Senate panel pushes measure to create business managers
Des Moines INS reports a senate committee proposes a bill to appoint business managers for 15 penal and insane institutions with four year terms and full admin control over non medical duties. A superintendent of farms would oversee farming. the governor would appoint managers and salaries are set by the board of control. The bill also renames the Glenwood institution for feeble minded children to Glenwood state school.
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Des Moines
INS
State Senate
Board of Control Committee
Board of Control
Executive Council
Glenwood
Jones County Bar Backs Rutledge for Supreme Court Seat
The Jones County Bar association in Anamosa unanimously endorsed Dean Wiley B. Rutledge of the University of Iowa College of Law for the U S Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Brandeis. The resolution urges President Franklin D Roosevelt to appoint the midwest jurist, citing his age, education, and reformist temperament as fitting for the court and the nation. James E. Remley is president and S. E. Locher secretary.
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Anamosa
Jones County Bar Association
Roosevelt
Wiley B. Rutledge
College of Law
University of Iowa
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandeis
Dean Rutledge
Iowa
Middle West
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James E. Remley
County Association
S. E. Locher
Monticello
Warmer Weather Signals Spring Approach in Iowa
Des Moines reports indicate warmer weather and a slight haze on Wednesday as spring nears. icy spots on highways may clear with rising temperatures, aiding the melting of deep snow across Iowa fields.
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Des Moines
Ins
Iowa
Sioux City
Omaha
Mount Ayr
Keokuk
Iowa Falls
Miller Proposes 100 Dollar License for Junk Auto Dealers
Secretary of State Earl G. Miller proposed a bill to tax junk auto part dealers with a 100 dollar annual license fee. The measure requires dealer parts approval by a motor vehicle department inspector and threatens a 500 dollar fine or a year in jail for bootleg parts. The plan, framed as a safety move, targets curbside dealers who pay lower wages and rents.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Earl G. Miller
Motor Vehicle Department
Miller
The
Highway Patrol
Senate
Goldfield Farmer Dies After Rescue From Fire
Goldfield farmer M. S. Olson 76 died from burns after being rescued from his burning home by Emory Barker and William Speedling near Clarion. Olson weighed about 300 pounds and was found unconscious on the floor of the blaze. The others who saved him were passersby on the highway.
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Fort Dodge
Ins
Goldfield
M. S. Olson
Emory Barker
William Speedling
Clarion
Barker
Speedling
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Obituaries and Marriages
Wilton born Lizzie Bentley Garstang dies in Davenport after brief illness. Funeral for Chris Fehling, 85, held in Clarence. School board terms and elections in Calmar, Toledo, Mount Auburn. Washington announces marriage of Lou Jean Stewart to Merrill Harkness. Miss Myrna Long and Gerald Furman wed in Wellman.
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Mae Davidson
Toledo
Mount Auburn
Lewis Kruckenberg
H. M. Albertson
John Healy
Willard Jackson
Homer Coots
Washington
W G Stewart
Lou Jean Stewart
Merrill Harkness
Buffalo Center
Paul Hann
Margaret Furman
Paul Oldfield
Wellman
Furman
Wyman
Iowa trout season opens April 1 at 5 am
Iowa fishermen prepare as the trout season opens April 1 at 5 am with stocking plans for 80 000 adult trout across 24 streams in nine counties. Rain bow trout lead the stock, along with brown and brook varieties, in streams near towns listed by stream name and vicinity.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Allamakee
French Creek
Waukon
Waterloo Creek
History Creek
Luana
Clear Creek
Lansing
Wexford Creek
Wexford
Clayton
Elk Creek
Edgewood
Bloody Run
McGregor
Buck Creek
Garnaville
Kleinlein Creek
Strawberry Point
Delaware
Maquoketa River
Spring Branch
Dubuque
Boge Pond
Dyersville
Swiss Valley Creek
Howard
Cheahak Creek
Cresco
Jackson
Dalton Lake
Preston
Little Mill Creek
Bellevue
Big Mill Creek
Brush Creek
Maquoketa
Jones—Farm Creek
Cascade
Michell
Spring Creek
Orchard
Winneshiek
Coldwater Creek
Bluffton
Bear Creek
Highlandville
Trout River
Decorah
Trout Run Creek
Twin Springs Creek
Willard Kimball Dies Founder of Nebraska Music School
Willard Kimball, 84, founder of the University of Nebraska music school in 1894 and a Lincoln civic figure, died at his home Tuesday night after a brief illness. He arrived in Lincoln in 1894 from Grinnell College, where he started a music school in 1875, and directed the Lincoln affiliate school until 1919.
