Iowa Leaders Hear Brookings Expert on Government Reform
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, head of the Brookings Institute, urged reorganizing state functions to meet modern problems at a joint Iowa legislative session. He warned that tax cuts are risky and require trimming services, wages, and purchases. A Brookings bill reform draft on file in the Iowa Senate would replace prior governor permission with departmental requisitions for quarterly appropriations.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
State House
Arnold Bennett Hall
Brookings Institute
Washington, D. C
Hall
Iowa
INS
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa Senate
Doorstep baby found at Marengo home with six children
Mrs. L. Frederickson of Marengo heard a noise at the door and found a red haired baby boy wrapped in a dress in a bread box. The five day old infant was nearly starved and a man was seen fleeing the yard as Sheriff Voelkel opened an investigation. The baby remains at the Frederickson home pending identification of the parents and possible transfer to Iowa City if needed.
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Gazette
Marengo
Frederickson Home
Iowa City
Governor’s veto power questioned in finance bill draft
A revised bill would grant the governor authority to reject department requests if projected state revenues fall short. The original measure aimed to give the governor full supervision over state finances.
Osterhoudt \
Sigourney man Verle Osterhoudt was sentenced to ten years at the Anamosa reformatory for breaking and entering rammed with a prior conviction. He admitted entering Phelps Tire and Service on April 3 and taking $9 cash plus $7 in scrip. Stamped scrip led to his arrest.
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Sigourney
Toledo Club Honors Veteran Town Marshal Thompson
The Toledo Commercial Club hosted a dinner honoring L. N. Thompson for 28 years as town marshal. Thompson resigned due to ill health as club members including Mayor Pace and former mayors paid tribute and presented a ring. About sixty attended with music by a high school quartet.
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Toledo
Toledo Commercial Club
L. N. Thompson
Thompson
F.C. McCluskey
A. A. Pace
Oliver Henderson
Knight E. Fee
R. W. Adair
Frank Kremenak
E. M. Hufford
J. P. Walters
Commercial Club
W. P. Crossman
Roger Fee
Kenneth Hunnicutt
Jack Livesay
Ellis Dickens
Iowa Governor to Call Special Vote on Eighteenth Amendment
Iowa awaits Governor Clyde Herring's call for a special election on repeal or retention of the federal Eighteenth Amendment. The enabling bill becomes law, county ballots select wet and dry candidates, and county winners join the state constitutional convention delegation. Herring, in Chicago, plans to issue the call after his return, likely this summer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Gov. Herring
Herring
Chicago
Denies Payment for Publicity on Small Loan Bill
In Des Moines the State Senate heard claims that R. K. Whitney was paid 1500 for publicity favoring the small loan bill. Whitney denied the charge stating only 5 was paid for 200 copies and that he had the staff write the piece Drive the Loan Sharks Out about chattel loan business.
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DES Moines
State Senate
R. K. Whitney
Des Moines Household Guide
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
E. J. Wenner
Waterloo
O. Dan McIntire
Virgil Clary
Citizens Protective League
Whitney
Johnson County Receives Bond Claim Settlement
Bondsmen for Charles L. Berry paid Johnson County 10 887.18 to cover a county fund shortage. The court held Berry responsible for a 20 000 shortage with the bond amount of 10 000 and pro rated the rest from all counties. A grand jury failed to indict Berry on embezzlement charges but will reconsider next month.
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Iowa City
Charles L. Berry
Johnson County
Berry
Frank Bechly
Board of Supervisors
First National Bank
Prison Goods Bill Passes Iowa House
The Iowa House approved a bill requiring that prison made goods imported for sale in the state be labeled in plain letters and made violation a misdemeanor. The measure will not take effect until the Hawes Cooper act on interstate commerce is resolved. The House also passed the Rice land acquisition by lien method for the highway commission and related notice procedures.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Topping
Burlington
Iowa
Lower
Hawes-Cooper
Congress
House
State Highway Commission
85 Cent Cure Claims to End Rheumatic Pain Fast
An advertisement touts Allenru as a powerful safe remedy that allegedly removes uric acid poisons within 24 to 48 hours. It targets rheumatic pain neuritis lumbago and neuralgia and promises a money back guarantee if relief does not occur, urging readers to buy at 85 cents per bottle.
