Numerous Bills On Conservation Await Legislative Action
Des Moines report notes more than twenty bills on soil and water conservation and fish and game to be taken up after recess. Proposals cover erosion control flood protection dredging sewage disposal and crop pest management with funds requested for Storm Lake Clear Lake North Twin and Iowa Great Lakes sewer projects. A consolidation plan would create three departments administration land and waters fish and game under a three-member commission.
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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
West Okoboji
Methodist Camp
Consolidation and Coordination Committee
House
Conservation Committee
Commission
F. A. Latchaw
Wilton Junction
Miller Sees Iowa Road Toll Fall Behind 1938
DES MOINES Iowa Secretary of State Earl G Miller announced that through March 3 1939 Iowa highway fatalities total 60 versus 62 in 1938 reflecting an improving trend. Miller credited public cooperation the highway patrol and Chief C A Knee with the toll drop while questioning future praise from editor W Earl Hall president of the safety council which lost its state funding and was ousted from the statehouse.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Earl G. Miller
Miller
Iowa State Safety Council
Safety Council
Statehouse
Hall
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
T. Harry Vicker
Motor Vehicles
Highway Patrol
C. A. Knee
Mount Vernon Boy Receives 50th Blood Transfusion
The Mount Vernon Gazette reports Junior Simpson, a 5-year-old battling nephrosis, received his fiftieth blood transfusion on Saturday. His father Earl Simpson has donated blood, and over 500 cm³ of typhlal serum has been given. A local blood bank was created to assist his ongoing treatment. Junior rests in routine naps and spends time at a bed table, compiling a scrapbook of press accounts about his illness.
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Mount Vernon
Junior Simpson
Earl Simpson
Junior
Mount Vernor
Colorful Russian pianist Seroff to perform at Cornell and NYC
Seroff, a famed yet notorious pianist born in Batoum, visits Cornell with Jacques Jolas for two Bach recitals on the Supreme Art of the Fugue. The pair will perform Thursday in the college chapel and later in Steinway Hall, New York City. Seroff’s life includes revolutions, a 300 room castle filled with bats, and studies across Europe after leaving Russia.
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United States
Seroff
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Bach
Cornell College Chapel
Jolas and
Steinway Hall
New York City
Knickerbocker Plans Alaskan Work Trip for Year
Fairfax youth Bill Knickerbocker, son of Mr and Mrs C J Knickerbocker, departs Monday for Alaska to work in the gold fields to fund his general engineering education at Ames. He sails from Seattle on March 11 and will reach his destination after about two and a half weeks. He plans to stay roughly a year and has a brother, Ross Knickerbocker, in Fairbanks.
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Fairfax
Bill Knickerbocker
C. J. Knickerbocker
Alaska
Ames
Seattle
Knickerbocker
Ross Knickerbocker
Fairbanks
Davenport Deputy City Clerk Dies
James F. O'Conner aged 66 and longtime deputy city clerk died at home after a heart attack in his sleep. He had been in good health, previously played baseball with Omaha in the Western league and with Rock Island and Ottumwa in the Three Eye league, and served as manager of 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 Despite Omaha Mayor
Harlan's censor board grants the film Yes My Darling Daughter a go ahead while Omaha Mayor William Hayes objects. The same film faced a ban in Omaha due to Butler's earlier objections.
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Harlan
INS
Dan Butler
Omaha
William Hayes
Butler
William P Allred dies. Corydon Civil War veteran
William Paterson Allred 92 longtime Corydon resident and Civil War veteran died at his home Saturday. He served as president of the National Association of Civil War and Sons of Union Veterans Musicians after being elected at the Des Moines G A R campment last fall. Allred organized a Corydon drum corps about 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
Ben
Des Moines
Wayne County
Gillis Held on Robbery Charge After Preliminary Hearing
Elmer N. Gillis twenty four of Ottumwa was charged in a county attorney information with robbing Arthur P. Heston of Keokuk in a Burlington hotel room Thursday night. He was held to the grand jury by Police Magistrate E W Dailey after a preliminary hearing Saturday. Bail was fixed at five hundred dollars.
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Burlington
Elmer N. Gillis
Ottumwa
Arthur P. Heston
Keokuk
E. W. Dailey
Iowa sales tax boom sets record in last Christmas quarter
DES MOINES AP reports Iowa merchants posted over 204 million dollars in the October to December quarter, the highest sales tax total in state history. The 2 percent use tax on new car purchases pushed revenue, with sales 3.903 million and use tax 183 thousand, and officials expect near four million for the period.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Assessment and Review
Allamakee County Booze Ring Broken
Federal agents in Dubuque say Allamakee County liquor supply disrupted after arrests of six Waukon residents. John Ruckdaschel alias John Pope, Mrs Ruckdaschel, Ray Kibby, Lawrence Ludeking, Paul Knuff and Ralph Sunderman held. Ruckdaschel head of wholesale ring, Kibby large scale retailer, others pocket bootleggers.
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Dubuque
Allamakee County
Waukon
John Ruckdaschel
John Pope
Ray J. Kibby
Makee Township
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 Friday by Sheriff Jack Franklin on a breaking and entering charge. Bert Long of Vinton accused Neal of stealing articles from his home. Neal allegedly confessed at a rock quarry near Vinton. He is married and officials said his family planned a hitchhiking trip to California after their 22 month old baby was adopted by Mr and Mrs Milford Gray.
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Vinton
John L. Neal
Jack Franklin
Bert Long
Neal
Long
California
Milford Gray
Wilson silent on men he will name to key positions
Des Moines AP reports Iowa Governor George A. Wilson faces a rush of cabinet and board appointments as the 1939 legislative session nears its final weeks. With a 60 day deadline looming, major posts include highway commission, board of control, state comptroller, liquor and welfare boards, and education panels. Party balance required, several jobs viewed as politically juicy, a public safety commissioner possible under reorganization. House file No 1 may prompt a liquor policy showdown next week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
George A. Wilson
Senate
Highway Commission
Board of Assessment and Review
Board of Control
State Comptroller
C. Fred Porter
Board of Parole
Conservation Commission
Liquor Commission
Social Welfare Board
Board of Education
Highway Patrol
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