Notice of Election in Washington County Iowa 1941
Public notice states a special election will be held in Washington County Iowa on the 160th day of June 1941 to decide funding for a hospital addition and bond issuance of up to 48000.80 dollars with a tax levy not over one half mill. Polling places listed countywide with polls open 8 am to 8 pm. Notice dated May 10 1941 signed by County Auditor Stan Kiesey May 10 17 24 31.
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Washington
Court House
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City Hall
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Code of Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Stan Kiesey
Beating Case Ties Up Court Amid Judge Appointment
Sheridan Rose of near Cheboygan Michigan pleads guilty in the beating of his six year old daughter Madonna partially disabled from infantile paralysis. He is free on bond while awaiting a new circuit court judge. Physicians describe the injuries as severe with twisted wrists and cut ears noted. the child was kept in Cheboygan for schooling while the parents are separated.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Madonna
Rose
That Night in Rio dazzles with samba and color
The 20th Century Fox Technicolor musical That Night in Rio stars Alice Faye Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda opening at the State Theatre. It features Brazilian song and dance numbers and a double life plot with lively performances and lavish Rio night life.
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20Th Century-Fox
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Carmen Miranda
State Theatre
Argentine Way
Tin Pan Alley
Mack Gordon
Harry Warren
Carmen
Garon Duarte
Miss Miranda
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Dorothy Lamour Visits Atlantic City Mayor Kiss Alleged
Dorothy Lamour, guest at the Variety Clubs of America convention in Atlantic City, reportedly prepared a big kiss for Mayor Tom Taggart, reflecting lighthearted banter about political life.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Variety Clubs of America
Dorothy Lamour
Tom Taggart
Washington County Iowa to hear bids on grading bridge project
The Board of Supervisors set May 29 1941 at 10 90 am for hearing objections to proposed plans for grading and incidental work on Bunker Hill Road and Bunker Hill Bridge. Notice to bidders to be published with bid opening at 1 30 pm May 29.
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Board of Supervisors
Court House
Washington
Iowa
Ned Morrow
H. P. Wilson
E. F. Bauer
Phalanx Fraternity Feed and Summer Recreation Plans
The Phalanx Fraternity and ladies held a feed at the Scout cabin with Tom Gray in charge. The church softball league is starting under Hillery with Joe Duea as playground supervisor to organize a busy summer for youngsters. Attendees at the U S O meeting in Des Moines included John Winga Claud Tucker E D Morrison Jr Richard Stewart and Leigh Soule. Stewart was elected district chairman Morrison secretary. Plans aim to provide recreation educational and religious facilities for soldiers near camps. Rotary are planning a Ladies event.
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Tom Gray
Joe Duea
John Winga
Claud Tucker
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Richard Stewart
Leigh Soule
U.S. O
Des Moines
Iowa
E. D. Morrison
Removing Brown Stains From Bath Tubs With Cleanser
Household cleansers can remove brown hard water drip stains from bathtubs and wash basins by gentle rubbing.
Proceedings of Iowa Board of Supervisors May 16 1941
The Iowa State Highway Commission moves to add grading and bridge work on Trunk Road L in Section 377-9 Washington County to the Farm to Market Secondary Road System. Notice of Hearing and Notice to Bidders published for this project are canceled. The board met May 16 1941 with all members present and adopted the following resolution.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
Washington County
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Ames
Iowr
Board of Supervisors
Bride confession solves killing of former marshal
Police disclose Kathryn Baldwin Trudring and husband John Trudring confessed to beating Leo P. Miller 72, a former U S marshal, to death in a rooming house dispute over rent. The couple, married five months, appear with the slain man in an inset photo.
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Los Angeles
Kathryn Baldwin Trudring
John
Trudrungs
Lake Ladoga Named Largest European Lake
Lake Ladoga, covering about 7,000 square miles, is described as Europe’s largest lake. It is known as Laatokka to the Finns and Ozero Ladozhskoye by Russians, and lies wholly within the U.S.S.R. after previously being shared between Finland and Russia.
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Europe
Laatokka
Ozero Ladozhskoye
U.S.S.R
Salt butter as bread spread in Peter the Great era
The article notes salt butter was known to Russians by 1150 A D but claims Peter the Great first used it as a bread spread in 1692.
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Peter the Great
Aviator’s risky flight saves Göteborg girl with cure
In Gothenburg a 12 year old with a persistent cough believed incurable was treated by an aviator who flew her for an hour at 4000 feet as a last resort. The dramatic flight ended with her being cured and life expectations restored.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Beauty Dies in Plunge From Fifth Story Penthouse
Police seek motive for Frances Stutz a 25 year old Ziegfeld Follies beauty who died in a hospital two hours after plunging from a fifth story penthouse in New York. She was found impaled on a picket fence in front of the building.
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New York
Frances Stutz
Miss Stutz
Convicted Killer Faces Electric Chair in Bronx Slaying
George J. Cook, 24, was found guilty of first degree murder in the strangling death of 30 year old Bronx housewife Catherine Pappas on February 4. The jury did not recommend mercy, mandating the death sentence.
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Bronx
New York
George J. Cook
Local Bus Schedule and Rail Departures list
Westbound No 3 Davenport to Kansas City departs 9 58 am. No 25 Southwest Limited Eastbound to Davenport departs 6 14 pm. No 26 Southwest Limited departs nightly. Bus No 8 Washington 6 14 am. Bus No 9 Washington 8 92 pm. Bus No 7 Washington 3 45 pm. Eastbound Omaha to Chicago Bus No 2 leaves Washington 11 3565 am. Nights Bus No 6 leaves Washington 13 19 am. Bus No 10 leaves 11 23 am. Movers tickets sold at Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square for any coast to coast trip. CantonI Agent.
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