King of Circus Clowns Felix Adler Boosts Iowa Pig Act
Special to The Gazette Felix B Adler Clinton stars with Barbara the pig in Ringling Brothers act. Barbara trained since birth, trained on milk bottle, travels in hotel suites, and has appeared in Detroit Shrine Circus before big top debut. Adler selects pigs from Iowa, trains them, and keeps growing troupe with Barbara joining past animals.
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Felix Adler
Clinton
Pig
Gazette
Linton
Iowa
Barbara
Clinton County
Parker
Ringling Brothers Circus
King of Clowns
Felix B. Adler
Bob
Mr. Adler
Ringling Outfit
Joseph Adler
John Kruse
Miles
Shrine Circus
Detroit
Bab
Adler
Felix
No. 9
Hawkeye
Chicago
Miss Pig
Ani
Felix” Adler
Kraschel Pushes Legislation to Aid Iowa Farmers
Gov Kraschel urged the Iowa House to quickly settle elections and tackle key rural issues this week. He outlined farm to market road funding, farm tenancy relief, and a tax preference on homesteads, plus a plan to fund old age pensions with state and federal support. He praised Henry A Wallace for the ever normal granary concept.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa House
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
Iowa
Senate
Paul Millhone
Clarinda
Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa lawmakers push overhaul of motor vehicle laws in Des Moines
Iowa legislators in Des Moines moved toward a revised motor vehicle bill. It proposes creating a state motor vehicle department with a governor appointed superintendent for six years, raising driver license fees to one dollar, adding 100 highway patrol positions, and setting speed limits of 55 during day and 45 at night.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
General Assembly
Former Shellsburg Bank Cashier A. K. Rife Dies
A. K. Rife, 73, longtime Benton County banker and former county superintendent of schools, died at his brother James Rife’s home after a several week illness. He taught in local schools, served 25 years as cashier of People’s Savings Bank, and was active in several lodges and churches. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
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Benton County
People’s Savings Bank
Sarah Weinland
Blairstown
James A
Bethlehem
Sarah Marie
Keystone
Kenneth Eggleston
Vinton
James
Shellsburg
Dora
California
Rife
Eastern Star
Masons
Rebekah
Presbyterian Church
Federated Church
Cedar Rapids Firm Pays 11011 Tax To Job Insurance Fund
Garritt E. Roelofs said 205 Iowa employers filed returns under the new state unemployment insurance law with total taxes of 87020.22. The Cedar Rapids company paid 11011.28 the largest single amount. the smallest was 78 cents. The state expects about 3 million in 1936 unemployment tax. 90 percent stays with the state, 10 percent goes to the federal Social Security Board.
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Des Moines
Garritt E. Roelofs
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Iowa
Roelofs
Cedar Rapids
Federal Social Security Board
Municipalities Propose Capped Beer Licenses in Iowa
The League of Iowa Municipalities reports the legislative committee approved a bill to revise the state beer law. It would require uniform beer sale licenses with a $200 minimum fee and set a city license cap: five for the first 2,500 residents and one per 750 additional residents. Licenses would be issued only in business districts.
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DES Moines
League of Iowa Municipalities
Iowa Legislature Employees Finally Receive Pay Checks
Iowa legislature staff members, delayed three weeks over pay, received a $20,000 payroll on Saturday. Senate workers, including clerks and pages, earned $3.80 daily after a split between representatives and senators. House staff of about 150 were paid. lawmakers still await full salaries until February 10.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Senate
Walter Beam
House
A. C Gustafson
John Mason Brown to Review Broadway at Cornell
John Mason Brown, dramatic critic of the New York Evening Post and author of The Art of Playgoing, will review current Broadway plays at Cornell College Friday evening February 5 as the third program in the 1936 37 artist and lecture course. He will discuss theater history and Shakespeare with his characteristic wit. Brown began as a reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal and later led the dramatic department at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
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Mount Vernon
John Mason Brown
New York Evening Post
Cornell College
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Mr. Brown
George Pierce Baker
Louisville Courier- Journal
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Sheriff Solves Jail Mystery Lights in County Jail
Burlington AP reports Sheriff Harry Hunt solved why lights appeared in the county jail at night. Prisoners had connected lights to an electric plate, a method passed from prisoner to prisoner.
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Burlington
Harry Hunt
Washington Flood Deluge Drenches City Streets
In Washington Indiana residents on Saturday faced a light flood as an inch and a half rain caused sewer backups. Frozen sewers backed up water flooding the streets in a taste of Midwest flooding hardships.
