Safety course to guide Iowa schools in new year
County superintendents met in Des Moines for their annual convention to discuss an Iowa safety education study course for the next school year. Agnes Samuelson led the safety program talks with Marian Telford and others, outlining two major divisions covering laws and instructional units for primary to high school grades.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Dean W. F. Barr
Drake University
Jessie M. Parker
State Department of Public Instruction
D. C. Faber
Iowa State College Engineering Extension Service
R. C. Williams
Department of Public Instruction
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Marian Telford
National Safety Council
Miss Telford
Robert Calflesh
American Legion
Clara M. Wallace
Nature Students Attend McGregor Wildlife School Session
Special to The Gazette. Nature lovers from across the United States travel to McGregor for the fourteenth annual American School of Wildlife Protection. The session runs August 1 to 13 at McGregor Heights with morning and evening talks and field trips along the Mississippi.
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Nature
McGregor Wild Life School
Mcgregor
United States
Mississippi
Pictured Rocks
Pike’s Hill
Heights
R. D. Noble
Iowa Driver’s License No 1 Million Issued
John J. Hall of New York City holds Iowa’s millionth driver's license. The milestone came Tuesday as Iowa issued the record permit to Hall, who spends part of each year in the state.
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Iowa
New York
Des Moines
INS
John J. Hall
New York City
Hall
Wearin Wins Seventh District Nomination On Third Ballot
In the Seventh District race a 29 year old Hastings man Wearin won the Democratic nomination on the third ballot after a late county shift from Page to Wearin. He opposed James Pearson in primary polls where six aspirants failed to hit 35 percent. Wearin endorsed the national platform and pledged to support prohibition repeal. He will oppose Charles E.
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Young Emerg
Sea States
Shelby County
Wearin
Page County
James Pearson
Shenandoah
Hastings
Aeath
William Welch
Logan
Pearson
Anti-Saloon League
Charles E
Swanson in Council Bluffs Faces General Election Challenge
Swanson, the sitting congressman from Council Bluffs, contests the general election as he seeks reelection. The article notes his incumbency and the electoral contest he faces.
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Swanson
Council Bluffs
Boy Scout Kills Blue Racer Near Disabled Woman
In McGregor Mrs. Al Sawwell heard a noise under her chair while reading at home. A three foot blue racer snake coiled beneath, frightening her as she is crippled by rheumatism. Boy Scout John Bickel, 13, killed the snake to protect her.
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McGregor
al Sawwell
John Bickel
Basement Booze Hose Unveils FourFoot Bull Snake
Des Moines residents seeking a garden hose in a dark basement found a much larger intruder a four foot bull snake. Mrs. A R Enerson alerted authorities and police killed the reptile after it was spotted by flashlight.
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Des Moines
INS
A. R. Enerson
Feud Motive Held in Oun In-Law Slaying
Elza Jones, a Taylor county farmer, faces arraignment on murder charges for killing his son-in-law Thomas A. Allen. Authorities continue gathering evidence to fortify the case while motive remains officially undisclosed. Jones is jailed without bond and re-enacted the axe killing for officers earlier this week.
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Jones
Marathon Swimmers Of Many Years Ago To Re-Enact Race
Cedar Falls report notes Clarence H Wise plans a 50 plus age re enactment of a 1907 mill race swim. Three original finishers L Wynegar W W Coombs Kingman tentative. race eyed for late August in Cedar River or mill race dispute surfaces. Fred Cozad remains jailed after admission of son in law murder.
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Cedar Falls
INS
Clarence H. Wise
Wise
Cedar River
L. Wynegar
W. W. Coombs
Kingman
Board to Rewire Central School as Bids Set Friday
Oelwein officials announce plans to rewire the Central school building. Bids will be opened Friday evening.
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Oelwein
Board of Education
Death of Mrs Lizzie Diltz Mershon in Long Beach
Relatives report the passing of Mrs Lizzie Diltz Mershon who died Saturday at her Long Beach California home. Former Troy Mills resident she was a daughter of Mr and Mrs George Diltz and is survived by aunts Mrs Emma Chesmore Mrs J F Elliott and uncle J B Diltz.
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Troy Mills
Lizzie Diltz Mershon
Long Beach
Calif
Mershon
George Diltz
Emma Chesmore
J.F. Elliott
J. B. Diltz
Mercury rises as hot wave hits Iowa with deaths reported
Temperatures climbed across Iowa with forecasts of 95 to 100 degrees. Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed predicted hotter weather. One death occurred Tuesday when 13 year old Jack McLaughlin Jr. was struck by lightning in Burlington while playing baseball. Readings ranged from 60 in Boone to 97 in Inwood and Lamont with several towns in the mid 90s.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Jack McLaughlin, Jr
Burlington
Inwood
Lamont
Sioux City
Albia
Creston
Iowa Palls
Boone
Professor Horchen Found Dead in Pullman Berth
In Vera Cruz Mexico an American professor from Dubuque Indiana was found dead in a Pullman berth on a train from Mexico City. He apparently died of a heart attack while returning from the University of Mexico summer session. The body was taken in charge by American vice consul A S Williams.
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Mex
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Benjamin H. Horchen
Dubuque
Mexico City
Horchen
Mexico
University of Mexico
A.S. Williams
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