Nutting Time In Europe Reflects on Nazi Soviet Pact
Louis J. Kehoe argues in Washington Iowa that Germany and Russia coordinate to dismember Poland and threaten the Baltic states while France and Britain fail to halt the trend. He warns American readers of un-American communist and Nazi influence at home and accuses the president of inaction, citing FBI findings on over 1000 communists in federal positions.
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Europe
Germany
Russia
L. J. Kehoe
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Poland
Balkans
Britain
France
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Louis J. Kehoe
Washington
Iowa
Centenary activities and community notices in Gracehill
Mrs Anna Williams reports Gracehill events including Paul Harvey and family at the centennial and social visits by the Dan Boone and Corpering families. The Ladies Aid served at the Broomback sale, planning a bazaar and chicken pie supper. Neighbors held gatherings at Kalona West Chester and a country club pot-luck in honor of Mrs Wil Dunbar’s birthday. Farmers begin cribbing corn as harvest starts.
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Anna Williams
Gracehill
Paul Harvey
Airfield
Dan Boone
Karl Corpering
Fairfield
Francis Romine
Nelson Woodford
Ladies Aid
Broomback
Lester Small
Kalona Sun
Bill Kelley
Ernest Crawfords
West Chester
Harlow Enge
Country Club
Wil! Dunbar
Will Dubar
Haskins
Dale Jlames
Bob
Wellman Social Notes and Local Visits
Wellman residents share a week of travel and visits with relatives. Elmer Yoder attended Clifford Summer’s funeral in Iowa City. Ward Saxton and A P Fritson were weekend guests of L C Miller. Yarry Schwab and family stayed with G L Heiserman. A J Nichols returned from Cedar Rapids visit with relatives. Daily Andrews and Russell Plecker visited in Iowa City. Mrs Frank Huber traveled from Washington to visit Everette Durian’s family. WW Severt and daughter of Fremont stopped by the Ross Severt home. Severt’s Iowa City trip accompanied his daughter’s nurses training graduation at the University hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson
Wellman
Elmer Yoder
Iowa City
Clifford Summer
E. J. Saxton
Ward
Oxford
G. L. Heiserman
A. J. Nichols
L. M. Downing
Grant Miller
Cedar Rapids
Daily Andrews
Bankville
Virginia
Tussell Plecker
Ralph Hull
Frank Huber
Washington
Henry Durian
Everette
Pleasant Ridge
Charlie Dunbar
Brighton
Tony Kauffman
Pard Emry
Baby
Helen Kauffman
Henry Underwood
Bruce Stewart
Crawfordsville
Helen
Edward
Wilmer Kauffman
Ben Bruegge
J. B. Renox, Sr
Keokuk
John Renoux
Edna Renoux
Harry Miller
Milton Smith
Clifford Miller
Dale Smith
Burlington
Charles Smith
Charles
Harry Renoux
Join Renoux
Corn Husking Contest Slated at Cotter Brothers Farm
Louisa county plans its annual corn husking contest Oct 11 on the Cotter Brothers farm Elm Grove township eight miles south of Columbus Junction. Ten huskers will compete starting at 10 am with parking in an acre clover field nearby. Notables include Wendell Morgan Verne Wilson Wade Scranton Harley McGill Joan R Courtney Otha Wiley and Charles Sedgell. The event honors former Iowa champion Mrs. Lee Colton who is improving after illness. Local visits noted include Rev. KE. Mitchell redecorating the manse and Madison Square Garden band director Everett Johnson.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Cotter Brothers
Elm Grove Township
Wendell Morgan
Verne Wilson
Wade Scranton
Harley McGill
Grandview
Joan R. Courtney
Wapeilo
Otha Wiley
Charles
Lee Sedgell
Morning Sun
Iowa
Lee Colton
M. W. Klotz
Madison
Gibsonville
N. c
KE. R. Mitchell
West Point
Presbyterian Church
C. A. McWilliams
Bloomfield
E. W. McWilliams
Madison Square Garden
Everett Johnson
New York
Nettie B. Lewis
Washington, D. C
W. R. Lytle
Columbus
Ohio
Star
Paul Johnston
Conesville
West Liberty
Star Mail
Eugene Myers
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Pleasant Ridge Community Notes Passages of Fall Visits
Pleasant Ridge reports a busy week with visits from Brighton to Tony Kauffman and neighbors. Local families including Emrys Renoux and Underwood share chores and hospitality as fall colors brighten, while Whitman and Renoux households note birthdays and orchard tasks.
