Republicans Consider Convention Nomination For Governor
Des Moines AP reports five Republicans seek the gubernatorial nomination with a 35 percent hurdle likely to force a convention. Candidates include Turner Calflesh Knutson Haig Short with filing due May 25. Democratic hopeful Clyde Herring expected to win renomination, with Francis Cutter also seeking the party nod.
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Des Moines
Turner
Robert W. Colflesh
Bes Moines
Clarence Knutson
Lear Lake
Vern Haig
Fort Dodge
Wallace M
Calflesh
Clyde L. Herring
Atlantic
Davenport Wins State Class A Debate Title Over Abraham Lincoln
Davenport high school defeated Abraham Lincoln of Council Bluffs to claim the Iowa state Class A debating championship at the University of Iowa. Roosevelt Des Moines and Eagle Grove exited in semifinals while Onawa defended its Class B title by beating St. Mary’s Cherokee. Davenport scored 48 to Lincoln's 53 on points after twelve rounds and thirteen judges votes each.
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Iowa City
Davenport
Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs
University of Iowa
Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Eagle Grove
Onawa
St. Mary's of
Cherokee
Tripoli
Lamon
Marvin Hansen
Robert Schultz
Carl Hiechen
Robert McShane
Raham Lincoln
Monroe Page Pioneer and Linn County Farmer Dies
Monroe Page aged 87 longtime Linn county resident and former Dubuque emigrant died at his Central City home at 1 30 p m Saturday after illness. He was born in Tamworth New Hampshire and moved to Iowa in 1856 with his parents. Survived by three daughters Mrs Ed Burlingham Mrs William Ford and Mrs Frank Wade and a son Glenn. Funeral at Hatch chapel 2 p m Monday with Oak Hill cemetery burial.
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Gazette
Central City
Monroe Page
Linn County
White Mountains
Tamworth
N. H
Iowa
Dubuque
James Page
Ed Burlingham
William Ford
Frank Wade
Miami
Fla
Glenn
Hatch
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ossian Man Endorsed by Howard-Winneshiek Democrats for State Senate
Decorah report says Ossian’s T F Schmitz earned Democrat backing in the Howard-Winneshiek district for state senate. He will face Cresco Republican C C Burgess in the race.
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Decorah
T. F. Schmitz
Ossian
Howard-Winneshick
C C Burgess
Cresco
Iowa liquor stores to mimic banks with censorship system
Des Moines Iowa officials outline a bank like setup for state liquor stores with a separate customer entry, clerks at a counter, an official censor verifying orders and signatures, and a cashiers cage for payment. The plan includes a sealed display of items and prices and restricted customer interaction.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Harold M. Cooper
State Liquor Commission
Liquor Commission
Cooper
Evans Sentenced On Assault Charge
Evans pled guilty to assault and was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. The stabbing victim, Ralph Pinedar of Harvey, was in serious condition but expected to recover. Also, Tom Skeets Mason pled guilty to breaking jail and received a similar sentence for tunneling to freedom from the Knoxville jail.
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Knoxville
Perry Evans
Des Moines
Harvey
Fort Madison
Evans
Ralph Pinedar
Pinedar
Tom (Skeets) Mason
Pershing
First Lady Invited to Iowa to Study Farm Wives Trials
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is invited to visit Iowa to learn first hand the trials and heartaches of farm women. Mrs Carl N Jones president of the Iowa Farmers Holiday association ladies auxiliary says the guest should travel from farm to farm to hear stories and see living conditions.
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Missouri” Valley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Carl N. Jones
Missouri Valley
Iowa Farmers Holiday Association
C F Lytle Awarded Federal Contract for Fort Peck Lines
C F Lytle contracting firm of Sioux City Iowa won the $224 000 bid to construct sewage and water lines for the Fort Peck dam camp in Montana. The award was announced Saturday by the Missouri River division office of the United States engineer.
