The Roaming Chair Brigade and Daily Happenings
Bananas rise in price from five to eight cents per pound with eleven cents cited in Oskaloosa. Coffee and other foods trend upward. Cemeteries get new flowers and care at Woodlawn and Elm Grove. Notices include Laura Chilcote walking, Hattie in California, and Kurrell Foster Jr. death in an auto crash. Travel notes compare Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania railways. Glen Zaring readies farms for summer with three children graduating in June. Relatives across Princeton Cleveland and Kankakee grow. Rudolph Hess mystery after landing in Scotland stirs public chatter. Besse Conger seen downtown with green wrapped package.
Tyrone Local Notes and Community Questions
Local items from Tyrone include seventh and eighth grade tests at New Haven school and various weekend visits by residents to Fairfield Hedrick Sigourney Washington and Milo Weaver homes. A reader questions labor discrimination against colored workers in defense shifts and discusses unions employers responsibility with mixed views across states.
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Otto Sheetz
Tyrone
Margary Crawford
Joann Hafferty
New Haven
Walter Sheetz
Caroline
Fairfield
Waldo Miller
Milo Weaver
Margaret Long
Hedrick
Leonard Hardesty
Sigourney
Bernard Hahn
Fred Sheetz
Jo Singmaster
Jackie
Washington
Ruth Sheetz
Ladies Aid
Carl Klein
Fishing tops US sports by active following says report
The National Wildlife Federation notes fishing is the most popular sport in the United States with a larger active following than any other recreation. Several states are offering lower license fees to female anglers. Mrs. Sarah Ross of Welston Ohio, aged 96, is regarded as the matriarch of American angling, cherishing a cane pole and corn cob pipe.
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National Wildlife Federation
United States
Sarah Ross
Welston
Ohio
Bell Weighs 2 080 Pounds at Independence Hall
The Liberty Bell in Independence Hall Philadelphia weighs 2 080 pounds. The item is described with emphasis on its weight as a notable attribute and connected to its historic location.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors May 1941
The May 7 1941 board session notes approvals for the first quarter 1941 reports by W E Eldridge and Ed J Vergy Riverside Mayor. It records approvals of county home steward reports and various relief and maintenance bills, tax suspensions, soldiers exemption for 1940, a warning notice for case 2611, and insurance policy DNSI68 by Iowa Mut. Ins. Co.
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Ned Morrow
H. P. Wilson
W.&. Eldridge
J. P
Ed J. Vergy
Riverside
H. Wilson
R. D. van Dorin
Ollie Schauf
Adah Peterson
I. C. White
H. EF. Perry
HH. P. Wilson
Iowa Mut. Ins. Co
Minnesota girl 16 travels to Hollywood in search of film career
Sylvia Hamalaine, a 16-year-old Minnesota girl and expectant mother from Hibbing, arrives in Los Angeles seeking film work. She alleges she was entertained and assaulted at an improper party hosted by a prominent film celebrity. Her move spans several months.
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Sylvia Hamalaine
Minnesota
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Hibbing
Minn
Weed Commissioners Named Across Townships and Cities
A list names Weed Commissioners for one year across multiple townships and cities including Brighton, Cedar, Clay, Crawford, Dutch Creek, English River, Franklin, Highland, Iowa, Jackson, Lime Creek, Marion, Oregon, Seventy Six, Washington, and more with individuals such as D H Wentworth, John Cupp, O W Schmitter, Emery Leicht, H J Mangold, Albert F Stumpf, L W Gates, J R Quinn, D S Hardy, J W Turner, C H Wolfe, Ed Hotle, T G Gerdes Ainsworth City, C H Walker Crawfordsville, Harry Horesowsky, Joe Pailliotet, B A Steninger, T R Poore, and others. The board also amended salaries and authorized monthly warrants to County Home Cook and a junior social welfare worker effective April 1 1941. Deeds were issued to several entities and individuals. a homestead application was reconsidered and approved. meeting adjourned to May 1941. The Capitol of the United States note references Philadelphia capitol dates 1790 to 1800.
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Brighton
D. H. Wentworth
Cedar
John Cupp
Clay
O. W. Schmitter
Crawford
Emery Leicht Dutch
Jackson
J. R. Davis
Lime Creek
Dan Steiner
Marion
J. W. Turner
Oregon
C. H. Wolfe
Ed Hotle
Washington
Tom Gerdes
Ainsworth City
C. H. Walker
Crawfordsville
Frank E. Gault Kalona
Harry Horesowsky
Riverside
Joe Pailliotet
Wellman
B. A. Steninger
West Chester
T. R. Poore
Brighton City
M. T. Coon
Brighton Independent School Dist
O. B. Latta
Wm. McClelland
L. A. Borkoski
John M. Goodwin
R. M. Whitehead
H. P. Wilson
Ned Morrow
Court Exonerates Governor Wilson
Des Moines Gov George A Wilson was exonerated on a civil libel charge by District Judge Frank S Shankland who directed a verdict for the governor. Lehan T Ryan sued for $60000 damages claiming the governor provided a bank receivership audit containing an erroneous statement to the press. The judge ruled no damages or malice were proven and that a governor cannot be sued for damages without malice.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Frank S. Shankland
Lehan T. Ryan
Ryan
Supreme Court
Shankland
Prisoners Stage Demonstration in Dubuque Jail
In Dubuque county jail prisoners staged a four part protest over conditions and privileges. They overturned dining tables pounded cups shouted and set a mat on fire, quieted after deputies and city police used tear gas. Sheriff Leo Kisbach was away taking a prisoner to Fort Madison penitentiary at the time.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Sher
Leo Kisbach
Dubegee
Fort& Son Penitentiary
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