Iowa Relief Load Falls to Two Year Low in March
Iowa relief officials report 24 981 cases in March affecting 106 604 persons as private employment expands and many counties rely on local aid. The state WPA lists show a drop to 29 402 workers on April 1 while 26 counties used no federal or state aid in March.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Relief Administration
J. C. Pryor
Ralph Kittinger
Relief Administration
Frank E. Wenig
Frank E. Wenig, State Commissioner of
Federal-State Employment Service
Iowa Works Progress Administration
Expect 6 000 To Compete In Iowa City Music Fete
Special to The Gate reports the University of Iowa festival will draw more than 6,000 finalists from nearly 160 schools for the state high school music meet beginning April 30. Districts already tally 4 000 qualifiers with contests in Mason City and Centerville to finish.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
Mason City
Centerville
Toledo Boy Finds Ring Lost 17 Years
Special to The Toledo Go Toledo-Wayne Filloon reports 8 year old grandson of Mrs Ida Chitty found a gold band ring in a garden at the Chitty home. The ring had been missing for seventeen years and was identified as the grandmother’s.
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Toledo
Wayne Filloon
Ida Chitty
Chitty
Grant Wood Lectures On One Painter's Way In Iowa City
Professor Grant Wood of the University of Iowa art department will conclude the Times club lecture series with an illustrated talk titled One Painter's Way. The 8 p.m. address in the University of Iowa chemistry building auditorium will trace a picture from idea to finished work and is expected to draw many art teachers and supervisors attending a state art conference Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett
Iowa City
Grant Wood
University of Iowa Art Department
Times Club
University of Iowa Chemistry
Opening Day Trout Run Dazzles Backbone Park Anglers
A sunny opening day draws a flood of fishermen to Backbone state park and Spring Branch, with crowds lining pools and riffles. R J Lynch reports 30 anglers in one stretch trying to land a single trout, as eight fish went to him and others limited by crowding and bright water. Notes highlight multiple rainbows and browns, various baits including angleworms and nightcrawlers, and standout catches from Eck Shaffer and Guy Everett.
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Backbone State Park
R. J. Lynch
DeWitt
Spring Branch
Manchester
Lynch
Strawberry Point
Eck Shaffer
Truman Trapp
Eldorado
Fayette County
Maquoketa River
Delaware County
Guy Everett
West Union
Iowa liquor profits to fund state with 100000 monthly
The Iowa liquor control commission will continue to deliver about 100000 monthly to the state general fund as long as profits remain. Chairman Manley sent a 50000 check to the state treasurer with prior 50000 payments by the comptroller. Officials project 1200000 yearly to the fund, potentially lowering property tax levies.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
State General Fund
B. E. Manley
Leo J. Wegman
Manley
General Fund
C. B. Murtagh
Liquor Commission
Murtagh
Local Red Cross Flood Relief Fund Totals
Mrs. W. C. Rutenbeck reports $38 raised for flood relief sent to Washington. Donations came from Sacred Heart church $10 Federated Guild $10 Lutheran church $7.13 American Legion $5 and the Legion Auxiliary $5.
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Lost Nation
W. C. Rutenbeck
Red Cross
Washington
Sacred Heart Church
Federated Guild
Lutheran Church
American Legion
the Legion Auxilary
Marquette Lions Plan Basil Giard Memorial Tablet
The Lions club of Marquette plans a bronze tablet to honor Basil Giard Iowa's first settler. The monument site, marked years ago by schoolchildren with rocks from many states, will be expanded as part of the memorial.
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Marquette
Lions Club of
Basil Giard
Iowa
Lions Club
Red Oak to Get 250000 Light and Power Plant
Officials of the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power company announced a new 250000 dollar plant in Red Oak with construction set to begin next month. The facility will act as an auxiliary for the Iowa division and mark a step in the rural electrification expansion. It will serve several Iowa cities currently served from Lincoln Nebraska.
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RED Oak
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Powere Company
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Hold Funeral For Mrs S A Swisher Iowa City
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Stephen A. Swisher 72 who died after a heart attack Wednesday night in Iowa City. A civic leader and Pi Beta Phi alumna she chaired the Johnson county Equal Suffrage association and helped organize the Iowa City League of Women voters after suffrage law passages.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Stephen A. Swisher
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Aid Kidney and Bladder Health
For backache, kidney and bladder trouble, a 35 cent box of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules is pitched as a safe diuretic and kidney stimulant. The ad claims relief from scanty burning urination and also notes symptoms like backaches, puffy eyes, leg cramps, and moist palms, urging purchase of the GOLD MEDAL product from Haarlem in Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
Iowa U Bonds Audit Warns of Delayed Stadium Interest
An official audit finds 1935 stadium bondholders may not receive interest before late 1937, with $480000 outstanding and arrears of $90000. It notes $50000 in field house bonds and $40000 in stadium bonds in default as of June 30 1935, while general university expenses rose and equipment control was criticized.
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DES Moines
University of Iowa
University
Iowa Field House
University Hospital
Merrigan's Widow Weds Crane Worker
Mrs Ruth Merrigan widow of Donald Merrigan 22 wed Wednesday to A E Adamson 29 Detroit crane operator employed in Des Moines Berlovich the nightclub operator is serving a life term for Merrigan slaying last year.