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Washington, In
Ohio
Mississippi River Valley
Belle Plaine Women Complete First Aid Course
Forty five students in Benton county completed a Belle Plaine high school first aid course. Sponsored by the Belle Plaine district of Boy Scouts and directed by N Harold West the program taught injury treatment and revival of unconscious accident victims. Diplomas await those who pass two tests and noncertified graduates may teach junior first aid.
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Elle Plaine
Benton County
Belle Plaine High School
Belle Plaine
Boy Scouts
N. Harold West
Cedar Rapids
M. L. Morris
Kenneth Cornell
al Keyes
Joe Carberry
C. J. Snitkay
Twenty Slot Machines Seized In Dubuque Roadhouse Raids
Federal and state agents raid five roadhouses near Dubuque and seize twenty slot machines and 70 bottles of liquor. Proprietors ordered to appear in justice court at Dyersville. Agents said no federal law violations were found.
Delaware County Raises 1134 For Flood Relief
Delaware County contributions for flood relief total 1134 by Saturday morning, with 800 sent to St Louis and a further 200 to follow. Hopkinton leads towns with 126.76 donated, Delhi near 109 including H D Schnittjer’s 100, Colesburg 80.40, Earlville 89.36, and Manchester area contributing about 635.
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Manchester
Red Cross
Delaware County
Fred W. Hermann
St. Louis
H.D. Schnittjer
Delhi
Frank J. Gester
Hopkinton
Soil Conservation Program
Manchester High School
Schnittjer
Colesburg
Earlville
Ryan
Greeley
Masonville
Oneida
Robinson
Soil Conservation Officers
Viola Flood Relief Benefit Draws 200 Plus
A crowd of more than 200 attended the flood relief benefit at the Viola school despite icy roads. Over 57 was raised for relief. The event included a picnic supper a musical program and a basketball game. Musicians included Jean Calvert Betty Strait Ben Strait Florence Potter Patricia Dolan May Stickley Crystal Shelly Dorothy Shelly Dorothy Gorius Ruth Condit Norma Larson Hazel Rotert Jean Rotert Edwin Gorius Patricia Boots and Dewain Calvert. Seventh grade boys lost to eighth grade 13 to 4. High school girls fell to the alumni 22 to 14.
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Gazette
Viola
Jean Calvert
Betty Strait
Ben Strait
Florence Potter
Patricia Dolan
May Stickley
Crystal Shelly
Dorothy Shelly
Dorothy Gorius
Ruth Condit
Norma Larson
Hazel Rotert
Jean Rotert
Edwin Gorius
Patricia Boots
Dewain Calvert
Escort Bureau Aims to Match Lovelorn Iowa Coeds
Iowa City AP A privately run first aid station for lovelorn University of Iowa coeds opened last week with a four day slump. Jack Reed and Don Stranberg launched an escort bureau on a shoestring vowing twelve mostly good looking lonely co ed customers. They report nine escorts listed and expect growth after exams when social life resumes.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jack Reed
Munhall
Don Stranberg
Chicago
Escort Bureau
Reed
Daily
Iowan
Iowa
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts Planned at Cornell College
Cornell College in Mount Vernon announces a $160000 Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts to house music, plastic arts, and drama. The three story brick building will feature a 420 seat theater, exhibition room, library for all three arts, air conditioning, and soundproofing with architect W J Brown and contractor Max Mildenstein.
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Mount Vernon
United States
H. J. Burgestahler
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
Blanche Swingley Armstrong
Evanston
Bowman Hall
New Merner Hall
Armstrong Hall of
University of Louisiana
Presser
Illinois Wesleyan
Burgstahler
Cornell
Frederick Paul Keppel
Carnegie Corporation
Walter A. Jessup
Carnegie Foundation For Advancement of Teaconing
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick A. Stock
W. J. Brown
Max Mildenstein
Cahn and cCall
Lisbon
Railroad fireman killed at Maxon leaning from cab
Ottumwa Burlington railroad fireman James Pluyózinski was killed at Maxon Iowa when he leaned from a locomotive cab and struck his head on a word while Engineer Epperson Otum stood nearby. The fireman was reportedly searching for a hot box.
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James Pluyzinski
Ottumwa
Burlington Railroad
Maxon
Epperson Otumwa
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Washington
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Hilda Marsden
Billy Hough
Ernestine Gaskell
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Ene i. Leona Merkel
Winifred Miller
Hazel Groszkruger
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