Backstage at Iowa Politics and Public Safety Notes
Iowa figures like Public Safety Commissioner Karl W Fischer and Treasurer W G C Bagley surface in a roundup of faded political happenings in Des Moines. The piece mentions federal liquor stamps, a governor’s quip about Birmingham, a safety council meeting, and office reorganizations aimed at easing public access and workflow.
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D* Moines
Public Safety
Karl W. Fischer
Wilson
Fischer
Iowa State Safety Council
Safety Council
Council
Iowa wedding and community notices span several towns
Donna Marie Hughes married Harry V. Long in Belle Plaine with wedding party, after which the couple will reside there where Long works at the Belle Plaine creamery. North Liberty hosts a second concert by the reorganized community band directed by W. E. Chidester. West Union reports ten standard schools with named teachers. Pixler family western trip reunion anticipated in West Union and Postville. Randalia hosts Methodist church homecoming with multiple pastors. Wapello bids for road grading projects awarded to Burch Construction. two routes total 6.5 miles with earthwork and culverts valued at 5706.54 dollars. West Union presents Dvorak concert by Archibald Sowden and Honorine Otley Falk in Spillville. Traer notes Russell Green to Nancy Beard wed July 15 in Louisville. Green teaches art at Columbia and Minnesota programs.
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Belle Plaine
Frank Hughes
Donna Marie
Harry V. Long
A. R. Long
First Congregational Church
J. Irvine Walker
George Hughes
Viva Trail
Long
Wapello
Burch Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Columbus City
Union Township
Brown Crossroads
Washington County
Louisa County
Washington Concrete Company
Washington,Ta
West Union
Archibald G. Sowden
Honorine Otley Falk
Postville
Johanna Ludewig
Spillville
Anton Dvorak
Turkey River
Sowden
Sowden and Mrs. Falk
TRAER
Russell Green
Nancy Beard
Louisville
R. O. Green
Sioux Rapids
Iowa State College
The
Art Institute
Chicago
University of Minnesota
Squirrel Season Opens August First in Iowa
Iowa hunters may pursue squirrels from August 1 to October 15 with a six per bag limit and twelve in possession. Rabbit season runs August 1 to March 1 with a ten per bag limit. Legislation removes the rabbit possession limit of 20 and allows interstate shipment by fur dealers. Hunting licenses cost one dollar, or a one dollar fifty cent combo license. non resident nimrods pay fifteen dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Reformatory convict escapes from farm near Anamosa
Olaf Pearson, 24, a Wisconsin native, escaped from the state reformatory farm near Anamosa on Wednesday night. Authorities believe he headed toward Stone City and have alerted officers in Audubon Iowa and Janesville Wisconsin, as he has sisters in those cities. He was convicted at C
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Anamosa
Olaf Pearson
Wisconsin
Pearson
Stone City
Audubon
Janesville
Wis
Carro
Hesalroad Named State Car Dispatcher in Reform Move
George W Hesalroad 43 of Allison and Butler county auditor will be assistant secretary of the state executive council and state car dispatcher He will allocate state owned cars to departments as reforms cut private use and emphasize economy under Gov George Wilson and his staff.
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George W. Hesalroad
Allison
Butler County
State Executive Council
George Wilson
Nels Kraschel
Four Appointed To Faculty At Cornell
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon four appointed to faculty at Cornell college announced here Thursday Helen Daeschner of Coffeyville Kansas to director of publicity Betty Schmidt Evanston Illinois to assistant to art director during Philip Henderson absence Bernece Bailey Columbia Missouri to college cataloger main library Marie Odegard Hawkins Wisconsin to assistant in physical education department Daeschner AB from Baker University with journalism focus Schmidt Cornell graduate 1937 studying at Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Bailey Stephens College Missouri Syracuse library science 1939 Odegard BS from Wisconsin in swimming and interpretive dancingTIFFIN The school board met Monday hired Lee Herdliska as custodian opening day Sept 5 Teachers Ludwig Bolten McNeal Trong Reeve and others
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Mount Vernon
Cornell Collegeaculty
Helen Daeschner
Coffeyville
Kan
Betty Schmidt
Evanston
Ill
Philip Henderson
Bernece Bailey
Columbia
Marie Odegard
Hawkins
Wis
Miss Daeschner
Baker University
Cornell Office of Admissions
Miss Schmidt
Cornell
Art Institute of Chicago
Nortwestern University
Bailey
Stephens College
University of Missouri
School of Library Science
Syracuse University
Mine Owners Lose Jobless Pay Appeal in Iowa
The Iowa state unemployment commission denied four mine operators appeal and ordered unemployment checks for 1,400 miners for three weeks up to May 4. Operators may appeal to Polk county district court. Other notes mention liquor cases, Iowa State Historical Society elections, and a journalism course in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
State
Norwood-White Coal Company
Shuler Coal Company
Dallas Coal Company
Scandia Coal Company
Iowa City Equity Petitions Overruled Against Baculis Couple
County Attorney Harold W. Westermark’s two petitions in equity seeking temporary injunctions to restrain George and Dorothy Baculis from using the premises at 1020 North Summit Street as a nuisance and from selling boot tied to the property were overruled by Judge James P. Gaffney on Wednesday.
