Des Moines House approves deputy official salary cut
The Iowa House passes a bill setting deputy county official salaries at 68 percent of principal officers, 10 percent below Senate level, sending the measure back for Senate action. Amendments limited deputies to 1800 dollars and 1080 dollars minimum, with further tweaks debated and defeated.
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Jisper
Inter
Rep Rice
Keokuk
Rep. McCreery
Linn
Rep. Grau
Buena Vista
Rep
Thiessen
Clinton
Rep. Durant
Whancock
Dead Treasurer Receives 36 Votes in Primary Controversy
Davenport dispatch reports 36 votes for deceased treasurer candidate Clarence Schmidt after Charles Robeson’s death by suicide revealed a $12,000 shortage. Ballots had been printed before Robeson’s death, prompting an election contest to determine if Schmidt secures the nomination.
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Davenport
Clarence Schmidt
Charles Robeson
Robeson
Schmidt
Durant Durant postmaster named in Washington
Postmaster General James A Farley named Cecil Langmann the new Durant postmaster in Washington state. The promotion follows routine appointments announced Tuesday.
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Durant
Washington
James A Farle
Cecil Langmann
Durant Ja
Bowersox Funeral in Shueyville Thursday
Funeral services for Lawrence M Bowersox 71 will be held at United Brethren church Shueyville Thursday at 2 p.m. The Rev G W Emerson of Gladbrook will officiate. He died Monday night from injuries that followed six weeks after his brother Clay Bowersox, with whom he lived, was injured.
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United Brethren Church
Shueyville
Lawrence M Bowersox
G W. Emerson
Gladbrook
Bowersox
Clay Bowersox
Amana Villagers Don’t Need Court
Amana villages show blank pages in the Hspendens index for lawsuits in district court since 1917. Only Genoa Bluff among nearby towns lacks suits, while Marengo has 85. Township totals since 1917 show Lenox with 15 and Towa with 30 cases, where the Amann society owns most land.
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Iowa County
Genoa Bluff
Amana
Millersburg
Conroy
Parnell
North English
Ladora
Victor
Williamsburg
Marengo
Howest
Lenox
Towa
Amann Society
Lisbon Farmer Thomas Mitchell Dies After Illness
Lisbon farmer Thomas Mitchell 83 died Tuesday at his daughter Mrs. Sam Kohl's home six miles south of Lisbon after a lingering illness. Born in Madison Wisconsin he spent most of his life in the area Surviving are two daughters Mrs Gordon Hess of Marion and Mrs Kohl a son Willard of Mount Vernon two brothers Fred of Mount Vernon two sisters Mrs Mary Andre of Lisbon and Mrs Emma Hall of Battle Creek Funeral services set for 130 Thursday at the Kohl home and 2 pm at the Lisbon Methodist Church
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Lisbon
Thomas Mitchell
Sam Kohl
Madison
Wis
Gordon Hess
Marion
Kohl
Willard
Mount Vernon
Mary Andre
Emma Hall
Battle Creek
Methodist
Crocker enters Sixth District race for Congress
Ames veteran newspaperman Thomas F. Crocker announces as Democratic candidate for Congress from the Sixth District. As managing editor of the Ames Times- Tribune he pledges support for Roosevelt recovery programs, soldiers bonus legislation, market regulation, tariff revision, old age pension and unemployment insurance, while opposing critics of the Roosevelt era.
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Gazette
Ames
Thomas F. Crocker
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Crocker
Ames Times- Tribune
Roosevelt
Cassius C Dowell
Champion Pie-Baker Reveals Her Recipe
Iowa City girl Mary Lenore Spencer who won 100 dollars at a national cherry pie contest in Chicago last week shared her prize winning recipe on Wednesday. She explains filling with cherries juice sugar and flour and butter and a crust of flour salt lard and water baked for the championship pie. Spencer credits her success to her mother and to Edna Hill and Ione Hosman of the University of Iowa home economics department.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Mary Lenore Spencer
Chicago
Miss Spencer
Morrison Hotel
Robert Spencer
Edna Hii
Ione Hosman
Home Economics
University of Iowa
Planes To Land For Iowa City Business
Iowa City becomes stopover for United Airlines flights between Chicago and Omaha. Manager Jack Curtis said only one eastbound and one westbound plane previously landed daily. new schedule lists six daily arrivals and departures including eastbound 9:50 am 2:15 pm 11:08 pm and westbound 4:00 am 8:30 am 6:30 pm.
