Judge nullifies small loan act in Des Moines ruling
District Judge Frank S. Shankland voided house file 40 the small loan act that shifted rate setting for chattel loans under 300 dollars from the legislature to the state banking board. The ruling restrains the board from enforcing the act as the Personal Finance company of Cedar Rapids sought to challenge its legality and constitutionality. The state plans to appeal to the supreme court.
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Des Moines
API
Frank S. Shankland
House
State Banking Board
Shankland
Polk County
Personal Finance Company of
Cedar Rapids
The
Finance Company
Senate
Supreme Court
New Deal Association Pre-Primary Rally At Vinton
About two hundred people gathered at Riverside park for the New Deal association picnic in Vinton. Speakers included Lee Ludden, Sam Raymond, T H Clegg, Richard Box, and supporters of local and state Democratic candidates, with other endorsed officials listed and 700 members reported in Benton and Tama counties.
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Vinton
Riverside Park
New Deal Association
Banccis Iin Tre
Benton Severevier
Vaughen
Eles Plaine
Lee Ludden
Sam Raymond
Garrison
T. H. Clegg
Belle Plaine
Richard Box
Sbenton-Tama
Beryl Willford
Waterloo
A. C. Willford
H. M. Stufflebeam
Lst
Lewis Eggleston
Carl Culver
William Beatty
Atkins
George Zeiser
Polk Township
Bert England
Russell Anderson
Lloyd Berry
Vaughn
Benton
Tama
Norway
Urbana
Shellsburg
Toledo
Gladbrook
Traer
Osceola Folk Stock Up On Gasoline As Leak Fills Creekbed
A Sunday leak at the Great Lakes Pipeline pumping station on highway 65 released gasoline that filled a creekbed. Crowds gathered with buckets and barrels, salvaging gallons as an eight inch line spilled fuel. Man estimated 3000 gallons recovered and another 1400, with engineer Harry Palmer unsure of total losses.
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Osceola
Great Lakes Pipeline Company
Highway 65
Harry Palmer
Maquoketa Increases Its Supply Of Water
Maquoketa officials report the water supply under control after a Sunday night stand pipe fill and normal pressure. An 18 inch dam addition, sand bag work, and extra pump were installed Saturday boosting supply. Mayor S F R Peake outlined emergency steps including possible use of dynamite to clear silt if shortages return. No significant rain fell locally though nearby towns had heavy showers.
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Gazerts
Maquoketa
FR Peake
Maquonteta
Hie
Ball Park
Tama Girl Chosen May Queen at Clarke College
Special to The Gazette Tama Miss Elizabeth Whalen daughter of Dr and Mrs R H Whalen Tama was chosen May queen of Clarke college sophomore class Dubuque. Whalen was selected by student vote and played an important role in the college pageant last weekend. She is prominent in musical circles.
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Tama
Elizabeth Whalen
R. H Whalen
Clarke College
Dubuque
Whalen
Grinnell Class Hears Dr. Shaw On New Deal Critique
Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews and Grinnell graduate, told the Grinnell college seniors that current social and economic conditions endanger traditional upward mobility. He urged returning home to aid community and state, criticized federal policies, and urged independent thought and fearless civic involvement. He cautioned that wage rises and shorter hours should not delay business recovery.
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Grinnell
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Grinnell College
America
Shaw
Iowa
China
Johnson
Paul Revere analogue urged to chair Republican Party
Senator L J Dickinson of Iowa calls for a national GOP chairman likened to Paul Revere to warn voters of the party's path. He portrays the party as upholding 150 years of American liberty while opposing a perceived socialist drift. The piece appears in The Awakener, a New York based anti administration journal. In Ohio reporting, probate records show Frank Sevk of Traer leaving property to Rudolph and family, with real estate allocations among heirs and Frances Novotny named executrix.
