Turner urges loan board take over land banks
Gov Dan W Turner told a Shannon City meeting that the farm loan board via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation should assume control of Joint Stock Land banks to halt farm foreclosures. He said the emergency issue must be handled soundly and that rent proceeds should cover interest and taxes to prevent dispossession.
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Loan Board
Shannon
Farm Loan Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dan W. Turner
Turner urges Iowa leadership to raise farm prices
Gov Dan Turner told a Red Oak audience that Iowa must lead in boosting agricultural prices to relieve farm foreclosures and taxes. He argued an eight percent surplus exists and disposal would restore land values and farmers purchasing power, insisting current steps only partly address the problem. An appointee described as loyal to Turner accused of continued practices if a board change occurs.
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RED Oak
Dan Turner
Iowa
Herring Opposes Board Reduction at Iowa Campaign Stop
Clyde Her ring, Democratic candidate for governor, argued against cutting the state board of education to three full time members in Sidney. He warned the move would empower Governor Turner to enlarge a political machine and gain full control of the educational system. He criticized governor appointments as poor quality.
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Sidney, Ia
Clyde Herring
State Board of Education
State
Turner
Forgotten Man Myth Nor Santa Claus Says Olmsted
George Olmsted of Des Moines told Hamilton club that the democratic campaign appeals to class prejudice and creates bitterness between the employed and unemployed, framing the forgotten man as a symptom of democratic madness.
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Chicago
S AP
Santa Claus
George Olmsted
Des Moines
Young Republican League
Hamilton Club
Republican National
Olmsted
Democratic Party
Maquoketa votes down park commission proposal
Maquoketa voters rejected a special election proposal to create a park commission by 399 to 291. Opponents argued it would end the county fair, which was to use funds from selling the county fair ground to satisfy creditors and keep the fair and community events active.
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Maquoketa
County Fair Association
Two Sioux City Officers Suspended On Swindling Charges
Sioux City detectives Marcus Crost and Perry Davis were indicted on swindling charges by a grand jury and suspended indefinitely by Chief Gordon C. Hollar. The officers face an alleged card game dispute in which Anton Goebel of Orient, S. D., claims to have lost 1450 dollars before later recovering part of it.
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Sioux City
Marcus Crost
Perry Davis
Grand Jury
Force
Gordon C. Hollar
Croft
Davis
Anton Goebel
Orient
S. D
Keokuk County Religious Education Convention Set
The annual Keokuk county convention of religious education will be held on Tuesday October 18 at the Church of the Brethren east of here. The theme is Things Necessary with Virgil Coffman of South English as president and Miss Clara Simmons as secretary.
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South English
Keokuk County
Church of the Brethren
Here
Virgil Coffman
Clara Simmons
Wea ver Construction Hauls Rock on West Union Elgin Road
Weaver Construction hauls crushed rock on the West Union to Elgin trunk road. The stretch to the Haug quarry where the crusher sits is finished. Night and day shifts push progress. Fox Construction graded the road this summer, and about two weeks remain to finish.
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Elgin
Weaver Construction Company
West Union-Elgin County
West Union
Haug
Fox Construction Company
Train Hits Truck Killing Teen and Injuring Two Others
A Rock Island freight train struck a truck two blocks from the Grun dy Center station. Tessie Zimmerman, 16, Milwaukee, died after skull and jaw fractures. Pauline Stevenson and Frank C., 34, Omaha, were injured. The truck carried crackers batteries and cookies bound for Waterloo. The crash caused engine damage and steam blew out depot windows.
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Gazette
Grundy Center
Tessie Zimmerman
Milwaukee
Pauline Stevenson
Ae Francisco
Frank C
Omaha
Rock Island
Miss Zimmerman
Janssen
Ames
Sheldon
Wis
Waterloo
Raine Delivers Alaska Lectures in Belle Plaine
Edgar C. Raine of Seattle gives two illustrated talks on Alaska this week in Belle Plaine. He spoke Tuesday at the King theater to high school students and local Rotary members. He will address grade pupils Wednesday morning and be honored at a Rotary dinner Wednesday at the Commercial cafe. Raine, a former government employee in Alaska, is visiting as a house guest of Mrs. O. C. Burrows.
