Senate Amendments Accepted by House
Des Moines reports the Iowa House accepted Senate amendments to the Strachan bill doubling the county poor fund levy to 1 mills. The Senate moved to delay non controversial bills with 31 members present while the House had 35 absent for a New Year holiday. The elections committee recommended indefinite postponement of Tripp’s nonpartisan judge bill, citing filing fees and fairness concerns.
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Des Moines
LLP
Iowa House of Representatives
Strachan
House
Senate
Rep
Humboldt
Senate Elections Committee
Wenner
Black Hawk
Tripp
Jasper
Iowa
Guv. Herring
Iowa Liquor Bill Faces Rocky Road Through House
Des Moines reports indicate the liquor control bill will meet stiff resistance in the Iowa House as a committee of the whole discusses changes. A name change from Iowa temperance act to Iowa Mayor control act sparked debate over the term temperance. Amendments including local option loom, while related tax and bank tax provisions move elsewhere in the legislature and face debate.
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DES Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
House
Rep. McCreery
Linn
Rep. Bowers
Union
Bennett’s Father Dies in Mapleton
James L. Bennett age 86 father of State Senator O. P. Bennett died in Mapleton of pneumonia. Masonic funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday. Senator Bennett co authored the Beatty Bennett tax reduction measure.
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Mapleton
INS
James L. Bennett
O. P. Bennett
Bennett
Iowa Gasoline Tax Takes In Over Ten Million In 1933
Iowa gas tax collections for 1933 reached 10 609 251 87 with primary road funds receiving 5 448 410 60 and secondary road funds 3 284 000. Refunds and administration costs totaled 1 336 821 27, down from 1932 1 880 725 62. Lawmakers study a bill to tighten claims for refunds on non motor fuel gallonage.
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Iowa
Pioneer Viola Woman Celebrates 88th Birthday
Mrs. Rebecca Dunlap Gordon known as Aunt Becky, born December 30 1645 in Knox county Ohio, celebrates her eighty eighth birthday. Survivor list includes daughter Nina Gordon Newhard and niece, health described as fairly good. She traveled by wagon to Iowa then by rail and married Charles Gordon in 1885 with two children born.
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Gazette
Viola
Rebecca Dunlap Gordon
Becky
Martelle
Ohio
Iowa
Charles Gordon
Springville
Nina Gordon Newhard
Gordon
Student Leader Granted Parole from 10-Year Sentence
John Peterson 21 of Sheldon Iowa, Morningside College student body president, was paroled after a guilty plea on breaking and entering and $33 theft from a Sheldon meat market. He received six months in custody and the remaining term on parole to local justice of the peace A H Cobb in Sheldon. He plans to return to college as a senior.
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Orange City
John Peterson
Sheldon
Morningside College
Peterson
Jay C. Decker
Sioux City
A. H. Cobb
Former Upper Iowa U Students Married in Pocahontas Home
Clyde L. Cushion and Helen Kelly, both prominent Upper Iowa University alumni, wed at the Kelly home in Pocahontas with Dr. D. M. Parker performing the ceremony. Cushion, 1929 graduate and former student leader, will reside in Pocahontas. Helen Kelly, 1925 graduate and former teacher, has taught in several towns. The couple left for Minneapolis after the ceremony.
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Enedallo
Gazette
Fay c
Upper Iowa University
William Kelly
Clyde L. Cushion
C. C. Cushion
Anamosa
Helen Kelly
Kelly
D. M. Parker
Upper Iowa
Cushion
Alpha Delta Alpha
McGregor
Wadena
Pocahontas
Upper Town
Coon Rapids
Archer
Minneapolis
Springville petitioned for CWA work projects
Mayor T. W. Polock of Springville filed a Friday petition seeking CWA aid for three projects. The plans cover about eight weeks of work for ten or more men, including street resurfacing, park improvements, and building a dam across a creek to create a skating rink.
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Springville
T. W. Pollock
CWA
Walford Bank Released From Senate File 111
Walford Farmers Savings Bank of Walford has been released from Senate File 111, ending its bank holiday operation. Fifty percent of deposits are available immediately while the remaining deposits are held under a depositors agreement.
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Walford
Farmers Savings Bank of
Senate
Manning Predicted As Next Governor By Ottumwa Defense
In closing arguments of the Ottumwa mayoral ouster trial, attorney Lloyd L. Duke predicted that Mayor Manning will become governor, claiming transfers of city funds were justified by emergency actions and arguing the local budget law is unconstitutional. The defense tied Manning’s transfers to the governor's moratorium and tax sale postponement.
