State boards, defense funds, and Hawkeye Boys State notes
A state report lists board appointments across professions with terms of three years, five for dental and nurse examiners, and two for printing and accountancy. It details governor vacancies on aeronautics and architectural examiners and two district bench seats. Defense funds in Iowa reach 177487 for rural youth programs with possible expansion to 15 million nationally. Hawkeye Boys State sees 700+ youths learning government via simulated elections and real voting machines at the state fairgrounds.
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Dental
Printing and Accountancy Boards
Pharmacy Board
Aeronautics and Architectural Examiners
poaTas
Iowa
Clinton County
F. E. Moore
State Board For Vocational Education
United States
Senate
Hawkeye
Boys State session yields write in bids and veto clash
Sponsored by the American Legion the four year old event gathers Iowa youths in the House and Senate chambers as a mock government. Nationalists win most offices but fail to override a governor veto on a bill requiring waitresses in the mess hall to wear name caps.
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American Legion
Iowa
Scott Munich
Carroll
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Plane Stunter Returns for State Fair Thrill Programs
Des Moines announces that Special-Captain F F Frakes will headline two thrill day shows at the Iowa state fair this summer, after a previous crash drew federal pursuit. The program now avoids dangerous stunts while promising more spectacular displays on August 23 and August 28, with Frakes joined by a troupe of thrill specialists.
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Des Moines
F. F. Frakes
L. B. Cunningham
Frakes
Fair
Chinch Bugs Reduced by Rains in Iowa
Iowa State College entomologist Dr. Carl J. Drake reports heavy June rains likely reduced chinch bug populations, with field checks along highways by government entomologists supporting the trend. Unhatched eggs unaffected, migration to start in two to three weeks. grasshoppers also rising with grassland outbreaks anticipated and agents ready to supply poison bran to farmers.
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Iowa
Carl J. Drake
Iowa State College
Drake
Max Davis
Louis Reihl
Mississippi River
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