Perry Citizens Demand Resignation Of 3 School Directors
In Perry, citizens halted a secret session of the school board over charges against teacher Frances Giltner. Miss Giltner and her attorney pressed for a public hearing as protesters demanded resignations of three directors who opposed a public meeting. The crowd cheered as the board adjourned amid boos.
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Perry
Pfrry Ins
Frances Girner
Peery Crens Fivay Cemanead
Perirtenden
Muss Grier
Cobb
George Rausch
Willam Tack
Srand
Miss Giltner
Supt
Clark
Curtis Gregory
Stewart Named as Superintendent State Hospital
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa State Board of Control renewed leadership for two state institutions. Pauline Jones was renamed superintendent of Rockwell City Women's Reformatory for a four year term ending April 30 with salary 1800. Dr R A Stewart was reappointed superintendent of the Independence State Hospital for a four year term ending June 30 with salary 2709.
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Des Moines
O H Michael
State Board of Control
Pauline Jones
Womens Reformatory
Rockwell Civ
R A Stewart
Independence
J.ne
Three Arrested for Farm Holdup in Clayton County
Readable text reports three arrests tied to a farm holdup in Clayton County. Details on names, charges, and exact locations are obscured by fragmented OCR but indicate a coordinated response and subsequent arrests. Further specifics are unavailable in the surviving lines.
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Jfor
Clayton County
Funeral rites set for four in Tama crash victims
Four Chelsea residents killed in a crash near Tama will be honored in services at 2 30 p m Saturday at the ZCBJ hall conducted by Rev O C Gatrell of Bethany church Belle Plaine. The victims are Raymond Brush Burnell Brush Richard Kalounek and Gladys Polka all of Chelsea. Burial follows at Rector Cemetery with World War veteran Raymond Brush receiving military graveside rites.
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Spen
Chelsea
Tama
Zcbj Hall
O C Gatrell
Bethany
Belle Plaine
Gatrel
Belle Plame
Raymond Brush
Burnell Brush
Richard Kalounek
Gladys Polka
Rector Cemetery
Maynard Couple Mark 59th Wedding Anniversary
Maynard Mr and Mrs Robert Ponsar celebrated their fifty ninth anniversary with visits from friends and relatives while neighbors hosted an evening gathering. The couple wed in Clayton county on April 4 1875 and have spent 59 years in the area. They have ten children and nineteen grandchildren.
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Maynard
Robert Ponsar
Netghbors
Lena Klink
Clayton County
Albert
Mount Auburn
Jake
Louis
Anna
Schaffer
Otto Miche
Edward
Robert
William
Caroline Ponsar
Beautification Work Begins on Iowa Highways
Work started on highway No 15 north of Ames to implement beautification under a $10,000,000 federal recovery grant. Bids for trees and shrubs will be opened at the highway commission. M A Hall coordinates the project with federal and state staff.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Highway No. 15
Iowa
Commission
Coykendall
Highway Commission
Jewel
Eldora
M. A Hall
Iowa Press Group In Annual Session
Iowa editors and publishers opened their annual convention in Des Moines with business discussions led by K. E. Baldridge. Committees began resolutions and nominations after the president W. H. Lovejoy spoke, while separate meetings covered daily press matters and an evening banquet featuring William F. Adams.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
K. E. Baldridge
Bloomfield
National Graphic Arts Code Authority
W. H. Lovejoy
Jefferson Bee
Iowa Daily Press Association
R. R. O'Brien
Council Bluffs
Wiliam F Adams
Anamosa Candidate Rees Announces Run for State Rep
Anamosa Warren Rees, former Jones County clerk, enters the race as a Republican candidate for state representative in Jones County.
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Anamosa
Warren Rees
Jones County
Prominent Dubuque Family Fatal Car Train Crash
Mrs. Frank A. O Connor 58 and son Gerald 28 were killed when their car hit a freight train at a Davis Junction crossing near Rockford Illinois. Son Francis 18, driver, was hospitalized in serious condition in Rockford. Attorney Mr O Connor had just been appointed counsel for the farm credit administration at Omaha and left Des Moines for Rockford. Passages indicate deaths occurred after midnight with Gerald dying at 1 18 a m.
