Rural electrification contracts awarded for two 564% mile lines
Sanberg and Johnston of Hampton Iowa and Homer H Johnson Construction of Portland Ore win DEK Rural Electrification contracts for 564 miles of power line. Total project cost about 431000 with two segments Dickenson county west and Estherville to Kossuth county. Rates set for monthly service with tiered kWh pricing.
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Sanberg and Johnston Construction Company
Hampton
Iowa
Homer G. Johnson Construction Company
Portland
Ore
DEK- Rural Electrification Association
Harry Day
DEK
Gaylord“Olson
Terris
Presi Dent
Association
County Treasurer Reports Homestead Refunds Arriving
County treasurer K. J. Ersland said Emmet county will receive a $26,916.78 draft from the state treasurer representing the first half homestead exemption refund on due taxes. The second half is due this fall. A law shift from the use tax fund enabled the full rebate. Weathered by previous funding gaps, the present administration finds ways to honor the homestead exemption.
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K. J. Ersland
Emmet
Two Women Divorced in Emmet County Court
Two Emmet county women were granted divorces in Emmet county district court in session with Hon. Fred Hudson of Pocahontas presiding Tuesday. Mrs Lena Slycord was granted separation from her husband and the petition stated they were previously married.
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Emmet County
Fred Hudson
Pocahontas
Lena Slycord
Slyton
Marexulgindi
Nelson Given 10 Years in Statutory Rape Case
Sebert Nelson, 31, pleaded guilty in Judge Fred Hudsons court to statutory rape and received a 10 year sentence at Ft Madison. A factory worker at the Estherville beef plant, he confessed to county attorney Harry Coffie and welfare workers to the assault on an 18 year old woman, his wifes niece. The girl, who arrived from Clay county last June, is pregnant. Mrs Nelson plans to sell the furniture and move to Spencer to live with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebert Nelson
Fred Hudson
Ft.Madison
Nelson
Estherville
Harry Coffie
Clay County
Nelsons
Spencer
Social Welfare Group To Meet Next Tuesday
The Emmet County Association for Social Welfare chaired by Mrs. Walter Schildknecht will convene at 8 o clock Tuesday evening April 4 in the city hall auditorium. The Child Welfare Department led by Mrs. E. W. Beck will run the program featuring a panel on Child Delinquency Juvenile Courts and Probation with speakers Mrs. Waldo Brink Mrs. Art Williamson Miss Henrietta Miller Mrs. L J Nipher Mrs. Charles St Clair and Mrs. R E Creger. The public is invited to attend.
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Emmet County Association ‘For Social Welfare
Walter Schildknecht
City Hall
Child Welfare Dept
E. W. Beck
Waldo Brink
Art Williamson
Henrietta
Snow Storm Misses Us in Northwestern Iowa
Prospects are for fair and continued cool weather in northwestern Iowa. This locality missed a heavy snow last night that fell in neighboring towns such as Emmetsburg. The morning train arrived with much snow on it. The weekly weather report follows.
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Iowa
Emmetsburg
Iowa open class essay winners named in safety council contest
Des Moines Iowa March 28 district winners in the open class competition of the Iowa State Safety Council essay contest on how to make Iowa highways safe were announced. About 50 000 students entered district and county divisions before the statewide final. First place districts include Northwest Irwin G Beenken Ledyard second Jean Jeffords Sacred Heart Fort Dodge junior and Ruth P Zimmerman Delaware Consolidated Nemaha senior. Northeast Lois Jean Wignes Carpenter sophomore Mary Frances Hegeman Waukon junior Keith D Johnson Vilas senior. Southwest Wayne Von Tersch Northboro junior Marilyn Henningsen Atlantic second and Lee Homeny Red Oak senior. Southeast Donna J Quinn Williamsburg senior David Bowers Montezuma senior Wilbur Dettner Clinton senior.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa
Northwest
Irwin G. Beenken
Ledyard
Jean Jeffords
Sacred Heart Academy
Fort Dodge
Ruth P. Zimmerman
Delaware Consolidated
Nemaha
Northeast
Lois Jean Wignes
Carpenter
Mary Frances Hegeman
Waukon
Keith D. Johnson
Viola
Wayne von Tersch
Northboro
Marilyn Henningsen
Atlantic
Lee Honeyman
Red Oak
Donna J. Quinn
Williamsburg
David Bowers
Montezuma
Wilbur Dettner
Clinton
Local Union Disbands as Workers Shift to CIO Affiliate
Estherville workers at the Eather ville Packing plant voted 20 to 27 to drop Allied Packinghouse Workers of America Local No. 79 and join the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America affiliated with the AFL. Wm R Mansfield of Milwaukee spoke as union rep. officers will carry over. CIO remains the sole bargaining agent per the election, with N L B petition expected for any future ballot. Mansfield noted AFL stance against violence or unlawful walkouts. First place prize offers an all expense trip to the New York World's Fair or a $350 college scholarship in Iowa. Second and third prizes are $59 and $10 respectively.
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Eatherville
Allied Packinghouse Workers Association of
Estherville
National Labor Relations Board
Allied Packinghouse Workers of America
Loval No. 79
Congress of Industrial Organization of Clown
Orleans Hotel
Wm. R. Mansfield
Milwaukee
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America
American Federation of Labor
Wm. R.mansfield
The
Nations Group
Allied Packinghouse
Frank Brown
Orval Taylor
Fritz Brunette
Howard Ashburn
William ‘Swift
Glen ‘Rubel
Jack Platter
Fot
CIO
Mansfield
A. F. of L
Iowa
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Sanberg and Johnston, Co. Hampton
Homer Johnson
Francis Hahn
Ersland
F.C. Lytle
St. Cloud
Minn
Henry Ahrens
Mercury
Leghorn
orveees-Dee Cocks
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workers of America
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