Iowa Teachers Convene for State Association Meet
Nearly 7 000 delegates and 200 speakers will attend the Iowa State Teachers association three day convention opening November 1 in Des Moines. Notable leaders and educators from DePauw University to New York will address general and departmental sessions.
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Corning
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
S& Parkes Cadman
New York
Charles J.woodbridge
Independent Board For Presbyterian Foreign Missions
Frances Perkins
E. W. Butterfield
Connecticut
Everett Dean Martin
People’s Institute
Des Moines Federation of Teachers
Joseph Bender
Vienna
Harriett Woods
Minnesota
The
Library Association
Clarence Stratton
Cleveland
English Association
J.M. Glass
Rollins College
Florida
Mary G. Kelly
Chicago
Iowa Association of Industrial Arts
Pye
Cardiff Giant faces eviction suit over unemployment
Fort Dodge AP report on the Cardiff Giant once sought by P T Barnum as a major hoax now sits among the unemployed and facing eviction. The three ton gypsum image discovered on a New York farm in 1869 was stored at the New York state fairyard after a brief revival. Syracuse chamber of commerce paid 2000 to hold it for a year, but with no manager and storage costs looming, owners consider moving him out and earning his keep again.
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Fort Dodge
Cardiff
P. T. Barnum
New York
J. Dan Ackerman
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Frederick E. Norton
Syracuse Chamber
Shim
Texcelsior
Syracuse
Washington County hospital names interim superintendent
The Washington County hospital board announced the appointment of Marion Todd to fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Mar ghard Hales Rose as superintendent.
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Washington, Ia
INS
Marion Todd
Marghard Hales Rose
Washington County Hospital
Register Your Baby Campaign Aims to Boost Iowa Birth Records
Des Moines Dr Walter L Bierring urges civic groups to back the Register Your Baby effort as proof of age and citizenship grows. The campaign by the Census Bureau and Iowa Health Department, with E R A aid, distributes baby registration cards through the post office to every family. Families with a birth in the past year are asked to fill and return the card, even if the child was previously registered.
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Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Iowa State de
Partment of
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Post Office Department
Secretary Wallace Heads Program At Peace Conference
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace will head the speaker lineup at the Iowa International Relations conference in Grinnell. Other presenters include Paul Dengler Edward Steiner Grayson Kirk Theodore Hume Harry Gideonse among academics and religious leaders. The event, moved from early November to mid November to accommodate Wallace.
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Grinnell
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Chicago
Harry Gideonse
University of Chicago
Wallace
Cornell Professor Publishes World Affairs Volume
Mount Vernon reports Dr. Russell M. Cooper of Cornell, among the university’s youngest faculty, has released American Consultation in World Affairs through Macmillan. The work analyzes recent consultative efforts by world powers and argues free U S consultation with neutral nations fosters united world sentiment, peace, and disarmament.
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Mount Vernon
Macmillan Company
Russell M. Cooper
Cornell College
Cornell
Cooper
United States
United World
Final Week in Iowa Campaign Sees Parties Rally
Des Moines AP reports Iowa enters a final campaign week before November 6 with both major parties confident yet urging renewed effort. Candidates across parties plan stumping tours, while leaders anticipate heavy turnout and possible gains for both parties in Iowa’s nine congressional seats.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herring
Congress
House of Representatives
Contests for Fourth and Third District Congressional Nomination
Rival candidates for the Fourth Town district nomination are Fred Biermann the Democratic incumbent of Decorah and C A Benson Republican of Elkader. The Fourth district spans multiple counties including Buchanan Fayette Delaware Clayton and Mitchell among others. Benson, 44, a farmer and stock man, has a strong Iowa senate record. Biermann, 50, former Decorah publisher and postmaster, is a World War II veteran who has served in Congress the last two years.
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Fred Biermann
Decorah
C. A. Benson
Elkader
Buchanan
Fayette
Delaware
Clayton
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Chickasaw
Howard
Mitchell
Floyd, Worth
Cerro Gordo
Benson
Iowa Senate
Biermann
Congress
Gilbert Haugen
Iowa
Wallace Sumner
Mason City
A. ©. Willford
Waterloo
John W. Gwynne
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Butler
Franklin
Grundy
Hardin
Marshall
Tama
Wright
Williford
Vinton
Gwynne
Iowa County
Suspect Tied to Iowans’ $3940 Con Games
Det Insp A H Pedersen said St Joseph Missouri police hold a suspect in two Iowa con games that fleeced L A Anderson Elk Horn of 1240 and Henry Schrapforth Battle Creek of 2700. The man claimed the name Joe Hill and had 630 and counterfeit money. Anderson and Schrapforth planned to view the suspect as Pedersen and C Edwin Moore traveled there.
