Iowa moves to abolish IERA transfer to social welfare board
Gov. George A Wilson signed four bills ending the Iowa emergency relief administration. Functions shift to the new state board of social welfare which will inherit IERA relief rolls and its $1.3 million fund. Personal appointments to the three member board await the governor.
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Des Moines
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
George A Wilson
IERA
State Board of Social Welfare
IIERA
State Welfare Department
Wilson
Social Welfare Board
Farmers Elevator and Exchange of
Wapello
Quakers Plan Refugee Camp Near West Branch
About 75 Quakers from Iowa gathered in West Branch to organize a refugee camp for German immigrants at the Scattergood boarding school. The project, led by Jay Newton of Grimes, aims to help assimilate eligible newcomers with a temporary stay of a month or two, and will be funded and operated by Iowa Friends and the American Friends Service committee.
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West Branch
Scattergood
Iowa
Jay Newton
Grimes
American Friends Service Committee
Meeting of Friends
Clear Lake
Friends
Newlin
America
Germany
Scattergood School
Can Friends Service Committee
J P Gable
William Anderson
Israel Larson
O. W. Edgerton
Alfred Fawcett
Beulah Pemberton
Taylor Guthrie
Guthrie
Progressive Quakers of
Ultang
Charles F. Thomas
Des Moines
Roy J. Clampitt
New Providence
Ial Ben Harris
Earlham
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Smiley held in Garrison
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Methodist church in Garrison for Mrs. Mary Jane Smiley 84 who died Monday at her son John H Smiley’s La Porte City home Born August 30 1855 in Washington Missouri she was married in 1875 to Rev George T Smiley and had four children plus an adopted daughter Also survived by twelve grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren four sisters and one brother Burial is in Garrison cemetery
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LA Porte City
Garrison
Mary Jane Smiley
John H Smiley
Mary Jane Forbes
Washington, MO
George W
Martha Forbes
George T Smiley
George E. Smiley
Jackson
John H. Smiley
John Forbes
Hillsboro
Garrison Cemetery
Walter W. Nelson dies after Cedar Rapids residence
Walter W. Nelson a former Cedar Rapids resident and county road maintenance crew worker died Tuesday morning in Tipton He had moved here 35 years ago and was employed by the county road department.
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Tipton
Walter W. Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Nelson
Marion Christmas Seals meeting endorses reelection and program
Dr. H L Van Winkle calls tuberculosis fight urgent noting early detection saves funds and lives. Officers reelected include Mrs E M Adams and Lulu Secrist. County early diagnosis campaign set for April. survey reports 1939 effort greater than prior years with 150 families contacted and 58 X rays. Marion post office to close Wednesday. Legion picnic and auxiliary plans discussed. centennial celebration cooperation approved.
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H. L. van Winkle
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Christmas Seals Organization
Hallwood Cafe
E. M. Adams
Central City
Lulu B. Secrist
Marion
Frank Holets
Fairfax
H. G. Apfel
Clinton Township
E. E. Parsons
Luhcheon
van Winkle
Adams
V. V. Brown
Forest Johnson
Coggan
Claire Petty
Viola
D. B. Storck
Ethel Hart
Sara Noll
D. B. Christie
Koppenhaver
R. J. Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Missionary Union Meets Friday
The twenty ninth annual meeting of the Marion Missionary Union will be held Friday at the Congregational church with a musical prelude at 9 45 am and sessions starting at 10. Officers are listed and a luncheon will follow. An afternoon program includes service, talks on India and world Christian society, and installations. The event is chaired by Mrs Henry Gerdes and Mrs Elmer Cherry.
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The
Marion Missionary Union
Congregational Church
Gerald Thomas
C G Ellinger
la Verna Crew
Minnie Whitcomb
C . Awbrey
C. O Monroe
Ray Starry
V. R. DeJong
C. G. Ellinger
E. T. Gough
Irving E. Wade
India
Frank T Brooks
Mount Vernon
Fred J. Lang
Marion Presbyterian Beats Coggon In Cedar Rapids League
The Marion Presbyterian basketball squad defeated Coggon Presbyterian 42 to 27 Monday at Franklin High School gym. It marked the home team’s eleventh straight win and left Marion the lone undefeated club in the Cedar Rapids church league senior division with players including Eldon Coffman Leslie Miller Delmar Risse G A Storck Jack Beeson Jr Dick Derflinger and others.
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Marion Presbyterian
Coggon Presbyterian
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids Church
Rev. C. V. R. de Jong
Grant Welper
Richard Holsworth
Jack Price
Dismantle CCC Barracks at Sigour ney Camp
Lieut George Beyers and Lieut Sand direct the dismantling of CCC barracks at the local camp. About fifty boys from Sigourney and Oskaloosa camps are temporarily housed there amid advert s.
