Backstage in Iowa Politics Spotlight on Bagley War Bond Move
A Des Moines report notes State Treasurer W G C Bagley earned praise for applying two million dollars of Iowa war bond funds across counties rather than Polk County alone. The plan short term bonds kept idle building funds working, boosting county quotas and supporting the state drive while maintaining timely payouts to Red Cross relief and state needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
W.G.C. Bagley
Iowa
Mr. Bagley
Polk
News
Brighton Notes of Military Moves and Local Visits
Brighton reports include Duane Van Winkle returning to Virginia after furlough, Pvt. William Madden at Fort Des Moines visiting family, and David Wentworth stationed at Camp Roberts California. Local residents host Easter services, meetings, and social gatherings. many family visits and moves are noted among Day Waterhouse Bennett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna S. Crile
Brighton
Duane van Winkle
Warren van Winkle
Virginia
Pvt
Wm. Madden
Ft. Des Moines
Verne Madden
Harry Wentworth
David
Camp Roberts
Calif
Pilotburg Notes include births and Easter events
In Pilotburg on April 29 residents report welcome rain for pastures. A baby girl born to the Chalupa family Sunday night did not survive. John Young’s son Sara Kay—no, a brother to Sara Kay—was born last Friday at Washington hospital. Easter activities included church music and school parties at Lookout and Pilotburg with basket hunting. Terry Leeper underwent appendicitis surgery. Obvious farming updates mention hog sales and fence repairs hindered by old wire. House insulation was carried out for Esther Hamilton and others. The community shared Easter dinners with multiple families and deliveries of ice cream and cake for a lunch celebration. The Pilotburg Aid society postponed its meeting. Wedding anniversary festivities occurred at the Stransky home with relatives and homemade treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stransky
Pilotburg
Raymond Chalupa
Chalupa
John Young
Washington Hospital
Sara Kay
Pilotburg Church
Erb
Lookout
Marguerite Wodiecka
Terry Leeper
Butter Fat Released for War Front Use
The ice cream industry curtails production to 65 percent of last year enabling about 80 million pounds of butterfat to be released for war fronts and nearly 70 million pounds of defatted milk solids to support fighting forces.
Early Plant Soybeans for Longer Harvest Season
Farmers aim for early maturing soybeans to extend the harvest window amid favorable weather. In 1942, many could not gather portions of the crop as beans ripened late and rains halted harvesting soon after maturity.
Dairy milk production reaches new high despite labor losses
Dairy producers expanded output to 119 percent of prior year totaling 119 billion pounds, about four billion more than previously. Butter manufacturers produced 1.78 billion pounds in 1942, over 50 million pounds above the 1939 to 1940 average as farmers continue to push supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
UMW
WLB
California
Abbott and Costello bring It Ain't Hay to State Theatre
The No 1 box office stars Abbott and Costello headline It Ain't Hay at the State Theatre in Damon Runyon's cast. Grace McDonald Cecil Kellaway Eugene Pallette Patsy O Connor and Richard Lane star with Leighton Noble and his orchestra. The plot centers on mistaken identity involving two horses with blend music romance and four musical numbers by Revel Webster and others. The film features Vagabonds Hollywood Blondes and Step Brothers in entertaining sequences.
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Abbott and Costello
Damon Runyon
Grace McDonald
Cecil Kellaway
Eugene Pallette
Patsy O'Connor
Richard Lane
Leighton Noble
Miss McDonald
Noble
Harry Revel
Paul Francis Webster
Revel and Webster
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man at Fox Theatre
The horror double feature unites two of the era’s scariest creators with Ilona Massey Patric Knowles Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney in a new fright film. The tale follows Baroness Elsa Frankenstein Dr Mannering and the Wolf Man as they collide with the Frankenstein monster in a castle chase.
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Fox
Ilona Massey
Patric Knowles
Miss Massey
Elsa Frankenstein
Knowles
Dr. Mannering
Frankenstein Castle
Bela Lugosi
Lionel Atwill
Maria Ouspenskaya
Lon Chaney
Wolf Man
Mak Reanimates Monster and Wolfman in New Film
Mak is said to retrieve the car eers of the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man from the mysterious means by which they apparently perished in their prior films. Their ferocity remains undiminished in the current movie.
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Mak
Frankenstein Monster
Wolf Man
Tompkins completes Camp McCain furlough in Riverside
Corporal Ralph G. Tompkins a cook in the signal corps spent an eleven day furlough in Riverside with wife Lillian and reported back to Camp McCain Mississippi. The piece also notes visitors and transfers involving local servicemen and church and college residents in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Tener
Sam I. Marner
Ray JT. Marner
Riverside
Garden City
Kan
14Th Station Co
Jacksonville Air Field
Jacksonville
Florida
Nettie Shradel
Josephine Rabas
Mabel
Iowa City
William O'Conner
Weekend Rain Brings Cheer Across Denver Area
The weekend rain was greatly appreciated by everyone in the region including Denver and surrounding areas. Residents note milder conditions and relief after a dry spell as fronts moved through. Local officials reported no major weather incidents during the interval.
