British Raid German Air Base Industrial Show Opens Tonight
Industrial show at Troop Armory presented by Leon Beatty Post American Legion runs three nights with free admission and vaudeville. Exhibits include cars, tractors, farm machinery, appliances, clothing, furniture and more from about 40 firms with a Legion boardwalk access. Vaudeville acts top the program each evening.
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Troop Farmory
Leon Beatty
Legion
Armory
Boice Kurtz
Legion Post
Kuruta
Boy Scouts
IOWA COLUMN REPORTS FATAL FALL ON UNIVERSITY ROOF
A State University of Iowa construction accident ends in death when Lewis Maske 67 Iowa City fell from a roof and died of a heart attack per Coroner George Callahan. Maske lived with his sister as a bachelor. In Nashua the Rev William Kent pastor of Little Brown church plans a several week rest and clinic examination. During his absence Rev JF Hanscom will perform marriages at Little Brown church.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Lewis Maske
George CC. Callahan
Nashua
William Kent
Little Brown Church
JF. L. Hanscom
First Congregational Church
Beotch collie Ginger dies after six year vigil for master
In Council Bluffs the Beotch collie Ginger, aged 15, kept a vigil at the Roher home after M. F. Roher died in 1934. Ginger dragged herself home with injuries and was euthanized by a veterinarian, ending a long, faithful wait for her master.
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Council Bluffs
M. F. Roher
Ginger
Roher
Boy and Pony Killed by Passing Motorist
Eight year old Grant Stock, son of Mr and Mrs Luther Stock of Early, was killed when struck by a car driven by Wilbur Fuller a Storm Lake farmer. The boy rode his pony to school and had just entered the highway from the farm driveway when the accident occurred. The pony also died.
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SAC Iir
Grant Stock
Luther Stock
Wilbur Fuller
Storm Lake
Aleo
Feller Plans a $25,000 Home for Parents
Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians intends to build a $25,000 farm home for his parents near Van Meter. The house will feature modified English design with red face brick and stained fir trim. The first floor includes a living room dining room kitchen breakfast room study bedroom and garage. The second floor has three bedrooms two baths and a large recreation room.
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van Meter
Bob Feller
Cleveland American League Baseball Club
William Feller
Near
New Hampton Ward Council Race Decided by Judge Goheen
Judge T H Goheen of Calmar ruled that stickers used by supporters of Ray Faragher in the 1989 New Hampton first ward council race were legal as they expressed voters wishes. Hettler had claimed illegality. final tally had Faragher 223, Hettler 102, Wilkins 77 with 196 of Faragher’s 223 votes counted as stickers.
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New Hampton
First Ward
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Ray Faragher
H. L. Hettler
Hettler
Faragher
William Wilkins
Faraghere
Farmers' Workday Averages 10.3 Hours
In Des Moines the trend toward shorter hours in U S industry shows little effect on farm work. A government report finds Iowa farm operators average 10.4 hours daily while their hired men average 10 hours. The national farm operator day is 10.4 hours on March 1, 1940, with farm laborers at 9.6 hours.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Rasmussen Taken by Suicide in Hay Loft
Audubon County coroner inquest heard Andrew Rasmussen bachelor farmer of Kimballton felt he had not paid enough taxes given his bank funds. His sister found him hanging in the hay loft while milking.
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Audubon
Andrew. Rasmussen
Kimballton
Rasmussen
Audubon County
Rasmuseen
White Hopes for GOP Victory in Des Moines Visit
William Allen White, famed Emporia editor, toured Des Moines to check on his son William L. White and commented briefly on national and international affairs. He joked about learning economics by ear from piano playing.
Edison for Governor of New Jersey
Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey in a statement issued today at West Orange. Edison emphasized his plans to run on a platform of reform and public service.
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West Orange
N. J
U.P
Navy
Charlies Edison
New Jersey
Wheat crop may be one of smallest in 40 years
Reports to the agricultural department indicate the U S wheat crop could be as low as 600 million bushels this year. Severe fall and winter drought reduced prospects for normal yields as rainfall and snow across the Great Plains ran about 56 percent of normal.
