Iowa Leads Nation In Number Of Completed PWA Projects
Iowa reports the most completed PWA construction projects of any state with over 100 finished. The Nov. 1 tally lists $706,200 in completed educational projects and $801,040 in completed water and sewer works, plus $194,050 in municipal buildings and $18,400 in power facilities. Under construction total $2,718,700 across educational, street, municipal, and utility projects. Iowa cites numerous specific county and city projects including Des Moines, Iowa City, Sioux City, Dubuque, andRock Island?
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Iowa
PWA
California
Kansas
Massachusetts
Ohio
Albia
Bellevue
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Clinton
Conesville
Cylinder
Decatur County
Gilmore City
Iowa City
Cherokee
Nichols
Radcliffe
Rake
Renwick
Rutland
Sioux City
Tripoli
Union
Vinton
Winnebago County
Boone County
Cass ‘County
Cerro Gordo County
Davenport
Des Moines
Cluvert
Dows
Dubuque
Glidden
Ida County
Johnson County
Linn County
Mason City
Muscatine County
Oskaloosa
Pocahontas
Cass County
Harrison County
Lake View
Lohrville
Manly
Ottumwa
Roland
Independence
Ackley
Ames
Belmond
Bloomfield
Boone
Carroll
Cedar
Rapids
Centerville
Clarion
Cleghorn
Corning
Council Bluffs
Duncombe
Emmetsburg
Forest City
Havelock
Hudson
Town Falls
Kimballton
Laurens
Marble Rock
Marion
Marshalltown
Martelle
Mechanicsville
Newton
Ogden
Osceola
Parkersburg
Ringsted
Royal
Sac City
Shenandoah
Sioux Center
Decorah
Pomeroy
Dallas County
Franklin County
Guthrie County
Lamoni
Worth County
Linn County Couple Observe Their Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Chris Kleineck celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their 160 acre farm two miles south of Mount Vernon with six children present. Born Austria and Czechoslovakia respectively they spent years in New York City before Iowa. They are active in farm work with eleven grandchildren and members of Sts Peter and Paul Catholic church.
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Mount Vernon
Chris Kleineck
Here
Kleineck
Solon
Anna Maresh
Czechoslovakia
New York City
Iowa
Leonard
Frank Mallie
New Boston, NL
Frank Serovy
Robert Beckman
Lloyd Snyder
Clarence Russell
John
Oxford Junction
Mary Elliott
Davenport
Joe Verba
Mary Verba
Kleinecks
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
No Chance To Turn Down PWA Bids If Figures Too High
Iowa public bodies with PWA projects face Dec 15 deadlines. Bids already received leave 41 new projects, with 100 more to contract in four weeks. Colo school board reports a bid of 17000 for gymnasium auditorium, up from 13000, awaiting approval as costs rise.
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PWA
Des Moines
Iowa
C. R. King
Colo
King
Iowa City Liquor Store Ranks Eleventh In Sales
Iowa City state liquor store ranks eleventh among ninety in state sales volume. Report notes long standing popularity of spiked beverages in the city and cites profit figures and sales data from the period ending June 3, 1935.
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Iowa City
The
Gazette
Lowa Cats
Eight University of Iowa Students Seek Rhodes Scholarships
Iowa City eight University of Iowa students will compete for Rhodes scholarships as announced by Prof. Jacob Van der Zee. They join nineteen other Iowa candidates to challenge winners from other states. Named are Louis H. Cook Des Moines E Thayer Curry Marshalltown Raymond Latham Cedar Falls Willard C Mattheis Holstein Robert Moody Nora Springs James R Naiden Marshalltown A Wendell Reilly Iowa City Robert H Roberts Iowa Falls.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Rhodes
Jacob van der Zee
Iowa
Louis H. Cook
Des Moines
E Thayer Curry
Marshalltown
Raymond Latham
Cedar Falls
Willard C. Mattheis
Holstein
Robert Moody
Nora Springs
James R. Naiden
A. Wendell Reilly
Robert H. Roberts
Falls
Lost Nation youth suffers severe foot fractures after horse fall
Arnold Busch son of Mr and Mrs William Busch northwest of Lost Nation sustained four broken bones in his foot when the horse he was riding slipped and fell trapping him beneath it.
