Numerous Bills on Conservation Await Legislative Action
More than a score of bills on soil and water conservation and fish and game will draw legislative attention when they return from recess. Proposals cover erosion, flood control, dredging of lakes, sewage disposal, bounties, bag limits, coyotes, tree reservations, and pest control, plus creation of soil conservation districts and a state committee modeled after federal lines. Funds totaling 271,973 dollars are asked for conservation work, including dredging at Storm Lake and other lakes, sewer projects at Iowa Great Lakes, and matching WPA funds.
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Des Moines
INS
Fish and Game
Storm Lake
Herman M. Knudson
Mason City
Clear Lake
Twin Lake
Calhoun County
Iowa Great Lakes
Millar Pleased as Iowa highway deaths fall behind 1938
DES MOINES Iowa figures show highway fatalities for the year since March 3 total 60 versus 62 the prior year. Secretary of State Earl G Miller praised public cooperation and noted credit to the highway patrol and Commissioner T Harry Vicker for a reduced program.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Earl G. Miller
Miller
Iowa State Safety Council
Safety Council
Iam
Hall CW
Earl Hall
Mason City
Council
T. Harry Vicker
Highway Patrol
C. A. Knee
Knickerbocker plans yearlong Alaska work trip
Bill Knickerbocker of Fairfax will leave Monday for Alaska to seek work in the gold fields to fund his general engineering education at Ames. The trip to reach Fairbanks will take about two and a half weeks, with sailing from Seattle on March 11. He travels light and aims to outfit in Seattle and Alaska, aided by his brother Ross Knickerbocker in Fairbanks.
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Gazette
Fairfax
Bill Knickerbocker
C. J. Knickerbocker
Alaska
Ames
Seattle
Knickerbocker
Ross Knickerbocker
Fairbanks
Mount Vernon Boy III Receives Fifth Blood Transfusion
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon five year old Junior Simpson continues his year long battle with nephrosis receiving his fiftieth blood transfusion and over five gallons of blood with two gallons donated by his father Earl Simpson. A blood bank was formed by local supporters and more than 500 cubic centimeters of typhial serum have been given. Junior spends long hours resting and keeping a scrapbook of newspaper accounts about his illness.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Junior Simpson
Earl Simpson
Junior
Colorful Russian Pianist Seroff Performs At Cornell Recital
A feature on Victor Seroff, famed Russian pianist born in Batoum, his dramatic life from revolutions to exile, and his upcoming Bach recital with Jacques Jolas at Cornell Chapel with plans for a later Steinway Hall appearance. He recounts residence in Castle Klessheim with thousands of bats and odd publicity tales.
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United States
Scroff
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Bach
Jolas
Seroff
Steinway Hall
New York City
Batoum
Russia
Turkey
Black Sea
Mozart
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Mozart Orchestra
Salzburg
Glasgow Herald
Klessheim
Max Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Gazelle
Victor Seroff
Cornell College Conservatory
Davenport Deputy City Clerk James OConner Dies at 66
James F. OConner, 66, longtime deputy city clerk of Davenport for 32 years, died in his sleep from a heart attack. He had been healthy prior to death. He previously played baseball with Omaha in the Western League and with Rock Island and Ottumwa in the old Three Eye league, and managed the Quincy team in that league.
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Davenport
James F. O’conner
Mr. O'Conner
Omaha
Rock Island
Ottumwa
Quincy
Harlan Approves Disputed Movie
Mayor Dan Butler of Omaha objects to the film Yes My Darling Daughter but Harlan's censorial board grants it. Omaha bans a similar film due to Butler's objections, while Harlan approves the controversial title.
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Harlan
INS
Dan Butler
Omaha
Daughter
William Hayes
Butler
William P Allred Corydon Civil War Veteran Dies
William Paterson Allred 92 a Corydon resident and Civil War veteran died at his home Saturday He served as president of the National Association of Civil War Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans Musicians and was elected at the Des Moines G A R encampment last fall He organized a drum corps in Corydon nearly twenty years ago and was one of three surviving Civil War veterans in Wayne County.
