Maytag Workers Elect Newton Leaders in Recount
Newton column reports Wilbert Allison and Robert Kirkwood re-elected as president and secretary of the Maytag workers local hit by high majorities. Ed Tassmore chosen as vice president. Des Moines notes Harvey Emmons, 62, jailed after seeking confinement to resolve rent troubles when he showed a gun at police headquarters and asked to be locked up for concealed weapon.
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Maytag Company
Newton
Wilbert Allison
Robert Kirkwood
Maytag
Ed Tassmore
Des Moines
Harvey W. Emmons
Emmons
Mrs Lewis elected president of Harlan National Bank
Harlan Mrs Bernice A Lewis was elected president of the Harlan National Bank for the coming year at the annual meeting of the stockholders Denison Oyster stew will be served when Denison Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts farmers in the area and continues Rex Ruch local vocational agricultural instructor leads the final session of a series of evening schools.
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Harlan
Bernice A. Lewis
Harlan National Bank
Denison
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Ruch
Plans for Crawford County Junior Farm Bureau Group
Denison reports plans to organize a Crawford County junior farm bureau for unmarried young men on farms who have passed 4 H club age. A parallel rural young women group is expected to form soon.
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Denison
Crawford County
Town Pleased by School and Church Debt Liquidations
The town of Early celebrates debt liquidation by its churches and the public school district. The Methodial Episcopal church paid its last note in January, the Presbyterian church began a drive and raised 600 dollars in days, and the Catholic church started a similar campaign. The public school district recently retired its last bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Early
Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
Youngster Injured in Fall From Moving Car
Emmetsburg report says 3 year old Joseph Berger fell from his parents moving car on highway 18 two miles west of Whittemore. He suffered severe scalp lacerations shock and possible skull fracture. He was taken to Palo Alto County hospital.
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Emmetsburg
Joseph Berger
Carl Berger
Highway 18
Whittemore
Palo Alto County Hospital
Tanbark Derby Amateur Livestock Contest Set at ISU
Ames announces the Tanbark derby during Farm and Home week at Iowa State College. Nine gold medals and five ribbons will be awarded to winners. Contest open to first time farm operators. past medalists or judges are ineligible. Ten livestock classes to be judged. reasons not required. Entry deadline February 15.
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Ames
Iowa State College
One of Five Passengers Affected by Car Fumes
Mrs. Frank Stegeall of Marshalltown was released from Mary Greeley hospital after treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning. She and four other parishioners traveled with G. W. Gilbert from Webster City where a group visited Rev. W. R. Yard. only she was affected by the gas, while Gilbert and three others felt no effects.
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Ames
Frank Stegeall
Marshalltown
Mary Greeley Hospital
G. W. Gilbert
Webster City
W. R. Yard
Gilbert
Discover Serious Leaks in Gas Service Pipes
Eagle Grove Iowa discovers leaks in more than 3,000,600 feet of gas service pipes. Public service company reports defects confined to the original line installed about 60 years ago. Digging up and replacing the line could incur large costs.
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Eagle Grove
Iowa Public Service Co
London Publicist Douglas Booth to Lecture at Washington High
Douglas Booth of London will lecture at Washington high school Friday night. He is a traveler publicist and lecturer and a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and Chatham House. During World War I he served as a major in His Majesty's forces and has studied Central European problems in Morocco Egypt Rhodes Greece Austria Hungary Yugoslavia and France.
