Plans Made for Statehouse Annex E Shape Building
Rumor plans indicate approval for a $1.2 million statehouse annex on Capitol grounds to be financed by beer taxes and sinking fund receipts in 1940 and 1941. The five to six story structure would house multiple state offices, freeing downtown space currently leased at $118,000 yearly.
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Des Moines
Capitol
George A. Wilson
General Assembly
Statehouse
L. H. Doran
Boone
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Executive Council
Mulberry
Liquor Control and Conservation Commissions
Legislative Interim Committee
Board of Assessment and Review
Weichmans
Senate Public Lands and Buildings Committee
A. Earl Augustine
Oskaloosa
Ford Motor Company
Weather Man Sticks To His Warmer Forecast
Iowa temperatures remained low Saturday as the weather bureau forecast a rise later in the weekend. Friday night lows included 8 degrees at Charles City and Iowa Falls with a high of 34 at Council Bluffs. The 24 hour average ran 10 to 20 degrees below normal while skies were clear and expectations pointed to generally fair conditions. Shippers were advised to plan for a minimum 20 degrees in the north and 25 in the south.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Iowa Falls
Council Bluffs
Cornell Host To 300 High School Seniors
Mount Vernon event hosts more than 300 high school seniors for a vocational guidance conference. Dr A H Edgerton of Wisconsin and Miss Mary Dailey of the Chicago bureau lead talks. A matinee of Kolanthe the Gilbert Sullivan opera is featured with dinners at local venues and student programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Bowman and Pfeiffer
Grex
Robert Swenson
Ottumwa
Jeannette MacDonald
Hinsdale, Ill
Emily Taylor Rites Held at Center Point Church
Funeral services for Emily Taylor, Center Point grace school teacher, who died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital from influenza and complications, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Center Point Methodist church with Rev. F. E. Bret_nall in charge. Burial will be at Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Emily Taylor
Center Point Grace
Cedar Rapids
Petit Jurors Chosen for Keokuk County April Term
Special to The Gazette Sigourney reports the Keokuk county district court jury panel for the April term has been drawn. Names listed include P. J. Adam John Adrian and many others from Sigourney Keota Webster Richland What Cheer Hedrick South English Kinross Thornbury Keswick Martinsburg and Ollie with numerous residents cited.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County District Court
P. J. Adam
John Adrian
Harper
Dale Appleger
George Bakehouse
Dorothy Cruse
Margaret Helscher
Jake Herman
John Kenning
Lee McNabb
Katherine Meyer
Earl D. Noller
Carl Schumacher
Shirley Scott
William Seip
William Smothers
Ward Utterback
Nick Wehr
Florence Wilkening
Dave Baldwin
T. D. Standley
Delta
Alva Bohrofen
Tillie Henry
Grace Hulse
Elizabeth Klett
Joe Lambert
J. E. McCrabb
Keota
T. J. Bowman
Charles Brock
Forest Morrison
Webster
Glen Braden
Pekin
H. C. Cover
Gibson
Otto Emery
D. C
Teachers remain single after clause removal in Des Moines
A Des Moines AP survey shows only eight public school teachers married since last June when non marriage clauses were banned six years earlier. Eight of 828 teachers have wed, while 820 remain single.
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Des Moines
Hutson Estate Awarded Judgment in Fatal Auto Crash
Iowa City district court awarded B. H. Grey administrator of the Hutson estate a judgment of 7 822 50 against Charles M Edwards administrator for the Edwards estate. Grey sought 16000 damages from the Marshalltown crash of September 29 1936 that killed Alva Hutson Dr J A Edwards and Dr Howard L Beye of University Hospital.
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Iowa City
INS
B. H. Grey
Alva Hutson
Charles M. Edwards
J. A. Edwards
Grey
Marshalltown
Hutson
Dr. Edwards
Howard L. Beye
University Hospital
Freight Cars Derailed In Morning Sun Wreck
Five cars of a west bound Minneapolis and St. Louis freight train derailed and overturned near the Newport elevator Saturday morning. The wreck blocked Highway 61 between Burlington and Wapello, with two cars loaded with automobiles and one with coal. No injuries were reported and the cause was not immediately known as motorists detoured through Morning Sun due to the blocked crossing.
