Fifth District Fights Redistricting Plan
Iowa Senate redistricting faced stiff opposition from Fifth district representatives who gathered for ten hours behind locked doors at the Hotel Savery to oppose the plan. They pledged to tell the senate the Fifth district is the oldest loyal Republican area and that the plan serves one individual’s interests. Spokesmen said other districts would organize to defeat the plan as it moves Mahaska Keokuk Wapello Davis Monroe and Appanoose out of the Fifth into the First. Union and Ringgold into the Seventh. Jasper and Poweshiek to the Second. The senate will take up the debate Tuesday.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Senate
Savery
Senate
House
Mahaska
Keokuk
Wapello
Davis
Monroe
Appanoose County
Union
Ringgold
Jasper
Poweshiek
Four Bills Would Raise $3,000,000 For Iowa Schools
Iowa House proposals to fund public schools would levy a 50 dollar tax on pinball machines, tax admissions to amusements under 26 cents, tax jukes boxes at 25 dollars, and tax soundies at 100 dollars. Revenue would total about 3 million dollars annually and be distributed to districts by school age population.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Leo Hoegh
Chariton
Hoegh
Farm Home Burned Near Clarence Causes Loss
A residence on the Fred Bachman farm northeast of Clarence was destroyed by fire late Thursday. Only the first floor contents were saved. Fire started likely from roof sparks and was spotted by neighbor Hugo Rixe as he passed. Clarence firefighters saved nearby buildings.
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Clarence
Fred Bachman
Hugo Rixe
Utility Rate Dispute In Iowa City
Prof. W Ross Livingston of the University of Iowa attacked the non-partisan party at a rally urging voters to back the Democratic slate on the city ticket. He pledged action on utility rates if the Democrats win, as Monday voters face a mayoral race led by Henry F Willenbrock and a non-partisan ticket led by Hal Stewart.
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Iowa City
W. Ross Livingston
University of Iowa History Department
Henry F. Willenbrock
Hal Stewart
Charles Chansky
City Democratic
Red Oak Art Calendar Company Executive Dies
William Cochrane 73 president of the Thomas D Murphy company and former Iowa state senator died in Los Angeles while wintering there. He directed Employers Mutual Casualty, was vice-president of American Colortype, led Iowa and national trade groups, headed Montgomery County welfare programs, and is survived by his widow and three daughters in Red Oak.
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RED Oak
INS
Red Oak Friends
William Cochrane
Thomas D. Murphy Company
United States
Los Angeles
Calif
Cochrane
Employers’ Mutual Casualty Company
American Colortype Company
Iowa
Iowa Manufacturers’ Association
National Advertising Specialty Association
Montgomery County
Malcolm Lomas
Mia
Lyman Turner
John Crofts
Senior class to stage The Phantom Bells at Troy Mills
Troy Mills high school plans an April 5 mystery play The Phantom Bells with Vivian Ramsey and John Andrews in lead roles under Miss Eleanor Gordon. Other cast members include Lorraine Fisher Verna Webster Eleanor Powell Zella Andrews Paul Peyton Burton Sauer Louis Shaffer and Carl Cress. Music by the high school band directed by Mrs Ada Snyder. The 18 graduating seniors will perform a second class play later.
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Gazette
Troy Mills
Troy Mills High School
Vivian Ramsey
John Andrews
Eleanor Gordon
Lorraine Fisher
Verna Webster
Eleanor Powell
Zella Andrews
Paul Peyton
Burton Sauer
Louis Shaffer
Carl Cress
Ada Snyder
Belle Plaine Dogs Placed Under 10 Day Containment
Belle Plaine voters authorize Mayor J. V. Tague to issue a proclamation ordering all dogs in the city confined for ten days to prevent rabies spread after Iowa City lab reports confirmed a dog bite incident involving Miss Irene Jordt. No owner found. stray suspected. Dogs at large to be penned. owners may claim by paying taxes and having pets inoculated.
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Belle Plaine
J. V. Tague
Iowa City Laboratories
Irene Jordt
NYA Employe
Emma Jo
Talle Measure Would Exempt Small Papers From Wage-Hour Law
Rep. H O Talle of Iowa introduced a bill exempting employees of local or community newspapers with circulations under 5 000 from the fair labor standards act. Exemption requires at least 75 percent of circulation within 40 miles of the publication site.
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Washington (Ap
H. O. Talle
Iowa
Discharged Custodian May Stay at Ledges Park
Carl Fritz Henning, 76, former custodian of Ledges State Park near Boone, may continue to live at the park. Iowa Rep. C. G. Good says the legislature is assured Henning will get a home in the park and an old age assistance pension. Friends urged a formal resolution to allow him to remain.
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Des Moines
Carl Fritz Henning
Ledges State Park
Boone
C. G. Good
Ogden
Iowa
Henning
Good
Conservation Commission
Tipton Couple Observe 62nd Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCormick marked their sixty second wedding anniversary at home in Tipton with ten relatives at a noon family dinner. A watermelon cake baked by Mrs. Waddell was the dinner highlight, echoing the wedding meal from 1879 attended by Miss Esther Neiman W. C. Neiman Mrs. Kathryn Walker and others.