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Lincoln
Willard Kimball
University of Nebraska School of Music
Kimball
Grinnell College
Lincoln School
University of Nebraska
Montezuma Votes On $136,000 Municipal Light Plant
Montezuma residents will vote April 7 on authorizing the town council to erect a $136,000 municipal electric plant and distribution system. The measure stems from a citizen petition and seeks approval to fund the project through the town.
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Montezuma
Legion Leader Opposes Ludlow Amendment in Ohio Meeting
Iowa Legion state commander F W Sieverding urged opposition to the Ludlow amendment at a Toledo gathering of business and professional men. He warned of class dissension delays and rampant misinformation and defended representative government. Cedar Rapids entertainers Dempsy Jones and Bill Seward performed for juvenile home children.
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Toledo
LeRoy Reinig
American Legion
F. W. Sieverding
Legion
Congress
Sieverding
Dempsy Jones
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Jones
Bill Seward
Seward
State Juvenile Home
Children of the Home
F. J. Kremenak
Vernon F. Kepford
R. McAnulty
C. E. Roby
Carl Skedin
Aids To Industry Theme Of Iowa U Conference
The University of Iowa will host its second annual management conference on March 31 focusing on scientific aids to industry. Prof Ralph M. Barnes outlined topics such as time and motion study industrial styling and employment stabilization with speakers from John Deere Co Minne sota Mining and Manufacturing Co University of Minnesota Toledo Ohio Lawrence Flagler Proctor and Gamble Cincinnati E F Boyle Johns Manville Chicago and Henry L. Nunn Milwaukee.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Ralph M. Barnes
College of Engineering
Ira Maxon
John Deere and Company
Moline
Ll. L
Ohio
Lawrence
Flagler
The
Proctor and Gamble Company
Cincinnati
E. F. Boyle
Johns-Manvillé Corporation
Chicago
Henry L. Nunn
Een Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Funeral services for Mrs Jane Bell in Sigourney
Funeral services for Mrs Jane Bell aged resident of Keokuk and Iowa counties were held Wednesday in Sigourney. She died Monday at the home of her son Wes Bell after a long illness. Her husband preceded her. She leaves children Dan D M and Newt of North English John of Harper Joe of Wellman Mrs Virgil Lewis and Mrs J Moore of Iowa City Mrs Lemley and Wes of Sigourney.
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Wapello
C. Kremer
W. S
Elizabeth Whicher Kremer
Ida J. Knaub
Columbus Junction
Clayton S
Mediapolis
Fred Schwab
Des Moines
Arthur Z
Glen Jarvis
Morning Sun
Phillip Main
Fred Outhamp
Pearl Kremer
Wapello Cemetery
West Union
West Union Citizens’ Club
H. V. Hurd
M. T. Nodland
Sigourney
Jane Bell
Iowa
Keokuk County
Dysart Civil War Vet E. F. Douglass Nears 91th Birthday
E F Douglass Dysarts only Civil War veteran will observe his ninety first birthday Sunday at home. He enlisted at 16 in the Thirty ninth Illinois infantry near the war's end and was present at General Lee's surrender. He saw Lincoln review troops and has lived in Iowa since 1845. He moved to Dysart in 1885 and served as postmaster for 13 years. He reads the Cedar Rapids Gazette, hunts, fishes, summers in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and attended a Blue and Gray reunion last July accompanied by his niece.
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Dysart
E F. Douglass
Iowa
Mr. Douglass
Clayton County
Mississippi River
McGregor
Thirty-ninth
Ilinois Infantry
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Douglass
Cedar Rapids
Hale
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Christ Beck
Use Tax on Guns for Wildlife Restoration
Rep Karl M Le Compte urged the House appropriations subcommittee to dedicate the entire 10 percent tax on hunting guns and ammunition to wildlife restoration. He noted last year only one million dollars was appropriated though sportsmen paid about three times that amount in taxes, arguing the tax should fully fund restoration or be cut.
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Washington
Karl M le Compte
R), Inc
House Appropriations Committee
Petit jurors named for Fayette County April term court
West Union lists drawn jurors for Fayette County district court April term. Included names: Elizabeth Adair Oelwein, William Armitage Oelwein, Roy Aubrey Sumner, Bertha Barnes Hawkeye, Mabel Becker Elgin, Sue Bovis Elgin, Theo Busch Hawkeye, B S Cole Oelwein, Bertha Frisbie Clermont, August Frisch Westgate, Marion Gee West Union, Charles Habeger Elgin, Robert Hatch Oelwein, George Henn Hawkeye, Minnie B. Hoover West Union, Mary G. Hoyt Fayette, Sarah Johnson Waucoma, H F Knoll Sumner, Inez Lenz Oelwein, Hyman Louis Levey Oelwein, Sylvia Lovrein Waucoma, John Meyer West Union, Fred Milbrandt Waucoma, Carl Mosby Clermont, Julius Obenchain Oelwein, S S Patterson West Union, George Platt Oelwein, B W Ramsey Oelwein, L N Saboe West Union, Donald Simpson Maynard, R D Smith West Union, Cora Soloman Fayette, Frank Strong Oelwein, Tompkins Waucoma, Edith Walter Oelwein, Florence Whitney West Union, Almon Wickham Hawkeye, Jessie Wood Fayette, Alvin Zigler Maynard, Gus Zunker Oelwein.