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Des Moines
A. H. Pedersen
St. Joseph
Pedersen
Joe Hill
Iowa
L. A. Anderson
Elk Horn
Henry Schrapforth
Battle Creek
Anderson
Inspector Pedersen
C. Edwin Moore
G O P Rally Set for Fayette County Oelwein Meeting
Fayette county Republican rally to be held in Oelwein Wednesday evening features speeches by Charles A. Benson candidate for congress Clarence W Knutson Buck Manning Bill Hunt and Ole Nagelstad with other candidates introduced A banquet precedes the gathering A parade includes three drum and bugle corps and two German bands from Independence Elkader Oelwein Elgin Hawkeye and Jesup The Jersey girls sextet will sing.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
Charles A. Benson
Congress
Clarence W. Knutson
Clear Lake
Edwin “Buck” Manning
Bill Hunt
Ottumwa
Ole Nagelstad
Sioux City
Independence
Elkader and
Elgin and
Hawkeye
Jersey Girls
Jesup
Frank Lloyd Wright to Speak at Cornell Lecture Series
Cornell’s artist and lecture course announces four more prominent guests alongside Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright will lecture on November 27, Leo Luboshutz violinist performs December 4, Stark Young author and critic speaks January 30, and Frank Mannheimer violinist gives a concert March 12.
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Mount Vernon
Madame Hammer
Ibsen
Cornell College
Clyde Tull
Frank Lloyd Wright
Modern School of Architecture
Leo Luboshutz
Stark Young
So Red the Rose
Frank Mannheimer
Five Men Awaiting Execution in Fort Madison Death Row
Five men sit on Iowa state prison death row for murder or complicity. Arch Breeding of Red Oak faces Oct. 29 1935 execution for killing his wife. Reginald Tracy of Manchester set for Nov. 29 1935 for wife killing. accomplice Mrs. Flossie Fear is imprisoned for life. Tony Thompson of St. Louis to be hanged Oct. 28 1935 for killing a Louisa County farmer. Chett Brewer and Pat Griffin of Waterloo convicted for Deputy Sheriff W F Dilworth’s fatal shooting. their appeal is before the state supreme court.
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Fort Madison
State Prison
Black Hawk County
Arch Breeding
Red Oak
Reginald Tracy
Manchester
Flossie
Fear
Rockwell City
Lost Nation Man Is Corn Husker Champion
Harvey Grover, 26, of Lost Nation wins Clinton county corn husking title. In eighty minutes he picked 1,540 pounds and husked ears at 38 per minute, defeating three others in Clinton county's first official bangboard classic.
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Clinton
Harvey Grover
Lost Nation
Clinton County
Grover
Fader Held in Missouri Valley Gun Battle Case
Sheriff C F Cross announced John Fader 25 of Council Bluffs is in custody on assault with intent to murder charges connected to the October 17 Missouri Valley gunfight that wounded two policemen and two bystanders. A Monday hearing in Logan is scheduled.
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Fader
James Kirling
William Clary
Missouri Valley Railroad
Kirling
Clary
Demus Schwertly
Roy Sherling
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Hospital. Sheriff Cross Said James Hicks
Hicks
Cross
Logan
Eliminate Railroad Crossings on Iowa Primary Roads
Ames AP steady progress in eliminating or improving railroad crossings on Iowa primary roads is shown by the state highway commission. In 1933, twelve crossings were eliminated by relocation, three by abandonment, and six new grade separations built. Crossings per miles dropped from 1 per 6.0 to 1 per 11.93. Overhead or undercrossings rose from 62 in 1919 to 232 by 1933.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Commission
Iowa social worker officers elected at conference
The four day Iowa South Dakota Nebraska social workers conference elected new Iowa officers led by George Keller of Iowa City as president. Ina Tyler Des Moines and Pauline Devitt Oskaloosa also won vice presidencies along with John O Knutson Sioux City as vice president and Mrs Richard Haines Oskaloosa as secretary and treasurer. Keller is an instructor at the University of Iowa and state relief director.
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Sioux City
Social Workers
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
New Iowa
George Keller
Iowa City
Ina Tyler
Des Moines
Pauline Devitt
Oskaloosa
John O. Knutson
Richard Haines
Keller
University of Iowa
Miss Tyler
Former President Absalom Rosenberger Dies at 85
Whittier California AP confirms Dr Absalom Rosenberger 85 prominent Quaker educator died at his home after a long illness He led Penn College Oskaloosa Iowa from 1888 to 1908 served as Whittier College president 1916 to 1920 and sat on Earlham College trustees Born near Thorntown Indiana he graduated from Earlham in 1886 practiced law at Wichita before leading Penn College.
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Whittier
Calif
Absalom Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Penn Coll~ Lege
Oskaloosa
Whittier College
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Thorntown
Earlham
Wichita
Irian
Penn College
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Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Salem
Towa
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
E. C. Eicher
Johnson
Cedar
Muscatine
Louisa
Jefferson
Henry
van Buren and
Lee
Hicklin
Louisa County
Iowa State Senate
Eicher
A. C. Willford
Missouri Valley
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