Third Public Works Program Proposed For Iowa PWA
Iowa faces a potential third public works program of about 10 million dollars or more as Harold Ickes seeks federal funds. Hopkins says 4,500 workers on 143 projects could shift to schools and sewage plants, with federal grants of around 4.6 million to be matched locally. The plan aims to start in fall and run through winter, boosting skilled trades like bricklayers plas men plasterers and electricians amid rising construction demand.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Harold Ickes
PWA
Congress
P. F. Hopkins
Hopkins
Iowa Cities
Ickes
Iowa City Plans Start on Municipal Power Plant
The Iowa City council expects to complete litigation and begin constructing the million dollar city power plant within eight months. Mayor Thomas E. Martin notes the federal court approved a 413000 grant, though funds await final appeal rulings as the case moves through federal courts.
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Gazett
Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Thomas E. Martin
PWA
District of Columbia
Martin
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Iowa City Power and Light Company
W. W. Scott
District Court
Davenport
State Supreme Court
Death notices and local events in Eastern Iowa
Relatives in Lone Tree receive word of Mrs. T E Norris death at 78 in Klickitat Washington. Burial at Nichols cemetery after services at her son Ray’s home in Nichols. Multiple local items cover accidents bank elections marriages births and civic notices across Lone Tree Martelle Van Horne West Liberty and neighboring towns.
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Lone Tree
T. E. Norris
G. A. Briggs
Klickitat
Wash
Norris
Ray
Nichols Cemetery
Laura Briggs
Nichols
Cordelia Hawkins
Columbus Junction
Laura Griffin
Letts
G. N. Brown
Martelle
Edwin Harris
Linn Grove
Mount Vernon
Alice
Lone Tree Savings Bank
John P. Burr
W. R. Brewster
H.C. Buell
W. N. Shellenbarger
Pearle Burr
G. B. Kirchner
A. P. Rossman
W. H. Wolford
H. C. Buell
van Horne
Charles Bachman
Felix Bachman
Ruby Brunson
Clark Brunson
Near
Elberon
Keystone
A. W. Brauer
Delbert Bachus
John Engel
K. W. Woodhouse
Dean A. Dutton
St. Paul
Woodhouse
Vinton
G. Woodhouse
Philadelphia
Delia Remington
Remington
Miss Lucille Moorman Weds Clarence Becker at St Marys
Miss Lucille Moorman daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Moorman united with Clarence Becker of Dyersville in a St Marys Catholic Church ceremony officiated by Rev F W McKinley. Attendants Miss Alvina Tobin and Joseph Becker. A wedding breakfast followed at the Moorman home. The couple will reside on a farm near Dyersville.
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Maynard
Kathryn Bencke
William Bencke
Otto Wegner
Emil Wegner
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fred C. Lutz
Henry Buenneke, Jr
Walter Bueckert
Ray Wolfe
Elsie Bencke
Milton Ponsar
Dorothy Bartels
Irene Bencke
Vernada Wegner
Mrs. Wegner
Manchester
O. H. Dawson
Margaret Dawson
Francis B. Porter
Fred Porteous
Thomas P. Shaffer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lucille Moorman
Thomas Moorman
Clarence J. Becker
Dyersville
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
F. W. McKinley
Alvina Tobin
Worthington
Joseph Backer
Moorman
Vacation School at St Pauls Lutheran Enrolls 105 Children
In Monona the daily vacation school at St Pauls Lutheran Church runs four weeks with Rev H W Siefkes and teachers Gerald Engelhardt Amy Wulgraf Elizabeth Pufahl Mrs Siefkes Helen and Irene Johan ningmeier Marcella Sabbana Delores Mae Tewes and Mary Marie Schneider leading 105 students and 28 in the junior confirmation class. McGregor students place third in Iowa City state academic meet ranking among 76 class C schools and fourteenth among 226 overall. Six competitors took part in the brain derby: Fred Kenderdine Peter Merritt Glenn Corlett Dorothy Miller Helen Mills Constance Turner.
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Monona
St. Paul’s Utheran Church
H. W. Siefkes
Gerald Engelhardt
Amy Wulgraf
Elizabeth Pufahl
McGregor
Iowa City
Wong
Fred Kenderdine
Peter Merritt
Glenn Corlett
Dorothy Miller
Helen Mills
Contance Turner
St Xavier's Parochial School Grants Eight Diplomas
At St Xavier's parochial school commencement eight pupils received diplomas. The graduates were Josephine Streip Velma Smith Jean Barnd Mary Morrissey Betty Barnd Helen Culligan John Siegel and George Farrell. Breakfast was served to the students at the school Friday.
