4-H club tour visits 20 farms in Washington county
The annual county 4-H tour drew interest from club members and families as they visited 20 farms to view calf and pig projects. County Agent J W Chandler noted aims include peer project exposure and livestock judging training with four classes judged at three farms. The day included a noon potluck at Lloyd Poster farm and ends at Arthur Duensing home. swine projection may lag while baby beeves show strong potential for state and district conventions.
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Washington County
J. W. Chandler
Pete Schneider
Lloyd Foster
John Flading
Pete Sehneider
Ed Lyndegaard
Lloyd Marek
Lloyd Poster Farm
Jackson Center
Arthur Duensing
Chandler
Taft's Nomination Prospects Rise as Balloting Nears
At the 1940 Republican national convention in Philadelphia delegates anticipate the first ballot this afternoon. Taft leads behind Dewey and Willkie with behind the scenes lobbying underway as Dewey talks with Alf Landon and rumors swirl of a Taft-Dewey accommodation. Willkie reports strengthening with "every combination" aiding his position while Hoover is cited as a potential alternative. The convention proceeds with speeches, and Taft and Willkie face further balloting.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Joseph Martin
Willkie
Stogy
Hoover
University of Iowa peace officer course invites statewide chiefs
A column notes invitations to attend a University of Iowa peace officer course have been sent to county attorneys sheriffs and chiefs of police in 1265 Iowa towns. Instructor A M Perkins says participation interest is strong as recruitment expands beyond campus.
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Iowa City
Iowa
M. Perkins
Lowa
Northwestern Bell to build central office in fall
Atlantic Construction to build a new telephone building and central office improvements totaling about $115,000. J. P. Stephens, local Northwestern Bell manager, announced the project, which will house the business office and operators quarters. Other changes include upgrading rural lines from one to two wire service with common battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
J. P. Stephens
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Proposal to move Tabor College to Council Bluffs
President Clark Howard wrote to local business leaders proposing relocating Tabor College to Council Bluffs. He suggested using Hotel Creston as a dormitory the city hall auditorium for lectures and the city library for reference while renaming the college National Service College.
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Council Bluffs
Tabor College
Tabor
Clark Howard
Howard
Iowa State Teachers Chief Admitted to University Hospital
President O R Latham of Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls was admitted to the State University of Iowa general hospital under treatment by Dr. Frank Peterson head of general surgery. The reason for admission was not disclosed.
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Iowa City
O. R. Latham
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
State University of Iowa General Hospital
Latham
Frank Peterson
University Hospitals
Davenport Fourth of July program includes coach Eddie Anderson speech
Dr Eddie Anderson head football coach at the State University of Iowa will give the principal address at the Fourth of July celebration at the Mississippi Valley fairgrounds. Children from the Iowa Soldiers Orphans home and St Vincents orphan asylum are invited guests. A citizenship ceremony for first time voters will be led by M F Donegan recently named federal district attorney for southern Iowa.
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Davenport
Eddie Anderson
State University of Iowa
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans Home
St. Vincents Orphanage
M. F. Donegan
Iowa
Opposition to new liquor store near church in Davenport
Plans for a second tavern liquor store near First Presbyterian church were announced but faced church opposition. The proposed building would be within 600 feet of the church and is burdened by existing tavern traffic concerns cited by Rev. Alfred S. Nickless.
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Davenport
First Presbyterian Church
Alfred 8
Nickless
Reninger Replaces Boothe as English Head at 1.8 T C
Cedar Falls Iowa state Teachers College announces Dr Bert E Boothe resigns to join Chicago Normal College faculty The change takes effect after the current summer quarter Dr M J Nelson dean says Dr Willard Reninger will assume the English department chair from the fall quarter.
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Cedar Falls
Bert E Boothe
Iowa State Teachers College
Chicago Normal College
Chicago
Davenport Man Arrested Amid Mo o ching Fund Campaign
Frank Denny Davenport 40 of Clinton was detained while soliciting funds for a trip to a Washington hospital. Police found a list of policemen and leading citizens in his clothes and he claimed the list was to avoid mooching from a cop who could be him.
