Town School Teachers Convene at Des Moines
Sun reporters recount impressions of Kansas farmers Kentucky moonshiners Harvard graduates Oxford men Colorado unemployed army draftees Western mayors Cuban consuls Mexican peasants and Quebec children. A mix of fear and friendliness emerges as farmers and small towns offer lodging while migrants discuss work and countrywide concerns. Burger says Iowa feels like home and he may move there after graduation.
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the Sun
Kansas
Kentucky
Harvard
Oxford
Colorado
Quebec
Young Burger
Iowa
Hawkeye
Iowa school code commission faces rewrite overhauls
The Iowa school code commission, created by the last legislature, grapples with whether to rewrite all school laws or weed out inconsistencies. Budgeted at 7500 dollars, the panel plans a complete rewrite to equalize educational opportunity and explore alternatives to direct property taxes. Members include Jessie M. Parker as chair, S. BE Lincoln, Floyd Page, J Kendall Lynes, and J H Anderson. They met at the state house with expert J Edgar Morphst of Florida.
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Iowa School Code Commission
Towa
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jessie M. Parker
S. BE
Lincoln
Des Moines
Floyd Page
Denison
J. Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
J. H. Anderson
Thompson
State House
J. Edgar Morphst
Florida
Governor's secretary to wed Miss Edna Moser in Reinbeck
Edna Moser 26 and John D. Zug 27, both connected to the Iowa governor's office, will marry Oct 18 in Reinbeck. Moser, a stenographer on Governor Wilson's staff, and Zug, secretary to the governor, have both worked in newspaper service and journalism circles in Iowa.
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Iowa
Reinbeck
Edna Moser
John D. Zug
George A. Wilson
Zug
Miss Moser
Reinbeck Courier
Iowa State Bureau
International News Service
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Association
Gov. Wilson
University of Iowa
Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Drake University
School of Journalism
Next Governor? Hickenlooper Tells Fairfield Crowd
Republicans in Iowa's new first district held a gathering at Fairfield with Roscoe Thoma as toastmaster. Thoma introduced Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper as the next governor, prompting Miller's surprised reaction and a boastful schoolboy quip from Hickenlooper about his impending grade.
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First District
Fairfield
Roscoe Thoma
Earl G. Miller
Thoma
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Local News Updates from Clermont Area Residents
Clermont local notes report illnesses and medical care, military service updates, furloughs, and family visits. The column lists travelers from Elkader to Ossian, Camp Claiborne and Camp Callan assignments, plus wedding news for Ione Roselyn Osland and Arnold Lightly and several social gatherings and bridge scores among area families.
Local residents visit and housework assignments noted
Visitors and weekend guests are listed including Lou and Mrs Jones in McGregor Wm Burrow Jr in Cedar Rapids Lucille Lubke in Oelwein Er ne Holt and Anna Paulson homes hosting gatherings Des Moines Des Moines area traveler Larry Cline and Fred Cline Eliza Nelson Maude Peters Dan Vogt Water loo and Carl Voelz L H Appelman Frank Fay J C Halverson Camp West Union Oran Brandt Castalia Ed Olson Bernard Schrader U S A Fayette Melvin Anderson Nels Gilbert Glesne El kader Albert Scheel Dick O Griebe Gena Amundson Farmersburg Arthur Morris Osage Corn Day at Waukon Gunderson Bros.
