Budget Director Cuts $413,207 From State Dept Askings
State Budget Director Oscar Anderson recommended annual appropriations of 3,442,816 for state departments next biennium, excluding boards of education and control, a 413,207 decrease from department heads requests of 3,856,023. He plans to submit the report to Gov. Dan Turner and the Forty-fifth General Assembly after finalizing board of education and control figures.
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DES Moines
Oscar Anderson
Board of Control
Board of Education
Dan Turner
Forty-fifth
General Assembly
Anderson
State Legislative
State Board of Conservation
Angerson
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Producers’ Associations
Department of Public Instruction
Forty-Fourth General Assembly
Vicki Baum Captivates Crowd With Slang and Life Tales
Sinclair Lewis introduces Vicki Baum to American slang as she discusses her life, writing beginnings, two marriages, and war memories at Cornell college chapel. She recounts early stories, a spanked editor interview, wartime hunger, and claims publishers never refuse her manuscripts.
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Sinclair Lewis
Vicki Baum
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Miss Baum
America
Reduction in Iowa counties proposed by legislature
An Iowa legislative committee urges cutting the number of counties by half or more to reduce government costs. Proposals include shifting tax levies for secondary roads, delaying or reducing officials’ travel allowances, standardizing records, and cutting the board of supervisors from five to three with longer terms. A constitutional vote would be needed to reduce counties.
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KY Thos
A. Pledge
International News
Des Moines
Iowa
Legislative Committee
Herring
State Printing Board
Coronel Ofice
Wee
Pioneer Couple in Traer Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs D E Bryson observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home in Traer with their two children Leo A Bryson of New York City and Cora of Brooklyn plus relatives and a Foster sister from Des Moines. Mrs Bryson, born 1854 in Leroy IL, and Mr Bryson, born near Vinton, Iowa, lived in Traer most of their married life and had long railroad and real estate careers in the area.
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Traer
D. E. Bryson
Leo A. Bryson
New York City
Cora
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bryson
Mrs. Bryson
Leroy
Boone County
E. M. Woolley
Traer Business
Mr. Bryson
Benton County
Vinton
Kansas
B. C, R. and N
Reinbeck
B. C.R. and
Grundy County
Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Former West Branch Man
Mrs. Sam Wilkerson pleads not guilty to murder in the death of I. E. Hemingway, a loan broker and former West Branch resident. Arraignment delayed by illness. bond hearing sought under habeas corpus. Hemmingway's body was found buried on the Wilkerson farm after a weeklong search amid suspicion over a $900 check.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Sam Wilkerson
I. E. Hemmingway
West Branch
Wilkerson
J. D. Chastain
Hemmingway
Wilkersons
Oldest Resident Of Elgin Celebrates Her 87th Birthday
Mrs. Mary Spahr Elgin's oldest resident marked her eighty seventh birthday at her daughter Tillie Hanson's home. Born Mary Schort in Switzerland she came to America at age three and after farming life near Elgin now enjoys gardening and Bible reading. She has three daughters Irving Hendershott Oelwein Fred Kohler and Tillie Hanson and nine grandchildren plus one great grandchild.
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Gazette
Elgin
Mary Spahr
Tillie Hanson
Mary Schort
Switzerland
America
Bearsville
Ohio
Ohio River
Mississippi
McGregor
Fred Spahr
Spahr
Irving Hendershott
Oelwein
Fred Kohler
Tille Hanson
Spahr Cashman
Elma
Ladies Aid Society
Sigourney Farmer Dies While Driving On Highway
Addison Gilliland, 64, of Sigourney died of heart failure while driving north of Sigourney Thursday at 2 45 pm. His wife rode beside him as the car drifted onto the road shoulder and stopped. Dr. T T Dulin pronounced the death and the body was taken to the Gilliland farm home three miles north of Sigourney. Survivors include the widow, a son Gordon Gilliland a senior in engineering at Iowa State College, two brothers Frank and Jim Gilliland, farmers near Sigourney, and a sister Mrs Nora Tanley of Mena Arkansas. He was born near Lancaster and had lived all his life in this community.