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Iowa City
United Airlines
Chicago
Omaha
Jack Curtis
Curtis
George S Woodruff Sings at 89 in Independence Iowa
Special to The Gazette Independence Iowa veteran George S Woodruff born February 28 1845 in West Avon Connecticut marked his 89th birthday with a concert in Waterloo praising his enduring baritone. He settled in Independence in 1862 and became a noted gladiolus grower exhibitor and choir member at St James Episcopal Church. In recent years he has worked in the local insurance business.
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Georges. Woodruff
Iowa
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West Avon
Con
Red River
Shreveport
Manchester Wins Declamatory Meet From Area Schools
Manchester dominated a district declamatory contest held in Delhi Tuesday night. Twelve contestants from Delhi Oneida Manchester and Earlville schools competed in oratory dramatic and humorous divisions. Manchester swept first place with Marjorie Swartz, Genevieve Chapel, and Roberta Rector awarded top honors. runners up from Earlville Oneida and Manchester also placed.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delhi
Oneida
Earlville
Marjorie Swartz
Arthur Powell
Genevieve Chapel
Charmion Hansen
Roberta Rector
Cat
Lois van Gerpen
Leeta Jarard
Ruth Burnstedt
Elvera Grimes
Helen Guyan
Moratorium Bill for Farm Mortgages Fails in Iowa Senate
In Des Moines, a measure to pause automatic farm mortgage foreclosures failed 17 to 27 in the senate. The special session left no path to amend the moratorium law as the house would not reconsider after last week’s 4 vote defeat, aiming to force continuances to March 1, 1935.
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Iowa
House
Supreme Court
Hoover Translation of Latin Metallurgy Text Returns to Iowa Library
IOWA CITY The Hoover translation of Agricola De Re Metallica autographed by George and Lou Henry Hoover has been given back to the University of Iowa library. Acquired a year after London 1912 publication, the volume is valued around $1,000. It was missing for months in 1932 and later found in geology shelves. VINTON A gathering of 25 relatives and friends celebrated Mr and Mrs Ewell's 32nd anniversary with a covered dish supper. TIPTON The Agne residence in southeastern Tipton suffered fire and water damage. three hoses fought the flames early Tuesday morning.
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Herbert Hoover
University of Iowa Library
London
Grace Wormer
Agricola
Garrison
Evans
Heil
Tipton
Charles Agne
J. McGuire
Hank Shafer Defies Odds Despite Severe Hip Injury
Aged 83 Hank Shafer of Eldora Iowa is hospitalized after a severe hip fracture from a ice fall. The storied survivor has endured lightning strikes mine accidents and falls including a cannon blast and a barbed wire drag. At 80 he recovered from double pneumonia and at 81 suffered a paralytic stroke before returning to activity at 82.
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Eldora
Hank Shafer
Hank
Longtime resident Hank Tragedy Seasons Through Accidents
A historical note recalls Hank sustaining a broken arm after a horse and wagon ran over him and enduring another fracture in a later auto accident when he reached 82, illustrating a life marked by repeated injuries.
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Hank
Declamatory Contest Brings Winners From Local Schools
Benton county schools Norway Shellsburg Walford and Newhall competed in a preliminary de clamatory contest at the high school auditorium Monday. Vernon Owens of Shells bury won the oratorical division with What Think Ye of Christ. Alice Tow of Walford took first in the dramatic section with Madame X. Bernice Sampson of Walford captured first in the humorous division with At the Declam Contest. Judges were Supt Glasgow Pale Supt Engleman Mount Auburn and Miss Willa Plowman Mount Auburn. Newhall Ingh school students performed a musical program including cornet Robert Brad ley trombone Virgil Freeman clarinet Luther Anderson and a female sextet.
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Benton County
Norway
Shellsburg Walford
Vernon Owens
Shellsbury
Christ
Alice Tow
Walford
Madame X
Bernice Sampson
Glasgow Pale
Engleman
Mount Auburn
Willa Plowman
Ingh
Robert Bradley
Virgil Freeman
Luther Anderson
Mail Ballots for Alumni Election At University of Iowa
More than 22 000 ballots were mailed to graduates across the nation and 30 foreign countries for the University of Iowa Alumni Association officer election. Seventeen officers are to be chosen including a president and two vice presidents. Opposing candidates for president are John M. Grimm of Cedar Rapids and Charles M. Dutcher of Iowa City. Ballots must be returned by mid April and officers will be installed during June commencement week.
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University of Iowa Alumni Association
John M. Grimm
Cedar Rapids
Charles M. Dutcher
Iowa City
Hanson Candidate For State Auditor
DES MOINES AP Frank M Hanson of Garner announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state auditor at the June primary. Hanson previously served as assistant state budget director until the office was abolished.
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Des Moines
Frank M. Hanson
Garner
Hanson
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