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Washington, D. C
Mareh Zo
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
What's the Matter With Kansas
Not enough context to extract a full event. the fragment notes an author known for short stories novels editorials and news reporting becoming familiar to thousands of Americans. It suggests a biographical reference rather than a complete news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Health committee plans county entry in rural contest
At a county health unit meeting, the health committee of the Chamber of Commerce outlined plans for Washington county to enter the Inter-Chamber Rural Health Conservation contest. Washington ranked sixth of sixteen last week, edging Burlington by one place. The group, advised by Dr. Daniel Barrett, will meet four times yearly to promote education and pursue projects from the contest. Attendees included Geo. Fields as chairman, with W. A. Logan, Lewis A Warren, H. L. Walker, and Dr. Barrett.
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Chamber of Commerce
Inter-Chamber
Washington County
Burlington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Barrett
Washington
Geo. Fields
W. A. Logan
Lewis A Warren
H. L. Walker
Dr. Barrett
Test Car Arrives Tomorrow at Noon
The Mercury test car speeds into Washington tomorrow at 12 58 am on a 2750 mile drive covering 75 cities. It will stop at Mace Motor Company for sixty five minutes then depart at 1 00. Mace Motor plans a local contest with prizes for the driver who completes a charged course using the least gasoline. Results of the Mercury test row will be announced next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mace Motor Company
Mace's
Legion Prepares For Industrial Show Opening Night
Legion post members spent most of last night’s meeting discussing the upcoming industrial show opening tonight. Volunteers have worked hard to secure success and will continue with substantial effort over the next three days as the event runs.
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Legion Post
The
Post
Legion
Spring Proclaimed as Official Arrival Across States
Snow greeted spring across the northern states with a wide snow cover from Montana to New York and up to ten inches in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. Clear skies and brisk weather marked spring’s arrival in Iowa at 12 24 p m with rain and snow forecast for tomorrow and flurries noted in northwest Iowa.
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Abraham Levine
Levine
New York
Michigan
United Press
Montana
Wisconsin
North Central States
Ohio River
United States Weather Bureau
Chicago
Great Lakes
New York State
Des Moines
Iowa
Naval Examiner to Be Here Thursday
A naval medical examiner from Des Moines Iowa will be at the post office in Washington on Thursday March 21 1940 for physical examinations of men of good character with no dependents aged over 18 under 31 who wish to enlist in the US Navy Those applying then will receive a shell medical examination on site instead of traveling to Des Moines as in the past.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
US. Navy
White v. Garner legal clash over assault damages
In district court J E White sues James Garner seeking damages for injuries White says Gardner caused. Trial paused with plaintiff resting and defense evidence set to begin. Wellman area residents represented by Morrison, Bell for plaintiff, Kehoe for defense. jurors excused to Monday.
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J. E. White
James Garner
White
Gardner
Keagy to Speak at Pre-Easter Union Service
Dr R C Keagy of the Methodist church will be the speaker at the pre Easter union service at the Presbyterian church this evening at 7 40 Washington churches unite in these services Rev W J Stevens of the Foursquare church spoke Monday evening Rev W M Nichol of the United Presbyterian Church last night and Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian will deliver the concluding address Friday afternoon at two o clock
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R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Washington
W. J. Stevens
The
Foursquare Church
W. M. Nichol
United Presbyterian Church
de. F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian
Dozens Dead in Hanna Coal Mine Blast at Willow Grove
Forty bodies have been recovered from the Willow Grove coal mine in Neffs Ohio after an explosion Saturday night at the Hanna Coal Company mine. The disaster is believed to have claimed about seventy workers.
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Neffs
Ohio
Willow Grove
Hanna Coal Company
Play Festival at High School Delights Audiences
High school and junior college students staged three one act plays in the school auditorium last evening. Grandma Pulls the String, a comedy, centered on a family eager to push a marriage proposal for their daughter with the help of a crafty grandmother. The Pampered Darling followed with two sisters and a spoiled kid brother causing hijinks at a weekend party. The Rector, a heavier drama from the junior college, ends with the rector winning his preferred bride amid church ladies’ schemes.
