Glenn Frank Attacks New Deal Agricultural Policy
University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank urged at an Iowa City audience that restricting production to raise prices is not liberalism but surrender. He warned the current push to restrain maximum productive capacity would trap the nation in poverty and said government will play a larger economic role regardless of the White House occupant. He contrasted capitalism and communism, calling them fundamentally different.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
University of Iowa
United States
Frank
White House
Roosevelt
Hoover
CCC Men Recover Body Of Waterloo Youth In Spirit Lake
Spirit Lake AP CCC youths recovered the body of Edward Wenner 21 of Waterloo who drowned Sunday night while trying to reach help for two girl companions clinging to an overturned canoe. Wenner and the three others paddled during high waves. the girls Jean Dunkelberg Dora Bell Merkley were rescued at 5 a.m. after more than seven hours in cold water.
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Spirit Lake
Edward Wenner
Waterloo
CCC
Wenner
Jean Dunkelberg
Dora Bell Merkley
Sac City
Jack Firth
Davenport
Firth
Ten Day Jail Term For Lack Of License Plates
Ezra Wescott of Mount Auburn received a ten day county jail sentence after being arraigned before Justice J A Ruhl on a charge of driving a car without license plates. Sheriff Leland Fry arrested him Thursday afternoon. The sheriff had previously taken the car, then allowed the owner to reclaim it to take his daughter home from the hospital with storage conditions. Later complaints and a collision last Saturday night led to the arrest and sentence.
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Gazette
Vinton
Ezra Wescott
Mount Auburn
J. A. Ruhl
Leland Fry
Wescott
Urbana Man Fined $1 For Slapping Gul
Jack McCoy of Urbana was fined $1 and costs by Justice J A Ruhl on assault and battery charges from Lina Holmes 15 Urbana who testified McCoy slapped her McCoy was brought by Urbana marshal Beebe on the case and the Holmes family and neighbor dispute was noted
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Gazette
Vinton
Jack McCoy
Urbana
J. A. Ruhl
Lina Holmes
McCoy
Lester Holmes
Holmes
Marshal Beebe
Nile Mozena Named To Benton Co Commission
Nile Mozena of Belle Plaine appointed to Benton county old age pension commission succeeding Sadie Yavorsky who resigned. Oscar Reinhardt of Van Horne serves as chairman and Irene Carpenter, a social worker, is the other member.
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Vinton
Nile Mozena
Belle Plaine
Old Age Pension Commission
Benton County
Sadie Yavorsky
Oscar Reinhardt
van Horne
Irene Carpenter
Iowa City imposes strict beer ordinance to curb road houses
A new beer ordinance in Iowa City restricts sales to the business district, cuts licenses from 43 to 23, raises fees from 100 to 250, and sets 11 30 p.m. closing. Mayor Thomas E. Martin and City Solicitor Samuel D. Whiting push the measure to remove roadhouses and curb spiking and bootlegging with near beer allowed only in certain permits. The rule also bans dancing after 9 p.m. and aims to clean up the university area amid objections about strictness and enforcement.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Thomas E. Martin
Samuel D. Whiting
Martin
Iowan Receives Life Term for Murder
Mason City Iowa Walter J. Jackson convicted of second degree murder in the December 1 1933 killing of John S Williams 65 owner of a Mankato second hand store and was given life in Stillwater. Stepson Lyle Davis had pleaded guilty to murder in the third degree and faces seven to thirty years. Bert Tall Mason City testified and confessed implicating Davis and Jackson. Hall indicated willingness to plead guilty to first degree manslaughter.
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Mankato, Minn
Walter J. Jackson
Mason City
Stillwater
Jackson
John S. Williams
Mankato
Harry A Johnson
Lyle Davis
Bert Tall
Davis
Hall
C. A. Johnson
Iowa Couple Named Joint Editors of Ladies Home Journal
Bruce Gould and Beatrice Blackmar Gould, a married Iowa pair, will assume joint editorship of the Ladies Home Journal on July 1. Both native Iowans met at the University of Iowa, began in Des Moines newspapers, later joined New York staffs, with Gould moving from Saturday Evening Post and Mrs Gould from a writing role under her maiden name.
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Curtis Publishing Company
Bruce Gould
Beatrice Blackmar Gould
Ladies Home Journal
Iowa
University of Iowa
Des Moines
New York
Gould
Saturday Evening Post
Floods Cause Thousands in Damage Across Ottumwa Area
Des Moines river crest and recede impact Ottumwa and Eddyville with several thousand dollars in crop losses. In Eddyville 14 000 sand bags held back floodwaters while 50 to 75 workers battled the rising/high waters. In Ottumwa fifty families fled to temporary quarters as stock and basements suffered damage.
