Edith Bell Named Director of Art at Frances Shimer College
Edith Bell, longtime graphic and plastic arts instructor at the University of Iowa for a decade, accepts a director of art post at Frances Shimer College in Mount Carroll Illinois. She has also taught summers at Drake University and the Cummings School of Art in Des Moines.
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Iowa City
Edith Bell
State University of Iowa
Frances Shimer College
Mount Carroll, Ill
Miss Bell
Drake University
Cummings School of Art
Des Moines
Woman Chugs Lysol Mistaken for Mineral Oil
Iowa City police report a woman drank Lysol by mistake and was rushed to a hospital. Her stomach was pumped and she was sent home after the incident. She had poured Lysol into a glass thinking it was mineral oil.
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Iowa City
Nine Days Later Fish Hooked for Second Time
Charles City report notes Tom Roberson hooked a four-pound catfish nine days after Milton Nehls first caught it in the Cedar Valley River. The fish escaped with about five feet of the stringer still attached, and Roberson later caught the same fish.
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Charles City
Tom Roberson
Milton Nehls
Cedar Valley
Nehls
Roberson
Test Pilot Flies 600 Miles for Marriage License
John W. Roach 26 of Huntington West Virginia flew to Davenport then to Tipton by car to obtain a marriage license. He wed Mrs Ida Woodyer 19 of Grandridge Tennessee after arriving and aims to return to Huntington to work Monday morning. The 600 mile trip sets a local record for a license pursuit.
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Tipton
John W. Roach
Huntington
W. Va
Davenport
Ida Woodyer
Grandridge, T
EF. C. Gillam
Roach
Five Boys Rescued After Cedar River Storm View
Five boys named Tom Gallagher Bob Beam Don Palmer Fred Bissell and Ken Marsh were caught in a Cedar Rapids Cedar River storm. They escaped tragedy by leaping overboard and clinging to the boats as high waves tossed them.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Gallagher
Bob Beam
Don Palmer
Fred Bissell
Ken Marsh
Cedar River
Woman 79 Makes First Plane Trip with Brother
Mrs. Frank W. Stebbins, 79, widowed former Chicago Great Western railway engineer, travels from Des Moines with her brother F. T. Slayton 76 to Chicago and then New York by rail. She remains calm, noting air travel is common where Slayton works with Baldwin Locomotive in Philadelphia.
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Des Moines
Frank W. Stebbins
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Stebbins
F. T. Slayton
Chicago
Ill
New York City
Eighteen Clubs Enter Great Lakes Regatta This Weekend
The Iowa Great Lakes Regatta returns to West Okoboji Lake with entries from eighteen clubs across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Sponsored by the Okoboji Yacht Club the event follows last year’s storm disrupted races when over thirty sailboats overturned.
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Arnolds Park
Iowa Great Lakes
West Okoboji Lake
Okoboji Yacht Club
Inland Lakes Yachting Association
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Left Handed Farmer Sparks Des Moines Art Furor
A WPA mural in the state fair agricultural hall shows a left handed farmer sowing grain as the central panel of the Centennial mural History of Agriculture. State agriculture officials protested urging a switch to a right handed sower, but Dan Rhodes of Fort Dodge refused noting modern farming no longer sows by hand.
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Des Moines
State Fair Agricultural Building
WPA
Dan Rhodes
Fort Dodge
History of Agriculture
State Agricultural Department
Rhodes
Wheat acreage allotments in Iowa reported for 1939
Des Moines reports a 14.7 percent cut from 1988 and a 39 percent drop from planted acreage for the 1939 agricultural conservation wheat program. County by county figures list district totals for Iowa, including Washington County with 3,182 acres, subject to confirmation by Washington headquarters.
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Des Moines
O. D. Klein
State Committee
Iowa
Washington
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Klein
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Lyon
O’brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Sioux
Butler
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Franklin
Hanetek
Humboldt
Kossuth
Mitchell
Winnebago
Worth
Wright
Allamakee
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Chickasaw
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Howard
Winnoshiek
Audubon
Calhoun
Carroll
Crawford
Greene
Guthrie
Harrison
Ida
Monona
Sac
Shelby
Woodbury
Boone
Dallas
Grundy
Hamilton
Hardin
Jasper
Marshall
Polk
Poweshiek
Story
Tama
Mrs James Ward Dies At 88 In Washington
Mrs James Ward aged 88 died at 9 30 this morning at her home 407 South Second avenue Washington after years of declining health and a fall four weeks ago Funeral services will be Friday at ten o clock at L A Jones funeral home conducted by Rev Carl W Klein Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery Frances Windus born Allegheny county New York December 18 1849 married Wilton Iowa February 20 1864 to James A Ward long time Rock Island railway employee She moved from Wilton to Washington nearly 50 years ago Surviving are son George Ward Washington and daughters Mrs George Cordor Mrs Tom McGowen and Mrs Charles Mead Des Moines and Mrs Theo Ward Jacksonville Florida One son Harry
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James Ward
Washington
South Second Avenue
L. A
Allegheny County
New York
Israel
Nina (Boseher) Windus
Wilton
Iowa
James A. Ward
Rock Island Railway
Ward
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
George Ward
George Colcord
Tom McGowen
Charles Mead
Des Moines
Theo Ward
Jacksonville
Florida
Harry
Labor Day Races Planned At Leon Beatty Post
A Legion Labor Day meeting outlined a program at Kendrick field with horse pony and mule races jalopy heats and airplane stunts. Admission will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Committees named include Carl Vorhees George Baker Spencer Reed Rodney Arnold and Bill Brown.
