Cornell Honors Three Leaders With Banquet And Portraits
Cornell honors H J Burgstahler retiring president Dr Frank Cole vice president and retiring financial secretary and Dr William H Norton emeritus professor for 63 years of service. A L Killian presided at the 220 guest banquet as portraits were unveiled by board members and the artist Christian Ahrenson attended.
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Cornell
Bowman Hall
Mount Vernon
H. J Burgstahler
Frank Cole
William H. Norton
Burgstahler and Cole
Dr. Norton
A. L. Killian
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Boyd
Cole
Elmer Johnson
Burgstahler
Leo Paulger
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve System
Norton
Christian Abrahamson
Chicago
Cornell College Graduation for 89 Seniors Tomorrow
Eighty nine seniors will receive bachelor degrees at Cornell College's eighty sixth annual commencement Monday at 10 am. President Burgstahler will confer honorary degrees on six individuals from Mount Vernon Salt Lake City Cedar Rapids Boston Tipton and Morningside College. Alumni events named new officers trustees and speakers followed the luncheon.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
H. J. Burgstahler
Thomas Nicholson
Duane Hunt
Salt Lake City
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Russell Cole
Boston
Otis Moore
Tipton
Paul Johnson
Morningside College
Cornell Alumni Association
William Branden
Davenport
Reid L. Hunt
Harriett Echtermach
Sterling
Elwyn L. Miller
Maquoketa
O. W. Lawrence
Irwin B. Blecker
Iowa Falls
J. T. Moffit
Burgstahler
Ohio
Wesleyan
John Adolphson
Woodstock
Lavonne Albright
Grundy Center
Donald Anderson
Wilmette
Emil Anderson
Stanley Anderson
Stratford
Albert Baker
Mt. Morris
Robert Baker
Gordon Rich
Hinckley
Jeanne Boecklen
Oak Park
Ralph Bowman
Ethel Brown
Geraldine Bryant
Harold Calkins
Barrington
Edith Carver
Washta
Thomas Caywood
Lake Park
Edith Chambers
Ill
Catherine Coon
Van
Vernona Harrison
Teeds Grove
Robert Hartung
Marvin . Heath
Rochelle
Loren Helberg
Newton
Phyllis Hoffman
Freeport
Charles Hokonson
Geneva
Gertrude Ann Holmgren
Helen Hunt
Kirkwood
Elizabeth Isaac
Gillespie
Howard Johnson
Chicago
Mildred Kernahan
Washington, D. C
Margaret Keyes
Raymond Knudson
Donald Lawson
Downers Grove
Bethany Ann Lehrman
Mechanicsville
Floyd Leinbaugh
Lisbon
Irene_ Livengood
Milledgeville
111
Clark McNeal
Clarion
Jeanette MacDonald
Hinsdale
George Mann
Olin
Jeanne Merrihew
Lois Mills
Richard Moore
Walter Morris
Clinton
Raymond Morrow
Hopkinton
Betty Mount
Warrenville
William Owen
Osage
Robert Paul
Anamosa
John Pauley
Mason City
Evelyn’ Perry
Frances Porter
Jane Post
Glen Ellyn
Iil
Gwendolyn Putnam
Evanston
Lil
Forty Honor 1899 Iowa Graduates at Alumni Luncheon
About 40 members of the University of Iowa's 1899 class were honored at Alumni Day as 1,200 graduates gathered. Each received a gold medal from President Eugene A. Gilmore. Dr. G. C. Moorehead of Ida Grove represented the 1879 medicine class as oldest at the luncheon. Virgil M. Hancher presided and introduced new alumni president Benjamin Butler of Waterloo.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
College of Medicine
Iowa Memorial Union
G. C. Moorehead
Ida Grove
Virgil M. Hancher
Chicago
Benjamin Butler
Waterloo
Wyth Follers
President Grove
Benjamin_ Butler
Virgil Hancher
Iowa sales tax receipts expected to exceed last year
Iowa officials said the 1938 fiscal year is likely to top the previous $14,389,000 tax total as year to date receipts reach $14,222,633 since July 1. Winter quarter totals stand at $3,128,228 with one month remaining, while the year’s quarterly totals reflect rapid business growth and a retail volume near $711 million so far.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Young Farmers And Business Men Plan First 1939 Session
Des Moines United press report: The coordinating council of young Iowa farmers and business men will hold its first 1939 meeting June 13 to sketch a 1939 40 program for agriculture and business relations. Members include leaders from 4-H, Junior Chambers, Rural Young People, and vocational agriculture with officers and delegates named.
