Iowa lawmakers show lean toward pension boosts and strict car use rules
A straw poll by the Iowa Daily Press Association of 63 legislators finds majorities favor higher pension funding and tighter penalties for liquor violations along with state control of speed limits at city edges. It also signals action on a venereal disease test for marriage licenses and curbs on state car use. Continuous debate on liquor local option and the chain store tax remains possible.
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John D. Z
Board of Control
Senate
House
Iowa Daily Press Association
Eight Year Old Nick Anderson Opposes Iowa Coaching Move
In Brookline Massachusetts eight year old Nick Anderson pleads with his father Dr Edward N Anderson not to take the Iowa coaching job. He argues the Iowa team is weak and that Holy Cross fans fear the change. The Andersons, married ten years, have three children and root for the Boston Bees in summer.
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Nick Anderson
University of Iowa
Hawks
Tom Sweeney
Yvorcester
Mass
Edward N Anderson
Holy Cross
Iowa
Mrs. Anderson
Andersons
Jerry
Jimmy
Nick
Anderson
Brookline
Boston
Boston Bees
Iowa City
Manchester
N. H
Chicago
Middle West
Edward N. Anderson
Unique Riot In Classroom Tests Journalism Students At Iowa U
Special to The Gazette describes a staged classroom riot at the University of Iowa School of Journalism. Professor Frank L. Mott uses the scene to test students observation as they describe the incident from multiple versions, noting discrepancies in counts and details.
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Iowa U
the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
School of Journalism
Frank L. Mott
Prof. Mott
Indictment of 65 in Sioux City Swift strike riot
Sixty five members of the Swift and Company union CIO were indicted by the Woodbury county grand jury on charges including conspiracy riotous conduct and carrying concealed weapons. Indictments relate to the strike that began September 29 after union leaders accused officials of not meeting the grievance committee. Names were withheld. National guard troops had been deployed and later withdrawn.
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Sioux City
INS
Swift and Company United Packinghouse Workers Cio
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Swift and Company
Iowa National Guard
CIO
National Guard
Cudahy Packing Rebuffs CIO Demands After Conference
In Sioux City the Cudahy Packing company and 30 CIO representatives met to press for NLRB rulings recognizing the CIO as bargaining agent and restoring James Washburn. The firm appealed both rulings to the NLRB and rejected a third demand to make the plant a closed shop.
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Sioux City
Cudahy Packing Company
Cudahy Cio
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
James Washburn
Cudahy
Imprison Postal Clerk in Des Moines Case
Clair T. Lyon a 54 year old postal clerk was sentenced in federal court to one year and one day in Leavenworth Kansas for taking quarters enclosed with mail to firms for development.
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Des Moines
Clair T. Lyon
Federal District Court
Leavenworth
Kan
Iowa Board to Release Fifteen to Eighteen Staff Members
The Iowa state board of assessment and review announced it will release fifteen to eighteen employees effective January 1 as an economy measure. Chairman Louis E. Roddewig says the move reflects tax revenue declines while not constituting a purge.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
D. L. Murrow
Corydon
C. F. Green
Murrow
Green
Iowa
Secretary of State
Earl G. Miller
State Tax Department
Louis E. Roddewig
Davenport
Inheritance Tax Paid on Brigham Estate
The treasurer's office reports receipt of 1237 dollars in inheritance tax for the estate of the late John son Brigham of Des Moines, former state librarian. Taxable value was listed at 38395 dollars.
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DES Moines
Johnson Brigham
Jobhunters Surge as Iowa Govs Clemoency Appeal Persists
In Des Moines AP report says Democratic defeat does not curb applications for state jobs under Gov. Kraschel. Executive assistant G W Kirtley notes continued flow of requests for clemency and commutations as new Republican officials near take office. About 3000 people seek 50 posts with Secretary of Agriculture-elect Thornburg.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
G. W. Kirtley
Kirtley
Iowa
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
Iron Lung Saves Bloomfield Boy
OTTUMWA AP An iron lung bought a year ago through a Daily Courier public campaign saved its first life. Dawson Martin 18 Bloomfield football player spent four weeks in the respirator after infantile paralysis, now showing recovery with only partial right arm paralysis. His parents plan to move him home Sunday.
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Ottumwa
Daily Courier
Dawson Martin
Bloomfield
Claud Martin
Senator Baldwin to push liquor by the drink bill in 1939
State Senator Howard Baldwin of Cascade said he will introduce a liquor by the drink bill in the 1939 legislature. The measure would remove local option elections, let the state liquor control commission issue licenses, and require licenses based on population with revenue going to local governments. Liquor and beer could be sold in the same establishments with dining rooms, hotels and restaurants allowed to sell from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. Bars would close at 10 p.m.
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State Liquor Commission
Baldwin
Iowa Relief Funds Aid 7591 Families Across 31 Counties
Des Moines AP The Iowa emergency relief administration announced 7591 families in 31 counties receive state relief funds this month. A $103,000 requisition to Governor Kraschel was approved by both the governor and the comptroller. Total need: $214,000. available county funds total $85,000 plus $26,000 unexpended from prior allotments.
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Des Moines
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Nelson G. Kraschel
Mount Vernon Students Fire New Clay Room Kiln
In Mount Vernon Cornell art students work in Armstrong hall on a new pottery room. The initial biscuit firing heats to 2200 degrees while a second glaze firing at 1900 degrees follows. Young and old, including ten year old Jimmy Laing, participate as pieces are hand formed or molded.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Armstrong Hall
Nama Lathe
Henderson
Jimmy Laing
Rosemarie Craven
Tipton
Delilah
Art Atach
Washington
Iowa
Mary Anne Daley
Havre
Montana
Lloyd Tenny
Evanston
Ill
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