Iowa Liquor Prices Show Slower State-By-State Shift
Survey finds Iowa prices generally lower than neighboring states on the nation’s birthday. Across Missouri Illinois Minnesota Michigan and other states price comparisons reveal Iowa often not cheaper except in Illinois and Michigan where state control lowers costs. In Nebraska and Ohio prices vary with limited retail competition and statewide systems.
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Pero Qnuarth
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Towa Lider
Ted Leach
State Board to Pay 4000 Fees in Iowa Land Condemnations
Judge James P Gaffney ruled that the state board of education must pay attorneys fees totaling 4000 in two condemnations brought by the University of Iowa for land near the Iowa Union. Five other property owners plan petitions to recover fees, as the board condemned the land near the Union building but refused to buy it at the court’s price.
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Iowa City
Liversity of Iowa
Iowa Union
James P Gaffney
Gaffney
State Board of Education
State Board
Board of Education
Union
Five Iowa National Guard officers receive promotions
Five Iowa National Guard officers were promoted Tuesday after passing state examining board exams. Capt Jack J Hinman of Town City moves to lieutenant colonel and becomes chemical warfare officer for the 34th division. First Lieut Harold E Graber of Fairfield and First Lieut Floyd A Springer of Grimes become captains in medical corps and cavalry units respectively. First Lieut Earl J Gifford of Iowa City becomes second lieutenant in the hospital corps. First Sergeant John G McCurdy of Des Moines promoted to second lieutenant with Troop B of the 113th cavalry.
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Des
133Rd. Infantry
Floyd A Springer Grimes
113Th Cavalry
Serst
Earl J Gifford
Iowa City
186Th Hospital Company
Medical Administrative Corps
John G McCurdy
Des Moines
Renwick Man Named Mayor Of Tent City At State University
Henry F Foster of Renwick has been elected mayor of Tent City at the University of Iowa summer camp. He will oversee law and order with a council including A Hockey, Mrs T W Karges, Mrs H B Weiltzin, Mrs P W Farrell, and Merlin Sones. About 2262 students enrolled for the first summer session, a rise of roughly 20 percent from last year, with most growth in liberal arts and law.
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Iowa City
Henry F Foster
Renwick
Tent City
University of Iowa
Foster
Othe Counc
Woodstock
T' W Karges
Everly
H B Weiltzin Moorhead
P W Farrell
Colfax
Merlin Sones
Alton
Contracts Set by Road Commission Iowa awards 315705.83 total
Iowa highway commission awarded contracts totaling 315705.83 dollars for paving and other road work across multiple counties. Jasper county received 158307.53 for road 14 paving from Newton to Carl son Construction. Scott county 026 mile road 122 Davenport to W D Phelan ard 8742.04. Winneshiek county 019 mile US 55 Decorah to Fred Carlson 12283.46. One grading project on road 16 across Henry Lee Van Buren for 3235387 to Burch Construction Ottumwa. Additional pipe and box culverts awarded to Kearns Fairfield and Coffeen Decorah. A bridge to Lunderen Reis Des Moines for 9596.51. Misc allocations include several culverts and a bridge package on road 14 and road 16. A ten-stable garage at Donnelson maintenance HQ awarded to John Lippert Delwem for 6390. Bids: ten.
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AMES
Iowa Highway Commission
Jasper County
Newton
Carlson Construction Company
Marshalltown
Scott County
Davenport
W D Phelan Ard Company
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Fred Carlson Company
Henry, Lee and
van Buren
Burch Construction Company
Ottumwa
Henry-Lee-Van Buren
Scott Counts
Phelan Company
Tavior Decorah
Donnelson
John Lippert Delwem
Refuses Fireworks Noise. Woman Seeks Hospital Escape
Mrs Verna Tucker, 37, of Des Moines, spent the Fourth in a local hospital as she does each year. She enters the hospital on the eve of the holiday and returns home the day after, due to a bad heart and fear of exploding fire crackers. Hospital attendants note the pattern spans several years.
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Des Moines
Verna Tucker
Tucker
Jolas To Present Debussy Program At Cornell Chapel
MOUNT VERNON The weekly Cornell chapel concert series led by Jacques Jolas will continue Friday at 8 pm with a Debussy program. The event, moved up a week to allow a Bach encore, features the University of Louisville music dean performing a varied solo recital.
