Utterback Pushes Expanded Farm To Market Roads Iowa
Iowa congressman Hubert Utterback urges a larger WPA farm to market road program, aiming to use relief rolls in rural areas and small towns to fund more than 10 million dollars in road building. He proposes cooperative funding with counties and townships and stresses state responsibility alongside federal aid.
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Washington
Iowa
Works Progress Administration
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
House
Farm Bloc
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Utterback
State Highway Department
Utter
Colorado Engineer To Head Electrical Work At Iowa State
Melvin S Coover of the University of Colorado was named head and professor of the electrical engineering department at Iowa State College. The appointment, approved by the state board of education, begins in September. Coover, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate, worked as a professional electrical engineer before joining Colorado in 1919.
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Ames
Melvin S Coover
University of Colorado
Iowa State, College
R. M. Hughes
Coover
F. Ellis Johnson
University of Missouri
State Board of Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Thunderstorms General Across Iowa Reported
Fairly general thunderstorms were reported across Iowa with rainfall varying by city. Pocahontas measured 1.03 inches while Pickwell City reported 1.19 inches and Des Moines 0.39 inches, affecting harvesting, delaying some grain work but aiding corn yields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pickwell City
Pocahontas
Syix City
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
Local Contractor Injured In Barn Collapse Accident
Herman Cassier, a local contractor, escaped fatal injuries after a 500 pound stone fell from a foundation while he pried a basement window on the Paul Nordmeyer farm 3.5 miles northeast of here. He suffered a broken left leg above the ankle and crushed hands, with possible thumb amputation.
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Lowden
Herman Cassier
Paul Nordmeyer
Here
Fisherman Denies Snagging as Wardens Are Caught
Ed Shuppert faced a snagging charge after admitting drawing a bare hook through water and catching four deputy game wardens. Deputy Carl Hinklemann testified, while Shuppert defended his five decade fishing experience and argued snagging requires a triple hook. Justice Fairchild will deliberate.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Ed Shuppert
T. M. Fairchild
Leo H. Logan
Cedar Rapids
Watches Over Sick Dog 3 Days Without Sleep
Jerry a 9 year old brown cocker spaniel owned by Miss Mary Knittle died after weeks of illness. He cared for his mistress since Grace Knittle's death and kept vigil for three days and nights before succumbing. Neighbors offered sorrow as friends buried him in the Knittle yard.
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Gazette
Maquoreta
Jerry
Mary Knittle
Grace Knittle
Bell Telephone
Mary
Miss Knittle
Pottawattamie Drops State Medical Plan
Five members of the Pottawattamie County Medical Society were named to oppose the state wide plan for indigent sick care. The county will abandon the program August 1 after a 3 1 2 month trial. The group criticized the Iowa emergency relief contract as overloaded with red tape and will seek a meeting with T. C. Denning to discuss alternative arrangements.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County Medical Society
Gee
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Grant Augustine
F. Earl Bellinger
G., W. Caughlin
J. P. Cogley
M. C. Hennessy
T. C. Denning
Des Moines
Fire damages shed and garage at Dysart dairy farm
A fire at Elmer Santman dairy farm a half mile north of Dysart destroyed a tool shed and workshop packed with motor oils gasoline paint and greases and damaged an adjoining hollow tile garage roof. Fire departments from the countryside fought the blaze and insured loss covered some of the damage.
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Dysart
Elmer Santman
Woman Struck By Golf Club Injures Teacher Mother
Mrs H Gale Buchner, an expert golfer, was teaching her daughter Betty when a golf club swung too far and struck her in the face. The blow drove a tooth into the roof of her mouth, causing a severe injury.
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Gazette Maquoreta
H. Gale Buchner
Betty
Epworth League Institute Attended By Local Group
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Gable and family along with Marion Dutton Joyce Bull Ruth Hofer Lois Luse LaRue Tarbox Wayne Luse Harold Talcott and Kenneth Homewood traveled Sunday to Clear Lake for the Epworth League institute held this week.
