Attorney General Faces Salary Clash Over Kirtley Affair
Des Moines reports the dispute centers on G W Kirtley a Kraschel adviser and his 4500 dollar executive assistant pay while the legislature caps at 3000 dollars. Governor Kraschel defends his move and the comptroller delays pay officials await Mitchell opinion and governor’s return.
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DES Moines
INS
G. W. Kirtley
Nelson G. Kraschel
John H. Mitchell
State House
Kraschel
Kirtley
Robert Burlingame
C. B. Murtagh
Attorney General's Office
Comptroller
Mitchell
Tama County Criminal Statistics Report
Special to The Gazette. Tama County's 1936 37 criminal prosecutions costs totaled 435.16 for justice court fees 105 for grand jurors 81.10 for grand jury witnesses 15 for bailiff fees 10 for clerk fees 432 for juror trial fees 307.90 for witness fees 144 for bailiffs in trials 350.63 for jurors meals 90 for court reporters 2039.93 county jail expenses 81419 county attorney special prosecutor 253.14 county attorney general criminal expenses. Of cases there were nine convictions one acquittal three pending and five dismissed without trial.
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Toledo
Tama County
Board of Parole
Hugo H. Joens
Board of Prisoners
Will Of Tama Indian Is Filed For Probate
The will of Jim Eagle, an Indian who came to the Sac and Fox reservation west of Tama twenty seven years ago, was filed Tuesday for probate in Tama county district court. Dated August 3 1934 the instrument leaves Toledo property and all personal effects to son David Eagle with remaining estate to Frank Eagle and Susie in equal shares. E M Hufford of Toledo named executor. Instances of wills by Indians are rare here.
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Toledo
Jim Eagle
Tama
Tama County
David Eagle
Frank
Susie
E. M. Hufford
Eastern Iowa notes on district finances and local notices
The Riverside independent school district reports a July 1 1936 general fund overdraft of 977 33 after 7498 83 receipts and 9023 14 expenditures. Construction fund shows 2968 46 balance from 12000 bond receipts and grants. Local items include bank resignations, new officers, Foresters organization, Methodist Aid meetings, Purity Bakery party, engagements, and community notices from multiple towns.
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Riverside
Independent
PWA
Edgewood
E. J. Iverson
Community Savings Bank
Elkport
Funke
George Dilger
Peterson
M. J. Gaughen
Williamsburg
St. Ann’s Court of Foresters
Jessie Gibson
O. W. Allen
J. W. Wiederrecht
Doris Hamiston
Annabelle Wiederrecht
Crete McCollister
Ed Eversmeyer
Harold Graham
Ora Wilson
Harry Schneider
North Division
Walter Hurley
Delay of Wheaton Hanging Indicated in Des Moines
Allen Wheaton 20, condemned killer of Henry Plummer 38, gains delay in his Sept 10 1937 hanging. Attorney Rasmussen says petition for rehearing to the Iowa Supreme Court gives 30 extra days. governor Kraschel may set a new date.
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Des Moines
INS
Allen Wheaton
Henry Plummer
Council Bluffs
P. C. Rasmussen
Supreme Court
Wheaton
John P. Tinley
Rasmussen
N. G. Kraschel
Clarence A. Dykstra To Lecture At Iowa U
Clarence A. Dykstra president of the University of Wisconsin and former Cincinnati city manager will give the fifth summer session lecture and round table at Iowa City. A 1903 Iowa graduate he led Cincinnati relief during the January floods and has taught at Ohio State Kansas and California. He chairs national urban economy surveys and served on the Emergency Public Works advisory board.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Cincinnati
Dykstra
University of Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Kansas
California
National Emergency Public Works Administration
Holbrook to Head Scotch Grove Centennial Program
Cedar Rapids resident Holbrook to deliver main address at Scotch Grove centennial on Saturday August 14 as Iowa territorial observance plans advance. Mrs Raymond Naylor directs the pageant with a slate of committees for writing material stage lighting costumes and more.
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Scotch Grove
Royal Holbrook
Cedar
Rapids
Holbrook
Iowa
Raymond Naylor
CIO Plans Iowa State and City Employees Grouping
Des Moines AP report states CIO regional director Don Harris will organize Iowa state and municipal employees under CIO once plans are formed in Washington. He said no state or municipal group has been affiliated yet, though any group can apply for a CIO charter. It is not clear if the Iowa Municipal Employees association in Marshalltown will affiliate later.
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Des Moines
Don Harris
CIO
Iowa
Washington
Second Cornell Summer Session Opener in Mount Vernon
The second five week term of the Cornell college summer session opened in Mount Vernon on Tuesday with 41 students enrolled at noon and expected to reach or exceed 44 from last year. New additions include Fred J. Kluss joining the education department and Arthur Young teaching history and political science during the second term.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
C. L. Rich
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
Education Department
Samuel J. McLaughlin
Cornell
Arthur Young
Columbia
C. F. Littell
Columbus Junction Board Orders Refunding School Bonds
Columbus Junction board of education orders issuance of 45000 dollars in refunding bonds to retire the remaining 90000 dollar issue from 1917 for the high school building. The original issue paid 5 percent interest. the refunding issue will likely secure a lower rate and be repaid in 15 years.