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Cornell Chapel
Jacques Jolas
School of Music
University of Louisville
Jons
Freons
Renews Campaign On Slot Machines
Des Moines reports state department of criminal investigation renews drive against slot machine operators amid an exhaustive effort to rid the state of the practice. Sheriffs and local officials pledge continuation of the campaign as a coordinated effort.
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Park
State Department of Criminal Investigation
Lhesdas
Jasa Beare's
Edo
Funeral rites for Mrs Conrad Reinking held in Lowden
Funeral services for 84 year old Mrs Conrad Reinking were held Tuesday in Zion Evangelical church. She died Sunday at her daughter’s home south of town. Six grandsons served as pallbearers. Survivors include ten of twelve children and 29 grandchildren with seven great grandchildren. The family migrated from Germany in 1882 and settled in London.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Riverside
Vinton
Henry Henkle
G A. R
Jackson Township
E B Engelbert
Otto
Walter Reinke
Cecile Teller
Luther Thomas
Ernest Gilbett
John Luck
Cecile Noe
Elmer Culp
Willam Walthart
Frank Zimmer
Clarence Mease
Bert
Iva Blough
Martha Fry
Emily Zimmer
TAMA
Albert Ancerly
Chelsea
Tom Hanlon
Toledo
William Astoussen
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
George Anselm
Etten Beatty
Cedar Rapids
Berton County
Atkins
Lyle McClintock
Garrnson
Floyd Meek
Beatty
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J C Beatty
Charles Roths
Cheater Hagin
John Saka
Eva Bowden
Charlies
Palo
Ida Meek
Floyd Mrek
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Shellsbore
Joseph Hagan
Ames
Ann
Garrison Lowden
Riverett
Gerald Williams
Lowsden Wweh School
Anna Laura Hyndman
Mire Gomer A Hyndman
Denver
Willams
London
Tama Indians Demand On Reservation School Return
The Sac and Fox Indians near Tama urge reopening on reservation of schools for fourth to eighth grades and reinstatement of third grade at Mesquakie day school. They request Mrs. Fraser’s reinstatement, a Montour building, on-reservation use, and government tuition, supplies, and lunches for students.
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Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Montour
A. C. Willford
Waterloo
Samuel H. Thompson
Washington, D. C
Montour School
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington
Thompson
Indian Office
Mesquakie Day School
Florence Fraser
Only 62 Banks Still Operating Under S. F. 111
Des Moines AP report: state banking commissioner Bates predicted the last Town banks under SF 111 will be released from restrictions within weeks. Of 648 banks, only 62 remain under SF 111 since Jan 23, 1933. More than thirty banks have been released in the last month.
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Des Moines
D W Bates
Bates
Old Age Pension Tax Receipts Hit Seven Hundred Thousand
DES MOINES AP - Total receipts from the old age pension head tax were estimated at $700000 as of Saturday by Byron Allen state official. About $609000 came through county treasurers and the balance via state payments. An attorney general opinion says penalties for nonpayment are not collectable and employers are liable for collection. Sheldsburg funeral for Katherine Agnes Moore, 41, wife of Douglas Moore, held at Federated Church with burial in Shellsburg cemetery. She died from heart trouble, survived by her husband, two children, mother, four brothers, and three sisters.
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C AP
Byron Allen
Weeman
Allen
Amartant
Leroy
Shellsburg
Katherine Agnes Moore
Douglas Moore
Federated Church
L W Inman
Moore
Newhall
Mount Auburn
Thelma Marie Moore
Alvin Haws
San Jose
Widow mother of three earns master of science in education
PHILADELPHIA (MS) Dorben Childs Smith Sjos trom of the city received a master of science in education from the University of Pennsylvania. She studied to be a teacher since World War I, paused by her fiancé’s war injury, and after his death became the sole supporter of her family by pursuing and completing her degree.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Dorben Childs Smith Sjostrom
Bm Devin
Smith
Eaching
Let's Explore Let's Explore by Albert Edward Wiggam
In this author’s note the author argues science guides moral questions and balances societal rights against individuals. He cites that the belief Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned is a romantic notion and suggests men tend to rage through fighting while women express fury verbally or with facial scorn.
Intelligence test offer in Cedar Rapids Gazette ad
A reader promotion advertises an intelligence test from Let's Explore Your Mind at exact cost. It invites readers to mail a self addressed stamped envelope with ten cents to Dr Albert E Wheam care of the Cedar Rapids Gazette to obtain the test.
