Farm to Market Road Program Costs In Iowa Reach 29 Million
WPA records show the federal works agency spent about 19.2 million on Iowa secondary roads from 1935 to 1939 with local sponsors adding 10.0 million, totaling over 29 million in just over three years. The 1938 nine months alone saw 6.87 million from WPA and 4.17 million from sponsors, plus large increases in miles surfaced, graded, and new culverts and bridges.
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Des Moines
WPA
Federal Works Agency
Iowa
Senate Highways Committee
The
Works Administration
Senate Fights Over Iowa Welfare Reorganization Bill
In Des Moines the Iowa senate faces a clash over the administration backed welfare reorganization bill. Senator Faul proposes a part time five member board with a state administrator, while the GOP plan favors a full time three man board. A Faul amendment seeks to bar replacing divisional superintendents and ensure repeal clauses prevail.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
George M. Faul
Senate
W. F. Miller
Byron G. Alien
Faul
SEC Orders Dillon to Produce Records for Five Firms
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey ordered Des Moines attorney Sidney J. Dillon to produce books and records for five firms of which he is an officer or custodian. The SEC action requires Dillon to appear Feb 22 with the materials before SEC attorney James R. Sharp. Dillon plans to appeal. Firms named include National Securities Corp Cooperative Trust Shares Mutual Trust Shares Midwest Discount Corps and Associated Investors Corp.
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DES Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Sidney J. Dillon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Dillon
James R. Sharp
SEC
Washington
Theational Securities Corp
Cooperative Trust Shares
Mutual Trust Shares
Midwest Discount Gores
Associated Investors
Orp
Ames Personnel Director Resigns From Iowa State
Miss Frances D. Sims resigns as personnel director for women at Iowa State College effective June 15. President Dr. Charles D. Friley announced the resignation and said a successor would be named soon. Sims has held the post since 1931.
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Ames
Frances D. Sims
Iowa State College
Charles D. Friley
Friley
Miss Sims
Skating Returns to Tama After 31 Year Gap
A generation after a drowning tragedy on Lake Cherry in Tama led to skating decline, the ice returns with a 12 inch thick surface. Dozens skate as visitors from Toledo and Marshalltown join local youths in a revived winter carnival on the lake.
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Ama
Tama
Lake Cherry
Leroy
Kenneth
Gerald Carnal
Gerald
Toledo
Marshalltown
Three Veterans Fight Discharge From Statehouse
Three veterans and statehouse workers sought to block their February discharge from the Iowa Statehouse. W P O H air Centerville J B Allen Ogden and W H Durkee Corning won a temporary injunction in Polk County District Court delaying removals as governor and council faced a hearing set for Feb 20. Durkee cites Spanish American War service while the others are World War veterans. Gray Anderson had opposed their continued hiring as surplus personnel. The executive council had earlier discharged Durkee Allen and O Ha ir along with five others. Notice was served on Gov George A Wilson and the council.
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Des Moines
Statehouse
W. P. O’hair
Centerville
J. B. Allen
Ogden
W. H. Durkee
Corning
Polk County District Court
Republican Executive Council
Durkee
Gray Anderson
Harry E Cornish
Perry
Allen
O’hair
George A. Wilson
Executive Council
Indians May Be Prosecuted In State Courts
Des Moines Iowa Attorney General Fred Everett said state courts may prosecute Indians who stray from reservations. The ruling answers a Tama County inquiry about Sam Peters and William Snow two Tama reservation members found in Tama with 73 newly speared catfish beyond the legal limit.
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Des Moines
INS
Fred Everett
George Struble
Tama
Struble
Sam Peters
William Snow
Tama Reservation
Iowa Electric Loses Bid for Maquoketa Franchise Election
Judge Purcell denies Iowa Electric of Cedar Rapids a mandamus to compel Maquoketa Mayor Schroeder to call a franchise election. The suit, pending since 1937, seeks a new franchise ahead of capital plans though the existing agreement runs to 1941. The petition was filed with ex-mayor Pendray. upon his resignation Schroeder became defendant. Maquoketa shares power and light duties between municipal and private firms.
