Economy Movement To Dominate Iowa Assembly Session
Iowa lawmakers prepare for a diverse 45th general assembly agenda with emphasis on departmental consolidation and expense cuts. Key topics include salary reductions for state officers, continuation of the Elliott five percent tax cut, and potential enactment of an income tax sales tax and tax reform measures.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Forty-fifth General Assembly
House
Senate
Clyde Herring
State Legislative Interim
Dan Turner
Legislative Committee
General Assembly
Shera
Governor Turner Urges Harvest Sunday Observance
Gov Dan Turner in Des Moines urged Iowans to observe Harvest Sunday, a movement backed by educational farm and civic groups. He called it a worthy undertaking to improve urban rural understanding and noted rural prosperity is tied to farming strength. He said the day fosters religious and patriotic sentiment through cooperative discussion of current problems.
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Des Moines
Dan Turner
Iowa Repeal Group Renames to Include Moderation
Davenport official G Decker French announces the Iowa Repeal Council becomes the Iowa Repeal Council and Iowa Moderation League to seek a sane liquor solution. He predicts imminent law change and urges measures promoting temperance and moderation. In Vinton, Verona Loehmer resigns as deputy district clerk after ten years to become office assistant to Weems.
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DES Moines
G. Decker French
Davenport
Iowa Repeal Council
Iowa Moderation League
French
Vinton
Verona Loehmer
Sapt
W. T. Weems
Loehmer
Lynn Riggs Sees Poetic Theater On American Stage
Adeline Taylor profiles Lynn Riggs directing The Cherokee Night in Iowa City He argues poetry must become a living stage force not mere sentiment and envisions a future where the American stage hosts a platform for serious poetic drama.
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Lynn. Riggs
Poetic’ Theater
Ann Riggs
Iowa City
Mr. Riggs
Adams Express Company
Astoria
Macy's Book
Oklahoma
Tulsa Oil and Gas Journal
University of Oklahoma
Des Moines
Santa Fe
N. M
Riggs
Hollywood
Pathe
Cinema Colony
God
Maquoketa students compare 1837 panic to modern downturn
Maquoketa junior college history students study the panic of 1837 and its parallels to today. They note that the 1932 campaign blamed the President and damaged the Democratic Party, similar to current political blame games.
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Maquoketa
van Buren
Democratic Party
Mrs. Miller Plans New York and Des Moines Itinerary
Mrs Alex Miller democratic secretary of state elect will travel to New York to visit daughters Miss Barbera Miller and Mrs Ted Gallop before returning for a day and then to Des Moines to prepare to take office January 2. She will be the first Democrat and first woman in Iowa to hold the post. She plans to work with the state central committee on aides and will pursue expense reductions without sacrificing efficiency.
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Washingston
Alex Miller
New York
Barbera Miller
Ted Gallop
Des Moines
Iowa
Miller
Ice Jam Icicles Icebound Mississippi Steamer James W Good
The steamer James W Good and six loaded barges, bound for New Orleans, are icebound at Flynn's Island on the Mississippi north of Marquette. A canal cut to release them froze over again, trapping the crew. The Milwaukee rail bridge remains open no trains cross east west. routes divert through Dubuque. If cold weather persists, the ship and cargo may be abandoned for winter.
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the Gazette
Marquette
Thorpe
New Orleans
Flynn's Island
Mississippi River
James
Good
Milwaukee Railroad
Dubuque
Federal Superintendent of Lighthouses
Rock Island
Tru aArt
James W. Good
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Process To Turn Out Aged Beer In Five Days
Clinton AP reports scientists claim a new chemical process can mature beer in five days down from five months. The researchers locked in a lab with secretive methods and refuse to reveal names or formula. Glucose and corn products feature prominently with backing from local businessmen.
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Clinton
Boone Gat is Killed in Polk County Collision
Des Moines dispatch reports Miss Margaret Laurie of Boone died in a head on crash on highway 65 near the Polk Story county line. Harold Peterson of Des Moines was in serious condition. Also injured were Dr. John M. Woods Mrs. John M. Woods and Mrs. J R Beveridge all of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Margaret Laurie
Boone
Polk Story County
Woods
Peterson
Miss Laurie
Cras
Wooda
Missing Manchester Manufacturer Named in $25000 Suit
W A Jarvis once ran garages contracting stock buying and manufacturing in Manchester. He is defendant in a $25000 damage suit filed for the December term. Plaintiff Mrs Iletha Schlumbohm accuses Jarvis co defendant A J Workman of driving without lights during a Dec 24 1931 collision near Rockford Tl causing permanent facial injuries to her.
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Manchester
W. A. Jarvis
Iletha Schlumbohm
A. J. Workman
Jarvis
Rockford
Workman
Jesse P. Sloan
Delaware County State Bank
Faeie
Hospital Fire Forces Patient Evacuation in Winterset
Fire broke out on the roof of Winterset hospital prompting the evacuation of patients. They were moved to a nearby house while crews fought the blaze and repairs were arranged.
