Board opens fight for boost in funds
The Iowa State board of education urged restored salary levels to attract and keep qualified instructors now leaving for better pay. It cited 257 University of Town instructors and about 100 University Hospital nurses who departed since July, with surrounding states restoring pay scales and half of higher education institutions raising salaries. The panel warned Iowa must match regional support to maintain competitive standards.
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Iowa City
University of Town
Eugene A Gilmore
Gilmore
Towa State
University of Iowa
University Hospital
Iowa
Board of Education
Towa
Arraignment held in murder case of Mable Rhodes
Walter H Dusty Rhodes, who confessed to murdering his wife Mable Rhodes, was arraigned in district court on a new murder charge hours after a previous information was withdrawn. Judge James P Gaffney set Saturday for a plea.
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Syecia
Iowa City
Walter H
Dusty) Rhoides
Mable Rhodes
Rhodes
James P Gaffnes
Harald W Westermark
Gaffney
University of Tewi
Robert F. Neff
University of Town Hospital
Fred Stratton
Oxford
Mercy Hospital
Ruth Wilkinson
Towa City
University of Town
Lester M Adler
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Adler
Truhng
Anurs Ruvedoo
Graffre
Troy
Baro
FC Corter
Lakeside Laboratory set to open June 1 for 29th season
Under Prof Traserph H Budine of the University of Iowa zoology department, the Lakeside Laboratory at West Okoboji Lake will open June 14 for its twenty ninth summer and will also serve as a state field biological station. The 100 acre site houses four new stone laboratories a library a boat house and cottages funded by federal and state sources. The staff includes four university men plus scientists from Iowa Wesleyan Drake Coe Parsons and the University of Illinois.
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Thomas H. Macbride
University
Iawa
University of Iowa
H F Jacques
Iowa Wesleyan
Charles H Carter
Parsons
George Hurt Drake Bensamp
Peter
Son Joins Father In Benton County Bastile
A Benton County report details a crime case where a father and son are implicated in theft from a Belle Place estate. Sheriff records list charges related to stealing barrels and other items, with a court date expected after arrest.
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Benton County
Bastile
Byers Heads Sifting Committee In Senate
The Republican led Senate committee on committees named six Republicans and three Democrats to a sifting panel to screen the 425 bills introduced. Senator Frank C. Byers of Cedar Rapids will chair the group, with D W Kimberly, Charles B. Hoeven, Sanford Zeigler Jr, Ora E. Husted and E P Corwin as Republicans and Roy E Stevens, A E August ine, and Lester S Gillette as Democrats.
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Des Moines
Senate Committee On
Senate
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
Charles B. Hoeven
Alton
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
Fairfield
Jurors Drawn for Service at Sigourney
Special to The Gazette lists petit jurors for the April 12 Sigourney court session under Judge J G Patterson of Oskaloosa. The panel includes E H Dubois Mrs Ted Dumont Mrs WP Gross Leonard Hardest Mrs Roy A Kadel Anna Michel William Payton Mildred Redfern A O Schipfer Fred Speiss Jim Shepherd Ward Utterback and many others from Sigourney Richland Keota What Cheer Harper Keswick Hedrick Webster Keota and nearby towns.
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Sigourney
J G Patterson
Oskaloosa
E H Dubois
Ted Dumont
WP. Gross
Leonard Hardest
Roy A. Kadel
Anna Michel
William Payton
Mildred Redfern
A O Schipfer
Fred Speiss
Jim Shepherd
Ward Utterback
University of Iowa Forensic Tournament Expands Events
University of Iowa stages a two day forensics tourney April 1 and 2 featuring high school and junior college competitors. Classes based on enrollment determine semi final and final rounds in extemporaneous speaking and original oratory with a government ownership topic for electric utilities. A new interpretative reading event joins the program alongside debate and artistic reading.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Tema City
Crowhoot Drives Farmer to Fire Shot in Night
William Kroeger, a Lincoln Township farmer, shot at nocturnal crows disturbing his sleep. He fired in the dark. the next morning fifteen crows lay slain. Trade dollars from 1873 and 1876 are noted as legal tender, with the 1876 coins not legal tender.
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TRAER
William Kroeger
Lincoln
Tre
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF ITEMS FROM INDEPENDENCE AND AREA
Independence funeral services for Mrs. George McGowan will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church with Rev. F. E. Hamlin officiating and the Woman's Relief Corps in charge. Born Jennie VanEman near Fairbank in 1874 she married McGowan in 1892 and lived in Cedar Rapids 1898 1917. Keystone sub district music contest in Winton features several choral groups with Gracka Quandt listing singers. Thomas H. Tracey former county attorney ill and sent to St Francis hospital Waterloo. George S. Banta injured in auto crash remains hospitalized. Mr and Mrs R C Sayers announce a Florida leave of absence. Dee Brown to relieve Sayers with subsequent aid from past managers Papineau and others.