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Davenport Frank Denny
Clinton
Whicch
Washington, D. C
Reed Phillips
Vast fleet of small ships concentrated at French seaports
London reports Nazi authorities concentrating a vast fleet of small ships in Nazi occupied ports facing Great Britain amid invasion speculation. Two German bombers were shot down in a three night raid on England. a church was demolished and ships damaged in northeast England with limited casualties. Italian navy units bombarded Sollum Egypt and raided Malta. German troops advanced to the Dononlaine sector east of Bordeaux per armistice terms.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Hitler
British Isles
England
Aff
Air Ministry
Rome
Sollum
Egypt
Malta
Mediterranean
Berlin
U.P
Donologne
Bordeaux
France
Lincoln Playground Field Day Plans Announced
George Mohr director of Washington playgrounds said plans are under way for a Special field day at Lincoln school playgrounds next Tuesday afternoon. He noted a similar event soon at Stewart school with Mary Atchison assisting. Ex Democrats beat Democrats 28 to 13. Small Fry over Ex Democrats 20 to 10. Democrats won by forfeit 9-0 from Bob Lowes Rats.
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George Mohr
Washington
Lincoln School
Stewart School
Mohr
Mary Atchison
Bob Lowe
Rats
Evangelist Vories Speaks on Labor and Industry Crisis
Evangelist C. L. Vories lectures at the Voice of Prophecy auditorium on West Madison and South Avenue D. He warns machines displacing workers and highlights unemployment, wealth concentration, and distribution as roots of industrial turmoil, urging the coming of Christ as the remedy. He previews Friday and Friday night topics with song service beginning.
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Evangelist C. L. Vories
New “Voice of Prophecy
West Madison Street
South Avenue D
New York City
Rust Brothers
United States
Christ
Corncob Special to See Dodgers Cardinals Trip
The group plans a Burlington train from Washington to St Louis on July 21 to attend two afternoon games between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St Louis Cardinals. Chairman Ray Whitehead and Jim Casey handle signups. 200 seats are reserved on the third base line with more seats to be arranged if needed. A Sigourney group of about 25 Junior Chamber members will join the trip.
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Washington
St. Louis
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Ray Whitehead
Whitehead
Jim Casey
St. Louis Ball Park
Parties to Hold Two County Conventions Here Saturday
Washington hosts two county political conventions with precinct delegates arriving from across the county. Republicans meet at the courthouse at ten o'clock to select delegates for the July state conventions and elect county leaders. Democrats gather at city hall at eleven to fill the county ticket and choose delegates, followed by a lecture at 8 PM.
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Court House
City Hall
Washington
Theodore B. Bailey
Des Moines
Burlington
County Central Committee
Electnor
John Walsh
Riverside
Iowa State University Names Two Medical College Department Heads
Two new department heads in the University of Iowa College of Medicine will assume posts next Monday. Dr. Walter R. Ingram will lead anatomy, microanatomy, histology and embryology. Dr. Erwin G. Gross will head the pharmacology department succeeding the late Dr. Oscar Plant.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa College of Medicine
Walter R. Ingram
Ewen M. Mackwen
Erwin G. Gross
Oscar Plant
Roosevelt Signs Billion Dollar Work Relief Bill
President Roosevelt signed a large relief bill prohibiting aliens and propaganda advocates from federal WPA aid. Applicants must swear they are not communists or Bund members. The WPA allocation totals 975.65 million dollars to be spent in the first eight months of the new fiscal year.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Bund
Little Danger to U.S. in Five Years
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa argues the United States faces little danger of joining a European war in the next five years unless policymakers choose to. He criticizes war fever in the country and urges calm and stable public mood.
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U.S
Guy M. Gillette
Dem
United States
Gillette
Romania Cedes Territory to Russia Amid Ultimatum Demands
Rumanians yield under a Russian ultimatum with reports the cession includes Bessarabia and northern Bukovina along with Constanza and other naval bases. Diplomatic circles note possible broader bids by Bulgaria and Hungary while Germany and Italy were briefed. Population figures cited for Bessarabia and surrounding areas.
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Bucharest
Carol of
Rumania
Besara
Bukovina
Constanza
T Cea
Germany
Italy
Carol
Bulgaria
Hungary
Baria
Dobrugja
Verne Marshall Nominates Hanford MacNider for GOP
Verne Marshall of the Cedar Rapids Gazette places Iowa favorite son Hanford MacNider of Mason City in nomination at the Republican convention. Marshall extols MacNider as soldier businessman diplomat and farmer and urges defense and anti New Deal reforms amid internal crisis rhetoric.
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Verne Marshall
Iowa
Hanford M’ Nider
Philadelphia
Hanford Mac Nider
Mason City
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Marshall
MacNider
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