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Gazette
Tipton
J. M. McCormick
J. A. Waddell
McCormick
Minerva Millhouse
Seattle
Wash
Esther Neiman
W. C. Neiman
Kathryn Walker
F. B. Wilson
John Wilson
Decorah Pioneer Klemet Haugen Dies at 90
Klemet I. Haugen aged 90 died Thursday at his daughter’s home in Highland Park Ul. He spent the winter there. The Decorah funeral will be held Monday. He was Decorah’s last pioneer merchant and ran a business here for more than fifty years.
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Decorah
Klemet I. Haugen
J. A. O. Preus
Highland Park
Edith Willimack to wed Eldon Tjaden in Wyoming
Mr and Mrs George Willimack announce the marriage of their daughter Edith to Eldon Tjaden son of Mr and Mrs Edward Tjaden. The ceremony was March 22 at Zion Lutheran church in Wyoming with Rev G J Zeflinger officiating. The couple will live with the groom’s parents near Onslow.
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Oxford Junction
George Willimack
Edith
Eldon Tjaden
Edward Tjaden
Onslow
Zion Lutheran Church of Wyoming
G. J. Zeflinger
Edwin Willimack
Helen Tjaden
LA Porte City
Anna Marie Vorel
Frank Vorel
Merlin Clark
Milford Clark
Brandon
Brandon Methodist Church
Everett Miller
Waterloo
Independence
Fannie Bray
Buchanan County
Florence Petzel
Oelwein
Aurora
Fannie Green
Bray
England
Lamont
George Bray
Buffalo Grove
Oolwen
Amos Fidler
Byron Township
Nellie Fox
Oolwein
Petzel
George
Bill would award up to 10 000 for wrongful death of wife and mother
The senate sent a bill to allow a wife and mother’s estate to recover up to 10 000 for accidental and wrongful death. Rep Harold F. Claypool said a nonemployed woman’s services have value and the house approved the measure 82 to 0.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Senate
Harold F. Claypool
Town County
Elkader Student Among Top Four In Forensic Meet
Iowa City officials report that four junior college radio speaking contestants were rated outstanding on the tournament’s opening day. Among the top four are Robert Conrad of Elkader Tom McKay of Graceland College Lamont Ar Jene Armstrong of Fort Dodge and Russell Bryan of Red Oak. Events include debating extemporaneous speaking original oratory poetry reading prose reading and interpretative reading. The tournament closes Saturday afternoon.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
Robert Conrad
Elkader
Tom McKay
Graceland College
Lamont
Jene Armstrong
Fort Dodge
Russell Bryan
Red Oak
Religious Sect Denied Permit for Iowa City Tabernacle
Iowa City board of adjustment again refused Glenn Fillman a permit to build a sect tabernacle in the city. About 50 residents opposed the plan and petitions cited zoning rules. Fillman, of Davenport, leads the non denominational group the Prophetic Beacon.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Board of Adjustment
Glenn Fillman
Fillman
Davenport
War Correspondent To Speak At Iowa U
War correspondent Peter C. Rhodes, former United Press writer who has spent years in Europe, will address the University of Iowa Times club on April 28. Rhodes, born in the Philippine Islands, studied at military school and Columbia, earned an MA in history, and covered major European theaters including Narvik, Russia, and the Pacific during the current conflict.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa Times Club
Peter C. Rhodes
United Press
Europe
Philippine Islands
Rhodes
New York
Columbia University
Oxford University
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
Narvik
Norway
Russia
United Panic
Tokio
Honoulu
Dental Examiners For Draftees To Be Named
Gov George A Wilson will appoint dental examiners for 120 Iowa draft boards early next week. Lieut. Col. Rob ert S Shane announced the plan with Dr John Voss preparing lists. Dentists will assist physicians in screening conscripts to reduce rejections for bad teeth.
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Des Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Robert S. Shane
Shane
John Voss
Iowa City
Iowa Dental Association
Fireman Hurt In Fall From Engine At Tama
AP report from Tama says Leonard H. Behr of Clinton, a Chicago North Western fireman, fell from an engine deck shortly after midnight and was taken to Marshalltown hospital. McGregor class selects three act comedy The Great Ben Allah for the April 8 school play with a cast including Nordhus Staples Moody Hinsch Bickel Pilkington Watters Butterfield Kemp Goheen.
