Great Iowa Welcome Planned for Danish Royal Couple
Des Moines prepares a large welcome for Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid of Denmark. A motor escort, hotel suite, and 450 guest banquet are planned with speeches by Governor Nilson and other dignitaries. The visit includes stops in Des Moines Blair Danish college Grand View college Ames and a train departure to Minneapolis.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frederik
Tagrid
Denmark
Iceland
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
Hans Pauli
Sweden
Norway
Ingrid
Pauli
Omaha
Nebraska
Blair
Charles H. Grahl
George A. Wilson
Highway 6
Atlantic
Fort Des Moines
Otto Wadstead
J. V. F. Vest
S. M. L. Reventlow
P. C. Weilbach
Karl I. N. Eskelund
Danish Foreign Office
Secret Service
Washington
Los Angeles
New York
Nilson
Mark Conkling
John S. Pegram
Fort Des Moines Army Post
Grand View College
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Walter E. Bierring
Alfred Jensen
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Pegram
Alfred J. Pearson
United States
Poland
Finland
Frederik. Pauli
Ames
Uncheon
Nevada
Morse Camp Bears 58-Year Maple Syrup Making Legacy
West Union’s W. Morse recalls 58 years gathering sap in Brainard hills since 1877. From early troughs to 1906 galvanized pails and a four-wheeled trailer, he and family boil sap into syrup. This season 500 pails hang, about 80 gallons produced. syrup now sells for 2 to 2.50 dollars a gallon with sugar around 30 cents.
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Blanche M. Beall
St Union
Will Morse
West Union
Brainard Hills
Morse
Grace Frisbie
Mr. Morse
Florida
Washington
Honolulu
Class Offices At Iowa State College Abolished
Ames AP report notes the Cardinal guild student government abolishes class offices labeling them mere political plums. The body had a year earlier re established class offices after previous abolition.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Cardinal Guild
State Audits Of Cities Schools Must Be Stopped
Des Moines mutates audits for cities and school districts ending June 30 1938 as lawmakers new measure allows local officials to hire private accountants or keep the state auditor. Other rulings bar a school board from wrecking a school without voter consent and govern oil leases by county boards to secure delinquent tax payments. The attorney general also notes contracts over 100 dollars require executive council approval for auto registration card holders purchases.
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DES Moines
INS
Fred Everett
C. B. Akers
Everett
Jesse M. Parker
Council Bluffs
Grant L. Hayes
Mount Ayr
Iowa
Ringgold County
Earl Miller
T. Harry Vicker
State Executive Council
Hundred Chain Store Employees Protest Lone Legislator
About one hundred grocery chain workers marched on the Des Moines state house to press for a hearing with Rep. Herbert Hauge regarding the chain store tax bill. Hauge agreed to meet them privately, while the legislature is in recess. the bill has passed the Senate and awaits House action.
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DES Moines
Statehouse
Herbert Hauge
Hauge
Senate
House
Highway Department Civil Service
Teachers’ Pension
Civil Service
George A. Wilson
High Court Appeal Of Newton Strike Leaders Is Renewed
Des Moines Iowa labor leaders William Sentner and Hollis Hall renew their appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court challenging their criminal syndicalism convictions and mass picketing charges from the Newton strike. They seek a writ of certiorari alleging venue prejudice.
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High Court
Newton
DES Moines
INL
Iowa Supreme Court
William Sentner
United Radio, Electrical and Machine Workers
CIO
Hollis Hall
Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Burglars Loot Eight Stores in Three Iowa Towns
Deputy Banes reports thieves pried open front doors to steal merchandise and cash from eight stores in Kinross Parnell and Kalona. Loot value not yet determined. Suspects were driven off by a Kinross postmaster with a shotgun when alerted.