Origin of the word glass debated by scholars
Two schools of thought discuss the etymology of glass. One traces it to the Celtic glas meaning green or bluish green, like typical window glass. The other links it to Latin glacies meaning ice, noting crystal derives from a Greek word for ice.
Widest Street in the World Named in Buenos Aires
The Avenida Nuevo de Julio in Buenos Aires is described as the widest street in the world, reaching 460 feet in width with five roadways separated by grass plots and tree-lined medians.
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Buenos Aires
Four H Feeder Calf Club Show and Sale Held
In Columbus Junction on October 10, the Four H feeder calf club show and sale awarded two calves and 47 prizes totaling $100 in cash and merchandise. About 100 club members from Louisa and nearby counties entered, judged by Prof. A L Anderson of Iowa State College. Kenneth Brass won first with the Aberdeen Angus calf, Dale Brass placed second with the Hereford. Over 100 calves from 500 selected animals sold for $11 to $16.75 per hundredweight, averaging about $12, with carload lots of Angus Hereford and Shorthorn calves selling after the contest at $19 to $12 per hundredweight.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Midway Sales Company
Louisa
A. L. Anderson
Animal Husbandry
Iowa State College
Ames
Kenneth Brass
Dale Brass
Morning Sun
Among Our Neighbors Columns Echo Wilson Economic Gains
The Knoxville Journal lauds Gov. George A. Wilson and the Republican administration for cutting state payrolls and saving at least 800000 a year without harming service. The Corydon Times-Republican offers a war philosophy likening nations to people and tempers.
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Wilson
Corydon Times-Republican
Letter Carriers Meet in Kalona
The Washington County Rural Letter Carriers association held a meeting at Kalona High School with about fifty members from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Hillsboro Kalona Montrose Riverside Washington Wellman. Vice President Paul V. Snyder opened. program included songs recitations band performances and talks by local officials. Refreshments were served. next meeting set for Riverside on November 4 1939.
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Washington County Rural Letter Carriers Association
Kalona
Srnday
Ainsworth
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Hillsboro
Montrose
Riverside
Washington
Wellman
Paul V. Snyder
Francis Walker
Mary Colleen Grady
Doris Wheatley
Betty Yoder
Tommy Walker
Little German Band
Robert Swartzendruber
Donald Dayton
Harold Petersein
Julian Engstrom
Robert Guengrich
Barbara
Jimmie Snyder
Tom Knobbs
Montroe
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association
Alva Clark
Edward B. Jushek
War Makes Nations Irrational Like Fists in a Bar Fight
Observation that fair individuals turn unfair and vicious in violence applies to nations as well. War news from Europe shows propaganda and conflict drive collective irrationality, mirroring a man’s behavior in a street brawl.
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Europe
New York Board of Education Hosts Spring Ferry Trip
The New York board of education conducts a civic course activity taking about 16,000 high school pupils on a ferry boat tour around Manhattan island each spring.
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New York Board of Education
Manhattan Island
Saint Yves the Lawyer Honored in Brittany Cathedral
The American Bar Association donated a stained glass window to Treguier Cathedral in Brittany to honor St Yves, the only lawyer to become a saint. Tourists may view the window as a notable linkage of law and sainthood.
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Treguier
Brittany
American Bar Association
St. Yves
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