Legislative Committee Heads Named
Lt. Gov Moody named committee chairs for the sixtieth General Assembly listing leaders for Aeronautics Agriculture Hor ticulture Appropriations Banks Board of Control Cities and Towns Claims Conservation and more Names include Wayne Shaw Charles City Elmer H Den Herder Sioux Center Charles E Grassley New Hartford Ray C Cunningham Ames Paul M Walter Union Lawrence D Carstensen Clinton J W Graham Ida Grove Harvey W Johnson Max W Kreager Newton James E Patton Manchester Roy J Smith Spirit Lake Hillman H Sersland Decorah David M Stanley Muscatine John Camp Bryant LeRoy Chalupa Pleasant Plain Fred E Wier Letts Walter R Hagen Waterville Elmer F Lange Sac City Fred M Jarvis Alta George L Paul Brooklyn Harold Fischer Wellsburg John L Mowry Marshall town Lester L Kluever Atlantic Eugene Halling Orient William J Coffman North English William E Darrington Persia Chester O Hougen Waterloo Cecil V Lutz Osceola Riley Dietz Walcott Conrad Ossian Red Oak C Raymond Fisher Grand Junction James E Briles Corning John A Walker Williams John D Shoeman Atlantic George L Scott West Union J Henry Lucken Akrom Charles S Van Eaton Sioux City Donald G Beneke Laurens J T Dykhouse Rock Rapids Kenneth Benda Hartwick Jacob Grimstead Lake Mills Martin Wiley Cedar Rapids Richard L Stephens Ainsworth Irving D Long Manchester Leigh R Curran Mason City D C Nolan Jack Schroeder Bettendorf Joseph B Flatt Winterset Vern Lisle Clarinda Joe N Wilson Unionville R O Burrows Belle Plaine Leon Elthon Fertile Dewey B Phelps Hillsboro Richard C Turner Council Bluffs Clifford M Vance Mt Pleasant Howard C Buck Melbourne Earl Elijah Clarence J Lewis Fisher Osceola LeRoy Getting Sanborn O Shaff Clin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Shaw
Charles City
Elmer H. den Herder
Sioux Center
Charles E. Grassley
New Hartford
Ray C. Cunningham
Ames
Carl Hirsch
Indianola
Board of Control
Paul M. Walter
Union
Lawrence D. Carstensen
Clinton
J. W. Graham
Ida Grove
Harvey W. Johnson
Extra
Max W. Kreager
Newton
James E. Patton
Manchester
Roy J. Smith
Spirit Lake
Hillman H. Sersland
Decorah
David M. Stanley
Muscatine
John Camp
Bryant
LeRoy Chalupa
Pleasant Plain
Fred E. Wier
Letts
Walter R. Hagen
Waterville
Elmer F. Lange
Sac City
Fred M. Jarvis
Alta
Institutions of Higher Learning
George L. Paul
Brooklyn
Harold Fischer
Wellsburg
John L. Mowry
Mashalltown
Lester L. Kluever
Atlantic
Eugene Halling
Orient
William J. Coffman
North English
William E. Darrington
Persia
Chester O. Hougen
Waterloo
Cecil V. Lutz
Osceola
Riley Dietz
Walcott
Conrad Ossian
Red Oak
C. Raymond Fisher
Grand Junction
James E. Briles
Corning
John A. Walker
Williams
John D. Shoeman
West Union
J. Henry Lucken
Akrom
Charles S. van Eaton
Sioux City
Donald G. Beneke
Laurens
J. T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
Kenneth Benda
Hartwick
Jacob Grimstead
Lake Mills
Martin Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Richard L. Stephens
Ainsworth
Irving D. Long
Iowa
Leigh R. Curran
Mason City
Judiciary
D. C. Nolan
Iowa City
Jack Schroeder
Bettendorf
Joseph B. Flatt
Winterset
Vern Lisle
Clarinda
Joe N. Wilson
Unionville
R. O. Burrows
Belle Plaine
Leon Elthon
Fertile
Dewey B. Phelps
Hillsboro
Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
Clifford M. Vance
Mt. Pleasant
Howard C. Buck
Melbourne
Earl Elijah
Clarence
J. Lewis Fisher
LeRoy Getting
Sanborn
Andee O. Shaff
Clin
Two Thirds of Iowans Favor Liquor by the Drink
Des Moines AP reports Iowa Republican leader George Nagle says about two thirds of residents want liquor by the drink instead of the current laws. He urges the legislature to pass a sane enforceable liquor-by-the-drink measure and argues enforcement by Gov Hughes will not end the liquor problem.
