Campaign to Stop Licensing of Autos Out of State
Des Moines AP Lew Wallace head of Iowa motor vehicles starts immediate campaign to curb out of state licenses. He cites 5000 to 6000 Nebraska plates used on Iowa cars this year and plans reciprocity talks in Lincoln with Nebraska registrar A G Tilley. He notes existing state alerts on foreign plates and describes dealers obtaining Nebraska plates for used cars.
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Wallace
Iowa
Nebraska
Des Moines
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Lincoln
Neb
A. G. Tilley
Wallace E
Bileen
Wegman predicts 1935 gas tax receipts will exceed 12 million
Des Moines Treasurer Leo Wegman told reporters the 1935 gasoline tax receipts should top 12 million dollars, citing rising auto use after 1932–33 lows. He noted refunds fell from 1.7 million in 1932 to 832 thousand in 1934 and blamed fraud, calling for legislative investigation.
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Des Moines
INS
Leo J. Wegman
Wegman
Waterloo Corp to Take Over Second Des Moines Hotel
The Tangney McGinn Hotel Corp of Waterloo has purchased the Savery hotel's furniture and fixtures in Des Moines for about 80000 and will begin operations there July 15. Waterloo also took over the Fort Des Moines hotel last month under a federal court order preserving the property from Blackhawk Hotels Corp.
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Waterloo Corp
Des Moines Hotel
Davenport
Tangney-McGinn Hotel Corp
Waterloo
Savery
Des Moines
Waterloo Company
Fort Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Blackhawk Hotels Corp
Porter J. McShane Of Springville Dies
Porter J. McShane 72 died Friday at an Iowa City hospital after several weeks illness. Funeral services Sunday at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church in Springville with Rev. David F. deBest officiating. Burial in Springville cemetery. Survived by wife Alma Bennett two daughters Lorenna McKee Wyoming and Maxine McGowan Marion four sons Howard Marion Aubrey Orville all Springville one stepson Cecil Bennett Marion two brothers Henry Rushville Neb Charles Cedar Rapids one sister Mrs J H Perkins Springville and two grandchildren.
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the Gazette
Springville
Porter J. McShane
Iowa City
Ilness
Presbyterian Church
David F. deBest
Hopkinton
McShane
Alma Bennett
Lorenna McKee
Wyoming
Maxine McGowan
Marion
Howard
Aubrey
Orville
Cecil Bennett
Henry
Rushville
Neb
Charles
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Perkins
Mississippi Scenic Loop Offers 100 Miles Of Beauty
Iowa motorists are invited to explore a 100 mile Mississippi loop from Cedar Rapids to Savanna Sabula Bellevue and St Donatus. The route includes Palisades State Park Crystal Lake cave Galena Grant home and the Belle Vue Savanna National Forest with historic villages and scenic overlooks along US 52 US 20 and highway 61 80.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Savanna
Ill
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Cedar Rapids
U. S. 161
Iowa 117
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Father of Waters
Savanna-Sabula
United States Game Preserve
Sabula
U. S. 52
Twin Springs
Bellevue
United States Fish Hatchery
Bellevue State Park
St. Donatus
Christ
Jerusalem
Golgotha
Galena
Gaena
U.S. 20
Ing
Hanover
Savana
Bellevue-Savanna National Forest
Crystal Lake
McGregor Wild Life School Plans July Fifty Session
McGregor's seventeenth annual Wild Life School unfolds July 31 to August 11 on the Heights executive secretary R D Noble leads a lineup of experts from state and national institutions including Keyes Rosene Harlin Paddock Trow Martin Strunk Bennett Frankel Steele Culler Canfield. Two day outings are scheduled a river trip aboard the Capitol and a Pine Hollow picnic.
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R. D. Noble
Wild Life School
Charles R. Keyes
State Historical Society
Walter Rosene
Edgar Harlan
State Historical Museum
F. B. Paddock
Iowa State College
A. C. Trowbridge
University of Iowa
J. N. Martin
W. L. Strunk
Luther College
Logan Bennett
Henry Frankel
State Board of Conservation
Ray C. Steele
Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge
C. F. Culler
United States Fisheries
H. L. Canfield
la Crosse Fisheries
Mississippi
Capitol
Pine Hollow
36 Year Courtship Ends in Shenandoah Wedding
Jennie Taylor and DeLoss Warner, longtime sweethearts, wed in Shenandoah after 36 years of courtship. Miss Taylor had taught school in town for 36 years while Warner retired from his business career before the ceremony Saturday.
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Shenandoah
Jennie Taylor
DeLoss Warner
Miss Taylor
College Boy Claims He Learned Forgery Racket In Iowa Jail
Edwin Poole 20 of Berkeley California is held for investigation after a spurious check racket. He says he learned the method while serving sentences in Boone Ames Cedar Rapids and Atlantic jails. Poole posed as a psychology student to copy signatures and cash a 200 dollar check in Omaha.
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Omaha
Edwin Poole
Berkeley
Calif
Boone
Poole
California University
Atlantic
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Iowa To Benefit By Decision Affirming Present Coal Prices
Iowa coal buyers and miners gain from the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling in favor of Huntsville Sinclair mines of Missouri over the Wabash railroad. Iowa Coal Institute secretary Hugh W. Lundy calls it a victory for Iowa shipping mines and notes new rate schedules since Feb 20, 1934 spurred market growth and employment by expanding routes and eliminating two-line hauls.
