Des Moines Receives Federal Health Funds for Public Program
Dr. Walter L. Bierring Iowa health commissioner announced a 21915 dollar federal allotment from the Social Security Commission as the first payment toward a three fold medical welfare plan. The funds support public health work with later additions for maternal child health crippled children and industrial hygiene and sanitation efforts across Woodbury Johnson Des Moines Washington and Story counties.
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Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
Federal
Social Security Commission
Bierring
State Medical Society
Woodbury County
Johnson
Washington
Story
Democrats of Clayton County announce campaign slate
A Clayton County Democrat slate lists candidates for state senate and house, county offices, and judgeships. Names include M. X. Geske for state senator and Otto Fuelling for state representative, with El kader and Elkader figures in auditor treasurer and clerk roles. Two more Democrats filed for June primary while three Republicans surfaced for county attorney sheriff and supervisor.
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Eleader
Clayton County
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Otto Fuelling
Farmersburg
E. F. Seifert
Elkader
J. F. Maley
G. H. Meyer
Verna O’connor
Garber
L. J. Palas
A. H. Borman
Guttenberg
Leslie Oelke
Charles Fay
P. A. Wolf
Strawberry Point
George Heins
Monona
J. R. Moses
H. K. Roggensack
Glen Mueller
H. N. Albeck
Board of Supervisors
Cornell College Folk Aid Victims Of Fire
A fire gutted the third floor of Mrs Hattie Miller's rooming house in Mount Vernon Iowa, ruining the belongings of Cornell men William Cook and John Berg. Students and faculty raised a relief fund totaling 125 dollars to aid the two affected students.
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Mount Vernon
Hattie Miller
Cornell
William Cook
Waterloo
John Berg
Marshalltown
FTC Bars Unfair Trade Practices by Iowa City Firms
The Federal Trade Commission ordered T. O. Loveland and J. L. Records of Iowa City, and Bren ard Manufacturing, to discontinue certain unfair practices. The order forbids using the word manufacturing in their trade name unless they own and control a complete radio factory and bars certain representations to dealers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
T. O. Loveland
J. L. Records
Iowa City
Commercial Manufacturing Company
Brenard Manufacturing Company
Cornell Choir Presents Sacred Concert at St Pauls Church
Mount Vernon reports the Cornell College choir directed by Prof. Harold W. Baltz will perform a 46 member program of sacred music at St. Pauls Methodist Church Sunday evening. The set includes Haesler and Palestrina works plus Bach Tschaikowsky Johnson and Bain Jacob arrangements and a choral benediction.
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Mount Vernon
Harold W. Baltz
Conservatory of Music
Cornell College
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
H. A. Miller
Cornell Conservatory
Haesler
Palestrina
Bach
Tschaikowsky
Nikolsky
Cain
Hall Johnson
Buchanan
H A. Miller
Christiansen
Bain-Jacob
Willan
Lutkin
Kalona Father and Son Banquet Planned at High School
Kalona will host its annual father and son banquet on Tuesday evening at the Kalona high school building. The Community club committee oversees the program while the Kalona public library committee serves dinner. Proceeds go to the library treasury.
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Kalona
Kalona High School
Community Club
Eastern Iowa in Brief Mixes Tax Talk and Rail News
Collects short notices from Elkader McGregor Toeldo Traer Anamosa and other towns. Highlights include P J Durnan tax official on income tax law Her bert Jennings on highway safety and regional political and social notes such as divorces marriages tenure and local projects.
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Elkader
Elkader Commercial Club
Bayless Hotel
P. J. Durnan
State Income Tax Department
Herbert Jennings
Manchester
Elkader Junior College Wins Speech Festival
Elkader won first overall in the northeastern Iowa junior college speech festival held Friday night. Maquoketa took second and Waukon third. Elkader led with first in extempore artistic reading and original oratory and second in debate. Maquoketa won first in debate and placed in other events. Waukon earned thirds and seconds across debate extempore artistic reading and oratory.
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the Gazette
Elkader
Maquoketa
Waukon
Thieves Steal $7,000 In Women's Apparel In Clinton
Robbers raided the Royal Cloak company stock in Clinton and carried off about $7,000 worth of spring dresses coats and fur items. Only high quality garments were taken leaving cheaper merchandise. One fur coat with a distinguishable lining was left.
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Clinton
Royal Cloak Company
Impanel Jury To Hear Suit Against Two Maynard Men
A six men six women jury was impaneled in West Union to hear a $10 000 damage suit by Stella Fleming of Little Rock Ark against Cecil Wittenberg and A G Schlegel of Maynard for injuries from a May 12 1935 auto collision on primary No 18 east of West Union. The defendants claim the plaintiff’s driver was at fault.
