Milk prices may go still higher during next year
Iowa State college economist Paul E. Quintus warns that retail milk prices likely stay up by another cent per quart this Saturday and may rise further before winter. He notes Iowa cities have increased prices from 10 to 11 cents per quart with western areas showing further gains and wholesale costs rising faster than farm prices.
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Ames
Paul E. Quintus
Iowa State College Agricultural Economics Department
Iowa
Quintus
Sioux City
Omaha Council Bluffs Association
Detecting Insanity Not Difficult Says Dr Woods
Dr Andrew H Woods head of the University of Iowa psychopathic hospital says competent psychiatrists can detect insanity in criminals as readily as diagnosing typhoid. He notes hospital records show psychiatrists favor indefinite confinement and cites a case of a man arrested for shooting at an Iowa City policeman, deemed feebleminded due to birth brain injury and likely to murder, recommended for permanent state care.
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Iowa City
Andrew H. Woods
University of Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
Woods
University Psychopathic Hospital
Wood
Psychopathic Hospital
Felton approves hospital repair contracts in Iowa
E. H. Felton announced Des Moines firm F. B. Dickinson won the roof replacement contract for a Mount Pleasant hospital wing damaged by fire. Payment is cost plus 10 percent for supervision and equipment use. Stromberg Carlson of Chicago gets the contract to repair the hospital telephone system.
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Des Moines
E. H. Felton
State Control Board
F. B. Dickinson Company of
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Felton
Stromberg- Carlson Company of
Chicago
Nitrogen Tonic Urged for Brown Iowa Lawns
Iowa State horticulturist J B Wingert urges a nitrogen rich fertilizer to help drought browned blue grass survive winter. Apply before rain or water after, with late summer best for fertilizing and reseeding crab grass patches.
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Ames
J. B. Wingert
Iowa State College
Private Services For Henry Walker
Iowa City attorney Henry G. Walker found dead of a gunshot wound Friday will have private funeral services this afternoon. Acting Coroner Paul Reed said the wound was personal safety related and no inquest will be held. Walker long dominated city affairs as former city solicitor from 1907 to 1910 and partner in the law firm Dutcher Walker and Ries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Henry G. Walker
Paul Reed
Walker
Dutcher, Walker and Ries
Iowa Rural Rehabilitation Staff Moves to Indianapolis
Part of the Iowa rural rehabilitation division staff will relocate today from Ames to Indianapolis regional headquarters. A. E. Martin says that B. W. Lodwick and Louise Rosenfeld stay in Ames with two stenographers while Martin, Truman Eppert, and eight clerks move to Indianapolis to handle loans and field operations across five states including Iowa.
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Ames
Iowa Rural Rehabilitation Division
Resettlement Administration
Elm Lodge
Indianapolis
A. E. Martin
B. W. Lodwick
Louise Rosenfeld
Martin
Truman Eppert
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Mystery Grave Opening Baffles Iowa Authorities Near Spencer
A grave near Langdon, Iowa, was opened without motive on Saturday. The grave of Florence Tlam, 24, daughter of Peter Tlam, was found six miles northeast of Spencer with the vault and casket broken but the body undisturbed. Discovered by three young girls, the scene sparked eerie theories.
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Spencer
Langdon
Iowa
Florence Tlam
Peter Tlam
Behrends Celebrate 55th Anniversary at Monticello Home
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Behrends mark their fifty fifth wedding anniversary in Monticello with nine children eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren in attendance. They were wed near Monticello on August 16 1881 following a life of farming in Iowa and work in creameries and cheese factories.
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Monticello
John G. Behrends
Bo Tjebben
Pocahontas
Edward H. Behrends
Henry Jacobs
John Jacobs
Wilhelm R
Raymond Kromminga
Elwin Johann
Alma Elizabeth Behrends
Cedar Rapids
Behrends
Anke Margarete Heeren
Dixon
Ill
Iowa
Mr. Behrends
Germany
United States
Jones County
Amerca
Maria Heiken
Henry
Garrett Behrends
Henry Null
Fred Reuter
Iowa bankers urged to meet new deal loan competition
Iowa Bankers association officers called on bankers to chase local loans and outpace federal competition. They cited rising local lending, noting M. W. Ellis of Charles City increased local loans to 249,957 and deposits by 318,500 from Aug 1935 to Aug 1936 after directing funds to local loans.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Bankers Association
State Association
Association
M. W. Ellis
First Security Bank and Trust Company
Charles City
Ellis
Zion church to mark 75th anniversary at Jubilee
The Zion Evangelical Lutheran church at Jubilee northeast of La Porte City will celebrate its seventy fifth anniversary next Sunday and Monday. The present church was erected in 1901.
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LA Porte City
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Belle Plaine Marengo Ordered To Build Sewage Plants
The state executive council ordered Marshalltown Belle Plaine and Marengo to construct sewage disposal plants to curb Iowa River pollution. Contracts must be let by October 1 1937 and plants in operation by October 1 1938 per Health Commissioner Dr Walter Bierring’s recommendation.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Marshalltown
Belle Plaine
Marengo
Iowa River
Walter Bierring
Iowa U. To Keep Close Check On Rooming Houses
The University of Iowa reorganized its housing service to monitor conditions in private rooming houses used by about half the student body. A five-person inspection corps will assess cleanliness ventilation sleeping quarters and utilities while scholastic proctors document student progress. The dean of men's office directs the unit with Dr. Donald Mallett leading. deputies will guide study equipment social conditions and landlord relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa Housing Service
Donald Mallett
Tama Indians Pow Wow Begins Thursday At Meskwaki Grounds
The Mesquakie tribe prepares for the twenty third annual pow wow August 20 to 23 with speeches by A C Willford and Guy M Gillette. The event features Indian dances lacrosse exhibition and art displays with daily concerts and ceremonial pages.
