Relief for Mussolini? Allied Powers Worry Over Aid
Junior College stages a three act comedy tonight directed by Miss Ruth Flood. Tickets available at the box office before showtime. Special Friday performance designed for nearby towns’ high school classes attending a vocational guidance conference tomorrow. The pictured cast includes Ernest Moothart Harold Wehr Henrietta Marble Everette Burham Mary Westphal Bob Masson Mary Atchison Martha Ann Mace Frances Sartor Stewart Bell and Ruth Flood.
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Ruth Flood
Washington
Ernest Moothart
Harold Wehr
Henrietta Marble
Everette Burham
Mary Westphal
Bob Masson
Mary Atchison
Martha Ann Mace
Frances Sartor
Stewart Bell
Eldon Dedicates New City Hall With Dinner and Dance
The Eldon city hall, a three story brick building renovated to house a business concern for farmers, was dedicated with a dinner and dance. Mayor W. E. Sapp presided over the ceremonies.
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Eldon
W. E. Sapp
Will dispute nets $350 for Missouri heir in Sioux City
Albert DeGrott of Kansas City, Missouri, won $350 in a Sioux City court over LeRoy Detrotts will which left nothing to him from a $2,500 estate. The will also directed a Harvard Nebraska burial association not to permit the Missouri brother to use the burial plot. Detrott died June 5, and the will bequeathed property to those who had befriended him.
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Sloux City
Albert DeGrott
Kansas City
LeRoy Detrott
Harvard
Neb
Missouri
Lekoy
Lehroy Detroit
Iowa bank deposits rise to 447 million in Des Moines report
Des Moines deposits in Iowa state banks and trust companies as of March 26 totaled 447,289,257, up 55,384,500 from a year earlier, per State Banking Superintendent D. W. Hates. Assets reached 484,487,616, up 45,805,656, while loans and discounts stood at 296,450,0385, increasing 20,044,564.
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DES Moines Deposita
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Judge Sentences Man for Jewelry Store Burglary
Judge I. Ring in Cedar Rapids sentenced Pat Hamilton to 10 years at Fort Madison for breaking and entering a jewelry store. Hamilton had been released after 20 days. Rodney Kenyon, a tavern owner, helped police by detaining Hamilton after a woman reported a theft involving two trays of rings.
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Cedar Rapids
I. ¢ Ring
Pat Hamilton
Fort Madison
Hamilton
Rodney Kenyon
Kenyon
Golden State Limited Strikes Car, Kills Man
The east bound Golden State Limited of the Rock Island railway struck an automobile at a crossing today and killed Benjamin Winchell 50 Rock Island tavern proprietor. The train dragged the car 60 feet.
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Molink
Golden State Limited
Rock Island Railway
Benjamin Winchell
Rock Island
Drive for Boy Scout Fund in Washington County
WA County Scouts launch a self supporting drive to fund the Iowa City Area Council with Washington County two troops led by Don Orr and Hardette Westermark. County leaders Nic McCleery and Mmil Hesselschwerdt urge shared expenses as three more troops are planned in Riverside Ainsworth and Crawfordsville.
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Washington County
Washington
Don Orr
Hardette Westermark
Nic McCleery
Mmil Hesselschwerdt
Jafounda
Wen B. Thiel
Iowa City
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Johnson Counties
Iona City
Y W C A Membership Drive Starts Next Tuesday
The annual YWCA membership canvass runs April 23 to 25 with house to house calls. Committee includes Miss treme Yard Miss Etha Daw son and Mrs Lester Orr and workers gather at the YWCA on Tuesday afternoon for materials. Ward 4 3% and 2 chairmen are listed with named participants.
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Y.W.C.A
Treme Yard
Etha Dawson
Lester Orr
Italy May Leap Into War Soon
London dispatch reports the war office says British troop landings in Norway continue and contact with Norwegian forces is being made. Germany tightens military ties with Italy and exchanges missions as Rome signals possible Italian entry into the war. The Balkans policy aims to preserve peace and security in southeastern Europe per Prime Minister Chamberlain.
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London
U.P
War Office
Norway
Germany
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Raiis
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
Foy
Balkans
Nevill Chamberlain
House of Commons
Health Unit Annual Meet in Washington County
The Washington County public health annual meeting will be held Tuesday April 23 at 7 90 pm in the Lincoln School community room. Dr Marvin F Haygood director of local health service will speak on community health organizations and the 192% annual report will be distributed. Nursing subcommittees are urged to attend to meet with health department personnel and discuss improvements. Light refreshments will follow.
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Washington County
Lincoln School
Marvin F Haygood
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Health Department
Weather warms after rain in Washington
A stretch of rain and cold gave way to a sunny morning in Washington as the official thermometer rose through the day. The prior 24 hours stayed notably cold with a low temperature recorded the night before last.