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Manchester
St. Xavier's ‘Parochial School
Josephine Streip
Velma Smith
Jean Barnd
Mary Morrisey
Betty Barnd
Helen Culligan
John Siegel
George Farrell
Plan To Establish First Hard Liquor Plant In Iowa
Plans moved forward for Iowa to establish its first hard liquor manufacturing plant. The Iowa liquor commission announced an application from New Jersey gin firm William Gordon Inc and three Iowans proposing a $200 000 venture in Muscatine Council Bluffs wine is produced in Iowa but no hard liquor is made in the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Liquor Commission
New Jersey
Muscatine
Council Bluffs
McGregor Area Declared State Park in Iowa
President Roosevelt signed an act authorizing Iowa to acquire 544 acres of the upper Mississippi river wildlife and game refuge near McGregor for public park purposes. Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa introduced the measure, requiring the state to maintain the land as a free park and protect timber and wildlife.
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Washington
Roosevelt Friday
State of
Iowa
Upper
Mississippi River
McGregor
Louis Murphy
Democrat
Reserve Decision On Ryan Bank Litigation
Judge Ralph W. Hasner reserved decision this week on a stockholders dispute involving the closed Security Trust and Savings Bank of Ryan. The case centers on remaining surplus after 100 percent depositor payout and claims of preferred rights to assets. Depositors' attorneys have until July 15 to file further submissions.
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Manchester
Ralph W. Hasner
Security Trust and Savings Bank of Ryan
Ryan Bank
Gamble Elected Hazleton School Superintendent For Year
Adrian W. Gamble elected superintendent of the Hazleton independent school district for the coming year. Gamble currently teaches at the Randalia consolidated school. Carl J. Robinson, Hazleton High principal, chosen as superintendent of the Oran consolidated school. Ronald S. Fleming to take his place here.
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Hazleton
Adrian W. Gamble
Gamble
Randalia
Carl J. Robinson
Oran
Ronald S. Fleming
Iowa University Expert Cautions On Slow Recovery Upturns
Prof. George R. Davies says national indexes show gains but not a normal recovery, flagging that a 100 base reflects 1923–25 levels and not full growth. Iowa's data show mixed gains in residential and total building, bank transactions up, payrolls and rail carloads rising, while farm prices fall.
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Iowa City
George R. Davies
University of Iowa
Davies
Prof. Davies
Iowa
Expect Fair And Cooler Weather For Iowa Sunday
Skies cleared across Iowa after a rainy night with central Iowa receiving the heaviest totals. Sunday is expected to be generally fair and cooler, with Des Moines at 1.14 inches for the night and other readings including Van Meter 1.35 and Storm Lake 1.03.
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Des Moines
Iowa
van Meter
Storm Lake
Council Bluffs
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Sioux City
Burlington
Carroll
Name Directors Of State High School Orchestra At S U L
Iowa City officials announce three visiting musicians to assist in training the all state high school orchestra. H C Stump from Morgantown W Va teaches reed instruments. Milton Dieterich from the University of Oklahoma handles chamber music. Harold Cerny from Kearney Nebraska teaches violin. Nearly seventy students enrolled for the orchestra.
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Iowa City
P. G. Clapp
University of Iowa Music Department
H. C. Stump
Morgantown
W. Va
Milton Dieterich
University of Oklahoma
Harold Cerny
State Teachers College of
4000 Register For S U S Summer School
Iowa City nearly 4000 students register for the second University of Iowa summer term. Graduate students form most of the enrollment as classes start Monday and run to July 16 with more than 900 courses offered for the first term.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Baccalaureate and Alumni Events at Cornell Mount Vernon
Baccalaureate sermon to be delivered Sunday at 10 30 a m in Cornell chapel by President H J Burgstahler with music by Horace Alden Miller and the Cornell a cappella choir. Invocation by Dr W T Smith and readings by Dr E T Gough. Alden Miller to play at vesper and an art exhibit scheduled 3 to 5 p m in Law building studios supervised by Miss Ama Lathe. Alumni day features Dickinson degree, Burgstahler speech, and a banquet with Addie Gilruth as guest of honor and toastmaster C W Cottingham.
