Five Gubernatorial Hopefuls Back State Aid for Education
Five Iowa candidates for governor at the Iowa Council for Better Education meeting in Des Moines voiced support for state financial aid to public schools. Hickenlooper urged expanded teacher standards and a state annuity law, Miller pressed moving Iowa from last in state support, Kraschel urged curriculum uniformity, Brown supported state aid and fair teacher compensation, Augustine favored non property tax funding and cautioned against experiments.
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Iowa
Dr Moines
Hickenlooper
Nelson G. Kraschel
Standing
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Earl G. Miller
Des Moines
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Harlan Democrat
David K. Brown
Walking Bikes Home Killed On Highway 60 Near Knoxville
Two Knoxville high school boys were killed when struck by a car while walking bicycles on Highway 60, two miles southeast of Knoxville, around 9 p.m. Monday. Victims were Roger Sullivan 13 and Elmer Ford 14, sons of Leon Sullivan and Joe Ford, respectively, with Roger’s brother Richard Sullivan injured lightly. The boys had been fishing and were returning home.
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Knoxville
Here
Roger Sullivan
Leon Sullivan
Elmer Ford
Joe Ford
Richard Sullivan
Roger
State Merit Exams Set for 22 Cities Saturday
The State Merit System Council announced exams for state department positions will be held in 22 cities this Saturday. Originating for eight sites, the test expansion came as 4,000 applicants seek typist clerk and junior stenographer posts. Cities include Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Ottumwa, Sioux City, Waterloo, Algona, Clarion, Creston, Decorah, Dubuque, Emmetsburg, Iowa City, Iowa Falls, Jefferson, Lake City, Mason City, New Hampton, Oskaloosa, and Storm Lake.
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Des Moines
State Merit System Council
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Algona
Clarion
Sheaffer Pen Posts $934,807 Profit for Year
W. A. Sheaffer Pen company reports net income of 934,807 for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28 after taxes and reserves. Earnings per share rose to 5.90 from 5.13, with dividends of 3.25 per share. Taxes set aside totaled 1,190,500 versus 370,500 the prior year.
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Fort Madison
LLP
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
Senator Lynes to Speak At Tama School Meeting
Senator J Kendall Lynes will address the Tama County Teachers Council in the Traer school auditorium Thursday at 8 p.m. on school code revision. He is a member of the senate schools committee and will discuss district reorganization and school laws passed by the committee.
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TAMA
J. Kendall Lynes
Tama County Teachers Council
Traer
Lynes
Senate Schools Committee
Forty Ninth Assembly Seeks Teachers Welfare Meeting
The meeting is open to all teachers and any person interested in the Iowa educational program.
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Iowa
10 Counties Refund Road Bonds Save $156,905 in Interest
Gov. George A. Wilson announced the refunding of $3,811,000 of 1937 primary road bonds issued by 10 northwest Iowa counties. The new bonds will carry an average interest rate of 0.7 percent, with some at 1 percent and others at 0.5 percent, aiming to save $156,905 in interest over the next five years. The original bonds were callable May 1 and would have matured 1943 to 1947. the refunding bonds keep the same maturity dates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George A. Wilson
Sheriff Putnam Learns Brother Is in Japan
Special to The Gazette Washington In news from Wake Island hero Major Paul Putnam is confirmed to be alive and held in a Japanese prison camp. Word reached Sheriff H M Putnam via his wife in Coronado California after a San Francisco listening post heard a short wave message on April 8. The prisoner’s identity was verified when he gave instructions to his wife regarding business affairs.
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Washington
H. M. Putnam
Paul Putnam
Wake Island
Putnam
San Francisco
Guy Stansberry
Long Beach
Calif
Clyde Putnam
Washington, Ia
Ben Hogan to star in full length film after movie test
Hollywood reports golf great Ben Hogan of Texas has passed a movie test and will soon appear in a full length film. The AP notes Hogan, known for his golfing prowess, moves into acting opportunities in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Calif
Ben Hogan
Texas
Son Born After Wife Learns Her Husband Killed
In Cherokee an infant boy arrived Monday night for Mrs. J L Schneider 22 Gaza LA just hours after she learned her husband Master Sergeant J L Schneider had died in an American bomber crash on a routine flight. The telegram arrived while she was in Sioux Valley hospital awaiting the birth. Schneider had been ordered to active duty on November 30 and Mrs. Schneider had gone to Gaza to stay with her parents.
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J. L. Schneider
Gazala
Hawaiian Islands
Maria Roberts Funeral Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Dean Emeritus Maria M Roberts, a longtime Iowa State College staff member, are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union. Dr. Charles E Finley ISU president will speak, with Angus A McLaughlin Des Moines alumni representative and Mrs Seaman A Knapp Ames Pi Beta Phi sorority member also speaking.
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AMES
INS
Maria M. Roberts
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State
Angus A. McLaughlin
Des Moines
Seaman A. Knapp
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Downes to Speak at Cornell concert lecture series
New York Times music critic and lecturer Olin Downes will appear in the final Cornell concert lecture on Wednesday at 8 p m in King Memorial chapel. His talk title is Be Your Own Music critic.
