Bill would boost state's share in federal road cash
Ames, AP Iowa road funds would rise under a House proposal. The bill would allocate $125 million yearly for highway construction in 1942 and 1943 plus $25 million for secondary roads and $50 million for railroad crossing protection. Iowa's share would grow to $3.1 million annually for highways and $1.3 million for grade crossing protection, with secondary road funds at $640,000. The farm to market road program now covers 71 counties with hundreds of contracts and miles of grading and surfacing, financed by shifting primary road funds into the farm market program as federal aid increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
House Roads Committee
Washington
Fred R. White
State Highway Department
White
Capital Beer Dealer Denied Restoration Of Civil Rights
Kennth Sonderleiter a capital beer and amusement machine dealer in Des Moines said he was denied restoration of his civil rights by Washington. He lost voting and public office rights nine years ago for violation of the national prohibition act. He withdrew from the city safety commissioner race after a solicitor’s opinion said restoration was needed. Senator Clyde L. Herring helped file the petition and federal investigators reportedly sent an unfavorable report. The Justice Department letter offered no reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kenneth Sonderleiter
Washington, D. C
Federal Penitentiary
Sonderleiter
Clyde L. Herring
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Sondeleiter
Department of Justice
Pe Eral
Brain Derby Tests This Week In Iowa City
Sixty thousand Iowa school pupils begin the preliminary round of the twelfth annual brain derby in 358 Iowa schools Monday and Tuesday. The exam measures educational achievement and encourages scholarship. Sponsored by the college of education and extension division, the program reports its 1940 enrollment as the best in years. From the tests the 1,000 top pupils advance to compete in the university's individual scholarships in Iowa City on June 4 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
INS
Iowa
College of Education and
Extension Division
E. F. Lindquist
Boost In Jobless Payments In Iowa Urged By Pefferle
DES MOINES AP The Iowa unemployment compensation commissioner J R Pefferle urged boosting jobless payments from a $13.4 million surplus. He proposed liberalizing benefit duration, raising the $15 weekly max, and shortening the two week waiting period. Last year half of 26,135 unemployed drew under $100 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
J.R. Pefferle
Hanna To Address Bankers Of Eastern Iowa
About 300 to 400 bankers from 60 to 70 banks in Black Hawk and surrounding counties will attend a meeting in Waterloo on May 9. J J Miller of Waterloo, president of the Black Hawk County Bankers association, announced. Speakers include Phil S Hanna editor of the Chicago Journal of Commerce Professor Irving H Hart of Iowa State Teachers college C R Gossett of Sioux City D W Bates Des Moines and Frank Warner Des Moines.
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Waterloo
INS
Iowa Bankers Association
J. J. Miller
Black Hawk County
Irving H. Hart
Iowa State Teachers College
C. R. Gossett
Sioux City
Frank Warner
Des Moines
State Association
D. W. Bates
Iowa
Lutherans Elect Cedar Rapids Man to Hospital Board
The Iowa Lutheran conference in Des Moines elected four directors to the Iowa Lutheran hospital board. Frank J. Carlson of Cedar Rapids was named among the new appointees as Rev. Raymond C. Swanson of Swea City spoke on aging as an Indian summer of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Raymond C. Swanson
Swea City
Iowa Lutheran Conference
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Frank J. Carlson
Cedar Rapids
Deputy Sheriff To Pay $700 Judgment In Assault Case
Fort Dodge truck driver Ray Hutchinson won $700 of his $12,500 claim against Deputy Sheriff W J LaPoint for alleged illegal beating after a four day trial before a packed courtroom. The jury reached its verdict Saturday in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Ray Hutchinson
W. J. LaPoint
Hutchinson
Emma Lucas Louie Dies Hospital Head at 87
Mrs Emma Lucas Louie longtime Jennie Edmundson Hospital head in Council Bluffs died Saturday at 87 after a year of poor health. She led the hospital for 54 years and received honors from the Town Hospital association in 1940 and the American Hospital association in 1939 plus an 1937 honor.
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Council Bluffs
Emma Lucas Louie
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Louie
Matthew O. Foley
Town Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
Louie Honored For Hospital Growth and Legacy
Mrs. Louie received a fellowship from the American College of Hospital Administrators. She helped expand the hospital from ten beds to one hundred thirty five, aided by her friend Iowa philanthropist J. D. Edmundson who died seven years ago. Her husband August Louie, founder of Quaker Baking, died in 1930.
