Midwest republicans form hinterland voice for 1940 policy
A Midwest group of Republican leaders from ten states seeks to shape the 1940 GOP platform with emphasis on farm issues while avoiding conflict with the national program committee led by Glenn Frank. The movement, formed months ago after a Mason City meeting, includes Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska with inquiries from Colorado and Wyoming. Dr F L Gullickson of Wisconsin chairs the effort, which aims to gain wider regional recognition after recent gains in northern Mississippi valley states.
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DES Moines
G.O.P
Mason City
Iowa
Glenn Frank
Wisconsin
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Minneapolis
F. L. Gullickson
Chafitman
Wisconsin State Central Committee
Anamosa Bank Declares Four Percent Dividend Week
Niles and Watters Savings Bank will pay a final four per cent dividend Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. O A Conwell examiner in charge said Saturday the payment brings total disbursements since closing to 827 percent.
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Anamosa Bank
Anamosa
Niles and Watters Savings Bank
O. A. Conwell
Stoddard Defends Environment In His Answer To Attack
Dr George D Stoddard head of the University of Iowa child welfare station defends findings that nursery school training can raise children's intelligence in response to Dr Lewis M Terman who called the Iowa results at a meeting in Palo Alto full of statistical atrocities The heated exchange drew in Stanford professor Ernest Hilgard to steer the discussion away from technicalities
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Palo Alto
Calif
George D. Stoddard
University of Iowa Child Welfare Station
Iowa
Lewis M. Terman
Terman
Ernest Hilgard
Stanford
Police Seek To End Theft Ring In Interstate Auto Crimes
Omaha and Council Bluffs police broadened an inquiry into an interstate automobile theft ring. Guy Z. Parker, 31, of Omaha, waived to the Pottawattamie county grand jury after admitting to stealing six cars from Council Bluffs and selling them for 1200 dollars to fund horse races and gambling.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Pottawattamie County
Guy Z. Parker
Grand Jury
Council Bluffs
Fritz Franks
Hazleton grocery store burglarized for cash and goods
Hazleton police hunt a burglar who broke into Parker grocery store, entered through the front, and took $45 from the safe along with merchandise. The special report notes the incident occurred in Hazleton.
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Fhre
Hazleton
Parker Grocery
Body of Sears McHenry Returned for Denison Burial
The body of Sears McHenry aged 73 a prominent former Denison resident was returned to Denison Saturday for burial in Columbus Nebraska where the remains were unloaded from a funeral train.
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Columbus
Neb
Sears McHenry
Denison
Fine Arts Parade to Open Iowa City July 16
Special to The Gazette Iowa City July 16 to 23 marks a great midwestern fine arts festival centered at Old Capitol. University of Iowa students showcase painting sculpture Concerts symphony chorus and drama with a world premiere symphony The Pioneers by Prof Philip G Clapp.
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Fine Arts
Iowa City
Iowa
Prairie
Towans
University of Iowa
The
Pioneers
Philip G. Clapp
Waterloo Boy 9 Drowns After River Fall
Ronald Plum nine year old son of Mr and Mrs David A Plum of Waterloo was drowned Saturday when he slipped from a Cedar River dam into the water. Playmates failed to see the fall and rescue was delayed by a leaking boat. The body was recovered after a two hour search with grappling hooks. Ronald said he planned to attend a show but went swimming. He is survived by his parents two sisters and a brother.
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Waterloo
Ronald Plum
David A. Plum
Cedar River
Ronald
Salaries of WPA Executives Disclosed in Iowa Records
State Administrator George J. Meller of Des Moines tops Iowa WPA pay at 500 dollars monthly for 230 non relief workers. Deputy Archie Michel is second at 416 66, with several others earning 300 to 400. A long list names Des Moines salaries, including finance, operations, employment, field engineers, and regional officers, with many under 300 and a smaller group from 100 to 200. Des Moines dominates the roster, with additional posts in Waterloo Davenport Sioux City Council Bluffs and Iowa City Cedar Rapids Grinnell West Union and Boone.