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Mary Benson
Dan Burke
North Dakota
Orville Sullivan
Elkader
Ed Buser
Mary Grover
Echo Valley Park
Elmer Trude
Richard
Camp Callan
Calif. Pruyt
Clarence Kittleson
Camp Claiborne
Henry Kittleson
Jessie Loftsgard
University Hospital
Town City
Nina Simerson
Ossian
Nels Gilbert
Melvin Anderson
Inga
Anna Larson
Linsworth Osland
Chester
Fort Warren
Wyo
Fred Cline
Theo, Loftsgard
Joe Kula
Cedar Rapids
Lovie Olson
Oakdale
Marjorie
P. F. Zosthke
R. P. Bronleewe
Elgin
L. L. Whitworth
Waterloo
Len Simek
Louise Milley
W. R. Blake
Contract Bridge Club
Arthur Morris
Lillian Larrabee
L. L. Whiteworth
Russell Gruger
Gene
Fayette
Geo. Cowles
Karen
West Union
Envald
Alvin Thorstenson
Waukon
Milton Helgerson
Milo
Postville
Earl Simpson
Waverly
Andrew
Anna Gunderson
Clara Helgerson
Marie Skaren
Agnes Bilden
Chicago
Marie Rigstad
Hildur Baade
Ione Roselyn Osland
Lars Osland
Arnold Lightly
Petra Larson
Austin, Minn
Arizona
Richard Griebenow
Wm. Burrow, Jr
Frank Stones
Wm. Paulson
Oelwein
Thos. Wetherbee
Lavern Kinsel
Wm. Burrow
Lou Jones
McGregor
Lucille Lubke
H. A. Lubke
John Sampson
Ernest Holt
Larry Cline
Des Moines
Eliza Nelson
Anna Paulson
Maude Peters
W. A.’ Peters
Dan Vogt
Carl Voelz
L. H. Appelman
Frank Fay
J. C. Halverson
Helen
Gunderson Bros
Albert Scheel
Dick O'Griebe
Andrew Nordhus
Gena Amundson
Farmersburg
The
American Legion
Osage
Clarence
Elizabeth
Lillian
The Goody-Goody Parents And A Child’s Vital Spirit
A discussion on child health and development urges parents to allow curiosity, play, and vigorous activity. It questions overly strict homes and emphasizes balanced diet, sleep, and freedom to explore. It notes that well cared for children show energy and happiness, while suppressed zest may signal underlying needs.
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Dalydy
Dymaxion Deployment Unit on view at MoMA
In the Museum of Modern Art New York City, the Dymaxion Deployment Unit by R Buckminster Fuller is displayed. The unit promises rapid manufacture shipping and setup for defense housing barracks or guest housing and doubles as a bomb shelter, being hurricane and earthquake proof with capacity for six in a family or twelve in barracks.
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New York City
Museum of Modern Art
R. Buckminster Fuller
Musseum
Grand Meadow Community Notes and Local Happenings
Last week featured family visits and birthdays across Grand Meadow with multiple residents joining at Julia Landsgard’s home and other locals attending Corn Day in Decorah. The column also notes purse thefts at a funeral, Iowa inductees, Denison sweet potatoes, and a group from Grundy Center tallying 24,000 miles hauling gravel in just over three months.
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Iowa
Fred Getting
Wayne Newton
Gita Rindela
Joe Klar
Grundy Center
Wisconsin seed shows plow champ wins near La Crosse
William S May of Mondovi Wisconsin, a member of Buffalo county soil conservation district, won a cracked furrow tractor plowing championship on Lester Hoeth farm near La Crosse. Six district champions emerged from four Wisconsin eliminations and one each from Minnesota and Iowa.
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la Crosse
Wis
Asso
Wm. S. May
Mondovi
Buffalo County Soil Conservation District
Lester Hoeth
Here
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Birthday Dinner Marking Forty Second Year
Since September 25, 1899, Mr and Mrs Chas Porter and Mr and Mrs Ace Seelye and Mr and Mrs John Gates of Decorah have held an annual birthday dinner. They rotate the host location until Mrs Porter’s death, and the other two ladies continue the tradition, this year reaching its forty second year.
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Chas. Porter
Ace Seelye
John Gates
Decorah
Porter
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Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Fayette County
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Clermont, Iowa
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Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Grand Meadow News
Janet
Ronald Lyngaas
Bert Lyngasa
Myrtle Skarshaug
Spring Valley
Minn
Oscar Lind
Myrtle Peterson
Enoch Mark
Anton Skaren
Carolyn Erickson
Arthur Olson
Julia Landsgard
Henry Olson
Clarence Olson
Robert Wharram
Joan
Stanley
Jens Johnson
Willard Martin
Quinton Clark
Sheila’ Mae
Lena Clark
Julia‘ Landsgard
Alvin Halverson
Ronald
Albert Olson
Olivia Olson
Myra
Bertha Jane
Clifford Osmundson
Delores
Vivian
Elmer
Johnny Olson
Ben Erickson
Bert Lyngaas
Julia Gandsgard
Linn County
United States Army
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Ed Schwank
Bolson
Elgin Cooperative Co
Max Medberry
Mgr
C. M. Kneeland
Miles Nervine
Mea
Fashion Cleaners
Ys — Fashion Way
Carl Klingman
Carl Baechler
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