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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1936
Page
15
Seevell announces candidacy for county supervisor with support from local figures and civic groups. The filing highlights community issues, proposed reforms, and a timetable of campaign events across the county, including meetings at the recreation site and church gatherings to rally voters.
Washington woman dies at age four in Elm Gate cemetery according to local notices. The report mentions J. eSpeeve and Cormer, with references to Zanes and Barny, and notes a public sale and a committee near Wesuangin with unclear details.
Riverside couple Mr and Bree Devi C. Steet plan retirement after a combined 29 plus years with the rail line. Mr Sterett began in Riverside in 1900, later serving at Conetyie and Berrecy, among other towns, before the couple’s long tenure ends this year.
Long list of names shows 4-H participants and judges for a Buchanan livestock event. Record highlights include baby beeves on feed, weights around thirteen pounds, and a projected sale in a two-carrier batch. Names of youth exhibitors and local sponsors appear amid the muddy OCR.
State University reports gifts totaling 132 500 for the year, with major contributions from Carnegie Corporation 12 660 for medical and fine arts research, Rocketeer Foundation 2 500 for creative arts equipment, and National Research Council 6 300 aiding biology and theology programs. Anonymous donor adds 4 000, while other grants include National Oil Produc tct company 4 060, Head Johnson company 455, and Macy Foundation 2 309 for emotional process study.
Waterloo attorney John LifeCermeny, tied to the Brewer Griffin murder case, faces disbarment hearings in Black Bark county district court Monday afternoon. He is accused of misplacing two cents from funds he collected and taking a fee in the Brexer Griffin defense. Judge O S Frenxtin and officials from Des Moines and Webs City are listed among involved parties.
DES MOINES API The number of claimants for unemployment aid in Iowa declined by 17,259 in January compared with December. A report by J. C. Pryor notes 1,149 persons received relief last month while December 1925 totaled 152,499. During January sixty four teachers were aided under the emergency education program. One person was aided by the transient bureau while December saw 1,649 cases. Resident cases included 20,256 families or 132,260 family persons and 2,750 single earners. Total cases numbered 22,606. County breakdowns for January and December are given.
Thornton Wilder will lecture at Cornell Wednesday night in the college lecture series. The program includes Wilder’s discussion of his works and readings from The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Heaven’s My Bicycle.
The document lists sites and participating schools for sub district music contests across multiple Iowa towns and counties. It names districts in Cedar Rapids, Grinnell, Waterloo, Vinton, Washington, Grinnell, Geneseo, Muscatine, Fairfield, and Grinnell areas, with numerous class divisions and participating schools.
A visitor, Kowashaa, born in Czechoslovakia and living in Oelwein, Iowa, recalls a milder European winter with less snow and steady food prices. He notes plowing in soft ground, little unemployment, and meat merchants facing ice shortages. The piece also mentions Volga City elections set for March 9 with two directors up for election.
A historical report details $130 million in U S aid to Iowa spanning farm loans flood relief and housing programs. It notes Home Owners Loan Corporation activity totals and Mississippi Missouri River works funding with projected distributions through mid 2207 amid Depression-era economic measures.
Mount Vernon reporters describe a lively school election with two competing tickets. Harry Gilliland seeks re election for the board with Joann Kyle as director and Mrs Rudolph Vodicka as treasurer. Erle aims to capture the seat from S N Sferritt who does not run. Ed Smith and Mrs J D Peat seek director spots on the second ticket with no treasurer chosen yet.
MARSHALLTOWN AP. William Middleton 60 wandered five miles south of town while heading to a farm. He burrowed into a snow drift for shelter and lay unconscious for about twelve hours. His clothes were frozen to his body but doctors said he had a chance to recover.
Davenport marks its centennial with church services and a display of historical documents at the public museum. The observance will feature many sports events, a homecoming week, and a two hour show as part of the year long celebration.
Des Moines AP State Comptroller C. J. Murtagh on Saturday approved Buchanan county transferring 14000 dollars from its emergency fund to the road maintenance fund.
The governor calls for nationwide help for flood prevention along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. He cites plans for food aid, university building protection, and rapid CCC deployment. Waterloo and Davenport face flood risks with ice jams and levee work, while tests consider bombs to relieve ice and study the roller dam’s effectiveness.
Prof G B MacDonald head of the Iowa State forestry department was feted at an Ames dinner marking twenty five years at the college. E A Sherman US forest service assistant chief delivered the principal address as alumni and foresters gathered during the Minnesota section SAF meeting.
KEOKUK AP Police hold Villa Earley 21 of Cleveland for Sheriff Pickard of Keosauqua on embezzlement charges. Earley, a Neo Sauquoa transient camp resident, is accused of taking 23 government checks totaling $7.50 each entrusted by camp residents to cash them in Keosauqua. Arrested in Keokuk with $47, five checks. $87 unaccounted for.
WINTERSET AP Authorities held Ivan Rhone 50 in jail Saturday after a shooting wounded neighbor W S Carney a farmer near Barney Ia Officers say the men argued about cutting a fence to route a road around a snowdrift on the regular road A .22 caliber revolver bullet penetrated Carneys abdomen
Des Moines report notes three candidates for the Republican nomination for state representative secured nomination papers on Saturday. E. C. Lockinghill of Nevada Minor A. Cummings of Farmington and F. A. Latchaw J of Wilton Junction filed papers at the secretary of state office.
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