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Grandma
Marilyn Bell
Evelyn Miller
Dorothy Lornel
Esther Stewart
Panama
Nellie Wallace
Glenn Mace, Jr
Esther Hayes
Laura Jean Stout
Robert Marble
Margaret Hennon
Georgeanne Rudiker
Audrey Holle
George Swift
Dick Anderson
Eleanor Kimmel
Mae Crandall
Jean Applegate
Terry Anderson
Dean Cox
Richard Minick
County Seals Corn Loans at March Deadline
The county soil conservation office announces March 1 as the final date to seal corn for federal loans. Chairman Wayne Norman reports 898 corn loans for the 1939 crop at 57 cents per bushel, totaling about 900,000 bushels under seal in the county.
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County Soil Conservation Office
Wayne Norman
Postmaster General Farley Replies to Springfield Question
Postmaster General James A. Farley answers a Springfield question in a brief dispatch dated March 20. The exchange concerns postal policy and service adjustments raised by local officials.
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Springfield
Mass
James A. Farley
Accordion Band Entertains Club at Ys Meeting
The Lorden Accordion band directed by John Yousling performed for the Ys Men's club with thirteen players from seven towns in uniform dress. Members from Kalona Haskins Ainsworth Olds Keota Columbus Junction and Washington contributed solos duets and ensembles. A Gold Medal tournament report by Bill Shannon showed a profit of about 0 and the club pledged the amount to the Y. Ping pong finals between Bill and Bob Shannon concluded the event with close wins.
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Lorden
John Yousling
Kalona
Haskins
Ainsworth
Olds
Keota
Columbus Junction
Washington
Margaret and
Rosetta Bodiska
Katona
Jeanne Mathers
Phil Nelson
Virginia Miller
Leona Huston
Jean Freshwaters
Arlene Krusman
Evelyn Bloomquist
Gloria Morris
Evelyn Lorde
Clara Gilbert
Candidate calls himself a stalking horse for Roosevelt
The speaker asserts he is acting as a stalking horse for President Roosevelt in seeking the Democratic nomination. He says his name will be presented at the Chicago convention and that settles the matter.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Miniature FHA Village Show at Armory Promises More Homes
Lawrence Wilson of Eclipse Lumber displays a model village at the Armory show to illustrate the new FHA plan. He forecasts a spring surge in home building in Washington as buyers can use a lot as a down payment and pay over 25 years with monthly installments. The Eclipse organization will provide complete FHA compliant plans and plans for new homes on Fourth Avenue north of the hospital, offered at rents lower than current rates.
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Lawrence Wilson
Eclipse Lumber Company
F.H.A
Eelipae
Hospital
Fourth Avenue
Washington
Bombing raid cripples Nazi base on Salt Island in North Sea
London reports British pilots told the air ministry that the Salt island target in the North Sea suffered immense damage to the Horum Nazi air base. German hangars were ablaze and barracks in ruins as British bombers attacked in waves, marking the heaviest aerial operation of the war.
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London
Air Ministry
Salt Island
North Sea
Horum
Deladier Resigns as France Faces War Policy Pressure
Paris reports Premier Edoard Deladier resigning with his cabinet and later refusing Lebrun's bid to form a new government. Finance minister Paul Raynaud held a conference with the president and was said to be asked to form a new administration.
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Paris
Edoard Deladier
Lebrun
Leter
Paul Raynaud
Britain to adopt tougher line toward neutrals says War Secretary
London March 20 War Secretary Oliver Stanley signaled a stricter attitude toward neutrals in whom Britain fights, implying U S fault and warning defeat here harms neutrals. Premier Chamberlain had warned neutrals to join the allies and Stanley rejected U S criticism of Allied Finland policy.
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London
Oliver Stanley
United States
Britain
Chamberlain
Finland
Monmouth College Choir to Perform at United Presbyterian
A mixed choir from Monmouth College will give a concert at United Presbyterian Church Thursday evening at eight. Admission is free, with a free will offering received. The public is invited.
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Monmouth College
United Presbyterian Church
President Roosevelt Ordered Back To Bed Amid Cold
President Roosevelt was ordered back to bed in Washington on March 20 to shake off a severe cold that has troubled him for over a week.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Overshoes Save a Life in Daytonville Incident
Melvin Hudson, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Hudson, survived a severe electric shock after a copper wire and bottle experiment near Paytonville. He suffered burns on hands and feet with three holes burned in his overshoes and was treated by a Wellman physician. He remains at his grandmother Mrs Kate Perrin’s home and will miss school for weeks due to injuries.
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Melvin
Wellman
Kate Perrin
Daytonville
Mar
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