Urge Removal Of Restrictions On Use Of S U S Hospital
A Iowa House resolution proposes opening University Hospital at Iowa City to all the public with no bed or cost patient limits. Drafted by Rep LeRoy Mercer and Rep A W Wolf, it directs removal of actions restricting admission and sets reasonable, independent rates for care. It notes past board limits on private and cost beds amid changed economic conditions. In a separate note, Mrs Richard Cronen suffered severe burns from hot water spill while carrying a pall.
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DES Moines
University Hospital
Iowa City
House of the General Assembly
LeRoy 8. Mercer
A. W. Wolf
Hampton
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Iowa
Congregation Sleeps as Janitor Poison Mix Ups Juice
AP report from Council Bluffs states Charles Heath, church janitor at First Christian Church, accidentally dosed the communion grape juice with a bromine medicine for sleeplessness. About a hundred communicants drank the sedative mixture, causing drowsiness and minor sickness among several members. church seeks a new janitor.
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Council Bluffs
Charles Heath
First Christian Church
Peace of World at Stake in Manchuria Debate
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Dr No Yong Park a Chinese author and political scientist argued that the peace of the world is at stake in Manchuria during a Cornell chapel debate with Japanese journalist Kinnosuke Adachi. Park warned Americans against ignoring treaty breaches while Adachi claimed Japan’s annexation protected Manchuria and modernized it.
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Mount Vernon
Manchuria
No Yong Park
Kinnosuke Adachi
Cornell Chapel
China
Japan
Adachi
Dedicate C. C. C. Camp At McGregor Sunday
Formal dedication and flag raising at Mc Gregor C. C. C. camp No 1754 Sunday afternoon with American Legion aiding. Winter quarters for 200 men will be open for public inspection with camp members as guides. The camp is named Poquette after McGregor's nickname The Pocket City.
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Mcgregor
American Legion
Poquette
Former Iowa Justice De Graff III in Serious Condition
Former Iowa Supreme Court Justice Lawrence DeGraff III remained in serious condition at his Des Moines home after suffering a paralytic stroke. He had partial paralysis on his right side beginning Sunday, with illness noted only Thursday night. He has endured years of poor health.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Lawrence DeGraff
Iowa May Remain Dry Until Spring
Iowa's drive to end sixteen years of prohibition faces delays. Senator Frailey and Representative Fabritz say a fundamental liquor control law will not be ready for the upcoming session and that legal whisky sales likely won’t begin before April due to the need for months of implementation and local elections. The attorney general's staff drafts the measure from the governor's commission and considers constitutional viability.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Governor’s Liquor Commission
Joe R. Frailey
Wet
Dubuque
Senate Liquor Control Committee
Frailey
E. H. Fabritz
House
Woman Accused of Forging Refund Vouchers in Davenport
County Attorney Clark Filseth planned to tell the grand jury about Pauline Bliss 26 admitting she obtained over 1000 dollars from Hills Dry Goods by forging refund vouchers. Bliss who has one child said in two years as auditor she forged clerk and customer names to slips for refunds using the store tube system to evade identity.
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Davenport
INS
Clark Filseth
Grand Jury
Pauline Bliss
Body of Dr A L Shearer Found After Basement Fire
State Center AP reports the body of chiropractor Dr. A L Shearer was found in his office basement after a fire damaged a building and a grocery store nearby. Firemen controlled the blaze. Shearer likely died from smoke inhalation.
Code Needed For Protection Small Colleges Burgstahler
Dr H J Burgstahler president of Cornell college urged a code of cooperation among liberal arts colleges in Kansas City to pool resources and counter underbidding by state-supported institutions. He cited surveys showing heavy use of need-based aid and rising high pressure recruitment. He warned without united action small colleges risk bankruptcy and lower standards of living among students.
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Gasetta Mount
H. J. Burgstahler
Cornell College
Liberal Arts College
Kansas City
Burgstatler
Burgstahler
Midwest
Cornell
Sturgstahler
Camay Soap Beauty Contest Ad Promises Complexion Wins
An old style advertisement touts Camay Soap as the path to a beautiful complexion and social approval. It claims daily use for a month yields a soft clear skin and frequent compliments, highlighting Camay as pure creamy white with a pleasant fragrance.
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Camay
Ellen
Representatives of Fourteen States Draw Up Vehicle Rules
Des Moines reports that fourteen state representatives at a Midwest motor vehicle conference agreed on interstate recognition of pleasure car and truck licenses for twelve months, uniform weight taxation policy, a shared financial responsibility plan, fourteen state agencies to collect auto accident data, and periodic vehicle inspections.
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Des Moines
INS
Midwest Motor Vehicle Conference of
Bandit Gang Heads To Manchester On Two Charges
Four youths and two 17 year old girls, led by a gang leader shot dead by a deputy, were to be taken to Manchester Iowa on charges of assault and attempted bank robbery. The capture linked to seven Wisconsin robberies and the Burbridge bank incident. Alice Bergman smiled for photos then grimaced over thefts of her wedding ring and fur while Hazel Schnemier aided the gang. Names include Jerry Schwemier Joe Miezejewski Sterling Hart and Don Donovan. Authorities planned to return six survivors to Iowa after accompanying officers. Mozart’s death is noted in the same report.
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Kenosha
Wis
Manchester
Wisconsin
J. J. Burbridge
Alice Pluto Bergman
Walter
Waukegan
Wilson to face fraud trial on gas tax refunds
Des Moines report says Glen A. Wilson formerly with the state treasurer's office will go on trial December 11 on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses tied to allegedly fraudulent gasoline tax refunds. Indicted with Theodore Wall, Wall convicted and appealing. Wilson also faces a bribe charge.
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DES Moines
INS
Glen A. Wilson
State Treasurer's Office
Wilson
Theodore Wall
Wall
Supreme Court
House Action To Shorten Session Of Iowa Assembly
DES MOINES INS The Iowa House moved to shorten the special session by striking a rule that would auto place nearly every proposed bill on the calendar after ten days. By an 88 to 5 vote representatives deleted the provision. The rule's defeat came on a Brady resolution and had broad support from the 108 members.
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Des Moines
INS
John F. Brady
Council Bluffs
Belle Plaine Newspaper Publisher Dies From Stroke
George W. Woods, 62, publisher of the Belle Plaine Gazette and former Colo Citizen editor, died at home from a stroke while reading his weekly paper. Surviving are his widow, three sons Lyle Kieth Park and a daughter Dorothy. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Belle Plaine
George W. Woods
Reading
Woods
Commerce Club
K. P. Lodge
Hardin County
West
Colo
Lyle
Kieth
Park
Dorothy
Driscoll
Vinton Lee
Congregational Church
Scout leaders speak at Commercial Club meeting
Edward Esther Clermont of Waterloo president of the Wapsipinicon council and Victor Allen area supervisor of Boy Scout work in eight counties addressed the Commercial club. The club and American Legion are jointly supporting the local Boy Scout project and will decide on affiliation with the national organization at an upcoming Legion and council open meeting.
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Clermont
Edward Esther
Wapsipinicon Counscil
Waterloo
Victor Allen
Commercial Club
American Legion
the Legion
A lean and hungry look in the larder empties the flour tin
A fragment notes a lean and hungry mood as the larder is checked and the flour tin found empty alongside sugar shortages. The terse lines imply household hunger and scarcity without naming people or places.
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S. U. S. Hospital
Mercer and Wolf
Assembly
Hawkeye
Richard Cronen
DE Graff III
Corntell
Mozart
Ucts
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