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Mount Vernon
H. J. Burgstahler
Cornell
Horace Alden Miller
Francis German
Cornella Cappella
Harold W. Baltz
W. T. Smith
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Burlington
Frank Cole
E. T. Gough
Missama Lathe
L. J. Dickinson
Addie Collin Gilruth
Evanston
Ill
Jessie Rigby
College
C. W. Cottingham
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Cornell Alumni Association
R. J. Pearse
Raleigh
N. C
Eldon Coffman
Alison Moore
South Bethel
Priscilla Keeler
Davenport Chosen 1937 U C T Convention City
Davenport was selected as the 1937 convention city for the United Commercial Travelers after its three day meeting in Marshalltown. E G Pullen of Waterloo was elected grand sentinel, the only elected position with no opposition. Officers for next year include Howard Tipton Des Moines grand counselor and W F Steddom Oskaloosa grand conductor among others.
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Marshalltown
E. G. Pullen
Waterloo
Grand Sentinel
United Commercial Travelers
Davenport
Order
Howard Tipton
Des Moines
Warren M. Wells
Council Bluffs
H. W. Power
Dave H. Pike
Grand
L. O. Grout
Keokuk
Carl L. Neitzel
Cedar Rapids
O. W. Sundberg
Fort Dodge
W. F. Steddom
Oskaloosa
Grand Page
Funeral for Henry Frederick Diderick Schwarting in Conroy
Henry Frederick Diderick Schwarting 75 died Wednesday at a Des Moines sanatorium after a yearlong illness. Rev. Hempel officiated the funeral and burial was in Trinity Lutheran cemetery. Born July 8 1860 in Burg Germany he came to America in 1869 settling first in South Amana. He and Mathilda Maas married August 23 1883 and lived on farms near Homestead and in Iowa Township before moving to Conroy in 1912. Survived by his wife three sons George Harris Adolph and Eagon two daughters Mrs George Stohlmann Mrs C Hall Mrs Arnold Wiebold and Anna at home one sister and 25 grandchildren.
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Conroy
Henry Frederick Diderick Schwarting
Des Moines
Mr. Hempel
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Mr. Schwarting
Inburg
Germany
John
Anna Kohlmann Schwarzing
America
South Amana
Mathilda Maas
Homestead
Iowa Township
George
Harris
Adolph
Eagon
George Stohlmann
C. Hall
Arnold Wiebold
Hilton Township
Anna
Burial of Longtime Johnson County Resident Joins Son in Mausoleum
T J McCollister 73 and his son Stanley who died in 1913 were buried together Thursday in Swank cemetery seven miles northwest of Conesville. The five year old’s wish to be buried with his father was honored, with both caskets placed in a single grave. Surviving are Mrs McCollister and daughter Mary Elizabeth.
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Conesville
T. J. McCollister
Johnson County
Here
Swank
Stanley McCollister
Stanley
McCollister
Mary Elizabeth
Cedar County Rural Graduation Honors 15 Earn Letters
Cedar County held rural eighth grade graduation with Tipton inspector Miss Jessie Parker speaking on Staying by the Stuff. Diploma recipients include Clara Achenbach Tipton and Wayne Henderson Lisbon among many Cedar graduates. top 15 percent earned a state department letter I. Edward Bowman and Nora Siemsen tied for first with 94 percent.
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Tipton
Jessie Parker
State Inspector of Schools
Cedar County
Ada Mae Chappell
A. Simonsen
Jane McCormick
Clara Achenbach
Een Oe Agne
Wayne C. Derson
Lisbon
Delmar Bachus
Bennett
Dorothy Baxa
Henry C. Boedeker
London
Edward J. Bowman
Downey
Marjorie Helen Bridgeford
Durant
Raymond Brinksman
Massillon
Margaret Augusta Buck
Helen B Tipton
Shirley A. Campbell
W Branch
Pene R. ——— Tipeton
Carla Christensen
Lissa
Helen Irene Christopherson
Clarence
Alfred Christophersen
Bernice Conrad
Clara Mae College
Tipton Melvin Derynck
Marjorie Leone Dickinson
Wilton Junction
Darrel Dean Dircks
Duane Arnold Dotson
Atalissa
Duetta Delora Drages
Dorothy Drickel
Harold William Esbaum
Wheateland
Dorothy Anna Eserhau Wheatland
Merle Richard F Dersen
Frances
Anna Patricia McGee
