Iowa U 1162 Candidates For Degrees And Certificates
Special to The Gazette. The University of Iowa will hold its seventy-ninth commencement Monday morning with 1,162 candidates for degrees and certificates, just shy of the 1938 high. Degrees include 420 bachelor of arts, 157 bachelor of science in commerce, 96 master of arts, 86 MDs, 58 JD, and 45 DDS. The speaker is Prof Sam Sloan. A list of eastern Iowa graduates spans multiple counties and towns, naming nurses, engineers, doctors, and lawyers among the candidates.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Sam Sloan
Eastern Iowa
Allamakee County
Harpers Ferry
aArla Schager
Postville
Bishop Hughes to Speak at Cornell Commencement
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Washington DC will deliver the address at Cornell college’s eighty sixth commencement at Mount Vernon on Monday morning. He is a leading Methodist figure. Baccalaureate services Sunday at 10.30 feature President H J Burgstahler in his final address before becoming president of Ohio Wesleyan.
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Washington, D. C
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Hughes
H J Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan
Nine win civil service fireman and police tests
Iowa City civil service announced nine men passed fireman exams and seven passed police tests. Fireman winners are William J. Coen Alvin J Neubauer Harold J. Blecha Dean D. Shannon Gilbert Capps Melvin L Berger Melvin Prizler Raymond E. Calta Cleatus Stimmel. Police winners are Robert J. Jehle Don W. McComas Edward A. Garwood Frank W. Clark Ray Cooney Joseph A. Haman and George R. Zimmerman. Kenneth A. Scholes, University of Iowa, wins $500 Sanday prize for promise in advanced work and may pursue graduate study. Dorothea Carlson leads role in St. Joan at the University theater with alumni and parents attending and a repeat performance scheduled.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Civil Service Commission
William J. Coen
Alvin J. Neubauer
Harold J. Blecha
Dean D. Shannon
Gilbert Capps
Melvin L. Berger
Melvin Prizler
Raymond E. Calta
Cleatus Stimmel
Robert J. Jehle
Don W. McComas
Edward A. Garwood
Frank W. Clark
Ray Cooney
Joseph A Haman
George R. Zimmerman
Kenneth A. Scholes
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Scholes
St. Joan
University of Iowa’ Theater
University Theater
Dorothea Carlson
Battle Creek
New Quick-Righting Compass Aids Aircraft Recovery
A newly devised earth inductor compass allows rapid recovery after banking or diving. It overcomes prior airplane compass delays in restoring steady heading following sharp maneuvers.
Tax reform seen as help for business revival
Central states accountants at an eight state conference praised Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's federal tax revisions as moving toward a trade revival. Victor H. Stempf of New York said if Congress approves, business will gain momentum. The proposals aim to end the undistributed profits tax, allow loss carryovers, and create a permanent tax policy panel. Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri South Dakota Kansas Nebraska Iowa CPAs attend. I. B. McGladrey of Cedar Rapids presides.
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Des Moines
Central States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Victor H. Stempf
New York
American Institute of Accountants
Congress
Stempf
New Reversible Propeller Aids Large Flying Boats Maneuvering
An electrically operated reversible pitch propeller for use on huge flying boats has been developed. The device will enable the planes to maneuver more easily in confined areas.
Fire Marshal Strohm Attacked in Sleep in Des Moines
Fire Marshal John W. Strohm woke Friday to a prowler who entered his first story bedroom after removing a screen. Strohm said he was dazed then kicked the intruder through the window after action inside the bed area. Mrs. Strohm, nearby, said she remained shaken by the incident.
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DES Moines
John W. Strohm
Strohm
Tipton Scout Rescues Youth From Rock Creek
Kenneth Wehde, 13, of Tipton is credited with saving 5-year-old William Perkins from drowning at a deep Rock Creek hole four miles south west of Tipton. He swam out, pulled the boy to the bank, and revived him using Boy Scout techniques after Perkins was pitched into deep water. Kenneth recently passed his first class 50-yard swimming test and serves as patrol leader.