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West Union
W. L. Eichendorf
Stella Fleming
Little Rock
Ark
Cecil Wittenberg
A. G. Schlegel
Maynard
Fleming
Henry Schweindman
Wittenberg
Schlegel
Schweindman
M. M. Cooney
Estey
N. W. Evans
W. R. Sperry
Harry Stolle
Chris Peterson
John W. Ku
Mrs. Olive Rigby of Mechanicsville Dies at 59
Mrs Olive Grace Rigby 59 wife of Dwane Rigby died suddenly of a heart attack at home in Mechanicsville She was born June 8 1876 in Scott county daughter of Abraham and Mary Pound A Methodist Church member and singer she is survived by her husband two daughters Willard Booth Elva Rigby three sons Oliver Alfred Harlan and a brother A B Pound Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Mechanicsville Methodist Church with burial in the local mausoleum.
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Emil, Jr
Los Angeles
Edward
Oelwein
Brant Funeral Home
California
Keswick
H. P. Burdine
Ohio
Deep River
Sarah Ellen Morgan
Mechanicsville
Olive Grace Rigby
Dwane Rigby
Rigby
Mechanicsville Methodist Church
Willard Booth
Elva Rigby
Stanwood
Oliver
Alfred
Harlan
Bagley
A. B. Pound
Chicago
M. W. McKinley
Mechanicsville Mausoleum
Creston Couple Admit Abduction and Robberies
Perry Eugene Griffin 24 and Madge Copeland of Creston Iowa confessed to abducting LeRoy Alirey the Missouri college student, and to robbing filling stations in Bartlesville Oklahoma and Little Rock Arkansas. They said they visited seven states since leaving Creston a week earlier and were arrested in Springfield Missouri.
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Springfield
State Patrol
L. B. Howard
Perry Eugene Griffin
Madge Copeland
Creston
Griffin
Adonis
Howard
LeRoy Alirey
Harrisonville
Bartlesville
Okla
Little Rock
Ark
Iowa County Board Approves 46000 Road Work Plan
The Iowa county board of supervisors authorizes 46000 for 1936 trunk and local road improvements. Six miles of the Marengo Millersburg road will be surfaced, four miles graded and bridged on the Diamond trail, and multiple grading projects on county trunk roads L and other routes. Local funds are evenly split among sixteen townships, with Lenox Greene and Honey Creek to receive surfacing instead of grading. A possible new road cut between Dayton Lincoln townships is planned if right of way is free.
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Marengo
Iowa County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Marengo-Millersburg
Millersburg
York Township
Lenox
Greene
Honey Creek
Dayton
Lincoln
Iowa Relief Loads Fall in February for Statesmen
DES MOINES UP Iowa relief figures show 13 230 fewer people on relief in February than January with a 3 405 drop in case load. Direct relief totals were 141 140 in January and 127 910 in February for 27 798 families. Sixteen teachers on direct relief in January moved to WPA aid in February. Counties exceeding 1 000 in case load were Dubuque 1 027 Linn 1 188 Polk 3 352 Pottawattamie 1 223 Scott 1 096 Woodbury 1 725.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. C. Pryor
Pryor
Dubuque
Linn
Polk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Woodbury
Burlington Man Files Damage Suit At Wapello
George W. Distelhorst of Burlington sues Henry Young of Wapello for 5941.95 for injuries from a Sept 21 1935 highway 61 accident. Distelhorst was a passenger in John Brendel’s car from Rock Island. Sheriff Oakes seeks J E Gray for false pretenses theft recovery and a $100 reward. Korn sues to recover a tractor and property. Delhi sues for fraud seeking attachment on Gray’s assets.
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Wapello
George W. Distelhorst
Burlington
Louisa County
Henry Young
Distelhorst
John Brendel
Rock Island
Young
George Oakes
J. E. Gray
Riverview
Gray
John Korn
Korn
Frank Delhi
Boy Struck By Kalona Automobile Loses Arm
Kalona Iowa 13 year old Merle Booth son of Mr and Mrs W D Booth of Washington suffers a badly mangled arm in a Thursday collision with Regan Adams of Kalona. The arm was amputated above the elbow after he was rushed to a hospital. The boy reportedly swerved toward the car catching the driver by surprise.
