House Passes Gigantic Army Fund Measure
The House approved the 1937 38 army appropriation bill totaling 416 771 382 amid Democratic backing. It increases pay subsistence clothing and barracks funding while trimming coast defenses and reserve officer training camp costs. The defense bill sets enlisted strength at 165 000 and funds air and seacoast programs despite attempts to cut costs.
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Washington
Rep
Taber
New York
War Department
Finance Department
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Air Corps
Medical Department
Engineers
Ordnance
Chemical Warfare Service
Seacoast Defense
U. S. Military Academy
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Citizens
Fred Biermann
William N Leeper Johnson County School Supt Dies
William N Leeper Johnson County school superintendent since 1920 died Friday at University hospital after a three week illness. He was 67. Funeral service set for Sunday at 3 15 p m with burial in Beaver following.
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Iowa City
William N. Leeper
Johnson County
University Hospital
Beaver
Ingersoll Evangelistic Meetings Continue Sundays Three Messages
The revival at Second Evangelical Church led by Rev. Bob Ingersoll remains so popular it will run indefinitely and move to Sunshine Mission if needed. The Sunday schedule includes three sermons at 1 30 a.m. 3 p.m. and 7 30 p.m with topics Victory Mans Big Toe and Heaven and Earth. A children's choir of over 100 voices is planned for tonight.
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Second Evangelical Church
Bob” Ingersoll
Edwin Frizen
Sunshine Mission
Mr. Ingersoll
Christ
God
Frizen
William Dykhuizen
Dr. Frizen
Heaven
I. E. Link- Jetter
Second Christian Church
Frank H. Ward
Evangelist
Second Evangelical
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Heaven and Earth
Elgin Couple Losses $6000 to Confidence Men
A married farm pair from Elgin Iowa reported mortgaging their home to join a get rich quick scheme. Rudolf Yonkers and his wife told authorities they met two men April 17 in Salt Lake City and were promised $60,000 from a $6,000 investment in the stock market. The men, named Joe Gross 37 and S E Randel 57, disappeared after leading them from Des Moines to a hotel and train station stop. The couple traveled from April 22 to April 29 before returning home worried and empty handed. They request police search for the alleged swindlers.
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Salt Lake City
Rudolf Yonkers
Elgin
Mormon Emple Square
California
Chamberlain Hotel
Des Moines
Laramie
Wyo
Joe Gross
S. E. Randel
Violence erupts in Des Moines laundry strike amid hijackings
In Des Moines violence flared as a laundry strike continued with nine plants held by sitdowners and calls for a general strike. Two truckloads of clothing were hijacked and Jack Kuhn said he was beaten. clothing valued at 500 to 600 dollars. Des Moines Steel and Hertsberg Bindery signed union contracts with the Iron Workers union. operations resumed under the new contract setting a 44 hour week possibly to 40, and wage increases around 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Midwest Metal Stamping Company
Kellogg
Des Moines Steel Company
Hertsberg Bindery
Jack Kuhn
W. R. Smithson
Kuhn
International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers
Iron Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Army Flyers Crash on Unlighted Field at Des Moines
Capt. W. D. Old of the army air corps and Capt. D. M. White escaped injury when their observation plane damaged on landing at the unlit Des Moines airport. Old circled hoping flood lights would be turned on. White, a Marshalltown guard officer, was en route from Fort Leavenworth to visit home. Landing gear was sheared off.
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Des Moines
W. D. Old
Army Air Corps
D. M. White
Old
White
National Guard
Marshalltown
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Roosevelt dinner crowd backs court reform program in Iowa City
More than 150 persons attended the Roosevelt supreme court plant dinner with Prof. Clarence Man ion as chief speaker and William J. Jackson as toast master. The event supported Roosevelt's court reform plan. Funeral services were held for Frank R. Abbott 60 lifelong resident of Iowa City. Wen cel Reha 93 longtime Iowa City resident died Friday. Police and fire commission to hold civil service tests Tuesday to promote a night captain replacing Joe Dolezal who moves to day shift.