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Douglas Booth
London
England
Washington High School
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Chatham House
Morocco
Egypt
Rhodes
Greece
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
France
John S Mangold Jr Dies After Car Crash Injuries
John S Mangold Jr 31 died at county hospital from internal injuries and a skull fracture suffered when struck by a car on East Washington Street Friday night He had been moving to a home on East Washington and died Sunday evening Funeral service set for Tuesday at St James Catholic Church with burial in Elm Grove cemetery He leaves wife daughter parents and several siblings and was born Sept 9 1907 in Dutch Creek township He previously ran oil stations and a family garage and had lived on the Mangold farm west of town
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John S. Mangold
East Washington Street
St. James Catholic Church
H. J. Corcoran
Elm Grove
L. A
Washington High School
John 8. Mangold, Jr
John 8
Helen (Henke) Mangold
Mangold
Dutch Creek Township
Dublin
Lith
Denison
Janet Kay
Leo Mangold
Washington
Mary Janet
Des Plaines
Hill
Francis
Don McClure
Raymond
California
Rosa Henke
Kaloua
Mr. Mangold
ROTC Unit to Exhibit Drill at Iowa City Game
Dubuque The Columbia academy Grenadiers RO TC unit has been invited to give an exhibition drill between halves of the Iowa Indiana basketball game at Iowa City on February 11. May Watson L McMorris header of the Columbia ROTC announced the invitation.
Keota and Ainsworth Residents Visit Locally
Mrs Edgar Stewart of Keota and Mr and Mrs Roy Blankenborn of Ainsworth were Saturday callers here.
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Edgar Stewart
Keota
Roy Blankenborn
Ainsworth
Tanker Nears New York With Cavalier Survivors Aboard
The tanker Eeso Bayton carries ten Cavalier survivors toward New York after their long ordeal at sea. Five men and five women, wrapped in blankets, recover from hours clinging to life belts as the aircraft sank following engine failure in icy seas on a New York to Bermuda flight. Two of the women are widows whose husbands perished, along with another crew member.
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Cavalier
Atlantic
Esso Baytown
M. R. Alderson
Fose
Robert Spence
Patrick Chapman
Nell Richardson
Charles Talbot
Brookline
Maas
New York
Eeso Bayton
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Guards Tightened on Swiss Border Over Unconfirmed Plot
Swiss authorities increased guards at Rhine bridges opposite Austria after rumors of a plot in Boralberg to kill Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis. The rumors proved unconfirmed and the move was a precaution to stop terrorists fleeing into Switzerland if such assassinations occurred in Germany.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Rhine Bridges
Austria
Boralberg
Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Death of Mrs Catharine Moore Winters
Mrs Catharine Moore Winters died Saturday night at Washington county hospital. Funeral held at Shermans funeral home with Rev Vernon Carter officiating. Burial planned in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Joseph Missouri. Born December 12 1867 in Saint Joseph Missouri. Survived by son Ralph W Moore and sister Mrs Pr Burke.
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Catherine Moore Winders
Washington County Hospital
Shermans Funeral Home
Vernon Carter
The
Christian Church
8. Joseph, Mo
Winters
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Catherine Robinson
Metebr
Rt. Joseph, Mo
William
Mary Bowen Robinson
James J. Moore
Marshall W. Winters
Pr. M. Burke
St. Joseph
Farm road funds shift proposed in Iowa legislature
A bill in Des Moines proposes using 15 percent of automobile license plate revenue to match federal funds for secondary road construction. Representative Dewey Goode, a Republican from Bloomfield, said the plan could raise about 1.5 million dollars annually.
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Des Moines
Committee On Roads
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Vaccination Push Urged After Smallpox Exposure in Washington County
Washington County Medical Society and the County Health Unit launch a county wide smallpox vaccination drive starting January 25 to curb possible spread after an infectious case was in the area. Vaccination clinics will operate at multiple sites with schedules announced through the schools.
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Washington County
8. C. Ware
Washview On County
Washington County Medics Society
Cmty Health Unit
Germany’s Nazi Era Reaches Six-Year Mark in 1939
Berlin dispatch reports six years of Nazi rule with rapid expansion and industrial gains but growing social costs. It notes population rise, territorial ambitions, weaponized economy, press control, and the suppression of opposition, church autonomy, and civil rights.
