Party Conventions To Bring Strenuous Sessions This Week
Des Moines AP Strenuous sessions confront delegates to the Republican and Democratic state conventions meeting next Tuesday and Friday. Republicans pick nominees for state auditor and railroad commissioner. Democrats nominate for state auditor. Each party will adopt platforms. Contests stem from June primary 35 percent rule. Five candidates for chairmen. auditor and railroad posts hotly contested.
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Des Moines
James R. Rhodes
Newton
H. A. Pierce
Storm Lake
Homer Stephens
Clarinda
Rhodes
Ollie Michael
Ottumwa
L. S. Hill
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Hill
H. A. Darting
On O
Karl W. Pucher
Vinton
C. E. Kringel
Atlantic
J. ¥. Lemley
Leon
J. W. Long
Ames
Fischer
Long
Starr E. Cogswell
C. W. Felton
Sioux City
N. C. Gray
Blencoe
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
B. M
Urge Vacated Jobs Be Left Open To Reduce Expenses
Iowa committee on public expense urges no substitutions for vacancies to cut government costs. It notes 60 000 public officials and 6 percent employed growth, proposing that when an employee leaves by resignation discharge marriage or other causes no new hire be made. The plan aims to absorb duties among remaining staff, saving thousands annually.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Campus course teaches art of living at Iowa university
Prof Benjamin Shambaugh's summer campus course inspires hundreds from ages 16 to 60 at the University of Iowa. It rejects narrow specialization, stressing meaning, creative thought and human values, using six approaches science, humanism, psychology, religion, philosophy and contemporary life to broaden outlook and encourage independent reasoning.
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Prof. Shambaugh
University of Iowa
Benjamin Shambaugh
Possi
Shambaugh
Egypt
Babylon
Greece
Rome
Wai
Eight Ordeal: Guiana Reared By Tipton Woman
Mrs. Sadie Stotler of Tipton has cared for eight foster children from Newark Brace home. Louis Caney served in a submarine chaser in World War I and later became a trader in Gloversville. Clara Schmidt became a trained nurse and now rears two children in Elmhurst. Frances Volkert is a stenographer. Kate and Anna Varazen returned to New York to hold roles there. Arthur Leon, the one misfit, was returned to the orphanage. Arthur Skogland died in World War I camp. Lieut. Ernest Schmidt died over Goodwater, Alabama, during a goodwill aerial tour.
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Ipton
Sadie Stotler
Tipton
West Point
Stoller
Catset
Louis Caney
Gloverse
N. Y
Clara Schmidt
Burkley School
New York City
Douglas Talbot
New York
Elmhurst
Long Island
Prances Volker
Kate
Anna Varazen
Arthur Leon
Spends Seven Years Tracing Families By Name Of Breed
HUMBOLDT AP Harry Breed an electrician has spent seven years tracing people named Breed Bredes Breads and Breedes. He has located 16000 such names across the United States and hopes to complete his report in about two years. His work reaches back to 1575 and includes ancestors like Hubbard Breed of Salem and Ebenezer Breed of Lynn Mass. His hobby earned him notice in the Handbook of American Genealogy and will grant access to National Clearing House files and connections with other genealogists.
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Humboldt (Ap
Harry Breed
Hubbard
Salem
Ebenezer
Lynn
Mass
George Iti
Handbook of American Genealogy
Institute of American Genealogy
National Clearing House
Eat Less And Do More Slogan From Iowa Falls Rotary
Iowa Falls Rotary adopts Eat less and do more as a wartime style call to aid the unemployed and needy. In cooperation with the Woman's club Rotarians will supply food for next winter with a club providing produce and the women canning it. An old brewery vault will serve as a storehouse for the effort.
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Iowa Falls
Rotary Club
Woman's Club
Rotarians
Dr Keyes to Investigate Relics in Northwest Iowa
Special to The Gazette Vernon Dr Charles Keyes of Cornell college for the State Historical society will spend two weeks in northwestern Iowa following up earlier explorations. He aims to explore Indian relics near Manila and map sites of Siouan and Algonkin villages, enhancing Iowa prehistory and supporting a state park monument for local mounds.
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Ee Vernon
Charles Keyes
Cornell College
Dhee
State Historical Society
Northwestern Iowa
Iowa
Manilla
Keyes
Mississippi
Flint Creek
Flint Hills State Park
Wild Life School
McGregor
University of Iowa
Last McCullough appendectomy marks family record
West Liberty notes describe an eight member McCullough family with only Bessie remaining without an appendix. The line began with the mother in 1899, followed by Elva, Ray, the father, a son Lloyd, and George last June. Mrs Fred Oeeter of Muscatine was the latest to undergo the operation.
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West Liberty
O. C
McCullough
Bessie McCullough
Fred Oeeter
Muscatine
McCulloughs
University Hospital
Iowa City
Elva
Davenport
Ray McCullough
Conesville
Lloyd
Cedar Valley
George
Four Held After Eldora Badger Game Exposed
WEBSTER CITY AP report says Mrs. Raymond Skilbred of Blairsburg George May of Eldora and Harold Johnson of Webster City were arrested on charges of extorting money from E. Crosbie of Eldora. Crosbie testified he paid 150 dollars and gave three notes for 700 dollars each later reduced to 600. The trio was bound over to the grand jury. a fourth suspect remains sought.