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Kansas City
C. F. Lytle Contracting Firm
Sioux City
Fort Peck Dam
Montana
Missouri River Division
United States Engineer's Office
Washington Physician Boice Serves Community Sixty Years
Dr. J. C. Boice of Washington Iowa has practiced medicine over six decades. Now mostly retired, he mentored sons Dr. C. A. Boice and Dr. William Boice while remaining active in church work and local affairs. He served in the Civil War and treated flu patients in 1918.
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Ashington
Ian
J. C. Boice
Washington
C. A. Boice
J. C
Boice
Iowa
Iowa Medical Association Board of Directors
William Boice
University of Iowa
Boone
Junior Boice
J. C. Bolce
Ohio
Ninety-eighth Ohio Infantry
Sixth
Ohio Cavalry
St. Petersburg
Keokuk Medical College
University of Town
Ainsworth
United Presbyterian Church
Olds bank officer found guilty in embezzlement trial
AP reports F A Morgan an Olds bank officer was found guilty of embezzlement in Mount Pleasant. The trial began March 7 with Judge Oscar Hale instructing the jury to convict if Morgan used bank funds beyond specified purposes. Sentencing is set for April 2 with a possible twenty year maximum. defense indicated a possible new trial.
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Mount. Pleasant
F.A. Morgan
Olds
Morgan
Henry County
Oscar Hale
Hale
Shawn Troupe to Perform at Iowa City Teachers Meet
Shawn Troupe will dance at a teachers conference in Iowa City on April 10, presenting lectures and demonstrations for teachers in the afternoon and a public performance in the evening. The event, on the basketball court at the Field House, seats about 2700, with dances including rhythms and religious pieces. Shawn will perform John Brown Sees the Glory and Invocation to the Thunderbird, in his first tour with a six man troupe and his first local appearance in over a decade.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Ted Shawn
University of Iowa
Shawn
Bach
Brahms
John Brown
Hospital Lien Bill Becomes Effective
DES MOINES AP Proofs of publication received by the secretary of state show that the hospital lien bill has become effective. It grants hospitals liens against accident judgments claimed by their patients. Other laws with final proofs include accepting federal aid for municipal sewer and garbage works, wharves docks projects, banks investing in HOLC and FDIC securities, guardians real estate sales or mortgages, and group insurance for municipal volunteer fire departments.
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DES Moines
Secretary of State
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Munipiper
Maquoreta Wheelock Bond Purchase in Jackson County
The Wheelock Bond company of St Paul bought Jackson county's primary road funding bonds Saturday. Two issues totaling 270000 at 3 3 percent and 30000 at 2 percent were sold at 1 premium. Six companies bid.
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Maquoreta
Wheelock Bond Company of
St. Paul
Jackson County
Iowa League Of Women Voters To Convene March 27
Grinnell reports the Iowa League of Women Voters will hold its fourteenth annual convention from March 27 to 29 in Estherville. Delegations from most local leagues including Grinnell attend. Ames and Des Moines send sizable groups. Key speakers include T. F. Crocker of Ames Tribune, William Johnston, Ruth Gallagher, and C. E. Payne.
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Grinnell
Iowa League of Women Voters
Estherville
Laetitia Conard
Des Moines League
L. R. Elliot
Carl Mains
Des Moines
A. M. Miles
Max Mayer
Iowate
More
Ojemann
Ames
T. F. Crocker
Minne E. Allen
Iowa
Ames Tribune
William 8. Johnston
Ruth Gallagher
Iowa City
The
State Historical Society
C. E. Payne
International Co-Operation
Waterloo Woman Receives $4500 Workmen’s Comp
Mrs. Maesel Shepard of Waterloo was awarded $4500 in workers compensation by Iowa's industrial commissioner A. B. Funk after the death of her husband W. V. Shepard, a milk delivery man who died in 1932 from cancer. Attorneys for the milk company argued the injury was not the direct cause of death.
