Iowa University awards 804 degrees at convocation
The University of Iowa will award 854 degrees and eighty two certificates at convocation in the field house Monday morning. President Eugene A. Gilmore will preside as Dr. Abraham Flexner delivers the commencement address to an audience of more than 8,000, with alumni and families in attendance.
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Iowa City
Eugene A. Gilmore
University of Iowa
Abraham Flexner
Institute For Advanced Study
Timothy Stone
Presbyterial Theological Seminary
Chicago
Photographer Kent Captures 50 000 Images At Iowa
Frederick W. Kent, University of Iowa photographer, has produced about 50 000 pictures over 25 years. His work spans university events from inaugurations to sports, medical lab photos, and local Iowa City scenes. He also documented Old Capital’s 1922 reconstruction for permanent records.
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U. of Iowa
the Gazette
Iowa City
Frederick W. Kent
University of Iowa
Kent
Chamber of Commerce
Medical College
Quasqueton Man Held On Charge Of 15 Breaking
Harold Turner of Quasqueton arrested by Deputy James McDonnell on a charge of breaking and entering the King garage at Otterville March 20. Turner bound over to district court on $500 bond. Wilbur Wheelock also charged with the same breakin. All three, Turner Wheelock and his son Bensel, facing fifteen breakins since January with their father alleged as instigator.
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Independence
Harold Turner
James McDonnell
King
Otterville
R. C. Turner
District Court
Wilbur Wheelock
Turner
Wheelock
Bensel
Relief officers build nest egg for next winter
Des Moines report notes the state relief administration is building a reserve using the last federal funds and trimmed expenditures. Comptroller C B Murtagh says $1,000,000 in sales tax revenue became available April 1, leaving $975,724 by June. A $279,000 transfer to relief directors for May reduced the balance, with May totals from federal and county cash bringing the available sum to $484,000.
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DES Moines
INS
State Relief Administration
C. B. Murtagh
IERA
Murtagh
Tea Party Tactics Edge In Iowa Primary Vote Totals
Iowa voters head to the polls for a quiet primary with estimates placing total ballots between 150 000 and 200 000 for Democrats and 200 000 to 300 000 for Republicans The Republican field includes Governor Clyde L Herring and Hubert Utterback plus others while Democrats target county offices and upset the courthouse balance
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington, Ia
United States Senate
L. J. Dickinson
New Deal
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
Dan Turner
Senate
Edwin C. Manning
Ottumwa
George Chaney
Norman Baker
Muscatine
United States
Clyde L. Herring
Hubert Utterback
Nels Kraschel
Harlan
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Matt Cooney
Dubuque
John Mitchell
Claire Hamilton
Winterset
William Welch
Logan
Cedar County Supervisor Race Draws 24 Candidates
Cedar County primaries spark interest as 24 candidates enter four district supervisor races. In the Democratic column state representative and sheriff contests stand out with incumbent La Mar Foster opposed by J. T. Butler and J. N. Wiese for representative, and W. W. Christian facing Charles F. Muray for sheriff. Republican races include George Miller and John Bodenhofer for state representative, L. C. Hamiel and D. H. Engelking for county auditor, A. L. Mensing and Charles H. Reid for clerk of the district court, and B. J. Maxwell with Reid L. Hunt for county attorney.
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Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Iowa Township
D. H. Engelking
Clarence
A. L. Mensing
Lowdon
Charles H. Reid
B. J. Maxwell
Reid L. Hunt
Iowa veterans to receive 36 million dollar bonus soon
About 80 000 Iowa World War I veterans will get roughly 36 to 40 million dollars in adjusted compensation bonds within two weeks. Distribution should begin around June 15, with 50 000 forms already processed in Des Moines and 30 000 in Washington or via American Legion channels. total Iowa allocations exceed 41 million dollars. Veterans leaders expect prudent spending and a boost to private commerce as funds arrive.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
G. Gordon Beck
United States
Beck
Washington
American Legion
Fight Develops Over Estate Of Shell-Shock Vet
INDEPENDENCE The estate of Mike Blaner, shell-shocked World War I veteran who died here last week, faces a lengthy legal entanglement. A will leaves about $20,000 in government bonds to O'Brien and Swisher. Frank T. Hines objects, claiming incompetence and seeking estate revert to the government. Blaner’s sister Mary Wiley protests, saying beneficiaries are not relatives. Guardians C. M. Roberts and George C. Iekel are cited, with Roberts not released and Iekel appointed administrator after death.
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Independence
Mike Blaner
Blaner
Iowa State Hospital
R. J. O’brien
O’brien
B. F. Swisher
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Des Moines
Mary Wiley
Clarksburg
W. Va
C. M. Roberts
George C. Iekel
Iekel
28 000 Iowans Receiving Pensions
Des Moines reports 28 000 Iowans now receive state and federal old age pension checks averaging about 14.50 monthly. Byron G. Allen, state old age superintendent, said a June mail run will add about 1 225 more checks, bringing total payments to 424 000 dollars under the old age assistance act.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde Herring Democrat Governor and Senatorial Candidate
Democratic figure Clyde L Herring, a farm boy and salesman turned governor, won Roosevelt era landslide in 1932 as the first Democrat in years and secured re election in 1934 on a sales tax platform by a 74000 vote margin. Born in Michigan he moved through Colorado Atlantic Iowa to Des Moines.
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Iowa
John Grimes
Osceola
George Wilson
Des Moines
George Call
Sioux City
United States
G.O.P
idddesGake Adese
Ietves Diesse
Lester J. Dickinson
Lucas County
Cornell College
University of Iowa Law
Algona
Senate
Clyde L. Herring
Michigan
Colorado
Atlantic
Iowa Automobile Registrations Up
Iowa officials report more cars on Iowa roads as of May 1. County treasurers licensed 564,226 automobiles, up 22,640 from a year earlier, nearing the 1935 total of 618,487. Truck registrations rise to 70,235, a 28 increase from last year.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
State
Motor Vehicle Department
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