New Legislators Emerge From Eastern Iowa Districts
Eastern Iowa lawmakers include Fred Bruene of Tama County a Democrat farmer and Morning Side College and University of Iowa graduate George Hathaway of Buchanan County Republican former council member and dairy farmer Dr Frederick C Schadt Williamsburg Republican senator for Iowa and Johnson counties Harry E Morrow Delaware County Republican farmer with two sons at Cornell Paul P Stewart Fayette and Allamakee counties Republican long time farmer and Iowa Farm Bureau leader serving in first term in public office
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
Iowa Coldest Night Since 1936 Amid Snow and Ice
Sub-zero readings set records across Iowa with Manson and Spirit Lake among the coldest areas. Des Moines rose from 6 below to 5 above as northwest regions battled blizzard drifts and primary highways faced closures. Snow flurries hit southeast Iowa while accidents and icy pavements prompted injuries and rescues.
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Des Moines
Mercury
Iowa
Manson
Sibley
Harlan
Webster City
Emmetsburg
Washington
Northwest
Highway Commission
Audubon Youth Robbery Ring Foiled by Police
Audubon police charged six boys aged 14 to 16 with staging twenty five breakins at local stores over two months. The group confessed to thefts including two break-ins at Council Oak Grocery with seventy dollars taken, totaling over 125 dollars in loot.
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Audubon
INS
Reed Petersen
Martin Carper
John Creese, Jr
Eugene Petersen
Wesley Durham
Foxes Bountied in Delaware County After New Regulation
Delaware County supervisors likely curbed poultry losses by setting a bounty on foxes. In the two weeks ending Jan. 1 hunters reported 55 foxes trapped or shot and collected $110 in bounties. Edwin Dempster, Jess Imloff, Joseph Mesch, Ed Gibbs, E. M. Moser, and J. E. Dodds were among top recipients.
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Manchester
Delaware
Edwin Dempster
Roy Westerlen
Jess Imloff
Joseph Mesch
Ed Gibbs
E. M. Moser
Greeley
J. E. Dodds
Edgebeck
Smoke in Des Moines hotel prompts fire crew call
In Des Moines guests at a hotel reported smoke Saturday morning. Firefighters found smoke emanating from the belching stack on the neighboring building.
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DES Moines
Grand Jury To Get Evidence On Sioux City Jewel Robbery
Evidence from the $37,000 W. A. Ehlerman Jewelry Co. safe robbery on December 22 is being organized for presentation to the district court grand jury. County Attorney Maurice Rawlings compiled two confessions and multiple statements. One confession is by Harry Slim Reeves, already sentenced for robbery with explosives. The other by Mrs. Helen Sieler, now recovering in a Sioux Falls hospital from eight bullet wounds linked to the powder house explosion that killed Harold Baker.
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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 $20 Bills Discovered in Des Moines
Des Moines bankers warned merchants to be on the lookout for counterfeit $20 bills described as expertly made. Several of the bills have been passed in Des Moines during the last week.
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Des Moines
Republicans choose Roy J. Sours for Iowa House speaker
Republicans in the Iowa House Saturday selected Rep Roy J Sours of Charles City as their candidate for speaker. Sours, a farmer, begins his fourth term as Floyd county representative. Democrats chose LeRoy S Mercer of Iowa City after a long battle amid signs of possible cross party support for the Monday vote.
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Iowa
Herring Seeks Quick Iowa House Speakership Action
In his final weekly message Gov. Clyde L. Herring urges rapid agreement on a presiding officer in the divided Iowa house. He warns delay could extend the session while noting gains in security through his administration including the moratorium proclamation banking and liquor laws highway bonds refunds and the old age assistance act. He departs Friday for Washington to be sworn in as senator next Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa House of Representatives
Herring
General Assembly
Washington
United States
Five Derailments Toll Two Dead Six Hurt in Iowa Missouri
Icy snow caused five train derailments across southern Iowa and northern Missouri Friday night and Saturday. Two brakemen, Roger Spencer and Henry Stroebel, died. six others were injured, with multiple crews pinned beneath wreckage in Glenwood Milan Bloomfield and nearby lines.
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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 to Be 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, third ranking officer in state government. With Republicans in the majority, his selection by party colleagues assures victory. Byers, a veteran legislator, will preside over the senate when Lieutenant Governor elect John K. Valentine is absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa Senate
Senate
John K. Valentine
Souis
Phil Roan
Fort Madison
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
A. C. Gustafson
Des Moines
House
Frank C. Byers
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
E. H. Birmingham
Democratic Party
Birmingham
Mercer
Foster
Democratic House
Independence Man Appoints Deputy Sheriff in Buchanan County
Sheriff A. W. Hammelman appoints Herbert Buckingham of Independence as deputy to fill the vacancy created by James McDonnell who resigns to join the state bureau of identification. Buckingham, a ten year drug store employee and Independence native, succeeds McDonnell who had served three years after John Corcoran resigned to become county treasurer.