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Lost Nation
Arnold Busch
William Busch
Five Die In Hunting And Auto Accidents In Town
Five people were killed and several injured in auto and hunting mishaps over the weekend. The deceased include Rev. Jens C. Lunn 74 of Harlan and William Millard 86 of Rudd with others from Valentine Dubuque Albia and Batavia. A pastor and former editor died after being struck post service.
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Jens C. Lunn
Harlan
William Millard
Rudd
Cecil M. Ferrier
Valentine
Edward Schuster
Dubuque
Harley Devore
Batavia
Mr. Lunn
Yaegteren
Danish Baptist Conference of America
James Anderson
Cuppy’s Grove
Millard
Lewis Blunt
Ferrier
Highway 34
Albia
James Fontinel
Melvin Sinclair
Francis Bobyne
Schuster
Devore
John Johnson
Massey Farmer
Lyle Tygert
Charles Cordes, Jr
North High School
Des Moines
Leon
Sq. Leroy Babcock
Waterloo
McGregor Pancake Day Set for November 27
McGregor merchants and professionals plan a Pancake Day on November 27 the day before Thanksgiving. The event features a free hot cake lunch with syrup and coffee. Stores organize sales window prizes a greased pole contest a corn game and a dance led by Clifford Pilkington William O'Neill and Charles Yount.
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McGregor
Clifford Pilkington
William O'Neill
Charles Yount
WPA to relace brick North Main paving in Columbus Junction
Work begins this week on North Main street brick paving as part of a WPA project. Funds are allocated to surface unpaved alleys and streets with crushed rock in the same area.
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Columbus Junction
North Main Street
Atkins Senior Class Plays Little Miss Fixer
Atkins high school senior class will stage Little Miss Fixer a three act comedy at the band hall on Friday and Saturday evenings November 22 and 23. Directors are L Thoma Keith Beatty and Betty Lensch. cast includes Evelyn Risdale Wilma Rindersknecht Wilma Harkemeyer Wilma Wehrham Pauline Behrens Richard Wehrhan John Lieb Jr Eldo Schirm Dean Rinderknecht with intermission entertainment by the high school band and girls glee club.
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Atkins
Atkins High School
Miss Fixer
Robert Hilton
Atkins Band Hall
L. Thoma
Keith Beatty
Betty Lensch
Evelyn Risdale
Wilma Rinderknecht
Wilma Harkemeyer
Wilma Wehrham
Pauline Behrens
Richard Wehrhan
John Lieb, Jr
Eldo Schirm
Dean Rinderknecht
Glee Club
Await Picture Of Slayer Suspect In Des Moines Case
The Iowa bureau of investigation awaits a photo of Earl Blood to aid the slaying probe of James Zrostick. Blood, 34, was arrested in Hibbing Minnesota after fitting the suspect description. Bandits killed Zrostick as he drove his wife and child to mass and fled in the Gremmer car.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Earl Blood
Hibbing
Minn
James Zrostick
Britt
Farmer
Blood
Iowa
Glenn Schmidt
Eppo Gremmer
Zrostlik
Gremmer
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Schmidt
Paul Gruber
Joe Burke
Edward I. ‘O'Connor
Sioux City
Gruber
Burke
Waterloo's Liquor Store Chief Ousted
Waterloo liquor store reorganization leads to manager resignation and expected resignations from three clerks. Laner Bell resigned at the commission's request. W. J. Vollenweider named acting manager as staff changes proceed. Commission cites excessive breakage and poor staff cooperation, not shortages.
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DES Moines
Iowa Mquor Commission
Waterloo
Laner Bell
Commission
George Nauman
Fred Martin
Raphael Gales
W. J. Vollenweider
Wheatland Man Heads Clinton County Legion
A Clinton County Legion meeting formed a central group to coordinate posts. Twenty five representatives attended in the Legion club rooms with A R MacElwain outlining aims. Elected officers include Dr E V Riedesel of Wheatland as commander Harley Shelton of Calamus as vice commander and Melvin Dennie of Wheatland as adjutant-finance.
