State Planning Board Analyzes Causes Of Fatal Highway Crashes
The Iowa State Planning Board and the State Motor Vehicle Department study highway accident causes to identify engineering, education, and enforcement factors. Using state records and insurer data, 2000 to 2500 fatal crashes from the past four years will be cross tabulated by driver age, vehicle type, road conditions, violations, and police actions to devise preventive safeguards and inform legislation. A statewide spot map will be created and coordinated with the traffic flow map from the highway commission.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Planning Board
State Motor Vehicle Department
Planning Board
Iowa Highway Commission
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Toledo Junior Class Presents Lady Spitfire Play
The Toledo high school class play Lady Spitfire by Katherine Kavanaugh will be staged Tuesday evening. Lead roles go to Maxine McAnulty and Kenneth Anderson, with Virgil Beck Harriet Harlow Felix Magdefray Esther Hendrickson John Henry Mohler Gwendolyn Moorecroft and Marjorie Cooper in the cast.
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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
Theater ticket sales rise 67 percent at S U 1
Special to The Gazette Iowa City reports a sixty seven percent rise in ticket sales for the new university theater after a sales campaign. The surge is linked to the theater's opening and will boost productions. Margaret Russell won the individual ticket selling contest and will receive a trip to Chicago with expenses paid.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University Theater
Margaret Russell
Chicago
Iowa City District Names Hansen English and Journalism Instructor
Iowa City independent school district announces the appointment of Miss Erma M. Hansen of Clear Lake to the staff of Iowa City high school. Miss Hansen will teach English and journalism courses.
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Iowa City
Erma M. Hansen
Clear Lake
Dubuque Men Hurt In Icy Skid Near Garnaville
Special to The Gazette MC GREGOR Jan Curtis Lucas Wayne Lucas G R Findley and George Thorpe all of Dubuque suffered bruises and sprains when their car skidded on icy pavement north of Garnaville early Monday and went over a ten foot embankment. The men are construction iron workers on their way to Genoa to start riveter work on the government dam.
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Gazett
Gregor
Jan Curtis Lucas
Wayne Lucas
G. R. Findley
George Thorpe
Dubuque
Garnaville
Genoa
Government Dam
Fayette Book Forum Debuts in West Union Reviews by Women
The Fayette county book forum directed by Mrs. Hoyt Young of Arlington held its first meeting in West Union. Four books by women addressed issues facing modern women with reviews by Mrs. E A McIlree Mrs. H S Wright Mrs. Clarence Schori and Mrs. James E Cassidy. The event ended with a tea hosted by the Wednesday Art club and plans were announced for a second forum in Oelwein on December 8 with the Oelwein Woman's club arts division as sponsors.
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West Union
Fayette County
Hoyt Young
Arlington
Maxine Davis
James E. Cassidy
Waukon
Dorothea Brand
Young
Wednesday Art Club
King R. Palmer
Clyde Blunt
Oelwein Woman's Club
Oelwein Dominates Local Debate Tournament
Sixty contestants from Elkader Manchester West Union McGregor East Waterloo and Oelwein high schools competed in an Oelwein debate event. Oelwein posted the highest victory rate at 84 percent as West Union Manchester McGregor and East Waterloo followed in ranking. Elkader did not partake in decision debates. Five coaches served as judges along with several Oelwein volunteers. The top students included Betty Beddow Manchester Frank Bauder West Union Gordon Mindrum Gerald Arrington and Harold Henderson of Oelwein Charles Baker McGregor Art Sawyer Manchester and John Stevens Waterloo.
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Oelwein
Elkader
Manchester
West Union
McGregor
East Waterloo
James Curtis
J. Dale Welsch
Mildred Steggall
West
Craven pushes plan to prevent Iowa House deadlock
Rep. J. E. Craven launches a one man effort to avert a speaker deadlock in the forty seventh Iowa General Assembly with a 54 54 partisan split. He seeks a compromise during organization to avoid a repeat of the 1890 delay and 38 days 139 ballots to elect a speaker.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Forty Seventh General Assembly
J. E. Craven
Jasper County
Craven
General Assembly
John T. Hamilton
Linn County
Twenty-Third General Assembly
Rep. Craven
Iowa Senate
House
Nels Kraschel
George Wilson
Rep
Wadena High School Carnival With Two Minstrel Shows
Wadena hosts the annual carnival Tuesday evening at the high school. Two minstrel shows are scheduled in the 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 to lead the West Union school system from among 100 applicants. He succeeds R. W. Esslinger who resigned to enter business. Nodland holds a degree from Cornell College and a master’s from the University of Iowa and will be paid 2200 dollars yearly.