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Morning Sun
Minneapolis and
Wilson 9B Presents Safety Play at Assembly
A fine one act safety play Wheels by Wilson junior high 9B class drew praise Friday morning. Miss Louise Renner and H. M. Holte directed with Frank McPherson delivering a safety talk. Cast included Velma Stehlik Betty Harrison Raymond Buehler Dick Wallace Nadine Brown Betty Jane Sedenka Robert Black Charles Elias Promoters Maxine Kara Vera Peterka and a student stage crew.
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Wilson Junior High School
Louise Renner
H. M. Holte
Velma Stehlik
Betty Harrison
Raymond Buehler
Dick Wallace
Nadine Brown
Betty Jane Sedenka
Robert Black
Charles Elias
Frank McPherson
Mike Sheronick
Laureen Martin
Ruth O’brine
Dale McCalley
Wilbur Matus
Maxine Kara
Vera Peterka
A &B Orchestra
Henrietta Kubik
Frank Tyler
Velma Steblik
Joe Chmelicek
Mary Ann Suma
Ruth O'’Brine
Rudolph Drahovzal
Charles Basker
Joan Kanak
Darlene Trout
Plan March On Legislature For Chain Store Tax
W F Powers of the Independent Business Men's Association said Iowa independent merchants will march on the legislature Monday to push passage of a graduated chain store tax bill. They will be present when the senate attempts to place the bill on the calendar following a prior February 21 visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. F. Powers
Independent Business Men's Association
Iowa Independent
Senate
Powers
Pharmacist Awards Made At Iowa City
Seventeen fellowships and one honorary fellowship in the Iowa Academy of Pharmacy were awarded at the University of Iowa pharmacy symposium's concluding session. Honorary recipient J W Neufeld of Davenport has served as a pharmacist for 53 years. Fellowships went to H T Birchard Wilton Junction Lake Wittetoe Sigourney and W A Moerschel Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Iowa Academy of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
J. W. Neufeld
Davenport
H. T. Birchard
Wilton Junction
Lake Wittetoe
Sigourney
W. A. Moerschel
Decorah Man Celebrates 84th Birthday On Farm
Cornelius J. Torgrimson marks his eighty fourth birthday on the same Springfield township farm where born March 17 1855. Son of Jacob and wife, he came to Winnebago county from Norway in 1850 and sister Rachel born September 3 1851 also survives. The farm is now run by Willard Torgrimson.
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Decorah
Springfield Township
Cornelius J. Torgrimson
Jacob Torgrimson
Winneshiek County
Norway
Willard Torgrimson
Iowa City Obituaries and School event briefs
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Lawrence P. Denneny age 75 in Iowa City after death at a local hospital. Survivors include one daughter Helen and three sons. Also noted are upcoming University of Iowa events with hundreds of high school students, plays, and athletic finals. Harry O. Ransom, a Cedar Valley farmer who later lived in West Liberty and Iowa City, died Thursday and funeral services were held Saturday. survivors include a wife, three daughters, four sisters and a brother.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Lawrence P. Denneny
Helen
John
James
Thomas
Graham Township
University of Iowa
Ruben W. Hall
Homer Hall
Johnson County
Samuel
Grandview
Charles
Roy
Homer
Ira
Esther Hastead
Mary Zager
Pleasant Valley
Frankie Masters
College of Medicine
John Saar
Donnellson
Charles Decker
Davenport
Charles Sokol
Collins
Frederick Loomis
Waterloo
Lloyd Gagle
Dennis Emmanuel
Harry O. Ransom
Ransom
Cedar Valley
West Liberty
Holland Foster
Greenville
Wilton McQueen
Chicago
Carl Hanson
Athens
Charles Hime
Annis Fetterman
Lucy Burkhart
Erie
Ida Hahn Kohlas
Long Beach
Calif
Robert
Springboro
Norman Foster
Iss
Milwaukee brakeman dies after being run over at Madrid
Newell Hayes aged 38 a Milwaukee railroad brakeman died Friday night from injuries after he fell beneath the wheels of a freight train he was switching at Madrid. Local authorities reported the accident occurred during the switching operation and Hayes succumbed to his injuries.
