Governor Invites Iowa Artists to Rockefeller Center Show
Gov. Clyde L. Herring challenged East Coast art tastes and announced Iowa will enter an interstate art show at Rockefeller Center in New York City from May 18 to July 18. A three-member Iowa committee will pick 12 works from submitted paintings and sculptures to be sent to New York by May 1, with entries due in Des Moines by April 22.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Corn Belt
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Fiorella LaGuardia
New York
Louis Pelzer
Iowa City
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Catherine McCartney
University of Iowa Graphic and Plastic Arts
W. W. Arnold
WPA
Statehouse
Miles Declines Senate Run Backs Herring
Des Moines AP Frank Miles Iowa Legionaire editor says he will not seek the democratic senatorial nomination. He cites family illness and costs of running but pledges support for Gov Clyde L. Herring. He notes constitutional duties would prevent remaining editor and says offers of funds would threaten his independence.
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Des Moines
Frank Miles
Iowa
The
American Legion
Iowa Legionaire
Clyde Herring
Father Adrian to be Consecrated as Bishop in Nashville
Rev. W. L. Adrian of Victoria will be consecrated bishop of Nashville with the ceremony at Sacred Heart cathedral on April 16. Archbishops and bishops from across the church will attend including Archbishop Cicognani. A reception in Davenport will follow with toastmaster Msgr. Cone and banquet host Msgr. Shanahan.
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Victoria
Sigourney
St. Ambrose College
Nashville
Tenn
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Henry P. Rohlman
Cicognani
Vatican
United States
Chicago
Rohlman
Adrian
St. Bridget’s Church
Regulate the Other Fellow Says Des Moines Patrol Head
Lew Wallace, head of Iowa motor vehicle department, compares highway safety to prohibition enforcement urging motorists to act responsibly. He notes progress through the Iowa State Safety Council and explains how plainclothes patrols deter barbaric driving. He reports daily letters from the public about violations and outlines verification challenges with wrong or forged license numbers.
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Des Moines
Lew Wallace
Iowa
Wallace
Sigourney
Iowa State Safety Council
Gumption Seen As Cure For Disequilibrium At Midwest Econ Conf
Seventy five professor members of the Midwest Economics association closed their annual conference in Des Moines agreeing that disequilibrium describes times like these. Prof. A G Hart of the University of Chicago proposed the word and quipped that gumption may outpace theory.
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Des Moines
INS
Midwest Economics Association
A. G. Hart
University of Chicago
Linn Schools To Stage Annual Music Festival May 3
CENTER POINT The Linn County School Masters club will stage its annual music festival in Center Point Sunday May 3. The program opens at 1 PM with a chorus of rural and grade pupils, then each school performs. Evening program features combined county bands and glee clubs. Participating schools: Alburnett Central City Coggon Center Point Ely Lisbon Mount Vernon Palo Springville Troy Mills Toddville Viola Walker.
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Center Point
Linn County
John Piersol
R. M. Sawyer
Central City
Roy T. Schwab
Springville
Alburnett
Coggon
Ely
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Palo
Troy Mills
Toddville
Viola
Walker
Gladbrook Girl Champion Speller Of Tama County
Wilma Williams of Gladbrook won the Tama county school spelling championship here Saturday with Anna Knipe of Traer finishing second.
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Gladbrook
Tama County
Gazette
Toledo
Wilma Williams
Anna Knipe
Traer
Iowa Road Fund Surges to 8.32 Million in March
The Iowa road fund rose from 4.61 million on March 1 to 8.32 million by March 31 driven by motor vehicle license fees. Total receipts for the month were 4.27 million with expenditures at 0.56 million. Main sources include license fees 3.45 million and gasoline tax 485 thousand. federal aid and project spending are itemized.
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Des Moines
State Comptroller’s Office
Iowa
Estate tax report for Josephine Boyden of Vinton
The taxable value of Josephine Boyden estate in Vinton was 4966 dollars with a tax of 364 dollars paid, according to the state treasurer's office.
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Des Moines
Josephine Boyden
Vinton
Riverside Twins Reach 80 In Democratic Family Milestone
Riverside twins Frank and August Rummelhart just turned eighty and aim for the age of their father Francis who lived to 101. Born on a local farm, they remain lifelong residents and active members of St. Mary's Catholic church while holding strong Democratic views.
