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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
2
In Estherville on Monday the annual school election features four candidates for two board seats. The editorial praises civic participation, stresses integrity and competence for school directors, and notes broad taxpayer interest in education. It warns against unemployment rhetoric and comments on social security discourse.
Sunday visits span Rockwell City to Spirit Lake with extended families attending. Arthur Lynch hosts birthday gathering featuring five hundred and prizes for Lang and Minor as lunch follows. Local moves include families to Superior Estherville and Terril. Boy Scout fundraiser nets 22.60 for uniforms.
Mrs James Smith drove to Storm Lake to help her parents move to a farm near Alta. Gerald Richards helped the Jesperson family move to the Old Mitchell place. A new 8 1 2 pound daughter Valara Audrey arrived at Archie Crabtree s home near Brainard Minnesota. Friends shared a 500 card party at Lee Miller home with Lois McKean high and Ed Evans high for men.
Fred T. Schwob, longtime chief of the division of fish and game, is named acting director of the Iowa conservation commission to fill the vacancy from M. L. Hutton's death. Schwob, former sheriff of Louisa County and a popular leader, has led national fish and game activity and is well known in Okoboji and Northwest Town. He joined the department in 1902 as a game warden and rose to chief in 1935.
About twenty friends and neighbors gathered at Ed Carlson on Thursday to honor the F. J. McCoy and Edwin Wempe families who moved March 1. Gifts included silver spoons engraved with the club monogram. Others enjoyed games, a late lunch, and remarks about active members Mrs. McCoy and Mrs. Wempe.
Gruver Band Booster Club met March 6 at Gruver school with 35 members present. The group enjoyed a program by the Gruver school band and refreshments were served. Membership drive teams are led by Mrs. William Hiles and William Martin. Next meeting moved to March 27 to avoid the music festival.
Mrs Ralph French hosts club members at 1700 Central Avenue on Tuesday March 11 at 2 16 p m The group will listen to a WOI Ames broadcast Miss Edith Sanderlin speaks on What Every Child Should Know About Money All Jackson school patrons invited to attend
Richard Dix, star of Cherokee Strip, shows Friday and Saturday at the Grand Theatre, laments the cowboys of today. He looked forward to evenings on location with cowboy songs but none were sung, no guitar or fiddle, and no open fire was built.
Fragmentary reader submission lists figures including George Washington Thomas Jefferson Warren Harding Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom. It mentions Andrew Jackson and a divorce in 1791 with a second marriage in 1794 cited as due to a divorce cen weran, indicating unclear OCR.
The male high school faculty members and their wives were guests of honor at a Wednesday dinner hosted by the board of education and spouses. Held at Mrs. E. W. Kepler’s home, a 6:30 seating with eight small tables featured cut flowers. Afterward guests played bridge and chinker check. attendees included Floyd Tate and wife, N. E. Demoney and wife, Warner Kirlin and wife, S. Laird Swaggert and wife, and others. Several couples were invited but could not attend.
Theodor Broch 36 mayor of Narvik Norway will lecture in Fort Dodge High School auditorium Monday March 10 at 8 pm. He is a Oslo graduate attorney and Nazi death convict now speaking English with his own photos. Tickets cost 40 cents including tax with no reserved seats and mail orders go to A J Moe Snell Building Fort Dodge Town.
The junior college basketball team, coach Elmer Starr, and mascot Wayne Smith were honored at a Tuesday banquet and dance at the high school. Mrs. Vivian Oulman presided over toast with a program of remarks, entertainment, songs, and a skit, followed by dancing and games in the gym and rooms.
The Mother Daughter Banquet planned by the Woman's Club for Tuesday March 11 is postponed to a later date, likely in May, due to conflicting engagements of members and guests. A business meeting will be held Tuesday at 3 p m in the south committee room of City Hall. executive board and membership committee members are urged to attend.
Arne Anderson a 22 year old Minneapolis heavyweight died in Chicago soon after a Sept 4 1939 Labor Day boxing show at Graettinger He fell in the seventh round after a clash with Lou Thomas of Indianapolis The coroner ruled natural causes from a heart attack with enlarged heart no inquest He weighed 202 and Thomas outweighed him by 12 34 pounds
Two British American Ambulance Corps ambulances touring the United States will stop in nineteen Iowa cities as part of a Thumbs Up Cavalcade. The convoy, from San Francisco to Britain, supports fund drives for air ambulances costing 65 000 dollars each. Mayor receptions and city lines escorts are arranged to urge support for Great Britain and its Allies.
After a 10 count the state boxing commission physician rushed in to examine the unconscious fighter. An inhalator squad fought for an hour to revive him. Anderson, a Stockholm native who arrived in the United States in 1939, had previously defeated Frank Parker in Graettinger in 1989 and then fought Barney Hassell for the main bout.
Moncy a member bank may readily convert its sound assets into money by borrowing at the Federal Reserve Bank rather than by calling loans or selling securities. Safeguards to protect deposits require reserves ratios, and facilities exist to meet credit needs. Currency shipments are covered by Fed banks with services like Safe Keeping and Wire Transfer. Before admission, banks undergo exhaustive examinations by state and federal authorities. The Iowa Trust & Savings Bank’s K J McDonald lauds the Fed System as integral to the financial structure.
A fragment reports Benito Mussolini urging Adolf Hitler to intervene on his behalf during a late conference. The remark signals a push for German support in Mussolini's strategic aims. No further context given on outcomes or exact timing.
The text notes that Canadians continue to supply war materials to England for cash, arguing they must be shrewder businessmen since they lack natural resources.
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