State Takes Fight To High Court For Land In Iowa City
Iowa officials appeal to the state supreme court to gain possession of land housing Midway Inn near the University of Iowa campus. The case arises after the Johnson county district court denied the state's claim to the site below the Iowa River high water mark, with testimonies from state and university officials and a cited offer to buy the inn.
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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
Memorial Union
R. H. Fitzgerald
Harold D. Evans
Johnson County
Leroy A. Rader
C. W. Updegraff
Iowa River
Supreme Court
Ieae
Demery
Updegrafft
State funds barred for social security study panel
Iowa Attorney General Edward L. O’Connor ruled that public funds cannot be used for expenses of a private 35 member social security committee. He noted retrenchment committee funds are already empowered to study legislation. The panel was named by a six member group from a June mass meeting of officials and workers.
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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 AP reports the MecNider estate filed a 1469 page abstract with the state supreme court appealing a Cerro Gordo county ruling. Judge Beardmore found a $2,393,143 stockholder claim against the estate was not barred despite not being filed within 12 months after executors qualified.
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DES Moines
C. H. McNider
Supreme Court
Urdaya
T A Beardmore
Cerro Gordo County
F A
Monticello Centennial Celebration Planned
Monticello to observe the centennial of its first settlement with a two day celebration on October 14 and 15. The piece recounts early settlers Daniel Warvel William Clark and others who founded the town, the growth through 1850s, the first postmaster, and the arrival of the railroad driving development. It notes the town’s shift along the military road and early merchants, including Proctor’s store, Stuhler boots and shoes, and the tale of a night street lighting solution.
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Onticello
Monticello
Daniel Warvel
William Clark
Ohio
Dubuque
Maquoketa River
Richard South
New Territory
T. J. Peake
B. Beardsley
James McLaughlin
Thomas Gilligan
Rebecca M. Beardsley
Iowa City
Skelley
Prairies
James Shelley
Levi Gassett
Moore
Christian
Gassett
W. B. Selder
Indiana
George W. Lammon
Bowen's Prairie
Langworthy
James Skelley
Joseph Clark
Dr. Selder
John Stevenson
Mr. Moses
Charles Aynerson
Roswell Crane
Ann George
Henry Phemister
Alexander Faraghter
George
Tom Shover
G. H. Walworth
Wales
Anamosa
First Street
Volney Hickok
Hickok
Military Road
Proctor
George Stuhler
Canton
Stah
John Lorentzen
Stahler Boot and Shoe
H. K. Fulter
Theodore
Soetje
G. O. Goodrich
H. W. Gill
F. S. Dunham
John L. Davenport
H. C. Wells
Fred Rohn
William Parrott
Frank, Rieger
Halden Rescues Gillette In Embarrassing Moment
In Charles City a druggist recounts a comic episode from the campaign. Guy Gillette enjoyed a malted milk when Berry F. Halden, a leading Republican rival for the two year Senate term, entered and was urged to meet Gillette as “the next senator.”
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Charles City
INS
Guy Gillette
Gillette
Berry F. Halden
Halden
90 Year Old Woman To Sing At Church Anniversary
Genoa Bluff Congregational church marks its eightieth anniversary with a solo by 90 year old Lorraine Lewis of California. Rev. C. R. Zimmerman, septuagenarian former pastor, will preach at 10 a.m. A basket dinner and reunion follow.
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Marengo
Genoa Bluff
Lorraine Lewis
California
Charles Kent
Herbert Morse
Grinnell
Lewis
Pioneer Church
C. R. Zimmerman
Herring Regime Accused of Record State Spending in Iowa
Special to The Gazette Des Moines reports Republican State Chairman Carl H. Cook charging the Herring administration with a record 58 690 420 spent from general and special funds this year. He notes a 21 378 936 rise since 1932. local districts cut budgets by 13 553 126 while state payrolls nearly doubled from 943 to 1922. He cites refunds and tax moves as not offsetting higher levies and attacks Democratic candidates.