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Winterset, In
Ins
Winterset Hospital
New Sabula Savanna Mississippi Bridge Set To Open
The Sabula Savanna Mississippi bridge dedication is planned for December 9 with governors and governors elect from Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin invited. The span shortens the Cedar Rapids to Chicago route by about twenty miles compared with the Lincoln highway via Clinton.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sabula
Savanna
Chicago
Mllinois
Mississippi
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Clinton
Reception Honors Dr. Bradley, Royal Arch Mason
Chief reception honors Dr. Bradley as grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Iowa. About 150 Masons and guests attended a dinner in the K P hall with toastmaster C B Baumgartner. Speeches were delivered by M J Yoran and Rev J Frank Moore among others.
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Dr. Bradley
Royal Arch Mason
Iowa
Charles B. Baumgartner
Walter Rossman
K. P. Hall
C. B. Baumgartner
Wayne Hall
Supt
C. W. Bangs
John Lang Matthews
Alice Mae Ottiie
M. J. Yoran
J. Frank Moore
Manchester
A. A. Rideout
Charles City
Thomas Shaffer
Waterlco
C. OC
Hunt
Iowa City men arrested over pheasant limit fined
An AP report from Algona states that H. A. H, a deputy game warden, said the Iowa City men and four others were cited Saturday for possessing more pheasants than legally allowed. Names include M. H. Steichter L. A. Douglas Lester Mannsmith Chris Singleman and William Singleman plus Everett Faith George Ristau and Otto Ramus all of Luverne. Justice P. A. Danson fined each.
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Algona
Iowa City
M. H. Steichter
L. A. Douglas
Lester Mannsmith
Chris Singleman
William Singleman
Wellman
Everett Faith
George Ristau
Otto Ramus
Luverne
P. A. Danson
Mt Vernon Woman Nurtures Cornell Students Over Years
Mrs Hattie Miller of Mount Vernon has hosted 14 to 24 Cornell boys in her three story rooming house since 1914 guiding their education and life. Her boarders include students from the Philippines China Japan and Peru with many now successful professionals. She and her adopted sons share meals crafts and attendance at athletics and events while noting a shift to earlier seriousness and lower age among students.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Hattie Miller
Ma” Miller
Mount Vernon High School
Wellman
Roosevelt High School
Chicago
New Cannaan
Salvation Army
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Rosco Anderson
Clinton
Paris
Stanley Schreiber
Dysart
Norman Meyer
Clarence
Tudor Price
Lime Springs
Lane Guthrie
Bloomfield
Archie Carter
Fremont
Malvern Bland
Kirkland
Iowa Officials Back Movement for 50 Percent Freight Cut
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation urge a 50 per cent reduction in corn freight rates as an emergency measure. Secretary Thornburg asks four railroads for a hearing, with hearings aimed for late this month. Town Farm Bureau Federation also seeks cooperation from the American Farm Bureau with data prepared by state agencies and civic traffic committees.
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Charles E. Hearst
Town Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Agriculture
Rate Department
State Railroad Commission
Federation of Town Farm Organizations
Town Institute of Co-Operation
Des Moines
Rail freight rate cut asked to aid farm products prices
The proposal seeks lowering freight charges to raise prices of farm products on midwestern farms, arguing benefits to railroads, general business, and producers. The request covers corn for domestic and export use in proportion to product value.
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Ing
Rudd Legion Post Wins Trophy For Membership Gain
DES MOINES AP Theodore Schindler post of Rudd was awarded the Robert W Colfiesh trophy in the State American Legion membership contest The trophy went to the post with the highest percentage of its membership quota in the congressional district with the highest percentage The Iowa total membership reached 16 across the state
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Des Moines
Theodore Schindler
Rudd
Robert W. Colfiesh
American Legion
Colfiesh
United States
Iowa
Iowa Legion
Prosecution Sought for Iowa Officials on Refuge Hunt
Superintendent Breele of the Upper Mississippi wildlife refuge asked for prosecution of four Iowans found illegally hunting coon on the refuge. The men include J. F. Walter of McGregor a Fish and Game commission member George Kaufman deputy game warden of Lansing and Jess Vaughan and his son Charles of McGregor. Homer C Fort ranger filed the report and the case was sent to the department of justice. no arrests were made yet.
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Winona, Minn
Breele
Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge
J. F. Walter
McGregor
Iowa Fish and Game Commission
George Kaufman
Iowa
Lansing
Jess Vaughan
Charles
Steele
Homer C. Fort
Ranger
Lynxville
Wis
Department of Justice
Frances Hubbell to Wed Hepburn Ingham
Des Moines AP reports the engagement of Mrs Frances Hubbell town chairwoman of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Repeal to Hepburn Ingham. Mrs Hubbell is formerly Mrs Jack B Snyder of Evanston Illinois. Ingham is the son of Harvey Ingham editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune.
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Des Moines
Frances Hubbell
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Repeal
Hepburn Ingham
Hubbell
Jack B. Snyder
Evanston
I. Ingham
Harvey Ingeham
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Poisoning death linked to home canned meat near Farragut
Jacob Jones aged 62 died Saturday from poisoning believed caused by contaminated home canned meat dated November 4. Two others, his sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Phipps, are in critical condition at the Farragut area farm residence where Jones lived.
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Shenandoah
INS
Jacob Jones
A. S. Phipps
Jones
Farragut
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Sebula
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Minneapolis Bridge Company
Savanna-Sabula Bridge
Mt. Vernon
Cornell
Traartent
Kermit Aikem
Tader Price
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Claude Rose
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