Iowa Goverment Sets Fresh Driver License Rules
Iowa motorists may renew licenses by mid May under the new 1937 motor vehicle act. Renewal forms will be available at county treasurers and banks and may be mailed to Des Moines. Fees rise to 50 cents for a two year license to fund a larger highway patrol. The law also imposes mandatory dimming of lights, left facing traffic, city highway zoning, higher speed limits in business districts and for trucks, a minimum driving age of 16, and stiffer penalties for suspended licenses and juvenile violations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lew Wallace
Nelson G. Kraschel
Motor Vehicle Department
Wallace
Highway Patrol
Trafic
State Safety Council
Legislature
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
J. R. Ozanne
Iowa City
Hawkeye
University of Iowa
Donald R. Jordan
Pleasantville
Elmer H. Sorenson
Ames
Robert Berry
Marengo
Perry Onsewitz
Sioux City
Robert W. Claussen
Johnson County
Court House
William L. Condon
Condon
C. B. Murtagh
State Comptroller
Burke Couple to Celebrate Fifty-Ninth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs P H Burke of Walker will mark their fifty ninth anniversary on Friday. They married April 23 1878 in Monti and spent years in Walker where Burke helped found two banks and built a Catholic church. Now aged 84 and 68, they remain active in civic life and church work with three children, three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Walker
P. H. Burke
Monti
A. R. Mikota
Minneapolis
Leo Ernst
Mae Zieser
Patricia “Mikota
Burke
May term opens as Miller sets filing deadline
R Neilson Miller announced the May term filing deadline is Friday and the term will open May 3 with Judge Harold D Evans presiding in Johnson County District Court.
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Iowa City
R. Neilson Miller
Johnson County
Harold D. Evans
Ed Duffy
Frank Kepler
Mother's Day weekend events planned by Iowa Mortar Board
Iowa City Mortar Board announces five events for Mother's Day weekend at the University of Iowa spanning April 30 to May 2. The May frolic in the Iowa Memorial Union leads to a Saturday pageant by 500 university girls with sports demos and folk dances, followed by a noon dinner for about 500. Sunday tea at Mrs. Eugene A. Gilmore’s home closes the program.
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Iowa City
Mortar Board
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Department of Physical Education
Home Economics Department
Eugene A. Gilmore
Lone Tree senior play cast named for “Sound Your Hors”
The senior class begins practice on a play titled Sound Your Hors directed by Miss Gladys Talcott. Cast includes Roberta Hacker Mildred Krotz Lois Doerres Ralph Bell Loren Dickinson Viola Schuessler Rose Esther Horn Dorothy Viota Leonard Smith and Robert Crowe.
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Lone Tree
Gladys Talcott
Roberta Hacker
Mildred Krotz
Lois Doerres
Ralph Bell
Loren Dickinson
Viola Schuessler
Rose Esther Horn
Dorothy Viota
Leonard Smith
Robert Crowe
Revoke Parole of Town Mayor in Beer Village Case
Mayor Joseph Haas of COOLER Iowa faces revocation of parole after a tavern seizure of four slot machines. Haas, 30, was previously paroled in 1931 for auto owner consent violation and now faces a one year sentence in Anamosa reformatory. authorities pursue permit legality and closing injunctions.
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Duffy
Fayette Commencement Schedule Details for 1916
Fayette consolidated school announces senior play May 4 and 5 in two casts, baccalaureate on May 16, and commencement speaker Bruce E. Gates of Gates college, Waterloo, on May 21. Senior class includes Jean Arthur, Mildred Baker, Harvard Barr, Dorothy Brewer, Ida Briggs, Burdeen Carmichael, Bruce Carter, Foster Cass, John Chase, Phyllis June Clark, Donald Clegg, DeWitt Clinton, Robert Dickinson, Albert Fannon, Elmer Fannon, Elvin Greenough.
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Fayette
Fayette Consolidated School
Bruce E. Gates
Gates College of Waterloo
Jean Arthur
Mildred Baker
Harvard Barr
Dorothy Brewer
Ida Briggs
Burdeen Carmichael
Bruce Carter
Foster Cass
John Chase
Phyllis June Clark
Donald Clegg
DeWitt Clinton
Robert Dickinson
Albert Fannon
Elmer Fannon
Elvin Greenough
Howard Hubbell
Laura Hutchison
Eugene Johnson
Kenneth Kaeppel
Ruth Kappmeyer
Violet King
Max Miller
Allan Payne
Lucile Popenhagen
Reva Smith
Edward Solomon
Margaret Solomon
Farrell Sprague
Lee Timm
Vernita Wegner
Cleo Wenthe
Florence Whitcher
Margaret Woods
Decorah Produce Co Employees On Strike
Decorah workers including pickers packers and truck drivers struck Tuesday night after pay rise demands. Manager Woldum says only about twenty employees are involved as the company, with annual business around a quarter million dollars, remains light at present.
