Farm Relief Bill Passed By Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate approved a Republican sponsored farm relief bill offering a one year moratorium for farmers facing foreclosure from weather related crop failures. A separate lease termination notice bill failed earlier but was revived and passed 34 to 1 with Senator Frank C. Byers voting no.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Chamber
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Special Agricultural Relief Committee
C. B. Hoeven
Alton
E. P. Donahue
New Hampton
Senate
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Chickasaw
Donohue
Denying Sex Felons Are Sent to Homes Policy
The article notes that sex offenders are not sent to wards or homes and cites few cases of alleged inmate misconduct. It mentions certain prisoners placed in Wood ward or Glenwood under strict checks, with transfers to jail if trouble arises, and no reports of sex misconduct reaching wardens.
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Woodward
Glenwood
Senate votes to remove five state board members
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate, 30 to 19, urged immediate removal of three board of control members after two days of debate. Governor Wilson will review the record and decide whether to act. The measure, backed by Democrats, sparked sharp partisan statements about civil liberties and due process.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Senate
State Board of Central
Wilson
Board of Control
Harry C. White
Vinton
Frank M. Stevens
Garden Grove
E. H. Felton
Indianola
White
Iowa State Senate
Germany
Italy
Russia
Ottumwa Student Named Editor of ISU Yearbook Bomb
Jack B Williams of Ottumwa Iowa was named editor of the 1940 Bomb Iowa State College yearbook. Arthur Radcliffe of Ankeny was named business manager. Four coeds chosen as Bomb beauties were Jane Binkard Spencer Virginia Rundberg Marjorie Pettinger and Eloise Johnson.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Eloise Johnson
Albert City
Dick Jurgens
Farmer Sentenced On Charge Of Wife Assault
Harold D. Klett, 32, a farmer near Sigourney, was sentenced to one year in the state prison after pleading guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily injury against his wife. Keokuk County Attorney Ralph Goelden filed the information. a pistol was found in a bed amid threats the sheriff noted.
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Sigourney
Harold D. Klett
Oskaloosa
J. G. Patterson
Keokuk County
Ralph Goelden
Klett
C. F.’. Klett
Tremmel
Eastern planes lift off as strike stalemate endures
Eastern Airlines transport aircraft roared from Newark airport as the two day old system wide strike of maintenance workers continued. The AP reported both sides marked time amid the walkout affecting operations nationwide.
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Newark
N. J
Eastern Airlines
District Music Meet Results Across Iowa Districts
Friday and Saturday results from district music contests list winners in concert bands, orchestras, voice, and woodwind ensembles across Monticello Maquoketa Vinton Ottumwa and other towns with numerous soloists and groups earning first and second places in multiple classes and divisions.
Music contest results reveal many Iowa class winners
Mount Pleasant and Charles City hosted district music events Friday with numerous solo and ensemble winners. Notable names include Ione Stull Washington, Jean Hammer Clinton, Keith Bowers West Waterloo, Clifton Gibbs West Waterloo, Cecil Miller Dumont, and Paul Brandt West Waterloo among others across classes AA A B C.
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Mediapolis
Williamsburg
Davenport
Fairfield
Iowa City
Washington
Fort Madison
Burlington
Keokuk
Glee Club
West Liberty
Mount Pleasant
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Donnellson
Wayland
Yarmouth
Don Cave
Clinton
Richard Greve
Grace Mary Dickerson
Donald Hartman
Charlotte Kinnamon
Bloomfield
Betty Lea Leonard
Columbus Junction
Wilton Junction
Clarence
Kalona
Keosauqua
New London
Stanwood
Winfield
Tipton
Margaret Gemaehlich
Osage
Fayette
Feast Waterloo
Ednah Mae Kamm
West Union
Jane Daily
Cresco
Richard Meier
Nashua
Norma Sorenson
Waterville
Milly Jean Cords
Rudd
Laverne Jontz
Grundy Center
Rosella Conradi
Dike
Postville
Charles City
Decorah
Waverly
Marble Rock
Maynard
Dumont
Rockford
New Hampton
Fairbank
W. Shirley Nutting
Bethel Page
East Waterloo
Boys’ Glee Club
Danville
Keota
Wellman
West Branch
Lost Nation
Ione Stull
Margaret Heitz
Muscatine
Helen Stephenson
Corigen Doerres
Lone Tree
Vera Margaret Hutchcroft
Cynthia Pappas
Milton
Jean Hammer
Jane Ohlson
Marilyn Manny
Doris Allred
Frances Sartor
Ka Ilona
West Chester
Olds
Brighton
DeWitt
Mar
Howard Mellang
West Waterloo
Rosemary Kuhn
Henry Fieselmann
Collyn Franzenburg
Conrad
Cooper Evans
Bernadette Walsh
Lucille Kolind
Beulah Trindle
Bristo
Tubo
Orville Mestad
John Payne
Duane Perry
Waucoma
Ernest Moran
Don Mosher
Edward Maurer
Albert Nassen
Allison
James Murphy
Sumner
Alfred Jacobs
Elgin
Harold Windolf
Hayes Tyson
Deene Peterson
Waukon
Walter Pose
Roger Mellem
Katherine Walsh
Baton Twirling
Marjorie Dixon
Richard Magner
Cecil Miller
Jean Mikes
Cy Harris
Gladbrook
Clifton Gibbs
Lillian Frudden
Lee Smith
Kermit Hendrickson
Dorothy Grenna
Margaret Huebner
William Swancutt
Riceville
Eleanor Lockwood
Marie Schmidt
Mary Humphrey
Carol Rae Wilson
Evelyn Ellertson
Mabel Hogshead
Hudson
Raymond Smith
Beverly Smith
East Water
Virginia Alm
Katherine Filles
Admits Drunk Driving Charge Five Month Jail Term
Bernard Kelly of Dubuque, 30, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was sentenced by Judge George W. Wood to five months in the county jail. The offense was his second. Kelly was arrested near Earlville on highway No. 20 by Patrolman G. R. Beswick. Jacob Noggle of Garber, arrested on highway No. 13 north of Manchester on April 8, also pled guilty and received sixty days in jail.
