Turner Leads Midwest Urge for Currency Increase
Gov Dan Turner sent telegrams to eight midwestern governors and Reconstruction Finance Corp head Gardiner Cowles urging Congress not to adjourn until the Goldsborough bill increases currency in circulation. Iowa Farm Bureau members pressed for passage to raise prices and curb foreclosures, while callers urged a midwestern governors conference.
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Des Moines
Dan Turner
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wis
Llinois
Indiana
Missouri
Hyde Asked for Aid for Plymouth County Storm Victims
Gov Dan Turner and Secretary Mark Thornburg urged federal relief for Plymouth County farmers hit by a wind rain and hail storm. A farmer estimated losses up to 500000. Requests include Red Cross aid and designation as destitute area to open assistance. Droughts worsen feed shortages for hogs and livestock across about 160 square miles.
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Des Moines
Dan Turner
Mark Thornburg
Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde
Plymouth County
Turner
Farm Board
Thornburg
Red Cross
Hyde
Ed Campbell
Battle Creek
Making Of Rag Carpets A Tradition In Amana Colonies
Amana residents transform discarded clothing into rag carpets and knitted rugs using communal carpet bees. Weavers like 75 year old Louie Hess still use hand looms, while artists such as Mrs. Rettig create seed petal flowers and miniature scenes in winter. The vibrant stripes and patterns define Amana homes and echo a long‑held craft born from thrift.
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Middle Amana
Amanas
Louie Hess
East Amana
Hess
Dorothy Schaerer
Louisa Rettig
Scotland
Tru
Louis Hess
Tax Reduction To Be Issue Before Next Legislature
Des Moines reports the upcoming forty-fifth Iowa biennial session will focus on tax reduction and budget cuts. Gov Turner's admin faces tuberculosis cattle testing and state auditor suspension while bar, agricultural leaders, and tax experts draft reforms. A legislature committee on expenditures expects radical policy departures, signaling a stormy session.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dan W. Turner
J. W. Long
State Bar Association
Iowa Assembly
Legislative Committee
Hail Damage Hits Fairfax Area Again
A severe hailstorm near Fairfax causes heavy corn and oat damage mirroring last year’s losses. Farmers Marvin Listebarger Will Chalupsky Tom Colgan Adam Schulte Tom Shea and James McCormick report near-total corn losses on several farms. Insurance coverage is common. Amana colonies report lighter impact. The hail concentrates east of Fairfax around Beverly with ice as large as cornstalks.
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Marvin Listebarger
Will Chalupsky
Tom Colgan
Adam Schulte
Tom Shea
James McCormick
Chalupsky
Listebarger
McCormick
Amana
Beverly
Bark of Dog Saves Luther Brooks Family Fire Escape
The family fled their burning farm home near Little Sioux after a thunderbolt struck the house early Saturday. Lightning ignited the blaze as Luther Brooks his wife and four children slept, but they escaped through the bedroom as flames engulfed the structure and its contents were lost.
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Luther Brooks
Here
Brooks
Change urged in Iowa school tax limits for large districts
Des Moines AP report outlines a legislative committee bulletin urging revision of how school tax limits are set, arguing tax per child census overstates burden in districts like Sioux City and Des Moines. It notes wide cost per pupil differences, linked to teacher salaries and class size, urging analysis and possible reduction measures.
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Iowa
Legislative Committee
Sioux City
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Ed R. Brown
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Mason City
East Waterloo
West Waterloo
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Pioneer Vinton Woman Celebrates 96th Birthday
Mrs. Sarah Tharp marked her ninety sixth birthday at her daughter’s home in Vinton. a Benton County resident since 1852 she arrived with her parents from Decatur County Iowa in covered wagons. She married Martin V Tharp in 1859 and has four living children. She joined the Methodist church at 17 and now recalls many local events from memory.
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Vinton
Sarah Tharp
Charles Waddle
Tharp
Methodist Church
Andrea
Stuart protests mobbing of night marshal by soldiers
Stuart Iowa city council sent a War Department resolution protesting an incident on July 4 when Fort Crook Nebraska soldiers encamped in town mauled night marshal Harley Rouse. They allegedly pounced on him, confiscated his weapon, and trampled him as he tried to quiet the crowd. The council requested a federal investigation and condemned rough language used by the soldiers of the Seventeenth Infantry to quell the disturbance.
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Seventeenth Infantry
Graf
Early bird candidate file returns for ag secretary post
Luke B Miller of Mason City filed nomination papers as an independent candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture. The secretary of state will return the document to Miller for correction, noting the initial submission arrived late for the election.
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Des Moines
Luke
Miller
Mason City
Agriculture
Secretary of State
Iowa
Drunk Drivers Receive Stiff Benton Court Sentences
Judge Clarence Nichols sentenced George Newton of Vinton and James Weichman of Belle Plaine to one year in jail and a 300 dollar fine for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Newton faces 90 days before six months more before parole. Weichman serves four months before parole.
