Freezing Temps Eases Iowa Flood Runoff and Floyd River Drainage
Freezing north Iowa temperatures slowed thaw runoff and eased flood pressure on Iowa rivers. In Sioux City the Floyd River receded from a flood zone in the eastern district, with officials predicting banks back by Thursday morning. The weather service forecast colder conditions overnight followed by a warmup on Thursday, with minimal rain and possible snow in the northeast.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Streets Department
Weather Bureau
North
South
Iowa River Flood Limited to Low Lands Near City
Special to The Gazette reports Iowa City faced eleven feet on the Iowa River with minimal city damage. USGS warned no further rise unless heavy rains. Ice jams damaged poles and trees while river ice near the park was submerged. University of Iowa believed ice dynamiting prevented damage to riverbank buildings.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
United States Geological Survey
Iowa City To
Cedar Rapids
Here
University of Iowa
Ice Breakup on Wapsipinicon Bridges Draws Crowds
In Anamosa on Tuesday residents lined the Wapsipinicon bridges to watch ice break up and pass over the dam. Officials estimated the ice above the dam at more than eighteen inches thick. The release was gradual and caused no flooding.
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Anamosa
Wapsipinicon
Winter fishing banned in most northern Iowa lakes
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Conservation Commission revoked its winter fishing permit order to protect fish lacking oxygen as ice melts. Affected lakes span East Okoboji Swan Lost Island Dickinson Clay Palo Alto Medium Cornelia Wright Mud Iowa Tuttle Big Lower Pine Black Hawk Sac North Twin Morse Storm across multiple counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
East Okoboji
Narrows
Swan Lake
Dickinson County
Lost Island Lake
Clay
Palo Alto
Medium Lake
Cornelia Lake
Wright County
Mud Lake
Iowa Lake
Tuttle Lake
Emmet
Big Lake
Allamakee
Manchester clears ice flood risk with dynamite blast
Hundreds gathered as a half mile long ice pack was dynamited at the Maquoketa river near the Marion street bridge. A fifty pound charge broke the ice, water was limited, and the Maquoketa river rose two feet but remained non destructive as the channel opened.
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Bear Creek
Iowa River
Marengo
Amanas
Manchester
Maquoketa River
Marion Street
Maquoketa
Federal agents seize untaxed alcohol in roadside pickup
Federal Agents Ed Miller and Rube Taylor of Cedar Rapids pursued Hartley of La Crosse Wisconsin for over a month. They crowded his car into a ditch near Waterloo and confiscated 300 gallon cans of untaxed alcohol. Hartley was to be arraigned in Waterloo before a United States commissioner.
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Harold Hartley
la Crosse
Wis
Ed Miller
Rube Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Hartley
Waterloo
United States
Miller
Taylor
Iowa Tax Roll Totals Show Statewide Real Property Value
Iowa reports total real property valued at 633 569 065 on Jan 1 1934 in the auditor’s records. Personal property stands at 77 123 742 with telephone and telegraph valuations at 30 931 833. Monies and credits total 175 257 560 and agricultural lands 10 518 565. Hampton leads with 45.656 mills, followed by Stuart 28, Marengo 24.35, Council Bluffs 24.211, and Des Moines near the top at 20.336 mills. Hawarden had no levy despite 1 348 131 taxable value.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. W. Storms
Hampton
Stuart
Guthrie County
Marengo
Council Bluffs
Hawarden
Cedar Rapids Man Named Director of Iowa Daily Press
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Daily Press association concluded its two day meeting of editors and publishers naming Mason City’s Lee Loomis as state president succeeding Ottumwa publisher John Huston. Robert OBrien Council Bluffs re elected vice president and Dale Carrell Keokuk was named secretary treasurer. Directors elected include Clare Marshall Cedar Rapids J Tracy Garrett Burlington J M Beck Centerville A M Clapp Clinton F W Woodward W F Merryman Fort Dodge John Huston Ottumwa C M White Sioux City Jackson McCoy Waterloo.
