State takes fight to high court for land in Owa City
Iowa officials appeal to the state supreme court to obtain possession of land housing Midway Inn near the University of Iowa campus. The tavern owner Demery says he was pressured by university officials to sell. a prior district court ruling denied the state's claim to the site.
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High Court
Owa City
Midway Inn
University of Iowa
Iowa City
State of Iowa
State Supreme Court
State of Land
Iowa Avenue Bridge
Memorial Union
R. H. Fitzgerald
Harold D. Evans
Demery
C. W. Updegraff
Updegraff
State Funds barred for Social Security Committee study
Iowa Attorney General ruled that state funds cannot be used to cover expenses of a private social security study committee of 35 named to review Iowa statutes and align them with the federal program. He noted retrenchment and reform committee already has budgetary authority for such investigations.
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DES Moines
Edward L. O’connor
Social Security Committee
Iowa
Herring
Legislative Committee On
Social Security Study Committee
O'Connor
MecNider Estate Appeals 2.39 Million Cement Case
Des Moines AP brief notes 1 469 page abstract filed with the state supreme court by MecNider estate attorneys in an appeal from Cerro Gordo County Judge Beardmore. The suit concerns a 2 393 143 claim by stockholders of Northwestern States Portland Cement against the estate not time barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
C. H. McNider
Supreme Court
T. A. Beardmore
Cerro Gordo County
F. A. Ontjes
Northwestern States Portland Cement Company
Beardmore
Monticello to Mark Centennial Celebration Dates
Nonticello observes the centennial of the first settlement with a two day festival on October 14 and 15. The article traces Monticello origins from 1836 with Varvel and Clark, early families, postmasters, churches, and the growth aided by the 1858 railroad, noting key founders and the town’s evolution along the military road.
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Monticello
Old Military Road
Nonticello
Daniel Varvel
William Clark
Ohio
Dubuque
Maquoketa River
Richard South
New Territory
T. J. Peake
B. Beardsley
James McLaughlin
Thomas Gilligan
Rebecca M. Beardsley
Iowa City
Prairies
James Skelley
Levi Gassett
Moore
Christian
Gassett
W. B. Selder
Indiana
George W. Lammon
Bowen’s Prairie
Langworthy
Joseph Clark
Daniel Warvel
Dr. Selder
John Stevenson
Mr. Moses
Charles Rynerson
Roswell Crane
Ann George
Henry Phemister
Alexander Faraghter
George
Tom Shover
Dubuque and Southwestern
J. L. Davenport
Anamosa
First Street
Volney Hickok
Hickok
Military Road
Proctor
George Stuhler
Canton
Stuh
Halden Rescues Gillette In Embarrassing Moment
In Charles City Iowa a druggist recalls a humorous campaign incident. Berry Halden, introduced as the next senator from Iowa, urged that Gillette be introduced to a friend so the man would meet the soon to be senator.
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Charles City
INS
Guy Gillette
Gillette
Berry F. Halden
Halden
Iowa
90-Year-Old Woman To Sing As Church Observes Birthday
Genoa Bluff Congregational church marks its eightieth anniversary with a solo by Lorraine Lewis a 90 year old former choir singer from California visiting with Charles Kent’s family. Rev C R Zimmerman septagenarian former pastor will preach at 10 am followed by a basket dinner and reunion.
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Marengo
Genoa Bluff
Lorraine Lewis
California
Charles Kent
Herbert Morse
Grinnell
Lewis
Pioneer Church
C. R. Zimmerman
Herring Regime Sets Spending Record in Iowa
Des Moines Republican chairman Carl H Cook charged the Democratic state administration with being the most costly in Iowa history. He cited a 1936 total of 58,690,420 spent for state purposes, compared with 37,311,484 in 1932, and noted local districts reduced budgets by 13,553,126 while state employee numbers more than doubled from 943 to 1,922.
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Des Moines
Carl H. Cook
Republican State Central Committee
Cook
Herring
State House
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Comptroller
General and Trust Department
Elkader School Bond Issue Sold to Two Banks
Elkader the Central State Bank and Trust Company of Elkader and the Union Bank and Trust Company of Strawberry Point joined Carleton D. Beh Company of Des Moines to purchase the Elkader school district bond issue of 44 500 at two and three quarters percent interest with a 536 premium. Proceeds will fund a new high school replacing the one destroyed last spring.
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Elkader
Central State Bank and Trust Company of
Union Bank and Trust Company
Strawberry Point
Carleton D. Beh Company
Des Moines
Palo Alto County to Vote on 500000 Bond for Paving
Palo Alto County supervisors set November 3 for a special election on a proposal to issue 500000 dollars in bonds to cover 23 miles of additional paving in the county. Petition supporters signed by 1335 residents backed the measure. Planned paving targets include routes from Ayrshire to highway 18, from West Bend to highway 18, and from highway 18 toward Emmet County line past Ida Grove.
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Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Ayrshire
West Bend
Idigenvine
Emmett County
Bennett Man's Hobby Is Hobbies and Antiques
Grant White profiles Harry G. Carl of Bennett a Boy Scout leader and avid collector. Carl owns 40 guns old books Indian relics and a Mastodon tooth. he sold a rare Lamb and Boy Bank for 120 and runs a Bennett leather and sporting goods store making duck decoys for Mississippi River hunters.
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Tipton
Harry G. Carl
Bennett
Cedar County
Harry Carl
Julia Ann Carl
Lamb and Boy Bank
Carl
New York City
Bank
Toy Bank
Pennsylvania
Africa
Desplaines
Ohio
Germany
Peter Daut
New Jersey
Nathan Bangs
Christopher Love
Tower Hill
Wilmington
England
Thomas Dick
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Mississippi River
Inquest Called Into Death Of Louis Lewis
An inquest was set for Monday into the death of Louis Lewis age 50 brother of J C Lewis president of the Iowa labor federation who was killed in an Ogden Iowa coal mine accident inada tet.
Iowa farmers to aired opinions on 1937 farm program
Des Moines AP Ralph Smith of Iowa conservation group says the AAA will gauge farm sentiment starting Monday as about 1,600 township meetings gather input from 75,000 to 100,000 farmers. Topics include crop classifications, leases, soil building, and maximum conservation payments with county and state reports due by mid to late October.
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DES Moines
Ralph Smith
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Farm Administration
Iowa
AAA
Smith
County Agricultural Planning Committee
Iowa State College
Pheasant Hunting Likely Banned This Year
Des Moines reports strong signs of an open season ban as the conservation commission plans a meeting next Tuesday or Wednesday to decide. In Mason City Sportsmen favor a closed season with 76 votes, Spencer shows mixed views and Davenport schedules another hearing at 7 p.m. Monday due to a harsh winter reducing pheasant numbers.
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Des Moines
INS
Conservation Commission
Mason City
Spencer
Iowa
Davenport
National Police Communication Officers Meet in Davenport
Delegates to the third annual convention of the Associated Police Communication Officers arrive in Davenport for a three day session starting Monday. About 200 attendees are expected and Capt. Robert L. Batts of Indianapolis heads the group. The convention will feature plans for a nationwide police radio telegraph system and a demonstration of a radio telegraph station with approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
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Charles A. Demery
MecNider
G. H. Walworth
Wales
Wilcox Place
Here
John Lorentzen
Stuhler
Frank Rieger
W. H. Proctor
George Wilkens
Beh
Palo Alto County
Bennett Man
Grant White
Cess
Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine High School
Harold Frese
Frese
Eurth
Tegregtener
Dave Roginson
Catherine Hereik
Frank Kouba
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