Iowa Receives 227 961 From U S Health Service Aid
Washington AP reports Iowa gets 227 961 from the U S public health service funded by the 8 million annual social security allotment. Dr Walter L Bierring budgets 110 019 for central administration and 19 579 for training public health personnel.
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Rocky Mountain
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Health Service
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The
Senator Gillette Elected President of Iowa Society in DC
In Washington Friday night Senator Guy M. Gillette was elected president of the Iowa Society of Washington. The season opened with a dance and business meeting. Representative William Jacobsen of Clinton won a cup for attendance, and Miss Gertrude Lewis of Washington was reelected secretary.
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Iowa Society of Washington
William Jacobsen
Clinton
Gertrude Lewis
Washington
State to Sponsor Six Day Safe Driving Short Course
A six day automobile safety education course is planned at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls for January 24 to 29. Targeted at high school teachers and advanced students, the program is sponsored by the state departments of public instruction and motor vehicles, the Iowa state safety council, and the college. Irving H. Hart leads the campus committee with E. C. Denny and O. R. Latham. Two safety education specialists will participate, F. R. Noffsinger and Dr. Amos Neyhart, who will also bring a dual control driver training car for demonstrations.
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Irving H. Hart
E. C. Denny
Department of Education
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F. R. Noffsinger
American
Anamosa Student Chosen to Argue Before High Court
University of Iowa senior law students Howard Rem ley of Anamosa and Morris Draker of Marshalltown have been selected to argue before the Iowa supreme court on April 7. They oppose Ben Cliff Buckingham of Iowa City and Robert Buckmaster of Dunkerton with Justices of the supreme court attending a post trial dinner.
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Dunkerton
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Order of the Coif
Beginnings of 58th Year for O G Waffle Book Seller
O G Waffle of 897 Thirteenth street marks his eightieth birthday and will begin his fifty-eighth year as a wholesale and retail book salesman. He plans to never retire, citing steady work, unemployment in none of his years, and ongoing sales across Iowa, Michigan, and surrounding towns. He travels by car, selling dictionaries encyclopedias and textbooks to schools, colleges and libraries. His son Norman joined the business in 1931, and the elder Waffle owns more than twenty Marion properties. He advises young men to choose a task they can stick to.
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Iowa
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The
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Chicago
Des Moines Debates City Manager Plan For Reform
Des Moines weighing switch from the commission form adopted 30 years ago to a city manager system. A petition by 16,000 voters prompts a special election within 60 days to decide whether Des Moines should retain the Des Moines plan or adopt a city manager. Proponents led by J C Ferguson argue for efficiency and economy. opponents warn of centralized power and potential dictatorship.
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Des Moines City Officials And Local Political Figures
The item lists Des Moines city figures including Mayor Joe Allen a long time state senator from Pocahontas county and attorney. Lee Keyser parks commissioner and former owner of the Des Moines Western league baseball club. Henry HasBrouck noted for safety work.
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Henry HasBrouck
Campaign for Economy And Efficiency Drives City Manager Debate
Realtor Ferguson leads a campaign for a city manager, citing labor endorsements elsewhere and promising retention of civil service staff. He recalls opposition from opponents and notes rising payrolls since 1928, while high schools in Roosevelt district sparked a student-driven push with petitions and campus offices.
Mrs Martha Marvin 74 Dies in Lincoln Home
Mrs. Martha L. Marvin 74 mother of University of Nebraska physics professor H. H. Marvin died at her son’s Lincoln home on Saturday after moving from Grinnell Iowa two weeks ago.
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Nab Waterloo Woman With Booze Cargo At Manchester
Veronica Black 35 of Water loo waived preliminary hearing after being charged with illegal transportation of alcoholic liquor. In her 1937 Plymouth coupe three cases totaling 144 half pint bottles were seized. Bond set at 500 dollars. Auto held. Waterloo passenger released. First local case involving out of state liquor confiscation.
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Veronica Black
LaFayette Street
Waterloo
East Main Street
John M. Brayton
Carl Anderson
M. D. Hewitt
New Hampton
Des Moines Bureau of Investigation
Illinois
State Payroll Tax Payable Quarterly Instead Of Monthly
Iowa employers are informed that unemployment insurance payroll tax collection will switch to a quarterly schedule. First quarter contributions are due April 1 and delinquent after 30 days. The tax rises from two to three percent for 1938, with nine tenths paid to the state commission and one tenth collected by the federal government.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Girl Accused of Abandoning Body in Clinton
Helen Otto, 19, was arrested on a bench warrant after an indictment charging abandoning a dead newborn found here December 22. Coroner testimony questioned whether the child breathed. If convicted, she faces up to two years in prison.
Wallace appeals to Iowa small town business men
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace urged midwest small town merchants and professionals to quit the Republican Party for the New Deal at a Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines attended by about 1,100. He noted his own switch to the Democratic ranks in April 1936 and recalled the 1936 election results.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Midwest
Republican Party
Wallace speaks at $28,000 Des Moines dinner
Henry A. Wallace addressed a Des Moines audience of over 1,100 at the Jackson Day dinner. The secretary of agriculture spoke after paying a $25 plate dinner fee, with profits allocated to the Democratic National Committee after expenses and a share to the state committee.
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Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
State Committee
Wallace attacks G O P leaders over farm policy
Wallace says much of the Midwest GOP strength rests in county seats as he criticized a mischief making policy aimed to destroy, not create. He argues farm relief and farm programs saved thousands of business men from ruin and urges farmers to see business interests in towns align with farm needs. Cont'd on Page 3 This Sect.
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Iowa City lawyer 81 to celebrate 82nd birthday with WSUI broadcast
W F Murphy of Iowa City a veteran attorney will mark his eighty second birthday January 26 with a 8 15 to 8 45 p m broadcast of Irish songs and violin music on University of Iowa radio WSUI Several pieces are his own compositions as he has long enjoyed composing themes for the violin He is president of the Johnson County Bar Association and cites a busy year of practice including two notable murder trials with mixed outcomes He also nurtures a long running interest in singing and music connectivity and has contributed to local choirs and conservatory activities from his boyhood in Monmouth Illinois through Iowa City life
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Shady) Lewis
Iowa Trades and Labor Assembly
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University of Iowa
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