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Riverside
Frank
August Rummelhart
Francis Rummelhart
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rodney Pace to Face Murder Arraignment in Independence
Rodney Pace, 17, is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday on a murder charge in Independence. He confessed fatally shooting his brother Ogden, 19, after his brother intervened in an attack on their sister Thyrza, 13, who was left in concussion after a hatchet blow. Pace had been at the University of Iowa psychopathic hospital for mental status evaluation. The hospital report has not been released.
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Rodney
Thyrza
Iowa Considers Extension of Sales Tax and Social Security Coordination
The legislative committee will discuss aligning Iowa social security with the federal program and the fate of the 2 percent retail sales tax. Gov Herring notes the tax expires April 1 1937 and worries relief spending may require re enactment in 1937 as relief burdens continue.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Taxpayers Assn backs bill to expand tax levy appeal powers
The Iowa Taxpayers Association approved a legislative bill to broaden the budget control law, enabling more hearings and appeals to a state board on local budget and tax levy decisions. The group also expanded its board to 24, naming Lloyd B. Cunningham as chair and adding Neal, Norman, Cummins, and Deering as new directors.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
Iowa
Lloyd B. Cunningham
Cresco
Iowa Farm Bureau
Allan B. Kline
Vinton
George S. Neal
Sioux City
Iowa Public Service Company
Wayne A. Norman
Dubuque
Carr-Ryder-Adams Company
George S. Cummins
Davenport Traffic Bureau
C. C. Deering
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
Iowa Liquor Inventory Drops by 426000
Iowa reports a $426000 reduction in liquor stock from three months earlier. State stores and the central warehouse now hold $1,374,606 in liquor after selling without replenishment and paying $200000 into the general fund.
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Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
of Iowa
Iowa Liquor Commission
Commission
State General Fund
Approve Program On Child Welfare In Des Moines Area
Gov. Clyde Herring announced tentative federal approval of a rural child health division with a $37 326 grant. The plan creates four districts with county demonstrators, a state board of control administration, and cooperation with Davenport and Toledo homes.
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Clyde Herring
Executive Council
Florence L. Sullivan
National Social Security Board
Herring
State Board of Control
Davenport
Toledo
Mae Habenicht
Citizens’ Advisory Board
Habenicht
Snowdrifts and rabbits answer mystery of ragged tree tops
Ragged tops of fruit trees in Maynard are blamed on rabbits gnawing bark after winter snowdrifts let them reach higher branches. A farm woman says tourists stopped at her place to ask what ails the apple tree in her yard.
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Maynard
Five Per Cent Iowa Drivers Labeled Lunatic Fringe
Ames AP Dr A R Lauer Iowa State college psychologist reports survey of 1 289 drivers finding five percent belong to a lunatic fringe chronically involved in accidents He suggests these accident prone drivers should have restricted licenses and notes age groups most prone and insurance hand signals and Iowa motor code awareness.
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Laurer
103rd Easter Birthday for New Sharon Man
Gun der Johnson, born April 12, 1833 in Vergen Norway, will observe Easter and his 103rd birthday today. He came to the area in 1880, farmed summers and spent winters with Norwegian whaling fleets, and still helps with farm work.
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New Sharon
INS
Gunder Johnson
Vergen
Norway
Portn
Trout Season Opens In Northeast Iowa April 15
Northeast Iowa anglers await the opening of trout season on April 15 one hour before sunrise. The season lasts April May July August with a eight fish daily limit and seven inch minimum, aided by 40 000 stocked trout from Decorah and Backbone State Park. Initial stocking reached 20 000 fish across 30 streams in Allamakee Clayton Fayette Howard and Winneshiek counties.
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Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Decorah
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Howard
Winnishiek
Sixty Years in Decorah for Ben Bear’s Clothier
Decorah marks Ben Bear’s sixtieth year as a local merchant on April 24 on the same corner where he opened his men’s clothing shop in 1876. Born in 1853 in Württemberg, he arrived in New York at 16, rose to general manager, then moved west to Decorah, where he built a lasting business, civic leadership, and charitable involvement.
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Hohebach
Wurtemberg
Germany
Jacob
Rose Tannebaum Baer
Ben Bear
Rosenthal and Salzberg
Bear
One Third of Employed Excluded from Social Security Plan
A Iowa report by Howard Bowen shows federal unemployment insurance exemptions leave about two thirds of Iowa's 900,000 workers outside the social security scope. Exemptions include government workers, farm workers, and firms with under eight employees, plus other carve outs.
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Iowa
State Committee On
Howard Bowen
Ecoonomics
University of Iowa
Bowen
State Labor Commission
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