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West Union
Fayette County
Elizabeth Adair
Oelwein
William Armitage
Roy Aubrey
Sumner
Bertha Barnes
Hawkeye
Mabel Becker
Elgin
Sue Bovis
Theo Busch
B. S Cole
Bertha Frisbie
Clermont
August Frisch
Westgate
Marion Gee
Charles Habeger
Robert Hatch
George Henn
Minnie B. Hoover
Mary G. Hoyt
Fayette
Sarah Johnson
Waucoma
H. F. Knoll
Inez Lenz
Hyman Louis Levey
Sylvia Lovrein
John Meyer
Fred Milbrandt
Carl Mosby
Julius Obe
Almon Wickham
Jessie Wood
Alvin Zigler
Maynard
Gus Zunker
Reach Agreement in Missouri Iowa Boundary Dispute
Iowa and Missouri representatives reached a stipulation to file in the U S Supreme Court. The two legislatures will pass identical acts establishing the Des Moines river as the boundary. Keokuk Canning land remains in Iowa while land owned by the State Central Savings Bank and others starts in Missouri. The agreement notes no change in citizenship.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Des Moines
Keokuk Canning Company
State Central Savings Bank
J I Annable
John C Johnson
Ed S. Merrick
Infant in Washington Smothered by Pillow Found Dead
Shirley Deane Enfield five months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Enfield, died at 4 am in Washington. Coroner W S Kyle says the baby suffocated after burying its face in a pillow. Funeral services will be held in Kalona.
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the Gazette
Washington
Shirley Deane
Dean Enfield
Des Moines Extradition Case Ends With Reprieve
New England officers Sheriff Simes Frink and Deputy Clarence Merrill returned toward home with no prisoner after a writ of habeas corpus stopped their bid to extradite Carroll M. Ross. Ross, 35, was indicted in New Hampshire for child desertion and had his residency questioned by Judge Charles S. Cooter. Governor George A. Wilson had signed the extradition papers before the halt.
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Des Moines
INS
New England
Simes Frink
Rockingham County
New Hampshire
Clarence Merrill
Carroll M. Ross
George A. Wilson
Ross
Frink
Charles S. Cooter
Incumbents at Iowa City Nominated for Municipal Election
Iowa City nonpartisan incumbents named for the upcoming municipal race. Mayor Myron J. Walker leads a roster including Everett R. Means John J. Ostdick John F Grady Prof John F Reilly R J Phelps C E Beck aldermen Dr W M Robr bacher Charles Beckma Burke WN Carson police judge and E 3B Raymond treasurer. John A Novotny, not a candidate two years ago, is nominated to fill the third alderman seat left by George Bouck.
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Iowa City
Myron J. Walker
Everett R. Means
John J. Ostdick
John F Grady
John F. Reilly
R. J. Phelps
C E, Beck
W.M . Robr
Bacher
Charles Beckma
Burke WN. Carson
Raymond
John A. Novotny
George Bouck
Andrist Solist Named for Cornell May Festival
Karl Andrist concert violinist on the Cornell College music faculty was chosen by Frederick Stock to be soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the Cornell May Festival. Andrist, with a cosmopolitan career, debuted at eleven in Canada and has since performed with the Quebec Philharmonic, for CBC broadcasts in Montreal, and in New York City's Town Hall.
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Mount Vernon
Karl Andrist
Cornell College
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andrist
Canada
Quebec Philharmonic Orchestra
Montreal
Columbia Broadcasting System
Town Hall
New York City
Woodbury County Boots Slot Machines After Raids
County Attorney Maurice E. Rawlings says slot machines will not be tolerated in Woodbury County after Tuesday night raids. Eight deputies from Sheriff William R. Tice's office hit 50 establishments and seized slot boards, slot machines, and liquor during the operation on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
INS
Woodbury County
Maurice E. Rawlings
William R. Tice
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Martha Klatt
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William Fehling
Walter Fehling
Dick Twachtman
Henry Wiese
London
Hollywood Nights
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