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Gazette
MT. Vernon
Olin Downes
New York Times
Cornell
King Memorial Chapel
Frisbie Becomes Third Calmar War Casualty
Mrs. Elsie Frisbie of Calmar learns her son Harold, 21, is missing in action in the Pacific. He is the town’s third war casualty, after Karl Giesen aboard the Arizona and Walter Brom on the Truxton, both reported missing following Pearl Harbor and sinking off Newfoundland.
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Calmar
Elsie Frisbie
Navy Department
Harold
Pacific
Frisbie
Winneshick County
Navy
Calmar High School
Karl Giesen
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Walter Brom
Truxton
Newfoundland
Navy to Take Over at Iowa City Wednesday
The pre flight naval air training base on the University of Iowa campus will be commissioned Wednesday morning with Gov. George A Wil son, President Virgil Hancher and Rear Admiral John Downes in attendance. The event will outline the training program for 600 aviation cadets arriving May 28.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
George A. Wilson
Virgil Hancher
John Downes
Ninth Naval District
Hancher
Admiral Downes
Guv Wilson
Navy
Hawkeye State
Artemus L. Gates
David C. Hanrahan
William S. Jacobsen
Clinton
Wilson
O. B. Hardison
Naval
Gates
R. Whitehead
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
University
Advocates Physical Exams for Children Entering Schools
Dr. William A. O'Brien of Minneapolis urged compulsory vaccination and physical exams for all children entering school at the Iowa Public Health association meeting in Des Moines. He called for more health education in schools. Dr. Julian D. Boyd noted 1940 spending on minerals and vitamins topped 100 million dollars and urged wiser nutrition spending.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
William A. O’brien
Minneapolis
Iowa Public Health Association
Minnesota University Public Health
Julian D. Boyd
University of Iowa
The
Association
Fred Gilchrist Dies Prominent Farmer of Center Point
Fred W. Gilchrist 75 prominent farmer and cattle breeder died Monday at his home southeast of Walker. He was a Methodist and services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Center Point with burial in Davis cemetery. Surviving: son Sgt James Gilchrist in Ellington Field Texas daughter Mrs Rosamond Doran in Madison Wis two sisters Geraldine Gilchrist and Mrs Eleanor Ferrin and two grandchildren.
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Center Point
Fred W. Gilchrist
Walker
Methodist Church
Robert Hammil
Davis Cemetery
Satchett Chapel
Sergt
James Gilchrist
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
Rosamond Doran
Madison
Wis
Geraldine Gilchrist
Eleanor Ferrin
Pierson
Earnshaw in Navy Now Lieutenant at Naval Station
George Earnshaw, former Philadelphia Athletics pitcher, serves as a lieutenant at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
NEA
George Earnshaw
Philadelphia Athletics
Naval Air Station
Iowa Receives $48.8 Million in Federal Grants Before July
The Federal Works Agency reports Iowa secured 48,760,380 in public works allotments through June 30. Outright grants totaled 46,881,982 with 1,878,398 in PWA loans across 902 projects. WPA PRA and other agencies employed 34,773,910 hours, paying 15,849,888 in wages.
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Washington
Iowa
Public Works Administration
Federal Works Agency
PWA
United States Housing Authority
Work Projects Administration
Public Roads Administration
The
Public Buildings Administration
FWA
USHA
Kansas
Maine
Minnesota
Nevada
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Death of Foreman Falls Down Shaft At Bovee Plant
Waterloo authorities investigate the death of 74 year old George Reinhart foreman at the Bovee furnace works who fell down an elevator shaft Monday Coroner Dr Sidney Smith ruled the death an accident but could not determine how it occurred Reinhart is survived by a sister and his brother Charles was fatally injured in 1931
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Waterloo
George Reinhart
Bovee
Sidney Smith
Reinhart
Charles
RCAF Pilot Robert Foster Killed in Georgian Bay Crash
Robert Richard Foster of Waterloo Iowa was killed Monday when his Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashed near Hope Island in Georgian Bay about 20 miles from Midland Ontario. Foster was stationed at Camp Borden.
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Midland
Ont
Robert Richard Foster
Waterloo
Royal Canadian Air Force
Camp Borden
Hope Island
Georgian Bay
Palmer of Waukon Files for State Auditor Nomination
John H. Palmer of Waukon, former Allamakee county auditor, announced his candidacy for state auditor in the June 1 Democratic primary. He joins W. M. Shaw of Des Moines as a Democratic candidate. Palmer has rural teaching, farming, and banking experience and helped organize a new Allamakee county courthouse.
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Waukon
John H. Palmer
Allamakee
C. B. Akers
W. M. Shaw
Des Moines
Palmer
Upper Iowa University
Allamakee County
Rossville
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Second St
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First Ave
Goodyear
Second Ave
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