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Des Moines
Republican Party
Iowa
Nagle
Erncr
Harold Hughes
Iowa Republicans Fast-Track Reapportionment and Liquor Debates
Iowa Republican lawmakers opened the 60th General Assembly with a 13 point policy statement pledging full debate on liquor-by-the-drink and outlining plans for tax revision and school funding. Senate leaders Rigler and Mowry said unity masked some disagreements as Shaff’s reapportionment plan moves toward a floor vote within weeks. Governor-elect Hughes backs liquor bills, while the group also calls for state aid for schools higher education and evaluation of highway funds to boost construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Senate
John Mowry
Marshalltown
House
General Assembly
David Shaff
R-Clinton
Rigler
Highway Commission
Family of Eight Left Homeless in Rural Fire
A fire destroyed a five room Jack Newkirk tenant house on Henry Rees farm seven miles southwest of Columbus Junction leaving Mr. and Mrs. Newkirk and six children homeless. Neighbor Clarence Randall found the blaze about 1 a.m. Sunday. The family, with oldest child 12, is staying at Randall’s home as Red Cross and local supporters launch a fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Here
Jack Newkirk
Henry Rees
Clarence Randall
Police Captain to Lead East Central Officers Meeting
Capt. Art Zimmerman of the Cedar Rapids police will chair the East Central Iowa Peace Officers Assn gathering at Zuber's Dugout in Homestead on January 21 at 6 30. Dinner precedes the briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Art Zimmerman
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Janss 64 Belle Plaine Dies at Chicago
Arthur L. Janss 64 longtime Funk Brothers Seed Co. plant office manager died Saturday in Chicago. Born December 20 1898 in Mason City Nebraska he is survived by wife Margaret two sisters Margaret Edgcomb Ottawa Illinois Etta Moeller Remsen and brother Henry Belle Plaine. He was a WWI veteran and member of First Congregational church Legion Masonic lodge and Belle Plaine Country Club. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Peffers Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Janss
Funk Brothers Seed Co
Chicago
Mason City
Neb
Margaret
Margaret Edgecomb
Ottawa
Ill
Etta Moeller
Remsen
Henry
Belle Plaine
First Congregational Church
Legion, Masonic Lodge
Peffers Funeral Home
Iliff Dies Retired Fayette Mail Carrier Roy Kiff
Roy Kiff 79 longtime Fayette mail carrier died Sunday. Survived by his wife three sons George Denver Herbert Polson Mont Lloyd Fayette and six daughters Ruth Cedar Rapids Mrs John Baker Morocco Africa Doris Colorado Springs Mrs William Lake Missoula Mont Mrs W C Anderson Polson Mont Mrs David Cox Fayette. Services Wednesday 2 at Bellas Wright funeral home burial West Union.
