Draft Will Take 1 777 More Iowans During January
Iowa draft authorities announce January quotas raising total to 1 998 to meet Selective Service Act targets. Fort Des Moines serves as Iowa reception center with a flow of about 188 enrollees per day starting Jan 13 until a revised quota of 1 375 is reached. November intake totaled 221, with 34 disqualifications leading to replacements from numerous counties including Kossuth, Woodbury, Lee, Cerro Gordo, Polk and others. The army also notes purchasing 2 100 000 sheets, joking about sleeping between sheets on order.
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Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Knutson
State Selective Service
Kossuth
Woodbury
Lee
Cerro Gordo
Polk
Cass
Montgomery
Mitchell, Green
Pottawattamie
Floyd
Plymouth
Jasper
Grundy Scott
Boone
Webster
Humboldt
Effective Traffic Regulation And Accident Reporting
Police departments should train to investigate automobile accidents promptly and determine each cause. If multiple crashes occur at a locality or intersection, study the conditions there and report all accidents to enable prompt investigation. Once causes are found, address the underlying conditions to improve traffic regulation.
Apple Crop Devastated by November Blizzard in Iowa
Iowa crops suffer severe loss as a November blizzard drives temperatures to near zero. S. W. Edgecombe of Iowa State College estimates next year’s apple yield could be halved or fail entirely. Jonathan Grimes and Delicious trees in Ames lose growth. cambium blackened. Reports from Harrison County and Winterset confirm statewide damage. Nursery stock may also be unsalable as new growth had not hardened off.
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Towa
S. W. Edgecombe
Iowa State College Extension
Jonathan
Grimes
Ames
Edgecombe
Harrison County
Iowa
R S. Berrick
State Horticultural Society
Winterset
Vette All Set
George argues about closing things as they prepare to retire. The nagging wife asks if everything is shut up and George warns that only some things are. A prisoner tells a judge he swore to tell the truth but every time he tries a lawyer objects, highlighting courtroom friction.
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George
V.k.prioner
Snapshot Guild Makes Pictures Better
A discussion on trimming photographs to improve enlargements. Readers learn to mask out unwanted sky or poles and select the picture’s heart using cardboard masks, then enlarge for better detail. The method helps identify stronger compositions and may reveal untapped skill.
Clouds rise over Okoboji as lake steam forms clouds
Residents witness steam rising from Lake Okoboji as a cold northwest wind gathers vapor into fleecy clouds that drift southeast at dusk. The lake begins to freeze by Tuesday morning after a blizzard the night of November 11, marking an unusually early freeze for the area.
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Mother Nature
Spirit Lake
Thought Gems and Goats in Italy Politic
A collection of quick quotes praising the Bible from Hale Coleridge Eddy and Spurgeon, paired with a note on Italy allowing more goat meat sales under Mussolini, implying economic changes and a growing goat supply.
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Coleridge
Mary Baker Eddy
Spurgeon
William H. Seward
Landor
Italy
Mussolini
Paraplegia Sufferer Seeks Help From Local Readers
Detroit man Roger Carr appeals through the Vindicator for contact with other paralysis victims. He reports 516 cases located and 760 similar reports learned by letters to and from 1 447 newspapers. Carr seeks stamps to fund mail replies while sharing his self taught research and notes a Cedar Rapids case cured by massage and diet. Gehrig advised staying physically active to slow atrophy.
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Carr
United States
Cedar Rapids
Town
Webb Ave
Detroit
Mich
Lou Gehrig
Gehrig
Decline in tuberculosis deaths shown in Iowa decade
A 43 percent drop in tuberculosis death rate from 1930 to 1939 is reported by Dr. Walter L. Bierring state health commissioner. The rate fell from 33.3 to 18.9 per 100 000 with 822 deaths in 1930 and 479 in 1939, totaling 6 849 for the period. He credits broad public and professional efforts but urges continued fight through Christmas Seal campaigns.
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Towa
Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
Nash Speed Record in Car Production
Kenosha Wisconsin reports a stunning surge in Nash Motors output as new production lines churn out 400 units daily of the Ambassador 600 and related models. The plant conversion, begun six weeks ago, follows ten months of planning and signals a rapid shift to high-speed manufacture. Sales for the model year rise 105 percent through November 20.
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Kenosha. Wis
Nash Motors
Nash
W. A. Blees
Iowa Lawmaker Seeks More Lard in Kitchens
State Representative Robert D. Blue of Eagle Grove discusses a two fold plan to boost domestic lard use in Iowa. The measure would require yard produced hog fat for home consumption to meet federal interstate standards while addressing competition from substitutes and misleading radio ads and recipes.
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Eagle Grove
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Welfare League Meeting in Estherville Monday Evening
The Estherville Welfare League will hold its final pre Christmas meeting Monday December 16 from 5 to 6 PM at the Welfare office. All members should attend for important business. Jack White attended a refrigeration plant meeting in Omaha over the weekend.
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the Legion Auxiliary
City Hall
Santa
Estherville
Estherville Welfare League
V.R
Jack White
Omaha
Roy Keyes Injured In Freight Car Fall
Roy Keyes, brakeman on the Rock Island, was injured Tuesday evening when he fell from freight car 922. Several ribs were fractured and he was bruised and shaken. V.R Doubtless plans a new business near Charles Town’s explosive industry a beauty shop named the Powder Puff.
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Roy Keyes
Rock Island
Charlestown
The
Powder Puff
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Fear Storm
Cleone
Claudia
Estherville Shoe Store
Che Snapshot Guild
Jack
John van Guilder
Sir Matthew Hale
Jackie Cooper
MGM
Termel
Granville
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Gail
Iwick
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Ashley
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Mainland
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T.B. Club
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International Harvester Company
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