Dickinson Attacks New Deal Policy On Farm Imports
Senator L. J. Dickinson assails Roosevelt policy under reciprocal trade agreements and a 1935 tariff, arguing it harms American farmers by increasing imports and expanding irrigation land. He cites 1932 and 1935 import values and accuses the administration of broken promises on duties and spending cuts.
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Dickinson
Des Moines
INS
Roosevelt
L. J. Dickinson
Middlewest
Iowa
Trade expansion urged to aid farmers and industry
Rep. Otha D. Wearin urged broader foreign trade to create markets for agricultural and industrial goods. He argued tariffs do not support farm prices, recalling Hawley Smoot impacts and noting surplus U S production requires export markets for corn wheat and beef to boost employment.
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Washington
Otha D. Wearin
Wearin
Young Democrats of Washington
Marshall Hall Park
United States
Linville Assails New Deal For Youth In Campaign Talk
Guy Linville of Cedar Rapids, GOP Senate hopeful, assails the New Deal as failing youth. He criticizes CCC camp use for entertainment, argues federal funds should create honest work and local opportunity, and warns against planned economy and heavy taxation. He urges youth to vote to counter reformers he calls dictatorial.
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America
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
United States
Nator
Linville
Farmers Run Village Of Jackson Junction Iowa
Jackson Junction in Winneshiek county is run by farmers living far from the center. Mayor John Achen and town marshal Joe Collan live miles away. the village once had a bank and a basement post office with Miss La Vonne Collan as postmaster. The piece traces incorporation in 1897 and local life amid productive farmland.
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Jackson Junction
Ecorah
Winneshiek County
James Zak
F. C. Krall
John Achen
Cyril Jirak
Martin Breuss
Tom Hoey
H. F. Goddard
Leo McEnaney
Leo Rausch
Joe Collan
Jackson Township
Iowa
Gazette
John
James Collan
Leo
Jim
Goddard Creek
Joe
LaVonne Collan
Miss Collan
Tom Marron
Mary Zak
J. J. Pitzenberger
G. R. Taylor
C. R. Taylor
W. L. Taylor
Ed Paska
E. J. Sobolik
Tony Mikesh
Milwaukee Railroad
Calmar
Cedar Rapids
Iowa and Dakota Division
Marion
Des Moines Firm Closes Plant Over Union Demands
In Des Moines the Burch Biscuit plant, with about 150 workers, half of them women and 100 on strike, received letters from vice-president C L Rouse stating union labor demands are not acceptable and the plant will close indefinitely. Strikers, who have begun applying for union membership, had demanded higher wages a 40 hour week and a closed shop. Pickets continue to patrol the inactive plant.
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DES Moines
Burch Biscuit Company
C. L. Rouse
Burch
Louis Clay Appeals Second Time in Iowa Supreme Court
Louis Clay of Iowa City appeals to the Iowa supreme court from a 30 year sentence for assault with intent to commit murder following a conviction in the robbery murder case of George J. Folsom. He first was convicted of murder and given a life term. a new trial was granted over the admissibility of testimony by his former wife Mabel Davis.
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DES Moines
W. F. Murphy
Louis Clay
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Clay
George J. Folsom
Supreme Court
Mabel Davis
Held For Passing Bogus $100 Bills
Two men were arrested in Sioux City on a charge of passing seven counterfeit $100 bills. The operation was led by Secret Service chief Harry Cooper. Suspects are Hiram Pitner, 40, a carnival employer, and Arrian Norman, who said he bought some bills from Pitner. The bills trace to a $3 million issue tied to Victor Lustig known as Count Lustig and William Watts, now imprisoned.
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Sioux City
INS
Harry Cooper
Secret Service
Hiram Pitner
Arrian Norman
Pitner
Victor Lustig
Count Lustig
William Watts
Judge fines husband five dollars for nudging wife
Davenport, Ind. Judge John A. Hornby rules in a domestic dispute over bed space. Foss, 25, admits nudging wife after she refused to share the bed. court fines him five dollars or five days in jail. The couple has been married three years.
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Davenport
INS
John A. Hornby
George Foss
Foss
Fosses
HOLC refinanced over nineteen thousand Iowa homes
DES MOINES UP The Home Owners Loan corporation refinanced 19 326 Iowa homes at 38 138 602 dollars through April 3 1936 State manager H H Van Evera reports since 1933 Iowa received 31 914 HOLC applications totaling 65 054 000 with 12 326 rejected or withdrawn The agency boosted Iowa tax collections by 2 809 471 dollars and paid 33 877 926 to mortgagees with 297 808 in government bonds cash payments The corporation plans to close 262 loans by June 12 when its lending ends per federal law
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Des Moines
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Iowa
van Evera
Congress
Art Exhibit Sponsorship By Iowa City Club Chairwoman
Mrs. Louis Pelzer of Iowa City, art chairman of the Iowa Federation of Women's clubs, will sponsor a mezzanine gallery at Hotel Jefferson featuring Spirit of Youth in Creative Art. The June show will highlight Eugene Dana of Clinton with works by Des Moines and other regional artists.
