Eastern Iowa lawmakers gain several new faces
New members include Fred Bruene Democrat Tama county farmer and Morning Side College alumnus with Iowa University master’s degree, George Hathaway Republican Independence ex-town council member and dairy farmer, and Dr. Frederick C. Schadt Republican Williamsburg senator for Iowa and Johnson counties. Also new are Harry E. Morrow Republican Delaware county and Harry E. Weichman Republican Newhall, both emphasizing economy and governance reform. Paul P. Stewart Republican Maynard farmer and longtime farm bureau director serves as senator for Fayette and Allamakee counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bruene
Tama County
Gladbrook
Morningside College
University of Iowa
Tama
Buchanan County
George Hathaway
Independence
Frederick C. Schadt
Williamsburg
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Amana Society
Harry E. Morrow
Delaware County
Iowa State College
Cornell College
Buck Creek
Paul P. Stewart
Fayette
Allamakee
Maynard
State Fair Board
Iowa Farm Bureau Service Company
National Holstein-Fresian Association
Des Moines Weather Records Subzero Night Across Iowa
Cold snap hits Iowa with subzero readings in many counties led by Manson 28 below. Des Moines rises from 6 below to 5 above as forecasters warn of more cold and snow, while Siouxland towns report a mix of sun and flurries and highways thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson
Des Moines
Mercury
Iowa
Sibley
Harlan
Webster City
Emmetsburg
Spirit Lake
Washington
Northwest
Highway Commission
Six Boys Arrested for Audubon Store Robberies
Six boys aged 14 to 16 were jailed on charges of staging twenty five break ins at Audubon businesses over two months. They confessed to robberies and shoplifting, with total cash over $125 from sites including Council Oak grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
INS
Reed Petersen
Martin Carper
John Creese, Jr
Eugene Petersen
Wesley Durham
Fox Bounty Yields 55 Foxes in Delaware County in Two Weeks
Delaware county supervisors had placed a bounty to reduce fox predation on poultry. In the two weeks ending January 1 hunters reported 55 foxes trapped or shot and collected $110 in bounties. Notable collectors included Edwin Dempster Jess Imloff E M Moser J E Dodds Boyden Musser and Fred Hilsenbeck with multiple head counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware
Edwin Dempster
Roy Westerlen
Jess Imloff
Joseph Mesch
Ed Gibbs
E. M. Moser
Greeley
J. E. Dodds
Edgewood
Boyden Musser
Delhi
Fred Hilsenbeck
Smoky Des Moines Hotel Fire Destroys Next-Building Stack
Guests at a Des Moines hotel reported smoke Saturday morning. Firefighters found smoke issuing from the belching stack of the adjacent building and responded to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Grand Jury To Hear Sioux City Jewel Robbery Evidence
Sioux City AP report says evidence from the $37,000 W A Ehlerman Jewelry burglary on December 22 is being prepared by County Attorney Maurice Rawlings for the district court grand jury. Two written confessions and several statements are included. One confession is by Harry Slim Reeves who pled guilty to robbery with explosives and received a forty year sentence. The other is by Mrs Helen Sieler, shot multiple times New Year’s Eve in a powder house blast that killed her boyfriend Harold Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
W. A. Ehlerman Jewelry Company
Maurice Rawlings
District Court Grand Jury
Harry “Slim” Reeves
Helen Sieler
Sioux Falls
S. D
Harold Baker
Counterfeit Twenty Dollar Bills Ring in Des Moines
Des Moines bankers warned merchants Saturday to watch for counterfeit twenty dollar bills so expertly made that it takes an expert to tell they are counterfeit. They reported several notes passed in the city during the last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
DesMoines
Sours Named Republican Candidate for Iowa House Speakership
Republicans in the Iowa House chose Rep. Roy J. Sours of Charles City as their candidate for speaker. Sours, a farmer, serves a fourth term as Floyd county representative and may break a 54-54 GOP Democratic deadlock by winning some Democratic votes. Democrats picked LeRoy S. Mercer of Iowa City after a long contest and there was apparent harmony that could affect Monday’s vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Herring Seeks Rapid Action on Iowa Speakership
Gov Clyde L Herring urged Iowa House members to quickly agree on a presiding officer to avoid a drawn out session. He warned taxpayers will be affected by legislative deadlock as he prepared to leave for Washington to take his Senate oath. He cited his administration’s security measures including a moratorium proclamation banking and liquor laws highway bonds refunding and old age assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa House of Representatives
Herring
General Assembly
Washington
United States
Five Derailments Toll In Deaths And Injuries Across Two States
Icy snow sparked five derailments in southern Iowa and northern Missouri killing Brakeman Roger Spencer and Brakeman Henry Stroebel and wounding six others. The incidents hit near Glenwood Milan Bloomfield Atlanta Tracy and Moulton involving Burlington and Wabash trains with multiple engineers and firemen injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
Missouri
Roger Spencer
Moberly
Glenwood
Henry Stroebel
Centerville
Burlington
Milan
Wadsworth
S. R. Cannon
Sam Cole
John Starr
Bloomfield
Harry Adams
S. W. Reisner
Atlanta
Tracy
Moulton
Senator Byers Named President Pro Tem of Iowa Senate
Senator Byers of Cedar Rapids representing Linn county was assured Saturday of election as president pro tem of the Iowa senate. The third ranking state official will preside when Lieutenant Governor elect John K. Valentine is absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa Senate
Senate
John K. Valentine
Independence Man Appoints Deputy Sheriff Buckingham
A. W. Hammelman of Independence named Herbert Buckingham as deputy sheriff to fill the vacancy created by James Mc Donnell's resignation. Buckingham, a ten year drug store employee and Independence native, steps into the post vacated after Mc Donnell became an agent of the state bureau of identification. Mc Donnell had served three years, after succeeding John Corcoran who resigned to become county treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan
