Legislators Heard 4-H and Farm Bureau Funding Debate
About 200 Farm Bureau members crowded the senate chamber as Sen. E. J. Mason renewed his tax aid for Farm Bureaus bill. The bill was sent back to the agricultural committee after a brief session, with Mason and a statement from the Farm Bureau urging defeat. The Farm Bureau warned the measure would cripple 4-H and women’s work across Iowa affecting tens of thousands of rural youths and women.
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E. J. Mason
Brooklyn
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Farm Bureau
Senate
Sen. Mason
Agricultural Committee
Mason
State Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
House
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Committee On Banks
State Executive Council
Social Security Committee
State Department of Social Welfare
Committee On Military Affairs
State Bonus Board
Conservation Commission
Supreme Court
W. A. Yager
Spirit Lake
Commission
Senate approves Bates for banking superintendent post
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Senate in executive session Wednesday confirmed the reappointment of D. W. Bates of Des Moines for a four year term as state banking superintendent. The senate did not act on other pending appointments during its secret session.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
D. W. Bates
Senate
Manchester Couple Celebrates Golden Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Darey of Prairie township Delaware county mark fifty years of marriage celebrated at First Baptist church in Manchester with 250 relatives. They farmed near Manchester for 47 years before retiring to town. They have 18 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
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Manchester
George Darey
First Baptist
Prairie Township
Henry Duffey
John Hatfield
Harte Allyn
Clarence Becker
A. A. Rideout
Dubuque
C. J. Brown
Brown
John Darey
Emma Burhans
Mesdames R. W. Teske
Mr. Brown
First Baptist Church Parsonage
Swinden
Dufeys
Amiel Keiser
Mr. Durey
Delaware County
Alfred Durey
Maude Beal
Bernard Beal
Macedon
N. Y
Dureys
Darey
T. L. Smith
Saw
Al Allen Presents Mexican Trip Films At Elkader Club
Elkader Commercial club members and guests viewed moving pictures by Al Allen of Cedar Rapids showing a Mexico trip via the Pan American highway. The event featured a junior college ovation by Miss Martin Bailey and musical numbers by local performers. The club voted to donate twenty dollars to high school band uniforms and heard reports on the membership drive with awards to captains Max Richards and Leslie Oelke.
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Gasetts
Robert Conrad
Carrol Meyer
Julia Jean Jones
John Hommel
Laura May Sharp
Lucille Larson
Max Richards
Leslie Oelke
Paul Ehrhard
Twenty-Five Casts Entered In Iowa U Festival Of Plays
Two hundred members in twenty-five production casts begin the University of Iowa carnival this week. First section features community class A and B and original plays, with finals April 1 to 3. Luncheons feature Eugene A. Gilmore and Maurice Gnesin. Cities include Cedar Rapids Des Moines Ottumwa Spencer Davenport and more.
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Une
Iowa
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
Maurice Gnesin
Chicago
Goodman Memorial Theater
Cedar Rapids
Red Oak
Independence
Elkader
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Davinport
Marshalltown
Centerville
Hart sworn in as Iowa State Senator for Lee County
Keokuk businessman Stanley L. Hart Republican took oath as Iowa state senator from Lee County at the morning session, succeeding the late T. F. Driscoll Democrat of Farmington who died of a heart attack after the session began. Hart won a special election to fill the vacancy.
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Des Moines
Stanley L. Hart
Keokuk
Lee County
T. F. Driscoll
Farmington
Hart
Senate
Driscoll
Manning Renominated for Fifth Ottumwa Mayoral Term
Edwin Manning won the Ottumwa mayoral nomination in the city primary with 2,261 votes to 1,593 for challenger C. A. Hill. The race names Manning as the leading candidate seeking a fifth term.
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Ottumwa
Edwin Manning
C. A. Hill
Mecca Week Feud at Iowa City May End After Damages
University officials weigh banning the long running feud between law students and engineers as clashes continue. Damages to the engineering building exceed 500 dollars with eggs on walls and a Mecca sign torn down after law students entered the building.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Law
Engineering Colleges
Law Commons
Thwarted efforts to regain sign by students and officers
The article notes thwarted attempts by law students and Johnson County peace officers to reclaim a sign, indicating heightened tension and the involvement of multiple parties in the dispute.
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Johnson County
Legislative Spotlight Turns To Old Ladder Bachelors
Des Moines AP reports city workers including truck drivers and laborers will receive a 20 cent daily wage increase starting April 1. The raise totals about 14 thousand dollars per year for 300 employees.
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DES Moines
Ing
Four Visiting Lecturers Named for Iowa University Summer
The University of Iowa announced four visiting lecturers for the 1937 summer session in the speech and dramatic art department. Lester Thonssen of the College of the City of New York will teach fundamentals of speech and oratory. Orville Hitchcock of American University will teach advanced argumentation and debate. Gladys Lynch of Winona State Teachers College will teach interpretative readings. Janet Smith of Minnesota State Normal University will teach stage costuming.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lester Thonssen
The
College of the City of New York
Orville Hitchcock
American University
Washington, D. C
Gladys Lynch
Winona State Teachers College of
Minnesota
Janet Smith
Minois State Normal University
Toledo School Superintendent Resigns After One Year
Special to The Gazette Toledo Carl Midkiff resigns after a year as Toledo schools superintendent. He plans to leave Toledo on April 1 and will take a position with a textbook company.
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Toledo
The
Gazette
Carl Midkiff
79 Senior Medics At Iowa University Given Internships
Seventy nine seniors of the University of Iowa medical college were awarded interneships at hospitals nationwide including four in Iowa. Recipients in Iowa hospitals include Robert Hardin Thompson Henry M Hills Lamont Raleigh Sage Hubbard Robert Meyers Cedar Rapids Thomas Trunnell Waterloo Orville D Thatcher Fort Dodge and Elmer Pratt Mount Vernon assigned to University hospital staff. Also named are James Bishop Ottumwa John Conner Nevada Howard Smead Newton Iowa Methodist Des Moines and Wilson Wolfe Coon Rapids Lue theran Des Moines.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Medical College
Iowa
Medical College
Robert Hardin
Thompson
Henry M. Hills
Lamont
Raleigh Sage
Hubbard
Robert Meyers
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Trunnell
Waterloo
Orville D. Thatcher
Ft Dodge
Elmer Pratt
Mount Vernon
University Hospital
James Bishop
Ottumwa
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
John Conner
Nevada
Howard Smead
Newton
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Wilson Wolfe
Coon Rapids
Luetheran Hospital
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