Opening Of Iowa Liquor Probe Postponed Until Thursday
Des Moines AP The opening of the Iowa liquor control commission inquiry was postponed as Sen M Geske and Sen Andrew Bell were absent with influenza. Only Sen Paul Schoudt attended as the committee recessed to 2 pm and postponed start to Thursday morning. The panel studied records and nearby buildings for the offices and considered the Mulberry building ownership at Gov Clyde L Herring’s request.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
M . Geske
McGregor
Andrew Bell
Denison
Paul Schoudt
Iowa City
Liquor Commission
Commission
Mulberry
Clyde L. Herring
Legislative Committee
Harold L. Irwin
T. F. Driscoll
Atkins Junior Class Presents Done in Oil Comedy
Atkins high school junior class will stage the three act comedy Done in Oil Thursday and Friday evenings. Leading role by Junior Lieb with cast including Keith Beatty Wilma Wehrman Margaret Tow Pauline Behren Betty Lensch Dean Rinderknecht Elda Schirm Evelyn Risdale Charles Lensch Reinhold Simmer George Popenhargen and director Laura Williamson of Tru Art cut.
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Atkins
Atkins High School
Lich
Keith Beatty
Wilma Wehrman
Margaret Tow
Pauline Behren
Betty Lensch
Dean Rinderknecht
Elda Schirm
Evelyn Risdale
Charles Lensch
Reinhold Simmer
George Popenhargen
Laura Williamson
Relief Spending In Iowa Reaches 32 Million Since 1933
Federal funds totaling 32 820 512 have been spent in Iowa since January 1933 for relief and the civil works program. By Jan 31 1935 Iowa expended 21 28 2a7 in county and state funds, with counties adding 739 434 for relief. The report breaks the federal share into 18 220 512 for work relief and 14 600 000 for civil works.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gov Circle I. Herring
State of
Pottawattamie
Wayne
Herring
Sudan
Vinton Dentist Cleared of Charge in Larceny Case
Dr R T Hansen of Vinton was cleared by Justice G W Burnham of a larceny charge over four wagon tongues from a mill near the Urbana Shellsburg road. The state failed to prove intent. Beebe testified they had watched Hansen, but no theft was proven as the tongues were reportedly sawed from logs shared with Hansen.
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Vinton
R. T. Hansen
G W Burnham
George Beebe
Urbana
Hansen
Urbana- Shellsburg
Burnham
Court of Justice
J A Ruhl
Ham, Iton
Louis Tobin
Victor D. Visquain
Beebe
Elmer Bare
Walker Beebe
Bare
R E Waillams
Roy Bailey Beebe
Bailey
Oelwein Boy Hero to Receive Award of Royal Neighbors
Clarence Steffen, 13, of Oelwein Indiana, will receive a sterling silver signet ring from Royal Neighbors of America for rescuing an 8 year old girl from death beneath a freight train on February 19 in Oelwein. The award will be presented at a party in his honor in Oelwein.
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Rock Island
Clarence Steffen
Oelwein
Royal Neighbors of America
Traer Wins Tama Orchestra Contest
Traer high school orchestra won first place at the Tama county contest held Tuesday night in the Tama school auditorium. Toledo finished second and Tama third. Prof C B Righter of the University of Town judged the contestants and later conducted an orchestral demonstration.
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TAMA
Traer High School
Tama County
Tama School
Toledo
C B Righter
The
University of Town
Iowa Bank Deposits Higher Than Two Years Ago
Deposits in Iowa banks rose by 76 million compared to two years earlier, led by state banks after a new banking law proposed by Gov Clyde Herring in January 1935. National banks also increased deposits, though not as much as state banks, according to a United Press census released Wednesday.
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Iowa
Des Moines
United Press
Towns Banking Law Senate
Clyde. Herring
Gilbert Seldes Attacks Intellectuals In Des Moines Speech
DES MOINES INS Gilbert Seldes called intellectuals opium of the intell ectuals in a New York Evening Journal columnists address here Tuesday he said the intellectual class betrayed America by sneering at all that is truly American Postville high school pupils placed first in all three divisions at a state preliminary declamatory contest in Clermont Robert Burhog won Call of the Race Mars Hope Humphres earned first in historical drama Vig Hammel was top in humorous oratory and tetany winners were named.
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Des Moines
INS
Gilbert Seldes
New York Evening Journal
Seldes
America
Postville
Clermont
Tilliputians
Robert Burhog
Mars Hope Humphres
Vig Hammel
Chain Gang
Randalia
Randalia High School
West Union
Robert McComb
Frances Edmunds
Ruth Arthur
Waucoma
Hawkeye
Randaha
Claire Claxton
Marjorie Edmunds
Eunice Clow
Washington
Grace Duvall
E. Duvall
West Chester
Paul West
William West
Hartsburg
Tipton
Iowa State Teachers College
Shakespearean Society
Pi Omega Pi
West
Standard Oil Company
TAMA
J. Ralph Reid
Tama Board of Education
Harry L. Platt
Charles E Davis
F. A. Jones
Frank Ruch
Robert T Smith
J. H. Nel
Robert L. Beale
Vinton
H FE Mayo
Trinity Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Mayo
Charles G Fort
Robert Hilliard
Marion Fry
George Isbell
Howard Senft
Harlan Fort
Dan Senft
James VicLean
Anawosa
Burlingham
Buffalo Township
Linn County
Ruth Stanaway
Ana
Instant Relief From ITCHING Promises Quick Healing
An old patent medicine ad promotes DD Prescription by ITALIAN BALM owners claiming instant relief from itching and eruptions. It touts antiseptic liquid with gentler oils, greaseless and stain free, dries quickly and promises money back if not proven.