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Belle Plaine
Edgar C. Raine
Seattle
Alaska
King Theater
Marengo
Rotary Clubs
Raine
Rotary Club
Commercial Cafe
Rs. O. C. Burrows
Black Hawk Board Rejects Petition to Reduce Size
Black Hawk county supervisors voted 5 to 2 to deem a petition to place a measure to cut the board from seven to three on the November 8 ballot as insufficient. The petition had 4,485 signatures though about 9,000 votes were cast in the 1930 general election. The Taxpayers league cited an AG ruling on signature thresholds.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors
County Taxpayers League
John Fletcher
Black Hawk County
Dilg Conservation Group Names Shimek Honorary President
Will H. Dilg Conservation league of Iowa re elected Dr. T. H. Kas of Sutherland president at its annual meeting in Des Moines. Dr. Bohumil Shimek of the University of Iowa was named honorary president and officers include Goeders of Algona and Dr. A. B. Copeman of Ottumwa as vice presidents, R. S. Barnard of Spencer as secretary, L. P. Shaffer of Spencer as treasurer, with district directors A Claire Dewey Spencer Southeast, Frank Marnett Spirit Lake Northwest, and M. D. Lewis Bedford Southwest.
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DES Moines
Will H. Dilg
Frank Marnett
Spirit Lake
M. D. Lewis
Bedford
Henry Field to Speak at Johnson County Corn Festival
Republican U S Senate candidate Henry Field will speak in Iowa City during the Johnson County Corn Festival on October 20 and 21. Organizers announced arrangements Monday but did not confirm which day Field will appear.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Henry Field
United States
Johnson County
Field
Bookkeeper Held for Embezzlement in Iowa Bank Loss
Federal authorities say they will press embezzlement charges against Carroll Lura a 25 year old bookkeeper at the First National Bank of Story City Iowa after the bank failed to open. More than 12000 dollars were missing and Lura admitted investing money in grocery stores he operated under an assumed name in other towns. He had worked at the bank since 1929 and was turned over to federal agents in Des Moines after arrest.
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Des Moines
Carroll Lure
First National Bank
Story City
J. R. Hattery
Lura
National Catholic Rural Life Meeting Opens in Iowa
In Dubuque the National Catholic Rural Life conference gathers more than 600 delegates and 4,000 visitors starting Wednesday. Archbishop Beckman will greet attendees at Columbia College gym. Speakers include Agnes Samuelson, Royal Holbrook, Leroy Callahan, Ellamay Horan, John LeFarge, Francis Farrell, and Frank O Hara.
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Dubuque
Iowa
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Columbia College
Francis J. L. Beckman
Raphael's
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Royal H. Holb
Tuomey 67 Milwaukee station agent dies after stroke
T H Tuomey 67 longtime Milwaukee station agent at Parnell for 45 years and civic leader died at his home after a paralysis stroke Born in Washington Iowa he moved to Newton then to Parnell in 1887 He married Mary Butler in 1890 and they had seven children Funeral services will be held at St Josephs church on Wednesday morning
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Gazette
Parnell
T. H. Tuomey
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroad
Parnell Savings Bank
Board of Education
Mary Butler
John Vincent
Ottumwa
Ward
Cedar Rapids
Walter W
White Plains
Edward T
Azusa
Calif
Donald
Chicago
James E. Moore
Maple Park
Lionel Vaughn
San Francisco
Edward P. Tuomey
Blue Island
St. Joseph’s Church
Iowa College Press association plans spring meeting
The 1933 convention will be held at Iowa State Teachers college April 28 and 29. Officers meeting at Mount Vernon named Frank Beatle as president, Don Finlayson as vice president, Richard Baker and Hubert Coffey as directors. Ruth Latta chairs the convention committee with G. H. Holmes Jr. as adviser and Mrs. Elizabeth White Parks as past adviser.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa College Press Association
Iowa State Teachers College
Frank Beatle
Grinnell
Don Finlayson
Richard Baker
Cornell
Hubert Coffey
Coe
Ruth Latta
State Teachers
G. H. Holmes, Jr
Cedar Falls
Elizabeth White Parks
Buchanan County To Give Work To Needy Trade Coupons
Independence reports Buchanan County will pay unemployed dependents with trade coupons instead of cash. The program, approved by the Board of Supervisors, offers three days of woodcutting and road work weekly, with coupons redeemable only for food, clothing and essentials in county merchants. Gas, oil, and motor repairs are excluded.
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Buchanan County
C.A. Raffauf
Board of Supervisors
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Miss Smith
Gillette
King C. Gillette
Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Co., Inc
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Black Hawk
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Shimek
National Catholic Rural Life Meeting
Majestic Theatre
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Clive
India
Karl Godwin
Plassey
Henty
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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