Relief labor study for 35 Iowa PWA projects under review
Iowa relief efforts face a new audit as Washington orders 35 PWA projects to report WPA roll counts. Projects totaling over 1 million dollars seek Roosevelt approval soon. PWA and WPA tensions surface as cities estimate needed workers and project timelines.
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Des Moines
WPA
PWA
Iowa
Washington
Roosevelt
P. F. Hopkins
Iowa Fera
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Conference Committee
Senate
Pores County
Riverside
Oxford
Springville
Tama
Cedar Falls
Davenport Lawyer Dies After Being Overcome By Heat
Davenport attorney and real estate broker Victor Littig died in a hospital after being overcome by heat. His death raises the tri city area heat toll to 24 with fifteen others seriously ill in hospitals from prostration.
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Davenport
Victor Littig
Littig
Tri-City
Iowa seeks $300000 for Okoboji sewage canal project
The Iowa conservation commission plans to ask the federal government for 300000 to build an eight mile main sewer and disposal plant to remove sewage from Okoboji lakes. Spirit Lake Arnolds Park and Milford would drain into the Little Sioux river.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Okoboji Lakes
Clyde L. Herring
Alex Miller
William P. Woodcock
Spencer
E. M. Badgerow
Sioux City
Okoboji Protective Association
Leo Wegman
Spirit Lake
Arnolds Park
Commission
Orleans
Milford
Little Sioux
Harvest Home Festival Planned at Coggon
The Harvest Home festival in Coggon runs July 31 and August 1 with speeches kittenball baseball and dancing on both days. Harry Knott is general chairman Dr G M Kendall is program chairman and Rufus Sisler serves as secretary and treasurer. Special to The Gazette.
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OGGON
Harry Knott
G. M. Kendall
Rufus Sisler
Three Way Race For Iowa Legion Commander
A three way contest for the Iowa American Legion state commander post is under way with G. M. Brown Frank McCarty and W. F. Seibeding leading. National commander J. Ray Murphy will speak at the state meeting while John Thomas Taylor outlines bonus bill progress and future plans. Delegates gather Aug 23 to 26 including a large Aug 25 parade.
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Clinton
INL
American Legion
G. M. Brown
Whiting
Frank McCarty
Dubuque
W. F. Seibeding
Grundy Center
Wes G. Henke
Charles City
William C. Rathke
Glenwood
Brown
Iowa
McCarty
Sons of American Legion Committee
Seibeding
Americanism Committee
Iowa Legion
J. Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
Murphy
John Thomas Taylor
National Legislative Committee
Taylor
Washington, D. C
J. C. Newman
St. Louis, Mo
Department of Criminal Investigation
Middle-West
Department
Illinois Legionaires
Illinois
Danville
Marion
Iowa Falls
Mystic
Fort Dodge
Oldest Ryan Resident Celebrates Birthday
Julia Gannon, the oldest Ryan resident, turned eighty eight with a Sunday birthday reception for 200 guests at her daughter Mrs W T McElliott's home. Born July 11 1848 in County Meath Ireland she emigrated to America in 1869 and later settled near Ryan before moving to Omaha.
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Gazette
Ryan
Julia Gannon
W. T. McElliott
Gannon
County Meath-Trin
Ireland
America
William Gannon
New York City
Delaware County
Devine
Omaha
Toad Buried Alive 27 Years Freed Dies at Liberation
An ordinary toad found only death after 27 years entombed in a concrete wall under a Grover area barn. Discovered in a foundation pocket after a tornado shattered the barn, the toad was freed by Estherville contractor William Dickson. The creature perished from heat after escape.
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Estherville
J. J. Kissinger
Grover
William Dickson
Heat Hatch From Discarded Eggs in Poultry House
In Charles City an unusual find occurred when workers heard peep sounds from discarded eggs. The heat inside the pile hatched two chicks, surprising the poultry house crew and local observers.
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Charles City
Denied salary boosts for several conservation board officials
State Comptroller C. B. Murtagh rejected recommended pay raises for top conservation officers including H. W. Groth F. T. Schwab and H. M. Sanderson while approving boosts for lower paid staff. Other denied increases affected W. W. Aitken R. M. Krezek F. A. Belousek R. M. Berry and E. W. Slye. approved rises went to E. B. Speaker K. M. Rooker and Otto Koch. The commission’s monthly payroll totals 10 272.78.
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DES Moines
C. B. Murtagh
State Conservation Commission
H. W. Groth
Lakes and Waters Division
F. T. Schwab
Fish and Game Division
H. M. Sanderson
E. W. Slye
E. B. Speaker
K. M. Rooker
Otto Koch
Lansing
Commission
Machinery Unloaded for Straw berry Point Road Paving Project
Four carloads of machinery were unloaded to pave the road from Strawberry Point to the Delaware county line and into Edgewood. Water pipes were laid and will supply water from the site.
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Strawberry Point
Delaware County
Edgewood
Midget Manager Dies Of Heat In Park At Waterloo
Michael Chaplitsky 64 manager of a midget troupe performing at Cedar River Park with the Rubin and Cherry exposition died early Tuesday in his railroad car of heart disease. He had suffered from the intense heat during the past week. Chaplitsky and his troupe were Russian revolution refugees who came to the United States in July 1931 after years touring the Orient. He was an opera producer in Russia before the revolution and did not know his wife and two children’s whereabouts.
