Saving in Driving Costs on Paved Highways
A study by Prof. R A Moyer shows mud and snow tax adds 1.25 cents per mile on gravel versus pavement in Iowa and Indiana. Winter costs rise 70 percent with poor surfaces, while dirt roads cost 3.07 cents per mile for fuel, tires, and maintenance compared with 1.44 for paving. Rural mail carriers, averaging 10 919 miles annually, compiled the data for 160 routes.
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the Gazette
Ames
Towa
R. A. Moyer
Iowa State College
Highway Research Board
Washington
Moyer
Professor Moyer
Lrowa Engineering Experiment Station
American Legion Pushes Universal Service Bill in Congress
Des Moines Iowa leaders of the American Legion announce a vigorous campaign for the universal service bill. Frank Miles chairs a speakers bureau and the Legion will urge letters from citizens and pledges from lawmakers to back the wartime price control and private industry draft powers. Miles calls the measure a major peace step and plans a Des Moines address this week.
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Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Iowa
American Legion
Congress
Frank Miles
Town Legionaire
Regular Legion
Miles
Voice of the Legion
Iowa City taxpayers protest location of new high school
An appeal filed with County Superintendent F. J. Snider protests the proposed 725000 high school in Morningside Heights east of Iowa City. Taxpayers claim the site is unlawful and far from the district center and a majority of attending students. No hearing date set.
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Iowa City
Morningside Heights
F. J. Snider
Morningside
Coon Hound Mystery Unfolds In Tipton
A Tipton coon hound goes missing prompting larceny charges against Des Moines man B B Godfrey. He alibied, two witnesses claimed seeing him place the dog in his car. A second dog returns to Sailor after a cryptic letter leads to a chase across Tipton, renewing Polk county inquiries. Sailor asserts ownership when the hound jumps into his car. Investigation ongoing.
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Tipton
Elvin “Tuffy
Sailor
Cedar Bluff
B B Godfrey
Des Moines
Cedar County
Godfrey
Polk County
Ernest Wisener
Wisener
Christian
Timber Jug Strikers Get Food In Mississippi River Sitdown
One hundred seven timber jacks on Eagle Island north of Burlington staged a sitdown strike over back pay. Red Cross deliveries of meat and groceries arrived by boat as representatives headed to Rock Island to press engineers for arrears totaling about 4600 dollars.
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Burlington (Ap
Eagle Island
Mississippi River
Here
Burlington
Red Cross
Rock Island
U. S. Army
Arsenal
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Limber
Army
Foundation Waterproofing Company
Joseph P. Casey
Chicago
Amana Artist Louise Rettig Crafts Christmas Crochet Figures
Louise Rettig of Homestead, a beloved Amana artist, crochets miniature animals and Santa Clauses for Christmas gifts. Her career began at age 12 during Middle Amana school days, evolving from glove making to a growing menagerie of crocheted figures for holidays over more than fifty years.
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Amanas
Louise Rettig
Homestead
Iowa City Chest Drive Total Reaches 17874.92
Iowa City residents contributed a total of 1787.492 in subscriptions to the 1937 Community Chest drive. Attorney Thomas E. Martin, director, announced Saturday as the campaign closed. This amount meets 89.87 percent of the 19800 quota, second only to the 1933 drive directed by Martin. John Schneider received a gold statuette for outstanding soliciting. Gold medals went to A V O'Brien John Willard and C W Keyser. silver and other medals awarded to numerous local participants.
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Iowa City
Thomas E. Martin
Martin
John Schneider
A V. O'Brien
John Willard
C. W. Keyser
Frank Bernick
Emma Uebel
Chris Vetter
R. A Fenton
Mary Donovan
Owen Thiel
Francis Boyle
George Miller
F. M. Barker
Dick Jones
Grant Bailey
H. J. Dane
Former Vinton Man Named First Secretary at Paris Embassy
The state department announced on Saturday the assignment of Maynard B Barnes of Vinton Iowa as first secretary of the embassy in Paris. He has been serving in the department.