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Iowa City
Roosevelt Supreme Court
Clarence Manion
William J. Jackson
Roosevelt
William H. Bender
Frank R. Abbott
Wencel Reha
Reha
Police Department
Joe Dolezal
Dolezal
Appeal Filed In Iowa City Dispute
An appeal from an election contest court ruling and a writ of quo warranto seek to determine who may sit on the Iowa City council. The contest arose after four Municipal Ownership league candidates challenged the result, accusing the rival Citizens' non partisan group of aiding a bribe offer by Iowa City Light and Power. Defendants include Everett J. Means J. J. Ostdiek John Grady and R. J. Phelps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Municipal Ownership League Party
Jacob van der Zee
W. F. Boiler
T. A. Foote
Henry F. Willenbrock
Citizens
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Myron J. Walker
Cliff Nolen
Everett J. Means
J. J. Ostdiek
John Grady
R. J. Phelps
Williamsburg Woman Gets Star Mail Route
Marengo to Williamsburg star route service will be permanent July 1 with Mrs. Esther M. O'Donnell of Williamsburg replacing the current male carrier. Her bid amounts to $360 a year, $48 more than the former contract.
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Marengo
Williamsburg
Esther M. O'Donnell
Begin Laying New Rail On R. I. From Oxford To Victor
Two dozen men arrived to start a 26 mile rail replacement on the Rock Island between Oxford and Victor. Rails unloaded Monday with five carloads per mile and equipment to lay track at about a mile daily. Final crews will widen readiness for faster trains and lower labor costs, with total outlay estimated at 15 000 to 17 000 dollars.
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Marengo
Rock Island
Oxford
Victor
Davenport
Crawfordsville resident Mrs. Ralph Rees Dies at 54
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Etna Rees 54 a Crawfordsville resident died after paralysis treated in Muscatine Bellevue Hospital She was born April 1 1883 southwest of Columbus City married Ralph Rees in 1906 and had lived on a farm near Columbus Junction since. Surviving husband son Kenneth Rees Reinbeck daughter Mrs Elmer Hawkinson Reinbeck grandson Richard Kenneth Hawkinson sister Mrs Eli White Columbus Junction and three brothers Boyd Twin am Crawfordsville Roy Golden dale Washington and Herman Donnellson. She was a Presbyterian member.
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Columbus Junction
Ralph Rees
Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
F. J. Eastwood
Washington
Mr. Clark
George Clark
Jamestown
Wis
Della Cummings
Platteville
Iowa
Fairview Township
Allamakee County
James
Waterloo
Howard
Monona
Earl Intermill
Fort Dodge
Winnie Clark
Geneva Topel
Waukon
Florence Clark
Rockford
Ill
TRAER
Robert McMurray
June Hyland
Lois Rooker
Tama County
Traer Lions Club
George Muirhead
McMurray
Springville
Gage
L. J. Gage
John Moyer
Pearl
Ernest McMann
Etta Potter
Robert
Pauline
Eugene
Florence
Lester Covington
Wilma
Hilda
Galand
Freda
Lawrence
Margaret
Zeta Himes
Russel Eden
Nelda
Josephine
Velma
Calvin DeWein
Albert Moyer
June
Dorothy
Frank Gage
Linn
Edgar Gage
Harold
Doris
Roy Covington
Floyd
Marvin
Adolph
Carmeleta
Norman
Ula Mae
Ruther Woods
Dorothy Mae
Clarence Plapp
Dana
Margaret Gage
Grace Moyer
Pearl Moyer
Florence Gage
van Horne
Beatrice Eide
Decorah
Volga City
Evelyn Chadbourne
Evelyn Brunskill
Madonna Feeney
Dorthy Nicks
Helen Klousin
Raymond H. Weart
Cedar Rapids
C. G. Coon
Brandon
Coon
Weart
Coe College
Des Moines College of Pharmacy
Lost Nation
Velda Schubert
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Federated Church
E. J. Braun
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Marjorie Christensen
Kenneth Daniel Sang
Ruth Phelps
Roy Paulson
Bethel Nodurft
Lenora Jebson
Leo
Edward
Paul
Melvin
Theodore
Vernon Jebson
Welton
Tipton
Wapsipinicon River
Massillon
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Boys’ Fair and Square
Boys’ Fair and Square 4-H Club
Louis Schultz
Orlyn Bauer
Lee Ales
Arnold Busch
Edgewood
Willard Hines
Platt Chapel
T. R. Gray
Congregational Church
Ruth Elmira Carnicle
Lodomine Township
Clayton County
Jacob Carnicle
Nebraska
Hazel Kellogg
Glen
Eva Mae
Ray
Darlene
J. Carnicle
South Bend, Neb
William
Strawberry Point
Cyrus Carnicle
Littleport
Crowley services held at Immaculate Conception Church
Funeral services for John Crowley 72 were at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev J F McCafferey officiating. He died after a sudden heart attack and is survived by his wife and three children. The obituary notes two daughters in Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
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Masonville
John
Crowley
Immaculate Conception
J. F. McCafferey
Donald
Anne
Minneapolis
Evelyn
Milwaukee
Recount Reverses Vinton Election For Fourth Ward
An official recount of the Fourth ward council race in Vinton shows Fred A. Schmidt elected by one vote 135 to 134 over Charles J. Kline. Two ballots for Kline were spoiled while Schmidt gained three. one ballot lacking the judge’s initials was discarded. Kline’s lawyer said an appeal to district court would follow. unless filed Schmidt may take office immediately.