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Washington
Romanian Leaders Ban Wheat Exports to Germany
Romania announced a temporary ban on all wheat exports to Germany and other foreign buyers, voiding contracts by decree of the government economic council led by Premier George Tatarescu. In Bucharest King Carol and Prince Michael reviewed crack troops as Danube police were strengthened.
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Rumania
World News
Germany
Danube River
Government Economic Council
George Tatarescu
Carol of
Romania
Prince Michael
Tatarescu
Bucharest
Vocational Guidance Conference At Washington Junior College
Tomorrow seniors from nearby high schools join Washington High School and college students for a full day of discussions led by 23 speakers representing all vocations. After sessions a social hour will unite students and instructors in the high school auditorium, followed by the play The Romantic Young Lady.
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Tleshes
Washington Juior College
Washington High School
Tytannasium
Weather report notes chilly day with fleeting snow
Temperatures ranged to 38 degrees the previous day with a 35 degree reading and a nighttime low of 31. Rainfall reached 1.50 inches yesterday before late afternoon snow briefly fell but melted quickly leaving no lasting snow cover.
Wheat allotment listings open for 1941 crop
Washington County Agricultural Conservation office posts wheat allotment plans for 1941. Interested farmers with 1938 1929 or 1949 wheat planted acres must submit written requests to the County Committee by June 1 1940. Only about 3 percent of county allotment available for new wheat farms. Growers who planted wheat in 1938 1939 or 1940 should report planned acres for fall 1940 to aid the listing process.
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Washington County Agrcultural Conservation Association
Heaviest Spring Rain Soaks Ground, Enriching Soil
The precipitation proved the season's heaviest so far and leaves the ground in fine condition for cultivation.
Roosevelt Warns Japan on Indies as War Rages
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull warned Japan and the world to keep hands off the Netherlands East Indies amid tensions. Roosevelt backed Hull’s statement and called for maintaining the status quo in the war torn Pacific to preserve peace. He also announced plans for a Warm Springs trip.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Hull
Pacific
United States
Georgia
Warm Springs
Military Training Camps Announced for July
Morrison announces 1940 seventh army corps camps at Fort Des Moines from July 16 to August 14 open to Washington county young men ages 17 to 29 with government provided compensation. Iowa quota is 1240 enlistments. 195 applications already. Colleges offer scholarships for outstanding trainees. contact Morrison for information.
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Unham Morrison
Washington County
Citizens
Seventh Army Corps
Fort Des Moines
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Missouri Military Acdemy
Mexico
Kemper Millitary School
Boonville
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Me Morrison
Washington County Dental Society Meeting Report
Eight dentists attended the Washington county dental society meeting held last evening in the North Side private dining room. After dinner Dr J N Irwin of Brighton presided over the session.
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Washington County Dental Society
North Side
Cate
J. N. Irwin
Brighton
Roosevelt asks Congress for 976 million relief funds
President Roosevelt asks Congress to appropriate 976 million dollars for relief in the 1941 fiscal year with the option to spend the entire sum in the first eight months. The plan would allow the WPA to spend up to the same total between July 1, 1940, and March 1, 1941, keeping within budget limits. The WRA is spending 1.5 billion this fiscal year, and the 975 million would match WPA monthly spending if used in eight months.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
WRA
Iowa old age assistance division reports March payments
The Iowa old age assistance division says total payments reached 1 100 465 10. Obligations 1 134 945 38 with 454 580 28 for funeral claims. Relief cases in March were 7 7 0 4 for Washington county residents. 236 relief cases noted in Washington county.
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Des Moines
State
Washington County
Iowa Thanksgiving Set for November 28 by Governor Proclamation
Governor George A. Wilson proclaimed the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in Iowa. He said he is adhering to old traditions and last year refused to follow the President's earlier move. The holiday will fall on November 28 in Iowa.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Roosevelt
Navy
Emma Koehler Dies at 69 in Washington Home
Mrs Emma J Koehler 69% died at 5 45 am at her North Marion avenue home after five weeks bedfast Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm at Jones funeral home led by Dr R C Keagy Burial in Elm Grove cemetery She was born Emma J Mammen in Germany December 26 1870 and came to the U S at 14 She married Juergen Koehler July 17 1890 and lived on farms in Logan county Illinois before moving to Washington in 1905 Survivors include four daughters two sons and numerous grandchildren plus two brothers Martin Koehler died in 1927 and a son in law Charles Gault among others
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Emma J. Koehler
North Marion Avenue
Jones Funeral Home
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Emma J. Mammen
John Mammen
Germany
Logan County
Illinois
Juergen Koehler
Washington
Chillicothe
Chris Mammen
Emden
Martin Koehler
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Darrell Ross
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Leslie Richer
L. R. Carbee
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Harry Siver
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Libya
Black Sea
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Egypt
Turkey
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Suez Canal
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