Governor Wilson urges safety on Iowa highways this summer
Gov George A Wilson asked all Iowans to boost summer caution as highway traffic rises. He cited 221 Iowa motor deaths in the first half of 1939, 42 more than 1938, urging careful driving, walking, swimming and boating to protect lives. The plea was for the Town Safety Council and echoed by other state leaders.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
George A. Wilson
National Safety Council
Towa State Safety Council
Town Safety Council
Bride and mother at 14. Iowa girl divorces at 16
Mrs. Everett Brickey of Council Bluffs, who wed at 14 and became a mother, was granted a divorce at 16 in district court on cruelty allegations. Her husband, a 57 year old railroad switchman, saw his third marriage end. Custody of son Don went to Mrs. Brickey with $35 monthly support until 18, plus two insurance policies and household goods. They married in Logan, Iowa on May 29, 1937.
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Council Bluffs
Everett Brickey
Brickey
Don
Brickeys
Logan
Fatal Twin Crashes Claim Illinois Woman
Mrs. Z. G. Wait, 58, of Erie Illinois, died in Maquoketa hospital after two automobile accidents within seven hours Friday. The second crash near Maquoketa involved Fred Durkop. The Waits were returning from Minneapolis in a newly purchased car after their prior vehicle was damaged near Holy Cross Wisconsin. Coroner J. W. Jordan held an inquest and postponed final findings to determine if the second crash would have been fatal without injuries from the first.
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Maquoketa
Z. G. Wait
Erie
Holy Cross
Wis
Wait
City
J. W. Jordan
Blind Pensioners to Receive Usual July Checks
Des Moines AP state director of public assistance Frank T. Walton said Iowa blind pensioners will receive their normal July payments even if federal cost sharing ends. He warned August checks could be revised if the federal government withdraws from financing. Walton noted a law passed by the Iowa legislature creating eligibility for blind pensions with $30 outside income, effective July 4, 196?
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DES Moines
Frank T. Walton
Public Assistance
Iowa
Walton
University of Iowa Fine Arts Festival Promptly Draws Iowans
Dr. Philip Greeley Clapp will lead the university symphony in the premiere of The Pioneers at the Iowa City campus July 16 23 during the fine arts festival. The all star program features high school and college instructors, a visiting chorus from Cleveland and Ellsworth Conkle’s play Paul and the Blue Ox with cast members from Nebraska Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Clapp
Philip Greeley Clapp
University of Iowa Music Department
University Symphony Orchestra
Towa
Conkle
Paul and the
North Woods
Ellsworth Conkle
New University Theater
Thompson Stone
Cleveland
LaVerne Sedrel
Des Moines
Harriett Ramsey
Council Bluffs
Lois Ita
Burlington
Janet Jackson
Marie Nau
Catherine Ita
Zai Kindera
Toledo
Vivian Shipton
Green Mountain
Marcia Kensinger
Cedar Rapids
Beverly Bigelow
Doris Wright
Urbana
Ill
Ardith Larsen
Theodore Viehmann
Robert Frederick
Sparta
Wis
Margaret Fleischmann
Talmage
Neb
Blue Ox
Frederick
Paul Bunyan
Des Moines Awed by Stars at Stong Premiere Night
Hollywood stars arrive in Des Moines for the world premiere of Phil Stong’s Career. Patricia Ellis Anne Shirley Joy Hodges Barbara Read Marjorie Reynolds Leon Errol Roscoe Ates Jean Hersholt James Ellison attend with Lasky Sisk Hatch Niles officials. The two day program begins with 8 p.m. showing.
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Des Moines
Hollywood
Iowa
Phil Stong
Patricia Ellis
Anne Shirley
Joy Hodges
Barbara Read
Marjorie Reynolds
Leon Errol
Roscoe Ates
Jean Hersholt
James Ellison
Film and Radio
Jesse L. Lasky
Robert Sisk
Wilbur Hatch
Ken Niles
Stong
Wakanda Club
Drake University Stadium
Keosauqua
Government pile dikes blamed for Missouri floods
In a hearing before Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey J J Hess attorney for Ralph Goodman Fol som farmer argued the government pile dikes narrowed the Missouri River channel causing floods in 1937 1938 and 1939. Goodman seeks 9300 damages for crop and land losses while U S Attorney John K Valentine defended the government.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri River
J. J. Hess
Ralph Goodman
Charles A. Dewey
Goodman
United States
U. S
John K. Valentine
Crooke Arrested in Iowa City on Wisconsin Larceny Charge
Iowa City police held James S. Crooke on a grand larceny warrant from Kenosha Wisconsin. He was located in a car parked on a city street and taken into custody.
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Iowa City
James S. Crooke
Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa City Readies Grand Fine Arts Festival Edition
The University of Iowa schedules a week long festival starting July 16 featuring Ellsworth Conkle's Paul and the Blue Ox, Philip Clapp's The Pioneers, and performances by Lawrence Tibbett, Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, Paul Green, and Frank Lloyd Wright along with concerts, exhibitions, and lectures to boost appreciation of art, architecture, music, and drama. The event aims to draw Iowa residents to Iowa City to explore the university's cultural achievements.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
United States
Paul and the
Ellsworth Conkle
Music
Philip Clapp
University Symphony Orchestra
Wood
Cone
Iowa Union
Grant Wood
Iowa
Marvin Cone
Coe College
Lawrence Tibbett
Edward Ford Piper
Tibbett
Frank Lloyd Wright
Will Wright
Paul Green
Campus Arts Festival Highlights July Schedule and Cast
The program lists concerts July 16 to 23 featuring the symphony orchestra, string quartet, and all-state groups, plus plays Paul and the Blue Ox and The House of Connelly. Vocal, choral, and orchestral ensembles include Hans Muenzer, Arnold Small, and University of Iowa staff, with Dr. Earl E. Harper guiding the event. Committee members include Powell, Mabie, Mahan, Clapp, Higbee and Longman.