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Sigourney
C. V. Banes
Kinross
Parnell
Kalona
Banes
Iowa Man Drowns After Car Drops From Bridge
Clayton Malloy, 27, of Anthon in Woodbury County, died after the car he occupied went through a guard rail, into a ditch two miles west of Anthon. The vehicle, upside down, dropped twenty five feet. Malloy was trapped in the driver's seat and buried in mud until neighbor Wayne Ettler investigated. Malloy formerly ran a grocery in Anthon. his widow Madelyn runs a beauty parlor there.
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Sioux City
Clayton Malloy
Anthon
Woodbury County
Malloy
Wayne Ettler
Madelyn
Funeral for Vinton fire victim set for Monday afternoon
James H. Burkhart 79 a lifelong resident of northeast Vinton died from burns after his clothing caught fire while burning grass on his farm. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Hite chapel with Rev. Floyd Weed of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Kisling cemetery Polk township. Born April 10 1859 in Polk township Benton county he was a son of Conrad and Sarah Gilliland Burkhart. He married Ida Jane Berry in 1883 who died in 1937. Surviving are sons Howard and Ethel Burkhart, a brother E T Burkhart of Vinton, and three grandchildren.
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Vinton
James H. Burkhart
Hite Chapel
Floyd Weed
Methodist Church
Kisling
Polk Township
Mr. Burkhart
Benton County
Conrad
Sarah Gilliland Burkhart
Ida Jane Berry
Howard
Ethel Burkhart
E. T. Burkhart
Rail crossing deaths in Iowa total 62 in 1938
Iowa commerce commission reports 62 lives lost to grade crossing accidents in 1938, one fewer than 1937 and one more than 1936. There were 126 accidents, about 80 percent at unprotected crossings, with 114 involving automobiles and 10 pedestrians.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Professor's 70 Year Old Pet Snapper Shared Bond
Dr. Roy L. Abbott a biology professor at Iowa State Teachers College kept a snapping turtle named Snapper for 19 years. The reptile now weighs over twenty pounds and shows signs of age past 70 yet remains tame enough to eat from his hand.
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Edar Falls
Roy L. Abbott
Iowa State Teachers College
Dr. Abbott
Snapper
Haldeman-Julius Loses Fight To Quash Baker Suit
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that E. Haldeman-Julius must defend himself in a $500,000 libel suit by Norman Baker. The decision upholds a Crawford County district court ruling over a demurrer, with Baker alleging publication of statements about cancer treatment benefits at a Muscatine hospital.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Monona boy wins Clayton County spelling bee
Russell Homewood, 13, an eighth grader from Cass township, won the Clayton county spelling contest. He correctly spelled permissible to defeat Mary Olmstead and earned a spot in the state contest in Des Moines. Monona teams captured first in the town schools competition with 882 points, followed by Elkport, Luana, and Elkader.
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Eleader
Russell Homewood
Cass Township
Clayton County
Mary Olmstead
Russell
Des Moines
Alice Ivory
Monona
Elkport
Luana
Elkader
Civil War Drummer Boy George Clemmons Dies at 90
George W. Clemmons 90 a Shellsburg resident and cousin of Mark Twain died after a short illness at his daughter’s home. Born in Ironton Ohio he joined the Thirty seventh Iowa as a drummer at Scofield barracks St Louis. He was married to Belle Cowell who died in 1919 and funeral services are set for 2 pm Monday at Satchett and Defoe chapel.
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Shellsburg
George W. Clemmons
Charles Doherty
Clemmons
Mark Twain
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star Lodge
Ironton
Muscatine
Vinton
Thirty-seventh
Iowa Regiment
Scofield Barracks
St. Louis
Belle Cowell
Satchett and Defoe
Plan Vocational Guidance Meeting At Ames
Workers in vocational guidance will gather on the Ames campus for a one day conference on April 22. Attendees include vocational educators leaders from Y M C A Y W C A CCC supervisors and guidance specialists from across the state. Dr Homer J Smith of the University of Minnesota will be chief guest speaker. he is a noted author and leader in the field.
