McKee Named To Chicago Board of Trade Membership
Muscatine director Leander R. McKee was elected to membership on the Chicago Board of Trade. In Waterloo, nine year old Nancy Brown was treated for a left leg fracture after coasting from a lawn into a car driven by 25 year old Marion Lichty of Waterloo, at Allen Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee
Chicago Board of Trade
Muscatine
Leander R. McKee
Exchange
Waterloo
Nancy Brown
Vernon Brown
Allen Memorial Hospital
Marion Lichty
WateNoo
Linn County Heads Toward Local Financing of Poor Relief
Linn County supervisors vote to assume funding of poor relief with exceptions for old age assistance and aid to the blind, which stay with the state. State board of social welfare finds the county bears relief costs. last year state aid accounted for 10 percent. Black Hawk, Jones and Scott counties also went independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn
State Board of Social Welfare
Black Hawk
Jones
Scott Counties
Bill to Break Up Large Land Holdings in Iowa Senate
A bill in the Iowa senate targets corporation ownership of large acreages. Sponsored by Senator A EB Angiene of Mahaska, the measure would require all corporations to dispose within two years of land past 640 acres acquired through foreclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
A. EB. Xngieeine
Dem
Mahaska
Governors Wilson Turner Confer Nominating Talk Not Discussed
Governor Wilson and former Governor Turner met for an hour at the statehouse and denied any discussion of the 1942 U S Senate race. Both have been named as possible Republican senatorial hopefuls for the coming nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wilson
Danl Turner
United States
Senate
Iowa City Nonpartisan Mayor Ticket Announced
W Hal Stewart, a mayoral candidate, launches a five member council ticket. The lineup includes E R Meats and J J Ogtdick as at large members John H Grady first ward K K Phelps fourth ward and Cc EB Beck fifth ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
W. Hal Stewart
E. R. Meats
J. J. Ogtdick
John H. Grady
KK. J. Phelps
Cc. EB. Beck
Hunt Ad Sellers Posing as Teachers
Newton officers chased two well dressed young women who posed as school teachers to obtain money under false pretenses. Several Newton merchants lost 2 dollars each for ads claimed to appear on basketball and other school programs.
Dewey Named to Iowa Senate Committees in Des Moines
U S Senator A Claire Dewey Republican of Washington was appointed to the Iowa Senate committees on Appropriations cities and towns conservation chairmanship drainage election reform horticulture and forestry ranking member printing private corporations state planning and ways and means. Lieutenant Governor Hickenlooper announced the standing committee appointments noting that all five Democratic members in the upper house were named committee chairmen. Two new committees on child welfare and national defense were created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Senate
B. B. Hickenlooper
Stewart to chair committees in Iowa House session
Representative E. L. Stewart of Washington will serve on the Educational Institutions, Pharmacy, and Departmental Affairs committees in the current Iowa legislature session, and will chair Educational Institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E. L. Stewart
Washington
House of Representatives
Iowa
Tax Bill Passed by House Sets 60 Percent Assessment
DES MOINES January 22 The Iowa House passed the 60 percent tax assessment bill by 92 to 7 with seven absent. A companion five percent municipal indebtedness bill stalled until tomorrow after debate. The 60 percent measure includes an emergency clause and immediate effect. the Senate moved to substitute and set 10 a.m. tomorrow as a special order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Harold B. Claypool
Williamsburg
House Efficiency Committee
Harold F. Nelson
Sioux City
Curtis Gregory
Adel
Claypool
Comptrollers
Sizer Resigns Post in Washington Bank for Lisbon Move
Harry Sizer resigns from the Washington State bank to take an advance position at the Lisbon Bank and Trust company in Lisbon, Nebraska. The Sizer family plans to move mid February. Mr. Sizer has been active in local civic life including the Y's Men’s club and Chamber of Commerce while Mrs. Sizer, a violinist, leads the town’s music program and the Fortnightly Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sizer
Washington State Bank
Lisbon Bank and Trust Company
Sizer
Washington
Lisbon
Mississippi
Stuckslager
Auracher
Commercial Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Washington Concert League
Justice McReynolds to Retire From Supreme Court
Associate Justice Jas McReynolds informed President Roosevelt he will retire on February 1, taking advantage of a 1937 law allowing retirement at age 70 with full pay. He will be 79 on February 3 and his exit lets Roosevelt name a sixth justice to the nine member court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Jas, Co. Mereynolds
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Roosevelt
McReynolds
Supreme Court
Willkie Heads to Britain Aboard Transatlantic Clipper
Wendell L. Willkie departed New York by air for a private fact-finding mission to Britain. He left La Guardia with two companions, John Cowies of the Minneapolis Star Journal and Landis E. Thorne, a banker, for Lisbon where a British flight will take the party to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Britain
la Guardia
Lisbon
Portugal
London
Willkie
John Cowies
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Landis BE. Thorne
Lincoln PTA President Named in Local Notice
The article notes a local figure who is now president of the Lincoln Parent Teacher Association. It mentions their two children Patty and Harry Jr with Patty in second grade at Lincoln.