A. W. Hammelman
Herbert Buckingham
James McDonnell
State Bureau of Identification
Buckingham
McDonnell
John Corcoran
G A Holland Dies Undergoing Heart Disease Death
G A Holland 61 former Polk county democratic chairman died Saturday after a yearlong illness from heart disease. He was in the insurance and investment business and a native of New London Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
G. A. Holland
Polk County
Democratic
Holland
New London
Average Farmer's Tax Bill in 1936 Tops $240
Iowa Daily Press Bureau reports the average Iowa farmer paid 244.55 in direct taxes for 1936 with a net after refunds of 222.92 after a 21.63 refund on property taxes. The December box score closes a yearlong series tracking direct tax payments by a typical eastern Iowa farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Gazette
Iowa Daily Press Association
Country Brothers
Ial
Serene
Legislator May Go To Session On Stretcher Monday
Rep. John Ryder of Dubuque may be brought to Des Moines on a stretcher if needed to vote with Democrats for speaker as the 54 54 House is split. His physician says he can attend though Monday may be unlikely due to his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Ryder
Dubuque
House
Ryder
Toledo Canning Co Names Its Officers
Toledo Cooperative Corn Canning company held its annual meeting and elected officers. L. C. Davis of Tama joined the board to replace Earl Lyon, H. H. Lichty of Toledo was re elected president, William Blazek of Tama vice president, Charles Brandt of Toledo secretary treasurer, George Kelley manager. Only 35 attended but 350 of 650 acres were signed for next year’s corn crop. Kelley reported 11 dollars a ton paid in 1936 and that the entire pack was sold. Ed Dyas of Ames spoke on hybrid corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Toledo Co-operative Corn Canning Company
L. C. Davis
Tama
Earl Lyon
H. H. Lichty
William Blazek
Charles Brandt
George Kelley
Kelley
Ed Dyas
Ames
Ruthenburg Still Missing From Toledo Area
Chris Ruthenburg of Toledo a mechanic for Tama county has been missing since Tuesday night and had not been heard from since Saturday. He went to Tama in working clothes and did not return leaving a wife in Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Chris Ruthenburg
Tama County
Tama
Feeding Stations Boost Wildlife Amid Icy Hazards in Linn County
CCC workers from the Marion soil conservation camp place about seventy five feeding stations for quail pheasants and other birds across Linn county with materials from Marion Cedar Rapids firms and 1600 pounds of feed supplied by the state game conservation commission. Some feeders will be farmer maintained while remote sites rely on CCC deliveries. About 350 game shelters of lean to brush and cornstalks have been built in cornfields and thickets to aid wildlife during harsh winter and drought conditions.
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Linn County
CCC
Marion Soil Conservation Camp
Marion
Cedar Rapids
State Game Conservation Commission
Marion CCC
Soil Conservation Service
State Game Commission
John Charles Thomas to Sing at Cornell May Music Festival
Mount Vernon reports the thirty ninth annual May Music Festival at Cornell college set for May 13 to 15. John Charles Thomas of the Metropolitan Opera will be guest artist, with Dr. Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returning for their 35th year of concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Harold Baltz
John Charles Thomas
Metropolitan Opera Company
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stock
Baltz
Cornell Oratorio Society
Bach
Cornell
Iowa
Hans Lange
Dr. Stock
Mercer of Iowa City Elected Democratic House Leader
Democratic state representatives chose LeRoy S. Mercer of Iowa City as their candidate for speaker after a three hour private meeting. He will oppose Republican Roy Sours of Charles City on the house floor Monday as the chamber remains split 54 to 54. Mercer runs an advertising company in Iowa City and is a former city councilman and University of Iowa graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
LeRoy S. Mercer
Iowa City
Mercer
Roy Sours
Charles City
University of
Bitter Speaker Fight Looms as Iowa House Meets
In Des Moines on a tense Saturday the Iowa House parties chose their speakers nominees for Monday. Democratic LeRoy S. Mercer led by 26 votes to 15 for Foster with rounds of ballots while Republican Roy J. Louis secured the nominee, Hickenlooper named speaker pro tem, and Byers chosen for Senate president pro tem as party harmony sought to seal a 54 54 tie in the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Democratic House
Iowa City
LaMar Foster
West Branch
C. L. Rice
Delta
Foster
Hickenlooper
Souis
Phil Roan
Fort Madison
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Gustafson
Des Moines
House
Byers
Senate
Frank C. Byers
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
E. H. Birmingham
Democratic Party
Birmingham
One third of University of Iowa students employed
Iowa City reports that one third of UI students work, with 918 in federally funded posts earning an average of 10 dollars monthly for undergraduates and 22 dollars for graduates. Board jobs add 514 positions, mostly men, while 391 work for cash under university funds and 351 are in cooperative dormitories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lee H. Kann
University
National Youth Administration
White Rose Pupils Brace for Snowbound Roads
Pupils at White Rose school in Nichols await possible snow blockade as they attend during the Christmas break to prevent winter disruption.
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Harry E. Weichman
Newhall
Benton County
REP
John R. Gardner
Lisbon
Frank E. Ellis
Jackson County
Maquoketa
James Ellis
Izaak Walton
Morehead Caves
F. C. Schadt
H. E. Morrow
Lasswell
H. E. Weichman
Leon
Smith and Crouse
Fairfield
James Turner
Jack Herr
Herr
Smoky Des Moines
Roy J. Sours
Senator Byers
STATE
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Toledo Canning Co
Ruthenburg
John Chas. Thomas
Cornell May
Assembly
Roy J. Louis
U. of Iowa
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