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DES Moines
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa
Lee Loomis
Mason City
Loomis
Atlantic
J. Tracy Garrett
Burlington
Clare Marshall
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Beck
Centerville
A. M. Clapp
Clinton
F. W. Woodward
W. F. Merryman
Fort Dodge
John Huston
Ottumwa
C. M. White
Sioux City
Jackson McCoy
Waterloo
Fayette County April Court Term Jurors Named
The Fayette County district court opens April 6 under Judge H. E. Taylor. Petit jurors called to report April 13 include Clarence Thoman Elgin and many others from Oelwein West Union Arlington Fay ette Elgin Hawkeye Randalia Waucoma Clermont Fairbank and broader area.
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West Union
Fayette County
H. E. Taylor
Clarence Thoman
Elgin
Ivan Gartz
Oelwein
Oscar Rich
Waucoma
Fritz Federer
Hawkeye
Charles Wilsie
Arlington
James Tope
A. R. Crain
L. A. Wooldridge
H. I. Robinson
Fayette
Nettie Sauerbry
Katherine Plashal
Frank Bahl
Glen Morrow
Frances Fordyce
Randalia
Daisy Ray
Herman Buhr
Ethel Burnside
Wilbur Morrison
Knut Evenson
Clermont
C. Howard
Ballots Mailed for Iowa Alumni Association Election
Ballots were mailed to over 25 000 University of Iowa graduates for a mail ballot election of seventeen alumni officers. The vote closes April 1 and new officers will begin June 1. Presidential nominees are Rush C Butler and Sumner B Chase. Vice presidents include Clyde Charlton Donald Graham Clare Hamilton and Virgil Hancher.
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OWA
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Rush C. Butler
Chicago
Sumner B. Chase
Fort Dodge
Clyde Charlton
Des Moines
Donald Graham
Waterloo
Clare Hamilton
Winterset
Virgil Hancher
Wyoming School Board Faces Tight Loss On Land Purchase
In a close Monday school election Wyoming voters defeated a $2100 land purchase question by 106 to 105 with 219 votes cast. August Thomsen won 120 votes and Gerald Madeer 119 to join the board. other candidates received fewer votes. C J Ingversen was unopposed and elected treasurer with 132 votes.
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Wyoming
August Thomsen
Gerald Madeer
Gordon Marshall
August Hansen
George Miller
C. J. Ingversen
Victor
W. L. Adrian
Davenport
St. Ambrose
Father Adrian
Tennessee
Sigourney
Waukon
Severin Bergeson
Church
Landmark Inn
O. C. Halverson
Eldorado
A. Mosby
Ossian
A. T. Bergeson
Clermont
Newhall
C. H. Werning
Cornelius Risdal
Emmett Seeman
J. M. Krumm
E. E. Ste
Coralville
John Halverson
Gordon Dinsmore
Nelle Hemphill
MT. Auburn
Lewis Kruckenberg
Magnus Albertsen
E. C. Welton
Noble Grand Association
Iowa Engineering Society Names Officers
Marshalltown Q A Ayres associate professor of agricultural engineering at Iowa State College has been elected president of the Iowa Engineering Society. T R Agg dean of engineering at Iowa State College and A A Baustian of Sioux City were elected vice presidents. Directors elected include William H Behrens Cedar Rapids district 7 Huber O Croft Iowa City district 8 John W Wiersma Grundy Center district 10 A R Coffeen Decorah district 12.
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Marshalltown
Q. A. Ayres
Iowa State College
Iowa Engineering Society
T. R. Agg
A. A. Baustian
Sioux City
William H. Behrens
Cedar Rapids
Huber O. Croft
Iowa City
John W. Wiersma
Grundy Center
A. R. Coffeen
Decorah
Birthday surprise and multiple local notices in Iowa
A column of Iowa brief items reports a birthday surprise for Nancy Meyer in Newhall with a long list of attendees, funeral service details for M A White in Shellsburg, obituaries and school elections across Decorah, Atkins, Victor, Waukon, Calmar, Coralville, Mt Auburn, Quasqueton, Center Point, and Vinton, plus wedding and engagement news from Shellsburg and Grinnell.
