Weathered warnings and hemp hopes shape Iowa votes and industry
The piece surveys early November election chatter in Iowa with notes on anti trust and labor disputes, a county voter drive led by schools, hemp processing plans in Washington County, a Hurricane Edition from Daytona Beach, Stars and Stripes copy on Don Radda, and quips from other papers about Dewey Truman and Pearl Harbor era politics.
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Daytona Beach
Florida
Evening News
Harold Briley
Gulf Coast
Towa
Whiskers, Bathhouse Boss and a Blonde Misunderstanding
A Yale professor famed for side whiskers faced a dare to shave. He asked his wife if smooth cheeks suited him. she teased about egg gathering and theft. A bathhouse manager claimed never bathing, and a street encounter with a distracted salesman led to a courtroom misidentity.
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Yale
Explorer thanks hosts before embarking for Africa journey
An explorer at a dinner thanks supporters for kind wishes and notes he will think of them while traveling deep into Africa. He warns of danger as he heads into the continent alone among savages.
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Africa
Indian roadster buyer tells dealer odd driving tale
A newly rich Indian customer buys a roadster then returns with a curious account of fast steering, a bridge, and requests another car. A father and son exchange a playful spanking remark, a child longs to see monkeys, while a nurse questions Ellen about Rover and a kitten named Ellen.
Always a Man One Can Not Always Be a Hero
A reflective line by Goethe notes that one cannot always assume heroic status, but can maintain humane integrity as a man. The aphorism emphasizes personal character over grand deeds.
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Goethe
Secret Command Opens Thursday at State Theatre
Columbia picture Secret Command with Pat O Brien Carole Landis and Chester Morris plays a shipyard based thriller about an FBI man who goes undercover as a worker to break a Nazi ring. The cast includes Ruth Warrick Barton MacLane Jom Tully and more.
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Secret Command
Columbia Picture
Phil L. Ryan
Terneen Productions
Pat O'Brien
Carole Landis
State Theatre
Saurday Evening Post
FBI
Pat O’brien
America
Pat
Richard Lyon
Carol Nugent
Chester Morris
Ruth Warrick
Barton MacLane
Jom Tully
Wallace Ford
Erik Fiolf
Frank Sully
Howard Freeman
Matt McHugh
Frank Fenton
Charles D. Brown
Notice of Probate of Will in Washington County Iowa
In the district court of Iowa Washington County an instrument claimed as the will of Edward V Mayer, deceased, dated December 18 1940 and a codicil dated December 22 1941 were filed opened and read. A hearing for proof is set for October 31 1944 at 9:00 A M at the Washington court house before the district court or clerk. Interested persons must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be probated as the last will and testament. By order of clerk F K Noonan. Dated October 25 1944 Washington Iowa.
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Washington County
Edward VY. Mayer
Court House
Washington
Iowa
District Court
Said County
F. Kk. Noonan
Directors of Louisa County Fair Association Re elected
Louisa County fair stockholders re elected directors for a two year term: R. J. Barnes John Bell Cal Duncan W. F. Edmonson W. E. Gabriel Lester Hafner Henry Little Harold Orr F. C. Spaeth John Stone and John H. Rees. Local items note church fundraising, military transfers, and harvest results in Columbus Junction area.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Louisa County Fair Association
R. J. Barnes
John Bell
Cal Duncan
W. F. Edmondson
W. E. Gabriel
Lester Hafner
Henry Little
Harold Orr
F. C. Spaethe
Gordon Stone
John H. Rees
Cotter Presbyterian Church
Bert Oepping
Here
Oepping
Mary Hunter
First Methodist
Muscatine
Marjorie
Conesville
Alden Bebb
Robert Bebb
Pyote
Tex
Robert Buser
John Buser
Des Moines
Carl EB. Kemp
Ed Kemp
France
William Dunn
Columbus City
Corp
Birth of iron and steel industry traced by certain chronologists
Some chronologists place the origin of iron and steel production about 3700 years before Christ, roughly 56 centuries ago, as part of ancient metallurgical development.
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Iron and Steel
Airport bases rise by 204 in six months to 2655
The Civil Aeronautics Authority reports the United States added 204 airport landing fields and seaplane bases from January to July 1940, bringing total bases to 2,655 as of July 1, 1940.
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United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
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Roosevelt
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Middle West
International Motherhood of Electrical Workers
New York
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Johansen
Italy
Stars and Stripes
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Don Radda
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South Pacific
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Browder
White House
Wall Street Journal
Webster City
Tommy
Betsy
Ellen
Elen
Rover
Dolly
Eve
Elien
Denmark
Nile
Reich
Quakenbruk
Germany
U.S. Eighth Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces Photo
Robert Meeker
Columbus High School
Navy
Nellie Meeker
Lester Johnson
North Carolina
Clyde Johnson
Camp Hood
Jack Val Jean
Roy Jean
Service Command
Ireland
Aire
Miami
Fla
Fern Criger
Davenport
Mrs
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Washington Dairy
A. F. of
Young Republicans OF
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Dixie Dugan
Blake
By Mevoy
Striebel
John Shields & Sons
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