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CCC
George Beyers
Sand
Sigourney
Oskaloosa
McMasters to Leave CCC Barracks for Anamosa Farm Life
Custodians Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McMaster will depart Thursday from the CCC barracks to establish a home on a farm east of Anamosa. A baby boy named Peter Hill was born February 20 at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kellams, weighing seven and a half pounds. Kenneth Edward Miller, seven pounds, arrived February 20 at St. Luke's Hospital. his mother Dorothy Smith is formerly of Marion.
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Arthur McMaster
CCC
Anamosa
Stanley Kellams
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Peter Hill
Glenn Miller
Kenneth Edward
Miller
Dorothy Smith
Marion
Amend Building Ordinance to Allow Non Fireproof Remodels
City council amended section 2 of ordinance 200, substituting ordinance 244, to permit remodeling of pre February 6 1928 buildings with non fireproof material if the fire hazard would not increase. The measure was approved at Monday evening meeting.
Raise Our Own Vitamins Homemakers Meet at Cherry Home
Pleasant Grove No. 11 Homemakers adopted the slogan Raise Our Own Vitamins at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Elmer Cherry and Mrs. Carl. They discussed nutrition and community projects.
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Pleasant Grove No. 11
Elmer Cherry
Carl
800 Attend Fans Frolic at Elkader
More than 800 people from Clayton and nearby counties attended the second annual Fans Frolic in Elkader High School gymnasium. A. H. Rowswell, NBC sports announcer, spoke on home life as part of an event sponsored by the local board of education to promote community spirit and interest in Elkader Junior College. The banquet served 449, with G. B. Lyons as toastmaster and Dr. Donald Mallett as song leader. The program featured S. U. S. tumblers, an Elkader band concert, and a dance.
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Elkader
Clayton
A. H. Rowswell
National Broadcasting
Board of Education
Elkader Junior College
Rowswell
G. B. Lyons
Cresco
Donald Mallet
The
State University
Elkader Band
Paintings By Cone And Pyle Chosen For Fair Exhibit
Iowa selects works for the New York world's fair display. Marvin Cone's Davis' Dummy from Cedar Rapids joins Joseph Funk Street, Mid- West Town Ottumwa Lillyan Jacobs Saturday Des Moines Arnold Pyle Bucking Snow Cedar Rapids Daniel Rhodes Men on a Truck Des Moines. Lithographs Ironing Criss Glasell Sioux City Brick Yards Irma Lukenbill Des Moines. The Stoker plaster by George A. Keller Davenport completes the set.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Association of Fine Arts
Davis
Marvin Cone
Cedar Rapids
Mid- West Town
Joseph Funk
Ottumwa
Lillyan Jacobs
Arnold Pyle
Daniel Rhodes
Criss Glasell
Sioux City
Irma Lukenbill
Stoker
George A. Keller
Davenport
Glenn Chamberlain
Paul S. Harris
Don Glasell
F Robert White
Carl E. Jeffrey
New York
Winthrop Couple Announce Doris Peck Engagement
Mr and Mrs Charles Peck of Winthrop announce engagement of daughter Doris to Warner Frye son of Mr and Mrs W H Frye of Independence The marriage is set for March 7 at the First Methodist Church in Independence
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Winthrop
Charles Peck
Doris
Warner Frye
W. H. Frye
Independence
First Methodist Church In
Plattner Wedding Links Pauline Plattner to George W. Austin
The ceremony occurred Sunday evening at the Plattner home near Marion. Reverend Clyde Scott officiated with Genevieve Wenger Cedar Rapids and Henry Cole Marion as attendants. The couple will reside on a Jordan's Grove area farm. Also, Cary club met with 15 members. readings featured Longfellow and Twain.
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Glenn Plattner
Pauline
George W. Austin
Louise Austin
Plattner
Marion
Clyde Scott
Genevieve Wenger
Cedar “Rapids
Henry Cole
Mrs. Austin
Jordan's Grove Church
Cary Club
Irvin L. Ford
Longfellow
Owen Fernow
Mark Woodward
Mark Twain
Methodist church school workers meet at Newlin home
The Methodist church school workers will gather Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred C Newlin 980 Seventeenth Street for a meeting and discussion.
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Methodist Church
Fred C. Newlin
Seventeenth Street
Marionette 4-H Club Meets at Hutton Home Thursday
The Marionette 4 H club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Dorothy and Hazel Hutton 222 Eighth avenue. Miss Ethel Collins has been ill with bronchitis and asthma for five weeks at her home 105 Ninth street and is recovering.
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Dorothy and
Hazel Hutton
Eighth Avenue
Ethel Collins
Ninth Street
Biddicks Leave Tuesday for Southern Vacation
Mr and Mrs Charles R Biddick depart Tuesday morning for a vacation in the south with plans to spend time in Texas.
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Charles R. Biddick
South
Texas
Two Indians Jailed For Molesting Mail
Two Indians from the Tama area waived preliminary hearing before a US commissioner in Waterloo on charges of molesting the mail. Louis Jones aged 28 and Martin Davenport aged 20, both fathers of two, allegedly threw mail bags from a truck at the North Western station in Tama and pelted agent Frank Cory with stones. They were jailed in Toledo on $1,000 bond each.
