Iowa PWA Grants Fasten 38 Projects to Date
P W A administrator P F Hopkins said Washington approved three Iowa state project grants totaling 185 850 bringing sanctioned town projects to 38 since Aug 17. Total estimated construction is about 4 500 000. Approved works include a 95 000 Cherokee state hospital boiler house 42 750 grant. a 200 000 Clarinda state hospital dining hall 90 000 grant. a 118 000 Iowa state fair poultry building 53 100 grant. A separate grant of 37 350 for a Waukon school addition was announced by P W A Tuesday.
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Des Moines
P. F. Hopkins
PWA
Washington
Iowa
Hopkins
Cherokee State Hospital
Clarinda State Hospital
Freshman Week At Iowa University Starts September 20
The University of Iowa in Iowa City will launch freshman week from September 20 to 27, featuring 27 events. A faculty committee of thirteen directs activities with 1388 upperclassmen aiding, led by Professor R H Fitzgerald. The program includes exams, orientation events, tea dance, campus tours, and a formal registration.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
R. H Fitzgerald
R. H Fitzgerald, Director of the Fine Arts
Farmers' Union Chief Attacks Administration in Speech
E H Everson of St Charles South Dakota addressed Clinton County Union calling for fair prices and cost of production. He urged refinancing farm mortgages per the Frazier Lemke bill and warned against only production aligning with consumption. West Branch couple celebrate twenty fifth anniversary with family, gifts noted. Tires on sale in classified ad under 26 A.
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Farmers’ Union
King of Hoboes Crowned at Britt Hobobo Rally
Harry C Beetison of Ashland Nebraska named king of the knights of the road at Britt annual hoborama. He won by one vote 34 to 33 over Hair breadth Harry while Scoopshovel Scottie could not attend due to jail in Cedar Rapids. Beetison sails east to inspect his realm after coronation.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Beetison
Harry
Largest Inland Dredge In U S Four Miles Above McGregor
Special to The Gazette describes the William A Thompson the largest inland dredge built for 750000 to work on the upper Mississippi between the Twin Cities and Wisconsin river mouth. It is four miles north of McGregor pumping the channel 24 hours a day with a 61 man crew and 9000 gallons of fuel weekly.
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Mcgregor
United States
William A. Thompson
Mississippi
Twin Cities
Wisconsin River
Yellow River
Prairie du Chien
Thompson
Old Man River
Delegates Named for American Lutheran Convention
Monticello pastors and delegates of the Iowa district elected delegates to the 1938 American Lutheran church convention to be held in Sandusky Ohio. Names include Rev L L Belk LeMayrs Rev G Wolf Palmer Rev S H Sandrock Bellevue and others from Dubuque Garnaville Des Moines Davenport and Waverly. A preliminary convention committee was also named with Rue Sandrock Bender and Voecks.
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Monticello
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Sandusky
Ohio
L. L. Belk
LeMayrs
G. Wolf
Palmer
S. H. Sandrock
Bellevue
E. A Bischoff
Greene
Af. Steege
Garnaville
M. Rue
Dubuque
J, Kornils
Waverly
G. Seehusen
Pomeroy
H. Kuckaro
Des Moines
L. H. Bender
Davenport
Carl Wuest
Dysart
Walter Voecks
M Rue
S. Sand
Excessive balances cited in tax areas in Iowa
Eastern Iowa districts and towns hold large treasury balances beyond proposed levies. Joe L. Long of the Iowa Taxpayers Association cites 203 school districts and 62 cities with excess funds, while 53 districts and 33 municipalities exceed next year’s proposed taxes.
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Des Moines
INS
Joe L. Long
The
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Iowa
Garrison
Independence
Town of Garrison
Mount Auburn
Shellsburg
Hazleton
Springdale
Cedar County
Farmersburg
Calamus
Grand Mound
Oneida
Randalia
Donnan
West Union
Ladora
Hilton
Marengo
Victor
Oxford Township
Jones County
Oxford
Webster
Hedrick
Pale
Springville
Town of Marion
Robins
Malcom
Guernsey
Chelsea No. 5
Clutter
Dinsdale
Elberon
Geneseo
Montour
Tama
Clutier
Tipton Man Fined Twice In Fatal Accident
TIPTON Herbert Ford of Tipton was arraigned before Justice of the Peace E. C. Gillam on two counts driving without a license and reckless driving. He was fined $5 and costs on the first count and $25 and costs on the second. Ford drove the car in which Clarence Rickard of Tipton was killed when the vehicle left the road and overturned at the junction of U.S. highway 80 and state highway 38 east of Stanwood on the morning of August 4.
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Tipton
Herbert Ford
E. C. Gillam
Ford
Clarence Rickard
Stanwood
Elevator fall suit targets hotel firms in Iowa City
A $10 000 damage suit filed in district court accuses the Iowa City Hotel company Bay field Hotel company Warden Hotel company F A Warden and C C Warden of negligence after an elevator fell from the sixth floor to the basement at the Jefferson hotel in April 1936.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Jefferson Hotel
Austin Elvin
Jefferson, Ja
Iowa City Hotel Company
Bayfield Hotel Company
Warden Hotel Company
F. A. Warden
C. C. Warden
Des Moines
Johnson County
Emon Anton
Anton
Robert J McComas
Union and Pacific Bus Stages
Union
Interstate Transit Lines
Union Pacific Stages
Iowa Musicians to Attend Spillville Dvorak Festival
Three northeastern Iowa musicians join the Spillville festival on Sept. 6 at Riverside Park. Archibald Sowden, Margaret Howell Dravis, and Honorine Otley Falk perform Dvorak works including new pieces and well known scores.