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Washington
Paul Revere
L. J Dickinson
Iowa
Awakener
New York
Dickinson
America
Toledo
Frank Sev
Traer
Sevcik
Rudolph
Blanch Sevcik Halupnik
Barbara Sevcik Halupnik
Carroll Township
Blanch
Cautious Bandits Rob Tama Station
Two men about 40 held up Bernard Aldrich and Clarence Hesseltine at an oil station on highways 30 and 59 around 3 AM Sunday. They looted about 19 dollars in cash, a 6 dollar check, and Hesseltine’s 8 dollar billfold, then forced the pair into the washroom for ten minutes. The bandits fled in a large sedan after severing phone wires and taking keys, prompting Marshal Lassen to call the sheriff.
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TAMA
Bernard Aldrich
Clarence Hesseltine
Aldrich
Hesseltine
Hilmar Lassen
Arrest 48 Members of Religious Cult in Keokuk
KEOKUK INS reports 48 Jehovahs Witnesses ages 9 to 65 were arrested for peddling religious pamphlets without a license. Freed on their own recognizance, they sang and held services in jail before being released. They declined bail and threatened to bring 1,200 more members for a demonstration.
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Keokuk
INS
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jal
Turner Candidate Welcomes Grandson After Birth
Dan Turner, a candidate in Monday's election, received congratulations early Monday as his daughter in law and son Ned Turner welcomed a grandson born Saturday night in Corning. The newborn adds a new chapter to the Turner family connection to the former governor.
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Turner
Corning
Dan Turner
Ned ‘Turner
Seventy Two Cornell Graduates Hear Merle Smith
Mount Vernon ceremony features Dr. Merle N. Smith of Pasadena urging graduates to pioneer change in society. President Burgstahler emphasizes service. honorary degrees awarded to Swaney Schmidt and Baker. Graduates listed with hometowns and fields, plus music and benediction details.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Merle N. Smith
Pasadena
Cornell College
Chapel
Burgstahler
Wellman Graduates Camp Overnight in Iowa Trip
McGregor Wellman high school graduates tented overnight at McGregor during a week end educational bus tour through northeastern Iowa. Twenty students plus a teacher in charge joined a boat ride to Pike's Peak and Pictured Rocks with a side excursion into Wisconsin. The trip funded itself through year long fund raising.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Wellman High School
Iowa
Pike’s Peak
Pictured Rocks
Wisconsin
Maquoketa Junior College Restored After Enrollment Showdown
Maquoketa school board in special session voted to reinstate the Maquoketa junior college after a citizen committee reported 37 students enrolled for next fall. A guaranty subscription list was presented and the board agreed guarantors are released if 43 students attend and pay $12 monthly tuition.
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Maquoketa
Lone Tree Farmer Killed in Collision
County coroner George Maresh's inquest found no one to blame for the Lone Tree collision that killed 20 year old Gilbert Stock, a local farmer. Stock, injured by a fractured skull, drove a car that locked hub caps with a Muscatine vehicle driven by Chester Woodward, with the accident occurring near Lone Tree.
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Iowa City
George Maresh
Gilbert Stock
Lone Tree
Chester Woodward
Muscatine
Stock
Car Crash Near Sanborn Kills Two, Injures One
A man and a woman died and another man was injured when their car ran off a road and struck a tree near Sanborn. The deceased are Mrs Abe Fransen 35 and Ray Alland 39. the injured is Abe Fransen the woman's husband. All victims resided in Sibley.
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Sanborn
INS
Abe Fransen
Ray Alland
Sibley
Varner Children Die in Des Moines River Tragedy
Funeral services arranged for Pete Varner 11 and Lucille Varner 8 who drowned while wading in the Des Moines River near Keokuk. Four other Varner children aided rescuers as a sister was pulled from the water unconscious after entering a deep hole. Three siblings escaped.
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Keokuk
INS
William Varner
Des Moines
Varner
Pete Varner
Lucille Varner
Lost Nation Wins National Honors In Band Contest
Results from the national high school band marching contest name East high Waterloo Iowa and Cleveland Heights Ohio as championship class A bands. The Eldora boys school and Sturgis Michigan tie for class B honors, while Lost Nation Iowa tops class C. Baton twirling honors go to Harman Wiegman Austin Illinois Chicago, Mike Malloney Hiawatha Utah, and Doland Williams Madison Wisconsin.