Noble locals note weddings and visits in Mt. Pleasant area
Mrs. C F Frey and Vernon attended the Wittmer wedding at Mt Pleasant. Emma Conrad called on Mrs J A Frey and Hattie. Roy Frey and Mrs Mary Prey visited J A Frey home. Wittmer and wife called on O F Frey. Otto Frey drove Hattie Frey to Iowa City hospital. Ruth Richard of Wayland and RE Frey of Haskins joined them. John Kauffman and Sam Noble families visited Washington. Lee Swartzendru ber and Barbara Wyse attended dinner at John Alliman’s Wayland. Myrtle Freyenburger and Mildred Kephart spent Sunday in Washington.
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and Shepherd
Lloyd Donovan
Veteran's Hospital
Des Moines
Wilbur Long
Durant
Lee Holland
Washington
C. W. Long
Circle No. 1
Methodist Church
Hoskins
Ethel Cordner
Charles James
Laramie
Wyo
EB. L. Edmondson
Jane
Mr. Edmondson
Carold Wadmondson
Fredonia
Chicago
Margaret Mann
C. D. Mann
Willard Mann
Ensign Willard Mann
Annapolis
J. W. Plitt
Dwight Robison
Donald Robison
Herbert Stouse
Lee Emry
Karle Megchelsen
Edith
Gerard
Mary Sue
Mt. Rose
Edith Megchelsen
Iowa City
J. A. Frey
Noble
C. F. Frey
Vernon
Russel Wittmer
Mt. Pleasant
Emma Conrad
Hattie
Roy Frey
Mary Prey
Burlington
Otto Frey
Hattie Frey
Lowa City
Ruth Richard
Wayland
RE. J Frey
Haskins
Lee Swartzendruber
Barbara Wyse
John Alliman
Myrtle Freyenburger
Mildred Kephart
Elmer Frey
Easter program at Eicher Sunday school praised
Mrs Henry Reshley and Beverly of Olds visited the I G Roth home on Tuesday. The young people and children of the Eicher Sunday school gave a splendid program Easter morning after Sunday school. The writer thanks the committee and children for the splendid work they did.
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Enburger
Henry Reshley
Beverly of Olds
I* G.’ Roth
Eicher Sunday School
Chidren
Oldest American Mine at Mt Chalchihuitl Turquoise Source
The Mt Chalchihuitl turquoise mine near Santa Fe New Mexico is described as America’s oldest, operated by Indians centuries before 1540 and still in limited production today.
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America
Mt. Chalchihuitl
Santa Fe, N. M
Fats Wasted Billions of Pounds Go Down Drains
An estimated more than a billion pounds of fats and greases enter drains or garbage pails annually in the United States. Since fats are about ten percent glycerine, this implies roughly 100 million pounds of glycerine lost each year.
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Paul R.bumbarger
Wilson
Douglas
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Jane Hickenlooper
Roddy McDowall
State Guard
Col
A. T. Wallace
Wallace
Red Cross
Ugees
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Statehouse
Douglas Miller
Richard Day
The
State University
Wilbur Day
Robert Waterhouse
Anson Woodford
Clay
Waterhouse
Edgar Wise
Dorothy Bennett
Everette Schadt
Salem
Charles Bennett
Carroll Davison
Davison
Florence Lloyd
Lucian Wilkinson
Diane
George
Everette Goodwin
L. L. Weiss
D. D
Nyle Donovan
Esther Hamilton
Joe Vodicka
Wayne Stransky
Larry
Albert Batterson
Marion Stransky
Carl Ib. Anderson
V. Vodicka
Stanley
Lydia Horak
Harold
Pilotburg Aid Society
Ralph Ashby
Mariam
Carl D. Anderson
Tokio
U.S. Treasury Department
Col. Roosevelt
Malta
Elliott Roosevelt
North
Africa
International Soundphoto
Runyon
Bud
Lou
Vagabonds
Hollywood Blondes
Step Brothers
Curtis Siod
Amboy News
Glenn Owens
Amboy
Francis McConnell
Homer Coppock
Springfield
Ill
Russell McConnell
Humbolt
Boyd White
Phillip McConnell
Navy
Bruce Hanna
Connie Sue
Allen Conrad
Myron
Crawfordsville
William H. Hagie
Merlin Duane
Robert Meg‘ehelsen
Cpl
R. G. Tompkins
Camp McCain
Halsey
Pacific Islands
New Zealand
Walter Nash
United States
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
H. E. Barraclough
Nash
F. R. Newell
International
Robert Hs Megehelsen
Lowry Tela
Denver
Colorado
BE. F
John Kauffman
Sam Noble
Heroes OF
Burma
Charles Colwell
Park River
N. D
Ira M. Lussky
Little Rock
Ark
Melvin Kimball
Center
Durham
N. H
U. S. Army Air Forces
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