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Allenru
May Drug Co
Podzimek Phey
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Youth Arrested In Chicago For $3700 Theft At Fairbank
Chicago police detained Victor Griffez for allegedly stealing 3700 dollars from his uncle August Polark of Fairbank. The theft occurred after Griffen, using the alias Walter Anderson, hid the money in a can at the Polark home and planned a trip to Chicago. Authorities pursued extradition papers as officials coordinated with Buchanan county and Des Moines.
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Independence
Chicago
August Hammelman
Victor Griffez
August Polark
Fairbank
Burns Fatal to Kalona Woman on Her 29th Birthday
Mrs. Herman Miller of Kalona died at 3 a.m. on her twenty ninth birthday from burns suffered five weeks earlier when her clothing caught fire during maple syrup making. She leaves a husband four daughters and her parents Mr and Mrs John Miller along with two brothers.
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Herman , Miller
John Miller
Keota Man Kills Himself in Local Shop
Keota Fred B. Richardson a 66 year old cabinet maker killed himself in his shop on the main street at 5 p m Monday with a shotgun. He left a letter for his sister Mrs C H Swenink of Richland Center Wis and had neighbors return a container after packing household goods. He had moved to Keota twenty years ago from Illinois following the death of his first wife and was divorced from his second about five years ago.
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the Gazette
Keota
Fred B. Richardson
C. H. Swenink
Richland Center
Wis
Richardson
Illinois
Three Die as Car Is Struck by Train at Waterloo Crossing
A Waterloo trio, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones and Lloyd Steinmayer, were killed when their sedan stalled on a local crossing and was struck by the Illinois Central Hawkeye Limited. Engineer Ed Stark testified he sounded warnings but could not stop in time. Conductor H G Searles supervised the train.
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Waterloo
Clarence Jones
Lloyd Steinmayer
Illinois Central
Jones
Steinmayer
H. G. Searles
Dubuque
Anamosa Farm Hand Sentenced for Forged Instrument
Herman Neiman, 52, a farm hand, was sentenced to sixty days in the county jail by Justice Whitcomb for uttering a forged instrument. He was without funds or support in the country, and leniency was shown as this was his first offense.
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Anamosa Herman Neiman
Whitcomb
Neiman
Students Threaten Strike Over Board’s Coach Dismissal
In DES MOINES thousands of Valley Junction students gathered after a school board meeting where Superintendent W H Myers and Athletics Director Harry L Macon were asked to resign. The board, with three new members, also moved to end contracts of all married women teachers unless they support a family.
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Des Moines
Valley Junction
W. H. Myers
Harry L. Macon
Clerk Admits Theft Of 20000 From Capital City Bank
DES MOINES INS Guy Linds a bank clerk admitted taking 20000 from the Capital City State bank by altering account records over months. He said he had “played the stock market and lived too high” and returned voluntarily after several weeks missing.
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Des Moines
INS
Guy Linds
Capital City State Bank
Linds
Stauffacher Sells 81% Lot at Linwood Cemetery
Verne L. Stauffacher transfers to John B. Turner & Son an 81 percent interest in Lot 18 Block 13 Original Addition Linwood Cemetery for $1 on March 24, 1933.
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Verne L. Stauffacher
John B. Turner & Son
Orig
Linwood Cemetery
River at Iowa City holds eight feet above normal flood level
The Iowa River stood about eight feet above normal and over two feet above flood stage in Iowa City on Tuesday. Large sections of the city park were flooded including the baseball diamond site. If the river rises another six inches, hundreds of yards of highway 161 could be inundated.
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Iowa City
Iowa River
Dresses dyed this new way cannot streak or fade
RIT chemists patent a penetrating ingredient for the new powder wafer RIT dye. It saturates every thread, preventing streaking or uneven dyeing. In 300 tests the deep dyeing held color, and the no longer a soap dissolves in 40 seconds without scum. See the 33 color chart at dealers.
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Dealer’s
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