Funeral rites for John Robb near Dysart Iowa
Funeral services were held for John Robb 81 a longtime area resident who died Saturday of a heart attack at the Methodist Episcopal church conducted by Rev E E Clements. He and wife Agnes Miller are survived by children grandchildren and siblings. The family previously lived on a Sterling Illinois area farm.
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Pysart
John Robb
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. E. Clemments
Robb
New Jersey
Sterling
Joseph J Robb
Waterloo
Guy
la Porte City
Will
Ben
Hart Raub
Kraschel urges Iowa Democrats to keep faith with platform
Lieutenant Governor Nelson Kraschel sends letters to Democratic legislators reminding them of the 1932 platform and the party’s 1934 convention resolutions. He praises the Forty-fifth General Assembly’s record and urges timely improvements to legislation, without naming specific acts to modify.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
General Assembly
Democratic Party
Iowa
Forty-fifth General Assembly
Kraschel
Anamosa High Declamatory Contest Winners Named
ANAMOSA The Anamosa high school declamatory contest featured four orations with Robert McNamara winning first in the oratorical class for Ropes and Howard Sunday second for What Think Ye of Christ. Cather ine Niles took first in the dramatic class with The Sign of the Cross and Mary E. Russell second with The White Hands of Telham. Eileen Gilmore won the humorous class with At the Lace Counter and Arthur Abel second with Courting Under Difficulties. The girls glee club performed two selections as judges included Supt S Grave Morley Supt Donald Southard Martelle and Supt W B Scarciff Wyoming.
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Hawkeye
Edward Eitel
Mr. Eitel
John
Lena Fisher Eitel
Monroe
Wis
Rose Zilmer
Here
Arthur
Elinor
Robert Eitel
John Eitel
Pauline Blaine
Hampton
Methodist Church
Cass
Anamosa
Monticello
Marion
Central City
Robert McNamara
Howard Sunday
Catherine Niles
Mary Elizabeth Russell
Eileen Gilmore
Arthur Abel
Anamosa High School
Howard
Christ
Mary E. Russell
Telham
Girls Glee Club
S Grave
Morley
Donald Southard
Martelle
W. B. Scarciff
Wyoming
Fayette County Legion Posts elects officers in Elgin session
The Fayette County American Legion association elected Ray Belles of Fayette as commander and G. H Hackmann of Clermont as adjutant during its annual meeting in Elgin. State Commander William C. Rathke addressed the group. The membership was reported twenty above the county quota and W. G. Henke of Charles City was endorsed for next state commander.
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West Union
Fayette County Association of American Legion
Elgin
Ray Belles
Fayette
G. H Hackmann
Clermont
William C. Rathke
W. G. Henke
Charles City
Edwin Markham Praises Paul Engle at Iowa Visit
Edwin Markham 82 a West New Brighton, Staten Island, praised Paul Engle Cedar Rapids Iowa as a ranking young poet and Rhodes scholar at Oxford during his final of six lectures in Iowa. Markham announced plans to publish Collected Poems of Edwin Markham containing more than 900 poems from six decades next year.
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Centerville
Iowa
Middlewest
Edwin Markham
West New Brighton
Staten Island
N. Y
Paul Engle
Cedar Rapids
Oxford University
England
Markham
Man With
U S May Give Iowa 2 5 Million For Roads
Senator Murphy says the federal government will provide about 2.5 million dollars to Iowa to build farm to market roads if the work relief bill is revived and the Hayden amendment to fund road building is adopted. He also urges funds for removing grade crossings.
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Washington
Murphy
Iowa
Mrs John Jamison 83 of Oelwein dies
Funeral services for Mrs John Jamison 83 wife of a pioneer banker were held at the First Presbyterian church. She leaves husband two sons Fred H and Ray and had two infant daughters. The Jamisons moved to Oelwein in 1875 ran a general store and organized the State Bank of Oelwein where he was president for 55 years retiring in 1930.
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Oelwein
John Jamison
Jamison
Fred H
Long Beach
Calif
Ray
Des Moines
Jamisons
Auburn
West Union
Subzero Iowa Cold Eases After Brisk Sunshine
Frigid air lingered across northeastern Iowa with Waterloo at 11 below and Dubuque 10 below on Tuesday night. Des Moines climbed from 2 above to 20 above after sunrise as milder conditions spread statewide with some snow melt and open highways, though northeast districts remained under one way traffic.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Waterloo
Mercury
Dubuque
Charles City
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Keokuk
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Louis Riha
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Frank Valenta
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Toledo High School
Dysart
Ruth Hays
Dramatic Art Publishing Company of
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Mount Vernon
Clyde Tull
Cornell College
Des Moines Women’s Club
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Hopkinton
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Manchester
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