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Waterloo
Michael Chaplitsky
Cedar River Park
Chaplitsky
United States
Orient
Russia
Sigmunds Honored at Martelle Wedding Reception
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Siver southeast of Martelle 140 friends and neighbors attended a wedding reception and shower for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sigmund recently married in Cedar Rapids. A program featured piano solos duets readings and a talk on shaping life by R. D. Finnegan.
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Martelle
John Siver
Donald Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
A. J. Siver
Irene Sawyer
Velma
Jeanette Siver
Relda Russell
Reading
Glenn Siver
Tay
Jane Moore
Marjory Peet
John Bodenhoffer
R. D. Finnegan
Trucker Killed by Train at Gladstone
Tama E. W. Wimber, 25, Kirksville Missouri, died when struck by a freight train under the Milwaukee viaduct at Gladstone while resting on a cement ledge with fellow driver J W Boyd also of Kirksville. Coroner said no inquest. body to Kirksville.
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Tama
E. W. Wimber
Kirksville
Gladstone
Wimber
J. W. Boyd
Boyd
Tama County
Harvey Jones
Tipton Post Office Bids Opened With Prices Listed
Bids for Tipton's new post office, total around 67000 dollars, were opened by Postmaster P T Belgard. Offers ranged from 1200 to 10000 dollars with multiple parcels described along West Fifth Lynn streets East Fifth Meridian and nearby blocks. One bid conditioned on not disturbing a 100 year old maple tree. synopsis sent to Washington DC.
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Ial
Gazett Sompton
Tipton
P. T. Belgard
J. C. France
West Fifth Street
Lynn Street
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Arthur Lund
Anna Bleasdale
Derrie Langmann
Hotel Tipton
Lynn and
West Sixth Streets
Wayne S. Raymond
Waterloo
Edward L. Rohlf
Harry A. Witmer
East Fifth
Meridian Streets
R. A. Peters
West Sixth
Sycamore
W. H. Griffin
Spruce and
West Fourth Streets
Court Square
Post Office Department
All Kids
Belgard
Washington, D. C
Ainsworth Man Dies From Extreme Heat
Jess Edward Bryan aged 54 of Ainsworth died en route to a hospital after being overcome by 112 degree heat while working in a field late Monday. His body was to be taken to his former home in Mexico Missouri.
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Washington, Ia
INS
Jess Edward Bryan
Ainsworth
Mexico
Thermometer Burst Sets Fire to Garage in Preston
A large Maybohm garage thermometer burst as mercury rose to the top, the empty tube acting as a magnifier and igniting the building. Nick Maybohm, owner and local fire chief, reported the incident Monday.
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Preston
Maybohm
Nick Maybohm
Forty two summer students enroll at Cornell college
Forty two students registered for the second session of Cornell college summer school amid a heat wave. Courses cover education economics physical sciences mathematics history social sciences and art. Art classes for grade to senior high students will be tuition free under Miss Nama Lathe with Jessie Kohl assisting.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
C. L. Rich
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt and Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Miss Nama Lathe
Jessie Kohl
Martelle
Cornell
Autopsy Dispute Arises Over Iwers Will Case
Tipton county attorney B J Maxwell denied an autopsy agreement on Henry Iwers body and said no evidence justifies exhumation. Reports claimed relatives would fund the autopsy, but Maxwell and nurse Esther Johnson dispute such arrangements. Iwers died in Davenport hospital of double pneumonia leaving a 3500000 estate to Louis and Mrs Voss.
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the Gazette
Tipton
B. J. Maxwell
Henry Iwers
Iwers
Maxwell
Des Moines
Ed O’connor
Attorney General’s Office
Frank Brady
Esther Johnson
Miss Johnson
Davenport
Louis Voss
Outstanding Freshmen To Attend S U S Meet
More than 100 incoming University of Iowa freshmen will attend a pre semester conference September 12 and 13. Sponsored by the school of religion the program features talks on freshman challenges by President Eugene Gilmore Deans George Stoddard Robert Rienow Wiley Rutledge Adelaide Burge and Prof. M Willard Lampe.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
School of Religion
Eugene Gilmore
George Stoddard
Robert Rienow
Wiley B. Rutledge
Adelaide Burge
M. Willard Lampe
Iowa Liquor Sales Dip In June Despite Store Addition
Iowa lawmen report June liquor sales across 133 stores at 540 608.54 dollars, down 11 433.70 from May despite a new retail outlet. Total May sales reached 552 042.24 dollars as consumers favored soft drinks to stay cool.
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Des Moines
La Porte Farmer Dies From Heat Exhaustion
La Porte City Iowa AP reports C E Unger aged 53 died of heat exhaustion at a farm near La Porte City after shocking oats in the morning and resting at noon following a light lunch.
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LA Porte City
C. E. Unger
John Clark
Play Satirizes Alaska Colonization Project
A University of Iowa produced drama titled Two Hundreds Were Chosen satirizes the Matanuska Valley Reclamation colony and the New Deal era red tape. Ellsworth P. Conkle directs a 33‑member cast showing the project’s harsh start and tentative hopeful future in a month of suffering and faction.
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Gpcowa
New Deal
Matanuska Valley
Ellsworth P. Conkle
University of Iowa Dramatics Department
University Theater
Ernest H. Reed
Romain Greene
Betty Buffington
Walter Fl
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Toad
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