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Perry
Newell Hayes
Milwaukee Railroad
Madrid
Jury Panel Named for Benton County District Court
A panel of 75 petit jurors has been drawn for the April term of district court. They are ordered to report April 17 with Judge B. O. Tankersley presiding, for the term beginning April 10 in Vinton.
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Vinton
District Court
B. O. Tankersley
Marshalltown
Ann Anderson
Belle Plaine
Hugo Arp
Norway
Agnes Bachand
Watkins
Louise Bailey
Peter Bergen
Shellsburg
Gladys Berry
Violet Blattler
B. H. Blocher
Crista Bradkem
Elmer Burnett
Geo. L. Call
Mt. Auburn
Leland Cantonwine
F. C. Carl
Garrison
J. E. Cox
Dysart
Annette Crawford
Roy Cummings
Ed. Deppe
Keystone
Clarence Duncalf
van Horne
Charles Gardemann
Atkins
Vera Gaskell
L. A. Grimm
Grace Greff
Blairstown
Hazel Groszkruger
George Happel
May Harmon
Helen Harper
Frank Hartz
Charles Hasley
Walford
Paul Helm
Barbara Henkle
Fred Hoffman
Walker
H. H. Hudson
Sam Irwin
Edith Isbell
Willard Jackson
Mr. Auburn
Ralph Jacobsen
Newhall
William Jensen
Luzerne
William Johnson
Simon Kerstetter
la Porte City
Ed Kimm
Henry Kuhl
Eldon Lear
Ray McCormick
Margaret Mecklenburg
Adolph Miller
A. A. Misel
Emeric Narber
Christ Obermueller
W. L. Palmer
Mildred Parr
Francis Penney
Wilford Pfieffer
George Quass
Palo
Alma _ Reid
Kittie Remner
Urbana
John F. Rieck
Anna Rinderknecht
Raymond Rinderknecht
John Sass
Eunice Schmidt
Vin
Let Big Road Contracts In Washington County Let Big Road Contracts In Washington County
Washington county supervisors awarded contracts totaling 79505.04 for trunk and local road work in 1939. Sargent Brothers of Des Moines bid 33834.12 for crushed rock surfacing on 18.52 miles, Seneca Petroleum of Chicago bid 25324.88 for liquid asphalt on 417600 gallons, Christenson Brothers of Sioux City bid 17006.25 for 23 box type culverts, Washington Concrete Co bid 2871.74 for 3094 feet of pipe, Goplerud Oil Co of Osage bid 468.05 for oils and greases, and Cooperative Service Co of Washington will supply gasoline at a .031 discount.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
Sargent Brothers
Des Moines
Seneca Petroleum Company
Chicago
Christenson Brothers
Sioux City
Washington Concrete Company
Goplerud Oil Company
Osage
Cooperative Service Company
Pupils of Tyler Present The King of the Golden River
6A pupils of Tyler school staged a color slide show and readings of John Ruskin’s story The King of the Golden River at the public library. Miss Maxine Jones and Miss Ruth Putnam directed the project with credits to Earl Dennis, Alec Abodeely, John Halverson, and others for roles and technical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruskin
Tyler School
Maxine Jones
Tyler
Ruth Putnam
Mary Burlingham
Gluck
Earl Dennis
Tommy Ruffin
Schwartz
Robert Jelinek
Hans
South West Wind, Esq
John Halverson
Alec Abodeely
Idene Norton
Lorraine Haddy
Kellogg marks 50 years as Sioux City fire chief
George M. Kellogg celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as chief of the Sioux City fire department at a banquet and reception, honored as the oldest fire chief in service in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
George M. Kellogg
United States
Mecca Queen Connie Kucheman Honored at Iowa Mecca Ball
Belle Vue teen Connie Kucheman was presented as Mecca Queen at the annual Mecca ball hosted by Iowa University engineering students. Kucheman belongs to the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Iowa City
Connie Kucheman
Bellevue
Iowa University
College of Engineering
Kucheman
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Corn and Wheat Acreage Forecast For Spring Planting
The agriculture department projects 92,062,000 acres of corn and 19,505,000 acres of wheat this spring. Corn planting may be about 1.2 million acres below last year, while spring wheat runs about 4 million acres under 1938. Winter wheat sits near 46 million planted last fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Pella Professor New Head Forensic Group Ratings Are Announced
Officers elected Friday after noon at the state tournament of the Iowa Intercollegiate Forensic association meeting in the Montrose hotel are: President Miss Cunera Van Emmerik Central College Pella secretary treasurer Dr J Dale Welsch Coe College Cedar Rapids vice president Prof Waldo Braden Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant. Five of eleven poetry readers were rated superior by Dr Harry G Barnes of the Iowa University speech department Richard Brown Ruth Muyskens Marjorie Bailey Helen Rice Ruth Olson. Robert Kraft of Drake won the only superior in after dinner speaking and three tied for excellent Marjorie Bruschweiler Ruby Arnold and Lloyd DeJong. Eight gave speeches after the banquet where Mendal B Miller presided. Ratings to be announced Saturday afternoon.
