Thirty five mile speed limits set in 56 eastern Iowa areas
The Iowa Highway Commission designated 56 highway stretches in eastern and northeastern Iowa where a 35 mph speed limit will be enforced, marking the second such statewide action. Signs will warn drivers at the start and end of each hazardous segment, with lengths from 500 feet to over a mile.
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Iowa
Ames
INS
State Highway Commission
North
Highway Commission
Clayton
Black Hawk County
Benson
Waterloo
Buchanan
Winthrop
Osborne
Elkader
Clayton Center
Froelich
National
iKe
Millville
Campaign to enforce classroom work at Iowa beauty schools
DES MOINES AP A campaign against beauty schools where classroom work was sacrificed for pay customers was begun in Iowa. Mae Haney Creston chairman of the Iowa Board of Cosmetology announced the board denied renewal of a license to the Thompson School of Beauty Culture in Des Moines for pulling pupils from theory classes to wait on customers after conferring with Don Burington assistant state's attorney general.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mae Haney
Creston
Iowa Board of Cosmetology
Haney
Thompson School of Beauty Culture
Don Burington
Iowa Co-ed Receives Carnegie Medal for Lake Rescue
Dorothy Larson, 20, will be awarded the Carnegie bronze medal for heroism after saving two youths from Lake Hanska Minnesota on July 5 1936 and helping a third youth drown. A University of Iowa student and former St Olaf student she earned the honor while working at Dr Frank Petersons home in Iowa City.
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Lake
Iowa City
Dorothy Larson
Carnegie
Minnesota
Frank R. Peterson
General Surgery
University Hospital
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
University of Iowa
Miss Larson
Carnegie Commission
Louis Thordson
Harold O. Hanson
Lake Hanska
Minn
Thordson
Byron
St. Olaf’s College
Northfield
Dorothy L. Larson
Helpful Hints On State Income Tax
Prepared for the Associated Press by the Town board of assessment and review the guidance explains when traveling expenses are deductible. It covers away from home cases, required records, and how salary or reimbursement affects deductions including mileage allowances.
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Associated Press
Town Board of Assessment and Review
Army Skeptical Of Iowa City High Speed Gun Claim
Army officials expressed interest and skepticism over reports from Ora C. McNamer and John Ray that they perfected a machine gun firing 3,400 rounds per minute and jam proof. The Army had not received the plan, and officials said a single barrel could not sustain that rate, though synchronized multiple guns by one operator were in use.
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Washington
Iowa City
Ora C. McNamer
John Ray
War Department
Army
Great Barrier Reef Described As World’s Largest Coral Reef
The Great Barrier Reef fronts North Australia, extending over 1,000 miles in length and about 30 miles across. It is presented as the world’s largest coral reef system.
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Great Barrier Reef
North
Australia
Iowa superintendent race shifts with athletics and politics
Des Moines reports two new issues in the campaign for state superintendent of public instruction. Candidates debate democratic control of high school athletics and a proposal to remove the office from politics by placing appointment with the state board of education. contenders include P. C. Lapham, Charles F. Martin, F. H. Chandler, G. B. Ferrell, A. J. Steffey, and A. C. Fuller.
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Des Moines
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa
State Board of Education
P. C. Lapham
Charles City
Lapham
Brown
George A. Brown
High School Athletic Association
Miss Samuelson
Charles F. Martin
Maquoketa
F. H. Chandler
Ames
G. B. Ferrell
Oelwein
A. J. Steffey
A. C. Fuller
Iowa State Teachers College
Penalty clause of Iowa pension law struck down
Judge J E Purcell ruled the double indemnity penalty for pension fraud unconstitutional in the estate of Sherman Wilkinson. Wilkinson had received 410 dollars in old age pension before dying May 7 1937, with 8000 dollars found at his home. The ruling bars the state from seeking double pensions against heirs.
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Clinton
INS
J. E. Purcell
Sherman Wilkinson
Wilkinson
State Board of Social Welfare
Clinton Savings Bank
Purcell
Tama County Hunters Collect On 17 Foxes
Tama County rural dispatch records show fox bounty payouts totaling 17 foxes collected by local residents. Fred Tullis earned 16 dollars for eight foxes. J D Cundiff and others reported single foxes. total fox count supports a three-week crow bounty update by W R Dolezal at Tama.