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Maquoketa
John Purcell
Clinton
Iowa Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
L. C. Schroeder
W. J. Pendray
Pendray
Schroeder
Allen Wallen Held For Failing To Pay Alimony
Allen Wallen former city engineer now WPA engineer at Burlington is returned to face a contempt of court charge filed by Mrs. Clara Wallen Cedar Rapids. She claims $1190 in alimony from the defendant and says she has never received the permanent alimony of 70 dollars a month awarded in their 1937 divorce.
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Iowa City
Alen Wallen
WPA
Burlington
Wallen
Des Moines
Clara Wallen
Cedar Rapids
Attorney General Rules Deer Killing At Park Legal
Iowa attorney general says the conservation commission may destroy deer in its care when in the best interests of the state and other animals. The Ledges park deer shooting near Boone involved six deer killed late December and some sold at Newton.
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Des Moines
Ledges Park
Conservation Commission
F. A. Latchaw
Wilton Junction
State Park
Boone
Latchaw
Newton
Morrison Uses Door Knocking To Win In Johnson County
Iowa City Republican Rep William F Morrison at 24 says his door to door campaign with his wife led to his election in a Democratic county. He notes some houses were missed in Iowa City due to his local name and prior speaking. Morrison is the legislature’s youngest member, with several peers under 30 including Rep Her man W Walter Rep Charles H Scholz Rep C F Shimanek and Rep Earl C Fishbaugh Jr all attorneys. The youngest Iowa Senate member is Sen Edward Vrba at 30.
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The
Gazette
EL Moines
Johnson County
William F. Morrison
Iowa City
Iowa
Morrison
Carroll Johnson
Knoxville
Herman W. Walter
Council Bluffs
Charles H. Scholz
New Hampton
C. F. Shimanek
Monticello
Earl C. Fishbaugh, Jr
Shenandoah
Iowa Senate
Edward Vrba
Cresco
Memorial Union Transforms Iowa City Student Life
A 1930s observer notes Iowa State University’s Memorial Union has evolved from a quiet campus hut to the center of student leisure. The Union now hosts grills, tea dances, and recreation rooms drawing liberal arts and graduate students, while roadhouses still attract some, the Union dominates campus social life with spontaneous, student driven growth.
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Iowa River
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Memorial Union
Nn Laboratory
Sor
University
Iowa
de Jaws
Liberal Commerce
Miss Reich
Popular Memorial Union
Act
Keller to Inspect Economic Status of Iowa WPA Workers
Iowa WPA administrator George J. Keller announced plans to audit the economic status of every WPA laborer in the state. The review, prompted by a congressional order, aims to remove ineligible workers and confirm certification, employment continuity, and dependents. The process begins by Feb 15 with a March 25 federal tally.
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Des Moines
George J. Keller
Iowa
WPA
Keller
Congress
Tank Car In Bottom Of Ravine After Train Derailment
Wrecking crews cleared a Rock Island freight wreck three miles north of La Porte City. Fifteen cars left the track and one steel tank car lay wrecked at the bottom of a ravine after the derailment. Engineer William Street and conductor Fred Douglass, both Cedar Rapids men, were aboard.
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LA Porte City
INS
Rock Island
William Street
Fred Douglass
Cedar Rapids
Charge Against Al Jennings Dropped in Des Moines
AP reports Al Jennings, 36, released from Polk County jail after dismissal of a district court indictment for assault with intent to rob. He was previously found not guilty of assault with intent to murder. Indictments stem from a December shooting during a failed holdup of Nobel Harvey in Fort Des Moines. Jennings claimed mistaken identity and testified he was at home in Ames when the shooting occurred. The county attorney urged dismissal of the second indictment.
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Des Moines
al Jennings
Polk County
Nobel Harvey
Fort Des Moines
Jennings
Ames
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