Safeguards Sought From Iowa Highway Study
A detailed Iowa plan board and state motor vehicle project analyzes 2000 to 2500 fatal accidents over four years to identify engineering education and enforcement factors. The study uses insurance and state records, cross tabulations by age vehicle type and conditions to suggest preventive measures and risk maps for legislative action.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Planning Board
State Motor Vehicle Department
State Motor Department
Des Moines
Planning Board
Iowa Highway Commission
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Toledo Junior Class Play Set for Tuesday
The Toledo high school class play Lady Spitfire by Katherine Kavanaugh will be staged Tuesday evening. Leads include Maxine McAnulty and Kenneth Anderson with a cast featuring Virgil Beck Harriet Harlow Felix Magdefray Esther Hendrickson John Henry Mohler Gwendolyn Moorecroft and Marjorie Cooper.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Lady Spitfire
Katherine Kavanaugh
Maxine McAnulty
N. R. McAnulty
Kenneth Anderson
Andrew Anderson
Virgil Beck
Harriet Harlow
Felix Magdefray
Esther Hendrickson
John Henry Mohler
Gwendolyn Moorecroft
Marjorie Cooper
U S Theater Ticket Sales Jump 67 Percent
IOWA CITY A sixty seven percent rise in ticket sales for the new university theater closes the campaign. The surge is attributed to the theater opening and will boost the number of plays presented. Margaret Russell won the ticket contest and earns a Chicago trip with expenses paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Iowa City
University Theater
Margaret Russell
Chicago
Iowa City H.S. hires Miss Erma Hansen as English
The Iowa City independent school district announces the appointment of Miss Erma M. Hansen of Clear Lake to Iowa City high school staff. Miss Hansen will teach English and journalism courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Erma M. Hansen
Clear Lake
Dubuque men injured in icy skid near Garnaville
Four Dubuque iron workers Curtis Lucas Wayne Lucas G R Findley and George Thorpe were bruised and sprained when their car skidded on icy pavement north of Garnaville and plunged over a ten foot embankment. They were en route to Genoa to start riveter work on a government dam.
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MC Gregor
Curtis Lucas
Wayne Lucas
G. R. Findley
George Thorpe
Dubuque
Garnaville
Genoa
Government Dam
Fayette Book Forum Holds In West Union Reviews Women Authors
The Fayette county book forum directed by Mrs. Hoyt Young of Arlington convened in West Union on Friday. Four books by women addressing women’s issues were reviewed by Mrs. H S Wright, Mrs. James E Cassidy, and others. The gathering ended with a tea hosted by the Wednesday Art club to aid the local library, with plans for a second forum in Oelwein on December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette County
Hoyt Young
Arlington
Maxine Davis
James E. Cassidy
Waukon
Dorothea Brand
Young
King R. Palmer
Clyde Blunt
Oelwein Woman's Club
Oelwein Leads In County Debate Tournament
Sixty contestants from Elkader Manchester West Union McGregor East Waterloo and Oelwein high schools competed in a debate tournament at Oelwein Saturday night. Oelwein posted the highest victory percentage at 84 percent with West Union Manchester McGregor and East Waterloo following. Elkader did not participate in decision debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Elkader
Manchester
West Union
McGregor
East Waterloo
James Curtis
J. Dale Welsch
Mildred Steggall
West
Plan to avert house deadlock in Iowa Assembly
Rep. J Craven, Democrat of Jasper County, launches a one man bid to avert a speaker deadlock as Iowa House with 54 Democrats and 54 Republicans nears convening. He vows to seek a compromise to organize the body, noting 1890 precedent of 38 days and 139 ballots before a speaker was chosen. Craven, veteran lawmaker since 1915, hints Republicans may share in House leadership amid potential contests after organization.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eee Assembly
J. Craven
Jasper County
Craven
Forty Seventh General Assembly
General Assembly
John T. Hamilton
Linn County
Twenty-Third General Assembly
Rep. Craven
Iowa Senate
House
Nels Kraschel
George Wilson
Rep
Wadena High Plans Carnival Shows This Tuesday
WADENA THE annual high school carnival will be held here Tuesday evening. Two minstrel shows will be given in the high school assembly at 8 and 9 15 o clock.
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Wadena
Nodland Named Head Of West Union School
Marvin T. Nodland, longtime Stratford Iowa superintendent since 1930, was elected superintendent of the West Union school system from a field of 100 applicants. He succeeds R W Esslinger who resigned to enter business. Nodland holds a LeGrand high school, Cornell college and a master’s from the University of Iowa and will be paid 2200 dollars annually.
