Vinton Contest Honors Cedar Rapids High School Groups
Wilson and McKinley high schools of Cedar Rapids earned superior ratings at the two day Vinton music contest. Roosevelt and Vinton entries also received high marks in several solo and ensemble categories with 760 contestants participating.
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The
Gazette
Vinton
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Arvada Baresh
Roosevelt High School
McKinley Chamber
Thomas S. Stastny
Wilson High
McKinley
Wilson Highs
Jamnita Olmstead
Towa Hao
Bruce Jickson
Traci
Adella Ullerich
van Horne
Margaret Leean
Superior
Paul Peterson
Est
Waterloo
Betty Schoen
Blairstown
Ruth Franzenburg
Conrad
George King
Shellsburg
Oolana Robert Williams
Excelent
Marian Daugan
Traer
Exen
Marjorie Eggleston
Wilson
Excellent
Toledo
Charlotte Lilly
Alburnett
Audrey Swanson
Newhall
Westaterloo
Taer
Ibana
Thomas
Stastny
Harold Smith
West Waterloo
Ernest Walk
Iowa School For Blind
Junior Lieb
Atkins
McKiney and Wilson
Junior
Postville Sub-district Music Contest Results
In Saturday afternoon ratings, mixed vocal groups Class B Waukon excellent. Boys small vocal groups Monona Waukon superior. Girls small vocal fromas eras Lansing Monona Postville Sh West Union superior Fairbank Randalia Elgin excellent. Mixed chorus Class B Waukon superior West Union excellent. Mixed chorus Class C Arlington superior Elkader Monona excellent. Boys glee Elkader superior Neers Point Ossian excellent. Girls glee Postville West Union superior. Class C Fayette Ossian Strawberry Point superior Clermont Lansing Monona excellent.
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Postville
Waukon
Monona
Superior
Fromas
Lansing
West Union
Fairbank
Randalia
Elgin
Arlington
Sueperior
Elkader
Sub-district music contest results named in Monticello
Saturday afternoon results show girls and boys glee clubs and mixed chorus across classes C and B from Mount Vernon Bellevue Delhi Springville Wyoming Monticello Marion Anamosa Anamosa and Monticello. Notes include superior excellent good and average standings.
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Monticello
Mount Vernon
Superior
Springville
Wyoming
Bellevue
Delhi
Llevue
Marion
Anamosa
Glee Club
Su Perior
West Branch Music Contest Results
Saturday afternoon results list multiple entries across solo and ensemble categories. Oboe solo winners include Julia Mohl Davenport and Warren Bergen Iowa City and West Branch performers earned superior and excellent ratings. Orchestra class C Springdale earned excellent and West Branch superior. Concert band class C DeWitt Lost Nation earned superior. Chamber groups from Davenport Iowa City Muscatine earned excellent and superior ratings.
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the Gazette
West Branch
Julia Mohl
Davenport
Excellent
Warren Bergen
Iowa City
Superior
Marion Dawden
Mary Louis Thiele
Cellent
Irenta Rinehart
Marengo
Good
Orothy Ziegler
Muscatine
Dorothy Secrest
Ruth Ann McMahon
West Liberty
Springdale
DeWitt
Lost Nation
Owa City
Violin Solo Winner Corrected in Vinton Subdistrict
Virginia Harman of McKinley School Cedar Rapids earned a superior rating in the violin solo at the Vinton sub district music contest on Saturday, correcting an earlier misprint that listed Elizabeth Homan as the winner.
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Virginia Harman
McKinley School
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Homan
Deaths Higley pioneer of Cedar Rapids dies in Los Angeles
Mortimer J. Higley a Cedar Rapids pioneer in poultry butter and eggs and brother of Elmer A. Higley died in Los Angeles where he had lived for about twenty years. Born October 25 1861 in Cedar Rapids he married Ida Nelson in 1883. Surviving are daughter Hazel Higley Brink two nephews Fred Higley and Harvey D Higley and niece Helen C Higley.
