Backstage in Iowa Politics column by Shannon B Charlton
Des Moines Iowa September piece features guest columnist analysis by Shannon B Charlton Mansfield attorney and state Republican chairman on party candidates. He critiques Democratic strategy and discusses fiscal policy highway safety and diplomacy with references to Will Rogers and Kipling.
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Shannon B. Charlton
Tolay
Central Committee
Beore
Des Moines
AIDPA
Jake
Highway Patrol
Safety Council
Morale and labor mood under wartime pressure
Morale confidence and enthusiasm should flow from leadership, not from workers. The text condemns reports of slackness and lackadaisical business attitudes amid full effort to defend government, noting strikes in early 1941 disrupted labor and public inconvenience.
Back Stage guest column thanks Frank Nye for vacation
A reader thanks Frank Nye for guest column during his vacation and commends his fair treatment. The note notes respect for columnists and their labors and mentions Nye’s return next week with Backstage in Iowa Politics.
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Frank
Frank Nye
Backstage
Iowa
Kennett Square Police Dog Ends Mourning Weeklong Fast
A 150 pound police dog from Kennett Square Pennsylvania who kept police from approaching his late owner Charlie Fung a Chinese laundryman for more than two weeks finally ends his fasting after sympathizers provide food and support. The dog guarded for 24 hours the body of his master and refused food for over two weeks before relief arrived.
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Kennett Square
Charlie Fung
Maple Grove School Holds Homecoming
The Maple Grove school hosted its seventh annual homecoming on September 21 with about 160 attendees. The event featured recitations by Jane and Douglas Whitehead, songs by pupils and Doris Schlabaugh, and music by multiple residents including Rosetta Vodicka and Lor en Boone. letters were read from Pomona and Long Beach correspondents. Jim Pieper was elected president for the coming year. Dorothy Kolosiek named secretary treasurer. next year’s picnic set for the third Sunday in September.
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Maple Grove
Jane
Douglas Whitehead
Doris Schlabaugh
Ivola Marek
Rosetta Vodicka
Dorothy Kolosick
John Yousling
van Vodicka
Frey Neyadley
Loren Boone
Jane Whitehead
Melba Hole
Ethel Ayers Curl
Joe Kolosick
Jennie Kolosick Marek
Pomona
Calif
Stella Shrig Haight
Long Beach
James Vodicka
Mary Nayadley
Fred Mouser
Joe Pieper
Dorothy Kolosiek
William Tellin
William Marek
Viola
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago markets show hogs 5,500 head with 10 to 15 cents lower tops at 11.50 and 11.25 to 11.50 for 180 to 270 pounds. cattle 1,500 with yearlings and light steers steady to weak and some odd heads to 12.00. sheep 5,000 steady with better spring lambs and yearlings 25 cents lower and bulk good native springers 11.35 to 11.50. Estimated receipts tomorrow: cattle 200 hogs 200 sheep 100.
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Chicago
Market quotes show mixed cash grain prices in Chicago
Chicago cash grain prices list mixed values for corn and oats with several entries in the 70s and 80s, and soybeans reported at 1.79. The report notes several varieties including mixed, white, and yellow types with varying percentages.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago market report shows eggs firm with receipts 5,505 cases and varied quality classes including extra firsts 20 percent to 41 percent and firsts 28 to 29 percent. Poultry receipts listed at 16 6 trucks with hens and turkeys among several grades and weights.
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Chicago
Grain table reports open high low close for wheat and corn
The Chicago grain table shows open high low and close for Wheat May and July Corn May and July with varying percentages. Other grains including Oats Rye and Soybeans list May July October and December quotes with multiple figures courtesy of Powers Produce Washington Town.
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Chicago
Powers Produce
Washington, Town
Local Names List From Iowa Community Notices
A fragment lists numerous individuals and couples from towns including West Branch Cedar Rapids Iowa City Pleasant Plain New London and Richmond. The names cover multiple households and relatives such as Skriver Gill Morback Vodicka Curl Pieper Chalupa and others in a community notice fragment.
Iowa Supreme Court Denies Sullivan Rehearing
The Iowa Supreme Court denied Ivan Leon Sullivan’s petition for a rehearing of its ruling that he must die for the murder of guard Robert Hart at the state penitentiary. Governor Wilson must set a date for hanging unless he commutes the penalty or Sullivan appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Ivan Leon Sullivan
Robert Hart
State Penitentiary
George A. Wilson
Sullivan
United States Supreme Court
Russian Parachutists Land In Bulgarian Village
The German official news agency reported from Sofia that Russian parachutists landed in a Bulgarian village yesterday and were captured by police. Officers seized machine guns, a bomb and a radio set.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Sofia
Yoder Beeves Bring $12 at Chicago Stock Yards
Lloyd Yoder, a Washington County stockman from Kalona, shipped 21 beeves averaging 735 pounds to the Chicago Stock Yards. The herd sold for 12.00 dollars per hundredweight without sorting, marking a top price in the week’s trade.