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West Union
Marvin T. Nodland
Stratford
West Union School System
R. W. Esslinger
Nodland
LeGrand High School
Cornell College
University of Iowa
West Liberty
Williamsburg
Maquoketa Men Clean River Of Carp And Buffalo
Deputy game officer Carl Hinkelman and two state department men assisted cleaning the Maquoketa river and tributaries. They removed 40,000 pounds of carp buffalo and quillbacks in a haul from Saturday night to Sunday morning using 1,800 feet of net. Twenty thousand pounds were taken Friday with 4,000 given to the relief office. The operation aims to boost game fish such as catfish bass crappies and wall-eyed pike by reducing predators and muddiness before freezing weather ends the project.
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Maquoketa
Carl Hinkelman
State Department
Maquoketa River
Tama grade school operetta in high school auditorium
A Tama West Liberty operetta Thanksgiving directed by Miss Lorna Schuppert will be staged at 8 p m Tuesday in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Laurena Barkhurst Shirley Jean Schiele Mary Patterson Glen MacGowan Clarence John Martha Jensen John Smith Rochard Wolters Gloria Campbell Carmelita Stevens and Harlan Hawker. The high school band conducts a half hour concert before the show under Bernie Knutson.
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West Liberty
Brothers Suffer Broken Arms Cranking Car
Keystone Ray Koeppen and Glenn Koeppen brothers and sons of John and Mrs Koeppen suffered broken arms on Saturday while cranking their family car. Ray first tried to start the vehicle and was injured then had his arm set. Glenn later attempted the same and also required medical care. both will wear slings at Keystone High School.
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the Gazette
Keystone
Ray
Glenn Koeppen
John Koeppen
Glenn
Keystone High School
Nab Man Confesses to Cedar County Breakins
George Wells of California arrested at Naperville Ill has confessed to breaking and entering Cedar County filling stations on Oct 2. Three stations in Tipton and one in Lowden were entered. part of the loot recovered. Wells will not be tried in Tipton due to federal car theft charges.
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Gazette
Tipton
George Wells
California
Naperville
Ill
Cedar County
W. W. Christian
Lowden
Wells
Funeral services for George H. Letts held in Iowa City
George H. Letts aged 71 and a lifelong Iowa City resident died at his Coralville Heights home Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday. He is survived by his wife Sara, two sisters, three sons and two daughters.
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Iowa City
George H. Letts
Coralville Heights
Sara
Herring Calls Feud Between Parties a Tempest
Gov. Clyde L. Herring dismisses the Iowa party feud with Hubert Utterback as a tempest in a teapot after returning from Washington. He says Utterback's claim of a split party is false and discusses WPA and relief administration consolidation with governor-elect Kraschel.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Herring
WPA
George Keller
Washington
L. S. Hill
Keller
Nelson G. Kraschel
Oxford Junction names Farm Bureau director and 4-H leaders
Harry Ingwersen is elected Farm Bureau director for Oxford township Ed Sagma leads the boys 4-H club William Quirk is named secretary treasurer for the local groups and organizations in Oxford Junction.
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Oxford Junction
Harry Ingwersen
Oxford Township
Ed Sagma
William Quirk
Fireman Dies After Inhaling Smoke In Waterloo Cafe Fire
Waterloo AP report details a cafe fire Saturday night in which Fireman Edward H. Knipp died Sunday from lobar pneumonia and heart embolism worsened by smoke inhalation. Captain Lewis Armstrong remained hospitalized with smoke injuries.
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Waterloo
Edward H. Knipp
Department
Sidney Smith
Lewis Armstrong
Petit jurors named for Keokuk County court duty
Sigourney and surrounding communities list jurors for Monday December 14 at 1 30 p m with many residents named from What Cheer Richland Keswick Sigourney Webster Keota Delta South English Hedrick Ollie Kinross Harper and Hayesville. Judge P G Seigers will preside.
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Sigourney
Petit
Mary Baughman
Lulu Baxter
Ruth Engleman
Fred Hall
Lee Patterson
What Cheer
F. S. Bridger
Coral Morgan
Edward Weber
Richland
Henry Rosenberg
Harold Moore
C. A. Rickman
Ed Speas
S. A. Wilhite
Keswick
Ralph Snodgrass
Delta
A. P. Covey
Otha Huber
George Herr
Orville Levien
E. F. Stoner
South English
Gladys Foote
Roy Hawk
Harold Meyer
Earl Schwartz
Hedrick
G. E. Fray
Ollie
Clarence Herr
Kinross
J. H. Hammes
G. L. White
Harper
Ora Hollingsworth
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Maxine MccAnulty
Ste
Tse Ev
AL Liae
First Avenue SE
Fayette Book Forum
George Mills
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
West Union School
Tama
Tama County District Court
Joseph H. Schlenvogt
Polk County
Charlotte du Pre
Grinnell
Schlenvogt
Miss du Pre
Dorothy Malone
William H. Ferguson
R. J. Beynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Sel
Petit Jurors
Keokuk Court
Jules Bengué
Paris
Baume “Ben-Gay
SE As
Baume Ben-Gay
Turkey
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