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Vinton
Paris
Washington
State Department
Maynard B Barnes
Iowa
Stallion Brings $3 050 at Sale in Greeley
The Holbert Horse Importing Co sale in Greeley topped by a stallion at 3050 dollars and a mare at 1675 dollars drew about 2000 bidders from Colorado to New York. J E Burroughs of Flint Mich bought the top stallion and William H Vodrey of East Liverpool Ohio bought the high mare. Forty six mares sold for 30365 dollars total, average 660.10 dollars. eleven stallions brought 9790 dollars, average 889 dollars. Overall average price was 704 dollars.
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Greeley
Holbert Horse Importing Company
Colorado
Canada
Virginia
New York
J E. Burroughs
Flint
Mich
William H. Vodrey
East Liverpool
Ohio
John D
Rockefeller Farms
Terrytown
N. Y
Richard K. Mellon Farms
Pittsburgh
Gas Station Robbery In Davenport Confused By Officers
In Davenport a young man robbed a gas station of 41 dollars while two policemen sat in a squad car nearby. The officers believed the thief was an auditor making a cash check as the attendant tended customers.
Parole board may act soon on Grattan case
Marvin T. Grattan, Civil War veteran, faces parole board action for possible release. Grattan, 85 at the time of the 1933 Winnebago county fair killing of horse trader Claude Meade, is jailed on an eight year sentence for manslaughter and lives with his wife at Marshalltown soldiers home. Friends petitioned the governor to suspend a $500 fine and the parole board for freedom. Governor Kraschel has not acted.
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Des Moines
State Parole Board
Marvin T. Grattan
Claude Meade
Winneshiek County
Hubert Utterback
Grattan
Marshalltown
Utterback
Friends of the
Parole Board
Kraschel
Schmidt Named President of UI Senior Class
Herman Schmidt of Davenport was appointed president of the senior liberal arts class at the University of Iowa by Dean George F Kay. Schmidt, already president of the union board, was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa Saturday night.
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Iowa City
Herman Schmidt
Davenport
University of Iowa
George F. Kay
Schmidt
Union Board
Phi Beta Kappa
Nine Iowa pheasant hunters fined for illegal hunting
At least nine Iowans hunted pheasants during November against the closed season. They paid fines from 25 to 100 dollars plus costs and lost their guns. The commission notes some fines included illegal possession of game birds after wardens found birds in autos.
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DES Moines
Iowa Campaign Gears Up For 1938 Election Battles
Iowa politics move toward 1938 with candidates and campaigns forming for 693 county offices 108 state house seats 59 district judgeships 19 senate seats 10 state offices including governor and one US senate seat. Democrats defend control as Republicans push to break the hold with key figures like Kraschel Murphy Valentine Dickinson Halden and Wilson in contention.
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Jonn D. Zug
Towa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Iowa Senate
Iowa Supreme Court
Congress
United States Senate
Kraschel
Murphy
Valentine
George A. Wilson
William S. Beardsley
Leo J. Wegman
Charles W. Storms
Robert E. O'Brian
Alex Miller
Thomas Curran
John H. Mitchell
Agnes Samuelson
Burlington High Wins Iowa High School Writing Championship
Burlington high school earned the state writing championship plaque at the Iowa High School Press association convention in Des Moines. The 1938 meeting went to Ames with contests awarded in news writing to Robert A. Jones of Iowa City and Mary Lambert of Iowa City earned second in feature writing.
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Des Moines
Burlington High School
Iowa High School Press Association
Ames
Iowa State College
Robert A. Jones
Iowa City
Mary Lambert
Falls Kill More People in Iowa Than Auto Crashes in 1937
Iowa health officials report 473 deaths from falls in the first nine months of 1937, surpassing 417 highway fatalities. Most accidents occur in the home, according to the state bureau of vital statistics.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Health Department
Iowa
Department
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Outside Buying by Iowans Increasing
Use tax collections show Iowa residents bought out of state merchandise totaling 1.56 million dollars over October and November. Consumers paid 13 thousand six hundred forty nine in two months ending November 30, while retailers paid 17 thousand five hundred ninety one. Exclusive of autos, use tax receipts cover nearly 2.25 million dollars from mid April to December 1, aimed at shielding border merchants from Iowa sales tax losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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J. Ray Murphy
John K. Valentine
L. J. Dickinson
Berry F. Halden
Wilson
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E. C. Eicher
William S. Jacobsen
Clinton
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
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Sioux City
John W. Gwynne
Waterloo
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
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