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Waterloo
Tama
United States
Louis Jones
Martin Davenport
Acces
North Western Railroad
Frank Cory
Toledo
Toledo Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Peter Muirhead of Toledo celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house and family dinner. Born in Edinburgh in 1834, he came to Canada then Cedar county Iowa before settling in Tama county. Mrs Muirhead, born 1868, is Tama county born and educated in Toledo. Their four children live nearby.
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Gazette
Toledo
Peter Muirhead
Tama County
Salem
Muirhead
Farmers Mutual Aid Association
Edinburgh
Scotland
Canada
A. J. Calderwood
Traer
Dr. Layman
Newell
Carroll Westfall
Scott
Tama
Aunt Gets Custody Of Child In Tama County Over Father's Protest
Mrs. Margaretta Cochran of Dinsdale awarded temporary custody of her niece Mildred Jean Cochran, 11, in a Tama county habeas corpus hearing. Judge L J Kirkland ordered monthly reports on education and home life, with potential changes if welfare requires.
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Tama County
Toledo
Margaretta Cochran
Dinsdale
Mildred Jean Cochran
Mildred Jean
Monticello De Molays Mark Tenth Anniversary Observance
George Washington chapter De Molay observes its tenth anniversary at the Masonic temple in Monticello with about 200 attendees from Cedar Rapids Osage Dubuque Decorah Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Initiation of fifteen boys from Monticello Anamosa Scotch Grove and Center Junction planned at 3 p.m. followed by a district officers meeting and a banquet at 6:15 p.m.
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Monticello
Masonic Temple
George Washington
Order of de Molay
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Osage
Dubuque
Decorah
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Anamosa
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Don Faire
Wyland Bone
Schriener
Order of the Eastern Star
B. C. Roberts
Harry Rodman
Curtis
Iowa Legislature Votes For Week's Vacation
Lawmakers approved a week long recess from next Saturday through March 6. The House deadline for filing personal bills was moved up by three days, while the Senate set Monday as the deadline. Eighty bills were introduced in the Senate, with no set limit for committee bills.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Junior class play Second Childhood at high school
The junior class will present Second Childhood Thursday in the high school auditorium. Lead roles go to Kathryn Ann Sloan and Glen Brower with Beth Brower Dorothy Keiser Opal Ballard Ruth Holsapple Grace Robison Verle Brubaker Robert Garrett Dale Robison Marvin Lane and Eldon Feckley in the cast.
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Kathryn Ann Sloan
Glen Brower
Beth Brower
Dorothy Keiser
Opal Ballard
Ruth Holsapple
Grace Robison
Verle Brubaker
Robert Garrett
Dale Robison
Marvin Lane
Eldon Feckley
Tipton Man Waives Hearing On Drunk Driving Charge
Norman Yeater aged 33 of Tipton waived preliminary hearing before Justice John Dickson on a drunken driving charge. He was jailed in $750 bond after arrest Saturday night by Sheriff George Oakes while hauling hogs from Muscatine to Burlington.
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Wapello
Norman Yeater
Tipton
John Dickson
Yeater
George Oakes
Muscatine
Burlington
University of Iowa seeks higher funding to preserve standing
President Eugene A. Gilmore warned Iowa City that the University of Iowa risks losing its first class rating without increased appropriations. He urged at least 2,500,000, matching the board of education’s request, noting current biennium requests exceed past levels but still lag 1932 figures.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
Bouroe of Education
C. B. Murtagh
Gilmore
Driscol couple marks fiftieth anniversary in La Porte City
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Driscol celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with family honor. Ida Lee was her maiden name. they wed February 20, 1889, at the Presbyterian parsonage in Vinton. The couple lived on area farms and in La Porte City, with one daughter Pearl Powers, four sons Grant Dallas Wallace and Wellwood, all of La Porte City, and four grandchildren.
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LA Porte City
Jerry Driscol
Calmar Comrade Officers Elected at Meeting
The Calmar Comrades elected officers: President Viola Kuboushek, Vice President Marie Shindelar, Secretary and Treasurer Marie Flaskerud, Reporter Mary Kipp, Historian Doris Yarwood. Marie Flaskerud and Marie Flaskerud attended the meeting.
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Calmar
Marie Flaskerud
Viola Kuboushek
Marie Shindelar
Mary Kipp
Doris Yarwood
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C. E. Krog
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le Roy Cooper
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Blair's Ferry Road
Henry Gerdes
J. E. Barnhart
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Sherman
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Dickey’s Foods
Owens Drug Store
Kellam
Lion
B.newlin
B. Gerene
McRnolds
W. White
C.gowdas
Car’ Strong
D.felgh
Gous
L.war
S.murray
Cone
Pyle
McKinney Photos
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Moncrief
Carroll Podhaski
Legion of Honor
Monticello de Molays
Tillyer
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