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Independence
George McGowan
Wesley H. Hoffman
Elmhurst
F. E. Hamlin
Presbyterian Church
Woman's Relief Corps
Jennie VanEman
Fairbank
George
Rachel VanEman
Buchanan County
Cedar Rapids
Woman’s Relief Corps
Manchester
Thomas H. Tracey
St Francis Hospital
Waterloo
George S. Banta
R. C Sayers
Gedney
Florida
Sayers
Dee Brown
Orleans
Estherville
George Papineau
Brown
Sigourney Man Bitten By Rabies Cat
Sigourney resident Cloyd Grimes, 25, is receiving Pasteur treatment after being bitten by a rabid cat that had already bitten another cat a chicken and a dog. The incident occurred as Grimes tried to capture the animal.
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The
Gazette
Sigourney
Senate Takes Up Navy Appropriations Amid Cabinet Hearings
The Senate begins debate on 522,847,808 naval appropriations while the Judiciary Committee continues hearings on the President's court program. General debate follows as Appropriations reports on state justice commerce and labor.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
S. Income Tax Gains Spark Iowa Revenue Rise
Federal income tax paid in Iowa from January 1 to date reached 4,221,820 dollars, up 1,442,766 from the previous year. Iowa residents filed 25,200 taxable returns this year versus 17,900 a year ago, according to the federal revenue office.
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Iowa
Federal Revenue Office
Medical Students of Iowa University Form Organization
The University of Iowa medical students formed a compact organization to improve harmony with the faculty. The Association of Medical Students includes all medical college students and will present grievances to the college faculty. Officers named are Everett Hurteau Davenport president, Thomas Trunnell Waterloo vice president, and William Kearney Des Moines secretary.
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Iowa
Association of Medical Students
University of Iowa
Medical College
Everett Hurteau
Davenport
Thomas Trunnell
Waterloo
William Kearney
Des Moines
Stanwood cites banquet for basketball squads
The Stanwood annual girls and boys basketball banquet honored senior captains Gladys Hanlon and Seward Mackey. Supt. L F Riecks served as toastmaster as Coach George Thomson spoke. Viola Koering will be girls captain and Leo Von Behren boys captain next year amid award of letters to many players and managers.
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Stanwood
Supt. L. F. Riecks
George Thomson
Gladys Hanlon
Seward Mackey
Viola Koering
Leo von Behren
Thomson
Wretha Koch
La-Vonne Olson
Bernice Gallmeyer
Myrtle Hein
Evelyn Moreland
Mary Horr
Nadine Winchip
Ethel Domer
Margaret Meier
Meryl Meyer
Eleanor Schneider
Donald Gallmeyer
Edward Barnes
Daryl Sisler
Robert Rehmke
Arthur Keering
Wallace Reid
Clifford Crist
Virgil Fisher
Virgil Schneider
Merle Lehrman
Dick Wingerson
Kenneth Hart
Rev Phillip Van Drooge Installed as Mechanicsville Pastor
The Rev Phillip Van Drooge was installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Mechanicsville on Wednesday night. Presiding was Dr W M Evans of Cedar Rapids with invocation by Rev Joseph Gray of Mount Vernon. Charges to minister by Dr E Winslow Brown and Rev August Cramer followed, sermon by Dr Edward Williams of Rock Island, and choir provided music with a solo by Mrs J P Thomas.
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Mechanicsville
Phillip van Drooge
First Presbyterian Church of
W. M. Evans
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Gray
Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church
Hugh Robinson
Lisbon
E. Winslow Brown
Westminster Presbyterian Church
August Cramer
Sinclair Memorial Church
Edward Williams
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Rock Island
J. P. Thomas
Anamosa Man 80 Confined By Mumps
Anamosa resident S. B. Osborne, 80, is confined to his home with the mumps. He recalls having had them as a boy but only on one side.
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Anamosa
S. B. Osborne
Osborne
Legislators Clash Over Centennial Plan in Iowa House
In Des Moines the Iowa House rejected a Senate resolution to empower the governor to name a 25 member committee for a 1938 centennial observance. The 67 to 20 vote followed Alesch’s claim of upcoming $15,000 appropriations and criticism of spending priorities. Gallagher Craven and Stimson condemned the move as disrespectful to Iowa history.
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DES Moines
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa
House
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
Appropriations Committee
Alesch
Iowa City
University
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
J. E Craven
Kellogg
Gallagher
Pongee
Jasper
Craven
Thomas Stimson
Anamosa
Hopkinton Trio Lead Maquoketa River Swim Start
A chilly March wind did not deter Frank Irish Jr Louis Gaddie and Thomas Tibbitts from their annual March 17 swim in the Maquoketa River Hopkinton opening the season.
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Hopkinton
Frank Irish, Jr
Louis Gaddie
Thomas Tibbitts
Maquoketa River
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