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American College of Hospital Administrators
Louie
J. D. Edmundson
Iowa
August Louie
Quaker Baking Company
Amana Boy Killed by Backing Truck
Five year old Duane Franke son of Mr and Mrs William Franke was killed Saturday at 12 45 pm when he ran behind a large Amana society truck backing up to his home George Neubauer of Amana driver backed the truck into the yard planning to load from the house Duane could not be seen as he went behind the truck He suffered a crushed skull and died instantly He is survived by his parents and one sister Funeral services will be held in the Amana church at 4 pm today with burial in Amana cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana
Duane Franke
William Franke
Amana Society
George Neubauer
Ife
Duane
Iowa and Illinois Sign Agreement On Mississippi Fishing
Des Moines reports a reciprocity pact allowing Iowa and Illinois to honor each other’s pole and line fishing licenses on the Mississippi River between the states. Officers will recognize the other state’s licenses as long as fishing remains off lands taxed to the other state or in its streams feeding the river. The agreement covers only pole and line fishing and excludes commercial licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Pale Woman Aided Rescue On Fatal New York Central Wreck
Ida Lewis 75 helped passengers after the Lake Shore limited wreck near Little Falls New York. She used a small flashlight from her purse to find her clothes assist others in the upright sleeping car and comfort the injured as 30 people died. Traveling alone she had just visited New York City and Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alo
Ida Lewis
New York Central
Lake Shore Limited
Little Falls
N. Y
Mrs. Lewis
New York City
Schenectady
Electric Lines Bring Light To Sick Boy In Center Point
Center Point. Laird Construction of Battle Creek Michigan completed wiring in four hours on a Saturday so Warren Hoover a 17 year old seriously ill at Midway could have electricity at his home. REA poles were placed and lines run within a half mile of the Hoover property. Crew members from Michigan and Missouri volunteered their day off to help, including Carl Morris and Earl Foster, with Center Point foreman Carl Morris supervising.
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Center Point
Laird Construction Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Linn County
REA
Warren Hoover
Midway
Here
John Hoover
Hoover
Oscar Minors
Anderson, Mo
Layton Hammel
Waukon
James Overholser
Balto, Md
Cleo Everett
Clifford Perkins
Chester Robarge
Louis Meyers
Battle Creek, Mich
Earl Foster
Cedar Rapids
Carl Morris
Wilton Men Escape Death In Gas Blast
Special to The Gnnette two Wilton men H B Kaney and Ivan Sellers miraculously escaped death when a private gas system exploded in a home they were remodeling. Both men suffered second degree burns on faces arms and hands and third degree burns on legs. They were taken to Bellevue hospital Muscatine with potential eye injuries and face skin loss expected. The blast occurred as Sellers struck a chisel with a hammer in the basement of the Harold Nicolaus house recently bought from the Thomas Raynor estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
H B. Kaney
Ivan Sellers
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Harold Nicolaus
Thomas Raynor
Sellers
Youths Halt Zephyr Rail Break Averted Derailment
Two Glenwood youths alertly halted a freight train on highway 34 in Pacific Junction after spotting a broken rail. Jack Mullenax aged 18 and James McNeeley aged 16 notified railroad officials. a section crew repaired the track before the Burlington Zephyr's scheduled pass, preventing a possible derailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood, Jr
Glenwood
Burlington
Attorney Pays Own Expenses In Battle To Save Rhodes Life
Washington report says attorney Joe B Tye of Marshalltown spends his own funds to seek Supreme Court relief for Walter H Rhodes, condemned for his wife’s death in Des Moines. Rhodes faces execution Tuesday amid claims of trial unfairness and previous reversals by a different court.
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Rhodes
Washington
UNS
Joe B Tye
Marshalltown
Walter H Rhodes
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Wall
Ats
Tse
Supreme Court of Town
Tus
Stanley Reed
Reed
Des Moines
Tye
Fort Madison
Utilities Firm To Issue New Bonds
Washington AP The Town Southern Utilities company of Delaware filed with the securities commission a registration statement for 10 million dollars of four percent first mortgage bonds due May 1 1970 and 2 660 million of four and one half per cent general mortgage sinking fund bonds due May 1 1950. Proceeds will redeem 7 664 990 of five and one half percent first and refunding mortgage bonds series of 1925 and 5 000 000 of five and one half percent bonds series of 1935, both due July 1 1950. Principal underwriters are W C Langley and Company New York and Halsey Stuart and Company Chicago.
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Washington
Southern Utilities Company of
Delaware
The
Securities Commission
W. C. Langley and Company
New York
Halsey Stuart and Company
Chicago
Three East Iowa Counties Endorse Wallace Candidacy
Democratic county conventions in eastern Iowa were quiet as delegates debated Roosevelt administration support. Several counties endorsed Wallace for president on the first ballot or supported Roosevelt first then Wallace, with mixed instructions and blurred group positions across Buchanan, Cedar, Louisa, Winneshiek, Clayton, and Jones counties.