Daughter born to Mr and Mrs Roy Brewer
A daughter weighing seven and one half pounds was born yesterday morning at the Brewer home on South Ninth avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Roy Brewer
South Ninth Avenue
Tobruk Falls In Libyan Campaign As British Push Succeed
United Press reports Tobruk on the Libyan coast was fallen under siege by Australian desert corps with about 20 000 Italian troops captured. British naval and air forces pounded the port as Cairo tallies awaited the Middle East high command communique. In Balkans Antonescu tightens grip in Romania amid Iron Guard riots and a militarization of 87 vital industries amid unclear terms of a government agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Great Britain
Tobruk
Australian Desert Corps
P. €. Spender
Middle East High Command
Cairo
Rodolfo Graziani
Richard McMillan
Tobruk Front
Bankans
Balkans
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Iron Guard
History of the Mennonites in Town by Melvin Gingerich
Melvin Gingerich of Washington junior college spoke to the Y's Men’s club last night about his book History of the Mennonites in Town. He described research and publication challenges and summarized the Mennonite and Amish origins in Switzerland in 1525, their migration, and development in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Gingerich
Washington Junior College
Y's Men's Club
Switzerland
Iowa
Citizens Take Oath in Federal Court Here
Mrs Sarah Brassington and her twin daughters Sarah and Eleanor were among 11 people who took the oath of allegiance as new citizens in federal court here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Sarah Brassington
Sarah
Eleanor
Washington milk supply approved by U S Public Health Service
Dr D C Barrett director of the Washington county health unit reports a letter from Dr Walter L Bierring commissioner of the state department of health Des Moines stating that Washington milk supply now meets the standards of the United States public health service and will be listed as an approved city Mount Vernon was the first community approved making Washington the second Iowa town to receive the designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Barrett
Washington County
Walter L. Bierring
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Bierling
Iowa State’ Department
Mount Vernon
Troop D 11th Cavalry Prepares to Leave Washington
Troop D of the 11th Cavalry departs Washington tomorrow for Camp Bowie Texas to begin a year of National Guard training with 30 000 others. Captain Oral J Brown oversees packing and paper work at the West Madison Street armory as men await boarding at Milwaukee station. A quiet departure is planned with no parade or ceremony and a large crowd expected at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Madison Street
Brownwood
Texas
Washington
National Guard
Camp Bowie
Milwaukee
Iowa
Oral J. Brown
Brown
Armory
Rudy Knottnerus
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Lambert
Governor Wilson Sends Greetings to Troop D
Governor Geo A Wilson of Iowa sends telegram to Captain Brown of Troop D praising Iowa soldiers bound for national service. He expresses regret at not delivering the message in person and commends Iowa’s citizens for their duties and future conduct in the nation’s manpower effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Brown
Geo. A. Wilson
Iowa
Troops Prepare to Leave as Armory Plans Unfold
The troop gears up to depart for the southern camp with drainage and leaving procedures at the armory. Capt Brown notes continued rent by the state but no planned use and keys to Maynard Brown.101 men and 4 officers to board tomorrow. 9 lost to final exams, 9 head to Texas with scout cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Nate Young
Nation's Young Republican Leaders Meet In Des Moines
Young Republican leaders from 48 states gather for the biennial convention of the Young Republican National Federation in Des Moines. Key speakers include Governor Harold L. Stassen, Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., Raymond E. Baldwin, and Oren W. Root Jr. Public events run January 30 to February 1 with forums and a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Des Moines
Stassen, Martin
Young Republican National Federation
Harold L. Stassen
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Young Republican Organization
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Martin
Oren W. Root, Jr
New York
Savery Hotel
New Law Firm Formed in Aurora Illinois
Cards issued to Washington acquaintances announce a new law firm established in Aurora Illinois. Senior partner is John T Matthews a Washington native and son of the late John T Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aurora
Ill
Matthews, Jordan @ Dean
John T. Matthews
Too Much Power to President
Norman Thomas of the Socialist party charged that the British aid bill would let President Roosevelt wage broad war powers. He testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearings on lending or leasing weapons to nations opposing Axis powers. He warned the bill risks entangling the U S in a 30 year world war and would wound American democracy in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Roosevelt
Thomas
Committee of the House On Foreign Affairs
United States
County Legion Session Prep Leads to Feb 14 Meeting
The Washington County Legion plans a joint county meeting February 14 with state commander Colonel Robert Shaw of Sigourney as principal speaker. M. L. Brown and Matt Whittaker lead Leon Beatty post entertainment. Auxiliary refreshments are arranged by Mrs. Fred Downing and team. District officers are invited and the Des Moines banquet for Feb 24 is noted. Wendell Baker to sing with Lois Humble as accompanist on WSUI January 23. County Commander Vodicka oversees the program.
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Legion
Joint County
Robert Shaw
Sigourney
M. L. Brown
Matt Whittaker
Leon Beatty
Fred §. Downing
P. L. Etter
Paul Snakenberg
Charles Kennedy
George Rudiger
Preston Wolf
Legion and Auxiliary
Washington County
van Vodicka
Kalona
Lenion
Ed Bushek
Riverside
K. C. Hall
A. Claire Dewey
E. L. Stewart
M. Hicher
Washington Legion
Des Moines
State Commanders and Adjutants
Wendell Baker
Lois Humble
County Legion
WSUI
Legion Hour
Vodicka
Drake University considers Willkie as possible president
Prominent Drake alumni report a movement to ask Wendell L. Willkie to accept the Drake presidency after the death of Dr. D W. Morehouse. Board Vice Chairman Robert M. Evans notes no names are set and a replacement may take months as discussions continue with several associates joining the firm in an advisory capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Wendell Willkie
University
Des Moines
Drake University
Wendell L. Willkie
D. W. Morehouse
Robert M. Evans
Chaifrman
Willkie
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McChord Field
Wash
California
Justice McReynolds
Lialyn
Gingerich
State Health Department
U.S. Public Health Service
Dr. Bierring
Puerto Rico
Maryland
Hunter Liggett
Bear Washington
Cail
Allis- Chalmers
United Automobile Workers Union
CWO
West
Allis
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Inller
Harold Christoffel
UAW
ul union psé@curity
George Wilson
Fort Des Moines
James Tucker
Indiana
Donald W. Hornbeck
Cleveland
Ohio
Bill Blow
Everett Jordan
Fred T. Dean
Olney C. Allen
Robert J. Janda
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