Budget request prompts Iowa legislators to weigh options
Gov Clyde L Herring presented a 20 million dollar annual budget request to the Iowa Assembly outlining relief needs of five million and capital improvements of two million. Senate Chairman Roy Stevens noted possible funding from three point tax revenue and other sources with options to raise more or cut operating spending. The plan also calls for capital projects including hospital buildings dormitories and CCC camp sites.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
Stevens
CCC
March measles cases total 327 with 78 deaths
The city health department placarded 327 measles cases in March with 94 not yet released, lifting the fiscal year total to over 1,400. Also noted were 46 mumps, 5 whooping cough, 1 chicken pox case, no quarantinable disease, and 78 deaths. Expenditures by the board of health totaled 2749.42.
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James Vanda
Board of Health
Mrs Nichols to Speak at Negro Health Week Program
Miss Clare Nichols superintendent of the municipal recreation department will speak at Mount Zion Baptist church at 8 p.m. in observance of the 21st annual Negro health week. A large crowd heard a lecture by Miss Myrtle McAhren of St Luke's hospital staff Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Nichols
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Myrtle McAhren
St. Luke’s Hospital
Claremore Progress Highlights Local Growth and Culture
Will Rogers notes Claremore as a blossoming city with a bright airplane field and roses. He mentions the Oklahoma Military Academy as a top polo program and comments on government loans supporting farmers and seed grain. Roosevelt is cited in a satirical line about financial interests.
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Tulsa
Okla
Claremore Progress
Oklahoma Military Academy
Claremore
U. S
Roosevelt
Will
Iowa House Passes Bill To Ban Tax Exempt State Securities
The Iowa House approved 83 to 14 a bill by Rep Johnson to prohibit issuance of tax exempt state securities after July 1 1935. The measure would ban cities counties school districts and other Iowa taxing bodies from issuing new tax exempt bonds while excluding federal and interstate securities. The bill moves to the Senate and would save several million dollars in taxes to state and federal governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
Marathon
Senate
Hog Thieves Sentenced In Waukon Case
WAUKON Charles Kosbau and Kermit Sunderman pled guilty to larceny of hogs from a feeding yard near Waukon. Judge T H Goheen gave indeterminate sentences not to exceed ten years. Kosbau to Fort Madison penitentiary and Sunderman to Anamosa reform school.
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Waukon
Charles Kosbau
Kermit Sunderman
T. H. Goheen
Kosbau
Fort Madison
Sunderman
Anamosa
Demurrer Hearing Set for Railway Case in Dubuque
Federal Judge George C. Scott will hear the Order of Railway Conductors demurrer on April 23 in Dubuque. The $420000 suit was filed by fourteen former conductors of the Toledo Peoria and Western line alleging job loss and seniority rights were harmed after a 1929 wage dispute. The conductors seek dismissal on grounds of lack of federal jurisdiction.
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George C. Scott
Dubuque
Iowa
Ilinois
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Delay CCC Contingent To Await Appropriation
A CCC contingent of ninety five young men from Linn, Benton and Tama counties scheduled to depart for Palisades, Drakesville and Centerville April 1 has been postponed awaiting a new CCC appropriation. Departure includes 62 from Linn, 17 from Benton and 16 from Tama. County relief officials were informed the delay hinges on funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
Linn
Benton
Tama
Palisades
Drakesville
Centerville
Army Recruiting Office
Linn County
Benton County
Tama County
CCC
Instruction in Puppet Making at City Dramatic Institute
Charles Wells leads the three day dramatic institute with puppet making sessions at the Y W C A auditorium. A 70 person turnout saw demonstrations of hand puppets marionettes and three workshop groups making cloth marionettes papier mache heads and a new paste based head material. Additional sessions and individual conferences were planned through the playground office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Institute
Charles Wells
National Recreation Association
Playground Commission
Y. W
Wells
Cedar Rapids Engineer Testifies in Highway Condemnation Case
In district court Judge F O Ellison heard appeal by Mary Tamblyn and Mildred Heaton from a 2250 dollar award for property damages tied to construction of Fairfax viaduct on new primary highway No 149. Cedar Rapids resident P W Shive testified on highway details while Roy Nichols observed. Maria D Gibson's will, dated 1933, was admitted to probate. Charles Gibson and heirs receive shares. Charles Augustus Kohlmier's will admitted. Minnie M Kohlmier named executrix.
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P. W. Shive
Cedar Rapids
State Highway Commission
Appellee
F. O. Ellison
District Court
Mary Tamblyn
Mildred Heaton
Fairfax Viaduct
Roy Nichols
Ames
Maria D. Gibson
Charles Gibson
Thomas Gibson
Kathrine Zody
Leona Carney
Josephine Minniger
Ellen Mooder
Ann Velete
Mary Duffy
Mary Esther Gibson
Katherine Zody
Charles Augustus Kohlmier
Plaintiff's Testimony Introduced in District Court
A record notes the plaintiff's testimony being introduced in district court before a ruling or additional proceedings.
Deer Horns and Species Across Regions
The Debunker explains that only male deer grow horns and shed them yearly. It lists common deer species including red deer, Columbia blacktail, mule deer, Virginia red deer, European elk, and moose, noting reindeer and caribou have horns in both sexes.