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Tama
Leonard H. Behr
Clinton
Chicago North Western Railway
Marshalltown
McGregor
Ben Allah
Grace Rider
Bud Nordhus
Eldon Staples
Margaret Moody
Pat Hinsch
Betty Bickel
Janie Pilkington
Rosanna Watters
Glade Butterfield
Jean Kemp
Jack Goheen
State Highway Patrol
State Highway Commission
Missouri
Henry Doll
Blair, Neb
Denver Lines
Denver
Colo
Robert Moody
Marysville
Moody
Paul Hess
Cedar Rapids
Tama Clinic
Gerald Harris
Buckingham
E. E. Ehret
Ruby Harris
Harris
L. W. Burns
Belle Plaine
George Babka
Joe Babka
George Zamestil
University Hospital
Iowa City
Oxford Junction selects comedy farce The Arrival of Kitty
Oxford Junction seniors pick The Arrival of Kitty as their class play to be directed by I L. Long and staged the week after Easter.
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Oxford Junction
Oxford Junction High School
Kitty
1 L. Long
Clermont chorus at Upper Iowa University Fayette concert
The Clermont high school chorus of 55 voices conducted by Supt. T. C. Ressler performed a program tracing the development of Christianity at Upper Iowa University in Fayette. Soloists were Lorraine Osterhus Madonna Trudo Joyce Amundson Eugene Cooley with Augusta Miller as reader.
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Clermont
Clermont High School
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Supt. T. C. Ressler
Lorraine Osterhus
Madonna Trudo
Joyce Amundson
Eugene Cooley
Augusta Miller
Verdict Declares Woman Found Dead In Missouri Valley
A coroner's jury ruled Mrs. Paul McCune, 40, died at the hands of unknown parties in her downtown Missouri Valley apartment on February 25. Fingerprint expert Sergt. Earl Miller said the evidence did not connect her death to Lee Whiteman, 42, found dead the same day beneath a train. a prior jury had deemed Whiteman's death an act of self harm.
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Missouri Valley (Ap
Paul McCune
Sergt
Earl Miller
Council Bluffs
Oelwein Girl Wins Iowa Unity Essay Title
Maxine Donahue of Sacred Heart high school Oelwein is the Iowa senior division winner in the national unity essay contest. Her essay may win $1,000 at the national awards in New York on April 14. State winners in the senior division are invited to New York for four days with expenses paid by Elias Lustig. they also receive gold medals.
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Oelwein
Maxine Donahue
Sacred Heart High School
Iowa
New York
Elias Lustig
Officers Forced To Shoot Dog Guarding Cows Of Dead Farmer
West Union Iowa sheriff shot a large shepherd dog guarding the barn after farmer William Scholl 57 was found dead at his farm home. Coroner ruled death natural. none of the 22 dairy cows or 50 dead chicks imply neglect. Neighbors described Scholl as a model farmer who milked after midnight.
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the Gazette
West Union
William Scholl
A. J. Kutschat
J. R. Wood
Scholl
Max Matt
Marengo Golf Club elects new president and officers
Harold T. Paulson was elected president of the Marengo Golf Club on Tuesday night. He will succeed Ward R. Hatter. Other officers chosen are Kermith Rhoades as vice president, Dr E L Hollis as secretary, and Dr R B Galbraith as treasurer.
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Marengo
Harold T. Paulson
Marengo Golf Club
Ward R. Hatter
Kermith Rhoades
E. L Hollis
R. B Galbraith
All-Time Low In Iowa Tuberculosis Deaths
Iowa records show a ten percent drop in tuberculosis deaths since 1939, with last year yielding the lowest rate on record. Agnes Samuelson cites a nurse shortage and calls for more public health nurses to identify cases early, while Dr Ralph Smiley notes a drop from 30 percent infection five years ago to one percent active cases in Cerro Gordo County due to public awareness and free tuberculin tests.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa State Teachers Association
Ralph Smiley
Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
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Red Oak Art Calendar Company
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Swan and Leytze
H. H. Dill
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Quasqueton
Quasqueton Consolidated School Board
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R. Dessa Sauer
E. L. Plank
H. E. Myron
Biddinger's Hall
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Carl Allenstein
Earl Jenks
Harold Reid
Mary Moody
Moody Hill
James Moody
Maple
Mississippi River
South
Maple Moody
21St
Iowa Infantry
Mr. Moody
Riley
J. M. Lathers
Beloit, Wis
Vogue Beauty Parlor
Clark
Brandon High School
John Deere Tractor Company
Charles F. Murray
Charles J. Haas
Murray
C. C. Crawford
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Mae Tarvin
Floyd E Edsill
Harry Edsill
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W. D. Winter
Glenn Taft
Dorothy
Lloyd Edsill
Edsill
Ted Bagenstos
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Wellman
Rotary Club
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Willard Swartzendruber
Leo Swartzendruber
Robert Moothart
Robert Teeple
Louis Brown
Calvin Wade
Urbana
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Geraldine Wyckoff
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Raymond Kramer
Vernon Petro
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Trin
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Wellman Golf Club
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Rex Severt
Don Taylor
Greens
Ed Wehrle
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Robert Godlove
Volga City
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Arlington
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Leslie Wheeler
Leslie
Clifford
Wadena
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Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Mandy
Rocket Flowers
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Sue
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