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Des Moines
Eddyville
Chris den Hartog
Aft Ottumwa
John Morrell and Company
Des Moines Man Named Benton Relief Engineer
WINTON John H Coster of Des Moines has been named federal relief resident engineer for Benton county to succeed James Lilly who has been transferred to a CCC camp in Kossuth county after a year of employment here. Coster graduated from Town State university in 1922 and served as executive secretary of the Master Builders' association of the state and was employed as assistant county engineer at Muscatine.
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John H. Coster
Des Moines
Benton County
James Lilly
CCC
Kossuth County
Mr. Coster
Engineering College
Town State University
Master Builders’ Association of
Muscatine
Choir presents The Holy City by Gaul at Presbyterian Church
La Porte City reports the Presbyterian church choir will stage the oratorio The Holy City by Alfred H Gaul Sunday night at 8 o clock in the church.
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LA Porte City
Presbyterian Church
the Holy City
Alfred H. Gaul
Remley Remley Iowa Landlord Tenant Partnership Celebrated
Fourteen years of partnership between landlord James E. Remley and tenant William Steenhook were celebrated at the Remley home in Anamosa. Steenhook has rented 135 acres on a share plan two miles northeast of Anamosa since 1908. He served in World War I and married Miss Anna Herr in June 1922. Their enduring collaboration persists despite changing livestock, crops, and produce prices.
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James E. Remley
William Steenhook
Russell
Richard
Steenhook
Remley
Camp Dodge
Anna Herr
Dallas Center
America
Miss Herr
Montour District to Vote on $25,000 School Bond
Montour independent school district voters will ballot on a 25000 bond issue at a special election July 9 to erect and equip a new school house. An application seeks a federal grant for 45 percent of the cost. The current schoolhouse dates to 1876.
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Montour
Montour Independent School District
Judge Moves Court To Vinton Home For Ill Witness
In Waterloo based case Judge George W. Wood held court at D. C. Knupp’s Vinton home due to ill health. The dispute concerns $25,000 to $30,000 in real estate near La Porte City. John Yung deeded farms and property to three friends five years ago. his daughter and his former wife seek possession, opposed by C. G. Geren John Butsky and Fred Butsky.
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Vinton
D. C. Knupp
Black Hawk
Waterloo
George W. Wood Friday
Knupp
la Porte City
John Yung
Mr. Yung
Republican Women Plan Northeast Iowa Rally at Devil's Backbone
The Republican women from Fayette Clayton Buchanan and Delaware counties plan a joint rally in August at Devil's Backbone State Park. Senator L J Dickinson will be principal speaker with short addresses by other Republican leaders. Mrs Hoyt Young of Arlington will chair a business session.
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Delwein
Fayette
Clayton
Buchanan
Delaware
Devil's Backbone State Park
L. J. Dickinson
Hoyt Young
Arlington
Fayette County
County Board Fixes Class B Beer Permits At Anamosa
ANAMOSA The county board of supervisors fixed the price of class B beer permits at 100 and ordered no beer sold between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. Permits issued to Rex Reuter Siebels brothers of Amber and Clarence Hoyen of Langworthy.
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County Board of Supervisors
Rex Reuter
Siebels Brothers
Amber
Clarence Hoyen
Langworthy
Miller to Replace Scholes as Iowa Board of Control Secretary
Robert Miller of College Springs Ia will replace Frank R Scholes of Council Bluffs as secretary of the Iowa board of control next week. Miller, 27, a Democrat and Cumberland University law graduate, has worked with the state emergency relief administration and previously with the University of Nebraska journalism school. Scholes, a Republican, held the post four years and faced past political accusations that he denied. The board, now under Democrat control, will name Frank Stevens as a board member and E H Felton as chairman.
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Des Moines
Robert Miller
College Springs
Frank R. Scholes
Council Bluffs
Board of Control
Miller
Law
Legislative Assembly
State Emergency Relief Administration
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
School of
University of Nebraska
Scholes
Frank Stevens
Garden Grove
O. H. Michael
Ottumwa
Stevens
Michael
E. H. Felton
Indianola
Harry C. White
Vinton
Fisherman Falls In Mud Suffocated In Accident
DECORAH AP George Kel logg 56 county home inmate suffered an epileptic attack while fishing Friday fell on his face in soft mud and suffocated to death before linemen nearby could rescue him He was unmarried and had been an inmate of the home for several years.
