Plan for Iowa Constitutional Convention Delegates 494
A 494 delegate constitutional convention to decide repeal of the 18th Amendment is drafted by a six member joint committee. Delegates would be apportioned by population with caucuses in counties to select wet or dry delegates and candidates pledge to votes. The plan forecasts an election in June and convention in late June or July with Polk County receiving the most delegates.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Joint Committee of Six
Polk County
Polk
Cedar Rapids
Burington
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Keokuk
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Newton
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
General Assembly
V F Harrington
George Wilson
L. T Shangle
Oskaloosa
O J Ditto
Sibley
Carl B. Stiger
Tama
Henry Hartman
Burlington
Hartman
Long Iowa fire losses in 1932 outpaced 1931 totals
The 1932 Iowa fire loss totaled 6 626 965 dollars, down from 8 593 966 in 1931. State Fire Marshal John Strohm reported 6593 fires, with city dwelling houses most numerous, and farm dwellings causing the largest losses at 1 831 032 dollars. Barns and farms accounted for 598 319 dollars in fires. churches 113 827. factories 101 059. private garages 108 217. stores 1 161 273. warehouses 143 313. Additional notes cover various buildings and property types. Details include 3 429 city dwelling fires and the distribution across structure types.
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Des Moines
INS
John Strohm
Strohms
Mrs Wallace Leaves Home for Washington Post to Join Cabinet
Mrs Henry A Wallace departs Des Moines for Washington to help her husband as he enters the Roosevelt administration as secretary of agriculture. She dedicates herself to family life, garden pleasures, and home duties while three children and a busy household await at Des Moines home.
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Maynard
Herr Henniges
Here
Elmer Graf
Fams
Hazleton
Fred Gremmels
Oelwein
John Graf
Fred Wolfe
Oscar Gilles
LeRoy
Floyd
Hazel Henniges
Mrs. Wallace
NEA Service
Des Moines
Henry A Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Jean
Henry
Ilo Browne
Indianola
Simpson College
Monmouth College
Ilinois
Drake University
Simpson
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Proteus
Henry A. Wallace
Tipton Glee Club to Present The Sun Bonnet Girl Operetta
Tipton high school glee clubs plan a two act operetta The Sun Bonnet Girl in the school auditorium Tuesday evening directed by Mass Helen Schroeder and featuring cast members Janet Jenks Adelaide Randa Mary Ellen Moore and others. Blairstown and surrounding areas report community meetings school contests and local lodge and church events with scores of participants from Delta Keota and Belle Plaine.
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Tipton
Tipton High School
Helen Schroeder
Pias
Janet Jenks Adelaide Randa
Mary Ellen Moore
Fivie McLain
Lioyd Lind
Luenda Kimberling
Arsvel Smith
Fried Simpson
Martan Chapman
Harlan Butterbrodt
Eva Lu Crawford
Paul Hoffman
Frances Simpson
Duane Moftit
Wilma Smith
Blairstown
Opera House
Mof Bruch
Renan Churel
He Dirone
Mayer Bob Paul
Wilbore
Orb
Aseney Keota
Walter Faerh
Keota
John Stont
DELTA
Bessie McMurray
Fastern
Newter
Warren
Rose Ill
Sigourney
Rhoda Wiese
Fo Teene
Eva Kiestr
Delta OF
Belle Plaine
Leland Barry van Horne
Arthur Brauer Keystone
Don Garrel
Ernest Peck Bairstown
Ruth Ganffeld
Leota Guilder
van Horne
Florence Johnson
Gwendola Spicher
Keystone
Ruth Fitzgerald Bele Plaaine
Phyllis Hecht Keystone
Torrayn Kelly
Cordela Pritz
Emehty
Ermil Frye
Cedar Rapids
Mildred Shhield
Vincent Bohlman
George Humes
Nelson Anderson
Clarence Bird
Ed Parcel
William Schroeder
Alice Humes
Vioin
Virginia McLennan
Wayne Bever
Mo Hers
League
Grace Schubert
A R Nichols
E W J. Kurth
Ed Bevers
Vera Bohlman
Charles Shields
Fred Draper
J Kierks
del Anderson
T N
Nielsen
John Schields
Horace McLennan
Beverly Clemmer
Mildred Schield
Iowa Train Wreck Blamed on Crew Orders Violations
Washington dispatch reports W I Borland of the ICC safety bureau says a failure to obey orders caused a January 12 wreck on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy near Donnelley Iowa. One mail clerk and four employees died and twenty one passengers plus eleven railroad workers were injured. Five killed near Donnelley in the earlier crash involved a gasoline car and steam train on a trestle. The dead include engineers Hayes and Warren Conductor Baker and brake man Hallberg and mail clerk Powell.
