Iowa legislative interim committee holds $193974 balance
The Iowa legislative interim committee reports $193974 of its $250000 fund unspent with three months left in the fiscal year. Another $250000 becomes available July 1, enabling potential expenditures to reach about $425000 next year. The panel has limited outlays to emergencies, funding various projects and travel costs as listed.
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DES Moines
State Legislative Interim Committee
State Comptroller’s Office
Territorial Centennial Committee
Iowa
Board of Control
Board of Social Welfare
Statehouse
Geological Survey
Greater
Iowa Commission
State Executive Council
WPA
Storm Lake
State Department of Public Instruction
State School For
Vinton
Drinking Drivers On Increase in Iowa Fatal Crashes
Iowa records show more drinking drivers in fatal two month period, with 19 of 70 drivers in 54 crashes noted as had been drinking. February alone had 13 of 27 drivers drinking, though some did not impair driving. Officials blame intensified enforcement for the rising figures.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Horace M. Tate
Tate
44 Cars Of Surplus Food Distributed To Relief Families
Des Moines Iowa relief authorities received and distributed a record volume of 44 cars of surplus foodstuffs in four days last week State Surplus Commodity Director Floyd Holler announced Saturday The shipments constituted the greatest federal surplus commodity contribution in a four day period since the national government glutted market program began four years ago Holler said Iowa s share of surplus commodity spending rose to 193 cars since the program resumed last fall Last week s contributions included 11 cars of oranges eight cars of canned peas and 25 cars of potatoes The food is shipped directly to county authorities for distribution among relief families The government buys the commodities to prevent large surpluses from forcing prices down to ruinously low levels for producers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Floyd Holler
Heller
Doll House Built By Dentist At Marengo Is Model Of Efficiency
Marengo dentist Dr. R B Galbraith, a former reluctant manual trainee, built a scale 1 inch to 1 foot miniature bungalow named Built To Scale. The model, with living room, dining room, bedroom, bath, kitchen, storeroom, garage, terrace and furnishings, impressed family friend Madeline Hatter and showcases space efficiency.
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Marengo
Arengo
R. B. Galbraith
Galbraith
Ward Hatter
Doc
Dr. Galbraith
Toledo's Tom Green Barber For 57 Years
Tom Green, born 1860 in New Madrid Missouri, arrives Toledo in 1864 and becomes the city’s oldest Black resident at 77. He started barbering in 1881 and has witnessed most of Toledo’s growth, with his life entwined with the city’s early development and local families.
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Toledo
Tom Green
Ledo
Tom
New Madrid
Tama County
Orange City residents vote on hospital bond issue
Orange City residents will vote Monday on a 30000 bond issue to construct a fifteen bed memorial hospital. If approved the hospital will be built on a five and one half acre land tract donated to the city. Sponsors seek a 7888 works progress administration grant if voters approve the bond issue.
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Orange City
Institution Has Fine Barn But 40 Orphans Sleep In One Room
DES MOINES AP Four members of the legislative interim committee returning from southern and eastern Iowa reported crowded conditions at the Iowa soldiers orphans home in Davenport with 40 to 45 children in a 30 by 40 foot room. The group noted a fine dairy barn there and also visited Fort Madison penitentiary. Alesch said conditions at the prison were satisfactory and mentioned three men on death row with two scheduled to hang April 19.
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DES Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
Towa
Gus Alesch
Marcus
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Alesch
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Presidents Of Iowa Colleges To Probe Recruiting Methods
Iowa City IA unfair recruiting methods by colleges will be investigated by the Iowa College Presidents association. A three member committee will study scholarships and student aid and report findings to the group. About twenty five college presidents attended the University of Iowa meeting.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa College Presidents’ Association
University of Iowa
Association
Rufus H. Fitzgerald
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. W. 8. Learned
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Farmer near Wapello pinned under tractor saved by legislators
Iowa legislators touring state institutions near Wapello saw a tractor overturn in a ditch. The group righted the machine and freed a man whose identity was not released. They reported the farmer was not seriously hurt.