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Iowa Intercollegiate Forensic Association
Montrose Hotel
Cunera van Emmerik
Central College
Pella
J. Dale Welsch
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Waldo Bradon
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Harry G. Barnes
Iowa University
Richard Brown
Iowa Wesleyan
Ruth Muyskens
Central
Marjorie Bailey
Coe
Helen Rice
Penn
Ruth Olson
Morningside
Association
Robert Kraft
Drake University
Marjorie Bruschweiler
John Fletcher’ College
Ruby Arnold
Simpson
Lloyd DeJong
DeJong
Orange City
Mendal B. Miller
Morningside College
Barnes
Cat Found Alive After Three Weeks Buried
A 12 year old cat belonging to the George Schori family vanished for three weeks. Workmen at the Schori Brothers yards uncovered the animal buried under a straw stack toppled by a strong wind. The cat was thin and weak but survived with no food during the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Elgin
George Schori
Schori Brothers
Hiccups Stop After Milk Drinking Cure
SIoux City AP report: Harry Edwards halted nine days of hiccups after drinking milk in a simple cure. A county doctor confirmed the milk treatment ended the spasm though Edwards doubted permanence. He had tried many remedies before the dairy solution.
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Sioux City
Harry Edwards
Edwards
Patriarchal Family Gives Way to Democratic Household
Dr E R Mowrer of Northwestern University cites a shift from patriarchal to democratic family structures amid machine age changes. He argues the family is no longer a productive unit, with education religion and recreation shifting roles to institutions and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Chapel
E. R. Mowrer
Northwestern University
Dr. Mowrer
No Fixed Rule for Training Dogs or Pups
Albert Payson Terhune recalls Old Man Ackerman, a famed trainer in North Jersey, who argued there is no universal method to train dogs or children. He notes every pup has a unique disposition and must be taught individually, a maxim Terhune has followed for decades.
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Ruth Shonle Cavan
Rockford College
Rockford
Ill
Harriett Mowrer
Ackerman
North Jersey
Sonny
Congress
Linn County Board Supervisors Proceedings Continued
County list shows payments to merchants and individuals for poor relief, rent, med aid, and supplies. Items include Pioneer Litho Co books, Preston bailiff salary, Peoples Groc prov, and numerous poor rent and med aid entries, with totals and payroll sections continuing on tomorrow.
