PWA Supports 7 330 127 School Building Program in Iowa
The Public Works Administration backs a seven million three hundred thirty thousand seven hundred thirteen dollar Iowa school building program. PWA grants total 2,721,213 dollars of the 98 projects with 18 completed at 2,237,833 dollars. Remaining projects under construction have grants of 166,100 dollars of an estimated 650,713 dollar cost.
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Washington
API
Public Works Administraton
Iowa
PWA
Former Ambassador to Japan to Talk at Cornell Forum
William R. Castle, former ambassador to Japan and former acting secretary of state, will speak on Our Relations With Other Nations at Cornell college. The closing forum address covers global tensions, with Castle detailing Ethiopia Japan Great Britain and other powers as a seasoned observer with 26 years in diplomacy.
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Mount Vernon
Wiliam R. Castle
Japan
Cornell College
Cornell
Castle
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Germany
Wilson
Department of State
London
Gazette Advertising Manager To Speak At Iowa Press Meeting
More than forty editors and publishers will gather in Iowa City for the Iowa Daily Press association annual meeting. Frank L Mott will lead sessions with speakers including Franklin Katterjohn and E Lee Adler as representatives of the press. The Wayzgoose banquet will feature Don Hoopes and Eugene Gilmore greeting members.
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Jas
Cowa City
Iowa City
Iowa Daily Press Association
John Huston
Ottumwa Courier
Don Hoopes
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Associated Students of Journalism
University of Iowa
Jack Gurwell
Chariton
Merritt C. Speidel
Iowa City Press Citizen
Frank L. Mott
University
School of Journalism
Franklin Katterjohn
Cedar Rapids Gazette
George R. Davies
College of Commerce
Douglas C MecMurtrie
Ludlow Typegrash Company
Chicago
Ray Eggert
Waterloo Courier
R. H Terry
Clan
Des Mttres
Eugene A Gilmore
E P Adler
Lee Syndicate
W U Respond
IDPA
E T Flaherts
Association
W Ll
Lee
The
Detroit News
Wll
State absence noted at Geneva disarmament talks
In the secretary of state’s absence, discussions at the Geneva disarmament conference proceeded without the chief representative. Castle's international condition analyses have appeared in numerous metropolitan newspapers, reflecting broad coverage of the era.
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Geneva
Castle
Daniel Pingrey 82 Blairstown Pioneer Banker Dead
Daniel R. Pingrey 82 longtime Blairstown resident and former Benton County State Bank president died at his Blairstown home after a weeklong pneumonia. Born in Northfield Massachusetts he moved to Iowa in 1866 and married Molly Potts in 1896. Survived by son Wilson, daughter-in-law Betty, sister Ida and brother Edwin, with funeral services held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at his home and Masonic lodge burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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Blairstown
Daniel R. Pingrey
Mr Pingrey
Northfield
Mass
Iowa
Molly Potts
Greenwood
Russell Daniel
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian Church
J. Cc. B. Peck
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Oelwein Gas Company Announces $4000 Remodeling Plan
Oelwein gas works to replace wooden frame coal room garage and shop with a fifty foot brick building adjoining the engine house. A steel roof, interior remodel, aluminum painted stacks and tanks, and spring landscaping are planned. John Lippert oversees eight workers expected to finish in two months.
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Oelwein
Gas Company of
Leigh Milligan
Kansas City
John Lippert
Outlines Plan for Consumers Co op Advocates Economic Salvation
Joseph Gilbert of Minneapolis urged a democratic, profit-free model at Cornell College to reform the nation’s outdated free market system. He outlined a five point program for consumers co operation including unlimited membership one vote per member no proxy voting and patronage dividends by patronage. The forum drew 187 attendees with a three day agenda and a Mount Vernon steering committee.
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Mount Vernon
Joseph Gilbert
Minneapolis
Cornell College
Gilbert
Francis J. McConnell
New York
L. Willard Reynolds
West Branch
D. C. Fulton
Washington
J. Arthur Young
Cedar Falls
C. B. Preston
Ottumwa
N. H
Morley Junior Class Stages For Pete's Sake Comedy
Morley consolidated schools present a three act comedy For Pete's Sake starring Arielle Maley and Thomas Hartley as leads. Kenneth Pieper Mary Yount Muriel Hunter Lois Tallman Helen Quandahl Mabel Darrow Lewis McPike Freddy Siebels Marshall Cook and Clifford Fairbanks also perform under director Florence Miller.
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the Gazette
Morley
Arielle Maley
Thomas Hartley
Pete
Morley Consolidated Schools
Kenneth Pieper
Mary Yount
Muriel Hunter
Lois Tallman
Helen Quandahl
Mabel Darrow
Lewis McPike
Freddy Siebels
Marshall
Cook
Clifford Fairbanks
Florence Miller
Not Superstitious He Just Doesn't Like Black Cats
MAQUORETA F Sears a local resident supports a law against black cats. After a sequence of misfortunes a cat crossing the path prompted caution. He was struck in the eye by a flying stick while chopping kindling and later fell from a ladder breaking several ribs. He plans to stay home and avoid black cats until fully recovered.
