State fights for Midway Inn land in Iowa City supreme court
Iowa state attorneys appealed to the state supreme court seeking possession of land housing Midway Inn near the University of Iowa campus. The case stems from a blocked beer permit and a university rule banning beer at Memorial Union, with prior district court denial and multiple testimonies.
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High Court For Land
Iowa City
Midway Inn
University of Iowa
State of Iowa
State Supreme Court
Charles A. Demery
Iowa Avenue Bridge
C. W. Updegraff
Iowa River
Supreme Court
Demery
Updegraff
State Funds Blocked for Social Security Study Panel
Iowa Attorney General ruled that state funds cannot be used for expenses of a 35 member social security committee formed to study Iowa statutes and align them with the federal program. He said the private group lacks statutory funding and retrenchment committee funds cannot cover it.
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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 Claim
Des Moines reports the MecNider estate filed a 1469 page abstract with the state supreme court appealing a Cerro Gordo county ruling. Judge Beardmore allowed a $2,393,143 stockholder claim against the estate to proceed despite not being filed within 12 months after executors qualified.
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DES Moines
C. H. McNider
Supreme Court
T. A. Beardmore
Cerro Gordo County
F. A. Ontjes
Northwestern States Portland Cement Company
Beardmore
Monticellos Centennial Celebration Planned for Oct 14 15
Monticello will mark its centennial with a two day celebration on October 14 and 15. The feature recounts early settlement led by Daniel Varvel and William Clark in 1836 and traces the town’s growth through 1858 when the Dubuque and Southwestern railroad boosted development.
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Monticello
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
Daniel Warvel
G. H. Walworth
Wales
Dubuque and Southwestern
J. L Davenport
Anamosa
Highway 161
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 moment. Berry F Halden, introduced as the "next senator from Iowa," meets Guy Gillette in a drug store. Halden insists on meeting Gillette to ensure the opponent would also meet the upcoming senator.
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Charles City
INS
Guy Gillette
Gillette
Berry F. Halden
Halden
Iowa
90 Year Old Woman Sings as Church Marks Anniversary
Genoa Bluff Congregational church observes its eightieth anniversary with Lorraine Lewis of California, a former choir singer, delivering a solo. Rev. C. R. Zimmerman, 70s, will preach, followed by a basket dinner and reunion. Mrs. Lewis visits with her daughter Mrs. Charles Kent.
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Marengo
Genoa Bluff
Lorraine Lewis
California
Charles Kent
Herbert Morse
Grinnell
Lewis
Pioneer Church
C. R. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Far East
C. W. Stark
Herring Regime Sets Iowa Spending Record Says Cook
Des Moines Republican Chairman Carl H Cook charges the Democratic Herring administration spent a record 58 690 420 in state funds this year. He contrasts 1936 totals with 1932 figures and claims local districts cut budgets while state payrolls nearly doubled from 943 to 1922 employees. He accuses Democrats of misleading savings claims and cites tax and expenditure data.
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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 three bidders
Elkader the Central State Bank and Trust of Elkader Union Bank and Trust of Strawberry Point and Carleton D. Beh of Des Moines bought the Elkader school district bonds for 44500 at two and three quarters percent interest with a 536 premium. Proceeds fund a high school to replace last spring’s destroyed building.
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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 bonds for roads
Palo Alto County supervisors set November 3 for a special election to issue 500000 dollars in bonds to pave 23 more miles in the county. Petition signatures totaled 1335. Targeted roads include routes from Ayrshire to Highway 18 and from West Bend to Highway 18 plus a stretch north of Highway 18 toward Emmett County.
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Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Ayrshire
West Bend
Itty
Emmett
Bennett Man Makes a Living From Hobbies and Antiques
Harry G. Carl of Bennett runs a leather and sporting goods store and designs duck decoys. He collects guns books Indian relics and unusual antiques including a 1895 Lamb and Boy Bank. His 400 Indi an relics and historic firearms highlight a lifetime as scout master and dealer.
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Harry G. Carl
Bennett
Cedar County
Harry Carl
Julia Ann Carl
Carl
New York City
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
Iowa farmers' sentiment sought at township meetings
Iowa farmers to discuss the 1937 farm program at about 1 600 meetings in 200 townships led by county agricultural conservation committeemen and agents. The sessions aim to reflect farmer experience in cooperative crop adjustment and guide the national program while emphasizing erosion control soil fertility land use and farm income. Key questions cover crop classifications leases 1936 methods soil conservation payments and maximum allowances with county reports due by October 17 and the state report by October 26.
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DES Moines
Ralph Smith
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Farm Administration
Iowa
AAA
Smith
Rapoe
County Agricultural Planning Committee
Iowa State College
Inquest Called in Death of Louis Lewis
An inquest was ordered for Monday into the death of Louis Lewis age 50, brother of J C Lewis head of the Iowa labor federation, who died in an Ogden Iowa coal mine accident late Friday.
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BOONE
Louis Lewis
J. C. Lewis
Iowa Labor Federation
Ogden
Pheasant Hunting Likely Banned This Year
DES MOINES I N S reports strong signs the conservation commission will rule out an open pheasant season. Voters in Mason City favored a closed season or letting the commission decide, while Spencer residents split between open and closed options. A harsh winter reduced pheasant numbers north of Iowa prompting opposition to a brief hunting period. A further hearing is set for Davenport at 7 p.m. Monday.
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Des Moines
INS
Conservation Come Mission
Mason City
Spencer
Iowa
Davenport
Police Radio Unit Aims at National Convention
Davenport AP delegates to the third annual Associated Police Communication Officers convention arrive for a three day session. About 200 attendees expected beginning Monday. Capt Robert L Batts of Indianapolis police, president, attends. Plans to establish nationwide police radio telegraph system to be featured. FCC granted permission to install and operate a station for demonstrations.
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Davenport
Associated Police Communication
Robbert L. Batts
Indianapolis Police Department
Coneention
Federal Communications Commission
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Joseph Clark
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Ann George
Henry Phemister
Alexander Faraghter
George
Tom Shover
Wilcox Place
Here
Ler
John Lorentzen
Stuhler
Frank Rieger
W. H. Proctor
George Wilkens
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Cess
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