Indiana Cornhusker Wins National Championship
Lawrence Pitzer of Indiana won the national cornhusker title with 28.39 bushels in 80 minutes, defeating 20 other state champions including runner up Richard Huth of Minnesota. Pitzer earned 100 dollars and a trophy, amid a crowd of about 1,100 at the Frank Leonhard farm two miles north of Lawrence.
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Lawrence Pitzer
Indiana
Cornhuskers
Pitzer
Slim
Richard Huth
Granite Falls
Minn
Huth
Minnesota
Elmer Carlson
Iowa
Fountain County
Ecus Vaughn
Illinois
Gars
Monticello
Ted Koger
Elmer
Otto Sorensen
Blair
Neb
Koger
Sorensen
Will Zurbucken
State Highway Patrol
Frank Leonhard
Art Johnson
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Leland Levi
Metamora
George Steffens
Wiota
Everett Taylor
Tilden
Cecil Vining
Richmond
Ernest Torkelson
Hudson
S. C
Ralph Eckles
Rosendale
Mearle Bartee
Hebron
Jack Welles
Coleman
Lawrence Hauk
Cassville
Wis
Alvin Roberts
Atalissa
Towa
Clarence House
Goodland
Dick Post
Evansville
Aggre Gesse
Porter County
Ind
Wvol
Augustine Hoffman
Millerstown
John Feehan
Deshler
Stanley ‘Yeager
Mount Woll
Central Division Pushes Split From State Teachers Meeting
The central division of the Iowa State Teachers association approved a plan to hold its meetings separately from the state convention. Des Moines elects Chester Jones president and Walter Barnett vice president amid large central Iowa participation. Other officers named across the association cover colleges, sections, and librarians with leaders from Ames, Des Moines, and Waterloo.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa
Chester Jones
Walter Barnett
Knoxville
O. F. Barnes
Verne M. Young
Ames
Iowa College Presidents Association
H. E. McGrew
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
D. O. Kime
Western Union College
LeMars
G. N. Briggs
Don Hanson
Calmar
Lyle Quinn
Boone
Nellie E. Wilson
North High
H. G. Butts
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Mabel Bailey
East
Waterloo
Cecil Graham
Wellman
Florence Weisbrod
Clifford O. Johnson
Marion
Robert M. Ailen
Cedar Rapids
Catherine Vinton
Ottumwa, Ja
Calamus Man 81 Hangs Self in Home
Ernest Ludwig, 81, of Calamus, hanged himself at his home Friday. His body was found by daughter Augusta Huetter who lives next door. Ludwig lived alone since his wife’s recent death. Surviving are son Paul and daughters Augusta Huetter and Emma Schultz. funeral services set for Sunday afternoon.
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Clinton
INS
Ernest Ludwig
Calamus
Augusta Huetter
Ludwig
Paul
Emma Schultz
Welton
Coggon
M. Main
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
Main
Masonic Lodge
Dewey Trumbull
Bernard Wingett
Dora Margaret Main
Raymond Detlefson
Norway
Merrill Main
George and
Clifford
Coggan
Thomas
Walker
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Pharmacy Class Officers
Junior College of Pharmacy elects R Keith Smith president and William Burns vice president with Herbert Osincup as secretary treasurer. Senior class taps Howard Johnson, Fred Quire, Pauline Levandahl for leadership. Sophomore officers named Leonard Thompson president Robert Telfer vice president Delpha Donner secretary treasurer.
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Iowa City
R. Keith Smith
College of Pharmacy
William J. Burns
Oelwein
Herbert C. Osincup
Waverly
Howard L. Johnson
Chariton
Fred A. Quire
Kanawha
Pauline Levandahl
Harlan
Leonard Thompson
Webster City
Robert Telfer
Nevada
Delpha Donner
Malvern
Shooting Injures Iowa City Man Near Windham
Quinton Ellis, 19, of Iowa City, suffered the loss of the right forearm when his shotgun discharged during a hunting accident near Windham, southwest of Iowa City, on Friday.
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Iowa City
Quinton Ellis
Windham
Here
Ellis
Handel's The Messiah to Be Performed in Decorah
Decorah choral union and Luther College symphony orchestra present Handel's Messiah on December 15. Rehearsals proceed under Prof. Theo Nickel's direction.