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DES Moines
East High
Waterloo
Cleveland Heights
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa Training School
Eldora
Sturgis
Mich
Lost Nation
Harman Wiegman
Austin High
Chicago
Mike Malloney
Hiawatha
Utah
Doland Williams
Madison
Wis
Call 45 Witnesses For Vernon Sharp Disbarment Trial
Iowa City opens a disbarment trial against attorney Vernon L. Sharp with forty five witnesses subpoenaed to testify. The Johnson County Bar Association prepared eighteen charges of unprofessional conduct for judges D W Hamilton Grinnell George A Johnson Creston and D E Mc Guire Dubuque to decide. Harry Garrett of the state attorney generals office serves as prosecuting attorney.
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Iowa City
Vernon L. Sharp
Sharp
Johnson County
Dubuque
Harry Garrett
State Attorney
General
University Receives 12000 Dollar Gift for Art Psychology Study
The University of Iowa has received a $12,000 donation from the Carnegie Corporation for research in the psychology of art. The grant will be paid in two installments of $6,000 each starting next fall, with Prof. Norman Co. Meier directing the project.
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Yowacity
University of Iowa
Carnegie Corporation For Research
Walter 4. Jessup
Norman Co. Meier
Doctor's Cystex Formula Ad Promises Quick Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Cystex Formula for urinary symptoms and kidney irritation. It claims the remedy starts working in 15 minutes, soothes irritated tissues, and guarantees satisfaction or money back. Priced at 75 cents at all druggists.
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Cedar Rapids Company
H. H. Morse
New York City
New Deal Ass’n
Dr. Shaw
New Deal
Tama Station
Licorri & Myars Tosacca Co
Cornell
Hear Merle Smith
H. J. Burgstahler
Bertram G. Swaney
First Methodist Church
Maywood
Louis B. Schmidt
Iowa State College
George T. Baker
State Board of Education
May F. Montgomery-Smith
Marshalltown
Stanley Joson
Darlington
Earle A. Baker
Cedar Falls
Horace Alden Miller
Ruth Pinkerton
W. Glenn Rowley
Davenport
Methodist Church
Luelle Anthony
Harlan
Richard Baker
Ruth Bowman
Sheridan
Wyo
Cyrus Burgstahler
John Cassiday
Clinton
Lissette Ehrmann
Wilfred Eland
Mediapolis
Gordon Ellison
Rachel Ewers
Fenton
Ill
Josephine Eyestone
Harold Gethmann
Kenneth Gethmann
Emily Gibson
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Helen Glen
Preston
Manley Goodrick
Wyoming
Mildred Green
Anamosa
Zelda Green
Amboy
Donald Groaters
Iowa Falls
Loren Harrington
Dysart
Gale Henke
Dale Hill
Clarion
Leonard Hines
Richard Hor~ton
Osage
Homer Hoskinson
Clinton Lawrence Hunter
Margaret Ink
Stanley Joslin
Joseph Kaselow
Winifred Lowe Lupton
Douglas McCarthy
Edwin MacDade
Hastings
Neb
Alice Maher
Flushing
N. Y
Marion Mahlum
Estherville
Clarence Main
Farnhamville
Jean Midkiff
St. Catherine
Brazil
Mary Eleanor Miller
Ruth Miller
Laurel Morford
Makizo Ogata
Japan
DeLoss Os
Ralph Wilkinson
Alden
Florence Wilson
Constance Yang
Mort Glosser
Rochelle
Wanda Hower
Lanark
Lorene Juhl
West Liberty
Lola Mades
Polo
Norman Meyer
Clarence
Ralph Young
Winfield
Lucile Indra
Lena
Priscilla Keeler
Rachel Albright
Lisbon
Wellman
Maquoketa Junior College
Lone
Vernon Sharp
University
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