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Dewitt—Legion
Clinton County
Legion Club
A. R. MacElwain
Marion
R. V. Kelly
Grand Mound
E. V. Riedesel
Wheatland
Harley Shelton
Calamus
Melvin Dennie
Wheatant
Winners Named in Louisa Rural Declam Contest
The annual Louisa county rural declamatory contest at the high school drew a capacity crowd. Cecil Schlichting directed the event with 130 rural voices in the chorus and 34 in the teachers chorus. Dorothea Berry and Joyce Hostetter won dramatic and humorous first places respectively, with Laurel Humphrey and Harriet Dotson placing second.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Ada Smith
Cecil Schlichting
Martha Blankenhorn
Miriam Lieberknecht
Freddy Patrick
Oakland School
Dorothea Berry
Fredonia
Dean Jacobs
Laurel Humphrey
Franklin School
Elizabeth Cummings
Naughty Zell
Joyce Hostetter
Oakland ‘School
Thomas Curtis
Henry
Harriet Dotson
Newport School
Mary Archibald
Opal Knox
Marian Cover
Paul Huddle
Work Project For 24 Dormitories At Iowa U Approved
WPA Administrator L. S. Hill announced federal funds for twenty four dormitories at the University of Iowa. The cottages will each house eight men with sleeping shower dressing and study rooms and will be built at the Felkner avenue summer camp site using 28 500 of 177 100 44 approved. Transient students will aid in construction.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Washington
WPA
L. S. Hill Haa
Felkner Avenue
The
University
Grinnell Farm Hand Loses $240 to Gunmen
Otto Morgenthaler, 25, a Grinnell farm hand, was robbed of $240 by two gunmen in Des Moines on Sunday morning. He said he was approached on a downtown street, driven several blocks, then released and told to leave the city.
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Des Moines
Otto Morgenthaler
Grinnell
Morgenthaler
Second Fire Damages Armory At Waterloo
Waterloo firemen battled a second armory blaze within a month as ammunition exploded nearby. Loss was estimated at 1000 dollars. cause undetermined, as was the first fire on Oct 19 causing 2000 dollars in damage. The storm was received at 2 02 a.m.
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Waterloo
Plan District Bridge Meet At Independence
Independence will host a district contract bridge tournament at the Hotel Gedney on Saturday and Sunday November 30 and December 1. Players from Davenport Cedar Rapids Oelwein Waterloo and Dubuque plus local players will compete. The event is open to all duplicate contract players and features top scores per session and championship prizes for the highest overall percentage.
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Independence
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Oclwein
Waterloo
Dubuque
Bandit Poses as Engineer to Raid Fort Dodge Safe
A well dressed bandit posing as a construction engineer from Chicago avoided detection at Montgomery Ward in Fort Dodge. He persuaded manager John Hammond to escort him for an inspection, then forced open the safe with help from assistant C. Treglawny, taking about $3,000 before chaining the two men and fleeing. Both managers escaped and alerted police about an hour later.
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Fort Dodge
Montgomery-Ward Company
Chicago
John Hammond
C. Treglawny
Hammond
Treglawny
Iowa Consumers Face 1548 Electricity Rate Schedules
The Federal Power Commission reports Iowa buyers of electricity use 1548 rate schedules, the second most diverse after Ohio. Nationwide, over 30,000 schedules exist with numbers tapering in other states. Iowa shows 332 residential and 132 rural schedules across 157 utilities.
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Iowa
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
Nebraska
Comemission
Delaware
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Posal
West Union
Whittemore
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Margaret Lynam
Triborough Bridge
Ben Parsons
Associated Press
Waterloo’s Liquor
Louisa Rural
Iowa U
Grinnell Farm
Plan
Manhattan
New York
New Triborough Bridge
Howard Hougland
McClintic-Marshall
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem
N.C
Camel Caravan
Walter O'Keefe
Deane Janis
Ted Husing
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
WABC
Columbia Network
Bandit
Dick Shelton
Eve Miller
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