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Werner Martha
Itenidananteekes Wiley Virginia
Welch-Cook-Beals Co
Wilson James
Walbrand
Wiederkehr John
Acoso
Eee
Wilson Betty
Rent Whitney Geo P
Wickey Minetta
Whitings Dairy
Whears Cash Groc
Zak Margaret
Treas
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Board of Parole
Board of Social Welfare
Conservation Commission
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Insurance Department
Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Commission
Aps
Harry E. Weichman
Bentor County
Fred O. J. Ritchie
Cherokee
W. A. Yager
Spirit Lake
Herbert H. Hauge
Weichman
House Public Lands and Buildings Committee
Doran
Cornell
Davis
North Liberty
Walter Doran
Dubuque
Elsa Triller
Arthur Doran
Triller
Keokuk County
Wilson
Benton County
Mecca
Cat
Albert Payson Terhune
Linn CO. Board Supervisors Proceedings
Mineck Bros Groc
Seer
Maudlin Coast Co
Re-Sur- Maudlin
Naxera Gee
Bell Tel Co
Nassif R and Son
Poor Gee
Onstott Verna
Treas Extra Robe
Marion Sentinel
O’brien John J
Oakley Frances
Ockeltree
Winifred
McIntyre Thelma
Pisarik Raphael F
Fox
Pioneer Litho Co
Parrott Matt & Sons Co
Ae Tee
Cece
McDonnell Hal
McDonald Wm
O'Toole Simon
O'Meara FT
Preston RA
Sal
Pauls
Aia
Art Pratt
Harry
Perp
Sav & Loan
Strait Wayne
Starling Munn Hs
Pearson C
Powers Geo
Prochaska Tressa
Palo Savs Bank
Prochaska Realty Co
Ofc
EL Ee
Pettys Dairy
Peoples Groc
Perp Saws & Loan
Secale Bick Whan
Phillips Petr Corp
Bear
Pochobradsky L J
Lisae A Ee Ao
Pinneys Groc
Ream John, D C Rep
Reamer Mae
Revell A
Rathje Groc
Ruffin A J
Risk Ferris
James F
Sherwood Dana
Ern Walter
St. Mary' S ‘Orphans Home
Sunshine Mission
Tate
Sidney
Tooms Freda
Tomas
Will
Schmidt Typewriter Co
Susie Os
Severn
Leo
Susser
Sebetka Bros
Skalicky Wendl
Stempfle John
Groc
Spahn and Rose Lbr Co
St Anthony and
Dakota Elev Co
Savage Lbr Co
Simon Frank
S R Commr
Sanford Co Morris
Searles Dairy
Shadid Groc
Sunshine Food Shop
Satis Sonn
St. Lukes
Home Med Aid
Triebel Fred C
D C Bailiff
Ee Meese
Thomaz Lura
Treas Extra
NS Ce
Tribune ‘Pub Co
Torch Press
Shrf Books
Thompson
E A
Tordik Dora
Tait
Union Bus Depot
Ia Ack Oh
Vupil Frank
Vavra Bros
Cients
DE Des Eaachide
Brown
Moward
Weis
Foarde
Joseph Eree
Ccie
Tadd
C.cvieeneek
Pan Hollian
Bungnes
Gee
Ccserteed
Ge Harford
Lawrence
Hartman
Hughes
Ralph
Holladay
Melvin
Hutchins
Wayne W
Jones
Orville
Johnson
Carl c
Tee
Mrette
JMO
Kasner
Theodore
Eiyne
Curtsnce
Krotz
Wesley
Lazenby
William O
Miller
Miner
Ean Warx
Howard
Murphy
Edward
McDaniel
William
Norris
Norman C
Newland, DeClaude
Eeee
Svoboda
Jorny
Joe
Schneider, Harold
Scott
Joseph
Swalley
Stratton
Claude
van Alst
Alva Ceeeereertee
Varner
George
Wood
Herbert
States
Richard
Zimmerman
Carl
Kruse
Orval
Oadevesen
Ledvina
Lyons, Edgar
LeVane, Howard
Owens
Gramt
Cece Santa Ae Pappas
Phillips
Jalan
An Patten
Issiah
Gan Robinson
Harley
RanGell
Tom
SO Loee
Rodriguez
A Se Spicer
Acoe
Schminkey
Sam
Sweet, Domeld
Tompkins
Merle
Tobin
Ollie
Siegfred
Trescle
Marry
Cvcsecesse Ome
Eugene Babbitt
Aknren
Norman Durland
C. Edgar Gillette
Warren P. Hartman
H. R. Koob
George Newlin
Arnold O. VavEs
Ccsceenes Ton
C. Whee
Earl Helbig
Eicy Elgin
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