Largest reduction at Secretary of State office in six months
A six month drop of 379756 in state department operating costs, with salary cuts totaling 75653.74 and other savings across departments. Only 45 of 59 agencies cut costs while 15 increased. headscount fell from 1020 to 892 under the new administration. The largest cut was 1239853.94 in the office of Secretary of State Mrs Alex Miller.
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Des Moines
C W Storms
Alex Miller
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Department
Agriculture Dept
Department of Agriculture
Attorney General's Department
State Auditor's Department
State Treasurer’s Department
Democratic patronage upset grips Iowa party center
DES MOINES AP Democratic state central committee chair Feuling says patronage and party finances dominate attention. He interviewed about 400 applicants for state house jobs, many Republicans, as he works to map party spread. Feuling plans department tallies and considers appointing collectors to track receipts postulate.
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Des Moines
D AP
FBI
Feuling
New Hampton
Democratic State Central Committee
Fouline
Central Committee
Polk County
Federal Home Loan Bank approves six associations in eighth district
In Des Moines, six building and loan associations were approved for membership by the executive committees of the eighth district Federal Home Loan Bank. The new members include Bluffs Citys Mutual Savings and Loan of Hannibal Missouri, Burlington Building and Loan of Burlington, Midland Building and Loan of Saint Louis, Real Estate Bank Building and Loan of Saint Louis, Washington Savings and Loan of Watertown Minnesota, and Yankton Building and Loan of Yankton South Dakota.
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Des Moines
Eighth District
Federal Home Loan Bank
Bluffs
Restaurant Code Boosts Sioux City Hiring by 300
Sioux City officials announced Saturday that adoption of the national restaurant code will lead to employment for 300 more workers and payroll increases totaling 12 900 dollars. The move aims to standardize practices across local eateries.
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Sioux City
Brace Maker Performs 4,000 Miracles Yearly In Iowa City
A lone craftsman in the sub-floor workshop of Iowa City Children's Hospital creates 4000 braces and casts annually. He shapes plaster models into custom devices, aided by a small team, to straighten limbs and restore mobility for disabled children. He began eighteen years ago after moving from Des Moines and is billed as the only worker of this kind in the United States.
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Brace Maker
Iowa City Children’s Hospital
P G Mott
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Plaster of Paris
Perkins Hospital
Arthur Steindler
Des Moines
Town City
United States
P. G Mott
Children's Hospital
Engineer Approval Starts Public Work Fund Wheels Going
President Roosevelt approved a list of state engineers enabling the public works administration to process non federal project funds nationwide. Most emergency posts remain filled as the $3.3 billion program begins, with state engineers aiding advisory boards and screening applications before Washington review. Frank Hopkins of Mason City was named for Iowa.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Publi Works Advisory Boards
Special Public Works Board
Ickes
Frank Hopkins
Mason City
Iowa
Musical Program At Stone City Colony
Stone City hosts a musical program today with guests Fid ward Rowan Cedar Rapids and inns Songs by Harold Reeves and Margaret Pratt Cedar Rapids. Eleanor Tayior accompanies Margaret Risser Mount Vernon with Elizabeth Bryant. Chalk talk Morning Noor and Night by Nama Lathe Cornell College. Sterling trio Cedar Rapids performs a group of typical American songs with Anna Marie Farnum Irma Popelka and Culberta Krueger. Mr Alice Gard on piano.
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Stone City
Art Colony
Fidward Rowan
Cedar Rapids
Fo Inns
Harold Reeves
Margaret Pratt
Eleanor Tayior
Margaret Risser
Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Bryant
Nama Lathe
Cornell College
Sterling Trio
Anna Marie Farnum
Irma Popelka
Culberta Krueger
Alice Gard
Paving Contracts To Be Let On 23793 Miles Of Road
The town highway commission will meet next Thursday to act on 23793 miles of primary road paving plus contracts to grade 4025 miles and construct bridges and culverts. Largest project is on Primary 320 in Osceola County, 6816 miles northeast from Sib ley toward Primary 21, with other projects in Clay Carroll Humboldt and Webster counties funded by a new federal highway aid program.
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AMRFS
Aps
Town Highway Commission
Commission
Osceola County
Sibley
Clay County
Peterson Carroll
Manning
Ucsfi
Humboldt
Webster County
Relief Grant Totals for Iowa Seeks Further Aid
Federal relief administration announces an additional unemployment grant of 813,695 dollars to Iowa and forty eight states and the District of Columbia, raising aggregate relief funds to 127,099,838 dollars.
