Highest paid Iowa educators and officials listed in state pay
The state salary list shows University of Iowa leaders Edward Anderson and Virgil Hancher earning 12 000 annually, and Charles Finley at Iowa State College also 12 000. Adjunct changes reflect July 1 raises while the adjutant general department jumps to 54 000.
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Des Moines
Edward N. Anderson
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Adjutant General's Department
National Defense
Everett D. Plass
University of Town
George Stoddard
Graduate College
Chester A. Phillips
Commerce College
Mason Ladd
Law College
Percy Bordwell
F. M. Dawson
Norman Foerster
Earl E. Harper
R. E. Buchanan
T. R. Agg
Engineering
Harold V. Gaskill
H. H. Kildee
Charles V. Murray
George Veenker
Comptroller reports small state payrolls and names
Fred Porter the state comptroller records payroll amounts with a three cent payment listed for Mary Jane Johnson a student assistant at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. The Cedar Rapids entry notes a six dollar payment making the smallest cheque three cents.
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Fred Porter
Mary Jane Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss Johnson
Movie hopeful Jean Fitzgerald lands Warner Brothers contract
Jean Fitzgerald 23, ex University of Iowa student from Sioux City, broken back from a Santa Monica cliff fall last January, passes a screen test with a spinal brace and signs a Warner Brothers contract after months in a plaster cast.
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Hollywood
Jean Fitzgerald
University of Iowa
Santa Monica
Miss Fitzgerald
Warner Brothers
Sioux City
Don Potter Named President Of Delaware County Schoolmasters Club
Supt Don Potter of the Greeley consolidated school was chosen president at the Delaware County Schoolmasters Club meeting in the Manchester high school. Nathan Edward Earlville principal became vice president with Floyd E Pratt Manchester county superintendent as secretary treasurer. Ce cil W Bangs Manchester urged discussion on school issues as dates for county boys and girls basketball tournaments were set and a speech clinic with the Red Cross was planned for Oct 11 under nurse Marie Pound supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Don Potter
Greeley Consolidated School
Delaware County Schoolmasters
Mr. Potter
H. L. Fossler
Dundee
Nathan Edward
Earlville
Floyd E. Pratt
Red Cross
Delaware County
Marie Pound
Governor Proclaims Parent-Teacher Week in Iowa
Gov George A Wilson proclaims September 20 to 27 as parent teacher week in Iowa urging school and home to join in building strong bodies clear thinking and good character The governor notes both must share preparatory work for opportunities in social and industrial life and duties of citizenship
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Farmer Missing After Iowa River Dragging Near Marengo
Roy Newkirk a 40 year old farmer from four and a half miles northeast of Marengo is missing since Monday midnight. His car was found on a bridge a mile northeast of town as crews continuedriver dredging and search efforts Wednesday. He was last seen in Marengo wearing work clothes. he stands 5 feet 9 inches tall with a dark complexion black hair and gray eyes.
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Marengo
Roy Newkirk
Iowa
Newkirk
Iowa Woman To Face Charges Of Killing Ex-Husband
Mrs. Catherine Johnson aged 42 was headed for trial on first degree murder charges in the death of her ex husband Henry Christensen a 58 year old railroad car inspector at his home last June. She pleaded innocent at arraignment before District Judge John A Murray and is expected to stand trial late this month after a grand jury indicted her last week.
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Council Bluffs
Catherine Johnson
Henry Christensen
John A. Murray
Johnson
Captain Olaf Hustvedt Promoted to Rear Admiral Rank
The Navy announced President Roosevelt approved promotions of 12 captains to rear admiral and 147 commanders to captain. Olaf Mandt Hustvedt, 55, of Decorah Iowa, is named as one of the new rear admirals, commanding the 35,000 ton battleship North Carolina.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Olaf Mandt Hustvedt
Decorah
North Carolina
Strawberry Point Couple Observe Golden Wedding
Strawberry Point Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kramer observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a pot luck dinner and open house. Married Sept. 10, 1891 near Strawberry Point, they have lived on their place for 35 years, and reside five and a half miles southeast. He is 74 and she is 71, with five children listed: Mrs. E. G. Battin, Carl Kramer, Mrs. Roy Hood, Paul Kramer, and Edwin Kramer.
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Strawberry Point
Charles H. Kramer
Here
Kramer
Galena
Ill
Elizabeth Anton
Bavarian
Germany
E. G. Battin
Edgewood
Carl Kramer
Roy Hood
Estherville
Paul Kramer
Dundee
Edwin Kramer
McGregor
Forrest Appointed Acting Dean at Drake Law School
Des Moines reports Prof. Le land S. Forrest was named acting dean of Drake University Law School for one year while Dean Martin Tollefson serves in the army.