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Vinton
Fred A. Schmidt
Charles J. Kline
Schmidt
Kline
Henry Lassen
Frank Wilson
George W. Reynolds
Hamilton Tobin
District Court
Iowa Building Loans Rise Across 33 Federal Associations
Iowa 33 federal savings and loan associations report rising home construction and mortgage activity. Construction, purchase, reconditioning and refinancing loans increased by 1,560,673 in the last year, with total Iowa loan volume at 4,661,166 on April 1, 1937, up from 3,100,493 a year earlier. Asset totals grew to 5,824,902 from 3,960,023, as associations across cities including Des Moines, Sioux City, Davenport, and Council Bluffs expanded their portfolios.
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Washington
LLP
Federal Savings and Loans
Iowa
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Algona
Atlantic
Burlington
Clarion
Clear Lake
Creston
Davenport
Denison
Des Moines
Estherville
Grinnell
Harland
Independence
Iowa City
Iowa Falls
Jefferson
LeMars
Mason City
McGregor
Nevada
Ocelwein
Ottumwa
Perry
Rock Rapids
Sioux City
Spencer
Webster City
Waterloo
Farm Buildings And Hogs Burn Near Thornburg
Lightning struck the Elmer Axmear farm barn one mile south of Thornburg Thursday night igniting a fire that destroyed the barn and hog house. Cattle and horses escaped, feed and harnesses were lost, and fifty hogs perished with twenty five hogs saved. The Marvin Kruse family resides on the Axmear farm.
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Thornburg
Elmer Axmear
Marvin Kruse
Axmear Farm
Mrs. Berton Winn Dies in Boone Area
Mrs. Berton Winn former Walker resident died Saturday at Boone after months of influenza and complications. She was matron of the county home near Boone. Surviving are her husband and son Vernon. Born Agnes McGuire in Buchanan county she previously worked at the state hospital and county homes in Cherokee and near Mason City. Funeral services set for Monday at 9:30 in Sacred Heart church Walker.
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Walker
Berton Winn
Boone
Boone County
Vernon
Winn
Sacred Heart Church of
Robert R. Dickens Dead At McGregor
Robert R. Dickens 83 a native of Clayton county and son of pioneer Edward Dickens who helped settle northeastern Iowa north of Dubuque died Friday night in McGregor He had lived on the Cheyenne Indian reservation in South Dakota with his son Walter F Dickens superintendent of the reservation Funeral services will be held Sunday.
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Mcgregor
Robert R. Dickens
Clayton County
Edward Dickens
Iowa
Dubuque
South Dakota
Walter F. Dickens
Rev Mr and Mrs Haupt Return to Amity Church After 16 Years
The Rev Mr Christian Haupt and his wife return to Amity United Presbyterian near Traer after serving in Iowa and Illinois. Haupt previously pastored the church from 1911 to 1921, during which the church building was erected. Tipton Townsend Club No 1 meets at Hotel Tipton dining room Tuesday at 8 pm with Ira E Edwards of Cedar Rapids as speaker. Ice cream and cake served by the auxiliary.
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Traer
Iowa
Illinois
Christian Haupt
Amity United Presbyterian Church
Grant Township
Haupt
Tipton—Townsend Club
Tipton
Ira E. Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Lot of fishermen lot of fun but few trout caught
On opening day of the 1937 trout season at Backbone state park in Strawberry Point Iowa forty to fifty carloads of anglers fished amid a thunderstorm and muddy high streams. Despite diligent hatchery work by Supt. R. M. Cooper and staff, few limits were reported though some anglers boasted catches.