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Fayette
Roy Kiff
George
Denver
Herbert
Polson
Mont
Lloyd
Ruth
Cedar Rapids
John Baker
Morocco
Africa
Doris
Colorado Springs
William Lake
Missoula
W. C. Anderson
David Cox
Bellas-Wright Funeral Home
West Union
Goheen Dies Former Judge of Thirteenth Iowa District
CALMAR T. H. Goheen aged 84 died in a Minneapolis hospital after a fall fractured hip. He served on the Thirteenth Iowa district bench from 1933 to 1961, retiring in 1961. Services set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Mt. Carmel church Lawler. body at Larkin funeral home. his wife died last fall and he lived with a daughter in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
T. H. Goheen
Iowa
Minneapolis
Mt. Carmel
Lawler
Larkin Funeral Home
Goheen
Aurora Farm House Destroyed by Fire
Fire Sunday destroyed the two story residence of the Marvin Stanek family near Aurora. The blaze started around the chimney and left the family homeless with five children aged 1 to 8 staying with grandparents. A fund drive is organized from Knapp Service Station in Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Aurora
Marvin Stanek
Here
Lester Reed
Staneks
Elmer Stanek
Elmer Staneks
Knapp
Shotgun Kills Walcott Youth
A 6 year old boy was killed and a 34 year old neighbor was seriously wounded in an accidental shooting at the Robert Swanson home in Walcott Scott county. The blast came from a shotgun fired by James Swanson six year old brother Mark. The family had returned from fox hunting for a noon meal. A 12 gauge shotgun and a rifle were in a hallway near the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcott
Robert Swanson
Scott County
James Swanson
Wilbert W. Wulf
James
Mark
Wulf
Swanson
Tragedy Strikes at Waukon Second Time
Alfred Lude king 59 of Waukon died Sunday at the VA hospital in Iowa City. His death followed a week after the loss of his son Dr. Ber vene Ludeking of Louisville Kentucky fiancé Ruth Keller 24 of Lansing died after a stroke. Services for Miss Keller were held Monday. Services for the elder Ludeking are pending. Survivors include his wife and son and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Alfred Ludeking
Iowa City
Bervene Ludeking
Ludeking
Louisville
Ruth Keller
Lansing
Miss Keller
Francis Keller
Martin
Absence of Buster Lynes Shocks Iowa Senate Opening
Iowa Senate convened without J Kendall Lynes known as Buster the longtime power in the body. He died May 5 ending a 22 year dominance. Only two current members were sworn in with the body, and a Book of Remembrance from St Pauls Lutheran of Waverly honors him as a Christian public servant. Officials expect resolutions in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
Iowa Senate
Buster
Senate
Sen
J. Kendall
Lynes
J. T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
Irving D. Long
Manchester
Iowa
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Waverly
Shaff plan sparks early legislative controversy
The Shaff plan debate opens as Foss Heaton of Creston mails a two page statement arguing Congress should mirror state legislature. He asserts county to state relations resemble state to federal structure, with more literature expected this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss Heaton
Creston
Congress
Heaton
Mrs. Richard Kress of Waterloo and Mrs. Fred Larson of Fairfax
Two women named Mrs. Richard Kress of Waterloo and Mrs. Fred Larson of Fairfax are mentioned in a brief social notice. The item records their connection or activity but provides no further details about event or context.
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Loo and
Mrs
Fred Larson
Fairfax, Va
McGregor Kiwanis appoints new officers
McGregor Kiwanis announces elected officers Vern E. Miller as president Lyle Moe as vice president and Harvey Haltmeyer as secretary for the coming term.
Tama County Medical Society Elects Officers
Dr. Harry S. Berman of Traer was chosen president of the Tama County Medical Society at a recent meeting. He succeeds Dr. A. J. Havlik of Tama, who was elected secretary-treasurer. Dr. G. M. Dalbey of Traer was named vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama Medical Society
TRAER
Harry S. Berman of
Ty Medical Society
A. J. Havlik
Tama
G. M. Dalbey
No Money No Hanging: Baer Refuses Federal Execution Contract
Des Moines AP Ben Baer Iowa penal director says he will not sign a contract with the federal bureau of prisons to execute Victor Feguer at the state penitentiary. He demands payment of the state’s expenses before allowing use of Fort Madison facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ben Baer
Iowa
Iowa State
Victor Feguer
Feguer
Edward Bartels
Dubuque
Illinois
Baer
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Fort Madison
Davis City Blast Burns Two Men in Garage Explosion
A Sunday night explosion at Reed's garage in Davis City caused fires and hurt two men. Donald Reed, 26, suffered severe burns to face head and hands, while his brother Glen, 28, escaped with minor injuries. The blaze destroyed two garages in the town's business district. Cause of the blast was not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis City
Decatur
Reed
Donald Reed
Glen
Gale McClure
Donald
McClure
Golden Eagle $1000 Life Insurance Ad for Ages 50 to 80
Old American Insurance Co invites ages 50 to 80 to apply for a $1000 Golden Eagle life policy. Policy remains in force for life, with mail-only processing and no follow-up calls. Tear out and mail name, address, and year of birth to 4900 Oak Dept L114A Kansas City 12 Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old American
Old American Insurance Co
Oak, Dept
Kansas City
Missouri
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Robert Naden
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