Iowa Legislature Prolongs Session Toward Adjourment
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa General Assembly nears adjournment with many measures pending. Leaders expect finish by next Wednesday or Thursday though April 23 remained target. key items include the biennial appropriations bill and governor relief programs. A fight looms over abolishing the liquor control commission if resignations are not tendered. The budget bill and CCC funding issues move to conference, shaping final end-of-session actions.
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DES Moines
Iowa General Assembly
State Liquor Control Commission
Commission
House
Senate
Assembly
Mrs DeLong Murder Case Scheduled At West Union
West Union Iowa The trial of Mrs Ellen DeLong 63 of Maynard charged with the murder of her husband Samuel L DeLong is set for Monday in district court before Judge H E Taylor of Waukon Edgar A Traeger county attorney and M M Cooney for Mrs DeLong E R O'Brien of Delwein represent the defense Samuel DeLong 63 a farmer was found dead Dec 30 with a bullet through his head Mrs DeLong has been jailed since Jan 3 She underwent a lie detector test ordered by Judge W L Eichendorff of McGregor
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West Union
Ellen DeLong
Maynard
Samuel L. DeLong
H. E.taylor
Waukon
Edgar A. Traeg Er
M. M.cooney
DeLong
C. C. Hall
Claim 45 Per Cent Truck Traffic Is Escaping Road Tax
Des Moines report shows 117 of 265 trucks at DeWitt on highway 30 were out-of-state and tax free over 24 hours. Rail road commission chairman M. P. Conway notes this rate is typical on town highways and cites a defeated port of entry provision as the key battle issue. A revised truck bill passed the house without port of entry and moved to the senate.
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Yow Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Railroad Commission
Iowa
DeWitt
M. P. Conway
Commission
Conway
Senate
House
Davenport case seeks declaration of death for insurance payout
Mrs. Florence L. Carrier asks Scott county court to declare Elmer Carrier legally dead after an unexplained absence since Jan 1 1926. The insurer says he lives but won’t reveal his whereabouts to his wife. she has kept premiums paid and seeks $1,000 plus costs under Iowa law.
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Davenport
Florence L. Cartier
Elmer
Scott County
Iowa
Circulator Arrested For Red Pamphlets At Farmers’ Meeting
DES MOINES Iowa UP a man who gave the name Leon Vanderlin secretary of the New York state communist party was arrested Saturday and charged with circulating communistic literature to a crowd of 15000 farmers gathered to hear Huey P Long A police report said he was seized shortly after Mrs James Porter wife of the Iowa communist party secretary was ousted from the grounds for circulating pamphlets
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Des Moines
Leon Vanderlin
New York State
Communist Party
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
James Porter
Iowa Communist Party
Magic fingertips help blind deaf woman see and sew
Miss Myrtle Pond, blind and deaf since childhood, uses sensitive fingertips to distinguish colors, read Braille, and communicate. She sews with a machine for the blind, crochets lace, tends plants, and writes for a Braille magazine while guiding a life of activity and cheer.
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the Gazette
Stanley
Myrtle Pond
Miss Pond
State School For the
Vinton
Council Bluffs
Mount Vernon board members decry student strike
Four Mount Vernon school board members publish a statement condemning the strike by high school students over principal Opal Munger’s nonreappointment. They denounce the form of protest and any incitement by adults, urging responsible citizens to support orderly education and correct actions. One member declines to sign over phrasing objections.
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Mount Vernon High School
Opal Munger
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Board of Education
State of
Iowa
John Klimo
H. C. Gilliland
D. A. van Metre
A. J. Rogers
R. P. Ink
Klimo
Pickpockets Target Drake Relays Crowds in Des Moines
AP reports a Chicago pickpocket gang operative during Drake Relays crowds. A Waterloo man’s billfold with 130 vanished after being crowded at a bus station. A Des Moines man withdrew 180 at a bank and later missed the cash on the street. Police note matching descriptions with prior conventions.
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Des Moines
A. L. James
Waterloo
George van Gorder
Modernization Boosts Jobs at Clinton Shops
Clinton officials announce North Western railway will add 111 employees in locomotive and car shops effective May 1 with 475 total workers. Twenty six more will return May 15 in the car shops as modernization includes mechanical stokers to improve engine efficiency at high speeds.
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Clinton
North Western Railway
Springville Boy Returns From 11 000 Mile European Bike Trip
University of Iowa student Rosdail trekked 11 000 miles through Europe with Jacqueline from Bremen. He rode a second hand bicycle across 32 European countries, spent 37 pancakes breakfast in Norway, and endured a brief Russia detainment. He plans a travelogue after graduation.
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Springville
Europe
Art Rosdail
Jacqueline
Albania
Bremen
Germany
Rosdail
Norway
Swiss Alps
Chillon Castle
Switzerland
Berlin
Richard Halliburton
University of Iowa
College of Commerce
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
Iowa
Penquite to Speak at Life Underwriters Meeting
Leon Penquite of Des Moines deputy Iowa insurance commissioner will address Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters at the Roosevelt hotel Monday after a 12 10 luncheon. He will discuss closer cooperation between the state department and agents in the field and President M M Thompson urges a full audience.
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Leon Penquite
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters
Roosevelt Hotel
Penquite
State Insurance Department
M. M. Thompson
West Branch farmer's wife nurtures garden and canaries
Mrs. J. W. Krouth near West Branch tends a year round garden featuring purple and gold violas, canaries, gold fish, and rock ponds. Her hobbyist bird breeding once reached 125 young birds, as she and her husband raise a family and share their grounds with friends.
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West Branch
J. W. Krouth
Mrs. Krouth
Senator Huey Long Attacks Wallace at Iowa Farmers Rally
Huey P. Long told 10,000 farmfolk at the Farmers Holiday convention near Des Moines that New Deal policy enslaves the nation financially. He blasted Secretary Wallace and the AAA, linking their actions to widespread debt while promoting his share-the-wealth program and hinting at third-party prospects.
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Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Coughlin
Louisiana
United States
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Wallace
Mordecai Ezekiel
AAA
Moses
Reno
Milo Reno
Holiday Association
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League of Nations
Oscar Hart
A. L. Halstead
Rock Valley
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Hart Rosdall
Carter Bar
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Scotland
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Hartzell Spence
Farmers’ Holiday Association
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