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Leon Beatty Post Club
Kendrick Field
Carl Voorhees
Bill Brown
Preston Wolf
Leon Beatty Post
Commander Wolf
Carl Vorhees
George Baker
Spencer Reed
Rodney Arnold
M. L. Brown
Harry Simpson
Fred Downing
S. W. Easter
Ed Squire
Leland Carris
Charles Henton
Paul Snakenberg
Bobe Kurtz
George Slosser
Archie Buwer
Ivan
Eleanor Tucker Heads Bicycle Unit
Eleanor Jane Tucker was elected captain of Batallion No. 1 of the bicycle division of the Iowa Safety Council sponsored by the Washington County Safety Council. Two lieutenants are Charles Mayo and Dick Crossett, with Santos Hernandez as adjutant. The unit has 838 members and uses hand signals like automobile drivers as they ride Washington streets, urging drivers to respect the signals.
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Eleanor Jane Tucker
Iowa Safety Council
Washington County Safety Council
Charles Mayo
Dick Crossett
Santos Hernandez
George Mohr
County Council
Washington Streets
Weather figures reflect 87 top and 66 low with .15 inch rain
Yesterday's high reached 87 degrees and the low dropped to 66. Rainfall total was .15 of an inch reported for the period.
J Ward Dies in 1926 Left Family Details
The obituary notes J Ward's death in 1926. It lists one brother and two sisters as deceased and mentions seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren in the family.
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J. Ward
Kraschel Claims Credit For Homestead Exemptions
Iowa Governor Kraschel, addressing the state Democratic convention, accused Republicans of stealing credit for homestead tax exemptions while praising highway progress and noting savings from delayed road construction contracts. He defended the 1938 Democratic program on sales and income taxes as already carried out, and highlighted WPA road work figures. He also dodged the veto on farm-to-market projects and framed the ongoing partisan battle over elder pension and road issues.
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Des Moines
Iowa
INS
Nelson G. Kraschel
GOP
Kraschel
Iowa State Highway Commission
Corps of Engineers
Maytag May Go To Court
Newton Iowa July 27 Edward Ford attorney for Maytag said the company had not decided on any court action to force the reopening of the washing machine plant closed by strike and kept shut by orders of Governor Kraschel. He noted inquiries but no definite plan or court type was determined.
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Newton
Iowa
Maytag
Kraschel
Edward Ford
Health test for county 4-H clubs results and notes
Yesterday evening 46 boys from county 4-H clubs underwent health examinations at the Methodist church and this morning 87 girls were examined. Northwest Rangers and Washington Hustlers had perfect boy attendance. Dr. D. C. Barrett led the health exams with county doctors and nurses. final rankings and prizes for the August 9 to 12 county 4-H show will be announced after senrings.
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Methodist Church
Northwest Rangers
Wellman Area
Washington Hustlers
D. C. Barrett
Interest Grows in Washington Food Storage Plan
Glenn Holden of the Farm Bureau Service reports strong interest in refrigerated lockers for Washington. A second meeting is set for Saturday evening at the courthouse. One thousand pamphlets describing the plan were mailed to farmers in the community.
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Glenn Holden
Farm Bureau Service Company
Washington
Court House
Maxine Foster Visits Washington Friends
Cedar Falls resident Maxine Foster is visiting Washington for a brief stay with friends, traveling for social visits and sightseeing during her time away from home.
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Maxine Foster
Cedar Falls
Washington
Storm damage hits Crawfordsville in early morning cyclone
A small cyclone struck Crawfordsville about 1 am causing a six ton storage tank to be moved and dropped near the Don Darbyshire farm. The storm ripped a roof from a stockyard building, felled trees, damaged fruit trees, and knocked out electric and telephone lines. Crews restored power by late morning as the storm subsided with heavy rain and lightning.
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Crawfordsville
Fletcher « Crooks Oil Company
Don Darbyshire
Stockyards
Howard Anderson
Anderson Place
Hits Electric Service
Ric
Iowa Southern Company
Washington
Keynoter At Demo Meeting In Iowa Campaign
In Des Moines the first congressional district shows unity as it caucuses and elects district committee members including Hart of Iowa City and Mrs. Baxter of Burlington. Henry A. Wallace defends the Roosevelt debt policy at the state Democratic convention, noting total U S debts are down since 1928 and urging quotas if the 1938 corn crop is large.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William R. Hart
Iowa City
Ray Baxter
Burlington
State Central Committee
W. A. Sternberg
Mt. Pleasant
Jules
Ross Livingston
Carl Riepe
William Griffin
Riverside
INS
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Pet Show at Local Playground Thursday
Tomorrow afternoon at two o clock the pet show at the community playground promises many entries for prizes from the Y s Men s club. Prizes include first and second in best decorated trained and most unusual entries and a grand prize for the best all around exhibit. Parents of boys and girls are invited. Scores of softball games yesterday begin second round at the playground Journal 14 Scouts 7 Davenport Democrat 11 Indians something
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Journal
Scouts
Davenport Democrat
Indians
Wind Storm Strikes Town With Widespread Tree and Crop Damage
Large limbs and branches littered lawns and damaged telecommunication lines as several trees fell. Fruit trees and corn fields suffered heavy losses, with farmers noting most damage in the south and southeast areas. The storm, centered on town, brought soaking rain and strong winds Monday night.
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Page
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Mahaska
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Fifth Avenue
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