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Independence
Buchanan
A. W. Hammelman
Herbert Buckingham
James McDonnell
State Bureau of Identification
Buckingham
McDonnell
John Corcoran
G A Holland Dies In Des Moines At 61
G A Holland 61 former Polk County Democratic chairman died Saturday after a year's illness from heart disease. He was active in the insurance and investment business and a native of New London.
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Des Moines
G. A. Holland
Polk County
Democratic
Holland
New Lonon
Average Iowa farmer's tax bill for 1936 rises to 222.92
The December box score shows the average Iowa farmer paid 222.92 in direct taxes after a 21.63 refund on property taxes. The twelve monthly reports detail direct taxes for 1936, noting farmers paid 39.35 in sales and income taxes with a 21.63 refund, versus 30.59 and 2.78 for the 1935 town resident.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Gazette
Iowa Daily Press Association
Country Brothers
Tpe
Enone
Legislator May Go To Session On Stretcher Monday
Rep. John Ryder of Dubuque may be brought to Des Moines on a stretcher if needed so he can vote with Democrats on Monday for speaker of the house. With the House split 54 Democrats to 54 Republicans his absence could allow a Republican to be chosen. Ryder is recovering from a serious illness though his physician says he may attend though possibly unable to be present Monday.
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Des Moines
John Ryder
Dubuque
House
Ryder
Toledo Canning Co Names Its Officers
The 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, and George Kelley was named manager. 350 acres of the 650 required were signed for next year. Kelley reported $11 a ton paid in 1936 and that the entire pack was sold. Ed Dyas of Ames spoke on hybrid corn.
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Gazett
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
Chris Ruthenburg a Toledo mechanic employed by Tama county has been missing since Tuesday night and was not heard from by Saturday He traveled to Tama in working clothes and did not return He is married and has a wife in Toledo.
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Ruthenburg
Toledo
Chris Ruthenburg
Tama County
Tama
CCC volunteers place feeding stations to aid birds in Linn county
About seventy five feeding stations for quail pheasants and other birds are being placed on farms and in woodlands of Linn county by CCC workers from the Marion soil conservation camp. 1600 pounds of feed supplied by the state game conservation commission along with materials from Marion Cedar Rapids firms support the effort amid drought and harsh winter.
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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 May Music Festival at Cornell college set for May 13 14 and 15 with John Charles Thomas baritone of the Metropolitan Opera guest artist. Dr. Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra return for their thirty fifth year with a special Saturday program including Bach B Minor Mass selections and an unpublished Stock concerto. Hans Lange conducts the Little Symphony Orchestra. the Cornell Oratorio Society joins for the program.
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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 Named Democratic Speaker Candidate
Iowa Democrats chose LeRoy S. Mercer of Iowa City as their House speaker aspirant after a three hour closed door meeting Saturday. Mercer will face Republican Roy Sours of Charles City on the floor Monday in a historic split chamber race. Mercer, a Johnson County representative, is an advertising company officer, former city councilman and University of Iowa graduate.
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Iowa
LeRoy S. Mercer
Iowa City
Mercer
Roy Sours
Charles City
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Bitter fight looms in Iowa House speakership battle
Iowa Republicans chose Rep. Roy J. Louis of Charles City as their speaker nominee while Democrats backed Rep. LeRoy S. Mercer of Iowa City after a lengthy balloting. The party factions prepared for a Monday vote to break a 54 to 54 tie as the House selects its presiding officer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Assembly
Roy J. Louis
Charles City
LeRoy S. Mercer
Iowa City
One Third of Iowa Students Employed at University
Iowa City reports that about one third of University of Iowa students work. Of 2,177 workers, 514 hold board jobs with 60 correction, 391 work for cash from university funds, and 351 are in cooperative dormitories. Youth Administration funded positions average $10 monthly for undergrads and $22 for graduates. Lee Kann, employment bureau manager, details the breakdown and earnings.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lee H. Kann
University
National Youth Administration
Snowbound Roads Delay White Rose School Pupils
Pupils at White Rose school in Nichols await a possible snow blockade as roads remain blocked. The students attended classes during the Christmas vacation to avoid study losses if last winter's snow returns.
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Mercer, Sours
REP
John R. Gardner
Lisbon
Frank E. Ellis
Jackson County
Maquoketa
James Ellis
Izaak Walton
Morehead Caves
F. C. Schadt
Lasswell Photo
H. E. Weichman
Harry E. Weichman
Newhall
Benton County
H. E. Morrow
Spirit Lake
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
John Chas. Thomas
Cornell May
LaMar Foster
West Branch
C. L. Rice
Delta
U. of Iowa
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