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Wapello
Des Moines
Iowa
Gus Alesch
Marcus
Alesch
Iowa Texas Families Swap Jobs And Homes
Loyal M. Smith of Onslow and R W McPhillips of El Paso swapped postal jobs and homes after a matching search, hoping to aid Smith’s asthmatic son. The plan began with a test move, but illness and quarantine followed and official notice arrived later. Smith moves to El Paso with family. McPhillips takes the Onslow route.
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Iowa
Texas
Loyal M. Smith
Onslow
R. W. McPhillips
el Paso
Smith
Stanley
Postal Service
McPhillips
Smiths
Vintons Oldest Business Man Dean of Iowa Abstractors
George R. Knapp, at eighty three, is Iowa’s longest actively engaged abstractor in Vinton, running the family business since 1863 founded by his father John Knapp. He is a county and city official veteran with a storied local background, including service as county auditor and adjutant general staff member under General Mount.
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North Western Railroad
Chelsea
W. E. Rogers
Toledo
Colonel Scott
Wilkinson Place
Tom
John Green
Company K
Forty-ninth Iowa Infantry
Vinton
Dean of
Iowa
Abstractors
George R. Knapp
John Knapp
Knapp
Philadelphia
Benton County
Mexico
Jefferson Davis
Northwest
Cedar Township
George Knapp
Nebraska
Mr. Knapp
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Griswold College
Davenport
Baron R. Sherman
Judge Kirkland Commends Stand Against Ticket Fixing
Judge L J Kirkland of Vinton praises resolutions from Des Moines officials condemning suspending sentences for motor vehicle offenses and allowing pleas to minor charges. He cites minimum penalties of 300 dollar fines and three months in jail for DUI, endorsing the stand to reduce highway harm. Acting Commissioner Tate notes county cost concerns lead to plea deals in some jurisdictions.
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Des Moines
Vehicle Department
Kirklands
L. J Kirkland
Vinton
Horace Tate
Kirkland
Tate
Boards of Supervisors
Motorist Shot By Hiker In Critical Condition
Robert Slossun a 51 year old Chicago salesman for U S Fidelity and Guaranty was shot Friday evening by a hitchhiker bandit near Fairfield and remained in critical condition at Mercy hospital Burlington. The bullet lodged near his backbone after a struggle over the gun. Slossun drove to Burlington despite wounds and the bandit fled on foot with $40.
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Burlington
Robert Slossun
Chicago
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Mercy Hospital
Wisté
Sioseun
Fairfield
Siossun
Favor Removal Of Supt Of Schools Post From Politics
North west Iowa teachers adopted a resolution urging removal of the state superintendent of public instruction from politics. Miss Agnes Samuelson, the current officeholder and the sole Republican in elective state office, faces calls for nonpartisan administration. E. E. Swanson of Humboldt was elected association president, replacing C. L. McDowell of Eagle Grove.
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Fort Dodge
Northwest Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
State House
E. E. Swanson
Humboldt
Association
C. L. McDowell
Eagle Grove
Former Magistrate Ordered To Make Good On Shortage
DES MOINES Iowa Carl A Burkman Polk county attorney Saturday ordered Jerry Donaghy former justice of the peace at An keny to make restitution of an alleged 2022 shortage in his accounts Donaghy who resigned Feb 23 at Burkmans request while state examiners audited his accounts was notified that legal steps would be taken to recover the amount unless he paid voluntarily Burkmans move was authorized by a resolution passed by the county board of supervisors
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Des Moines
Carl A. Burkman
Polk County
Jerry Donaghy
Ankeny
Donaghy
Burkman
County Board of Supervisors
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Virginia Lichty
McKinney Photo
Sumner
Dover Street
Carl Dueser
Marksman
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