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Vinton
Benton County
Clarence Nichols
George Newton
James Weichman
Belle Plaine
Newton
Weichman
Boats Of Fishermen Violating Law Cannot Be Confiscated
DES MOINES AP Boats used for illegal fishing cannot be confiscated, says Assistant Attorney General Carl J. Stephens in a public opinion. Nets and gear may be seized, but the boats remain. He notes that a banding license plus a scientific collection permit are required for banding birds for release. The query stemmed from a Parsons College instructor who studied birds for science.
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Des Moines
Carl J. Stephens
I. T. Bode
Stephens
Bode
Parsons College
Veteran Ferry Captain Wins Court Battle Over License
Seventy six year old Cap Freeman owner of the Rob Roy II ferries on the McGregor Prairie du Chien run wins a legal fight over licensing. Prairie du Chien officials tried to impose fees. Freeman argued interstate ferrying on the Mississippi made local rules invalid. After a court injunction the ferries resumed service with steady traffic including 250 cars on the Fourth of July. Freeman, a Scotsman, has run ferries for thirty years, part of a nearly century old river service tradition.
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Cap” Freeman
Prairie du Chien-Marquette
McGregor
Pink
Prairie du
Prairie du Chien
Freeman
Lorrene
Mississippi
Alexander M
Farmer-Labor Party Chooses Brookhart Contender On Ticket
National Farmer-Labor Party executives meet in Omaha to name a presidential candidate and place Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa on the party ticket for the Iowa senate. Brookhart may contest the nomination in court if needed while Huey Long backs Roosevelt and Frank Webb shifts to the Liberty Party.
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Farmer Labor Party
Roy M. Harrop
Frank Elbridge Webb
California
Harrop
Webb
Liberty Party
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Roosevelt
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Henry Field
Brookhart
Savanna Sabula Bridge Expected to Open by Sept 1
A $700,000 steel bridge over the Mississippi at Savanna Illinois should open to traffic by September 1. It will be the only crossing between Clinton and Dubuque, linking Sabula Iowa with a new cement approach and paving a Cedar Rapids to Maquoketa Sabula highway. The span covers 1443 feet of water with a total length of 2459 feet including approaches.
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Ill
Illinois
Clinton
Dubuque
Iowa
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Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Sau
Democrats Begin Coming Out Of The Woods
In Urbana the Ever Ready club casts its straw poll votes for president with Roosevelt favored by 15 and Will Rogers receiving 2 as early campaign momentum builds.
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Gazette
Urbana
Ever Ready Club of
Roosevelt
Will Rogers
New Instructors Join McGregor Wild Life School August Session
McGregor Iowa August 1 to 13 will feature new instructors at the Wild Life School including Prof Floyd A Nagler University of Iowa Dr R G Greene University of Minnesota and Dr Aldo Leopold University of Wisconsin Oscar R Jaeger Dubuque They will lecture on topics such as The Old Water Mills of Iowa Waterway Development of the Upper Mississippi and wildlife disease research Students are registering with no formal requirements or age limit for entry.
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Wild Life School
McGregor
Iowa Nature School
McGregor Heights
Floyd A. Nagler
University of Iowa
R. G. Greene
University of Minnesota
Aldo Leopold
University of Wisconsin
Oscar R. Jaeger
Dubuque
R. D. Noble
Iowa
Upper
Mississippi
Greene
Medical School
Minnesota University
Jaeger
Colorado River Rapids
Man Killed Near Garrison When He Falls Under Truck
Tom McBain a 50 year old farm hand was fatally injured south of Garrison when he fell under a gravel truck and was crushed. He died en route to Vinton after first aid at Garrison. Survived by his widow and daughter. McBain and his wife moved to Benton county from Missouri.
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Vinton
Tom McBain
Garrison
McBain
Benton County
Missouri
Long says he polled more votes than canvass shows
Des Moines Iowa J W Long suspended state auditor said he led Karl Fischer in the Republican primary by more votes than the 81 credited in the canvass He claimed 301 Union county votes not counted raising his lead to 382 The nomination goes to the state convention as neither candidate reached 35 percent.
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Des Moines
J. W. Long
Karl Fischer
Vinton
Union
Union County
Oy Ae
Aceeuke
Legislature expense refund received by state treasurer
Des Moines IA State Treasurer Ray Johnson received a refund check of 463.85 dollars from State Insurance Commissioner E. W. Clark. The payment covered expenses Clark collected while handling Cerro Gordo county general case. The record notes Clark’s party affiliation and the refund action.
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Ray Johnson
E. W. Clark
Clark
Cerro Gordone
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