Counties Go It Alone In Relief Effort In Iowa
Iowa emergency Relief administration orders twenty counties to operate entirely without federal or state aid for the rest of the year, with thirteen more asked to bear a larger relief load. The action follows a statewide funds check by county officials and notes 15 counties already using no federal funds.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowamergency Relief Administration
C. Pryor
Remer
Buena Vista
Calhoun
WPA
Jix
IERA
Adair
Allamakee
Boone
Roll
Cass
Crawford
Decatur
Iton
Howard
Keokuk
Lucy Montgomery
Warren
Day Corn Festival Opens in Tama
Tama hosts its Day Corn Festival with a corn husking contest to crown a champion. Saturday features two Tama Public School Band concerts led by Ray Hungerford along with hog chicken calling contests and a corn show with prizes for top samples. Local streets display stalks and pumpkins and a yellow corn monument spelling Tama stands at a main intersection. The event is sponsored by the Tama Commercial Club.
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la the Gazette
TAMA
Tama Inty
Tama Lic
Ray Hungerford
Orn
Ma Commercial Club
Yold Funeral Services For Kraschel's Mother
Decatur Illinois AP Lieut or Nels G Kraschel of Iowa will attend the funeral of his mother Mrs Nancy Kraschel 83 who died Thursday Funeral services set for noon at Ill where Mrs Kraschel lived most of her life She is survived by her daughter Mrs Charles Arr of Decatur a son Melvin of Glenwood Iowa and a stepdaughter Mrs William Eckhardt of Macon
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Decatur, Til
Nels G. Kraschel
Iowa
Nancy Raschel
Krachel
Nels
Kraschel
Charles Arr
Decatur
Melvin
Glenwood
William Eckhardt
Macon
Belle Plaine Man Retires After 45 Years on Railroad
Frank Humphrey ends 45 years of railroading in the East Iowa division of the North Western. Beginning as a freight brakeman in Clinton on July 3 1890, he later served as conductor with a long career including a notable head on collision without injury. He is 70, has nine children, and lives in Belle Plaine with his wife after moving from Clinton.
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the Gazette
Belle Plaine
Frank Humphrey
East Iowa
North Western Railroad
Clinton
Humphrey
Anamosa
Milland
Humphreys
Mr. Humphrey
W. H. Humphrey
Fortieth Street
Chicago
Frank
North Western
Maude Kratoska
Carroll
Herbert
Sioux City
Sarah Ebert
Marengo
Gertrude Barron
Cedar Rapids
Lucille Bruner
Denver
Dorothy
Morrison
Raymond
Minneapolis
Iowa State Opens Homecoming With Pep Celebration
Iowa State begins its three day homecoming with a pep barbecue on State Field Friday night and two campus dances. Beverly Wertz was elected pep queen and will reign on State Field. Former Cyclone stars Jim Wilson and Walter Weiss will speak. Kamial Lefevere will give two carillon concerts on the Stanton Memorial carillon Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
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Gazette Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa State Cyclones
Missouri Tigers
State Field
State Gym
Memorial Union
Beverly Wertz
Sioux City
Iowa State Grid
Jim Wilson
Brookings
S. D
Walter Weiss
Fort Dodge
Kamial Lefevere
Riverside Church
New York City
Stanton Memorial
Auditor replies to Pryor on relief bank criticism in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports State Auditor C. W. Storms answered J. C. Pryor's critique of the relief administration audit. Pryor noted concerns over the banking of relief funds and the large balance, while Storms cited an attorney general opinion about pledged securities and escrow requirements, detailing balances and authorization levels through 1935 and after.
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Des Moines
C. W. Storms
J. C. Pryor
State Relief Administration
Pryor
Burlington
G. 5
Worden
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank
Storms
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank and Trust Company
Pioneer DeWitt Attorney DeWitt A L Pascal Jr Honored on Birthday
DeWitt aug 81-year-old attorney A L Pascal Jr celebrated his birthday with a family dinner in DeWitt. The Clinton county native born October 25 1854 attended the University of Iowa Law School and helped lead the Pascal law firm through years of practice before retiring in 1930.
