New Spirit Is Displayed By Democrats
Iowa Democrats convened in Des Moines signaling renewed energy for the 1936 fall campaign with 14 point platform and young activists driving stronger party engagement. Delegates elected new district committeewomen and officers while veterans retain leadership, and Dr Laura Nanes delivered a standout speech urging politics to focus on children over hogs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dick Bernhart
Laffan
Paul Huston
Cedar Rapids
C. B. Murtagh
Algona
A. B. Halverson
Webster City
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
Frank Beymer
Oroca
Albert McGinn
Frank Miles
Sewell E. Allen
Onawa
Laura M. Nanes
Ottumwa
Nanes
State Central Committee
Jake S. More
Harlan
Benona Young
Bloomfield
Mary Dalton Cole
Knoxville
Murtagh
Cole
Ethel Peterson
Extra
T. P. Cleary
Sioux City
Florence Lynch
LeMars
Polio patients promised best care at Iowa meeting
About 125 delegates from Iowa polio chapters attended the first annual session in Iowa City as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis promised full support to all official institutions. Elaine Whitelaw said the foundation would aid all polio victims regardless of when stricken, with national funds available if local resources run dry. Dr W D Paul outlined hospital treatment results and demonstrated four electric hot pack machines donated by the chapters.
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Iowa City
National Foundation For
University of Iowa
Iowa
Elaine Whitelaw
Court Hears Land Tax Credit Suit Arguments
District Judge John G. Chalmers heard arguments on a suit challenging the constitutionality of the agricultural land tax credit fund. Attorneys have until Aug 1 to file briefs. The fund credits school taxes for owners of at least ten acres and ties to a 5000000 appropriation for districts with high mill levies initiated by the fifty first general assembly.
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Dubuque
INS
John G. Chalmers
State Agricultural Land Tax Credit Fund
Land Tax Credit Fund
Laura Dickinson
Epworth
Fred Porter
John M. Grimes
Allan Daykin
Leo Meuser
Waukon Girl Hurt In Auto Crackup
Florence Saak of Waukon was seriously injured when the car driven by Warren Hurlbut left highway 13 twenty miles south of Waukon. She suffered a compound fracture, dislocated ankle and collarbone, and other injuries. Hurlbut had cuts and bruises. They were taken to Rochester, Minnesota. Sheriff notes possible tire trouble as cause.
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Waukon
Florence Saak
Otto Saak
Warren Hurlbut
Calmar
Miss Saak
Designer of Iowa Flag Invited to Stamp Sale
Mrs. Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville, designer of the official Iowa flag, is invited to attend the first day of Centennial stamp issue ceremonies at Iowa City on August 3. Also invited are Ralph Evans of Davenport, William J. Petersen of Iowa City, Mrs. Dwight S. Humeston of Albia, and Mrs. Edith W. McElroy, all subcommittee members who selected the stamp design.
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Des Moines
Dixie Cornell Gebhardt
Knoxville
Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa Centennial Committee
Gebhardt
General Assembly
Post Office Department
Ralph Evans
Davenport
William J. Petersen
Dwight S. Humeston
Albia
Edith W. McElroy
No New Students for Second Summer Term in Iowa City
AP report from Iowa City states Dean Mason Ladd announces that no new students will be admitted to the second summer term at the university. The decision affects admissions and enrollment for the upcoming session and reflects ongoing staffing and program adjustments.
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Iowa City
Mason Ladd
Uni
University of Iowa Law College Term Begins Thursday
A brief notice states the University of Iowa law college term begins Thursday. It lists no further details beyond the start date and the institution's name.
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Versity of
Iowa Law College
Wheat Piles Up for Lack Of Box Cars
United Press reports a wheat glut as combines move faster than boxcars. Nebraska and Kansas stores overflowed with grain, some dumped on the ground to avoid spoilage, especially in Kansas. Only 10 to 25 percent of crops moved to market due to car shortages.