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Germany
Europe
Drawing Jury for Brumfield vs Smith
This afternoon the court resumed after a short recess and began drawing the jury for the term. The case of Mrs. Margaret Brumfield against Lyle and Theresa Smith of Rock Island concerns damages from an automobile collision. Coppock, July 24, 1937. Attorney Dubham Morrison represents the plaintiff and Wilson defends.
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Margaret Brumfield
Lyle
Theresa Smith
Rock Island
Dubham Morrison
Wilson
Death of Edwin G. Moon U.S. Attorney for Southern Iowa
Edwin G. Moon 69 longtime Ottumwa lawyer and former state senator died after a heart attack. A Democrat, he served two full terms and a temporary term as U.S. attorney for southern Iowa, first appointed in 1918 and again in 1934. He left a widow and son John, assistant Wapello county attorney.
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Ottumwa
Edwin G. Moon
United States
Southern District of
Iowa
Moon
U. S
Gilmore, Moon and Hannister
John
Wapello County
First Lecture Opens Series for World Understanding
Friday evening at the high school auditorium begins a four lecture series sponsored by local clubs and veterans groups to promote better international understanding. G Douglas Booth of London will speak on World Trade A Gateway to Peace. Lectures proceed with no votes or resolutions.
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G. Douglas Booth
London
England
Washington
Clinton
Davenport
Dubuque
Cedar Rapida
Litetary Club
Y's Men
School Faculty Club
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Phalanx Club
Chamber of Commerce
Americans urged to evacuate Barcelona amid war advance
The U S consulate ordered immediate evacuation of Americans as nationalist forces near Barcelona. Ships Omaha Badger and Jacob Jones waited in the Mediterranean to assist, with 200 Americans in total and about 20 in Barcelona. British Devonshire expected to help. Barcelona faced repeated aerial raids and martial law as republican Spain mobilized for defense.
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Hendaye
Prench-Epas Ish Frontier
Barccelona
Omaha
Badger
Jacob Jones
Mediterranean
Cleam
W. C. Thurston
Henry KE. Lackey
Barcelona
Devonshire
Civilane
Corn Ethyl Alcohol Bill for Iowa Gasoline
A bill introduced by Rep J B Miller of Humboldt proposes that after Jan 1 1940 all gasoline sold in Iowa contain at least ten percent ethyl alcohol distilled from Iowa corn. The measure aims to boost corn use and support local agriculture.
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Des Moines
U.R
Iowa
J. 8. Miller
Humboldt
Lowa
Senate Leaders Press New WPA Relief Boost
Senate leader Alben Barkley after a conference stated Roosevelt will push to raise the WPA appropriation. He said Roosevelt believes the House approved 726.6 million is insufficient for relief. McKellar of Tennessee may offer an amendment to restore to 875 million.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Harkley
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Tennessee
Fire call to West Chester reports dwelling fire
Early this afternoon the Farm Mutual fire truck was sent to West Chester for a fire at the Howard Stewart place two miles west of town. The fire was in the dwelling walls and considered under control. Alarm could not be wired due to a down telephone line, so a neighbor was needed to summon the apparatus.
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Farmers’ Mutual
West Chester
Howard Stewart Place
Cold Wave Brings Frosty Weekend Across Region
The cold spell arrived Saturday night with temperatures dipping to three degrees above zero. Sunday’s high reached fifteen above, while last night’s low stood at eight below.
Attendance planned for public discussion on subject matter
The audience will be invited to participate as interest grows in the plan. It is anticipated that attendance will be large and that the discussion will address key questions bearing on the subject.
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Beauvesg
John Mangold, Jr
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Ralph Moore
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Kalona
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Riverside Public Schools
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J. Jackson
Jackson Center
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Clay
White Oak
Brighton
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Frederick
Dochsner
United Press
Fuehrer
Adolf Witler
Sudetenland
Planta
Reich
Naziam
Naziem
Brumfield Vs. Smith
Attorney Moon
Southern District of Iowa
U.S. Shi
Tinue
Call Farm Mutual
Chester
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