenson family suffered in a cold snap as Gilbert lost an arm to a corn picker and Olaf died from cold exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne School
Independence
Miss Bachelor
Froze Hardinck
Swensons
Lake Mills
Gilbert Swenson
Olaf Swenson
Newspaper Bits and Gags from a Country Weekly
A reader sent home brew and a wedding notice plus an auction sale of farm items. The spoof mix includes humor about editors, a tramp tale, and a joke about a self splitting walnut. Also notes a LeMars sailor killed in a navy accident during fleet maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Lucy
Anderson
Jackson
John Deere
Don, Rickabaugh
LeMars
Hearing on Establishment of Proposed Secondary Road District
Pocahontas County Iowa seeks a gravel surfaced road district by petition filed in the County Auditor's office. The Board of Supervisors will hear the matter at the Court House in Pocahontas on April 2 at 2 12 PM. Roy A. Johnson, County Auditor, dated March 11 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors Ter
Roy A. Johnson
Board of ‘Supervisors
Towa
Notice of Public Sale for Pocahontas Township April 2 1940
Public sale announced for Pocahontas Township on April 2 1940 at 2 00 o clock PM. All interested persons are notified to attend and submit bids as directed by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Notice of hearing on proposed secondary road district establishment
The Pocahontas County Auditor announces a hearing on a petition to establish a district to surface gravel roads starting at the northeast corner of Section 5-93-32 and extending west one mile. The district would cover real estate in Subdivision Section Two Range . Owner Mary EK Tyler. Hearing before the Board of Supervisors at 2 PM on March 11, 1940, and again on April 2, 1940, at the courthouse in Pocahontas Iowa. Roy A Johnson, County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Auditor
Pocahontas County
Road District Hearing on Gravel Road Surface in Pocahontas
A. M. Hofert announces a hearing at the Court House in Pocahontas Iowa at 2 08 PM. The meeting concerns gravel surfacing on Northwest corner of Section 2 98 32 and along South one mile between Sections 2 and 8 93 32. Residents may appear and be heard.
Notice of Hearing on Establishment of Private Road
County auditor of Pocahontas County Iowa gives notice of hearing before the Board of Supervisors at the Pocahontas courthouse on April 2 1940 at 2 04 PM to consider surfacing a gravel road described as the North quarter corner of Section 2 and the West half of Sections 29 83 and 85 81 with property belonging to the district and interested parties invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Hearing on Establishment of Proposed Secondary Road District
Notice states a hearing at the Pocahontas Iowa courthouse on March 11, 1940 at 2 10 PM regarding establishing a proposed secondary road district at the southeast corner of Section 4 93 32 and adjacent areas. listed owners include Mabel Hoyt John Henderson Chas R Henderson Agnes C Garlock Guy Barker Frank Climpson et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Hoyt
John Henderson
Chas. R. Henderson
Agnes C. Garlock
Subdivision Hearing Notice for Pocahontas Iowa
Said petition will come on for hearing before the Board of Supervisors at their office in the Court House in Pocahontas Iowa at 2 06 oclock P M 21 The notice lists names A M Hefert George Majorowicz John Hancock Mutual Life Ins Co Mutual Trust Life Ins Cal Chicago Co R Linn B F Rutgers and references SE4 1 93 NW34 12 98 SWi NW 12 98 SEA NW3 82 ange 32 82
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Harris
Lee MacVey i
Metro. Life Ins. Co
Metro Life Ins. Co
Violet R. Anderson Higgins
Sea
Wi Nees
A. M. Hefert
George Majorowicz
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co
Mutual Trust Life Ins
Cal
Chicago
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the Arrow
Marion Bruce
Reveille
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Rolfe
United States
Gertrude Dieken
Iowa Farm Economist
Manch
Farmers Like Farm
Des Moines
Gedar Rapids
Miller
Republican National Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Europe
Middlewest
Linotype
Harold Grafton
Confucius
Range
NE & NW
Mary EK
Tyler
A. M. Hofert
Geo, Corray
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Qtto
Wi Nes & Earl R. Smith
Hamilton
Loren Peas
Alva
Ey Dee Sea
Guy Barker, Et al
Frank, Climpson
Ange
Rolfe State Bank
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