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Iowa City
Harold W. Westermark
George
Dorothy Baculis
James P. Gaffney
North Summit Street
Toledo man charged with night time breaking and entering
Floyd West of Gladbrook is in the county jail charged with breaking and entering in the night with intent to commit a public offense. He appeared before Mayor George Koster of Gladbrook and was bound to the grand jury after allegedly breaking into the Hunnicutt pool hall in Gladbrook.
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Toledo
Floyd West
Gladbrook
West
George Koster
Phyllis Dahl Sheeley to be honored by Young Democrats
OELWEIN Mrs Phyllis Dahl Sheeley newly elected national committeewoman of Young Democrats of Iowa will be honored by the Second Third and Fourth districts at a dinner dance at Wildwood pavilion on Lake Oelwe in Monday evening.
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Ganette
Oelwein
Phyllis Dahl Sheeley
National
Young Democrats of
Iowa
Wildwood Pavilion
Lake Oelwe
Presbyterian Sunday school officers appoint staff in Center Junction
In Center Junction the Presbyterian Sunday school met at the Apland home on Tuesday. Mr Apland named Mrs Harry Chase as cradle roll superintendent Louise Rickels as assistant and Ruth McNeilly as substitute teacher in the primary department.
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Center Junction
Presbyterian
A. Apland
Iowa Professor Proposes Closed Orbits For Meteors
University of Iowa astronomer Prof. C. C. Wylie argues meteors fall to Earth from orbits within our solar system rather than coming from outer regions. He cites recent Texas and Ontario fireballs, notes fragments found in Texas, reports Dresden meteor lack, and has long studied meteor trajectories.
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Iowa City
C. C. Wylie
University of Iowa
Wylie
Solar System
Houston
Tex
Dresden
Ontario
Texas
Marengo Library Board Reelects Leadership Advances WPA Worker
Mare ng o D H Zentmire is reelected president of the public library board. Dr E L Hollis is reelected vice president and Miss Hattie Crenshaw as secretary and treasurer. The board agrees to accept the services of a WPA research worker. Other members include Harold Swift and several named residents.
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Marengo
D. H. Zentmire
Public Library Board
E. L. Hollis
Hattie Crenshaw
Harold Swift
Harold Ellis
R. R. Schroeder
Carl Eckert
Allie Paine
Milton Brown
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Frank Nye, JR
Towa Daily Press Assn
W. G. C. Bagley
Bagley
E. H. Birmingham
George A. Wilson
Birmingham
Highway Patrol
Tex” Grantham
Bureau of Investigation
R. W. Nethergall
Virginia Carpenter
Iowa News
North Liberty
North Liberty Community Band
W. E. Chidester
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Fayette County
Center
Annamae Barry
Harlan
Gladys Schrader
Pleasant Valley
Winnifred McMillan
Margaret Wander
Union
Ruth Bishop
Daisy Belle Orpin
Eileen Raftis
Bonna Morgan
Windsor
Helen Dibble
Dorothy Holmes
Thornwood
Henry Senne
Ray MecIntosh
Battey
Reformatory
Iowa Daily Press
Tiffin
Lee Herdliska
G. M. Ludwig
Lorayne Bolten
Fred McNeal
Ades
Twe
DODGE
al Loork
Bowes
Columbia Uetwork
Cooper Motor Sales
Raleigh
Hendryx Motor Company
Handler Motor Company
Second Ave
Clutter
Hawkeye Motor Co
Monticello
Eileen's
Mechanicsville
Lynch Brothers
Smith's
Lorineville
Ralph Frank van Horne
Wilso
Motor Company Vinton
Witliamshu
Midway Motor Company
Jayson
Yager’s Inner Goods
Pine Bed
Paney Rayon
Stee
P66
Lee
Burlington
Cowden Tehed
Cowden
Boye
We Yank. Jr
Lues
St South East
Gaffney
Vestermark
George Baculis
Washington
W. W. Strohbehn
Ethan P. Allen
Pi Gamma Mu
National Social Science Honor Society
Iowa Province
S. Howard Patteson
University of Pennsylvania
School of Journalism
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