Christmas Joy and Global Tensions Loom in News Commentary
A reflective piece contrasts Christmas joy with solemn Holy Week, urges gifts for children, and cites Great Britain's plan to double its air power amid looming Western Europe tensions. It also discusses U S wine liquor policy debates, farmer pricing woes in hogs and butter, government farm loans, and packer price tactics amid uncertain markets.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Austria
Europe
United States
Chicago
Wright brothers first successful powered flight thirty years ago
Thirty years have passed since the Wright brothers achieved the first powered heavier than air flight. Modern airplanes cross continents in minutes, far faster than trains, and far more useful than cars. Verne’s dream of rapid global travel is surpassed by air power, with plans to globe trot in about 67 days.
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Wright Brothers
Jules Verne
Verne
State education board to elect new ISU president
President Jessup of Iowa State University resigns and the State Educational Board will choose a successor. It is uncertain if a college dean will be promoted or a national search will be conducted. Verne Marshall is not expected to be consulted.
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Jessup
Iowa State University
State Educational Board
Comber
Verne Marshall
Distillery Lobby Favors Lower Taxes on Intoxicants
The distillery and brewery hubs push for reduced taxes on alcohol claiming to curb bootlegging. critics warn the move aims to boost liquor sales and ensure ample supply for consumers, while opponents argue it undermines regulation.
Real Estate Transfers Record Involving Multiple Parties
Real estate transfers including Emma Bodenhofer Rachel Vanderbilt Myrtle Manley Cora Siver Jennie Voorhees Harry Voorhees Jessie Hayden H. O. Danneman Otto Danneman Elsa S Beach D. M. Strawman Clyde Barker Glen Agne Equitable Life First Farm Land Co McDaniel across townships 23 83 4 14 86 3 27 28 16 83 4 84 3 85 3 12 83 4 5 84 4 6 84 3 83 4 1932 taxes and $1.00 considerations noted. several transfers specify small cash sums and mortgage assumptions. parcels include acres and road access, with several properties subject to mortgages and subsisting liens.
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Cora E. Siver
Myrtle EB. Manley
Rachel M. Vanderbilt
Emma Bodenhofer
Jennie Voorhees
Fred N. Voorhees
Harry M. Voorhees
Libbie E. Voorhees
Jessie Hayden
F. D. Hayden
Bradstreet
Monticello
H. O. Danneman
Otto Danneman
Elsa S. Beach
D. M. Strawman
C&nw
Clyde S. Barker
Secor
Clifford M. Strawman
Glen Agne
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
U. S. Whaw
Wrantors
First Farm Land Co
McDaniel W Ds
Renowned Women Authors Highlighted by Jury Committee
A committee of notable figures selects outstanding works by women including The Good Earth by Pearl Buck and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Other titles cited span 19th and early 20th century authors such as Willa Cather and Edna Ferber, reflecting a wide range of genres and eras.
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Ida M. Tarbell
Louis Bromfield
Robert Frost
Iona Gale
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Julia Peterkin
Charles Edward Russell
Gertrude Atherton
Pearl 8
Buck
Willa Cather
Marie Cummings
Edna Ferber
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Lulu Bett
Levenworth Case
Anna Katherine Green
Mary Johnston
Kathleen Norris
Mary
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Elizabeth Maddox Roberts
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Harriet Revcher
Stowe
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
Tr Odl
St. Elmo
Augusta Evans Wilson
Legislative Letter and State Capitol Gossip Update
A reflective survey of Iowa politics contrasts historic good roads and tax revision battles with current round table debates in the Senate. It notes measures to force replacement tax, liquor control proposals, highway commission scrutiny, and bills on sewage, livestock buying, and women’s employment, ending with quirky notes on a Captain Cook tortoise and Niagara Falls.
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45Th General Assembly
House of Representatives
Iowa
Senate
Solons
Liquor Control Commission
Control Commission
House and Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Alesh
Plymouth County
Durant
Winnebago County
State Department of Health
Captain Cook
Tonga
Niagara Falls
Farm Bureau Holds Its Annual Meeting Monday
The Jones County Farm Bureau emphasizes cooperation, urges prompt dues, and pledges support for the Agriculture Adjustment Act. It calls for tax reform with a 10 mill cap, opposes changes to Farm Aid, and seeks fair pricing for corn and livestock while noting China's diet on wheat and dry land crops.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa Agricultural College
China
United States
North China
Santa Claus Letters From Iowa Children Spur Christmas Wishes
A page of Santa Claus requests from Monticello and Scotch Grove Iowa in December 1933 shows children pairing lists for Santa. Ruth Decker asks for a tea ger and toys, Mary Fahrni seeks dishes sled candy, Richard Sutherland requests mittens and a tool box, and Marvin Himebaugh asks for a dump truck and beetle toy.
