Revival of Religion and Scout Week Highlight Atlantic News
In a broad column from the Atlantic News Telegraph, readers are urged to question executive power during war and peace, noting Amos Pinchot's open letter to President Roosevelt. The piece celebrates Boy Scout Dick Peterson’s near-Eagle status, commemorates Scout Week, and reports a rising religious revival across the nation amid war anxieties. It cites Churchill’s reassuring wartime words and the Fellowship club in Chicago promoting practical Christianity as social reform.
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Roosevelt
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Amos Pinchot
Penn- Syainia
Britain
United States
Ralph Schilling
Dick Peterson
England
Europe
Brotherhood of Man
Chicago
Fellowship Club
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Coeds Take Lead in College Dance Invitations
Cedar Falls Town State Teachers college students report higher dating activity as co eds invite men to dances reversing the old male invitation custom. Two-to-one female ratio and higher costs for education are noted while charm returns with Femme's Fancy dances and upcoming Valentines and Mardi Gras balls.
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Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Car Fails to Stop Hits Couple Injuring Them in Ottumwa
Russell Jackson and his wife Scgg, 32, were struck by a vehicle that failed to stop. They had just exited a car driven by Ralph Newell and did not see the hit and run vehicle.
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Ottumwa
Russell Jackson
Scgg
Ralph Newell
Joe Palooka Calls From Patrol Miles Out
In a cartoon panel by Ham Fisher Joe Palooka is reported as on patrol miles out field telephones failed to reach him and motorcycles were sent in to locate him.
Startling Letter From Nashville Child to Iowa Father
A letter dated February 8 1941 from Everett T Kyle of Nashville Tennessee seeks William D Kyle of Washington Iowa claiming to be his son. The note accompanies various clipped items and humorous quips on life ethics and media. The pieces include jokes about human hair in cotton presses and ad hoc exchanges.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wm. D. Kyle
Washington
Iowa
William D. Kyle
National Geographic Magazine
Press Portraits of a Moral Mission in the Jungle
A Richmond Times Dispatch meditation on postwar duty and outreach. The writer imagines future missionaries returning from the South Seas and jungles to share apologies and lessons learned. The tone blends editorial reflection with global sympathy for colonial-era missions.
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Jungles
South Seas
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Equity partition suit over Washington County land assets
Plaintiffs in the Lowain district court allege shared ownership of described real estate in Washington County Iowa. They name C B Dougherty and others as trustees or coowners and seek partition by sale, accounting from Dougherty, and quieting of title with judgment in favor of listed owners. They request that Dougherty disclose acts as trustee and render a full accounting while asserting no money judgment against others. The case warns defendants to appear by March 10 1941 or face default and decree as prayed.
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District Court of
Lowain
Washington County
Lacey Rehmelt
H. J. McCreedy
Jessie Stewart
Myrtle Pierce
E. M. Pierce
Fred Stewart
Grace Stewart
Clara Hamil
Ellis A. Negus
Washington State Bank of Washington
Iowa
State of
Washington Securities Company
New City
Washington
Fred D. Motts
Mary L. Motts
Recorder
City of
Washington, Iowa
C. B. Dougherty
W. Allen Stewart
Harry Palmer
Lloyd Palmer
Clarence Tripp
Roy Tripp
Nellie L. Tripp
Alice Reynolds
Ralph Stewart
Maude Statler
Blanche Bell
Lucy Rehmel
Floyd Palmer
Ellis A. Ne
H. J.mccreedy
Flora Stewart
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Mary Stranahan
BH. J. McCreedy
C. B&b. Dougherty
Richard A. Stewart
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Ham Fisher
Hullo Brigade
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Knobby Walsh
Now
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Palooka
Lissen Wise
Patagonia
Bill Kyle
Everett T. Kyle
Glenmeade Drive
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Walter
Willie
Horace Greely
Dixie Dugan
By Striebel
McEvoy
Webb
Dixie
Webs
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Lucky Guy
Washington Co
State Banking Department
Finance GO
Journal Building
BOC
Hormel
Advertiser
Wee
Camay
Farmers’ Co-operative Store
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