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Washington
Federaceme Vendso Relief Administration
Iowa
District of
Coimba
Pioneer Central City Woman 87 Years Old
Special in The Gazette Central City notes the eighty seventh birthday of Mrs Livona Hatch. A long resident, church worker, and avid quilter, she hosts relatives from Central City Cedar Rapids Chicago and nearby towns during the gathering at her Main Street home.
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Gazette
Central City
Livona Hatch
Main Street
Hatch
Maine
Livona Hateh
C C Crane
Mildred Reinking
Louise
Mabel Bremer
J Ho Brookman
Lester Brookman
Des Moines Granted Exemption From Beatty Bennett Law
DES MOINES AP The city of Des Moines was granted exemption from Beatty Bennett tag reduction provisions by State Comptroller C R Murtagh. The city sought 277,869, but the largest denial was 10,677 for fire maintenance.
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Des Moines
RB Murtagh
July Federal Taxes Totaling 470748 Reported for Iowa
Des Moines internal revenue figures show July taxes collected in Iowa amounting to 470 748. Charles B Huston, state collector, notes breakdowns by corporation income taxes 59538, individual income taxes 103326, and the wheat processing tax 123000, with other revenue from beer permits manufacturers excise taxes telephones soft drinks tobacco stamps and energy charges.
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Des Moines
INS
Towa
Chiarles B. Huston
Tuston
Canary Soft Drinks
Tobaccco
Governor To Be Taken Into Sac And Fox Tube
Governor Clyde L. Herring will be initiated into the Sac and Fox tribe at the Tama reservation near here during the twentieth annual Pow Wow August 17 to 20. The ceremony, led by Indian officials, will include an eagle feather head dress and the governor's Indian name. A squad of uniformed soldiers will escort him to the reservation where a committee of Indians will preside.
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Tama
Clyde L. Hercing
Black Hawk
Gov. Herring
American Legion
State fair walkathon vs beer ban sparks Des Moines ruling
Iowa State fair visitors face a walkathon viewing with no beer as Municipal Judge Joe Mershon rules the fairgrounds are not part of Des Moines, permitting the walkathon despite city limits. I. McNutt questions city power to issue beer permits for fair concessions, deferring to the judge’s ruling pending appeal.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Edward L. O'Connor
Mershons Walkathon
Wheat tax not to boost cereal price
Ames AP reports Iowa State College extension director R K Bliss says the 30 cent per bushel wheat tax would cut only a fraction of a cent from every $10 earned, if passed to consumers. He notes no direct benefit to farmers unless acreage is adjusted and prices rise, while prices may rise naturally due to broader inflation.
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Blliss
Department of Agriculture
Germany
Italy
France
United States
Bliss
Wheat Adjustment Administration
Country Elevators to Come Under NRA Code in Two Weeks
Des Moines AP dispatch reports Iowa and other states will operate under a national recovery act code within about two weeks. D O Milligan notes a draft code approved by Frank Theis and revised, aligning labor provisions with the NRA. The code bars free storage of grain and requires elevators to hold state or federal licenses. The blue eagle symbol appears as more industries draft codes. A Des Moines weekend check shows 2,854 firms employing 28,454 people had signed the blanket NRA agreement.
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Des Moines
Iowa
D. O. Milligan
Western Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Milligan
Chicago
Frank Theis
United States Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
NRA Enforcements Must Be Authorized By Justice Dept
Des Moines AP Robert Colflesh, the district attorney, received guidance that enforcement actions under the National Industrial Recovery Act or the Agricultural Adjustment Act require authorization from the Department of Justice. Acting Attorney General J Crawford Biggs instructed Colflesh to promptly forward full statements and recommendations to the department when substantial violations are presented.
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DES Moines
Robert Colflesh
Department of Justice
J Crawford Biggs
Calflesh
Department
Oelwein Man Injured At Fair Parade Incident
CHICAGO AP John Connor of Oelwein an actor in Wings of a Century at the World's fair transport pageant fractured his foot when a horse fell on him during a parade at the meeting of finals governors Friday The injury was found on X ray after he reached a hospital Connor is 233 years old. MANCHESTER Patrick Flynn 65 of Grand Junction Illinois suffered injuries Thursday when he fell from a box car in the Illinois Central yards.
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John Connor
Oelwein
Finais
Connor
Manchester
Patrick Flynn
Grand Junction
Illinois Central
Grinnell Scout Hero Receives Life Saving Medal
Paul Wheeler, 13, of Grinnell, saved two boys from a sinking boat on a lake near Grinnell last Labor Day weekend. Recognized by the Boy Scouts of America, the 123rd medal for heroism in saving a life will be awarded in September. Wheeler, a member of Troop 13 Flying Eagle, swam to the boat, endured submersion while rescuing the boys, and later passed a Red Cross junior life saving exam with honors. He is a budding naturalist and cares for animals and insects in his spare time.