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Gazette
West Union
Iowa
Dvorak
Spillville
Turkey River
Archibald Sowden
Margaret Howell Dravis
Postville
Honorine Otley Falk
Anton Dvorak
Sowden
Dvorak- Kreisler
New World Symphony
Cornell Scenes Depicted In Medary Novel Just Released
A new historical novel titled College In Crinoline by Marjorie Medary, set around Civil War era Cornell, depicts campus life as seen by teens of today. The book, issued by Longmans Green, mentions Cromwell College and Mount Wesley in Mount Vernon, with Old Sem as a girls dormitory and College Hall as a class building.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Marjorie Medary
Longmans, Green and Company of New York
College
Cornell
Cromwell College
Mount Wesley
Bessiea
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
North Western Railway
Bessie Q
Miss Medary
Dorothy M. Higby
Alice Fellows Rigby
Jessie Rigby
William Harmon Norton
Addie Collin Gilruth
John H. Hale
Edgar F. Medary
Waukon
Florida
Anchorage
Funeral Thursday for Live Wire Victim
Robert Stephenson 17 or 18 was electrocuted while assisting his father on a power line in Manchester. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Brown chapel with Rev Thomas P. Shaffer officiating. Surviving are his parents two brothers and grandparents.
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Manchester
Brown Chapel
Robert Stephenson
Thomas P. Shaffer
Methodist
Stephenson
J. E. Stephenson
Iowa Electric Company
Walter Klemp
Klemp
Roland J
Walter D
David Lembke
Tunnel City
Wis
J. D. Stephenson
Sigourney
Methodist Church to Resume Services August 29
Center Junction announces resumption of church services at the Methodist church on August 29. The final quarterly conference led by Dr. W. G. Rowley district superintendent will convene at the church Friday at 10 a.m.
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Center Junction
W. G. Rowley
Gambling Clubs Remain Deserted in Des Moines Raid Fallout
Police report seven major gambling houses may not reopen after raids sparked by a Mayfair club incident. Owners, including Clint Skeet Petty, face assault charges or bonds as vice squads threaten further raids. Doors were found open at Booster Triangle Hollywood and viaduct stores. Hubb and Mayfair remained closed amid tipster rumors.
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Des Moines
INS
Mayfair Club
Clint
Skeet" Petty
Roy Chamberlain
Art Dunagan
Liquor Squad
Booster Club
Triangle Club
Hollywood Club
Viaduct “Sports Returns
Cigar Store
Warriors
Hubb
Chamberlain
a_ city council
Belle Plaine Couple Wed at Home Wedding
Miss Arlene Tippie daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Tippie of Belle Plaine became the bride of Harold G Jensen son of William Jensen of Luzerne on Wednesday at 11 am The ceremony was performed by Rev Mr Starke of Luzerne at the bride's parents home A wedding breakfast followed The bride a Belle Plaine high school graduate 1933 later attended the University of Iowa The groom a Luzerne graduate and a farmer They will reside on the Jensen farm north of Luzerne after a short wedding trip
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Belle Plaine
Arlene Tippie
C. R. Tippie
Harold G. Jensen
William Jensen
Luzerne
Starke
Florence Wheeler
Vernon Meyer
Belle Plaine High School
University of Iowa
Jensen
Luzerne School
Raids Result in Jailing Nineteen Negroes and Six Whites
Police report nineteen Black men and six White men jailed after a series of raids early Wednesday. The Kit Kat Club, said to target high school students in the afternoon, was raided but found deserted.
Farmer Killed by Train at Wapello
J Derby 170, a farmer of Wapello, was killed at 1 10 a m when his car was struck by a Rock Island freight train at a crossing. The car was hurled 375 feet and the locomotive derailed. Coroner George Jamison said Derby likely slept at the wheel and did not hear the train. Survived by four sons Earl Paul Frank Harvey Derby all of Wapello and a daughter Mrs Herman Westfall Cedar Rapids.
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Wapello
O. J. Derby
Rock Island
George Jamison
Louisa County
Derby
Jamison
Railroad of Derby
Earl
Paul
Frank
Harvey Derby
Herman Westfall
Cedar Rapids
Gustav Gusta Elkader’s Oldest Citizen dies at 91
Gustav Gusta Elkader's oldest citizen died after a fall about a week earlier. He was 91 years and one day old and was buried in East Side cemetery. He left a widow three daughters and three sons. The couple celebrated their sixty second wedding anniversary last February.
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Elkader
Gustav Gusta
East Side
Jas
Gusta
Doctor's Prescription for Liquor Habit
A doctor's prescription once used for alcohol addiction is offered to the public as Alcoban. It claims to be non habit forming and usable with any liquid. The ad asserts it aids craving withdrawal and rebuilding a useful life, with a money back guarantee at May's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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May
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