City Council Bills Read in Regular May 6 Session
May 6 1941 council met in regular session Mayor Lytle presiding. Various named officials and council members attended. Bills across General Fund Water Fund Garbage Light and other funds were read and approved with monthly reports accepted. A memorial notice closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk. L. Lytle
Enair
Rk. F. imeFarlane
A. W. Yard
Clarence Jacobs
Harry Montgomery
W. B. Dupuis
O. F. Boller
Henry B. Bailey
Harry Miller
Wiliam McDole
Labor
Mars
Cora Glasgow
D. C. McDole
Ern Garrett
Ban Waters
D. W. McClure
Howard Curl
Wayne Erwin
R. L. Lytle
W. H. Fulton
BE. F. Mick
Treas
A. E. Palmer
George Baker
PN Data
Nikon
Mark Pratt
Smaty
Marvin Buckwalter
Eral Ites
John Custer
H. S. Merk
Dick Palmer
Doug Page
William McDole
D. C. MecDole
Frn Garrett
DO. W. iMcClure
George Stokes
C. A. Boice
Washington Lumber& Iowa Southern U. Co
Fuel Co
Evening Journal
Wessler Bros
Geo. L. McDaniel
National Bank of Wash
J. J. Holcomb Co
Harper Brush Works
IEEE
Wilson Coa. Co
T. H. Peters
Washington Oil Co
Waggoners Garage
Matt Parott & Sons Co
Water Fund
Orville Long
P. L. Jordan
John Sowash
Edward Wiley
Wash. Oil Co
Lavor
K. C. McDole
R. L. Stewart
Sexton
Sedge
Ials
Ieee Hooker Supply Co
Lbr
Fuel Co DE Crac
IoWa
Ewinger Supply Co
S. Parks Sewer Fund
Ft. Madison Savings Bank
R. F. McFarlane
E. F. Muck
Des Moines
D. P
Lee Farrier
The Rocking Chair Brigade Diet and Society Notes
A collection of casual observations on diet trends from vege to acid forming plans, then shifts to dating dynamics and advice for men. It references magazines, Broadway actor Monty Wooley, and notes on aluminum drives, Belgium aid, and brave figures resisting Nazism.
Merrimac Social Notes Cover Visits and Family News
Merrimac residents report visits from Ottumwa relatives and neighbors. Clarence Young, Mrs. Glenn Schafer, and Thelma travel to Doss Van Winkle’s home. Several families gather at Hugh Eshelman and Carl Amrine homes. Mr Eshelman’s health is noted as not very good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Clarence Young
Ottumwa
Glenn Schafer
Thelma
Doss van Winkle
Mary Amrine
Roy Eshelman
Lois and
Alva
Ralph McGuire
Hugh Eshelman
Eshelman
Joe Amrine
Emanuel Blick
Bessie
Rose
Owen Blick
Eugene
Lulu Rose
Dave Baldosier
Max Baldosier
Joyce
John Baldosier
Hugh Eshelmans
Mountain sun study workshop opens on Fremont Pass
A mountain workshop for solar study rises 11 513 feet up Fremont pass in the Colorado Rockies near Climax. It is the only one of its kind in the Western hemisphere and marks the culmination of six years work. The observatory aims to provide scientists with the best possible information on disturbances of the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Pass
Colorado Rockies
Climax
Colo
Hemisphere
Equal fall times for balls of different weights
The text argues that two identical five inch balls with different weights dropped from the same height would hit the ground simultaneously. It asserts equal air resistance and equal accelerations due to gravity when mass scales with force, leading to equal velocities and identical fall times.
Forty One Churches Bombed in Rochester Diocese 1940
In 1940 the Rochester diocese of England experienced a wave of church bombings targeting thirty-nine to forty-one parish houses and churches causing extensive damage and heightened wartime vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Diocese of England
Gilchrist Battles Wheat Loan Proposal in Congress
Rep Fred Gilchrist of Laurens leads a fight against a proposed wheat loan amendment seen as harmful to corn farmers. The plan sets a 98 cent per bushel loan and taxes wheat grown beyond allotments at 49 cents per bushel, with some urging to permit feeding out wheat to livestock instead. Gilchrist calls the move inimical to the corn belt and fights to preserve farmer interests in the agricu
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
IDPA
Nestor
Iowa
House of Representatives
Farmers’ Cause
Fred Gilchrist
Laurens
House Agricultural Committee
Gilchrist
Prize Payouts Shown for Final Night Competition
The final night awards a grand prize of 25 dollars, a second prize of 10 dollars, and a third prize of 5 dollars. Weekly prizes announce 3 dollars for first and 2 dollars for second.
Gilchrist fights subsidies and processing tax stance
Gilchrist argues for policy changes that would let wheat farmers feed excess wheat as livestock without penalties, opposing the Farm Bureau which also backs him against the processing tax on hogs. He criticizes official opposition and predicts farmers will back away from subsidies when others stop seeking aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilchrist
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Paul Appelby
Sam
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Lupino
John Garfield
Late Pathe News
NOW -Fox
Council Proceedings
W. T. Clark
Bank of Washington I
Petty
Iowa Southern U. Co
Buds Garage
Globe Mach. Supply Co. Water
Hersey Mfg. Co
Harry Haifley
Iowa Southern UA. Co. Light
John Shields & Sons
W. F. Jurging & Son
Bank of Wash
Vieth
Duncan & Wood
Tpreor Boss
Iowa Des Moines
Bank & Trust
Terry-Durin Co
H. S. Meek
Fire Dept
Attend- Se Pferee i Co
Harry Springman
Roe & Son
McDole
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D. C. MeDole
Cbc
Wm. MeDole
D.C
William MeDole
Stee Ke Re
W. H. Fulton City
Memoriam
William S. Saville
Eva Saville Hart
W. W. Wilson
Rochester, Minn
Maytag
Washington
St An Meyers
Thrills
Madeleine Carroll
Fred Macmurray
Lisa Ne Gee
Patricia Morison
Reginald Denn
Iso
England
Pathe News
Harpers Bazaar
Good Housekeeping
Clarence
Bob” Grimes
Lemmon’'s
Monty Wooley
Ida B. Wise-Smith
National
Chicago
Adolphe Max
Brussels
J. J. Meulebroeck
Hitler
Hubert Pearson
Belgium
Law of Gravity
U. S. Navy Recruiting Officer
Legion
F. K. O’brien
U.S. Navy
Navy
Uncle Sam
Life In the Navy
By E. P. Chase
Planters
North Clark Center of Loop
Famous Circle
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Milo Sorden
O. BE. Schmidt
The
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Washington, Iowa
McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Kansas
Fale
Julius Caesar
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Maryse Rutledge
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America
David Farrand
Jane Rider
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