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DES Moines (Ap
Ruth Merrigan
Donald Merrigan
A. E. Adamson
Detroit
Dewey Berlovich
Des Moines
Merrigan
End Rupture Troubles Free Trial at Montrose Hotel
Representatives of Wm. S. Rice Adams N Y originator of the Rice Method for self treatment of rupture will be at the Montrose Hotel Cedar Rapids Iowa on April 20 and 21 to offer a free trial. The method claims to control the rupture, restore parts and allow normal work with no cost. Hours are 9 to 12, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9 with demonstrations for all sufferers.
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Wm. S. Rice
Adams
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Man
Tipton and Clarence Firemen Aid Stanwood Blaze
Fire crews from Tipton and Clarence helped Stanwood firemen control a barn blaze at the George Findlay home. A high wind threatened nearby property as the fire, started around 9 o clock from an undetermined cause, destroyed a barn two cows and an automobile. The residence was saved and Findlay’s loss is partly insured.
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Gazette
Stanwood
Tipton
Clarence
George Findlay
Findlay
Dubuque Presbytery Meets At Hopkinton
The fifty-ninth annual meeting of the Dubuque Presbyterial society for world missions is held at Hopkinton Presbyterian church on Thursday and Friday. Officers include President Mrs Norma Rabenberg and others from Dubuque Hazleton West Union Jesup Oelwein and Hopkinton. Evening programs feature Worship led by Mrs Le Roy Weld and Miss Rachel Benfer of the Allison James school with a drama. Friday includes worship, Lenox College students, an open forum, foreign missions presentation by Miss Caroline Daniels, and the president's address.
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Hopkinton
Dubuque
C. H. Williamson
Paul Strelau
Howard Risk
Oelwein
A. Roggensack
B. W. Humphrey
le Roy Weld
Synodical
Cedar Rapids
Rachel Benfer
Allison-James School
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Weld
Lenox College
Caroline Daniels
Independence
Benfer
Cherry Damage Suit Settled for 9300
A high profile Iowa case, Caroline Schelldorf of Manning vs Leonard and Mrs H T Cherry of Tama, over an auto collision Jan 9 1933, settled for 9350 after retrial begun in district court. The earlier 1934 verdict was 12975.80 plus interest, leading to a higher court appeal and retrial.
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Toledo
Caroline Schelldorf
Manning
Leonard Cherry
H. T. Cherry
Tama
Floyd Flynn
Joe Formanek, Jr
Amiel Hansen
Joe C. Konicek
Will Novotny
G. L. Davis
Clara Wiese
Wilbur Williams
Anna Richards
Schelldorf
P. H. Jones
Monitoring of radio range beacon stations on Federal Airways
Each radio range beacon station on the Federal Airways system is checked by one to four distant receiving stations to ensure perfect operation.
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Federal Airways
Anamosa Juniors Present Play Friday at Niles Theater
The Anamosa high school junior class stages Hurry Hurry Hurry by LeRoy Arnold Friday at 8 p.m. at the Niles theater. Leads are Mary Taylor and Willis Zimmerman with Rowena Gordon Lawrence May Leo Leeskamp Julia Dumont George Ellison Frances Shifflett Edward Marek in the cast. Miss Georgiana White directs. Neal Dougherty and Max Wortman handle business and stage management.
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The
Gazette
Anamosa
Anamosa High School
LeRoy Arnold
Niles Theater
Mary Taylor
Willis Zimmerman
Rowena Gordon
Lawrence May
Leo Leeskamp
Julia Dumont
George Ellison
Frances Shifflett
Edward Marek
Georgiana White
Neal Dougherty
Max Wortman
Hold United Brethren Conference In Toledo
The mid year United Brethren conference of Iowa met in Toledo with 150 ministers and laymen in attendance. Bishop A B Statton of Kansas City presided. Rev Stanley B Williams spoke in morning and bishop also spoke. Russell L Hanson was ordained to the ministry. Dr J R Overmiller and J Gordon Howard gave addresses. The Cedar Falls summer camp was described by Dr C L Young.
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Toledo
United Brethren Conference of
Iowa
A. B. Statton
Kansas City
Stanley B. Williams
Kan
The
Southwest
Russell L. Hanson
Morley
J. R. Overmiller
York College
J. Gordon Howard
Dayton
Ohio
Cedar Falls
C. L. Young
Albia
Manager Marengo Dstore Ends Life
Sandvig M S a Gamble store manager in this town fatally shot himself Thursday morning just below the heart with a small bore shotgun while being rushed to an Iowa City hospital. He was about 40, married with two sons, and had managed the store since November 1935 after earlier work in banking.
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Marengo
M. S. Sanding
Gamble
Iowa City
Sandvig
State Banking Department
Graettinger
Seek Third Trial For Louis Clay
Iowa City officials report attorney W F Murphy will seek a third trial for Louis Clay a Negro convicted of assault with intent to commit murder by a district court jury. Murphy claims trial court errors in jury instructions and will base an appeal on those grounds. Judge James P Gaffney will sentence Clay on April 30 with a maximum penalty of 30 years.
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Iowa City
Louis Clay
W. F. Murphy
Clay
Murphy
James P. Gaffney
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Dole
James Gable
Iowa Theatre Building
Marquette Club
S. A. Swisher
Tipton and
Presbytery
Anamosa Juniors
Mary Taylor Willis Zimmerman
United Brethren Conference
May Drug Company
Diamond Station
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
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