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Des Moines
Leland S. Forrest Wednesday
Drake University Law School
Martin Tollefson
Maquoketa River Hits 22-Foot High Flood Peak
Major flood danger in eastern Iowa eased Wednesday as the Maquoketa River receded. About 7,500 acres of crops, mainly corn, flooded in Jackson County with damage estimated at 75 to 80 percent. Water peaked at 22.10 feet near the confluence of the Maquoketa forks, far below the 1927 record of 23 feet, and rainfall and river readings shifted as the day progressed.
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Iowa
Jackson County
F. E. Krause
Maquoketa
Government Reading
Lakehurst Dam
John Hammerand
Iowa Power Company
Lakehurst
Iowa River
Iowa City
Bertram S. Barnes
Iowan Father Joins Navy With Seven Sons On Nevada
Clarence Floyd Patten a 52 year old farmer and sawmill operator from Ridgefield Washington joined the navy as fireman first class aboard the battleship Nevada. He took the oath on deck in a ceremony broadcast nationally with Admiral Harold R Stark praising him as a patriotic father alongside seven of his eight sons in naval service. The navy waived the age limit to admit Patten whose sons range in age from 18 to 30. Patten will work in the engine room on the same shift as his sons.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Floyd Patten
Nevada
Patten
Ridgefield
Wash
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Washington
Admiral Stark
Defenders of Liberty
Navy
Navy Department
Gilbert
Marvin
Independence Girl Weds Rowley Man
Miss Margaret Main of Independence becomes the bride of Dale Prahm of Rowley in a Presbyterian church ceremony l officiated by Rev. R. J. Netting. Betty Jane Main of Iowa City served as maid of honor with bridesmaids Fern Prahm and others. Best man was Charles Main. ushers included Floyd Sayles and Bill McFarland. A church reception followed. they plan a short wedding trip and will live west of Rowley.
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Rowley
Margaret Main
Lewis Main
Independence
Dale Prahm
Oscar F. Prahm
Presbyterian Church
R. J. Netting
Betty Jane Main
Iowa City
Fern Prahm
Jane Greenly
Helen Tidball
Bette Holle
Charles Main
Floyd Sayles
Bill McFarland
Robert Gillson
Earl Trumbauer
Independence High School
Rowley High School
Iowa Manufacturers Use Defense Office In Des Moines
More than 200 Iowa manufacturers have used the defense contract office since it opened August 11. Deputy Manager George Beese said inquiries covered plans for defense contracts and subcontracts. He noted firms moved quickly to use the office due to material shortages for non defense needs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Beese
Beese
Office of Production Management
No Favors For Corn Pickers On Roads
District Judge Meyer ruled that mechanical corn picking machines eight feet three inches wide must meet the eight foot highway width standard. He denied an injunction for Wood Brothers Thresher Co and upheld that farmers moving the implements are proper to seek exemption as temporary movements.
Des Moines Boy, 5, Shoots Self
A five year old Des Moines boy, Theron Charles Strait Jr., found a .32 caliber revolver under a pillow and shot himself. He was in serious condition after the bullet pierced his right lung and back through the leather case. His father works as a patrolman at the Des Moines ordnance plant.
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Des Moines
Theron Charles Strait, Jr
Theron Charles Strait
Strait
Dredge Worker Fined on Assault Charge
William D. Hutchens, a river dredge worker near Guttenberg, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined $25 plus costs in Justice Ray Barton’s court. Sheriff E W Carlsen said Hutchens assaulted two Elkader farm boys Saturday evening as they were about to enter their car.
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Eleader
William D. Hutchens
Guttenberg
Ray Barton
Hutchens
E. W. Carlsen
Elkader
Debt Crisis Warns Of Tax Rise Burden On Families
Des Moines AP Chairman Robert R. Reynolds warns that forthcoming federal tax increases will hit every family as the national debt could reach 100 billion dollars if the war lasts another year. He says a 100 billion debt would be a $3,000 first mortgage per family and exceed bank deposits by 25 billion. He questions long term public works as a fix and warns the peace could trigger a new economic slump with mass homelessness and unemployment.
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DES Moines
Robert R. Reynolds
N.C
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Iowa
America
Iowa Court Upholds Tax on Life Insurance Dividends
District Judge John J. Halloran upheld the Iowa tax commission in collecting a 2 percent gross premium tax on life insurance policy dividends used to buy paid up policies. Prudential sought a 25000 refund for 1939 and 1940. The ruling protects tax collection as a test case affecting foreign insurers in Iowa.
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DES Moines
John J. Halloran
Iowa Tax Commission
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Halloran
Tax Commission
Iowa
Lindbergh Renames Talk Title in Des Moines Speech
America First officials announced Lindbergh’s Des Moines address title was changed from Who Are the Interventionists to Who Are the War Agitators. The committee member said the revised title is stronger. Also notes Lizzie Wyatt of Davidson County North Carolina became a grandmother at 29.
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United States
DES Moines
America First Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Earl E. Jeffrey
Lizzie Wyatt
Davidson County
N. C
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