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Strawberry Point
James P. Gable
Marion Dutton
Joyce Bull
Ruth Hofer
Lois Luse
LaRue Tarbox
Wayne Luse
Harold Talcott
Kenneth Homewood
Clear Lake
Epworth League Institute
Hale
O. J. Felter
Olin
da Weeder
Sally Ross
Felter Cottage
Winona Wooder
Ada Wood
Marie Phillips
Ethel Phillips
Howard Cruise
Lawrence Dean
Lois Rohwedder
Grace Wood
Ida Wood
Geraldine Wood
Hazel Wood
Gail Felter
Shirley Easterly
Dick Mershon
Allen Thomas
Emmett Thomas
Troy Mills
Charles Peyton
Independence
Paris
John
Elain Price
Linn County
Cherry Park
Pioneer
Lowell Dudley
Harry Price
Lowell Price
Harlie Price
Rudy Jafa
Glenn Bickford
Cedar Rapids
Minnie Walton
Charles City
E. J. Price
Center Point
George Price
Walker
Harrison Price
Maynard
Oscar Gilley
Maynard Park
Mae Gilley
Peter Ivaniski
Detroit
Adolph Garnier
Whittier
Calif
Henry Garnier
Louis
Walter Garnier
Gladys
Ivan
S.H. Harrison
Fred Schrader
Arthur Wilson
Kenneth Schrader
Johanna Struthoff
Stanley
Powers
Oelwein Park
W. E. Powers
Oelwein
Marlene Powers
Crystal Lake
Merle Hardy Stark
New York
Will Campbell
Fred Hardy
E. D. James
Charles Brownell
Prisoner Escapes From Wapello Jail
Scully of Cameron Illinois held for grand jury on larceny of an automobile escaped from Louisa county jail Monday. He squeezed through bars he had previously broken and replaced with wire. Mrs. Oakes omitted the escape, thinking the jail doors were secured. Sheriff Oakes and deputies pursued the suspect along Highway 61 near the jail, the first such method in eighty years.
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Gazette
Wapello
Ed_ Scully
Cameron
Ill
Grand Jury
Louisa County
George Oakes
Scully
Mississippi River Highest Stage in Years at McGregor
The Mississippi River at McGregor stands at nearly eight feet, the highest for this time of year in many years. It is slowly falling, and with normal rainfall a good stage is expected for the remainder of the season. In July and August for the past three years the stage dropped to near zero, the lowest on record since 1866.
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Mcgregor
Mississippi River
Tornado Hits Des Moines Flying Field Damaging Planes
A brief, fierce tornado struck Glen Acres private flying field in Des Moines early Tuesday, injuring no one but damaging five airplanes a glider and a $1,000 hangar. It also toppled ten apple trees in a nearby orchard, scattering about seventy bushels of apples.
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Des Moines
Glen Acres
Robert Cavender
Richard H. Mason
Baker Gave Orders for Treatment in Medical License Trial
Norman G. Baker faced charges of practicing medicine without a license as state witnesses testified he instructed treatment for patients. Dr. Wenzlie described rejected orders due to Baker’s lack of knowledge of medicines, while other doctors recounted clinic ads, staff rebukes, and Baker letters.
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Muscatine
Norman G. Baker
Baker
J. C. Coster
George Wenzlie
Monticello
Baker’s Hospital
Wenzlie
Wenzlic
W. W. Potter
Potter
C. C. Aitkin
Denver
West Branch Fisherman Reels In 37-Pound Iowa River Catfish
Dick Krouth of West Branch with friends hauled a thirty seven pound catfish from the Iowa river near Hills Sunday. The fish was caught after being stranded in a hollow log in shallow water. A fish fry at the Frank Krouth home Sunday evening served steaks to a large gathering.
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Gazette
West Branch
Dick Krouth
Iowa River
Hills
Frank Krouth
Anamosa Raiders Nab Owner Over Liquor in Piano
In Anamosa a raid at the Sherman home found sixteen half pint bottles and a gallon of alcohol stored in a piano. Deputy Sheriff Cooley and City Marshal Norton conducted the search. Charles Sherman Jr faced a hearing before Justice Whitcomb and was bound over to the September term, released on a $500 bond signed by his father.