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Decorah
Decorah Choral Union
Luther College Symphony Orchestra
Theo. Nickel
Storm Lake Man Heads Iowa Teachers Association
A. E. Harrison of Storm Lake was elected president of the Iowa State Teachers Association. Christine Peterson of LeMars won a one year term on the executive council, and F. C. Schmidt of Eldora took a three year post. E. A. Zelliott of Des Moines was reelected treasurer. Harrison received over 85 percent of the vote, defeating Arlene Van Cleave, Fred Bowersox, and James Fitzgerald. Harrison has led Buena Vista county schools for 25 years and taught 35, with prior roles as city superintendent at Alta.
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Des Moines
A. E. Harrison
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Iowa State Teachers Association
Christine Peterson
LeMars
F. C. Schmidt
Eldora
E. A. Zelliott
Harrison
Arlene van Cleave
Logan
Fred C. Bowersox
Clinton
James E. Fitzgerald
Sioux City
Fitzgerald
Alta
Parsons College
Fairfield
University of Towa
Anamosa Poultry Cargo Valued At 3500 Total Loss
Kenneth B. Humpal assistant manager of Anamosa Poultry and Egg reports a 3500 cargo of dressed poultry destined for a Chicago market was a total loss after a truck and trailer overturned in backwater near Sabula during transport. The accident damaged the trailer and required salvage and repair costs, with 20,000 pounds submerged.
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Kenneth B. Humpal
Anamosa Poultry and Egg Company
Chicago
Sabula
Baker Transfer Company
Waverly
Anamosa
Savanna River Bridge
Mississippi River
Humpal
McNutt denies Iowa charge of personal politics
Federal security commissioner Paul V. McNutt dismissed Claude M. Stanley's claim that he played personal politics at a social security meeting in Indianapolis as silly and baseless. He said he held no small conferences and did not discuss politics with anyone.
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Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Commissioner
Claude M. Stanley
Iowa
McNutt
Indianapolis
Stanley
Forgetting and Memory Talk by UI Professor
University of Iowa psychology head Dr. John A. McGeoch spoke on Conditions of Human Forgetting, sharing why we forget and how to remember. A listener cheekily joked You don’t remember me as McGeoch, a former colleague, slapping him on the back.
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DES Moines
John A. McGeoch
University of Iowa
Iowa State Teachers Association
Archduke urges democratic union in Europe to end wars
Archduke Felix, 23, in Des Moines warned a second Versailles could spawn a new Hitler. He urged a central European democratic union and said reorganization should form from within with decisions on confederation or economic ties left to the nations.
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Versailles
Hitler
Archduke Felix
Iowa
United States
Eastern Iowa Briefs Highlight Local Events and Dignitaries
Prominent Postville matriarch Mrs Charles Huebner dies after a lingering illness at 70. Edgewood hosts the Dubuque district ministerial conference with speakers from Cornell College and other communities. Central City prepares for Carol Day and Education Week programs with school and civic participation. Various towns report church meetings, public programs, school events, and local civic projects across the region.
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Charles Huebner
Fred Miller
Home Oil Company
Germany
United States
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Dubuque
John B. Magee
Cornell College
S. A. Cohagan
Waterloo
J. P. van Horn
Cedar Rapids
Harvey C Travis
Cclwein
Central City
Supt
G. W. Hansen
W. O. Phelns
James Slife
American Legion
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M. C. Melcher
Arnold O. Ienyon
Dwight Krumbolz
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Cospel
Jordan's Grove
J. E. Edwards
Delavera
Margaret Wilkinson
Beverly Keister
J. Wager
Martha Hood
Gilbert Waldemer
R L. Mantz
Alaska
Mantz
Independence
Theresa Louise Daut
A. J Hood
Presbyterian Parsonage
Muscatine
Henry Schneider
HC Freidman
Hood
Colesburg
Methodist Church
Zion
Anamosa
Immanuel
Epworth
Fairbank
Greeley
Earlville
West Branch
West Union
Silver Creek
Farley
Ben Holscher
Emil Irmscher
W. W. Jolley
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Marjorie Ware
Winthrop
Dennis O'Leary
St. Patrick's Church
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Newton
Iowa State Home Economics Association
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Mary Louise Drake
Cherokee
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William D. Mayo
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University of Iowa College of Dentistry
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Upper Ann Street
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