Only 28 Percent Of Drunk Drivers Had Liquor Permits
Des Moines AP Iowa figures show more than 500 intoxicated drivers in 1937 operated without liquor permits and 200 liquor licenses were canceled for driving violations. The Motor Vehicle Department revoked 716 licenses for the same charge, while 772 permits were canceled by the Liquor Commission.
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DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Commission
Bernard E. Manley
Manley
Liquor Commission
Motor Vehicle Department
Takes Iowa City School Dispute Under Advisement
County Superintendent Frank J. Snider took under advisement the Iowa City school board appeal challenging locating the new $725,000 high school in Morningside Heights. The site is far from population center and most potential students. Hearing began Thursday.
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Iowa City
Frank J. Snider
Iowa City School Board
Morningside Heights
Pied Piper Tale Recalled as Bennett Bricklayer Seeks U S Citizenship
William Ringe of Bennett Iowa left for Germany six months ago to live with relatives and now plans to return to Bennett. He seeks American citizenship after years of work in the area and says he would not consider returning to Germany. His story traces back to 1912 when an uncle spoke of opportunities in America and Ringe sailed from the unresolved voyage of the Imperator to the Berengaria era.
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Hamsfred Piper
Weser
Hamlin
Germany
Bennett
Henry Rickmayer
Mr. Ringe
America
Imperator
Berengaria
Newhall School Supt Lettered His Own Diplomas Since 1920
Frank lin H. Thompson, superintendent of schools in Newhall, has lettered about 15,000 diplomas since 1920. He began in Kanawha Ia after a superintendent noticed his skill while Thompson was a junior in high school. Thompson later studied at St Olaf College and Iowa State Teachers, lettering his own diploma at both, then extended his service across a wide area including Norway, Keystone, Van Horne, Shellsburg, and on the Atlantic to Pacific coasts.
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Newhall School
Franklin H. Thompson
Newhall
Kanawha
Thompson
Garner
Mr. Thompson
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Iowa State Teachers
Cedar Falls
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Norway
Keystone
van Horne
Shellsburg
Mary Leu
Women candidates may mark Iowa primaries historic move
Iowa politics sees a milestone as Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Eddyville becomes the first woman to pursue the U S Senate in the June primaries. The Farm Bureau leader joins two other women offering themselves to democracy’s ticket as suffrage rights reach a new era.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Democracy
Ellsworth Richardson
Eddyville
United States Senate
Richardson
Farm Bureau
State Buys Mobile Broadcasting Unit For Police System
Des Moines Iowa officials announced the purchase of a mobile broadcasting unit to speed police radio instructions at the scene. The auto equipped with 50 watt radio and receivers will broadcast to nearby cars and officers, with an unofficial price around 1500 dollars. Iowa operates five stationary short wave sets plus outlying stations at Cedar Falls Fairfield Storm Lake and Atlantic.
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Des Moines
INS
State Bureau of Investigation
Capitol
W. W. Akers
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Fairfield
Storm Lake
Atlantic
Plan 70 Units In Housing Project At Des Moines
DES MOINES AP Mayor Joe Allen forecasts start of a federal housing project costing about 400000 within 60 days. James K. Walker of Kansas City has signed an option on a 17 acre tract in Des Moines for the site. Land price is 16000. The plan calls for 70 housing units with varied designs. Rents would range from 35 to 45 dollars monthly. If sold to tenants, house prices would be 4000 to 5000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Joe Allen
Allen
James K. Walker
Kansas City
Walker
State Loses Bid To Break Modale Banker's Will
A district court jury upheld the will of late John Young in a suit by the state to break the instrument and route about 150000 dollars to the school fund. The estate largely benefits charitable institutions and the state argued no legal heirs and improper witnessing.
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LOGAN
John Young
Modale
Young
Vinton Youth Sentenced for Grand Larceny
Algie Long, 21, was sentenced to five years at the state reformatory after a grand larceny charge for stealing cigarets at a Vinton pool hall on January 5. John Neal faces arraignment Monday. Police say the pair entered Stauffer and Cummings pool hall and were arrested in Cedar Rapids on January 14.
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Vinton
Algie Long
State Reformatory
L. J. Kirkland
John Neal
Stauffer and Cummings
Cedar Rapids
Youth Killed in Hit and Run Near Peterson
STORM LAKE Iowa UP Harry Lawrence 21 was killed when a hit and run driver struck him while hitch hiking home from a dance near Peterson about two miles east of town. Authorities said the car was traveling at high speed and the body was found in the highway with fatal injuries.
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Storm Lake
Harry Lawrence
Peterson
Lawrence
Merged Family of Six Boys Finds Success in Courtesy
West Branch report on Alfred F. Anderson and his wife Edith merging three sons with three stepsons into six teenage boys. The household stresses courtesy, shared meals, and mutual respect, guiding career plans with Harold and Don in the store, Russell and Don S. to Cornell, and Ted and Arlo pursuing music, academics, and work.
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West Branch
Alfred F. Anderson
Edith
Alfred
Dad
Mom
Solomon
Mrs. Anderson
Anderson
Harold S
Don A
Russell
Don S
Cornell
A. F. Anderson
Ted Stotler
Harold Stotler
Russell Anderson
Don Stotler
Don Anderson
Arlo Anderson
Valentine Denies Clemency For Doomed Man
Centerville AP report says Governor Valentine refused clemency for John Mercer who faces execution at Fort Madison Monday. Despite last minute pleas by attorney Phillip Roan, Valentine cited Supreme Court action and fully reviewed records, offering no reprieve. Mercer and Allen Wheaton, both condemned, prepared for dawn gallows as clergymen offered last solace.
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Centerville
John K. Valentine
John Mercer
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Valentine
Kraschel
Fort Madison
Allen Wheaton
Iowa State Penitentiary
Mercer
Tipton
Davenport
Wheaton
Council Bluffs
Phillip Roan
Nelson G. Kraschel
East
Roan
Ida Chamness
West Branch
Glenn C. Haynes
Youngest on Campus A Married Iowa Couple At UI
Frances Knupp Carns, 18, and Harry Carns, 20, claimed as Iowa City’s youngest married couple. Married last June 13 in Vinton, they attend the University of Iowa with Frances studying music and piano teaching while Harry pursues pre medical studies and bacteriology. They share a three room apartment near campus and study together, minus dating duties, aided by side-by-side desks and German coursework.
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Vinton
Iowa City
Owa City
University of Iowa
Harry Carns
Iowa
Tennessee
Harry
Frances
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