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Paul and the Blue Ox
Lawrence Tibbett
Frank Lloyd Wright
House of Connelly
Vance Morton
Hans Muenzer
Arnold Small
Hans Koelbel
Otto Jelinek
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Harper's
Smiths Reunite as Loses Dog Finds Owner
A bulldog with an Omaha license wandered to the R. T. Smith home in Des Moines. Smith notified city clerk Joseph Dineen after a check showed the dog belonged to O. Smith, an apartment house resident.
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OMAHA
Smiths
R. T. Smith
Des Moines
Smith
Joseph Dineen
O. Smith
Iowa remarrying ban not apply to non-Iowa divorces
Iowa law requiring a one year wait after a divorce does not apply to divorced persons from other states who seek Iowa licenses. The attorney general's office ruled the statute targets Iowa decrees only and allows county clerks to issue licenses to those divorced within a year if the divorce was granted outside Iowa.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Fred Everett
Jens Grothe
Robert N. Johnson
Fort Madison
Illinois
Missouri
Grothe
June Weddings Set Record At Little Brown Church
NASHUA AP reports 206 marriages were performed at the Little Brown Church in the Vale during June, a record for the month. The figure tops the previous June total by six, set in 1938, with Rev William Kent officiating at all but four ceremonies.
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Nashua
Little Brown
the Vale
William Kent
Iowa City Centennial Opens With Three Day Program
The 100th birthday celebration for Iowa City begins with church services and a citywide program through Tuesday. Nineteen choirs join a historical service on the Old Capitol lawn, followed by an historical pageant Old Stone Capitol Remembers. Tuesday features Fourth of July events in the city park including a baseball tournament fireworks picnics and a replica of the first Fourth of July. The centennial ball closes the festival at Memorial Union on Tuesday night.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Memorial Union
Sioux City Man Chosen State Tax Board Chairman
DES MOINES AP The state tax board elected Cr. Green a Sioux City Republican as chairman and re elected Miss Elsie Dachroth of Des Moines as secretary. Green succeeds Louis E. Roddewig a Davenport Democrat and former chairman whose term expired and who was not reappointed. Gov Wilson appointed Fred W Nelson to succeed Roddewig as commissioner.
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Des Moines
State Bus Commission
Cr. Green
Sioux City
Elsie Dachroth
Green
Louis E. Roddewig
Davenport
George A. Wilson
Fred W. Nelson
Nevada
Roddewig
Iowa REA awards $255000 for Guthrie County project
The Rural Electrification Administration announced $2,634,000 in federal allotments for 23 projects across 17 states, bringing total REA funding since 1935 to $229,698,330. Guthrie County Rural Electric Cooperative Association receives $255,000 to build 264 miles serving 625 patrons in Guthrie, Dallas, and Audubon counties.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Guthrie County
Fair Balance Sought in Iowa Liquor Board Shift
The Iowa liquor control commission moved from Democratic to Republican leadership, ousting its Democratic chair and pledging a fair balance. New chair Tomains, appointed by Gov. Wilson, vows equitable representation and personnel changes to restore a 60-40 or better balance across the agency.
Short Courses At Iowa State Drew 17 000 Last Year
Approximately 17 000 Iowans and nearby residents attended 34 short courses at Iowa State college in 1938 39. Farm and Home week drew 3 300 visitors over five days. Cattle feeders Hey Day attracted the second largest crowd. Twenty six missionaries on furlough formed the most cosmopolitan group at the law school for missionaries. Four new short courses launched: conservation poultry industry day and raw products conference.
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Ames
India
China
Japan
South Africa
Burma
South America
Mos
Law School For Missionaries
Colleg
Conservation School
Suspect Questioned In Clearfield Bank Robbery Case
Mount Ayr Iowa INS reports one suspect, a road worker, taken into custody for questioning after two men allegedly approached a coworker Friday before closing time to plan a $2000 holdup at the Clearfield banking office. Sheriff Guy L. Todd says the suspect is held for questioning as state and federal agents investigate.
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Mountayr
INS
Clearfield
Sherff
Guy L. Todd
Ringgold County
Todd
Sherif
Iowa Inheritance Tax Revenue Rises in Fiscal Year
Des Moines reports Iowa inheritance tax collections increased by 340 177 55 from last year. For the year ending June 30 1939 receipts totaled 1 493 445 23 up from 1 153 267 68 in 1937 38. First six months of 1939 brought 537 058 or 4 918 90 more than 532 139 68 in 1938. June receipts declined 15 248. Inheritance taxes paid this year reached 78 815 98, compared with 94 064 58 last June.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Star
W. G. C. Bagley
Howeve
Knight's Stolen Auto Recovered After Two Years
New Hampton livestock buyer W. 4 Knight reported his car stolen on August 8, 1937. Police recovered the vehicle but noted it was missing accessories and license plates with many more miles on the odometer.
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NEW Hampton (Ap
Knight
New Hampton Livestock
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