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Manchester
Bernard Kelly
Dubuque
George W. Wood
Kelly
Earlville
G. R. Beswick
Jacob Noggle
Garber
Beswick
Wood
Iowa House OKs Tax on Federal Incomes Amendment
The Iowa House passed a Senate bill to tax federal incomes and added tax on federal securities held by Iowans. The measure was sent back to the Senate for action on the amendment.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa House
Senate
Funeral services for Mrs Will J Moore in South English
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with pallbearers J H Hotchkiss Leo Blaylock Frank Miller Aldine Suter Frank Euler and John M Grove. Burial followed in the local cemetery. Mrs Moore born January 30 1870 four miles NW of South English. She married William J Moore April 10 1890. Surviving are her husband four daughters ten grandchildren three sisters and other relatives.
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South English
Will J. Moore
Methodist Church
J. H. Hotchkiss
Leo Blaylock
Frank Miller
Aldine Suter
Frank Euler
John M. Grove
Moore
William J. Moore
Hazel Co
Berniece Shaffer
Leland Rowe
Helen Chester
LA Porte City
Helen Schmidt
Dubuque
Dale Cole
Ernie Whitney
James Peck
John Cuthbertson
Charles Wilson
Joe Brunkhurst
Mr. Bowden
Devonshire
England
John Bowden
Julia Thorne
Arthur
Percy
Emily Jones
Myrtle
Merle Elliott
Marjorie
Kenneth
Masonville Cemetery
Two Democratic Senators Charge Wilson With Budget Delay
DES MOINES AP Two Democratic senators Edward Breen and A E Augustine accuse Governor George A Wilson of failing to submit a budget report to the legislature. They note the open door policy and secrecy in drafting house appropriations and urge a committee to demand a legal budget submission. Former Governor Nelson Kraschel once provided a prior budget report.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Senate
Wilson
House
C. Fred Porter
Nelson G. Kraschel
C. B. Murtagh
Kraschel
Kennedy named UI Drake Relays queen candidate
Mary E. Kennedy of New Hampton a junior dietetics student auburn hair and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority member was announced Saturday as the University of Iowa's candidate for Drake relays queen.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Mary E. Kennedy
New Hampton
University of Iowa
Drake
Iowa City News Briefs
University of Iowa chorus of 146 voices will present a sacred choral concert Sunday at 8 p.m. broadcast over WSUI led by Pref. Herald Stark with five soloists. George Smith, 54, seriously injured when crushed by a horse at his farm near Coralville. Funeral services held for Mary Curry, 74, Davenport, survivor list includes Iowa City cousins. Water works superintendents will meet at Iowa for a two day conference with experts from Cedar Rapids and other cities.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Chorus
Mendelssohn and
WSUI
Herald Stark
George Smith
Coralville
A. Huffman
Iowa
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Madison
Wis
Columbus Junction Airport for sale as lease ends
The Columbus Junction town council announces the 60 by 90 foot airport building erected in 1934 on land along highway 76, three miles north of town, is offered to the highest bidder. The land lease term prevents renewal and the building must be removed by May 28.
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Columbus Junction
Scotch Grove
Edna Reuter
John H. Stahlberg, Jr
John Stahlberg
Scotch Grove Township
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Esther Reuter
Lyle Tobiasson
Stahlberg
John Reuter
Monticello
Peace Forum Voices Bias In News Columns
Iowa City forum with Prof. Frank L. Mott Verne Marshall and Prof. Clyde Hart argues bias and propaganda influence in U S news coverage. They say editors bear responsibility for analysis of official statements while mass audiences rely on sensational drama and open negotiations.