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Des Moines
Democratic State “Administration
Carl H. Cook
Republican State Central Committee
Cook
Herring
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Comptroller
General and Trust Department
State House
Mr. Cook
Elkader School Bond Issue Sold to Two Banks
The Central State Bank and Trust Co of Elkader and Union Bank and Trust Co of Strawberry Point with Carleton D. Beh Co of Des Moines jointly bought the Elkader school district bonds totaling 44,500 dollars at two and three quarters percent interest and a 536 dollar premium. Three other bidders competed. Proceeds will finance a new high school replacing the one destroyed last spring.
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Lkader
Central State ‘Bank and Trust Company
Elka der
Union Bank and Trust Company
Strawberry Point
Carleton’ D. Beh Company
Des Moines
Elkader
Palo Alto County Votes on Bonds for Pavement Projects
Palo Alto county supervisors set November 3 for a special election to issue 500000 in bonds to pave 23 additional miles. Petition with 1335 signatures backs the measure. Targeted roads include north of Ayrshire to highway 18 and routes from West Bend and from highway 18 toward Emmett county line.
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Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Ayrshire
West Bend
Gronitinee
Emmett County
Bennett Man Collects Antiques and Builds Duck Decoys in Bennett
Harry G. Carl of Bennett shells out time and money for a vast antique collection including guns, books, Indian relics, a mastodon tooth, and a historic Lamb and Boy Bank. He crafts duck decoys sold to Mississippi River hunters and runs a feather and sporting goods store. Carl also leads Boy Scout Troop No. 161 and operates a local sporting goods shop in Bennett.
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Grant White
Rpieton
Harry G. Carl
Bennett
Cedar County
Harry
Carl
Julia Ann Carl
Lamb and Boy Bank
Harry Carl
New York City
Toy Bank
Pennsylvania
Africa
Germany
Peter Daut
New Jersey
Nathan Bangs
Christopher Love
Tower Hill
Wilmington
England
Thomas Dick
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Marion
O. As
Mississippi River
Iowa farmers to shape 1937 farm program at township meetings
Iowa farmers in about 200 townships will meet starting Monday to discuss the 1937 farm program under the cooperative crop adjustment plan. Some 75,000 to 100,000 farmers are expected to participate as county committees and agents gather views to refine soil conservation, erosion control, land use, and farm income goals, with votes on changes and potential new soil conservation limits.
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DES Moines
Ralph Smith
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Farm Administration
Iowa
AAA
Smith
County Agricultural Planning Committee
State College
Inquest Called Into Death Of Louis Lewis
An inquest was ordered for Monday into the death of Louis Lewis fifty brother of J C Lewis Iowa labor federation president who was killed in an Ogden Indiana coal mine accident Friday night resulting in a fatal mine accident proceedings set to determine cause and responsibility.
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BOONE
Louis Lewis
J C Lewis
Iowa Labor Federation
Ogden, In
Pheasant Hunting Likely Banned This Year Across Iowa
Des Moines reports indicate the conservation commission may ban pheasant open season this year. Voters in Mason City favored a closed season while Spencer residents split on open versus closed options. A Davenport hearing is planned at 7 p.m. Monday as winter losses shrink the pheasant population.
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Des Moines
INS
Conservation
Mason City
Spencer
Iowa
Davenport
National Police Radio Unit Plans Highlight Convention
Davenport AP delegates to the third annual convention of the Associated Police Communication Officers arrive for a three day session starting Monday about 200 attendees. Capt Robert L Batts of Indianapolis police, president, attends. The meeting will feature plans for a nationwide police radio-telegraph system and demonstrations of a radio-telegraph station with permission granted by the FCC.
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Davenport
Associated Police Communication
Robert L. Batts
Indianapolis Police Department
Federal Communications Commission
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W.H. Proctor
George Wilkens
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Palo Alto County
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Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine High School
Harold Frese
Frese
Eurth
Dave Roginson
Catherine Hereik
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