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The
Gazette
Tipton
Kenneth Wehde
Daisy Wehde
William la Verne Perkins
Ray A. Potter
Rock Creek
Perkins
Kenneth
Iowa Muskie Dead From Clear Lake Discovery
Iowa records its only known muskie found floating at Clear Lake in seining operations. The 39 pound fish measured 48 inches, and after four hauls it was again removed from the water.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Business Digest foresees steady gains over next month
Prof. George R. Davies reports year to year gains in building contracts and permits, employment, and industrial payrolls in Iowa up to early May while farm product prices and rail carloadings show declines. April shows higher residential and business contracts and retail sales with modest national declines.
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Iowa City
Iowa Business Digest
Business Research Bureau
University of Iowa
George R. Davies
Bureau
Davies
United States
Archbishop Beckman Buys Home Near Dubuque
The Most Rev Francis J L Beckman archbishop of Dubuque announced the purchase of a large two story brick house near the city limits. The former owner was Mrs Olga Loetscher widow of a local manufacturer. Beckman will use the residence for archdiocesan offices downtown continuation.
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Dubuque
Francis J. L. Beckman
Olga Loetscher
Beckman
Archdiocesan
Ends Life But Not In Way He Planned
Fred E. Meier 80 was found dead in a barn at his home Thursday afternoon in a presumed self inflicted death. He had climbed a ladder and tied a rope around his neck, the rope broke, and his skull was fractured in the fall. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Balster chapel. He served 20 years as weighmaster at the city scales. Surviving are his widow and three children Alfred Clinton Richard and Hedwig Sennett. A son Lambert killed his wife and three children and died by own hand in 1928.
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Lowden
Fred E. Meier
Richard
Clear Lake
Hedwig Sennett
London
Lambert
Man survives trapped under overturned tractor blaze
Allan Robinson was pinned beneath an overturned tractor for two hours in Volga City before his wife buried the fire with damp earth to save him. She freed him by scooping earth under the machine, and doctors expected a full recovery.
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Volga City
Allan Robinson
Robinson
Allan
Tipton Drunk Driver Sentenced to Three Months
Ralph Robinson of Tipton was sentenced to three months in county jail by Judge John T. Moffit after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated on information filed by County Attorney Reid L. Hunt.
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Tipton
Ralph Robinson
John T. Moffit
Reid L. Hunt
Poppy Poster Winners Named in Williamsburg Schools
Williamsburg announces winners in the Poppy Poster contest sponsored by the Legion auxiliary. Class A first Betty Heitman, second Bobby Yoder. Class C first Jane Mason, second Bernard Hanson.
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Williamsburg
The
Legion Auxiliary
Betty Heitman
Bobby Yoder
Jane Mason
Bernard Hanson
Plan flood control project at Curtis Iowa
The Coralville flood control plan near Curtis bridge Iowa City is funded in a 3 million dollar addition approved by the U.S. Senate. District engineer Rudolph Kasel says a 450 thousand dollar dam on the Iowa River may be built later. some survey work could occur this summer as soundings proceed.
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Iowa City
U.S. Senate
Rudolph G. Kasel
U. S. Geological Survey
Coralville
Iowa River
Curtis Bridge
Kasel
Cherokee dress to be worn at royal garden party
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa said Mrs. Gillette will wear a Cherokee dress bought in Cherokee for the garden party for King George and Queen Elizabeth in Washington this month.
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Fort Dodge
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Republican Women of Fayatte County Meet at West Union Fairgrounds
West Union Iowa. A session of the Republican Women’s club of Fayatte county claimed as the largest county women’s organization in Iowa was held at the West Union fair grounds. President Mrs M J Channer of Oelwein presided. A resolution by Mrs Nora Rawson called on Republican office holders to implement pledges from the 1938 campaign. Mrs Winifred Young announced a June 25 gathering at Backbone State Park featuring a 2:30 p.m address by Gov George A Wilson and a preceding one hour Manchester band concert.
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West Union
Republican Women's Club
Fayette County
Iowa
West Union Fair Grounds
M. J Channer
Oelwein
Nora Rawson
Hawkeye
Winifred Young
Arlington
Backbone State Park
George A. Wilson
Manchester Band
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