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Tama County
Toledo
L. M. Youngman
Fred Tullis
Clarence Hoffer
P. F. Kouba
Vining
G. L. Davis
Tama
Lloyd Fowler
J. D. Cundiff
Eldora
W. R. Dolezal
Vinton bandits jailed for 20 year term in robbery spree
Two youths J Ross Hedges 19 and Lawrence Kizer 18 pled guilty to robbery with aggravation in Mount Auburn tavern holdup and $260.69 case theft. They received 25 year sentences with 5 years suspended, were sent to Anamosa reform school, and confessed to an oil station robbery in Tallahassee Florida. About $150 recovered, $32.50 found in a haystack near Garrison junction.
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Vinton
INS
State Reformatory
Anamosa
J. Ross Hedges
Lawrence Kizer
Mount Auburn
Hedges
Kizer
L. J. Kirkland
Leland Fry
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Fry
Garrison
Waterloo
Town Of Jesup Finances Trimmed After Debt Settlement
Jesup town officers retired a $2,000 indebtedness leaving a $7,000 treasury balance. They voted a 10 percent tax cut and set the 1938 poll tax at $2.50. Mayor G N Thompson has led the town, with Councilmen Barrett Searls Terry Burrell and Nelson. Clerk C E Burrell and Treasurer W W Bilasier serve in town government.
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Jesup
G. N. Thompson
T. H. Barrett
E. P. Searls
D. BE. Terry
F. E. Burrell
H. B. Nelson
C. E. Burrell
W. W. Bilasier
Local Grocery Ad Highlights Prices on Fresh Produce and Staples
Readable fragments list various everyday items with bulk and unit prices such as oranges celery lettuce and cat head lettuce. Includes canned goods soups borax Lifebuoy baby products and baking staples with multiple price points and deals.
Jumps To Safety As Train Strikes Auto At Grinnell
Joe Spurgeon a Burlington salesman escaped serious injury when he leaped from his car moments before a freight train struck it at a Grinnell crossing. His car was demolished in the collision. Supplying London with gas calls for more than 6 400 miles of gas mains.
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Grinnell
Grinnel
Joe Spurgeon
Burlington
Spurgeon
London
Iowa Adds Twelve Counties to State Relief Rolls
Twelve new counties join Iowa relief rolls, raising total to forty as the Iowa Emergency Relief Administration approves allocations for next month. Counties Boone Calhoun Clinton Des Moines Franklin Johnson Linn Marshall Pocahontas Scott Taylor Wright added, with funding from a 2 million dollar annual appropriation. Norman S. Genung reelected chairman with Dr T C Denny as vice chairman and Ralph Kittinger as secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Boone
Calhoun
Clinton
Franklin
Johnson
Linn
Marshall
Pocahontas
Scott
Taylor and Wright
Ralph Kittinger
IERA
Norman S. Genung
Glenwood
T. C. Denny
Kittinger
Canadian Mills Supplying Most North American News Print
In 1936 Canadian mills produced about 70 percent of North America’s news print, underscoring their dominance in the industry and the dependence of publishers on Canadian pulp and paper resources.
Have Patience Doctor comedy staged by Clarence Legion
Miss Alyce Kelly leads the three act comedy Have Patience Doctor at the Clarence school auditorium with Ralph Bowser as her foil. The Mountainview sanatorium setting shows doctors Weatherwax and Moffit facing financial strain, supported by a cast including Kemman Kelly Thumma Decker Sonnemaker Lillis Kastler and directed by Ione Cashman.
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the Gazette
Clarence
Alyce Kelly
The
American Legion
Miss Kelly
Ella Swanson
Ralph Bowser
Mountainview Sanatorium
Richard Weatherwax
Carson Moffit
Arthur Kemman
Lester Kelly
Sam Thumma
Frederick Decker
Honor
Brooklyn Girl Receives $20,000 Estate Trust
Leone Dohrn of Brooklyn Iowa was named beneficiary to a $20,000 estate in the will of Denver widow Carrie M. Stark who died January 9. The minor will receive income from the trust for life. A note adds Turkey marriage license rules about a certificate on the new alphabet.
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Denver, Colo
Leone Dohrn
Brooklyn
Denver
Dohrn
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