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Ottumwa
INS
Manning
Herring
Statehouse
Edwin C. Manning
Clyde L. Herring
Lloyd L. Duke
Duke
Wapello County
Ed J. Grier
Joe Wagner
Merrill CG. Gilmore
Iowa to interview Rhodes candidates in Des Moines district
Eleven candidates will be interviewed by the Iowa Rhodes Scholarship committee in Iowa City on January 4. From those interviewed, two will advance to the Des Moines district meeting January 8 where four names will be chosen for the scholarships.
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Iowa City
Jacob van der Zee
Iowa
Tolay
Des Moines
Oxford University
England
John A. Gilmore
University of Iowa
Gordon Prange
Pomeroy
Kenneth Ristau
Davenport
John K. Mahon
Ottumwa
Swarthmore College
John H. Powell
R. W. Tims
Tama
Cornell College
Jack Maxfield
Council Bluffs
Grinnell
Eldon Jackson
Perry
Drake
Donald Stewart
George Higgins
Boone
Iowa State
Robert Hawley
Ames
Claim Misconduct By Jury Members In Damage Suit
Iowa City district court records show a motion for a new trial in the George Rayner versus Cecil and Glenn Mullinix damage action. A previous trial awarded Rayner $500 on December 11 after a 24 hour jury deliberation.
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Sperial
Iowa City
George Rayner
Cecil
Glenn Mullinix
Rayner
Funeral Services Held For Mrs F F Weatherwax
Funeral services for Mrs F F Weatherwax were held at the Federated church of Shellsburg with Rev L W Inman presiding. Edith Alberta King born December 2 1877 on a Shellsburg farm died after a lingering illness at 56. She joined Oak Grove Christian church in 1896 and married Frank F Weatherwax February 14 1901. They had four children Elsie Alberta Lena and Earl who died in 1929. Surviving are her husband three daughters two brothers Frank King of Shellsburg and Ed King of Vinton. She served as church treasurer and led multiple local organizations.
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Federated Church
L. W. Inman
G. A.R
Rebekah
Happy Twenty Club
Iowa Ladies of the
Iowa City
Thomas and Mary Welsh
Harold D. Evans
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
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Evans
A. H. Mountain
Vinton
Roy Johnson
Vinton High School
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H. W. Riggs
Hudson
Maplewood Cemetery
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J. E. Johnson
Vernon
Eden Township
Belle Plaine
T. N. Nielson
Mildred Schild
Howard Beyer
Wilma Cronbaugh
Max Dolmage
Victor
John J. Schild
William Williamson
Nebraska
Wapello
Lucile Smith
Earl Smith
Ralph J. Nichols
Cedar Falls
G. G. Hunt
Pauline Smith
Gordon Benson
Oakville High School
Iowa Wesleyan College
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Fort Dodge
Nichols
Elkport
Colesburg
Elkader
Tom Ryan
Volga City
Anamosa
L. J. Fleckenstein
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Fort Madison
W. R. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Delia Anderson
G. J. Anderson
Glenn McClintock
Harry McClintock
R. F. Judson
First Baptist Church of
Carl Anderson
Shellsburg High School
McClintock
McNeil and Scovel
Montezuma
Maquoreta
Olive Orr Gibson
Davenport
Thomas Orr
Woman's
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Ollie Keller
Lost Nation
Myrtle Witchlow
Hattie Petersen
Maquoketa
Edna Round
Portland
Ore
Mamie Clarkson
Den
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Vivian Anders
James Augustine
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Kirksville
J. Z. Thompson
Oscar Anders
Rose Hill
C. N. Augustine
What Cheer High School
Independence
Ed Jamason Coal and Grain Company
Center Point
CWA
Rowley
Harry C. Haines
Peoples Hospital
Rowley Presbyterian Church
AG. Stewart
Haines
Homer Township
Buchanan County
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Rowley Masonic
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W. A. Haines
Clara Lindsay
Elletha Graves
Knoxville
Tenn
Maude Haines
Marion Haines
George
Lucille
Tama
Henry W. Lohman
I. J. Devies
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lohman
Clinton County
William
Charlotte Lohman
Tama County
Mr. Lohman
John Hagge
Henry Pagel
Riceville
Norma Jean Brown
Jesse Brown
Jerry Youngman
Arthur Youngman
Strawberry Point
A. E. Brown
Edward Hotz
Omaha
Hotz
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Brown
Columbus
Miss
Wolford
Riverside
Eastern Star Lodge
Birdie Godlove
Bertha Tener
C. E. Fitzsimmons
Claude Flynn
Ethel Flynn
Rose Jardon
Marengo
Anna Thompson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Perkins Hospital
James P. Gaffney
Francis A. Heald
James A. Mathes
Nellie Kinzenbaugh
Christine Goildthwaite
West Branch
Masonic Lodge
Juanita Chapter
Leal Hoffman
Charles Thompson
Maud Stratton
Arthur A Cozine
Mildred Speight
F. H. Christee
Jean Gray
Addie Christee
Mary Rose
Letha Snider
Minnie Hunter
Méta Hinkelman
Lois Secrest
Adah
Irene Hemingway
Ruth
LA Forte
Theodore Pearsoll
John
Henry Pearsoll
Marine Corps
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Max
Waterloo
Belle
California
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Cascade
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W. E. Hunter
C. F. Crawford
C. C. Hotchkiss
O. J. Winters
James P. Lawlor
Mary
Robert A. McNie
Chicago
Chicago, Dec. 20. Mrs. McNie Is A Graduate of St. John's School
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
McNie
Northwestern University
North Western Railroad
Winnetka
C. R. Dillin
Emma Wood
J. W. Feller
Home Loan Corporation of Iowa
R. J. Gilchrist
Frank Cook
Earl, Meyers
Belle Olson
Alec Dye
Mina Wanamaker
Byron Goldthwaite
Frank
Bess Eby
Polpham
Mayek
Washington
Samuel T. Bereman
Wayland
Mr. Bereman
Ella Shelton
Bereman
Methodist Church
CWA Work Accident Injures George Henderson at Site
Friday afternoon at the CWA work site George Henderson suffered a broken collar bone when a chain slipped from a gravel hoist, sending a large chunk hitting the plank and throwing him ten feet from the end of a sixteen foot plank.