Marjorie DeWain Depping
Edward Lee Ohrt
Gladys Osborn
West Liberty
Kenneth F. Pasvogel
Wanda Marie Paulsen
West Branch
Maxine Mae Petersen
Joe E. Phelps
Raymond T. Earl
Oxford Junction
Robert K. Reinbrecht
Alice Larene Rekemeyer
Melvin R. W. Reidesel
Mechanicsville
Nellie May Rorick
Alice Marie M. Ruchotzke
Valeria Amelia Runge
Dureant
Catherine Ann Ruppenkamp
George Scheeper
Lowsdon
Mae Florence Schroeder
Nora Henrietta Siemsen
Bernice Bertha Stock
Franklin Port Stonerook
Elda A. L. Stuhr
Roy Chester Tevis
Betty Helen Thurness
Irna Wendel
Ernest A. Wendel
Bernice Louise Wendt
Wheatland
Melvin Wiebel
Geneva M. Worrall
Bernice Burmeister
Walter Hack
Josephine Ann Goldith
Lost Nation
Virginia Eliza Hunter
Toronto
Everett G. Pieper
Naomi Mary Unruh
Eileen Marie Wakefield
State Department of Education
Des Moines
Nora Siemsen
Edward Joseph Bowman
Miss Siemsen
Catherine Ruppenkamp
Londen
Franklin Stonerook
Edna Heick
Darlene Prange
Lowden
Duetta Drager
Jeanette Meyer
Anna Lynch
Ee Depping
Helen Stopherson
Clarence Doraper
Dwane E. Downey
Schedule of twelve lectures for child welfare meet
Iowa City boxes schedule for a three day conference June 16 to 18 featuring twelve lectures and four round table discussions. Nineteen speakers include twelve from outside the university with topics on family life and experts on family problems. Notable names Ruth Brickner and Grace Langdon appear among speakers.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Ruth Brickner
The
Childity
Grace Langdon
WPA
Spe
Vacation Bible School Opens At Earlville Methodist Church
A daily program begins Monday at Earlville Methodist Church and continues for two weeks. Classes run from 9 to 11 in the morning with helpers Grace Holscher Leola Benda Mildred Gerdes Jean Merten Ruth Kraus and Madeline Mat.
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Earlville
Earlville Methodist Church
Rina
Grace Holscher
Leola Benda
Mildred Gerdes
Jean Merten
Ruth Kraus
Madeline Mat
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Anna Dill
Frank
Solon
James
Near Solon
William
Joe
Oakdale
Estherville
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
A. C. Proehl
Zion Lutheran Church of
Ridgewood Cemetery
Winthrop
Epworth League
Lorraine Bloom
Shirley Peck
Thelma Jones
Betty Jo Bateman
Fern Taylor
Robert Sasse
Kenneth Jones
Adonis Brown
Robert Brubaker
West Union
A. W. Brockmeyer
Della Garland
LaVon
Dwain
Fred Garland
Nashua
Clifford Koile
Oelwein
Harry Garland
San Jose
Calif
Brockmeyer
Arnold Garland
Harold Garland
Breckmeyer
English Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
A. Hugo Lutz
St. Joseph’s Catholic
J. J. Welsh
Father Welsh
James Sullivan
Richard Kieth
Flano Antalino
Betty Jane Horn
Colleen Sullivan
Rose Mary Burris
Jane Adams
Eleader
Florence Risch
Helen Zearfoss
Dorothea Stoll
Ada E. Pike
Helen Truman
George Scherer
Peoria
Helen Rosemary Cole
Scherer
Thomas
C. L. Crider
F. E. Sharp
Erik Gustavson
Marion
New York
Bergensfjord
Norway
Sweden
Oslo
Stockholm
Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
William Striebe of
Castalia
Dewitt
Alma Buck
Ogden
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Wesley Rinehart
Clinton
Harry E. Harned
Dorothy Buck
Lorenzo Clausen
Chicago
Don Anderson
Ray Williams
Drake University
Detroit
California
Lucy Neylan
Lou Ella Roethler
Celia Schwartzhoff
Vincent Stence
Iola Vorwald
Thomas Walch
H. Long
Columbia College
Sigourney
Death
Rufus Hoffman
Frank Turner
Homer Coppock
Jimmie Seibel
Elva Griffin
John R. Schwenke
Irwin Utterback
Keith van Fleet
Grace Wittetoe
Dorothy Bruns
Dottie
Daffy
C. K. Schneider
Virginia Wallerich
Ward Sherwood
Ruby Wallerich
Dot Thatcher
Hilda Shaull
John R Schwenke
Billie Seip, Jr
Jean Burns
Irvin van Fleet
Albert Goeldner
Malcolm Bruns
Stephen DeVault
Saturda
Asseneth Whittington
Lafayette DeVault
Olathe
Kan
Brosh Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Brosh Funeral Home
M’gregor
S.U.L
Mcclausens Point
Melody
Mayor McGuffy
Mazor
Williams
Trawami
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