One Year Training Promise In New Draft Order
The White House indicates selectees will spend one year in military training before returning to private life. An executive order sets 900000 inductees for the year starting July 1. Hassett said the year’s training aligns with the current fiscal year’s terms as induction plans shift. A court of new orders includes a defense office, a defense service medal, and a good conduct medal for enlisted service. House leaders delay 10 days on a bill to defer training for men turning 28 next Tuesday, affecting immediate deferment status and potential inductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
United States
William D. Hassett
War Department
Hassett
Office of Emergency Management
National Defense Research Committee
Armed Service
Rosevelt
House
Washington
Senate
House Military Committee
Defense Bond and Stamp Quiz Series Begun by Vindicator
The Vindicator and Republican launches a Defense Bond Quiz to explain the new Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps to the public. The series starts in this issue with questions and answers about the defense issues for bond and stamp buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Petersons Leadership in Iowa Knights Templar Officers
R B Grapengeter of Maquoketa elected grand commander at Templar park session to succeed C C Petty of Des Moines. Other newly installed officers include Earl 5 Dagger deputy grand commander and T TH Knutson generalissimo, with several captains generals wardens and trustees named across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Grapengeter
Maquoketa
Iowa
Knights Templar
Templar Park
C. C. Petty
Des Moines
Earl
Dagger
Ottumwa
T. TH. Knutson
Marshalltown
Earl H. Winders
Fort Dodge
Earl B. Delzell
Cedar Rapids
Ray W. McMellon
Council Bluffs
R. L. Degan
Waterloo
Clinton Easter
Boone
Recorder
David A. Coffeen
J. Fred Alber
Grand Charity Fund
Rev. C. Ed. Holyoke
Magnoketa
Lester Boettcher
Marion
J. J. Pelmulder
Frederic M. Miller
Frederic B. Parker
Rock Rapids
Ray Lyle
Sioux City
John Petersen
Estherville
J. J. Knapper
Jefferson
Last day to file Iowa auto license renewals July 5
Commissioner of Public Safety Karl W. Fischer warns all Iowa drivers that July 5 is the final date to renew 1941 48 licenses. Lapsed renewals require a full exam, renewal clerks close after July 5. Applicants urged to use money orders or checks, not coins, and to avoid long lines by renewing now. Temporary receipts extend licenses to date of renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl W. Fischer
Public Safety
Fischer
Towans
United States
Iowa
Local Markets Summary of Poultry and Grain Prices
Heavy Hens over 5 pounds and 4 to 6 pounds listed with price ranges. Light and Leghorn Hens and Heavy Cox over 6 pounds noted. Egg grades No 1 and No 2 Cream and Sweet Cream. Corn, oats, flax, barley priced per bushel. soybeans listed with price range 80 to 46 cents for unspecified unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leghorn
Cox
Leghorn Cox Hennery
Coal Bin Made Into Farm Shop at High School
The former coal bin behind the old high school is being remodeled into a farm mechanics room. New floors, windows, and a reinforced roof are planned with the floor raised to store coal underneath. Glenn Shearmann will teach and demonstrate there on completion as an NYA project supervised by I N Salyers, with about ten boys employed daily. A recreation room is also being prepared in the Jackson school basement to provide indoor space for pupils during bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Shearmann
NYA
I. N. Salyers
Jackson
Jackson School
Rainfall Surges As Heat Keeps Pressing Into June
June totals reach 6.43 inches with temperatures pegged between 85 and 90 degrees most days. Residents report stifling air and sinus irritations while a Sunday evening thunder rumble frightened locals. No serious damage reported as figures show daily highs from June 26 to June 30 and lows around 60s.
Work Begins to Turn Peddie Property Into State Park
Ten Emmetsburg youths employed by the National Youth Administration started cleanup at the former Peddie property north of Emmetsburg to create a state park on Medium Lake. Supervisor W E Griggs, previously with NYA work at Ambrose A Call State Park, oversees the project. Up to 40 youths are expected before mid July as the area is opened to the public this summer. Verl McDonough of Webster City plans to visit relatives in Estherville for the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peddie
Emmetsburg
National Youth Administration
W. E Griggs
Griggs
Ambrose A. Call
Algona
Tegown
Medium Lake
Emmet county costs per resident drop to 2.65 in 1989
Emmet county total administrative expense for 1989 was 85,563 dollars, yielding 2.65 dollars per person for operating county offices. The report notes declines from 1988 and lists per person costs for various counties. Supt. Kyle Jones has resigned Graettinger schools to join Coon Rapids, where enrollment nears 200.