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Sigourney
Addison Gilliland
Cattle Thieves Sentenced in Grundy Center Case
In Grundy Center three men Herman Shipp Elmer Erdman and Earl I Shipp received prison terms from one to five years for cattle larceny linked to a northeastern Iowa rustling ring. All three pled guilty with one Shipp brother pleading not guilty.
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Grundy Center
Iowa
Fort Madison
Herman Shipp
Elmer Erdman
Anamog
Earl I. Shipp
Erdman
Shipp
Belle Plaine Pioneer Observes 80th Birthday
Le Roy Wright of Belle Plaine celebrated his eightieth birthday with a dinner for twenty five relatives and friends. A retired farmer, he was born near Rockford Illinois November 30 1852 and moved to the Belle Plaine area as a child. He and wife Mary E Holte had two children and seven grandchildren. His second wife Josephine Braum survives with additional relatives listed.
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Belle Plaine
le Roy Wright
Mr. Wright
Rockford, Ill
Elisha Wright
Mary E. Holte
Elmer Wright
Frank Wright
Lydia Tatge
Cass County
Sheridan Wright
George Stiffler
Wright
Josephine Braum
Dying Dean Leaves $400 For Grinnell Scholarships
Grinnell Iowa two female students will stay in college through the year thanks to Luella J Read dean of women who died of pneumonia Tuesday night She learned the $400 shortfall for a scholarship and prepared a personal check for the committee to cover the amount before her hospital admission.
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The
Gazette
Grinnell
Luella J. Read
Miss Read
Hear Motion For New Trial In Tama County Bank Suit
Judge Clarence Nichols set the first December term Toledo hearing for a motion for a new trial in the Tama county case involving depositors of the Bank of Buckingham and Farmers Bank of Voorhies against Traer State Bank stockholders. Plaintiffs won $137,000 in the earlier trial. defendants argue banks were branch banks. If denied, stockholders may appeal to the Iowa supreme court. a compromise is being sought. The case draws wide attention as potentially precedent setting in Iowa. Also reported Tipton license plates sold as 1933 plates go on sale, totaling 160 pairs, earlier than prior years.
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TRAER
Bank of Buckingham
Farmers Bank of Voorhies
Trner State Bank
Toledo
Clarence Nichols
Supreme Court
Tama County
Iowa
Nichols
Traet State Bank
Certify Election of Judge Utterback
The state canvassing board certified Hubert Utterback, Des Moines attorney, as justice of the Iowa supreme court. Protest by E. T Miller and T. Purcell argued Morling’s vacancy and pending 1934 election. Board ruled the issue legal but beyond jurisdiction. Also in Iowa City a $2,595 damage suit by E B Kovats against Adolf Hall moves forward over a Hills auto crash.
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DES Moines
State Canvassing Board
Hubert Utterback
Iowa Supreme Court
E. T Miller
T. Purcell
Clinton
Utterback
Morling
George Claussen
Turner
State Executive Council
Iowa City
E. B. Kovats
Adolf Hall
Johnson County
Kovats
Hills
Dutcher, Walker and Ries
Barnes, Chamberlain, Hanzlik and Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Messer and Nolan
Hammond Gets 30 Days In Jones County Jail
Anamosa Iowa Lloyd Hammond Jr was found guilty by a jury in district court on a larceny charge tied to hog stealing. He was sentenced to thirty days in the Jones county jail by Judge Atherton B Clark. Loren Boyles was fined 500 dollars and costs for leaving the scene of an automobile accident with a portion suspended on payment of 200 dollars and costs by January 1.
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Anamosa
Lloyd Hammond, Jr
Jones County
Atherton B. Clark
Loren Boyles
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16Th Ave
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