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Washington, D. C
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E.G Wheeler
Grinnel
Paul
Boy Scout Organization
National Council
Colorado
American Legion
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Grinnell College
Scout Court of Honor
Osam
Young Wheeler
Here
Guffy
Wheeler
Stevenson
Lilly Boy
Floyd Dawson
Red Cross
Dawson
Ize
Flying Eagle Patrol
Youngest student camps solo at Wild Life School
Special to The Gazette M’Gregor Johnny Lynch of Independence is the youngest pupil at the Wild Life school on McGregor Heights. He camps alone, cooks, washes, and attends every hike and lecture, asking questions and noting details about geological formations and nesting sites as he goes.
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Wild Life
Specal
Gazette
M'Gregor
Johnny Lynch
Independence
Wild Life School
McGregor Heights
Queston
Lees
Melhus
McGregor Wild Life School
Bandit Shot At Sioux City Identified as Escaped Convict
Sioux City police identified the bandit shot and killed during a failed gas station holdup as H. T. Ridley by fingerprints sent to the federal bureau of identification. Ridley had escaped from a prison road camp at Rich, California, and was serving a 12 year sentence for robbery at San Quentin.
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Sioux City
H. T. Ridley
Rich
Calif
Federal Bureau of Identification
Ridley
San Quentin
Lisbon Pioneer Dies at Home in Lisbon
Special to The Gazette. Frank Hahn, pioneer resident of Lisbon, died at his home Friday night after a short illness. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 30 pm at the Federated church. He is survived by his wife Mary Hahn and a brother Wesley Hahn of Cedar Rapids.
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Frank Hahn
The
Federated Church
Mary Hahn
Wesley Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Steck May Decline His Appointment To Vets Benefit Board
OTTUMWA AP) Daniel F. Steck former United States senator said Saturday when notified of his appointment by the President to the special Iowa board for veterans claims review that he is not certain he will accept. He was named assistant to the attorney general and put in charge of condemnation proceedings for the Mississippi River nine foot channel project. He said any decision on the appointment would come within a day or two.
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Ottumwa
Daniel F. Steck
United States
Special Board
Iowa
Mississippi River
Steck
IOWA Home Owners Loan Office Opens Monday
The Iowa office of the Home Owners Loan Corporation starts operations Monday under manager Geis Botsford. Staff and four district offices in Sioux City Fort Dodge Dubuque and Davenport will handle more than 1000 requests from small home owners needing mortgage payments taxes and repairs. Loans target homes under 20000 with mortgages on record before June 12. Either party may apply for fee financing repayment to the government over years at interest on bonds. Cash loans carry 6 percent interest.
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Des Moines
Iows
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Geis Botsford
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Davenport
Reopen Damage Suit Reversed After Car Found At Jury
In Manchester a damage suit was reopened after a prior $4,000 jury verdict for Mrs. A. G. Platt of Edgewood was reversed when Judge Ralph W. Hasne learned the Platt car was parked in full view of the jury during the trial. Defendant John Elsbury faces a new $2,835 suit for damages over a collision near his farm. Platt seeks $1,025 for personal injury and auto damage. Dale and Marie Kramer seek $1,310 for claimed injuries and Dr. Lichter seeks $500 for permanent injuries. Both sides claimed negligence with disputed versions of which vehicle entered the highway first.
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Manchester
A. G. Platt
Edgewood
Ralph W. Hasne
John
Elsbury
Honey Creek
Dale
Marie Krameer
Dr. Lichter
Platt
Golden Wedding Club at Iowa Picnic in Long Beach
In Long Beach California a Saturday Iowa picnic drew 50 000 former Iowa residents and visitors. The Golden Wedding club with 339 couples married over fifty years met at the event. President R M Crouch and Mrs Crouch celebrated sixty seven years since their Plymouth Iowa wedding. Speakers included Lieut Gov Frank E Merriman of California and several former Iowa officials.
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Calif
Iowa
Golden Wedding Club
R. M. Crouch
Crouch
Plymouth
Frank E. Merriman
California
Fort Dodge Couple Held For Car Theft
Sioux City AP reports Lyle Coles 32 and his wife 25 of Fort Dodge were arrested Saturday and taken to Cherokee on a charge of stealing an automobile from L R Nelson. Police said they nabbed them while they were bathing in the Big Sioux river. Floyd King 40 and his wife 28 of Memphis Tennessee were arrested with them.
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Sioux City
Lyle Colesman
Fort Dodge
Cherokee
L. R. Nelson
Big Sioux River
Floyd King
Memephis
Tenn
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