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Dubuque
Frank A. O'Connor
Gerald
Davis Junction
Rockford
Francis
O'Connor
Farm Credit Administration
Omaha
Des Moines
O'Connors
Chicago
Iowa Per Capita Public Debt Hits 97.66 Dollars
Des Moines report shows Iowa's gross public debt equals 97.66 per person, totaling 241,990,759. For 1933 the state took in 192,059,754 in taxes but spent 200,135,802, a per person shortfall of 80.77. Growth in city expenditures over 20 years cited, with large cities leading.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Evers
Federal
Atiaticians
Starke M. Grogan
Grundy Center Loses Round In Power Fight
Grundy Center and Fairbanks Morse sued Northwestern Light and Power seeking higher bond for injunction action. Judge Hasner rejected their request to raise the bond from 1000 to 15000 in Waterloo district court. Hearing on the injunction is set for the week of April 23 in Grundy Center. The case concerns blocking a municipal power project.
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Grundy Center
Fairbanks, Morse Company
Northwestern Light and Power Company
Hasner
Waterloo
Power Company
Father J. D. Kearn Receives New Car from Fairfax Friends
In Fairfax Iowa Rev. James D. Kearn transferred to St Matthew's Cedar Rapids receives a New Dodge coupe from St Patrick's parish and local friends. John Stallman presents the car as the crowd enjoys a program including a Young People's club play The Kleptomanics. Kearn heads to his new parish this week and Rev Stephen J. Tushak becomes administrator pro tem of St Patrick's.
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Boelal
Gseaatia Fairfax
James D. Kearn
St. Matthew's
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Dodge Coupe
St Patrick’s
St. Joseph Parish
Stark’s Settlement
Father Kearn
Fairfax
John Stallman
Young People's Club
Cedar Rounds
Auto Crashes Kill 84 in Iowa First Two Months of 1934
DES MOINES AP. Eighty four persons died in Iowa auto accidents in January and February 1934, up 14 from a year earlier and up 32 from 1932. Two months saw 1,512 people injured, 24 pedestrians killed and 281 injured, with 1,803 accidents involving 2,662 vehicles. The February toll was 37 dead and 668 injured.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Motor Vehicle Department
Maynard C D Hileman Reelected School Superintendent
Maynard C D Hileman was re elected as superintendent of the Maynard consolidated school for a three year term at the board meeting on Wednesday evening. He has served six years in this role and was principal of the high school for several years. Other teachers will be elected at a later meeting.
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Maynard
C. D. Hileman
Maynard Consolidated School
Iowa College Heads Plan Accounting Conference
At President R M Hughes urging a conference will bring together leaders from Iowa State College the University of Iowa and Iowa State Teachers College to discuss accounting methods. State Auditor C W Storms office will coordinate with W H Cobb Benjamin Boardman H C Gregg and G S Worden and assistants on harmonizing practices across institutions.
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Iowa State College
University of Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
W. H. Cobb
Benjamin Boardman
H. C. Gregg
G .S. Worden
Three More Republicans Enter Benton Campaign
VINTON three additional Republicans announced for the June primary. State Senator Richard Lee seeks reelection after a short term from the Benton Tama district. County Treasurer George D. McElroy also seeks another term, one of the county’s few GOP winners in 1932. Belle Plaine attorney Wallace F. Snyder announced candidacy for county attorney at age twenty six, son of late C. W. E. Snyder, with a 1931 University of Iowa law degree and brief Dallas Texas practice before returning home.
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Wallace F. Snyder
Belle Plaine
C. W. E. Snyder
University of Iowa
Dallas
Texas
Record Set As Iowa High School Art Entries Grow
The University of Iowa reports a new best in the 1984 high school art contest with nearly 280 students from 28 Iowa schools submitting works judged by Edith Bell Marvin Cone and Elizabeth Moeller. Awards April 14 include a $60 scholarship for the top exhibit and prizes in five categories.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Edna Patzig
Iowa
Edith Bell
University Art Faculty
Marvin Cone
Coe College
Elizabeth Moeller
Frances Shimer
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Budlow
J. B. Young
West
Davenport
St. Juseph
Fort Madison
Visitation Academy
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Harlan
Indianole
Marshalltown
Mason City
Mechanicsville
Newton
Ottumwa
Wapello
East
East High
Sioux City
Horace Mann
Oak Street
Burlington
Iowa Retailers Plan New Organization
Des Moines AP reports plans for a state wide organization of about 35 000 retailers after a meeting of Iowa retailers associations. Philip R Jacobsen Mason City was elected chairman to lead service and information for retailers on the retail sales tax and NRA codes. A G Keyes Cedar Rapids secretary of the Iowa Grocers and Meat Dealers association served on the arrangements committee.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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