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Peace Forum
Gazette
Iowa City
Frank L. Mott
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Clyde W. Hart
University
Iowa City Peace Council
Prof. Mott
Mr. Marshall
Marshall
Europe
United States
Prof
Hart
Mr. Mars
Willard Wirtz
Geoffrey Norman
Iowa State College
England
Arthur Steindler
Children’s Hospital
State Institutions seek bids for water tank tower and other work
Iowa Board of Control invites contractors to bid on water tank and tower 300000 gal Corliss engine generator K W State Hospital Woodward Radial brick chimney Mount Pleasant Bids due May 5 1939 Bidder must submit sealed proposals with 5 percent certified check 90 percent progress payments documents available for inspection for 15 dollars refundable within 30 days of bid opening.
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Wee State Hospital
Clarinda
Iowa
Corliss
K. W.—State Hospital
Woodward
Cwa
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Board of Control
Iowa State Board of Control
Henrys J. Taawie
Board of Control of State Institutions
State House
Des Moines
Owa
H. C. White
E. H. Felton
Belle Plaine Man Honored By Masons
Belle Plaine Solly Wertheim 81 veteran clothing merchant is honored as the only sixty year Mason in town during Past Masters night. He served as worshipful master and conferred the first degree on a local candidate. He was born in Germany March 16 1858 and moved to America as a youth.
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Belle Plaine
Solly Werteheim
Mae
Wertheim
Eastern Star Circle
John Burrows
Hartwig Albers
M. I. Courter
Mr. Wertheim
Geremany
America
Dysart
Masonic Lodge
Adele Stern
Bernice Wise
Hartford
Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Genevieve Wasser of New York City
Commerce Club
Rotary Club
Toledo Man Severely Hurt In Gas Explosion
Toledo George McCreary of Toledo sustained severe burns when a county maintenance shed near Chele sea filled with gas fumes and exploded during unloading. His overalls ignited. he drove his truck from the shed and to Kocher hospital for treatment. His left leg and both hands were badly burned as the shed and road maintainer were destroyed.
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Toledo
George McCreary
Chelesea
McCreary
Tooledo
Kocher Hospital
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Stevens
Felton
Ellery Smith
Alice Thompson
American Legion and Auxiliary
Fourth District
Empire Ballroom
Legion Committees
Legion Auxiliary
Louis W. Holbert
Harry Kelsey
Forrest K. Jones
Frank F. Allenstein
Ernest Rohde
C. L. Johnson
Ernest O. Anderson
Lloyd Smith
Roy W. Sheppard
Carl R. Anderson
John McKeag
Ada Kelly
Clarence Cox
Shueyville
Shueyville High School
Anna Jane Thebideau
Mary Nassif
Avis Ruemmele
Dorothy Burns
Eva Verbugt
Leonard Smith
Richard and
Harold Tegeler
Robert True
Ray Ruemmele
Cedar County
Mechanicsville
George F. Kay
College of Liberal Arts
Geology
John Engel, Jr
Bennett
Rochester
C. M. Wallace
Ames
George F. Worts
Ottumwan
Iowa State
Farmer
Springville
Monona
Atkins
Winthrop
Guttenberg
Volga City
Mount Vernon
Karl Smykil
Anamosa
Jack Bickenbach
Independence
Virginia Rittenhouse
Robert Sharp
Eunice Schweikert
Donald Arbogast
Dundee
Robert Connelly
Brice Robinson
Jack Haloupek
Jean Butzloff
Wyoming
Vernieta Gordon
Maquoketa
Marion
Elkader
Jesup
Vinton School For the Blind
Garnaville
Norma Truesdell
Coggan
June Crandall
Arlington
Cédar Rapids
Dorothy Hemmer
Lucille Huibregtse
Marilin Miller
Glenn Blugen
Bellevue
Robert Phillips
Minerva Henning
George Clark
Helen Moore
Robert Heige
Jean Johanningmeier
Dorothy Maley
Stanley
Ruth Ostrander
Eugene Whitford
George Bunnell
Vinton School of the Blind
Newhall
Gerald Weyhgandt
Charles Hodge
Richard Minkler
Edgewood
Bill Culbertson
Hans Sandrock
Frederic Taylor
Martyn Johnson
Norway
Yola Rodman
Louise Crumb
Tama
Dorothy Ford
Harriet Frank
Ee Lauderdale
C Larjorie Dutton
Helen McCreary
Lisbon
Oelwein
MT. Pleasant
Masons
Bezdek’s
Johnson Avenue
Janeba Funeral Home
Sixteenth Ave
J St. SW
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