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Monticello
Iowa
Santa Claus
Mary Irene Fahrni
Richard Sutherland
Scotch Grove
Santa
Marvin C. Himebaugh
Christmas Programs In Various Local Churches
Christmas programs feature readings and songs from local church classes and soloists. Performances include The Traveler and the Shepherds, The Darkness Has Fallen, Christ Is All in All, Silent Night trio, Lullaby Brahms, Little Candles, and Come Hither Ye Children. Congregational hymns, distribution of gifts, doxology, Lord's Prayer, and benediction conclude the program.
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Kammerman
Clarence Brokhan
Eugene Schoon
the Traveler and the Shepherds
Alva Zimmerman
Marion McVay
Christ
Kathryn Gerdes
Arthur Adix
Dolores Che
Irma Schoon
Elaine Behrends
Arline Lubben
Mary Elizabeth Schoon
Clara Schatz
Bernice Stebels
Edna Schoon
Herbert Adix
Kathleen Carlsen
Brahms
Ann Marie Husman
Ann Marie Schoon
Mable Caspers
Lillian Freese
Alva Zimmer
Christmas Eve at Castle Grove Lutheran Church Program
The Castle Grove Lutheran Church presents a Christmas Eve service at 7:00 p.m. featuring a sequence of songs and readings. Participants include Emil Oltmanns, Helen Ahlrichs, Irene Siebels, Henrietta Kray, plus many others in mixed choir and reader roles. The program lists festive carols such as O Come Little Children and Glorify God, with multiple contributors and brief dramatized pieces.
Christmas Carols and Nativity Readings Featured in Service
A Christmas program presents "The Christmas Symbol" by Paul Caspers and "Bethlehem" with Theresa Ehita Marie Weers and Lorraine Weers. Other items include "Noel" by Burdena Origies, "Angels from the Realms of Glory," and "Gifts to Jesus" by Verona Krom ming a Stockings. Monce in the Highest features Marcella ond and "Silent Night, Holy Night" with "Holy Night" by Rudolph Ortgies and Edwin Caspers. The evening ends with "Christmas Carol" by Glenn Gerdes and "The Three Wise Men" by Carl Oltmanns and a Song: Good Night. Closing Service.
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Paul Caspers
Bethlehem
Theresa Ehita
Marie Weers
Lorraine Weers
Noel
the Three Wise Men
Carl Oltmanns
Velda Toenjes
Lorenz Rieken
Wilma Dirks
Mary Freese
Eveline Rickels
Robert Gerdes
Verna Stutt
Marvin Doden
Clifford Helgens
Christ
Wanda
Eileen Bohlken
Dolly
Elnora Siebels
Santa Claus
Pauline Siebels
Edna Osterkamp
Freda Osterkamp
Lucille Waggoner
Little Jesus
Luella Osterkamp
Wise Men
Galen Hagen
Jesus
Marvin
Audrey Oltmanns
Leona
Edna Dirks
Clarence Otten
Ella Freese
Bernice Freese
LeRoy Petersen
Leonard Ketelsen
Arlene Hagen
Helena Tjaden
Berdena Prull
Carlene Stahlberg
Martha Wennekamp
Clarence and
Richard Dirks
Ruth Dirks
Nadine Oltmanns
Roger Oltmanns
Margaret Oltmanns
John Osterkamp
Willis Doden
Vernon Doden
Leonard Doden
Ernc Bunting
Luella Loper
Leo Stutt
Robert Heyen
Dorothy Heyen
Lorenz Doden
Wilbur Doden
Clarence Oaken
Hanna Stutt
Verna Onken
LaVern Rickels
Raymond Hinrichs
Raymond Harms
Milton Rieken
Raymond
Richard Antons
Allen Poppe
Milton Harms
Eveline Harms
Lois Tobinson
Loren
Dorothy Rieken
Clara Balster
Alberta
Irwin
Delbert Husman
George Wessels
June Hinrichs
Merle
Dorothy
Maxine Ketelsen
Wilma
Henry Osterkamp
Marvin Englehart
Donald Tobiason
Lusetta Siebels
Herbert Herren
Alva Bunting
Louis Siebels
Robert Bock
Darrel Bock
Maycda Weers
George Freese
Ruth ‘Bennen
Alvin Weers
Bennie Sievertsen
Clarence Prult
Elfreda Wehling
Wilbur _Hinrichs
Leo Waggoner
Dale Danneman
Velda Rickels
Elda Stahlberg
Wilma Bartels
Carl Wolken
Lena Freese
Harvey Siebels
Theodore Freese
Alice Stutt
Louis Osterkamp
LaVern
Helene
Marie Husman
Louis, Willis