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Webster City
Raymond Skilbred
Blairsburg
George May
Eldora
Harold Johnson
Crosbie
Skilbred
May
Johnson
Television Show At Iowa State Fair Featured
Des Moines reports a large television exhibit will travel to the 1932 Iowa State Fair. Two studios will demonstrate radio transmission and reception with live broadcasts and home reception imagery. Secretary A R Corey says the display, aligned with major stations, will attract large crowds and educate visitors daily.
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Des Moines
INS
A. R. Corey
Corey
Bettendorf Citizens Launch Campaign Against Ex-City Manager
Eleven Bettendorf residents sue to defend city campaign issues against Frank L. Seymour, former city manager, who sues for 50 000 in Scott County District Court claiming slander and damage to reputation. The defendants say their newspaper campaign aims to inform voters rather than Malice.
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Davenport
Bettendorf
Frank L. Seymour
Scott County
Seymour
Anamosa Reformatory Opens New Cell House for Inmates
At Anamosa State Reformatory the 320 cell house added to the overcrowded facility is now in use. The building, begun in March 1930 and sprawling 236 by 50 feet, adds five tiers of electrically controlled rooms with stone and concrete exterior walls three feet four inches thick. The new wing comes as total capacity remains strained with 1,443 inmates.
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State Reformatory
Anamosa
Wei
Sarrene Svar -Sroeinneen
March
Indian Mounds and Park Sites Inspected Near McGregor
An inspection party led by Grace Gilkon and Walter Beall toured four Indian mound groups from McGregor to the Yellow River and beyond. They viewed conical and effigy mounds, noting historic mill activity at the Yellow River and a buried skeleton with a limestone bundle found seven feet below ground. The group also visited the Lansing fish farm area and the Jennings-Liephart and Turkey River mound groups.
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Mcgregor
Grace Gilkon
Walter H. Beall
Iowa National Park Association
Yellow River
Scenic River
Jefferson Davis
Marquette
Orr
Lansing
Fish Farm
Jennings-Liephart
Turkey River
Veteran Detective Wounds Wife Then Kills Himself
SIOUX CITY AP A domestic quarrel at the Gillis home ended in tragedy when veteran city detective Roy Gillis shot his wife after a jail release and then fatally wounded himself. Mrs Gillis was wounded and died at hospital. neighbors said a struggle over the officer’s revolver preceded the shots. A banker and a physician, passing by, removed Mrs Gillis to a hospital. Gillis died later from two bullet wounds near the heart.
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Sioux City
Roy Gillis
Gillis
Levy On Norman Baker For Costs Of His Libel Suit
In Davenport Iowa United States district court moved to collect 1544.63 from Norman Baker as costs of his libel suit against the American Medical Association. The jury ruled for the AMA. Deputy marshal served notice on attorney Charles P Hanley and on Irma Baker secretary of the Norman Baker Investment Company. The court levied on Baker's stock in the investment firm. Baker is believed to be in Mexico.
Refunds Expected After Expense Act Ruling
In Ottumwa district court three Forty-third lawmakers faced a setback as the supreme court ruled the expense act unconstitutional. Judges view the act as a fraud, delaying pay and pressuring remaining lawmakers to repay about 65,000 dollars already disbursed. Some former members have already repaid claims, with potential lawsuits looming over others.
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DES Moines
INS
Ottumwa
Supreme Court
Forty-third Assembly
E. K. Daugherty
Wapello County
Forty-third General Assembly
Frank Shane
L. W. Hall
Leonard Simmer
Daugherty
C. Fred Porter
E. W. Clark
C. H. Nelson
Hancock County
John F. Rylander
Marshall County
Appeals Filed In Two Accident Cases In Iowa Supreme Court
DES MOINES AP Two appeals from verdicts in accident cases were filed with the state supreme court clerk. One involves Olive McCoy awarded 8000 for an automobile collision near Ames on March 5 1931 against Lew Cole. The other appeal is Bruce Thompson versus George Bruce Employers Mutual Casualty and others from a Cerro Gordo county district court collision on December 24.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Olive McCoy
Ames
Lew Cole
Bruce Thompson
George Bruce
Employers Mutual Casualty Company
M. H. Kepler
Cerro Gordo County
Iowa Teachers Paid Less Than U S Average Says NEA
Washington reports the National Education Association finding Iowa teachers principals and supervisors average 1004 a year, below the continental U S average of 1419. The study lists state comparisons like Minnesota 1399 Wisconsin Lindsey? 956 Nebraska 1077 Iowa ranking 29th, notes higher salaries correlate with educational achievement and that 49 percent of Iowa teachers have more than two years beyond high school.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
Iowa
National Education Association
Indi
Association
United States
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mrs. Herman Taylor Former Center Point Resident Dies
Mrs. Herman Taylor 49, born Daisy Fee, died at her Nashua area home at 8 30 a m Saturday after a three year battle with heart disease. Survived by husband Herman Taylor, mother Alice Fee, six children Dorothy Josephine Curtis Martha Jack James, sister Mrs Currie of Vinton. Funeral Monday at 9 a m at the family home near Nashua then Mount Auburn for a brief service.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Herman Taylor
Nashua
Taylor
Daisy Fee
William Fee
Thana
Mount Auburn
South Dakota
Alice Fee
Dorothy
Josephine
Curtis
Martha
Jack
James
Curerie
Vinton
Mount
Farmer Injured After Plowing Incident Near Springville
Rollo Bear, 40, a farmer near Springville, was severely cut and bruised Saturday when his tractor pulled him into the elevator yard. The machine veered to one side, trapping him. Bear was dragged a short distance before bystanders rescued him and summoned aid.
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the Gazette
Springville
Rollo Bear
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