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Decorah
George Kellogg
Iowa Librarian Helen Morlan elected second VP
Helen Morlan of the University of Iowa won election as second vice-president of the American Association of Law Librarians at the convention in Denver. The Minneapolis meeting selected Morlan to lead during the upcoming year.
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Denver
Helen Morlan
University of Iowa
American Association of Law Librarians
Marengo Knights of Columbus to Install Officers
Grand Knight J. T. McGurk to yield post after two years to R. H. Simmons. Simmons and Rev. N. A. Keffler of Watkins named delegates to the 1936 state convention with E. J. Sullivan and John Lehrer as alternates. Other officers listed include Lohrer deputy grand knight Keflfler advocate Howard Simmons secretary Elsenbast chancellor Griffen treasurer Schmidt guardian Lipsius guards Petrzelka outside guard and McGurk trustee for three years.
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Marengo
Marengo Knights of Columbus
J. T. McGurk
R. H. Simmons
Simmons
N. A. Keffler
Watkins
E. J. Sullivan
John Lehrer
Mr. Lohrer
Father Keffler
Howard Simmons
O. J. Elsenbast
J. J. Griffen
Co. J. Schmidt
Frederick Lipsius
Williamsburg
Joe Petrzelka
Amana
Mr. McGurk
New Knights of Columbus Officers Named in Waukon
New officers of the Knights of Columbus in Waukon include Harlan Link as grand knight Franz Nachwey deputy grand knight Hugh Deeny chancellor Edward Teeling advocate William Deeny treasurer Bernard Deeny recording secretary Vic Zoll warden Will Hancock inside guard Cyril Elliott outside guard P J Mahoney and Richard Dunlevy as alternate delegates.
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The
Knights of Columbus
Harlan Link
Franz Natchwey
Hugh Deeny
Edward Teeling
William Deeny
Bernard Deeny
Vic Zoll
Will Hancock
Cyril Elliott
P. J. Mahoney
Richard Dunlevy
Manchester man arrested in bootlegging raid at billiard parlor
Jerry Eaton of Manchester was arrested Friday in a billiard parlor by Deputy Sheriff Carl Anderson and federal agents. Police found half pints of alcohol in his pockets and part of a gallon at his home. Eaton waived preliminary hearing and did not furnish $1,000 bond.
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Manchester
Jerry Eaton
Carl Anderson
Eaton
Fire damages home in Independence. $700 loss
Fire of unknown origin Friday damaged a house in Independence owned by James Mackin and leased to Jess Bantz and Mrs. Sarah Jones Smith. Estimated property loss stands at $700.
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Independence
James Mackin
Jess Bantz
Sarah Jones Smith
Music winner to be soloist at Mount Vernon concert
Robert Bryant, state music contest winner, will perform as soloist with the Mount Vernon municipal band at Saturday's concert. His baritone piece will be Tramp, Tramp, The Boys Are Marching.
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Mount Vernon
Robert Bryant
Page Family Weekend Trip With Kids Sees Careful Planning
The Page family plans a weekend near Lois and the Millers with seven year old Peter’s birthday nearby. Nancy organizes travel snacks and activities including lemonade, cups, washcloths, surprise packages, and rest stops to keep the children content during a seven hour drive. A Teatime Goodies leaflet is available via The Gazette. Sea WUaugres (Copyright, 1935.)
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Lois
Peter
Nancy
Susan
Joan
Millers
Peter Page Junior
Punch
Nary
Quarrel
Linn County Storm Ravages Center Point Area
A severe storm hit Linn County near Center Point and Alburnett causing washouts on interurban lines, 11 inch track flooding, hail over an inch, and extensive property damage. Buildings upturned, windows shattered, trees down, and livestock losses reported as water flooded cellars and fields were ruined. Travel disruptions forced transfers from Cedar Rapids to buses to reach Waterloo.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Linn County
Alburnett
Lafayette
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Rainfall Records Shatter in Clinton Flood Event
A new rainfall record was set Friday night as 1.1 inches of water fell in twenty minutes. Downtown streets and home basements flooded, and many wooden paving blocks were torn out.
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Clinton
Popularity by Listening and Crossing Generations
Two teen girls seek dating balance with friends of both genders. Advice urges prioritizing girl friendships, planning group activities, and expanding social circles beyond boys to improve happiness and social standing.
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Miss Manners
B. K
E. H
May gopher drive nets 700 killed and 35 dollars paid
In May a total of 700 pocket gophers were killed with rewards totaling 35 dollars. On Thursday local youths brought in 63 gophers and earned five cents per animal.
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Anamosa
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