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Europe
Columbia
United States
Asia
North America
Canada
Mark Ansel
Ottawa
Public Ledger, Inc
Fehr Sues Shell Over 600 Gas Shortage Charge
Judge John T. Moffit presides as Lyle E. Fehr sues Shell Petroleum in Marion accusing 600 in gas shortage charges and a 1933 tank leak from construction defect. Fehr ran the Shell service station from 1928 to 1930 per his petition.
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John T. Moffit
Lyle E. Fehr
Shell Petroleum Company
Fehr
Shell
Marion
Banking official seeks judgment in promissory suit
D. W. Bates state banking superintendent acting as receiver of Commercial Savings Bank of Marion seeks a $65 418 judgment against Paul Holst in a promissory note case.
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D. W. Bates
Commercial Savings Bank of
Marion
Paul Holst
Judge H C Ring Sets Saturday Equity and Probate Session
Judge H C Ring will assign equity and probate cases in district court Saturday at 9 a.m. in a focused session. The event outlines the formal procedure for case distribution and judgeship oversight.
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H. C. Ring
Jones Seeks Divorce From Adeline in District Court
Malcolm E. Jones files for divorce from Adeline in district court on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple wed on December 15, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm E. Jones
Adeline. Jones
Hutchinson Slated for Assistant U S Attorney Position
Disptaches from Sioux City indicate Walter R. Hutchinson of Cedar Rapids and William Danforth of Blencoe are likely named assistant United States attorneys for the district. United States Attorney E G Dunn has not confirmed selections. Hutchinson chairs Linn County Democratic committee. Danforth works in Dunn’s Mason City office and was admitted to federal practice this week. Salary noted at about 250 dollars a month.
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E. G. Dunn
United States
District of
Iowa
Sioux City
Walter R. Hutchinson
Cedar Rapids
William Danforth
Blencoe
United Sien
Dunn
Hutchinson
Danforth
Linn County Democratic Central Committee
State Securities Department
Mason City
George C. Scott
D. C. Browning
Glen B. Beers
Waterloo
Harry Reed
Robinson Explains Employment Service To Cedar Rapids Kiwanis
B W Robinson manager of the Town State Employment service spoke at the Montrose hotel detailing how the agency operates for employers and job seekers in Cedar Rapids. He cited 3225 active applications on April 1 including 2570 men and 655 women with 302 veterans, noting a rise due to relief registrations. The service can use police or a squad car to notify workers of openings and even taps telephone lists to reach jobless residents, with no charge to either party.
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B. W. Robinson
State Employment Service
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Robinson
Relief Department
Public Safety Department
Sims-Culbertson bridge battle hampered by Mrs Sims illness
The 150 rubber match between Culbertson and Sims is threatened as Mrs Dorothy Sims falls ill causing a recess and slower sessions. Culbertsons lead by 11 340 points with six of seven rubbers won the last day, while a broadcast microphone disrupted play.
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New York
INS
Dorothy Sims
Culbertsons
Culbertson
Sims
Eli Culbertson
Josephine Culbertson
Ely
Culberts
Asceee
Seven Admitted to American Citizenship in Superior Court
Seven persons were admitted to United States citizenship at a Superior Court hearing before Judge Thomas B. Powell. Examiner J. M. McWhorter represented the government. The new citizens and their former nationalities were Anna Bohac Czech M L Hromadka Czech Josef Habota Jugoslav Frank Loukota Czech Mary Vos Czech Wlady slav Suchocki Czech.
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United States
Superior Court
Thomas B. Powell
Powell
J. M. McWhorter
Chicago
Anna Bohac
Wilson Avenue
M. L. Hromadka
D Street
Josef Habota
Seventeenth Avenue
Jugoslav
Frank Lou
New citizenship petitions filed by diverse residents
Petitions submitted by Joseph Jakubcik of 86 Twentieth Avenue SW Czech Emma Dvorak of 824 Twenty-first Street SE Czech Frank Skorepa of 1603 Twelfth Avenue SE Polish Frank Raska of 416 Fifth Avenue SW Czech Michael Saba of 348 Eighteenth Street SE Syrian and William Gorsky of 1017 Ninth Street SE Polish Isabel Hannah Sayer at 1250 Fifth Avenue SE Polish is listed among Polish-nation petitioners.
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Isabel Hannah Sayer
Fifth Avenue
Joseph Jakubcik
Twentieth Avenue
Emma Dvorak
Twenty-first Street
Frank Skorepa
Twelfth Avenue
Frank Raska
Michael Saba
Eighteenth Street
William Gorsky
Ninth Street
Firestone workers vote against strike
Firestone Tire and Rubber employees in Akron vote 7 162 to 1 659 against a strike in a company union poll. The result was announced Wednesday as the plant carries on without labor action. Poland is aiding its farmers.
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Akron, O
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Poland
The New La Salle On View At Our Salesrooms
The La Salle is now on display in our salesrooms inviting you to see and drive it to judge its value and performance.
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Cadillac
Detroit
Mich
la Salle
General Motors
G.M.A.C
New la Salle
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U.S. Dist
Firestone
COE College Military Band
Coe College Girls’ Glee Club
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Brice Eleld
Fisher
Allen Motors
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Tenth Street
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