Pocahontas County Board Proceedings and Tax Proposals
Pocahontas county supervisors meet to approve social welfare director appointment and sheriff report. They adopt road blade grading, set tax levies for 1939 40 including a 1 052 mill increase for the poor fund and list detailed county township school and cemetery allocations. Also notice of incorporation for Beckord's Hatchery in Rolfe Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Docahintes
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
Clarence Jensen
O. F. Young
E. Ay
E. F. Reid
Social Welfare Board
County Social Welfare Board
Blade
Grant Township
Bellville Township
Young
Rude
Jensen
Senate
G. A
Board of Assessment and Review
Mills General County
Court House
S. R
Cedar Township
Lizard Township
Cummins Township
Garfield Township
Weniaton Township
Bellville
Cedar
Colfax
Ind
Cummins
Dover
Garfield
Lake
Lincoln
Lincoln Nora
State of
Rolfe
Red Cross appeal and six man football feature
The article urges continued Red Cross support during its annual roll call highlighting relief work for war victims and wounded soldiers. It also discusses six man football, describing its rise in small high schools, field size, downs, and passing emphasis as an alternative to eleven man play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Europe
Ribbentrop
Germany
Chamberlain
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Daladier
Munich
Annanias
Pairing of teams boosts squad depth in upcoming game
Eleven top players make up the first team and a six man second team is selected. The abbreviated lineup stirs interest among players not yet on the first team and offers valuable in-game experience for future advancement.
What Other Editors Say In The Good Old Days
A collage of editorials covers Iowa farming prices parity loans and taxes compare Britain and U S charges. It notes 1939 corn loan parity and northwest Iowa yields. It cites Red Oak Express Ames Forges Ahead Spencer Times and Manson Journal outlooks on war and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Express
Iowa Falls
Round Prairie City
Monroe
Knoxville
Wallaces
Iowa
Red Oak Express
District Legion
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Legionnaires
Congress
Legion
Frank Miles
The
Iowa Legionnaire
Ames
Spencer Times
the Times
Iowa Press Association
Iowa State College
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Corn yield report from Oxford area farmer Al Hister
Al Hister of near Oxford reports an average of 154 bushels of corn per acre on a 2.6 acre tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Hister
Oxford
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
America
H. C. Peterson
Spencer
Hannah Foerst
Hamburg
England
Julius
Marx
Pocahontas
County Board Proceedings
George M. Beckon
Robert C. Beckorg
Boyd
Calligan
Humboldt
Mars
Sherman
Swan
Fonda
Sihmare City
Palmer Ee
General
Pocahontas General
Rolfe General
MR. ‘Soth
Ballor
Y Marion Bruce
Reveille
J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Britain
Christian Science Monitor
Manson Journal
G. A. Everson
M.D
T. D. Jones
Rolfe, Lk
Lester Leserman
Jones Shop
Baldy
F. H. Molyneux
Carl J. White
Kennedy
T. J. Raynes
Aceldett
L. M. Graham
Calla i Anyeret
First Natu Bank
C. R. Barry
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