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ALBIA
INS
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Huntsville Sinclair
Missouri
Wabash Railroad
Hugh W. Lundy
Iowa Coal Institute
S U S Professor Finds Jungle Apes Show Traits Similar To Humans
University of Berlin psychologist Dr. Wolfgang Koehler, visiting Iowa, reports apes like chimpanzees and orangutans show memory and imitation but lack speech and true civilization. He contrasts ape intelligence with human language and tools, noting appeals to unseen thoughts and emotions are limited in apes.
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Jowa City
Wolfgang Koehler
University of Berlin
University of Iowa
Koehler
Tenerife
Africa
Europe
Berlin
New Independence Post Is Ready For Occupancy
The new 60 000 post office building in Independence is expected to be ready for occupancy by August 1. It sits one block north of the main street highway 20 at Second avenue and Second street NE, near the public library and Gedney hotel. Minneapolis Construction Company held the contract on the project. The site is the former home of pioneer physician Dr. H House and just north of the first Independence house built in 1857 by Rufus B Clark.
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Independence
Highway 20
Second Avenue
Second Street
Public Library
Gedney
Minneapolis Construction Company
Dr. H. House
Rufus B. Clark
Hunter and Trapper
Repair 80 Year Old Main Hall On Cornell Campus
Mount Vernon reports work will begin in July to repair Main Hall at Cornell College linking the 80 year old building to the campus future. Windows floors and frames will be replaced preserving the structure built from Dubuque and Muscatine materials and the historic two story site once part of the Iowa Conference Seminary.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa Conference Seminary
Cornell College
Dubuque
Muscatine
Main
William Fletcher King
Amphictyon
Philomatheon
Closed Iowa Banks Pay 17 920 758 Last Fiscal Year
Des Moines AP reports payments by closed Iowa banks under state receivership totaled 17 920 758 42 for the year ending July 1. Banking Superintendent D W Bates said payments went to former depositors and on bills payable and rediscounts retired. Of the total 12 045 257 35 went to old depositors with the remainder split between other classes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Banking
D. W. Bates
Democratic Women Plan District Meetings this Summer
A series of Democratic Women district conferences will be held this summer with Iowa Democratic vice chairman June Ficker announcing dates. The events include Burlington July 18 Clinton July 11 Waterloo July 12 Ottumwa July 17 Des Moines July 10 Council Bluffs July 16 Sioux City July 15.
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Des Moines
June Ficker
Hastings
Iowa
Burlington
Clinton
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Decorah Man Files Injunction Over Driver's License
Leslie Cox of Decorah filed an injunction suit in Des Moines to restrain the state motor vehicle department from revoking his driver's license. He claims county officers acted without just cause and from personal malice, noting the DWI charge has been sent to the grand jury. Cox asks the department be restrained until he is found guilty.
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DES Moines
Leslie Cox
Decorah
State Motor Vehicle Department
Cox
Grand
Motor” Vehicle Department
Revoke License For Selling Beer Drunk At Adjoining Place
SPENCER AP The city council revoked a class C beer permit held by M A Park Morgan for selling beer for consumption on property adjoining his business. Morgan stated no beer war would start here as permit holders are satisfied with the setup. The action could have state wide effect as similar situations exist in other cities. City attorney George Heald Jr said selling beer to be consumed on premises beyond the permit would violate the state beer law, making those premises de facto places of business.
Weeks To Distribute New Drivers Licenses
Des Moines AP reports Horace Tate head of the state motor vehicle department license division says new licenses cannot be issued until after July 4 and will take at least three weeks to distribute. He notes the department plans record speed and pending applicants will receive licenses as quickly as possible.
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Des Moines
Jowans
Horace Tate
State Motor Vehicle Department
Tate
Mass Meeting Planned in Des Moines on Meat Strike
Dale D. Kramer, chair of a new federation of consumers and producers, announced a mass meeting in Des Moines Thursday night to discuss a proposed meat strike. The federation includes civic, labor and farm groups and plans to send a delegation to Washington advocating increased production.
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Des Moines
Dale D. Kramer
Federation of Consumers and Producers
Kramer
Farmers
Washington
Feuling Denies Bid For Tax Board Post In Governor Standoff
Des Moines AP report details how Governor Herring pressed Senator John K. Valentine of Centerville for the state tax board post after Eugene Feuling, former Democratic state chairman, initially sought the job but withdrew. Feuling had also been urged to join the highway commission but declined, later calling the governor’s offer an “Indian gift.”
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DES Moines
John K. Valentine
Centerville
State Board of Assessment and Review
Herring
Eugene J. Feuling
New Hampton Tribune-Gazette
Feuling
Valentine
Hers’ Ring
Deeling
Highway Commission
H. A. Maine
Waterloo
Fovernor
Chicken Roasts In Sauce Of Fifty Dollar Bills
BELMOND AP Boyd Rode Meyer, local lumber company manager, stored fifty dollar bills in a gas stove broiler for safekeeping while arranging a chicken delivery. Mrs Rodemeyer detected a peculiar odor, pulled out the broiler, and found partly burned notes. Rodemeyer awaits word on redeemability of the pieces.
Breaks Neck In Spirit Lake Dive
Spirit Lake man Lester Doo little, 38, broke his neck diving off a dock into shallow water. He was hospitalized and may be moved to the University hospital at Iowa City.
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Orleans
Lester Doo
Little
Spirit Lake
University Hospital At
Iowa Aty
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