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CWA
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Henderson
Calmar Choir To Sing Star Of Bethlehem Cantata
Calmar Lutheran church hosts a New Year Eve cantata Star Of Bethlehem at 8 30 PM with a social hour and watch night service to greet 1934.
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Calmar
Calmar Lutheran
Relaxed Child Discipline Skepticism Warns of Societal Risk
Aldous Huxley argues that modern shifts in child discipline could backfire on broader society, warning that leniency may foster long term social harms and undermine authority structures.
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Clayton Democrats Toast Rep Biermann at McGregor Dinner
More than eighty Clayton county Democrats from several towns packed a testimonial dinner in McGregor to honor Congressman Fred Biermann. He touted progress under the Democratic program including job creation, CCC camps, farm loans, and bank reforms as proof of pulling the nation from doldrums. Frank Huebsch chaired. M X Geske introduced the speaker.
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Gazette
M'Gregor
Clayton County
McGregor
Fred Biermann
CCC
Biermann
Frank Huebsch
Democratic Committee
M. X. Geske
Huebsch
Spiermann
Night Radio Schedule Highlights From New Year Eve Listings
A dense list of radio programs and performers across NBC CBS and affiliated stations. Entries include John Herrick Oleg Novaks Gene Burk Ivy details, orchestras conducted by various maestros, soloists such as Irene Rich and Helen Morgan, and a mix of symphonies dances and late night programs.
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NBC
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Ub — Renter
WEAF
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Duchin
WJZ Chain
WEAP
Jae Michaex
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Kyw Ow
WeGrady
WMAQ
Isham Jones
WREM
Resten Symphony
Wiz Chain
Gearse Jessel
Elae_Keyes
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WCCO
Terente
Oleg Novaks
Gene Burk
WLW
WBBM
KMOX
WESM
WRBM
KYW
Inbc
Kotl Wren
M. V. Kallenbeorn
Blgn
Biaerame
Gus Arnhelm
Governor Sends Letter Of Regret To Sheriff Rippey
Governor Clyde L. Herring apologizes to Plymouth County Sheriff R. F. Rippey for past misstatements and acknowledges he was misinformed. Rippey accepts the apology, saying the governor must rely on informants and that the admission shows strength and fairness.
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Sioux City
INS
Plymouth County
R. EF. Rippey
Clyde L. Herring
National Guard
Herring
Maytag optimism sparks hoped business rebound
Newton Iowa Maytag founder F L Maytag expressed confidence that business stagnation is ending. He said drought relief distributions to farmers and other government aid are renewing the life blood of business and he is optimistic about next year.
Farm Residence Burns Near West Branch
EF WN Armstrong farm home one and a half miles east of West Branch was destroyed by fire Friday morning. Firemen saved the contents. The loss is estimated at 8000 dollars.
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Armstrong
Here
DeMolays Host Christmas Party for Mission Children
The Cedar Rapids chapter of the Order of DeMolay held its annual Christmas charity program at the Sunshine Mission on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Supt. Frank Ward led prayer, and a rendition of In the Garden followed. Lester Ream spoke for DeMolays while Mr Menders of the Gideons gave a life summary. A small crowd attended due to cold weather, and undistributed gifts were left with the Sunshine Mission for later distribution.
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Order of DeMolay
Sunshine Mission
Frank Ward
Ward
Lester Ream
DeMolay Organization
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Menders
Gideona
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