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Tama
A. C. Willford
Guy M. Gillette
United States
Amos Morgan
Columbus Keahna
Robert Waseskuk
Harry
Oliver Lincoln
George Ward
Frank Mitchell
George Black Cloud
John Buffalo
Willie Johnson
Peter
Cedar Rapids Youth Beats Odds With Harvard Scholarship
Cedar Rapids youth Leo Beranek earned the Gordon McKay scholarship to Harvard electrical engineering graduate school after funding his education through early ventures. He started at eleven with silk hose profits, ran a theater job at twelve, a radio repair business at fourteen, and later built a radio set trading venture. He completed a Cornell degree with distinction and will study vacuum tubes under Chaffee while joining Browning's private lab at Harvard.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Leo Beranek
Cedar Rapids
Gordon McKay
Electrical Engineering Graduate School
Harvard University
Beranek
Solon
Cornell
Collins Radio Company
Har
Post Office Men To Meet In Iowa City On Sept 7 8
Nearly 200 assistant postmasters, mail superintendents and foremen will attend the seventeenth annual convention of the Iowa branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors in Iowa City on September 7 and 8. The auxiliary group will hold its fourth annual meeting. Local committee members are Charles S. Wieneke assistant postmaster Frank J. Mezik superintendent of mail and George Trundy foreman.
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Iowa City
Iowa
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Charles S. Wieneke
Frank J. Mezik
George Trundy
Eppley Hotels Shifts Managers Among Executives
Sioux City AP report states Eppley Hotels announces manager changes. William Wachter moves from Martin hotel in Sioux City to Chieftain at Council Bluffs. Karl W Heumann shifts from Chieftain to Warrior in Sioux City. Ross Burman of the Warrior takes over as manager of the Martin.
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Sioux City
Eppley Hotels Company
William Wachter
Martin
Chieftain
Council Bluffs
Karl W. Heumann
Warrior
Ross Burman
Mar- Wachter
Omaha Theaters Management Shuffle Detailed
Sioux City veteran Heumann led West for seven years and Martin for three before moving to Fontenelle in Omaha. Burman formerly managed the Martin when Wachter acquired it three years ago, while Wachter now oversees Martin after a prior shift at Warrior.
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Ager
Sioux City
The
West
Martin
Heumann
Warrior
Fontenelle
Omaha
Burman
Wachter
President of Penn College Resigns To Take Earlham Post
Dr. H. Randolph Pyle, president of Penn College, announced his resignation effective August 8 to head the mathematics department at Earlham College in Richmond Indiana. He joined Penn in 1930, later led physics and student affairs, and became president in May 1935. The board formed a committee to select his successor.
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Penn College
Earlham
Oskaloosa
H. Randolph Pyle
College Board of
Pyle
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
United States
University of California
Henry Clark Bedford
Penn College Board
Shimek School Battle Tests Iowa City Officials
In Iowa City the fate of Shimek School a 45 year old two room building on the city’s northeast side is set for a hearing before County Superintendent W N Leeper. Supporters led by Prof Bohumil Shimek and City Attorney Sam D Whiting argue to keep the school open despite a board order to close it.
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Iowa City
Shimek
W. N. Leeper
Bohumil Shimek
University of Iowa
Sam D. Whiting
Horace Mann
Supt
Leeper
State Department of Instruction
Brown Street
Brown
Dodge
Four Town Fire Destroys Lake Shore Cottages in Iowa
A Lake View IA blaze at Lakewood park amid lakefront buildings destroyed a garage band stand concession stand ice house bath house and dance hall. Fire units from Odebolt Wall Lake Sac City and Lake View battled the flames with lake water. two firefighters were overcome by heat and treated at home.
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Lake View
Lakewood Park
Odebolt
Wall Lake
Sac City
A. L. Weil
Dale Pooler
Ross Robinson
Dog becomes symbol of new order in Amana colonies
In the Amana colonies of Iowa, a dog has evolved from pet to symbol of the cooperative capitalism replacing earlier religious communal living. Colonists cite dogs reflecting shifts from private ownership and profits to social change, with most households now owning one or more dogs despite past prohibitions.
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Amana
Woodbury County Backs Harrington In District Contest
Woodbury County Democrats support Vincent F. Harrington of Sioux City for the Democratic nomination for congress by sending 63 votes at the Ninth district convention in Storm Lake. County delegates total 126 with each delegate holding half a vote and voting as a unit for Harrington until nominated or released. Harrington, a state senator and current lieutenant governor nominee, also receives backing from Plymouth and O'Brien counties as part of the district effort.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
Storm Lake
Vincent F. Harrington
Harrington
Plymouth County
O’brien County
Plow on the Hills Published by Banner Press
The Book of Poems by Mrs. Gearhart of Springville titled The Plow on the Hills gathers fifty six verses by Susan Merriam Gearhart. The volume, printed in three sections The Hills The Power Waiting Time, includes poems previously printed in Poetry World Better Verse Spinners Cycle Silk of the Corn Verse Craft Iowa Poets and Contemporary American Women Poets.
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Susan Merriam Gearhart
Springville
Banner Press
Atlanta
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