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Gizette
Ames
CCC
Homer J. Smith
University of Minnesota
A. H Hausrath
Iowa State College
Smith
National Education Association
American Vocational Association
Industrial Education
Dr. Smith
Jacobsen Heads Naval Bases Tour Of Caribbean Visit
Rep. William S. Jacobsen of Iowa led eight members of the House Naval Affairs Committee on a five day airplane tour of naval bases in the Caribbean. He spoke as ranking Democrat in charge of the group. The party flew in two Navy planes visiting Haiti Guantanamo Puerto Rico Miami and Charleston.
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Washington
William S. Jacobsen
Caribbean Sea
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Haiti
Guatanamo
Fugitive Escapes After High Speed Drive Into Darkness
Highway Patrolmen Harry Cloud and James Gilroy pursued a motorist from near La Porte City toward Vinton when the man braked and jumped from his car. Sheriff Jack Franklin aided in the search but the fugitive remains at large. The abandoned vehicle is a 1936 Ford V8 with plates 34 3451, misissued for a 1936 Oldsmobile.
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the Gazette
Vinton
la Porte City
Harry Cloud
James Gilroy
Jack Franklin
Des Moines Taxi Drivers Strike Reaches Third Week
Des Moines taxi drivers in the Yellow Cab strike entered a third week as wage demands stall negotiations. Union secretary Francis Quinn said no progress. Yellow Cab president Russell Reel reported no change. Eighty six drivers idle as talks continue. Street cars will transport Smouse Opportunity School children on Monday, and ambulance service will shift to another firm.
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Des Moines
Yellow Cab Company
Francis Quinn
Teamsters’ and Truckers’ Union
Russell Reel
Quinn
Smouse Opportunity School
Bad News For The Butcher
Dr. T. J. Seinfelder of the University of Iowa says there is no successful treatment for common tracts of injury from encounters with open doors at butcher shops. The medical authority warns Iowa City readers that a black eye from such incidents cannot be treated effectively.
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Iowa’city
T. J. Seinfelder
University of Iowa
Ossian Girl Wins Winneshiek County Spelling Contest
Dorothy Schulze of Ossian Public School won the Winneshiek County spelling contest held Saturday. She missed only one word in the written test and spelled perfectly in the oral round. Beth Cole of Cedar Falls instructs her.
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Winneshiek County
Decorah
Dorothy Schulze
Ossian Public School
Herman Schulze
Beth Cole
Cedar Falls
Iowa Legislature Set To Review Budget Bills This Week
Des Moines AP Iowa’s Forty-ninth general assembly heads into its final phase after Easter recess to consider the biennial appropriations bill. The house bill seeks about 15.25 million more than last year, while the senate target runs near 17 million.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Forty-ninth
General Assembly
Senate
Accuse Executor of Sioux City Estate of Mismanagement
Heirs of the $500000 W L Ogden estate in Sioux City accused J A Magoun former banker and executor of mismanagement. They asked the court to restrain him from acting as administrator and from further disbursements and to order a court accounting and possible judgment for funds wrongfully expended. The will provided a trust for income to the widow and brother with $100000 for the Elks lodge and the Salvation Army, and the remainder to A L Ogden’s children.
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Sioux City
W. L. Ogden
J. A. Magoun
John Lincoln Ogden
Elsie Ogden
Seattle
Magoun
Ogden
A. L. Ogden
Elks Lodge
Salvation Army
Body Identified in Des Moines River Near Chillicothe
Wapello County authorities identified a body recovered from the Des Moines River near Chillicothe as 74-year-old Gysbert Brandenhorst of Oskaloosa. Brandenhorst had been missing since December 4 and had reportedly been in the river for two or three weeks as investigators pursued the circumstances.
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Gov. Wilson
State College
Parnell and Kinross
Haldeman
Julius
Baker
Boy
Phil Sorenson
West Branch
Spring Branch
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
George Clemmons
Jacobsen
Public Safety Department
Safety Department
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