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Corydon
William Patterson Allred
Allred
National Association of Civil War and Sons of Union Veterans
Des Moines
Wayne County
Gillis Held After Keokuk Robbery Prelim
Elmer N. Gillis 24 of Ottumwa charged in a county attorney information with robbing Arthur Preston of Keokuk in a Burlington hotel room. Following a preliminary hearing Saturday he was bound over to the grand jury, with bail set at 500 dollars by Police Magistrate E W Dailey.
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Burlington
Elmer N. Gillis
Ottumwa
Arthur Preston
Keokuk
Polce
E. W. Dailey
Iowa Sales Tax Revenues Hit Record Christmas Quarter
DES MOINES AP Iowa merchants posted a record Christmas quarter with sales and use tax receipts totaling over 4 million dollars for October through December 1938, surpassing the prior 1936 quarter. Officials noted 3.9 million in sales and 183 thousand in use tax, with a potential to approach four million before March 31.
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Des Moines
Board of Assessment and Review
Allamakee County Booze Ring Broke
Federal officers late Saturday arrested six people in Waukon ending a major illegal liquor operation in Allamakee County. John Ruckdaschel alias John Pope and his wife, Ray Kibby, Lawrence Ludeking, Paul Knuff, and Ralph Sunderman were taken into custody. three were released on bonds while the others remained jailed. The Alcohol Tax Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue led the actions. Kibby ran a service station and served as a Makee township justice of the peace, with Ruckdaschel described as a wholesale distributor and the others as pocket bootleggers under Kibby.
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Dubuque
Allamakee County
Waukon
John Ruckdaschel
John Pope
Ray J Kibby
Makee
Lawrence Ludeking
Paul Knuff
Ralph Sunderman
Ruckdaschel
Kibby
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
F. H Burris
Burris
Vinton Man Held In House Robbery
John L. Neal, 23, of Vinton, arrested by Sheriff Jack Franklin on breaking and entering. Bert Long of Vinton accused Neal of theft from his home. Neal allegedly confessed after arrest at a Vinton rock quarry. Neal and his wife planned a hitchhiking trip to California. their 22‑month‑old baby was recently adopted by Mr and Mrs Milford Gray of Vinton.
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Vinton
John L. Neal
Jack Franklin
Bert Long
Neal
Long
Neda
California
Milford Gray
Wilson silent on men he will name to key positions
Des Moines AP Iowa lawmakers prepare to resume the 1939 session as deadlines loom for Gov George A Wilson to submit about twenty five administration appointments. The list includes highway commissioner, liquor and unemployment bodies, state comptroller, social welfare and education boards with both parties represented. A public safety reform may be created, and liquor questions could spark a House showdown led by Rep H E Morrow.
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Wilson
Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
George A. Wilson
Senate
Highway Commission
Board of Assessment and Review
Board of Control
C. Fred Porter
Board of Parole
Conservation Commission
Liquor Commission
Social Welfare Board
Board of Education
Highway Patrol
H. EF. Morrow
Hopkinson
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Consolidation and Coordination Committee
House
Conservation Committee
Commission
F. A. Latchaw
Wilton Junction
Republican
Earl Millar
MT. Vernon
Cornell
Cari, Uueser
Nount Vernon
William P. Allred
Eastern Iowa
University of Iowa
Harriett Harlow
Telede
Kadaiha Phote
Mary Alice Arnold
Manchester
Andersen
Phote
Mildred Ross, Oelwein
Mary Carolyn Kuever
Iowa City
Helen Anderson
Wellmanx
Andersom Phote
Alice McGowan
Marion
Anderson
Eleanor Jones
Williamsburg
Kadeihn Phote
Margaret Joiner
Alice McCollister
JO Ann Hanzlik
Maquoketa
Tewa City
Cedar Rapids
Kadeihn Photo
Anderson Phote
Ruth Ganfield
Blairstown
Kadgiha
Jeanne Anthony
Eleanor Bjorklund, Oelwein
Kadziha
Jane O'Meara
Dale Tenney
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