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Des Moines
Coordinating Council of
Young Iowa Farmers and Business Men
Iowa Rural Young People’s Assemblies
Iowa Junior Chambers of Commerce
Byron Jeffrey
Burlington
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Coverdale
Storm Lake
Buena Vista
Ralph Bailey
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Richard Clarey
Waterloo
Marion Shugart
Council Bluffs
Harold Kinsinger
Ottumwa
Roy Nichols
Clemens
George Strayer
Hudson
Iowa Rural Young Peoples Assemblies
H. T. Hall
Robert Clark
Ames
Iowa State College Extension Service
al Farber
State Highway Department
Bob Sucher
Polk
Hugh Curtis
Coordinating Council
Brain Derby Preparations Reach Iowa State Tests
Iowa City prepares for the eleventh Iowa state scholarship coast brain derby with 885 high school students from 212 schools taking qualifying tests. Tests start Monday afternoon to fit University of Iowa commencement ceremonies. Individual honors will be announced Tuesday at the contestants’ dinner with no interschool competition.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
E. F. Lindquist
University’s
Iowa
Conservation Board Plans Dredge Storm Lake and Appoints Guides
Des Moines reports the state conservation commission seeks bids on dredging supplies for Storm Lake funded by the remaining 19000 of a 500000 conservation fund from 1937. Harold Groth resigns as chief of land and waters division effective June 30 to join a Chicago consulting firm. Five park naturalists are named as summer guides with pay of 50 dollars monthly. The commission approves a 360 acre forest preserve near Sledges state park, authorizes attendance at a San Francisco convention, ratifies a riprapping project at Brown’s lake, and approves a condemnation appraisal of 875 for 19 acres for a Lake Manawa road project.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Storm Lake
Harold W. Groth
Land and Waters Division
Grothe
Chicago
Conservation Commission
Richard F. Trump
Keokuk
D. W. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Lowell Swenson
Iowa City
M. L. Jones
Pomeroy
Emmet Polderboer
Ames
Sledges State Park
B. P. Holst
Boone
M. L. Hutton
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners
San Francisco
Brown's Lake
Woodbury County
Executive Council
Lake Manawa
Pottawattamie County
Prosecutors Weds In Independence Muscatine Ties
Independence records report Buchanan County Prosecutor J A Cherney of Independence married Muscatine native Reeves, daughter of Harry and Mrs Reeves. The bride, a former Iowa State Teachers College graduate and local kindergarten teacher, and Cherney, University of Iowa alumnus and Beta Theta Pi member, wed at the bride’s parents’ home in Muscatine on Friday.
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Independence
Madeline Reeves
Muscatine
Harry Reeves
J. A. Cherney
Buchanan County
J. L. Cherney
Wwere
Iowa ‘State Teachers College
Cherney
University of Iowa
Beta- Theta’Pi
Boy Turns to Police for Hockey Conflict Resolution
Twelve year old Floren'Di Paglia skipped school to see a wild west film and faced anger at home. Police Lieutenant John R Mc Clelland mediated between Floren and his father Larry Di Paglia at the station. The boy promised to quit playing hockey and both tucked away with a peaceful outcome.
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Des Moines
Floren’Di Paglia
John R .McClelland
Floren
McClelland
Larry di Paglia
Plan to send Chicago children to Delaware County
Delaware County families anticipate annual visits this summer from children sent by the United Charities of Chicago. The plan was adopted here nine years ago and has shown steady continuation each year.
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Beecal
Manchester
Delaware County
United Charities of Chicago
Manchester Seeks Homes For Vacation Children
The county hears expand in child entertainment with 78 last year and new volunteers. Mrs Clarence Cox of Manchester will arrange homes while Miss Madge Reece from Chicago selects eligible children. First group arrives June 28 as Mrs Pridey and others from Manchester Edgewood and Earlyville request host homes for the upcoming vacations.
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Clarence Cox
Manchester
Madge Reece
Chicago
Paul Pridey
Fred Wendel
F. Boland
Gerald Stimson
E. E. Campbell
Ome
Ralp Rizer
Edgewood
John Robinson
Ville
Union Agent Held For Grand Jury On Charge Of Assault
Frank Cronin business agent for the A F of L drivers union Waterloo was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury in the beating of Mason City milk route driver Albert Wallskog May 19. Wallskog testified Cronin's car was used by the assailants and Cronin was driving Cronin denied being in Mason City that morning.
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Mason City
Frank Cronin
A. F. of L. Drivers’ Union
Waterloo
Grand Jury
Morris Laird
Cronin
Albert Wallskog
Schemerhorn
Wallskog
Fort Dodge Hosts Iowa Elks State Convention
Several hundred Iowa Elks attended opening sessions of the four day 1940 convention in Fort Dodge with attendance expected to reach 1,000. The program includes a parade golf tournament and trap shoot while business sessions run Monday and Tuesday. Waterloo and Burlington bid to host the 1940 convention and Dr Edward J McCormick of Toledo Ohio grand exalted ruler will fly in Monday from Aberdeen South Dakota to address the conclave.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Aberdeen
Iowa Liquor Profits Boost State Budget Without Tax Hikes
Iowa's liquor profits rise with the liquor control commission adding 400 000 to the general fund by June 1 bringing total transfers since July 1 to 2.1 million The administration hopes further contributions could lift annual income by about 0 4 million aiding the 1940 41 budget without raising the two mill levy The liquor agency notes quarterly store inventory reductions spur the cash surge and cites precedent from 1936 37 transfers.
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DES Moines
Iowa
C. Fred Porter
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa General Fund
Liquor Commission
Forthcomsing
Porter
General Assembly
GOP
G.O.B
Commission
General Fund
Liquor Agency
Iowa Sctn Stamps 50 Million For Cigaret Distributors
Iowa printers board approves purchase of fifty million stamps for the new cigaret tax design to be used after July 1. Distributors may use machines or gum stamps. stamping applies to all cigarets sold in Iowa to curb bootlegging and raise revenue estimated between 200000 and 800000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Statec Printing Board
Meyercord Company
Chicago
Iowa
Frank C. Rock of Williamsburg Dead
Davenport AP reports Frank C. Rock a 76 year old retired furniture dealer and funeral director from Williamsburg died Friday in a Davenport hospital. He had lived there five years. His body was taken to Williamsburg for funeral services Monday. He was the father of Dr. J E Rock of Davenport.
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Dr. Cole, C. Abrahamson, W. R. Boyd
Carl Ducser
Alumni Assn
Iowa U
Elks of
Frank C. Rock
Williamsburg Dead
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