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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 Crew Clears River of Carp and Buffalo
Deputy game officer Carl Hinkelman reports that 20 adults from Maquoketa and two state department aides removed 40,000 pounds of carp buffalo and quillbacks from the Maquoketa river and tributaries in a 10 hour shift ending at 4 am Sunday. The haul, using 1,800 feet of net, excludes game fish which were thrown back. Four thousand pounds were given to the local relief office, with 4,000 more from Friday’s catch. The effort aims to boost game fish numbers before freezing weather halts work.
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Maquoketa
Carl Hinkelman
State Department
Maquoketa River
Tama grade school operetta to be staged in high school hall
A Tama grade school operetta Thanksgiving directed by Miss Lorna Schuppert will be staged at 8 p m Tuesday in the high school auditorium. Lead roles include Laurena Barkhurst Shirley Jean Schiele Mary Patterson Glen MacGowan and others with the high school band performing a 30 minute concert beforehand under Bernie Knutson.
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West Liberty
Brothers Suffer Broken Arms Cranking Car
Ray Stone and Glenn Lee Koeppen brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Koeppen, suffered broken arms on the same day while cranking a family car. Ray and Glenn both had their arms set at the doctor and will wear arm slings while attending Keystone high school.
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Speeey
the Gazette Stone
Ray
Glenn Lee
John Koeppen
Glenn
Keystone High School
Nab Man Who Confesses Lowden Tipton Breakins
George Wells of California, arrested at Naperville Illinois, confessed to breaking into Cedar county filling stations on October 2. Three stations at Tipton and one at Lowden were entered. Loot was recovered. Wells will not be sent to Tipton for trial 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 for George H. Letts Held in Iowa City
Funeral services were held Monday for George H. Letts age 71 lifelong Iowa City resident who died at his Coralville Heights home Saturday. 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 SAYS FEUD TEMPEST IN TEAPOT
Des Moines AP Gov Clyde Herring calls his feud with Hubert Utterback a tempest in a teapot and defends his Iowa relief plans. He says the WPA director appointment and state relief consolidation are for him and governor elect Kraschel to decide, not Washington outsiders.
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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 Leader
Harry Ingwersen is elected Farm Bureau director for Oxford Township Ed Sagma becomes leader of the boys 4-H club William Quirk is named secretary treasurer with the new leadership team for local youth and agricultural groups.
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Oxford Junction
Harry Ingwersen
Oxford Township
Ed Sagma
William Quirk
Fireman Dies After Inhaling Smoke In Waterloo Cafe
AP report says a fireman died and another injured after a cafe blaze in Waterloo Saturday night. Edward H. Knipp, 19 year department veteran, died Sunday from lobar pneumonia and heart embolism worsened by smoke inhalation. Captain Lewis Armstrong remained hospitalized with smoke-related illness.
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Waterloo
Edward H. Knipp
Department
Sidney Smith
Lewis Armstrong
Petit Jurors Named for Keokuk Court Duty
Sigourney jurors chosen for Monday Dec 14 at 1 30 p.m. include Mary Baughman Lulu Baxter Ruth Engleman Fred Hall Lee Patterson and many others from What Cheer Richland Keswick Sigourney Webster Keota Keota Delta Hedrick Ollie Kinross Harper Hayesale and South English 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
William Raben
Hayesale
P. G. Seigers
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State Planning Board
Kinneys
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
Petit Jurors
Keokuk Court
Ben-Gay
Jules Bengué
Paris
Baume “Ben-Gay
Away
Turkey
Dorothy Malone
William H. Ferguson
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, W
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