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Iowa
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Buchanan
Wallace
Cedar
Winneshirk
Louisa
Clayton
Jones
Delegates Named for Tipton Cedar County Democratic Nominating
Special to The Gazette Tipton Cedar county delegates to the Democratic state convention were chosen Saturday and instructed to back national convention delegates for young Henry Wallace on the first ballot with no instructions thereafter. West Branch presiding official Lamar Foster and J C France of Tipton reviewed campaign issues. Delegates include J C France Tipton Lamar Foster West Branch James D Frisbe Margaret M. France Dr M Furnish Frans Lausen Clifford Tisinger Tipton G D Goldsmith Marvin Goldsmith Clarence George Rede Durant Earl Kluever Wilton Junction Donald Driscoss Mechanicsville Walter Lehrman Stann Frank Vetter West Branch Ford Goettsch Bennett FE Crees Atalissa Ed Miller Mechanicsville Paul Rix Lodian Richard Kerwin Mechanicsville Sam Thaumma George W. Drager Tipton BO A Fall West Branch Maurice Cahill West Branch Charles Conrad Lowden Fred G. Daut Wilton Junction
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Tipton
Cedar County
Kenry Wallace
Lamar Foster
West Branch
J C France
Congress
EF Walshire
Mechanicsville
J.C France Tipton
James D Frisbe
Margaret M. France
Dr M Furnish
Frans Lausen
Clifford Tisinger
G. D. Goldsmith
Marvin Goldsmith
Clarence
George Rede
Durant
Earl Kluever
Wilton Junction
Donald Driscoss
Walter Lehrman
Stann
Frank Vetter
Ford Goettsch
Bennett
FE Crees
Atalissa
Ed Miller
Paul Rix
Lowden
Richard Kerwin
Sam Thaumma
George W. Drager
BO A Fall
Maurice Cahill
Charles Conrad
Fred G. Daut
Wegman urges federal aid to banks at Anamosa convention
Former state treasurer Leo J Wegman told the Jones County Democratic gathering of the benefits of federal aid to banks. The convention endorsed continuance of Roosevelt policies with Jo J Locker as chairman and Leonard Wegman as secretary. Delegates include Henry Finchorn Anamosa PB Daly Amber Nicolas Holst Center Junction Wood Loaker Monticello Clayton Murfield Martelle William Stanton Monticello Doe Straka Oxford Junction and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Leo J Wegman
Jones County
Rocsevelt
Jo J Locker
Leonard Wegman
Henry Finchorn
Anamesa
PB Daly
Amber
Nicoholas Holst
Center Junction
Wood Loacker Monticello
Clayton Murfield Martelle
William Stanton
Decorah Democrats back Roosevelt Wallace delegates unpledged
Des Moines area delegates endorsed President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace while state convention delegates remained unpledged. Forty delegates were chosen with half votes, listing from Decorah Ossian Castalia Calmar Jackson Junction Ridgeway Fort Atkinson Postville Cresco and more.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Roosevelt
Wallace
P. Shea
Fred Biermann
J. C Hammond
H P. Field
T HO Carolan
James Math
W.W. Jewell
W. W. Jewell
Robert Hutchinson
Ors Landa Toxson
Sylvester Wise
John Wendling
S S Roque
Paul Blaise
Ossian
Frank Pever
J J McManus
Loretto McGary
Castalia
George Packham
Nora Beekman
H. L. Meyer
J P. Malloy
Calmar
Nora EE. Goheen
Ruth Luzum
Will Mullaney
Angla Huber
B. J. Bouska
Jackson Junction
J. A Bouska
Ed Praska
Ridgeway
W. L. Penne
Frank Donlon
O C. Howden
Fort Atkinson
Paul Herold
Joe A. Huber
Postville
Arthur Brandt
Ruth Letchford
Cresco
Charles Sobolik
Ray Webber
Charles Ryan
Fred Koppen
R. E Knox
Black Hawk county Democrats back Roosevelt third-term delegates
Waterloo AP report notes Black Hawk county Democratic convention urged its state convention delegation to vote for national delegates who favor a third term for President Franklin D Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Roosevelt
Louisa County Democrats Choose State Convention Delegates
In Louisa County Wapello the county democratic convention on Saturday elected delegates to the state convention. Named were R. G. Lowe and Mary Girard of Columbus Junction, Harold Whittan of Morning Sun, M. D. Thomson of Oakville, C. C. Cote ter, and R. J. Cotter of Columbus Junction. Continued on Page 3 this section.
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Wapello
Louisa County
R. G. Lowe
Mary Girard
Columbus Junction
Harold Whittan
Morning Sun
M. D. Thomson
Oakville
C. C. Coteter
R. J. Cotter
Columbus Junce
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Thomas E. Dewey
Jim Howard
Marshall County
American Farm Bureau
Y.M.C.A
George Wilson
New Deal
Cartl Dueser Photoes
Fred White
House Group
Capital Beer
Pefferle
Phil S. Hanna
Mississippi
Bob Estabrook
Gazette Photo
Zephyr
Black Hawk
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