Dem Party Denies Interfering in Democratic Primary
Des Moines Iowa AP Ed Birmingham state party chairman said the Democratic Party will not influence candidacies and denies attempts to sway the primary. He defends the primary as an open process with equal courtesy to all candidates and hopes the best ticket will win voter approval.
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Des Moines
Ed Birmingham
Party
Birmingham
Democratic Party
Righter Resigns From WPA Music Project Post
Professor Charles B. Righter of the University of Iowa music department resigns as regional director of the WPA project for musicians relief. He cites university duties, including the state high school music festival in May, as the reason and states relief and music cannot be mixed to help music.
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Iowa City
Charles B. Righter
University of Iowa Music Department
WPA
Righter
Rural Fayette schools report 100 percent dental programs
Seven rural Fayette county schools report full participation in dental programs. Ruth Robinson Elizabeth Nus Ruth Davis Helen Dibble Letha M. Wood Melba Granneman Violet Ross are listed at Center No. 5 Bethel No. 5 Banks No. 7 Pleasant Valley No. 7 Dover No. 9 Bethel No. 9 Fairfield No. 1.
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West Union
Fayette County
Ruth Robinson
Center
Elizabeth Nus
Bethel
Ruth Davis
Banks
Helen Dibble
Pleasant Valley
Letha M. Wood
Dover
Melba Granneman
Violet Ross
Fairfield
Ponder Case of Rural School Teacher Without Pupils
Des Moines AP report on Sarah Gookin a 20 year old rural teacher accused of teaching a Bethel Lucas county school with no students since Christmas. State official Miss Agnes Samuelson weighed her competence amid pupil withdrawals and a vowed conspiracy claim by a defeated school board candidate’s wife.
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Des Moines
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sarah Gookin
Lucas County
Miss Samuelson
Miss Gookin
Bethel School
Helen Pfrimmer
F. B. Gookin
Miss Pfrimmer
Resistance To Chain Store Appeal To Dismiss Tax Case
DES MOINES AP Frank Messer of Iowa City filed a United States Supreme Court resistance to nineteen chain store companies motion to dismiss the states appeal in the Iowa chain store tax law case The state appealed a federal court ruling that the gross receipts provision of the tax law is unconstitutional Messer argued the Kentucky case does not parallel the Iowa case and urged the appeal proceed.
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DES Moines
Frank Messer
Iowa City
United States Supreme Court
Iowa
Messer
Kentucky
Iowa Supreme Court Reverses Trustee Appointment Void ruling
The Iowa supreme court reversed a Johnson county district court order that declared void the appointment of Davenport Bank and Trust Co. as trustee of the estate of George S. Carson of Iowa City.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Johnson County
Davenport Bank and Trust Company
George S. Carson
Iowa City
National effort to raise housing levels nationwide
Iowa architects and builders join a mobilization to expand affordable housing and raise standards. The campaign aims to bring architectural services to small homes and boost mortgage criteria with support from the federal housing system and lenders.
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Decorah
Iowa
Charles Altfillisch
American Institute of Architects
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Stephen F. Voorhees
Institute
United States
Federal Housing Administration
Voorhees
School election results in Volga City names candidates
In Volga City on Monday a school election produced ninety five votes with Guy White Ford and John Fallon named as di.
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Volga City
Guy Whiteford
John Fallon
Kidneys Clean Out Acids Cystex Ad Warning
An advertisement claims kidneys remove acids and wastes via nine million tubules and promotes Cystex as a guaranteed prescription. It asserts quick relief within 48 hours and a one week guarantee with a money back offer, priced at 3c per dose.
Gly-Cas Promises Remarkable Relief Says Mason City Woman
Mrs G H Hanna of Mason City Iowa reports rapid relief from rheumatism neuritis and kidney and liver issues after using Gly-Cas She says she now sleeps through the night and her complexion improves Friends notice the change and she credits Gly-Cas Thrifty Drug Store Cedar Rapids Iowa sells it.
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Gly-Cas
G. H. Hanna
12Th St
Mason City
Iowa
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