National Advertising Representatives Across Major Cities
The notice lists national advertising representatives in Iowa Des Moines and firms J J Devine Associates with offices in New York Chicago Des Moines Detroit Atlanta Pittsburgh outlining agency coverage across key markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Iowa
J. J. Devine & Associates
New York
Chcago
Detroit
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Bible Thought Tuesday and 1940 political chatter
A Bible Thought from April 30 1940 cites John 14 23 and discusses Thomas E Dewey’s candidacy noting lack of experience may help him while coalition government ideas surface if Republicans gain the House and a Democrat is elected. Readers in Davenport joke about tourism, gambling, and political shifts amid wartime Europe previews.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
House of Representatives
Democracy vs Totalitarianism and wartime commentary
The piece contrasts information control in dictatorships with freer democracies and cites Wendell Willkie as a rising political figure. It argues for frank leadership, quotes Calvin Coolidge, reflects on political strategy, and comments on dandelions and lawn care as light local musings while questioning lottery broadcasts on radio versus newspapers.
Morley City Council Includes Husband and Wife Pair
A Morley election saw Ada Smith and Ruth Smith among new council and assessor posts as a joke names list misled voters. Pearl Hunter Kate Sung and Lois Pulver named as councilmen while Dwight Pulver, husband of a new officer, is the sole returning councilman.
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Petticoat
Morley
Ada Smith
Pearl Hunter
Kate Sung
Lois Pulver
Ruth Smith
Dwight Pulver
Missing bachelor farmer Carl Markin reported near Clear Lake
Neighbors visiting his farm found four calves and seven sheep dead in the barn from starvation. No foul play is evident as search efforts continue for Carl Markin, the missing farmer.
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Carl Markin
Clear Lake
Community huntswoman claims two month old fox litter
Mrs Ralph Scott of Washington earns local fame after guiding a digging party to a fox den near Columbus Junction. She retrieved two pups from a six foot deep hillside den after quarried digging over two days. The mother and remaining pups escaped, and Mrs Scott plans a pen at the Scott home for the pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Scott
Washington
Scott Furniture Company
Columbus Junction
Fox
Mra. Scott
Scott
Fort North Marion
Protruding Pole Causes Accident Near Muscatine
Chester De Vore of Columbus Junction suffered a deep forehead gash when his car collided with two protruding poles from a truck operated by Billy Touet Jr. in Muscatine county. Touet was fined five dollars and costs for lack of proper warning lights on the poles.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Chester de Vore
Highway No. 61
Muscatine
Billy Touet, Jr
Osceola
Touet
Lester Lampert
Bellevue Hospital
Allen Greene
Green
Craig Huston
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Georgie
Sage savings from the press
The estimated bird population of this country is four billion. It is thought the estimate was made by a suburbanite who had just planted a garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
News
Iowa Farm Families Forced Off Land in 1940 Survey
The Farm Security Administration announced, after surveying Midwest renting conditions, that nearly 5,000 Iowa farm families were displaced in spring 1940. The exodus mainly affected rich northern Iowa areas where tractor farming and larger units reduced tenancy. Heck reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Farm Security Administration
Middle West
Heck
Community thanks for sympathy after bereavement
The Porter family and neighbors express gratitude for kind sympathy and floral offerings after their sad bereavement. Glenn Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sweet and Mrs. R. H. Paul and family thank everyone for support.
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Glenn Porter
Ray Sweet
R. H. Paul
Violin Virtuoso Joscha Heifetz Recalled In Music Shop
The column recalls Josha Heifetz born in Vilna on February 2 1901 his rise with Auer and early tours. Anecdotes include Elman and Godowsky praise and a Shaw quip about a single wrong note nightly. It also notes Heifetz marriage to Florence Vidor and their private life then closes with a Japan coast line fact.
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Joscha Heifetz
Vilna
Russia
Mendelssohn
Leopold Auer
Mischa Elman
Leopold Gudowsky
New York
Elman
Godowsky
Jascha Heifetz
Florence Vidor
Balboa
Calif
Jauseha Heifetz
George Bernard Shaw
Heifetz
Northwest Passage Opens at State Theatre With Star Cast
Spencer Tracy leads in Northwest Passage a Technicolor epic from Kenneth Roberts adventure novel. Robert Young Walter Brennan co-star in a Boxers Rangers mission of 1756 against marauding Indians as they trek mountains swamp rivers and endure hardship. Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton and King Vidor directs this film.
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Spencer Tracy
Robert Young
Walter Brennan
Kenneth Roberts
Northwest Passage
Langdon Towne
Hank Mariner
Tracy
Young
H Brennan
Role
Davenport Friends Honor B Gebhardt at Birthday Party
Mia Esther Crawford and a Davenport group gathered in Ainsworth to celebrate Bob Gebhardt's birthday. Attendees included Harris Oetzen, George Oetzen, Helen Kasenberger, Clarence Schaffer, Mrs Cook, Mrs Crawford, Gladys Nelson, and Mr and Mrs A D Brun.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Mia
Esther Crawford
Davenport
Bob Gebhardt
Harris Oetzen
Ananmia
George Oetzen
Helen
Georgann Kassenberger
Howard Leach
Clarence Schaffer
Cook
Crawford
Gladys Nelson
Morrison
A. D. Brun
Erma Pressly
Harry Boileau
R. Bb. McFarland
Marvin Buck
Pekin
Total citrus orchard area in four major producing states
The total citrus orchard area in Florida California Texas and Arizona is 000 acres, with 473,000 acres in grapefruit and 200,000 in lemons and tangerines.
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Flor
Calfornia
Texas
Arizona
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North
Marion Avenue
Lown
Harry McCall
Tampa Morning Tribune
MacPadden
Kolita
H. Olsen
Germany
Norway
America
Europe
Hitler
San Francisco Chronicle
Oper
Ple
Skagerrak
Bluecher
Karlsruhe
Denmark
Britain
France
United States
Wendell Willkie
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Calvin Coolidge
William Henry Channing
Post Office Department
Communications Commission
Department of Justice
Joe Palooka
Ky Ham Fisher
Phew
Don Little
Orville Hardin
Clarence Haifley
Woodlands
Thessaly
Inh
Swan’s
Aro & Horner
Miller's
Barclays
C&h
Golden Prairie
Libby
Carnation
Maxwell House Coffee
Folger
Pillsbury
Balk
Pee Ib
Northfield
Cliquot Club
Pillsbury's
Andy Woolkies
Iowa State College
WOS
Music Shop
Japan
Costone
Ruth Hussey
Nat Pendleton
King Vidor of
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Citadel” Fame
B. Gebhardt
Os Cirus
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