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Yoder Beeves
Chicago
Lloyd Yoder
Washigton County
Kalona
First Solar Therapy Hospital Opens in Crimea Near River
Solar treatment facility in Mak hach Kala Crimea operates in an open field beside a river, surrounded by an orchard. Five year preliminary study by Theodosia Institute of Physical Therapy under Prof E A Nilsen notes success, curing lycosis of the face after 50 sessions and a chauffeur with hand eczema after 16 sessions.
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Moscow
Makhach-Kala
Crimea
Theodosia Institute of Physical Therapy
E. A. Nilsen
Wellman Area Names List of Local Residents
A long composite listing names dozens of residents from Wellman and nearby towns including Joe Vodicka Marguerite Rosetta Clifford Fountain family Sonny and Jerry Lee Fountain Betty Lou Peck John Peck Nayadley Kolosick Marek Hartsock Birkey Pieper and many others. The roster also mentions residents from Kalona Ainsworth Center Point California and surrounding communities.
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Joe Vodicka
Marguerite
Rosetta
Clifford Fountain
Carl
Harold Fountain
Sonny
Jerry Lee
W. T. Hamilton
Betty Lou Peck
John Peck
Charlie Nayadley
Alvin
Elgin Peck
Bessie Peck
Charlie Marek
Rose Marek
Edith Hesseltine
Oran Birkey
Ann
Charles Brown
Laken Hole
Jed Mouser
Pete Witting
Rose Henke
Ida Miller
Fred Nayadley
Milan Milburn
Donna
Mary Nayadley
Frank Nayadley
Clara
Archie Gingerich
Gertie Ann
Jimmie
Alfred Ole
Janet Yvonne
Carol Joan
Melack Kolosick
Donald
Marion
Edward Needley
Jay Figgins
Ned Figgins
Melack Marek
Joe Belka
Mery Horak
John Horak
Harold Horak
Lloyd Stagner
James Chalupa
Harley Parrin
Lilian
Hilda
Peggie
Beatrice
Henry Byler
Kalona
Milt Wollrab
Ainsworth
Frank D. Tellin
California
Geraldine Hendryx
Center Point
Albert Gillespie
Glen Chalupa
Kenny
Virginia
Raymond Gingerich
Mary Gingerich
Loran Boone
Marvin Boone
New Haven Baptist Church October Calendar
New Haven Baptist Church outlines weekly schedule with services at 9 30 and 10 30 a m and 8 06 p m sermon topics The Keeping Power of God Life Made Over Again and a 7 p m Young People club led by Charles Johnson Also midweek Bible study and prayer services Wednesday at 8 00 p m and a call to officers and members to attend Bring your Bible Rev Earl Dale pastor resides in Brighton Route 1 West Chester telephone 3 on 51 and a note of October events
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God
Happy Hour Club
Charles Johnson
Earl Dale
Brighton
West Chester
Tyrone Social Notes from Mrs Otto Sheetz Column
Tyrone residents share weekend visits with Washington and Ottumwa friends. Families including the Miller and Lenninger clans, Omer Crawford, and Blanche Conrad socialize at local homes. Mrs. Omer Crawford undergoes tonsil surgery. Otto Sheetz family shops in Ottumwa during the week.
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Tyrone
Waldo Miller
Washington
Omer Dillon
Howard
Blanche Conrad
George Crawford
Marguerite Adrian
Red Sheetz
LeRoy Lenninger
Edward Lenninger
Davenport
Howard Snyder
Jim Batterson
Omer Crawford
French Army Delivers Millions of Letters Daily
The French army receives seven to eight million letters each day, according to the ministry of posts telegraph and telephones. The vast mail volume highlights the scale of wartime communication between soldiers and home.
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Ministry of Posts, Telegraph and Telephones
Visitors and School Picnic Highlight Local News
Lloyd Morrison of Grinnell spent the day here on business and visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Simerman of Mowners Grove Ill came last night to visit Mrs Simerman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eldridge. Two junior department classes of the Methodist Sunday school held a picnic at Sunset Park Wednesday evening with about 19 attendees. Mrs. R. H. Wampsher led the department and teachers Mrs. Roy Fields and Mrs. F. C. Surface were present.
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Lloyd Morrison
Grinnell
Wayne Simerman
Mowners Grove, Tl
Methodist Sunday School
Sunset Park
R. H. Wampsher
Roy Fields
F. C. Surface
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