Retail Stores Show February Sales Gain in Iowa
Washington AP reports 794 independent Iowa retailers in February posted a 6.7 percent rise from a year earlier. Hardware stores led with 259 percent gains, while motor vehicle dealers climbed 25.7 percent. City-by-city results show Des Moines flat, Davenport up 0.9, Cedar Rapids up 15, and Des Moines down 12.3 percent from January.
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Washington
Towa
Department of Commerce
Oska-toosa
Muscatine
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Sioux City
Mason City
Des Moines
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Commerce Department
Oskaloosa
Iowa State Coed Manages Big Farm Near Grundy Center
Clara May Simms, a 22 year old sophomore in home economics at Iowa State College, manages a 295 acre farm near Grundy Center. She sold 3000 bushels of oats last summer and regards corn as her major crop while weighing soil conservation participation. She funds her education from farm profits and stays aware of broader agricultural trends.
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Ames
Clara May Simms
Grundy Center
Iowa State College
Clara May
Police Probe Broken Window Uncovers Liquor Cache
Des Moines police investigated a break in at grocer Peter Cunningham's store after a rock shattered a window at 1 22 am. Officers found alcohol inside and Cunningham, 53, faced illegal possession charges, bond set at $500 with a hearing scheduled next Friday.
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Des Moines
Peter Cunningham
Nels Pastel
Cunningham
Prairie Press founder Carroll Coleman ailed as courageous designer
Carroll Coleman of Muscatine, 33, runs Prairie Press, a one man shop, and has gained notice as book designer printer and publisher. His latest publication The Friends by James Norman Hall appeared March 15, with a 385 copy edition. Coleman has published twenty books in three years and plans further collaborations with Hall. He aims to advance regional literature in the Mississippi Valley and draws inspiration from Grant Wood.
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America
Carroll D. Coleman
Muscatine
The
Prairie Press
Coleman
Paul Bennett
Linotype Company
New York
James Norman Hall
Pitcairn’s Island
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Hall
Tahiti
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Ellery Sedgwick
Atlantic Monthly
Carroll Coleman
Golden Quill
Iowa
Boston
Whitelaw Saunders
Poetry Society of Kansas
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Off the Prairie Press
Wallace Stegner
Robert Claiborne Pitzer
Ilinois
Colorado
William E. L. Bunn
Jay Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
Don Farran
Hampton
Thomas W. Duncan
Des Moines
Lester E. Armstrong
Mason City
Wilbur L. Schramm
University of Town
University Literary
Lakeside Press
Long Foundation
Chicago
Grant Wood
April Fool Pranks Light Iowa House Session
In Des Moines the Iowa house paused for humor after hours of tax bill work on a mock council day. Rep Leo Hoegh called up a liquor by the drink measure joking it was a noncontroversial legalizing act, as colleagues laughed and Gov Wilson marked his 55th birthday.
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DES Moines
Iowa State House
House
Senate
Tax Commission
Executive Council
House of Representatives
Leo Hough
Chariton
Rose
George A. Wilson
Secretary of State
Earl G. Miller
Miller
Public Safety Department
Highway Patrol
State Tax Commission
George A Wilson
Wilson
Capitol
Senates
Charles B. Hoeven
Alton
State Highway Commission
State Income Tax Revenue Falls as Returns Rise
DES MOINES AP Deadline tabulations show Iowa personal income tax revenue down by 24 610 from last year while the number of taxpayers increases by 4 403 as of March 3. LaVerne Clark head of the income tax division notes about 30 000 additional returns received but not yet opened and cites tabulating machinery as a reliable index amid similar mail volume to last year. The state reports net revenue from personal income tax of 3 823 700 collected last year on 1937 incomes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State
LaVerne Clark
Cedar Falls chief of police ousted by mayor
Waterloo dispatch reports Mayor C N McHugh of Cedar Falls removed Louis N Schwanke as police chief on a charge of insubordination. Policeman Phil Lip Cameralta was named acting chief until May 1 amid citizen threats of a mass meeting to protest the ouster after Schwanke had served ten years in the post.
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Waterloo
C. N. McHugh
Cedar Falls
Louis N. Schwanke
Phillip Cameralta
Schwanke
Through 95 Years In Parallel Paths Ole Levig Knut Sampson
Ole Levig and Knut Sampson, long time neighbors between Walford and Norway, share 95 years of parallel lives from Norway to America. Born in 1844, they arrived in the U S A in the mid 1800s and settled a mile apart on farms near Ottawa and Leland, Illinois. Now retired, they spend days in rest, conversation, reading scripture, and recalling their journeys.