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Kyle Jones
Graettinger
Coon Rapids
Jones
Graettinger Schools
Emmet
Town Taxpayers Association
Board of Supervisors
Clarke
Ringgold
Audubon
Osceola
Wayne
Winnebago
Taylor
Humboldt
Dickinson
Kossuth
Palo Alto County
Ilowa
Auditor of State
Boards of Supervisors
Iowa
Park
Lucas
Jefferson
Madison
Davis
Jackson
Howard
Decatur
Sioux
Butler
Henry
Cherokee
Boone
Marshall
Black Hawk
Lyon
Delaware
Palo Alto
Dickinson County
Algona Fourth of July Program Promises Thrills and Races
Algona hosts a July fourth celebration with jallopy races, two baseball games St Joe vs Algona and Lone Rock vs Wesley, afternoon and evening acts, a special act, fireworks and a Rhythm Club dance. Highlights include school band concerts and a 1:30 start with flag ceremony and time trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
St. Joe
Lone Rock
Wesley
Algona High School
Algota High School
Funeral Services Held for Emmet County Lady
Mrs. Lewis Christopher, 73, of Graettinger, died at home on June 18. Funeral services were held at the home and at the Graettinger Methodist church, with burial in High Lake cemetery. Survived by a widower, two daughters Cora and Mrs. Vesta Nefstead of Newton, two sons Lewis and Paul Nefstead of Newton, a sister Mrs. Carrie Sisco of Waterloo, and a brother in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Christopher
Graettinger
Wm. Bohi
High Lake
Christopher
Emmet County
Cedar Falls
Newton
Cora
Vesta Nefstead
Brandsons
Lewis and Paul Nefstead
Carrie Sisco
Waterloo
Idaho
Miss Berna Hansen Resigns from Roosevelt School Faculty
Miss Berna Hansen resigns from her role as music and English teacher for grades four through six at Roosevelt Ichool. No reason given. replacement pending per Supt. N. E. Demoney. Glenn Balmer called to selective service. if he passes, his local faculty post will be vacant. H. E. Sponberg, elected as speech director and English teacher, returns contract to take University of Minnesota post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berna Hansen
Roosevelt Ichool
N. E. Demoney
Glenn Balmer
Des Moines
H. E. Sponberg
Wauseka
Minn
Harry Lyle
University of Minnesota
Misa Stephanie Cowling
Dolliver
Mabel Kruse
Sutherland
Have
Spencer Council OKs a $5,000 Airport Hangar
The Spencer city council authorized the airort committee to build a 50 by 140 foot hangar at the new municipal airport west of the city. Spencer has been without a hangar since a September fire destroyed the old hangar on the former field south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Airtory Committee
al Spearer
CPT Classes Start for Fourth Civiling Center Training
The first ground school session for the CPT training course met Friday evening with Warner Kirlin, Dean of the Junior college, presiding. Blight instruction will begin this week with Dave Cafie and Ralph Bryan as instructors. classes run six nights from 8:00 to 10:09 p.m. No Sundays. Enrollees include Minoree We Begg of Estherville, Toye N Boone of Esthery, John OF Camden of Armstrong, Donald Edge of Emmetsburg, Keith Frost of Spirit Lake, Alluy Gunderson of Wallingford, Melvin McDonald of Emmetsburg, Gen M Augus of Fatherville, Richard Spies of Crvellinger, and Stanley Wogen of Estherville. Ralph Miller of Cafliver is first alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groud Seliout
Warner Kirlin
Dave Caffie
Ralph Bryan
Simmmer
CPT
Minuree We Beggweas
Esthervilly
Toye N Boone
Esthery
John
Records Show Nearly 300000 Men Registered
State Selective Service records indicate 285150 white men and 1951 negroes registered in Iowa up to May 31 1940 with 2065 whites and 27 negroes registered since October 16 1940. Classifications complete for 121789 whites and 718 negroes with physical exams for 2420 whites and 289 negroes. Induction data show 7807 whites and 11 negroes accepted. 1780 whites and 22 negroes rejected. 5 whites and 3 negroes failed to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Resignation of Rev Mandlager to take Montana pastorate
Rev Mandlager resigns as pastor of the First Lutheran Church Graettinger and Our Savior's Lutheran Lost Island to accept a four-church Montana call at Sig Sandy. A church meeting will decide on the resignation. He has led Graettinger for about twelve years, overseeing new church buildings and parochial home renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mo Middsager
First Lutheran Church
Graettinger
Lost Island
Mandsager
Sig Sandy
Montana
Red" Tox
Cedar Falls
Iowa 4-H youths win scholarships for Farm Youth School
Melvin Scott of Wallingford is among 95 Iowa 4-H members selected to receive scholarships for the first annual Iowa Farm Youth School at Ames. July 22 to August 28, winners were chosen on character, ability, and leadership. five counties await remaining selections. Scholarships total $4,000 funded by Bankers Life Co of Des Moines to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Scott
Wallingford
Iowa 4-H Club
Lowa Farm
Ames
Robert Clark
Extension
Coral Youths
Clark
Farm Vowels
Iowa State College Pines
Bankers Life Company of
Des Moines
Ve. Vhumme Gant
Hove
Alist
Mrs Wathen 25 Dies After Short Illness
Funeral services for Mrs. Wathen, 25, of Superior will be Sunday at the schoolhouse. She died Thursday night at her home after a brief illness following a serious pneumonia in childhood. Surviving: husband a state fisheries division seining crew member, a daughter and a month old baby. Parents Mr. and Mrs Oral Shephant of Orleans, a brother Set Shepard. She lived in Superior. she was the former Orgy Shephard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bop Wathen
Superior
Wathen
State Hshertes Division Seining Crew
Oral Shephant
Orleans
Wind
Set Shephard
Shephard
Cars Tie Up Traffic After Friday Intersection Mishap
Estherville resident A Minthire and Griggsville resident Melvin Bare met at the North Eighth Street Bevenil Avenue intersection. Rev Mathre, on Second Avenue north, was struck by a Barr amtymobile traveling south on Eighth Street. Mathre escaped with minor injuries while Bare, an engineer in the Cited Star Army, was en route to Little Rock, Iowa, for furlough. The Barr amtymobile suffered a sprung frame and left front damage.