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R. D. Cooley
Leonard Norton
Charles Sherman, Jr
DeLong Named Washington Postmaster in Iowa
M. C. DeLong is named post master of Washington Iowa after serving as temporary head since December He succeeds Harry Mc Call who held the job for twelve years in Washington district reports from the capital.
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Washington, Ia
M. C. DeLong
Washington
Washington, D. C
DeLong
Harry McCall
Des Moines Bakery Strike Eases After Talks
Des Moines strike danger lessens as George Comfort says operators will not break picket lines for now. Mediator B F Kaufmann will pursue arbitration with owners and union workers after daylong talks with both sides. About 700 workers idle as strike enters second week over closed shops.
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Des Moines
George Comfort
Comfort
B. F. Kaufmann
Clyde Herring
Kaufmann
Benton Farmer Arrested On Drunk Driving Charge
Elias Johnson 44 of Fremont township is jailed in Vinton on a drunk driving charge after waiving preliminary hearing before Mayor George N Urice. He was picked up on Highway 30 south of Newhall Sunday afternoon, pled guilty to intoxication and received a 30 day sentence, mittimus withheld.
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Vinton
Elias Johnson
Fremont Township
George N. Urice
Johnson
Newhall
Jack’Frankling
Iowa couples wed in Illinois and Iowa towns this month
West Branch and Brandon report marriages of Elsie Robertson to Voyle Potter and Marguerite McNamara to Donald Ham with local attendances. Obituaries note Peter R. Schantz of Crawford township. Reunions and community notices cover Price descendants at Cherry Park and Powers and Bolton gatherings.
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West Branch
Elsie Robertson
Voyle W. Potter
First Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth
Carl.a. Montanus
Lois Herwig
Ralph E. Robertson
A. A. Robertson
West Union
West Union High School
Alfred Potter
Baldwin
Baldwin High School
Iowa State
Teachers’ College
Coe. College
Schall* Candy“’company
Clinton
Brandon
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Pottawattamie
River High
Des Moines Flying Field
Nab Benton Farmer
Iowa News
Eicher Mennonite
Peter R. Schantz
Crawford Township
A. H. Miller
Church
Mr. Schantz
Washington County
Catherine Mast
Eicher Church
Viola
David
Wilbur
Crawordsville
Benn
Ella Platt
Comanche
Lena Goldsmith
Mary Wyse
Catherine Conrad
Wayland Community
Barbara Wyse
Lizzie Richard
Noble
Ira
Vera
Helen Price
Vet Price
Ross
Anice
Lloyd “Wilkinson
Price
Spring’ Grove
Esther Dudley
Rowley
Claude Bolton
Lydia Steele
Mary A. Jeffreys
Henry Bolton
Quasqueton
Billy Studebaker
la Porte City
A. H. Winner
Charles Bolton
Mount Auburn
Will Studebaker
Center Junction
Young Peoples’ Conference
Ruth
Robert Hansen
Evelyn
Miriam Courtney
Eileen
Emrogene Chase
Lucile Livingstone
Helen Himebaugh
Maurice McNeilly
Claude Tomlinson
Dean Mead
E. L. Tomlinson
Harry Chase
Will Hansen
Ethel Courtney
Marengo
E. L. Hollis
Anamosa
Henry Eichhorn
Molly Jo
Leo Heinecke
Maquoketa
Mason City
Canning School
F. C. Hathaway
Hathaway's
California
Chamber of Commerce
Chris
Armour & Co
Kerr Glass Jar Co
Mission Orange Juice Co
Berdeck Greenhouse Duster Bro. Grocery
Paris Hair Shop
Vondracek Dairy
Omar Flour & Feed
Fruit Dispatch
Krebs Dutch’ Girl
Bouton Coffee
Peterson Bakery
Wee Abe
Breil
WARD
Montgomery
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