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Ole Levig
Knut Sampson
Walford
Norway
Old Country
America
Knut
Montreal
Ottawa
Ole
United States
Leland
Ill
Iva Sampson
Irene
Atkins
Susie Sampson
Brewster
Minn
Knute
Ira
Head Of Benefit Society Charged With Embezzlement
Arthur S. Sorensen, 50, former Omaha finance executive and president of the Pyramid Benefit society, is charged with embezzlement as bailee. A death claim denial prompted Omaha woman Martha N. Whitmore to report the matter. Iowa authorities are asked to investigate. Bond set at $500 with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Monday.
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Council Bluffs
Arthur S. Sorensen
Omaha Finance Company
Pyramid Benefit Society
Roy Smith
Martha N. Whitmore
Omaha
Nebraska
Benefit Society
Smith
Iowa
Sorensen
Carter Lake
Riley Nelson
Iowa Insurance Commission
Brothers-In-Law Collide Over Snow Storm Car Damage
William Wolf and John Burmaister, brothers in law from Marengo, drove identical cars in a head on collision on a bridge north of Marengo during last week's snow storm. Both cars sustained matching damage to left front fenders lights bumpers and tires. The only visible difference was mileage. They insured with the same company, replaced the blown tires with spares, then bought new cars of the same make and model.
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William Wolf
John Burmaister
Marengo
Famous West Liberty Railroader Tells Memoirs of Guests
Special to The Gazette outlines Clar ence E. Ramsey recalling famous visitors at West Liberty’s Rock Island platform from 1910 to his retirement after 40 years. Taft Roosevelt Wilson Harding Hoover Babe Ruth Sally Rand and others greeted him during a career that began in 1888 and ended with a long stay in West Liberty.
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West Liberty
Clarence E. Ramsey
Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Rock Island
William Howard Taft
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Hobeland
Harry
Scotty
Babe Ruth
Sally Rand
Linn Burris
Mr. Burris
Pennsylvania Railroad
Safe Harbor
Cherokee Strip
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Baltimore- Ohio
Maryland-Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Reading
Rock Island Railroad
Wilton Junction
WPA Grants Push Iowa City Sewing Rooms and More
AP reports a series of Works Progress Administration projects across Iowa. Funds include sewing rooms in Cresco Osage Anamosa Des Moines Oskaloosa and Bettendorf totals ranging up to 472753 for Des Moines. other items cover street and sewer improvements in towns like Bettendorf Knoxville and Emmetsburg plus courthouse renovations in Marengo and fair grounds work in Emmetsburg. A statewide project to transcribe and summarize farming tenancy data received 15721. Projects may be executed at the state WPA administrator’s discretion.
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Washington
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Cresco
Franklin County
Osage
Clarinda
Sioux City
van Buren County
Humboldt
Anamosa
Town City
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Marengo
Bettendorf
Knoxville
Emmetsburg
WPA
Hopkinton Bond Election Bill Passed in Iowa House
DES MOINES AP The Iowa house approved a bill allowing cities over 75 000 to roll unspent balances from various funds into next year budget The measure affects Des Moines and Sioux City and includes a Hopkinton town hall bond issue proposal A separate bill lets districts that failed a necessary resolution share in the state sinking fund if they have funds in closed banks
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Sioux City
House
Hopkinton
Utility Defendant In $25 000 Action
Valeria Hitchcock administratrix in the estate of Ralph Hitchcock filed a district court suit against Iowa Southern Utilities Co. for 25000 in damages. Hitchcock died Oct 2, 1937, after a collision between his car and a train at a crossing between Albia and Centerville Iowa. The petition cites railroad negligence as a cause.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Iowa
Valeria Hitchcock
Kansas City
Ralph Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Albia
Centerville
Adjourment Looms As Iowa Legislature Near End
Des Moines reports the Iowa General Assembly enters its twelfth week with five key battles looming. Appropriation, reorganization, farm to market roads, liquor and beer legislation, and farm tenancy rules top the agenda as adjournment may come as early as April 19 or 26.
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Des Moines
LH Doran
Waukon Fireman Burns in Dorchester Church Blaze
Dorchester's St Marys Catholic church suffered a $1500 loss from a fire likely sparked by wiring. Waukon firefighter Art Sandberg, at the scene for five hours, sustained neck and shoulder burns from falling plaster as the altar and interior were damaged by smoke and water. the pastor noted insurance coverage.
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Waukon
St Mary's Catholic
Dorchester
Art Sandberg
Former Marengo Man Buys Share In Bank At Pella
Burlington Iowa May 1 Mortimer Goodwin longtime Burlington National Bank cashier announced he has purchased an interest in the Pella National Bank and will become vice president in charge of the institution. Goodwin a Naperville Illinois native came to Burlington in 1933 from Marengo.
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Marengo
Pella
Burlington
Mortimer Goodwin
The
National Bank of
Palla National Bank
Goodwin
Naperville
Ill
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