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Columbus Junction
Board of Education
Columbus Independent School District
Columbus High School
Safety council units cut highway deaths in Iowa
Iowa safety councils in 31 counties report a combined drop of 26 traffic deaths in the first five months of 1937 compared with last year. Executve secretary P H Sproul notes eight counties show a clean fatality record, including Cerro Gordo Kossuth Van Buren Greene Hancock Monroe Sac and Winnebago, proving cooperation reduces fatalities.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
County Safety Council
P. H. Sproul
Iowa Safety Council
Sproul
Cerro Gordo
Kossuth
van Buren
Greene
Hancock
Monroe
Sac
Winnebago
Couple At Troy Mills Wed Sixty-Six Years
Troy Mills Mr and Mrs J F Elliott quietly celebrated their sixty sixth wedding anniversary at home Sunday Only three of their ten living children attended Garner Des Moines Rolla Winthrop and Mrs Roy Walton Winthrop were among visitors The Elliots are Troy Mills oldest married couple and the day was a quiet occasion due to distance of children
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Troy Mills
J. F. Elliott
Garner
Des Moines
Rolla
Winthrop
Roy Walton
Elliott
Girl Injured When Stolen Car Hits Bicycle in Des Moines
A 12 year old girl named Betty Jones riding on the handlebars of a bicycle was seriously injured and her 20 year old companion Harry Quick bruised when a stolen car struck the bicycle Tuesday night. The car, reported stolen 20 minutes earlier, failed to stop and was found abandoned an hour later.
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Des Moines
Betty Jones
Harry Quick
Believe Prisoner In Grand Larceny Case
Officials seek a man arrested for breaking and entering in Marengo last weekend. He claimed to be Bill Smith but fingerprints indicate Clifford Williams, 28 or 29, wanted in Oklahoma for jumping $2,000 bond in a grand larceny case. He belonged to a rail laying gang traveling from Oxford to Victor on a 25 mile road segment.
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Gazette
Marengo
Arthur Brown
Fred Mantz
Rock Island
Bill Smith
Clifford Williams
Oklahoma
Oxford
Victor
Home Project Leaders Meet To Plan County Work
What Cheer Township home project chairmen and officers will meet July 20 with Margaret Pfeil of the extension service at Iowa State College to plan county 1938 home project work.
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What Cheer — Township
Margaret Pfeil
Iowa State College
Iowa City News Highlights Local Receipts and Events
Postmaster Wal ter J Barrow reports Iowa City yearly receipts rose by 6058 38 to 175917 10 for the year ending June 30 with most gains in the last quarter A pet show and the Roy L Chopek post of the American Legion picnic are planned for July 26 and July 17 respectively Two alleged car thieves from Dixon are in Dixon authorities custody Masterson a former Missouri convict confessed to theft Iowa Daily Press association discusses national advertising cooperation Five fees totaling 1254 85 were collected by the county recorder office for deeds real estate mortgages chattel releases and transfers Summer acting roles for ten all state students named for Noel Coward play I ll Leave It To You University of Iowa faculty members Piper and Cone have poems in a new anthology Contemporary American Men Poets.
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Iowa City
Walter J. Barrow
Barrow
Madeline King
Roy L. Chopek
American Legion
Dixon
James Scott Masterson
Jimmy Voyles
Bender
Masterson
Missouri
136Th Medical Regiment
186Th Hospital Company
National Guard
Iowa Daily Press Association
County Recorder
Noel Coward
New University Theater
Kathleen McGivern
Peter McGivern, Jr
Marengo
Sam Goldberg
Betty Miller
Burlington
Audree Olson
Florence Walker
Betty Nelson
Boone
George Foxhaven, Jr
Panora
Margaret Roach
Muscatine
Patty Bates
New York
University of Iowa
Edwin Ware Piper
Ellsworth P. Cone
Negro Held At Marengo May Be Sought In Ohio
Investigation indicates Jesse Davis, a Black man held for robbery on a Rock Island train two weeks ago, may be wanted in Youngstown Ohio. Davis says he is 17 but officers doubt this. he was arrested last year in Youngstown for attempted burglary and held on $5,000 bond and claims to have served months there.
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Marengo
Jesse Davis
Rock Island
Youngstown
Ohio
Davis
Williamsburg Hit By Three Inch Rainfall
A heavy storm in Williamsburg brought three and three sixteenths inches of rain with wind and hail. It flattened corn and small grain, cut telephone lines, and damaged crops mainly in corn. Lightning struck a farmhouse near town and shattered a chimney at Dr P H Giblin's house.
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Williamsburg
Here
P. H. Giblin
Slaughter Named Dean of Drake Bible College
Des Moines reports the appointment of Dean Seth Warren Slaughter of the University of Kansas Bible College to Drake University as the new dean. He will replace Dean Jesse Cobb Caldwell who asked to devote his time to teaching religious classes.
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Des Moines
INS
Seth Warren Slaughter
University of Kansas Bible College
Drake University
D. W. Morehouse
Roanoke Christian Church
Kansas City
Dean Slaughter
Jesse Cobb Caldwell
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