John Schafer
Kermit Kuhns
Celestia Kuhns
Eunice Kuhns
Milo Tobiason
Louis Freese
Marvin Jansen
Merle Jansen
Clifford Jansen
Bernice
Pauline
George Tobiason
Joyce
Marcella
Mabel
Mary Ann Otten
Selma Antons
Luella Seehusen
Meta Origies
Caroline Bediker
Irene Freese
Louise Thellen
Eddie Harms
William Wennekamp
Wilma Hagen
Hark
LaVern Kuhns
Bernice Poppe
Maynard Kuhns
Donald Danneman
Myron Kuhns
Louis Thuman
Richard Helgens
Leslie Balster
Lorenz Dierks
Dennis Tobiason
Christmas Eve Program at Congregational Church
A detailed list of readings songs and exercises performed on December 24 at 7 30 p m by the children's Christmas Eve program including hymns scripture lessons prayers scenes like Stockings Little Stars and The Street of Hearts with participants Margaret Ambuehl Marvin Etten Lloyd Messerli Evelyn Etten Olga Schneiter Helen Mardorf etc and concluding with Good Night Time.
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Margaret Ambuehl
Marvin Etten
Lloyd Messerli
Rose Schilt
William Steiner
Leona Smith
Robert Steiner
Mary Allamand
Robert Messerli
Madge Schneiter
Lewis Bader
Paul Schneiter
Olga Schneiter
Helen Mardorf
Dorothy Steiner
William Baumann
Milton Bader
Raymond Allamand
Helen Behrends
Hazel Behrends
Margaret Ambuchl
Irma Tenck
Richard Majors
Clifford Decker
Paul Messerli
Stanley Steiner
Ralph Bader
Laura Like
Helen Moore
Louise Mettler
Joyce Ambuehl
Ruth Decker
Loretta Behrends
Edna Steart
Santa Claus
Wanda Meyer
Bethlehem Star
Dorothy Dietiker
Louise Bauman
Margaret Bader
Dorothy Allamand
Lucille Dietiker
George Al-lamand
Ruth Schneiter
Marguerite Petersen
Mary Jane Veitch
Harold Steiner
Charles Ross
Ruby Ambuehl
War- Ten Durst
Ruth Steiner
Lucile Yossi
Dorothy Ambuehl
Lyle Burrichter
Vernon Meier
Lewis Burrichter
John Messerli
Vernon Steiner
John Meyer
Mary Schilt
Christmas Eve Service Program at Local Church
The program lists hymns and readings for a Christmas Eve service led by Pastor Gutknecht with multiple Sunday school divisions. Recitations include pieces by Agnes Bohlken Mildred Pede and others, followed by children's songs and prayers. The sequence covers "The Need of a Savior" and "Promises" with class-specific verses, ending with "Come Hither, Ye Faithful" and benediction.
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Agnes Bohlken
Mildred Pede
Jesus
Dorothy Himebaugh
Virginia Hanken
Lucille Bohlken
Lord Jesus
Babe
Marvin Himebaugh
Lester Monk
Robert Schuetz
Mae Null
Mildred Jacobs
Maxine Poppe
Adolph Bohlken, Jr
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Christ
Emil Scheer
LaVerne Plueger
Roy Null
Henry Behrends
William Minney
Ruth Reuter
Lucille Bartels
Dolores Poppe
Elenora Poppe
Ida Louise Brokens
Lorraine Jacobs
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church Christmas Program
Wayne Zion Lutheran hosts an Advent and Christmas program on December 24 7 p m led by Pastor J Willms with a long list of church members and children performing songs readings and responsive readings. The program includes numerous titles such as The Gift of Love This Happy Evening Bethlehem Marys Baby O Little Jesus and Silent Night with choir soloists and group readings.
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Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Chystains Prevent
J. Willms
Congregation Sings Hymn and Prayer Service
The service features Prull Our Offering hymn No 366 in the American Lutheran Hymnal with offertory and recitals of those omitted. Bong Good Night closes with prayers and benediction, doxology and announcements.
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Prull
Bong
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