Reading shopkeeper starts public debt exposure campaign
Beckford General stores in Donkinhill Caver sham chalked notices in windows warning that unpaid debts will lead to publishing customers names. Mrs A Godwin owner vows to collect funds citing last Christmas credit and says creditors may contact solicitors, though store has legal backing to reveal names.
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Reading Eng
Reading
Beckford General Stores
Donkinhill
Caversham
Emintenink
A. Godwin
Beckford
County Legion Meet in Crawfordsville Hosts Discuss Youth and Safety
Kalona speaker Emil Hesselschwerdt urged Legion members to lead by example as good Americans amid world affairs. Dean Harland Mead called for action on highway safety with projected Iowa coordination among Safety Council, Public Safety and Public Instruction. Fred Downing praised Kalona post officers, noted district progress, and announced fall conference plans for October 19 at Bonaparte.
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Kalona
Emil Hesselschwerdt
American Legion Organization
The
Legion
Dean Harland Mead
Iowa
Iowa State Safety Council
Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Instruction
Carl Fisher
Harl Hall
American Legion
Downing
Fred Downing
van Vodicka
Bonaparte
Burlington
Vay Vodicka
Charles Olinger
Kalona Post
Crawfordsville
Riverside Post
Buying Power of American People Seen on Increase
Minneapolis report shows higher real income and rising investment earnings as of August 1939. Invested income stood at 103 versus 1 in 1938, while cash income and living costs shifted to boost purchasing power for John and Mary Public. War effects on living costs not included for 30 days.
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Minneapolis
John Q
Studdy Reports
Investors Syndicate
Rains Come to Help of Poles Against Nazis
Berlin reports Nazi mechanized units broke through Polish lines east of Warsaw and aim to advance south to cut off armies defending the capital. German experts claim the east Prussia trek may deal a death blow to Polish forces, with resistance reported behind Warsaw near the Narew and Vistula triangle. The northward push has crossed the Warsaw to Bialystok rail line, about 120 miles northeast of Warsaw, near the Bug river.
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Warsaw
East Prussia
High Command
Narew
Vistula
Bialysce
Bue
French 25th Marne Anniversary Battle Draws German Hit
Paris reports mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the Marne with French forces eliminating a German salient along the Saar Bliss river and penetrating toward the Rhine. German defense boosted along the Rhine front. French artillery bombarded Saarbrucken airfield area.
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Paris
The
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Saar-Bliss
Germany
Rhineland
Motel
Rhine
Petit Paris
Ian
Saarbrucken
Larger Corn Crop Forecast for Iowa in 1939
Des Moines reports Iowa corn production on September 1 estimated at 484 million bushels by Leslie M. Carl. This would be the fourth largest crop in ten years, aided by hybrid seed planted on about 7.5 million acres and an average yield of 49.5 bushels per acre.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Rotary Hears About 3 Local Enterprises
Washington county Rotary heard three local projects at the Monday meeting led by Mrs. Rose Reid, Mrs. Leslie Gates, and Miss Eileen Jeffrey. Reid promoted Red Cross work, noting 4000 chapters nationwide and Iowa’s membership standing, with county officials listed for Red Cross services. Gates spoke for Christmas Seal anti tuberculosis drives, reporting over 700 dollars raised locally and TB clinics available through the fund. Jeffrey outlined school milk for malnourished children begun in 1921, with 14 376 pints served last year and fees paid by parents where possible. a general fund assists children unable to pay.
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Rose Reid
Leslie Gates
Eileen Jeffrey
Reid
Red Cross
United States
Iowa
Washington County
Roger Sherman
P. L. Etter
Anna Dawson
Lucy Dempsey
T. L. Brookhart
Home Service
T. M. Mast
F W. Eastwood
Lester Krabill
Lewis Warren
C. A Boice
Della Humphreys
Gates
Jeffrey
Washington
Anamosa Hardware Store Removes Emblem Coffee Pot
Scott Hardware Store in Anamosa removed its longtime emblem coffee pot as part of modernization causing curiosity among several visitors about the change.
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Scott Hardware
Anamosa
Tractor Rollup Turns Upset Near Lamont
Jack Fisher of near Lamont tipped his tractor into a ditch one morning recently and the machine flipped onto its back. Fisher wriggled out from under it unhurt as all four wheels pointed skyward.
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Jack Fisher
Near Lamont
Fisher
Soybean and hay yields rise in early August outlook
The 1939 crop projection shows about 40 percent of soybeans to be harvested for beans with a total output of 9,093,000 bushels, up from 5,733,000 last year. Soybean acreage increased about 47 percent. Alfalfa and clover hay total now estimated at 4,799,000 tons. Small grain oats total 156,450,000 bushels versus 198,086,000 last year.
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Carl
Mrs. T. J. Easter Dies in Florida
News reached Ainsworth that Mrs. T. J. Easter, formerly of Ainsworth, died in Tampa Florida yesterday morning about 9 30. The body will be brought to Ainsworth for burial and funeral plans will be announced when arrangements are complete. The Easters had spent winters in Florida for years and lived in Tampa the past two years.
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T. J. Easter
Ainsworth
Tampa
Fla
Easter's Death at 77 After Six Months Bedfast
Easter, aged 77, had been bedfast for the past six months before passing away. The notice records his long illness and final days, reflecting a quiet end to a life marked by extended confinement.
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Easter
Skyway links U S with Australia four day flight
Treasure Island launches new skyway route linking the United States with New Zealand and Australia. Five years of Pan American preparation culminate in a four day US to Auckland leg, with 49 hours airborne. Imperial Airways to complete remaining Australia leg as plans unfold.
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Cal
United States
New Zealand
Australia
China
Pan American Airways
Auckland
Los Angeles
Imperial Airwa
California Clippers
Edwin Musick
Kingman Reef
American Samoa
Canton
Noumea
Flaming Hogs Fire Near Vail Claims New Truck
A truckload of hogs burst into flames near Vail. Driver J B Crane jumped to unload the penned hogs but could not save his International truck from the blaze.
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Vail
J. B. Crane
New International
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