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Gazette
Decorah
Decorah Produce Company
Woldum
E Winslow Brown Heads Presbytery
In Blairstown the Presbytery of Cedar Rapids met for a two day session. The Rev E Winslow Brown and the Rev Joseph C B Peck were named commissioners to represent the Presbytery at the General Assembly in Columbus Ohio on May 27. The meeting elected Brown moderator for six months and W A Montgomery as stated clerk for three years. Twenty one ministers and sixteen elders attended with several visitors.
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Blairstown
Cedar Rapids
Benton
Linn
Jones
Clinton
Mechanicsville
Clarence
Cedar County
Robert Little
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Lloyd Morris
Myron L. Boozer
E. Winslow Brown
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Olivet Presbyterian Church
W. A. Montgomery
Newhall High to Stage Girl Shy Comedy Friday Night
The senior class of Newhall high school presents the comedy Girl Shy Friday evening at the Newhall auditorium. Leading roles are Billy Werning and Viola Weichman with a full cast including Howard Thompson Lucille Pieper Marcella Boddicker Glenn Schirm Marion Risdal Betty Wheeler Bernice Janssen Henry Kreutner Vada Francisco Carl Rinderknecht directed by Kathryn Scovel.
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the Gazette
Newhall
Newhall High School
Newhall Auditorium
Billy Werning
Viola Weichman
Howard Thompson
Lucille Pieper
Marcella Boddicker
Glenn Schirm
Marion Risdal
Betty Wheeler
Bernice Janssen
Henry Kreutner
Vada Francisco
Carl Rinderknecht
Kathryn Scovel
Tama merchant 5 found badly hurt after train collision
Tama Carl S Brice 56 a Tama merchant is in serious condition at a Marshalltown hospital after injuries from a train strike at a crossing Tuesday night. He suffered multiple injuries and was found near the tracks after a freight train passed. Police consider possible automobile involvement but Brice will clarify when able to talk.
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Tama
Carl S. Brice
Marshalltown
Brice
Iowa Art Students Win Tiffany Fellowships
Iowa City two University of Iowa students Dan Enich of Boone and William Bunn of Muscatine win Tiffany foundation fellowships to work at an Oyster Bay New York art colony this summer between August 15 and September 30. They will be free to pursue personal projects under the terms of the awards. Enich submitted two watercolors and an oil still life while Bunn sent a sketch of the Dubuque post office mural.
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Iowa City
Tiffany Foundation
University of Iowa
Dan Enich
Boone
William Bunn
Muscatine
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Enich
Bunn
Dubuque Post Office
Phillips 66 Poly Gas and Motor Oil Promise Value
The copy touts Phillips 66 Poly Gas as a premier gasoline value with reduced maintenance and smoother driving. It recommends draining and refilling with Phillips 66 Motor Oil as the ideal partner, branding both products as the finest for motor performance and cost efficiency.
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Phillips 66
Phillips
Central City to Stage Hot Copy Comedy Tonight
Central City high school presents the senior class play Hot Copy a comedy of newspaper life Friday evening in the gymnasium Verda Henderson and Donald Bliss lead the cast also featuring Jane Geesey Donald Blount Ben O Meara Mary Anderson Lloyd Blofield Harvey Sauer Frances Wilson and Maxine Pollock
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Gazette
Central City
Central City High School
Verda Henderson
Donald Bliss
Jane Geesey
Donald Blount
Ben O’meara
Mary Anderson
Lloyd Blofield
Harvey Sauer
Frances Wilson
Maxine Pollock
Royal Arch Masons Elect New Officers
Clinton AP report announces newly elected Royal Arch Masons of Iowa officers led by Henry H. Dean of Glenwood as grand high priest. Other officers include Clarence T. Jorstad Sioux City deputy, Harry B. Sherman Fort Dodge grand king, Walter Schwarz Keokuk grand scribe, John Harvey Sioux City grand treasurer, and George E. Masters Glenwood grand secretary. Marshalltown chosen for 1938 convention.
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Clinton
Royal Arch Masons of
Iowa
Henry H. Dean
Glenwood
Clarence T. Jorstad
Sioux City
Harry B. Sherman
Fort Dodge
Walter Schwarz
Keokuk
John Harvey
George E. Masters
Marshalltown
Ninth Sioux City raid nets liquor in basement
State federal and county agents seized twenty five cases of assorted liquors in a basement in Sioux City during the ninth raid this month. Two men named Jack Warden and Fred Smith were arrested on liquor charges and records of sales to several Sioux City taverns were found.
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Sioux City
INS
Jack Warden
Fred Smith
Goose surprises candle producer with shiny coin inside egg
In Decorah, Hulda Moon was candle inspecting eggs at the Decorah produce company plant when a black spot in an egg moved. She cracked the egg and found a 25 cent piece. The ad hints at ads under classification for re-silvering mirrors or cleaning pillows and mattresses.
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Gazette
Decorah
Decorah Produce Company
Hulda Moon
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