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The
Gazette
Strawberry Point
Iowa
Backbone State Park
R. M. Cooper
State Hatchery
Vitamin D and Hibernation Links in Hedgehogs and Humans
The text discusses hedgehogs and woodchucks in hibernation, noting vitamin D can prevent hibernation by activating thyroid function. It cites Nitschke's work and links vitamin D deficiency to lowered metabolism and rickets. It then advises daily vitamin D for infants and warns older children and young adults may also suffer from deficiency effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodchuck
Nitschke
Questions and Answers on Erysipelas and Pupils
Questions about recurrent erysipelas and fortifying health. The answer notes no immunity or specific prevention, advising optimal hygiene and nutrition under a doctor. Also, questions on pupil size discuss age and refractive differences plus light, distance, and disease or drug effects.
McKinley Operetta Draws Large Turnout And Raves
Packed audience at McKinley High School filled the auditorium and overflow space for the senior class operetta Pickles. Dora Cargin Chester Jeffrey led a strong cast with standout support from Don Hersch Peggie Bode and DeLores Carringer as the waitress. The production, directed by Miss Hamblin, featured notable lighting orchestra and costumes, drawing applause for its opening curtain and the standout number I Cant Get Along Wi Jimmie.
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McKinley High School
Dora Cargin
Chester Jeffrey
Don Hersch
Young Hersch
Miss Bode
Peggie Bode
Magic Pool
DeLores Carringer
Miss Carringer
Jigo
Fred Uhlenhopp
John Kehl
Vienna
John Cabinett
Richard Reilly
Peter Piper
Laura Huston
Vergil Kelley
Joan Newburger
Peggle Bode
Chester ‘Jeffrey
Fred, Uhlenhopp
Jimmie
Miss Hamblin
Farmer Levi Stickley Dies Plowing Near Springville
Levi Stickley 58 a farmer living near Springville dropped dead of a heart attack while plowing a field a quarter mile from his home Friday afternoon. Survived by widow son Cleo four daughters and three sons, funeral set for Monday with services at Emerjine church and Hickory Grove cemetery.
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Springville
Levi Stickley
Stickley
Cleo Stickley
B. L. Knight
Linn
McDonald Place
Velma Kroll
Dasie
Waseca
Minn
Coral Smith
Petersville
Mae
Dale
Maquoketa
Leo
Westfield
Leslie
Emer Jine
Hickory Grove
Monmouth
Rev. L. C. Smith
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R. I
the Gazette
Independence’ Gas
Great
Byron
W. C. Grangaard
John H. Palmer
Chicago
Allamakee
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Mel Ondler
Dewitt
Elizabeth Chandler
A. M. Chandler
Leonard Bowstead
Ames
Thomas Bowstead
Bowstead
Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State College
J. H. Odgers
Walford
Walford High School
Montrose Hotel
Supt
C. E. Fahrnle
William Sedlak
Edith Sampson
Robert Craizer
Lorraine Schulte
Lumir Blaylock
Columbus. Junction
Columbus Independent School District
St Joseph's” High School
Missouri
Neal Thomas
Joe Kearney
Mary Kane
Leo Trimble
Betty Cummins
Madonna Ryan
James Tague, Jr
Mary Reed
Paul Skeffington
Catherine Mulholland
Francis Dunlavy
Fayett
Fayette High School
Chinatown
Juanita McLeese
Bruce Carter
Kenneth Mangold
Laura Hutchison
A. S. Morse
Will
Merrill Butts
Arnold Johnson
Jimmy
Claude Welch
Frances Wood
Roger Sewell
Lucille Whitley
Riverside
Louis A. Rose
Anthony Stransky
Sigourney
Henry Wagner
Keokuk County
American Legion Auxiliary
Gilbert Starr
Richland
Manuel Coria
What Cheer
Coria
Farnce Bridger
Harry Kleinschmidt
Homer Carmicheal
Frank Turner
R. E. Merrill
Bennety
St. Paul's Lutheran Aid Society
Henry Miller
William Seebeck
Louie Hartwig
Ed Behnke
Amana
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M
M. H
Maurine Hamblin
Paul Anthony
Thelma Wilkinson
Geraldine Green
H. E. Kelley
Grant Wetezel
Elmer Bruce
Rosalind Nelson
Elmer
Porter
Barbara Marshall
Virginia McLean
Virginia Harman
Maxine Humphrey
Florence van Winkle
Josephine Beadle
Darwin Jack
Irma Kubik
Lois Harris
Géraldine Reams
Ruth Allen
Vernon Laton
Janice Larson
Berle Miller
John Rice
Bob Julis
Irene Brooks
John Kacere
Steven Barwick
W. M
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