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Iowa City
Louis Pelzer
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hotel Jefferson
Iowa
Eugene Dana
Clinton
Des Moines
Glen Chamberlain
George Groom
Lillian Jacobs
Louise Kelley
Miami
United States
Astace Paul Ziegler
Seattle
Penny Art Fund
Federation
Iowa City Man Dies After Fall From Window
Fred Goshell aged 64 died from a compound skull fracture after falling from a second story window at Ada Miller's home in Iowa City. He had just finished a window washing job and begun descending a ladder when the accident occurred. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Fred Goshell
Ada Miller
Local coal dealer dies in Clear Lake drowning
Chester Ross, 58, drowned in Clear Lake after his motorboat overturned on Saturday. His son Howard, 17, clung to the craft and was rescued. Mrs. Paul Stehn on shore reported hearing cries for help and witnessing the bail effort before the boat capsized. The body was recovered.
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Clear Lake
Chester Ross
Howard
Paul Stehn
Herring Says State Tax Revenues Restore Cash Balance
Gov Clyde Herring reported Iowa will close the current biennium with three to four million dollars in the general fund. He noted nine million dollars in sales tax revenue now on hand to offset the property tax levy and contrasted this with about six million dollars owed in warrants when he took office. The cash balance will be drawn down as property tax income comes in next fall.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde Herring
Sun Spots May Trim Iowa Corn Crop Through 1938
University of Iowa astronomer Prof. C. C. Wylie warned that sun spots and related gaseous storms could cut agricultural and radio activity until 1938. He forecast a temperature drop and about four bushels less corn per acre during the peak sun spot period before they fade.
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Iowa City
C. C. Wylie
University of Iowa
Wylie
Iowa faces need to rebuild aging primary road system
Fred White chief engineer warns that Iowa will require rebuilding portions of its $130 million primary road network as concrete sections age. He notes 1912 to 1920 roads last about fifteen years, 1920 to 1930 slabs about twenty three, and urges maintenance and bond payments while planning future reconstruction. He points to rising costs and proposes higher truck tax shares to fund highway needs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fred White
Highway Commission
White
van Buren County
Civil Engineering
Iowa State College
Ames
Key West
East Coast Railroad
Florida
Scott County
Local Boards To Control Relief As Iowa Ruling Prompts Victory
Des Moines County Supervisors hailed a state attorney general ruling denying the Iowa Emergency Relief Administration power to dictate county appointments for the overseer of the poor and relief director. The opinion says relief decisions rest with local boards, while threatening mandamus actions against officials who misuse funds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Attorney General’s Office
State Emergency Relief Administration
State Relief Council
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
John Fearde
Waterloo
State Emergency Relief Headquarters
Iowa Emergency Relief Fund
Fearde
Leon A. Grapes
Scott County
Board of Supervisors
State Council
Foarde
IERA
County Boards
Tama County Girls Excel Under One Teacher Eight Years
Miss Myrtle A Yoergler taught Lucile Dvorak and June Nekola at Otter Creek township school No. 7 near Gladstone. Both passed the state eighth grade exams with high marks after eight years with the same teacher. Lucile and June, aged 13 and 12, have near perfect attendance, while five of eight local pupils took the exam. The teacher will leave for a position at the State Juvenile Home in Toledo next year.
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Ama
Myrtle A. Yoergier
Tama
Yoergier
Otter Creek Township School No
Gladstone
Lucile Dvorak
June Nekola
Lucile
June
Yoergler
Miss Yoergler
Otter Creek Township
Tama High School
James Nekola, Jr
Curfew Enforced In Montrose As Scooters Banned
KEOKUK AP Montrose once famed as a tough river town now imposes an 8 pm curfew for children unless with parents and moves to ban kiddy cars and scooters from sidewalks, aiming to curb juvenile street activity. Town Marshal Charles Speakes leads the crackdown.
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Keokuk
Montrose
Mississippi
Des Moines
Charles Speakes
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E. C. Bailey
Marshal Joe Collan
Herring
George Mills
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Commission
American Association of Highway Officials
Iowa Daily Press
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Tama County
Myrtle A. Yoergler
Alice Witosky
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