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Kalona
Merle Booth
W. D. Booth
Washington
Regan Adams
St Bernard Dog Saves Lives Of 3 From Fire
A St Bernard named Lady woke Mrs Summers and her two children at midnight to escape a fire in their four room cottage on the outskirts of Keokuk. The house and furnishings burned while firefighters stretched 2 150 feet of hose through two cemeteries to reach the blaze.
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Keokuk
St. Bernard
Ivor Summers
Iowa City Chamber Names Staff
Charles A Bowman postmaster was elected president of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting of the new board. Bowman succeeds W L Davis as president. Other officers include John Nash as vice president Harry S Bunker as treasurer and D W Crum as secretary.
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Iowa City
No Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity
Edward T. Carey
Clinton
Leroy E. Hoeck
Sibley
Lee Stover
Watertown
S. C
John F. Kanealy
Cedar Rapids
George E. Clark
Des Moines
Robert P. Meyers
Independence
Independence High School
Helen Bantz
Geraldine Barrett
Mary Jane Becker
Marion Belgarde
Harold Bern
Ruth Biddinger
Mildred Bridge
Audrey Brown
Wayne Brown
Arlyne Butler
Evelyn Butler
Wesley Cappel
Richard Christiansen
Camille Crabb
Audrey Davis
Celia Derr
Margaret Donahue
Evelyn Duffy
Mildred Eastman
Ervin Ehrke
Eileen Fairchild
George Fiester
Maxine Finn
Helen Flickinger
Bernice Gard
Troy Mills
Forrest Cherry
Ashley McCright
Howard Ramsey
Harry Orcutt
William Dudley
Emmett Shaffer
Paul Wilson
Charles A. Bowman
Iowa Gas Tax to Stand Until Supreme Court Rules Elsewhere
Des Moines Iowa state officials will keep collecting the three cent a gallon gasoline tax until the Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional. State Treasurer Leo J Wegman said the department is not concerned about challenges to the tax which has raised more than 12 million dollars yearly. He noted the ruling in Sioux City questioned only a procedural reading and passage and expected the tax to remain valid.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Supreme Court
Leo J. Wegman
Sioux City
Wegman
Clair Hamilton
Traer Plans Three-Section Overhaul of Light and Power
Traer will remodel its municipal electric system to improve efficiency. D M Shively of Toledo conducted the survey and recommendations were adopted. Work on three sections begins with the business district, costing about 3000 dollars and using 18000 feet of wire and nearly fifty poles under plant manager Clarence Harrison.
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Traer
D. N. Voetberg
D. M. Shively
Toledo
Shively
Clarence Harrison
Republican Rally Set for Stanwood April 6
A Republican rally is planned for 7 45 p m April 6 in the Stanwood high school auditorium. Main speaker will be Attorney Harold E Davidson of Clarinda a candidate for nomination for attorney general. Davidson born in Olin and a Drake University law graduate.
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Stanwood
Stanwood High School
Harold E. Davidson
Clarinda
Davidson
Olin
Olin High School
Drake University
Mrs Jennie Schipman of Monticello dies after long illness
Monticello mourns Jennie I Schipman born November 14 1861 in town. She lived in Monticello all her life and was widow of Charles Schipman who died in 1925. Funeral at Methodist church Sunday at 2 30 p m Rev J Macauley. burial Oak Wood cemetery. Friends may call at Mrs Jennie Rohns home.
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Monticello
Jennie I. Schipman
John McDonald
Charles Schipman
Joe Stark
Methodist Church
J. Macauley
Oak Wood Cemetery
Jennie Rohn
Delay Ruling On Test Case Of Iowa City Vote
Judge James P. Gaffney postponed a ruling on Iowa City Light and Power's request to delay the test suit of the city election authorizing a municipal light plant. The company sought to join as a party and to gain until the May term to prepare its case while parties were offered a out of court settlement opportunity.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Light and Power Company
James P. Gaffney
Light Company
Harry Abbott
Sheaffer Pen declares dividend and mentions earnings rise
Fort Madison Iowa W A Sheaffer Pen Co Friday declared a dividend of 1 a share on common stock payable April 15 to stockholders of record March 30. The company compares this with 50 cents a share October 15 last year and notes a substantial rise in sales and profits in the fiscal year ending February 29 with the annual report to be released about April 15.
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Fort Madison
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
Post Office Route Extended Between Iowa City and Washington
Postmaster H. L. Walker says the star route will run weekday afternoons from Iowa City to Washington and back through Kalona and Riverside. The Kalona stop is scheduled to arrive at 4 30 p m each day.
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H. L. Walker
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Star
Iowa City
Washington
Riverside
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