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Dewitt
A. L. Pascal, Jr
D. L. Pascal
Laura Pascal
P. P. Pascal
Frank Reyburn
Frank
Pocahontas
Laura Cates
Towa City
Pascal
Clinton County
Lyons
University of Iowa
Celia Purcell
Iowa City
Grand Mound
Pascal and Armentrout
Percy
Clinton
A. L. Pascal Jr
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company
Mr. Pascal
Reyburn
George
D. L
Iowa City Sets Nov 22 Special Vote on Pool Funds
Iowa City officials announced a special election date of November 22 to decide funding for a proposed municipal swimming pool. About 42 000 dollars from Works Progress Administration funds is allocated, with voters asked to approve an additional 19 000 dollars in city expenditure.
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Iowa City
Works Progress Administration
W C T U Re Elects Mrs Mann Des Moines President
The Iowa WCTU reunites after factional strife as Mrs Jeannette H Mann of Des Moines is re elected president for a third year. Tears, prayers, and a harmony plea marked the convention scene with rival candidate Harriett G McCullough. World peace speakers Congressman John W Gwynne and Mrs Eugene Henely urged arbitration over war.
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Waterloo
Woman's Christian Tempprance Union of
Iowa
Jeannette H. Mann
Des Moines
Harriett G. McCullough
Mann
John W. Gwynne
Eugene Henely
Grinnell
Gwynne
America
Henely
Tama County men reassigned to Lincoln highway relocation
Sixty two Tama county men were assigned by the federal re-employment office to work on the Lincoln highway relocation in Tama county. Grubbing on 8.3 miles of the new U S highway 30 has begun, with two Omaha firms moving equipment to the site and grading starting. Work also begins on Salt Creek bridge and the North Western railway overpass. In Iowa City, thirty pharmacy upperclassmen will depart for Detroit to study a major pharmaceutical plant.
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Gazette
TRAER
Tama County
Federal
Omaha
Salt Creek Bridge
North Western Railway
Iowa City
Pharmacy College of
The
University of Iowa
Detroit
Hawkeye Girl Chosen for Ziegfeld Film
NEA photo Clarissa Sherry of Hawkeye Iowa is one of six blondes selected in Hollywood by studio scouts to be glorified in the forthcoming film The Great Ziegfeld.
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NEA
Clarissa Sherry
Hawkeye
Hollywood
Ziegfeld
Clayton County School Masters meet held with wide representation
The Clayton County School Masters club met on Wednesday evening with representation from all schools except Volga City. The County Home Economics club met simultaneously. Rev. Dale Welch of Dubuque spoke, and musical numbers included a cornet solo by Shirley Ferguson and a tuba solo by Martha Rash. A dinner was served by the home economics class.
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Monona
Clayton County School Masters Club
Volga City
County
Dale Welch
Dubuque
Shirley Ferguson
Martha Rash
Des Moines Leader Calls Farm Strike in Support of Langer
Milo Reno of Des Moines, national president of the Farmers Holiday association, urged members and others to observe a five minute farm strike at 10 a.m. Tuesday in protest of what he called persecution of former North Dakota Governor Langer. Langer faces trial on charges tied to soliciting funds from federal relief workers amid a perjury indictment related to affidavits claiming prejudice in his original trial.
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DES Moines
Milo Reno
The
Farmers Holiday Association
Langer
North Dakota
Congress
Circuit Court of Appeals
Reno
Holiday Association
Andrew Miller
Speaker Believes Russo-Japan War Is Not Imminent
Dr. Henry S. Houghton former dean of the University of Iowa College of Medicine told the Iowa City Rotary club that Russia will avoid war with Japan unless the trans Siberian railroad is threatened He just returned from China where he aided Rockefeller Foundation work He warned that if Japan advances to upper Mongolia they may endanger the rail line creating potential conflict with Russia and noted Japan has extended westward securing Chinese backing to shield its flank.
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Iowa City
Russia
Japan
Henry S. Houghton
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City Rotary Club
China
Rockefeller Foundation
Orient
Houghton
Inner Mongolia
Upper Mongolia
Monticello Man Jailed For Theft Of Chickens
John Schmidt of Monticello pleaded guilty in Anamosa district court to stealing twelve chickens. He admitted the theft occurred while intoxicated. As a first offense, Judge John T. Moffit sentenced him to 90 days in county jail.
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Bpecia
Anamosa
John Schmidt
Monticello
Schmidt
John T. Moffit
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