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Nebraska
Kansas
OPA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United Press Bureaus
Shower in Bertram Hall For Rich Family
A shower will be held in Bertram Hall Friday night for Mr and Mrs Melvin Rich and their five children who lost their home and belongings when a fire destroyed a five room house on the Eldon Needles farm west of Mt Vernon last Saturday. Sponsors ask for food clothing furniture and home goods to help re establish housekeeping. Needles is preparing a farm building for temporary occupancy by the Rich family.
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Bertram Hall
Melvin Rich
Eldon Needles
Mt. Vernon
Needles
Rich
Wheat harvest crunch hits Kansas and Plains storage
West Kansas farmers store wheat in every shack including chicken houses as the 82.5 million bushel Nebraska crop is nearly done. Eastern harvest finished, western and southern sections to close in 1–3 days. Elevators full, ground storage used. boxcar demand rising while railroads report worsening shortages. Minnesota forecasts its largest crop since 1940 and South Dakota eyes 43 million bushels, about 10 million less than last year.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Omaha
Burlington Railroad
Union Pacific
Minnesota
South Dakota
Gala Days Set for Earlville With Free Stage Acts
Earlville’s annual Gala Days runs next Tuesday and Wednesday with a three block free platform show featuring acrobatic, comedy and musical acts at 4 and 9 p.m. The town team hosts Delhi in a league game Tuesday and Earlville High meets Manchester Legion on Wednesday. Boosters tour Delaware County Saturday with the town band.
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Earlville
Delhi
Earlville High School
Manchester Legion
Delaware
Lowan's French Bride Files Suit for Divorce
A Parisian woman Josette Michel age 23 sues American lieutenant Cadle Pettet Jr. 26 for divorce in Des Moines district court accusing cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed six months after a tank kiss in Mantes France where the marriage began in a seventeenth century church. they have a son born June 15.
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Des Moines
INS
Mantes
France
Cadle Pettet, Jr
Paris
Pettet
Josette Michel
Farmer Killed in Iowa Highway Collision
Larry O'Dell, 65, a Missouri Valley farmer, died Tuesday when his automobile collided with a truck a mile south of Loveland Iowa on Highway 75. The AP report notes the crash occurred in heavy morning traffic and authorities investigated the cause.
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Missouri Valley (Ap
Larry O'Dell
Loveland
Barracks Utility Bids July 24 at University of Iowa
The University of Iowa will accept bids July 24 for installing water electric and sewer lines to serve 12 barrack sites housing 680 apartments. Bids will be reviewed by the state board of education.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
State Board Ofeducation
Eight Iowa Doctors Will Care for Vets
Twenty army doctors, including eight from Iowa, have been assigned to care for and treat Iowa veterans in VA hospitals in Iowa. John G. Cullins, manager of the Veterans hospital here, said Wednesday. Iowa doctors reporting at the Knoxville hospital include John W. Bradshaw, Iowa City, Robert W. Hyde, Elkader, and Robert V. McAllister, DeWitt.
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Knoxville
Iowa
John G. Cullins
Veterans Hospital
Army
John W. Bradshaw
Iowa City
Robert W. Hyde
Elkader
Robert V. McAllister
DeWitt
Winneshiek Fair Opens With Aug 14 Horse Show
DECORAH The second annual horse show sponsored by the Winneshiek county saddle club will open the Winneshiek county fair on the evening of August 14. Newly elected saddle club officers are Fred Biermann president W P Roman vice president and F A Germann secretary treasurer.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Bell to Speak on Living in the Mid-Twentieth Century
Iowa City sixth lecturer in the University of Iowa summer series will present On Living in the Mid-Twentieth Century. Dr. Bernard I. Bell, noted Episcopalian clergyman and religious education consultant, headlines the event as part of Friday night lectures.
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Iowa City
Bernard I. Bell
University of Iowa
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Henry Achter
Linn County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
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University At Iowa Hospital
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Mace Maxwell
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United Press
West Kansas
Lowan
H. McCormick
U. of Iowa
Winneshiek Fair
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