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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
1
Consolidated with The Reveille on February 12 1914. The venture began in 1888 founded by J J Bruce and was run for years by members of the J H Lighter family.
Henry Ford finally permits a union election at his Detroit plants after years of resisting National Labor Relations Board oversight. The UAW, a CIO union, defeats the AFL by a wide margin, signaling strong labor bargaining power and a shift toward modern labor standards amid widespread war-time politics. France falls deeper under Axis pressure as Paris camps are sent to concentration camps, and war tensions rise between Britain and Germany as France nearly succumbs to Axis demands.
Pocahontas hosts Memorial Day program under American Legion and Auxiliary with Fort Dodges’s Francis Mullin giving the address. Service men meet at 9 a.m. at the courthouse, escort colors to the public school auditorium, then form a procession to two cemeteries for ceremonies. Program includes invocations, songs, band selections, Gettysburg Address, and God Bless America.
A ten year old boy Jackie Mitchell sustained multiple injuries after a bicycle accident near Nashua when he hit a tree stump hole and was thrown from his bike. In Pocahontas, Inez Garrels married Alan Aschenbrenner at the Little Brown church in Nashua with attendants Jeanette Garrels and Don Kyle.
Northfield Independent critiques Lindbergh for not denouncing Nazi brutality and for seeming to pass Nazi censorship while defending American democracy. The piece argues the United States must speak out and aid nations resisting oppression rather than appeasing tyrants.
Mrs. Ernest Walker of near Glenwood reports a Norwegian youth in Seattle high school who escaped the Nazi regime is called a gift from Hitler by his coach. The 16 year old runs the 100 yard dash in 10.1 seconds and shows remarkable speed.
Pickpockets operated during a Monona class play stealing money from several attendees. One victim lost 70 dollars, another 30 dollars, with multiple smaller losses reported. Local police investigate to identify the culprits and recover funds.
Pocahontas County Iowa public notice lists a Board of Apportionment report proposing a special real estate assessment for Secondary Road District No 216. Scheduled hearing before the Board of Supervisors in Pocahontas on June 9 1941 at 2 08 PM. objections must be filed by noon that day. Roy A Johnson County Auditor signs.
The Board of Supervisors met at their Pocahontas Iowa office to discuss the 83.29 schedule for Secondary Road District No 215. County Auditor documented the 2 06 P M agenda time on the ninth day.
A special assessment report has been filed in Pocahontas County Iowa by the Board of Apportionment regarding Secondary Road District No. 240. The schedule lists the proposed levy on all properties within the district and names the Supervisors office as the meeting place and time for public inspection.
The Secondary Road District No. 273 held a hearing at its Pocahontas office at 1 58 P M on June 9 1941 to discuss the estate apportionment under schedule 84 11 of Supervisors. Roy A Johnson appears in the record dated April 28 1941 as part of the proceeding.
Secondary Road District No. 218 estate included within Secondary Road District No. 218, which schedule of 10. You and each of you whose names appear in the within schedule, are hereby notified that said report will come on for hearing before the Board of Supervisors at their office in Pocahontas, Iowa, at 2:24 P. M., on the 9 day of June, 1941. At said hearing, any of the above apportionments may be objected if you file written objections before noon.
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