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Mortimer J. Higley
Cedar Rapids
Elmer A. Higley
Los Angeles
Calif
Ida Nelson
Burlington
Higley
Elmer
Joe Simon
Elmer A. Higley and
Earl Ladd Funeral Services Held Today
Funeral services for Earl Ladd will be held at the Kuba funeral home at 2 p.m. today. The Rev. Frank Ward will officiate, with burial in Cedar Memorial.
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Earl Ladd
Kuba
Frank Ward
Cedar Memorial
Funeral services for Thomas A. Sherman in Birmingham
Funeral services for Thomas A. Sherman who died early Saturday will be held at the Methodist church in Birmingham Iowa today at 3 p.m. Burial will follow in the Birmingham cemetery. The body was moved from the Moon funeral chapel to Birmingham early today.
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Thomas A. Sherman
Birmingham
Moon
Ontario Dentist Tours Sparse Province in Mobile Clinic
A Ontario dentist travels through remote areas in a small bus converted into a full dental clinic offering care to underserved communities.
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Ontario
Floods Ravage New England and Northeast Regions
Floods sweep through Connecticut Merrimack and nearby valleys as rains resume. Hartford suffers the worst damage with 1,000 guards on patrol and $10 million losses. epidemics feared though New York state reports no disease surge. Rain, power outages, and dam breaches complicate relief efforts across multiple states.
Public forests cover key share of US timber and land
Public forests of the United States now comprise about 20 percent of forest area and 30 percent of timber. This indicates a substantial portion under federal ownership and management impacting resource use and conservation.
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United States
Flood Waters May Save Doomed Man
Swirling flood waters in the execution chamber reach eighteen inches as Gov. Cross weighs a reprieve for John Siemborski convicted of slaying a New Haven police officer. If granted it would be his fourth reprieve since being sentenced to die by hanging on March 24 at the state prison in Wethersfield.
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Wethersfield, Conn
John Siemborski
New Haven
Wethersfield
Wilbur L. Cross
Plans For Coe College Ninth Annual Summer Session
The thirty-eighth annual Coe College summer session will run in two terms from June 8 to July 11 and July 13 to August 15. Fourteen faculty will teach courses in physics psychology sociology government economics zoology mathematics chemistry botany and history with Bible English literature geology Latin ethics and logic also offered. Notable instructors include Dr George W Bryant Professor Lynn E Garwood Dean C Harve Geiger and Dr Harry Kremers.
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Coe College
George W. Bryant
Lynn E. Garwood
Dean C.harve Geiger
Harry Kremers
Geology Field Trip Planned Across Nebraska and Nearby Parks
A geology team led by Dr. Leonard R. Wilson includes Dr. C Ward Macy Dr. A W Meyer Dr. Walter S Newell Dr. Ben H Peterson Prof Alex Rob bie Dr Karl A Stiles Prof Henry W Ward and invites three weeks of study across the sand hills of Nebraska the Wild River valley and Teton National Park.
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C. Ward Macy
A. W. Meyer
Walter S. Newell
Ben H. Peterson
Alex Robbie
Karl A. Stiles
Henry W. Ward
Leonard R. Wilson
Sand Hills
Nebraska
Wild River Valley
Teton National Park
Dr. Wilson
Income Tax Receipts Jump 28 Percent Over Last Year
Treasury reports March first twenty days tax collections at $389,694,381 up 28 percent from the prior year. Officials say receipts align with department estimates and note some funds remain unsettled. Calendar year 1936 totals through March 20 reach $469,365,339, reflecting a 30 percent rise from the previous year.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Department
Cats Are Color Blind and Live in Grey World
A concise note asserts cats are color blind and perceive a dull, monotone environment, living in a world of grey sameness.
Farmers Protest AAA Benefit Plan Debates Across Nation
Farmers at a national conference criticized proposed Agricultural Adjustment Act benefit allocations arguing the South would lose acres and subsidies. Officials said funding may follow old AAA patterns with state driven soil conservation judgments and county oversight. Payments for sugar and rice tied to base acreage and soil improvement crops.