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the Gazette
Maquoreta
F. C. Sears
200 Attend Newhall Church Dedication
Despite rain a crowd of 200 gathered for the dedication at Central Presbyterian church in Newhall. Out of town attendees included numerous pastors, doctors, and couples from Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marion, Blairstown, Shellsburg, and Atkins, with greetings from vanished far cities and states.
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Betty
Blairstown
S. A. Fontaine
Leonard Hewitt
Marion
Olga Thomas
Elmo Maeder
Iowa City
Woodrow Thompson
Vinton
Donald McCulley
Earl Bull
Bobby
Henry Weichman
C. A. Owens
Shellsburg
C. G. Freeman
Atkins
C. B. Chenoweth
Nora Springs
D. K. Barnell
Merced
Calif
Olivia Wheeler
J. C. Quinn
Chicago
Emlin Bergeson
Sioux City
John Millett
Wilmington
Evelyn Johnson
Ralph Blocher
Long Beach
Cedar County Board Criticized In Audit
A state auditor’s report criticized Cedar County Board of Supervisors for alleged illegal acts in the year ending December 31 1934. It cites failure to follow competitive bidding on road work, improper sworn road payrolls, lack of county engineer supervision, and improper bonds and depository designations for county officials.
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DES Moines AP
Board of Supervisors of
Cedar County
Cedar County Board
H. L. Phelps
Murtagh To Manage Bank Likely Candidate For Herring
ALGONA I A group of Algona business men filed for a state charter to form a new bank, to be managed by C. B. Murtagh, current state comptroller. The capital will be 50000 dollars with stock largely subscribed by local businessmen. Murtagh said he expects to join the bank and later return to Algona to help run it. He has been a key northwest Iowa Democrat and is sometimes mentioned as a possible governor candidate if Clyde Herring chooses not to seek a third term, though observers doubt he will challenge Herring.
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Algona (Ap
Algona
C. B. Murtagh
D. W. Bates
A. Hutchinson
J. W. Haggard
E. J. Hough
M. G. Bourne
R. W. Caldwell
Des Moines
Murtagh
North Iowa
Iowa
Democratic Party
Clyde Herring
Couple Weds in Bus After License Mix Up
Lyle Higens and Win nifred Dickey planned a Polk county wedding but the license came from Polk adjacent Warren county. The minister declared the ceremony illegal in Warren, so the couple held the service in a school bus crossing the county line and returned to celebrate.
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Des Moines
Lyle Higens
Winnifred Dickey
J. E. Hab Jiston
Norwalk
Polk County
Warren County
Plan Laboratory to Cure Iowa Sick Lakes
Washington AP reports the biological survey plans a Lake Okoboji Iowa laboratory to study sick lakes across the plains. University of Iowa and Iowa conservation commission would cooperate, with a CCC camp planned for next spring. The project aims to test methods to save polluted waters, fisheries, and wildlife using existing data and a new campus clinic approach.
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Washington
The
Biological Survey
Iowa
Plains States
J. N. Darling
University of Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Lake Okoboji
Darling
CCC
Van Horne Junior Class Stages Murdered Alive Comedy
The Van Horne high school junior class under Miss Ruth Pratt rehearses the three act comedy Murdered Alive and will present it at the school Friday and Saturday nights. Cast includes Melba Peterson Adella Ullerich Vincent O Brien Bernice Hagen Veronica Kelly Cecelia O Brien Arlene Wright Richard Paulsen Glenn Dietrich Edward Matthews Rose Eileen Paulsen and Conroy Schallau.
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van Horne
van Horne High School
Ruth Pratt
Melba Peterson
Adella Ullerich
Vincent O’brien
Bernice Hagen
Veronica Kelly
Cecelia O'Brien
Arlene Wright
Richard Paulsen
Glenn Dietrich
Edward Matthews
Rose Eileen Paulsen
Conroy Schallau
Durant Bank Case Rulings By Tipton Judge Amid Auction Bids
Durant case details heard by Judge H C P oz Cear in Tipton with jurors reporting for duty. The court addressed bids on Durant property with final offers of 1250 from Les Ary Tres and 1990 from Bokweldt of Durant, as further bids were opened Monday forenoon after the hearing.
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Tipton
Wielim Bokweldt
Durant
C H Walsh Prominent Burlington Man Dies
Charles H Walsh 64 a well known Burlington resident died suddenly Monday night at his nephew Harold J Gallagher s home in Bronxville New York while visiting He was chairman of the Farmers and Merchants bank board director of West Burlington Savings Bank and manager of Peoples Gas and Electric company Surviving are his widow and three children Funeral services will be held at St Paul s Catholic Church Friday at 9 am
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Burlington
Charles H Walsh
Ctzenor
Harold J Gallagher
Bronxville
N. Y
Walsh
The
Farmers and Merchants Bank
West
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Iowa State College
National Agricultural Outlook Conference
Wallace
Ray Anderson
J. S. Russell
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Sion
Frank A. Lindhorst
Midwest
Methodist Church
America
Mr. Moore
South Bethel
Newhall
Bank
Herring
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Durant Bank
C. H. Walsh
Liggett & Myers Tobacco CO
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