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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
2
The item lists the Vindicator and Republican Co with editor W E Deming and advertising manager, notes second class mailing, and displays subscription rates within zones for one year. Excludes full city details but provides price points of 2.00 and 2.60.
Unofficial 1940 totals from federal census enumerators show Iowa's population at 2,535,174, an increase of 64,168 since 1930. Northern counties led gains while drought counties mostly declined. urban centers expanded, with Potta wattamie largest drop. Planners project population near 8,000,000 by 1980 if trends continue, with growth concentrated in older age groups and a declining birth rate since 1928.
Glenn Bud Godden son of Mr and Mrs Earl Godden of Emmetsburg a medical student at the University of Iowa recently enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Aeronautics Base at Robertson Mo After training he will be sent to Pensacola Fla to begin flight training for a naval reserve air pilot commission Enlistment is for four years Godden has been a gliders club member and a member of the University band in Iowa City
No cases of sleeping sickness have been reported in Iowa this season to Dr. K W Stouder extension veterinarian at Iowa State College. The disease cycles and last year saw only a few cases. Stouder urges farmers to report any cases and notes wildlife may harbor the disease. Suspected carriers include pheasants waterfowl and rodents and excess wild deaths should be reported.
Pat Kramer, a weed-eradication worker in Faribault County, Minnesota, was badly burned after lighting a cigarette while handling sodium chlorate. His clothes were soaked with the chemical and he burst into flames inside a truck. a fellow worker rushed to help and removed burning clothing as Kramer suffered serious burns.
Spirit Lake Mayor P A Woodward asks residents to curb lawn and garden watering and use water only for essentials due to overtaxed facilities. Jackson’s wells struggle with near capacity as city pumps meet large demand while Estherville reports ample supply from multiple wells. Dorothy Dix notes cheerfulness as a virtue for women, but suggests belligerence if a man returns home drunk with no paycheck.
The double block at Main and Sherman known as the Cowing building is undergoing remodeling to feature a complete double storefront in modern architecture. Purchased by Frank A. Matuska, the landmark originally erected by A. C. Whitman in 1879 with a north store room added by J. W. Cowing in 1887, has housed Jack Sprat and Coast-to-Coast stores for years.
J M Brockway of the Independent Truckers of Iowa estimates commercial motor vehicles support the highway program. He cites that motor trucks paid about 24.6 percent of 1989 motor vehicle registration fees totaling 2 856 000, roughly one third of gasoline tax revenue, with many trucks small delivery types and tires and dual wheels reducing road wear.
Pan-Hellenic Society members hosted a no bridge luncheon at Gull Point Lodge on Lake Okoboji yesterday. About thirty members from national Greek letter sororities attended, followed by bridge and a brief program led by committee chair Mrs. Rhodes who introduced Miss Barbara Cornwell of the Estherville chapter.
Dr Lucas Underwood musician traveler and public speaker will speak at the Church of Christ Sunday morning August 4 at Camp Foster. He will discuss The Case of Christianity in Germany. Born in Salzburg and Munich graduate he holds a PhD in music and teaches piano violin music history and chorus.
Dr. Underwood longtime music critic recounts time in Germany during the decline of the German Republic. Miss Marjorie Christiansen of Ringsted will sing an arrangement of The Lord's Prayer, accompanied at the piano by Ardyce Jensen of Ringsted. Vr
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway requests bids to operate a daily bus service except Sunday from Eagle Grove Iowa to Fox Lake Minnesota. The schedule leaves Eagle Grove at 8:00 a.m. arrives Fox Lake at 12:00 p.m. returns to Eagle Grove by 7:30 p.m. A bus large enough for fourteen passengers and the U. S. mail is required.
Mrs. Preston Grundies of Chicago was seriously injured last Thursday when the tractor she was driving struck a rock. She is recovering at home after being treated at Park View Clinic and moved to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Don Thomas.
A person was struck when they fell directly into the path of a binder cycle, causing an incident on the scene. Authorities investigated the event, with no further details available in the readable fragments.
A large group from Superior Jackson Spirit Lake Estherville St Paul and Milford gathered for a picnic at Pikes Point. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Jud Zerrose Mr and Mrs B Weber Mr and Mrs Leslia Booten and daughter Mr and Mrs Kenneth Thompson Mr and Mrs Leo Hazard and daughter Mr and Mrs Ora Weber Mrs Esta Johnson Mr and Mrs Walter Hasbrook Perry Willison and others. Carlyle celebrated his 18th birthday with family and friends as he spent summer at Lake Park returning with Miles Treadway Warren Olson and Eddie Smith.
Want ads list several pianos including a 1034 Hudson sedan trade in options and a Walnut Spinet at 250 from Gerbrick Music Co. 119 S 7th St. Also an apartment size piano, and a three room apartment for rent with hot water heat and furnished utilities. Contact numbers provided.
A chronology of major World War II milestones from 1939 to 1940, including Germany's invasions and occupations of Norway Denmark and France, the fall of Warsaw and the Netherlands, Dunkerque evacuation, Paris air raids, and eventual armistice. It also notes Italy entering the war and looming assaults on Britain. The text includes massed gun counts and Latin American army estimates.
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