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Chicago
Wallace
Corn Belt
AAA
Strikers Evacuate Wisconsin Capitol After Ten Day Stand
More than 100 WPA strikers and some family members evacuated the Wisconsin State Capitol under orders from Gov. Philip F. La Follette after ten days of occupation. No injuries reported. Police and National Guard assisted in the peaceful withdrawal.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Philip F. la Follette
Flood relief funds and supplies detailed for northeastern states
The report lists allotments totaling 43 million dollars for flood relief and details state totals of eligible applicants across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, and Virginia. It also notes 27 million pounds of food plus dried goods distributed to relief agencies and vaccine and sanitary aid shipments to Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
New York
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Red Cross
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Rhode Island
U. S. Public Health Service
Sanitary Engineers
The
Health Service
Sixth Set Of Twins Born To Putzer Family
Oshkosh Wisconsin reacts as the sixth set of twins born to Mr and Mrs John Putzer prepare for public appearance at Sacred Heart church. Father Michael Schmitz will christen Phylis and Philip while John Putzer stands by after taking time off from WPA work to help his twelve older children.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh
John Putzer
Sacred Heart Church
Michael Schmitz
Phylis
Philip
John Putter
Strikers Accept Goodyear Proposals
AKRON O h A P Strikers end five weeks of walkout by accepting Goodyear proposals. The decision followed a mass meeting after seventy veteran fire division workers were dismissed in mid February. Federal officials and company representatives helped broker the truce.
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Akron, O
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Coe College Band to Open Spring Tour with Concert
The Coe college military band presents its annual spring concert Thursday March 26 in the college chapel before a ten day tour across Iowa Illinois and Missouri. Director Stanley Vesely leads a program including a piano concerto by Max Daehler with the band.
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Coe College Military Band
College Chapel
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Stanley Vesely
Max Daehler
Weber
Coe
Lost Nation
DeWitt
Davenport
Wapello
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Wallace Stein Wins Keokuk County Rural Spelling Bee
Wallace Stein, 12, of Springfield school Washington township, won first in the Keokuk county spelling contest for rural students. Alice Carris, 14, finished second with district six Warren town township ties. Silva Tona Bogard, 12, took third in district six.
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Wallace Stein
Keokuk County
Gazette
Sigourney
Springfield
Washington Township
Hazel Showman
Alice Carris
Boston
Richland Township
Fae Fuller
Silva Tona Bogard
Warrentown Township
Hilda Moore
H. S. McVicker
Robert J. Shaw
Gertrude Stirlen
C. C. Heninger
Maurice Jones
Mardi Gras Ball Queen Crowned at Cedar Falls Event
Miss Harriett Todd a Monona High School graduate and Iowa State Teachers College sophomore was elected queen of the Mardi Gras ball held in Cedar Falls. Miss Mac Rath of Cedar Falls served as the queen's attendant.
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Monona
Harriett Todd
Monona High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mac Rath
Heywood Broun and Five Others Jailed in Milwaukee Clash
Heywood Broun, president of the American Newspaper Guild, and five others were jailed after a scuffle with police in front of the Wisconsin News during a five week strike. Broun faced disorderly conduct and resisting an officer charges. Police and guild officials offered different accounts of the disturbance.
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Heywood Broun
Milwaukee
American Newspaper
Guild
Wisconsin News
Broun
William Randolph Hearst
Urges Teachers To Instruct Pupils On How To Make Dates
Mrs Mildred Inskeep Morgan of Des Moines told the Nebraska Home Economics association group that high school teachers should instruct pupils on how to date. She urged teaching pupils to express interest gracefully and to throw parties to meet potential sweethearts in a gentlemanly or ladylike way.
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Omaha
Mildred Inskeep Morgan
Des Moines
Morgan
Nebraska Home Economics Association
Fire Destroys Two Arizona Towns Causes Big Loss
Fire swept two desert towns in Arizona with damage over 250000 dollars. A lumber yard and several business buildings burned in Gila Bend after a gas stove exploded. At Oatman, a block of business structures burned as water shortages hampered firefighting. no injuries reported.
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Gila Bend, Ariz
Ins
Arizona Desert
Oatman
Kingman
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