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Washington
George J. Meller
Des Moines
Works Progress Administration
Iowa
House
Archie Michel
Ray Murray
Louis Verveer
Harvey B. Armour
Benjamin H Greene
Walter R. Sieg
Charles G. Parsons
Leland J. Andereck
Kenneth C. Adams
Angelo B. Lombardo
Orris Mosher
Ethel West
Clyde L. Ehrhart
John D
Helen Creswell
Polk County
Ralph D. Briggs
Waterloo
Rufus C. Choate
Davenport
Casper R. Smith
Sioux City
Leon N. Hintgen
Council Bluffs
Raymond T. Andrews
Iowa City
Charles C. Christie
Roland S. Truitt
William Nusser
Cedar Rapids
Charles D. Burns
George Nemmers
Grinnell
John E. Wright
Samuel J. Pooley
West Union
William P. Norris
Appoint Former Lamont Man To Conservation Post
DES MOINES The Town state conservation commission named Victor Flickinger former Lamont CCC camp superintendent head of lands and water division. Conservation director M L Hutton announced Saturday Flickinger succeeds Harold Groth who resigned recently His salary will be 2900 dollars a year.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Victor Flickinger
Lamont CCC
Lands and Water Division
M. L. Hutton
Flickinger
Harold Groth
Injuries Fatal in Crash Near Ruthven
Emmetsburg AP reports Sievert Rierson aged 40 from Ruthven died Saturday from injuries after his car struck a cement bridge in the vicinity.
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Emmetsburg
Sievert Rierson
Ruthven
Grinnell Student Wins Prize in Free Press Essay Contest
Jean Powell of Grinnell college won first prize in a 500-student contest across 39 states on the theme four freedoms at the New York world’s fair. Second went to Henrietta Herzberger of Colorado, and third to Michael P Heisler of Carnegie Tech, all writing on freedom of speech.
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New York
Jean Powell
Grinnell College
Women's Committee
Henrietta Herzberger
University of Colorado
Michael P Heisler
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Miss Powell
University of Wisconsin
Herzberger
Phi Beta Kappa
Economics
700 Drunk Drivers Lacked Liquor Permits in State
DES MOINES AP report shows 700 Jowans convicted for driving while intoxicated in the year ended July 1 did not possess state liquor permit books. Iowa motor vehicle department records list 962 license revocations for the offense and liquor commission records show 262 permits revoked. The two divisions cooperate, canceling permits of those losing licenses for DWI convictions.
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DES Moines
Iowa Motor Vehicle Department
Liquor Commission
72-Year-Old McGregor Water Lover Still Draws Livelihood
Alfred Gasperson, 72, in McGregor, keeps clam harvesting alive along the Mississippi with a wood fire tank. For 35 summers he fingers warm clam flesh for pearls, opens shells for meats sold as bait, and shells await buyers, holding a riverwide clam record. The pearl hunt endures though boom days are past, and a modest daily wage persists with the shells and meat.
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McGregor
Alfred Gasperson
Mississippi
Gasperson
Upper
Cornell Boys Push Guide Chairs At Fair
Sixteen Cornell students run guide chairs at the New York worlds fair in Flushing Meadow under Harry Harrison and Miss Mary Parsons. Charles Higbie, son of Cornell librarian Dorothy Higbie, explains the move from Mount Vernon to Queens as the group rooms together on Seventy third street.
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Jon Kaselow
New York
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Flushing Meadow
Charles Highbie
Dorothy Higbie
Cornell
Miss Parsons
Converting an Interurban Car Into a Cozy Home
Farmer Charles Dice near Tipton converted a 45-foot interurban car into a four room rental dwelling with a bay window breakfast nook, wardrobe rear, and rooms for living dining kitchen and bath. Total cost was 650 dollars. The Ford family currently rents the unit and their 18 month old daughter was born there.
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The
Gazette
Tipton
Charles Dice
Dice
Lloyd Ford
Ford
Dices
Fords
You Pay And Pay Taxes 146 Limes Yearly
A Des Moines report outlines the 1939 40 fiscal year calendar of taxes due to federal and state authorities. It lists dates in July for multiple returns and payments including motor carrier ton mile tax, cigarette permits, gasoline tax, sales tax, use tax, unemployment, and income taxes with installments and quarterly summaries. The piece emphasizes the heavy annual burden on taxpayers with 146 potential tax dates.
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Des Moines
DPA
State Commerce Commission
State Tax Commission
Internal Revenue
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Iowa
Fischer Calls Iowa Highway Patrol Size Aimed At 500
Iowa Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer floated a plan to expand the highway patrol to about 500 officers funded by higher driver license fees. He noted 119 current patrol members are inadequate, urged licensing revenue to cover costs, and highlighted potential benefits from a larger force to improve road safety.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
Karl Fischer Tle
Itis
Pennsylvania
Fischer
Lawa
Tme
Iowa
Clair Beattie
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Hazleton Grocery Store
Grant Wood
Prairies
Premiere
Frank Lloyd Wright
Marvin Cone
Lawrence Tibbett
WPA
Lamont
Florence L. Clark
Higbie
Seventy-third Street
Central Park
James Daly
John MacGregor
Dean Jay B. MacGregor
Clifford Benton
Glen Ellyn
John Granger
Charles Higbie
American Express
Aurelia Abbott
Evelyn Walker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harold L. Ald
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Highway Patrol
Alex Miller II
Secretary of State
Karl Fischer
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