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Des Moines
Maesel Shepard
Waterloo
A. B. Funk
W. V. Shepard
Shepard
Twenty Iowa High Schools Enter State Art Contest
Special to The Gazette Iowa City twenty Iowa high schools sent entries for the University of Iowa state championship art contest. The fourth annual event will accept paintings drawings and lettering samples until April 3. Officials expect the all time record of twenty six schools from 1933 to be broken.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Foerstner Nomination as High Amana Postmaster
The President sent to the Senate on Saturday the nomination of William Foerstner for confirmation as postmaster at High Amana Iowa.
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Washington
Senate
William Foerstner
High Amana
Tama County Spelling Champion Is Traer Girl
Lois Rooker, 13, of Traer, won Tama county spelling title after leading forty five pupils in both oral and written rounds. Esther Hendrickson of Toledo finished second with finalists including Ruth Betz, Beatrice Kiezek, Margaret Sedlacek, and Kenneth Anderson.
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Toledo
Lois Rooker
Traer
Tama County
H. E. Rooker
Mary Stark
Esther Hendrickson
Ruth Betz
Columbia No
Beatrice Kiezek
Tama
Margaret Sedlacek
Carroll No
Kenneth Anderson
Re election Voters Question Wheatland Mayor Resume
Wheatland Alfred Ronald, incumbent mayor, dismisses reelection glamour in a Wheatland Gazette notice. He claims two years as mayor brought many troubles and proposes a $50 yearly salary if reelected, while asserting others are more capable of running the town and its laws.
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Gazette
Wheatland
Alfred Ronald
Wheatland Gazette
Fate of Conway To Be Decided On Three Checks
ANAMOSA The fate of J. M. Conway former auditor of the state reformatory will hinge on evidence about three checks. The trial on embezzlement charges heads to final arguments with a jury to decide by Tuesday. State checkers cite a $13 000 shortage and three items as core facts.
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Anamosa
J. M. Conway
State Reformatory
Jones County District Court
Conway
Northwestern States Portland Cement Company
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
E. Cohn and Son
Cedar Rapids
Reformatory
Carl Trout Named Iowa Representative For Livestock Bank
Des Moines AP Carl Trout a former Iowa deputy state banking superintendent has been named Iowa representative of the Live stock National Pen of Chicago He previously served as a town examiner for the Deposit Insurance Corporation and earlier was an officer at Peoples State Bank in Maxwell Iowa
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Des Moines
Carl Trout
Iowa
Livestock National Pen
Chicago
Insurance Corporation
Insurance Department
Peoples State Bank
Maxwell
Investigate Cause Of Davenport Fire
Deputy State Fire Marshal Fred Scharfenburg examined the Davenport fire scene on Saturday seeking cause of the Sept. 10 blaze that killed 43 year old Anna M. Etzel. Four men and one woman were questioned in the inquiry.
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Davenport
Fred Scharfenburg
Anna M. Etzel
Prominent Vernon Couple Mark Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Freeman Current of Mount Vernon Iowa celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with nine living children and twenty one grandchildren. The couple married March 26 1884 and helped found a hospitable home active in community and church life. A family gathering will be held at their Mount Vernon home with open house Monday afternoon from 3 to 5.
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Elizabeth Ink
The
Gazette
Vernon
Freeman
Ethel Schultz
Elwood
Lee M. Current
Marathon
Earl
Lost Nation
Harold
Laurence
Arthur
Gladys
Smythe
Mount Vernon
Walter
Peoria
Eleanor Atkinson
Agate
Cole
Current
K. P. Lodge
Pythian Sisters
G. A. R. Circle
American Legion Auxilary
Jennie Martin
Freeman Current
W. F. Dove
Franklin Martin
California
Howard House
San Francisco
Eben Martin
U. S
South Dakota
Eliza Clothier Current
Hampshire
England
Elijah Current
Clinton County
Harold Current
J. J. Jones
Elia Sanderson
Olin
Iowa Board Announces Retail Tax Rules April First
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa board of assessment and review outlines tax rules for the new retail sales levy to begin April 1. The two percent tax applies to gross receipts from tangible property and services, with exemptions for economic services and a detailed schedule for consumer charges under one dollar and amusement admissions.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa
Tazabie
John W. Foster
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