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A. Minthire
Estherville
Sind
Melvin B. Bare
Griggsville
North Eighth Street
Bevenil Avenue
Mathre
Pony Quest
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
Bart
Star Army
Little Rock
Towa
Warner Passes High Government Flying Tests
Charles Warner of Emmetsburg and Harry Coffer, instructor from Ratherville, flew to Lesters to take the final pilot examination under a government inspector. He passed without difficulty and, along with Estherville Junior college students, becomes eligible for private pilot status. may continue to advanced flying if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warner
Emmetsburg
Harry Coffer
Ratherville
Lesters
United States
Charles
Estherville
Marriages Reported at Motherville Lutheran Parsonage
Miss Dorothy Mardress and Mr Adolph J Moen wed at the Motherville Lutheran church parsonage. The ceremony was conducted by G A Mathre with witnesses Mrs Frey of Nicollet. The couple will reside in Mankato where he teaches in the public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gine Ao
Dorothy Mat Nartress
Junge
Adolph J, Moen
Reber M. Goilderd
Tyan Bo Mart
Lucille MM
Wagner
Marmiate
Miss Wagner
Mr Hurt
Motherville Lutheran Church
Che Key
G. A. Mathre
Jonn Ot. Frey
Nicotlett, Minn
Draft audience lists temporary 1-A ratings for local draftees
The notice lists 26 registrants given temporary 1-A ratings as the draft proceeds. It names order numbers from T71 to 900 and cites towns such as Estherville Gruver Leesa and Wallingford. Glenn Balmer is named as first replacement for the group leaving July 14, with a temporary deferment for Robert Arthur Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Balmer
Estherville High School
Robert Arthur Andrews
Gruver
Henry Clifford Hansen
Estherville
Kenneth Severen Plyverson
Aller J. Burkart
William Lyle Lough
Dolliver
Vernon Harold Anderson
Glen Raymanth Walinastherville
Kert Alexander Markenzie
Rad
Karl Iverson
Wallingford
Melvin le Athey
Norman Rindsig Nygaard
Amd
Melvin Forest Jackman
Leesa, Db
Ek Robert Eta
Iowa liquor store customers more than double since 1934
Iowa liquor store patronage has surged, with 181,220 residents enrolled for the 1940-41 fiscal year, up from earlier years. County totals average about 1,882 customers, as the state reports per- year growth and past figures from 1984-86 show 117,220 buyers in the first full year of the system.
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Iowa
NES Movies
Liquor Commission
Moniday
Perinies
Voltar
Lund
Comerpbatan
Lye UW
Will Take Over Management Of Country Club House
Leonard Hackett and partners assume control of the Hotherville country clubhouse on July 4 with full charge of refreshments and entertainment. A first class cook will be hired, and parties, lunches, and start orders will be offered. the Flacketts will remain residents of Estherville. Bennie Adams, previously a clubhouse staffer, resigns for New Mexico. An elderly woman, Max Wertien, 70, broke her arm after a fall in her yard and is hospitalized and resting. Donald Lawler helped extinguish a fire at the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank while attending a bankers’ short course in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rbo
Leonard Hackett
Hotherville Conntry
Flacketts Yall
Estherville
Bennie Adams
Cape
Chibhouse
New Mexico
Max Wertien
South Tenth Street
Donald Lawler
Iowa Trust & Sayings Bank
New York
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V.R
LaVon Hood
Roy Hood
Miss Margaret Hood
Civil Service Department
Government
Washington, D.C
J. Peterson
Templars
Verl McDonough
Webster City
Graettinger School
Ray Taylor
Minnesota
Canada
Elizabeth Hughes Shuck
Berna. Hansen
Spencer Council
Rev. Mandlager
Kathryn Nolan
Jack
Waukegan
Margaret Maine
Nala
Ion
Thomas Doyle
Norman Maine
Cletus Keogh
Maine
Keogh
Maing
Nolan
Doyle
M. Scott
VR Warner
Balmer
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