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Albert E. Wheam
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Is curiosity a sign of intelligence in childhood questions
The passage notes that asking why things happen shows a wide awake mind and cites Dr Catherine Cox Miles on genius children. It also reports a Colgate study by R G Wetmore and H G Estabrook finding no difference in nervous balance between right and left handed students on the Laird Extroversion-Introversion test. It cautions against forcing handedness changes.
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Catherine Cox Miles
Colgate
R. G Wetmore
H G. Estabrook
Laird
My Country Oh My Country Poem Reflection
A lyrical poem praising national pride and enduring youth through time. It contrasts aging nations with those that grow wise in peace and friendship. The speaker envisions progress, wisdom, and dreams fulfilled while avoiding envy or decay.
Envisions 14-Hour Service For N Y And Chicago
Philadelphia. Edward Budd announces overnight New York to Chicago service using a streamlined Hehtweight train. He says the 908 mile route could take fourteen hours, down from about twenty, with American railroads launching the service soon.
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Edward G Budd
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Shirley Temple Triumphs In Little Miss Marker Show
Shirley Temple shines in Paramount's Little Miss Marker where a cute performance elevates a thin plot. Adolphe Menjou leads a strong supporting cast as gamblers and gangsters reel in sentiment, while the girl’s charm drives the feature through a melodramatic finale. Police search for the girl as the drama ends.
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Paramount
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Sucker Money and Pot Luck Pards at Rialto
Rialto presents two features with suspense and action. Sucker Money stars Mischa Auer and others exposing the psychic racket as a warning to believers. Pot Luck Pards stars Jack Perrin in a western thriller with action and comedy. Also on the bill is Fighting with Kit Carson chapter three and Cats and the Fiddle.
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Mischa Auer
Phyllis Barrington
Ralph Lewis
Earl McCarthy
Jack Perrin
Kit Carson
James Cagney and Joan Blondell Star in He Was Her Man at the State
James Cagney leads in He Was Her Man at the State theater starting Wednesday with Joan Blondell opposite. Blondell known for Smarty Ive Got Your Number and Footlight Parade joins, while Victor Jory plays a Portuguese fisherman enamored with Blondell in a strong supporting role.
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State Theater
James Cagney
Jimmy the Gent
Joan Blondell
Jimmy
Cagney Victor Jory
Trinidad
Miss Blowell
Three Arrested In Liquor Raid at Stewart Home
Three arrested at 9 30 pm after raiding Stewart home. Joe Stewart alias Huston 22, Valeria Stewart 23, and Mil dred Lightfoot 14 Negro living with Stewarts charged with maintaining a minor nuisance. Half a gallon of alcohol seized. Grace Schwitzer jailed for intoxication after incident at 121 Fifth street NE. Decorah school board elected Lilian Buehler and Lyla Sill, with Ethel Eldridge chosen for high school English and history. Budget set at 50540 general fund and 12800 bond fund.
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Huston
Fifth Street NW
Valeria Stewart
Mildred Lightfoot
Stewarts
Stewart
Henry A. Stearns
Grace Schwitzer
All View Drive
Fifth Street
Grace Woodrum
Schwitzer
Decorah
Lilian Buehler
Odebolt
Miss Buehler
Morningside College
Correctionville
Lyla Sill
Manchester
Miss Sill
Iowa
Ethel Eldridge
Davenport
Augustana College
At the Theaters Snapshot of 1940s Big Screen Lineup
Theaters list current films: Paramount features Shirley Temple in Little Miss Marker. Iowa venue presents Wheeler and Woolsey with Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee in Cockeyed Cavaliers. State shows He Was Her Man with James Cagney and Joan Blondell. Palace screens Ive Got Your Number with Joan Blondell and Wharf Angel. Rialto offers Sucker Money with Mischa Auer and Phyllis Harrington and Pot Luck Pards with Jack Perrin. Olympic shows Rio Rita with Bebe Daniels and John Boles, Emperor Jones with Paul Robeson and Dudley Digges, and Broken Dreams with Martha Sleeper and Joseph Cawthorn.
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Shirley Temple
Iowa
Wheeler and Woolsey
Thelma Todd
Dorothy Lee
State
James Cagney
Joan Blondell
Palace
Rialto
Mischa Auer
Phyllis Harrington
Jack Perrin
Bebe Daniels
John Boles
Emperor Jones
Paul Robeson
Dudley Digges
Martha Sleeper
Joseph Cawthorn
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