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Washington
W. P. Borland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Safety
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Donnelley
Railroad and Express Company
Borland
Knoxville
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles D Hayes
Albia
J. A Baker
Ottumwa
H. G Hallberg
Burlington
J I Warren
Leslie Powell
Maquoketa Students Speak At Monmouth
Maquoketa students compete in declamatory contests at Monmouth with entries across oratorical dramatic and humorous groups. Participants include George Haight Maquoketa Harold Kedley Monmouth John Koff Baldwin Catherine Cass Monmouth Verda Graves Baldwin Marcella Hansen Maquoketa Selma Rommet Andrew Catherine Caraway Monmouth Doris Doland Maquoketa Gertrude Morin Baldwin Ione Tepben Andrew judges are Marion high school teachers. Winners advance to a sub district contest in two weeks.
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Maquoketa
Monmouth
George Haight
Harold Kedley
John Koff
Baldwin
Catherine Cass
Verda Graves
Marcella, Hansen
Selma Rommert
Andrew
Catherine Caraway
Doris Doland
Gertrude Morin
Ione Tepben
Marion High School
Maran Barnett
J H Shutts
Margaret Weed
Martelle High Declamatory Contest Winners Showdowntown Evening
Martelle high school held a declamatory contest Friday in the auditorium with eleven contestants. First place winners include Forest Brown in Oratorical The Cross of Gold Beryl Richardson in Dramatic Daddy Doc and Melvin Decious in Humorous Johnny Sees The Contest Judges were Rev Mr McDonald Mrs Florence Larson and G S Peet.
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Martelle
Martelle High School
Cross of Gold
Forest Brown
Doc
Beryl Richardson
Johnny
Melvin Decious
Mr McDonald
Florence Larson
G. S. Peet
Three Brothers Held for Poultry Theft Sentenced
Sheriff Leo Hei necke transported Earl Oscar and Frank Welch to Fort Madison for determinate five year terms in larceny of twenty farm chickens. They pled guilty in district court before Judge C L Ely after admitting thefts of over 500 fowls in months prior, with charges anchored to a November 5 theft from Clyde Woods farm near here.
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Gazette
Maquoreta
Leo Heinecke
Earl
Oscar
Frank Welch
Fort Madison
C. L. Ely
Clyde Woods
Here
Dubuque
Clinton
Frank
Tax Bill Promises $13 Million Reduction in Iowa Tax
Iowa figures project 1934 property tax collections at $75 million if the 25 percent tax cut and 20 percent assessment reduction become law. Louis H Cook of the state board says total would fall more than $15 million from 1933, with current totals around $90 million this year and prior years at $107 million in 1931 and $100 million in 1932.
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Des Moines
INS
Senate
House
Iowa
Louis H Cook
State Board of Assessment and Review
Cook
Dinsdale Postmaster Appointed After Her Husband's Death
The post office department announces Mrs. Marjory Bicket as postmaster at Dinsdale Iowa. She has served as acting postmaster since the death of her husband William H. Bicket.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Marjory Bicket
Dinsdale
Peter Zimmerman Dies at Amana Woolen Mills Leader
Peter Zimmerman 64 longtime Amana woolen mills superintendent and Amana Church society president died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday night. A director of the Amana corporation, he guided the colony’s major enterprise after reorganization. Survived by widow and two sons, funeral Tuesday afternoon at the family home.
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AMANA
Peter Zimmerman
Amana Woolen Mills
Zimmerman
Amana Corporation
Amana Church Society
Iowa
Peter
Carl
Paper Pays Wages With Trade Checks
The Ames Tribune pays 37 employees in trade checks backed by the paper's finances. Local merchants accept them for ad space, subscriptions, or job pricing, redeemable on demand. The editorial hopes the checks circulate to thaw frozen assets and boost local business.
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AMES
Ames Tribune
Hazleton town officers nominees face a debt-free slate
Hazleton voters face a debt free administration as E F Latham starts as mayor and A L Holmstrom as treasurer with J Morton as assessor opposed by H R Kiefer. Council members include FP M Baldwin Anton Grieger L Gers tenberger Alfred Holmstrom and I A Morey. School board nominees are H R Kiefer J O Morton and E W Lee.
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Hazleton
E. F. Latham
A. L. Holmstrom
J. ©. Morton
FP. M. Baldwin
Anton Grieger
L. Gerstenberger
Alfred Holmstrom
I. A. Morey
H. R. Kiefer
Morton
J. O. Morton
E. W. Lee
Fifty Petit Jurors Drawn For Duty In Cedar County
A Cedar County district court term will begin with fifty petit jurors drawn by the clerk of the court and county officials. Jurors listed include Lula Dowell and John Proesch Jr among others from Tipton, Wilton Junction, Durant, Mechanicsville, Lisbon, West Branch, and Bennett. Grand jurors report a week earlier.
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Tipton
A. B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Lula Dowell
Clarence
John Proesch
Jr Lowden
Orlando Steffens
Wheatland
Volney Walton
Wilton Junction
Charles Thede
George Shank
Clara Mayer
West Branch
Gust Stark
Durant
Charley Driscoll
Mechanicsville
Ed Hudachek
Lisbon
Charles Leatherby
A. H. Albert
Leroy Trede
Homer Smith
W. O. Jensen
C. J. Busch
van Sterner
Moscow
Raymond Owens
West Liberty
Doris Stout
J. A. Launtz
C. Carroll
Harvey Wiese
E. G Dresselhaus
Bennett
Emil Lamack
Julius Arp
Sunbury
Wiliam Schmidt
Martin Wendt
London
Carl J. Hagen
Hugh Eliott
Kenneth Wilkens
Stanwood
Ben Schroeder
Cleo Walton
A. B. Cole
Morris Studer
Herman Lang
J. W. Bolin
Mary Clifton
Oscar Chapman
Claude Woods
Peter D. Ketelsen
University of Iowa chemist dies after short illness
H Gregg Smith 35 associate professor of chemistry at the University of Iowa died of pneumonia Sunday at University hospital after a brief illness. Smith joined the faculty in 1927 after earning a PhD from the University of Rochester in 1926. He studied at the University of Indiana and is survived by his parents in Muncie Indiana.
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Iowa City
H. Gregg Smith
University of Iowa
University Hospital
Fire destroys ten room home near Robins
Robins the home of J. M. Wetzel a ten room house about a half mile north of Robins was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon while the family was away in Cedar Rapids. No contents were saved and the loss is largely covered by insurance.
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The
Gazette
Robins
J. M. Wetzel
Cedar Rapids
Wieland Seeks Withdrawal of Manslaughter Plea
In Iowa City a petition filed by Joseph B. Wieland demands withdrawal of his guilty plea to manslaughter after sentencing to eight years. Wieland contends judgment timing was improper and not yet final, seeking a not guilty entry. He was moved to Fort Madison after sentencing. Florence Marie Paulsen and Herbert J. Graepper wed in Kansas City on Feb 23 with plans to reside on Graepper’s Arciter farm.
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Iowa City
Joseph B. Wieland
Riverside
Wieland
Fort Madison
Morgan B. Hartsock
van Horne
Florence Marie Paulsen
P. N. Paulsen
Herbert J. Graepper
Emma Graepper
Sioux City
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Kansas City
Andreas Bard
Ella Paulsen
Harry L. Callies
van Horne High School
Cedar Rapids Business College
Nebraska University
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Oklahoma
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Speaker Garner
Columbus Junction
E. F Davis
West Hill
Iowa News
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Oxford
Fred Immel
Methodist Church
P B Grays
Immel
Leiwinetus Farm
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Caroline Theresa Klump
Bulletin
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America
Waring
Columbia Chain
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