Park Place Struggles With Heavy Enrollment Crisis
Park Place School faces crowding with 97 children and possible arrivals pushing toward 101. Officials and residents pursue solutions after a failed federal aid school expansion vote and limited options like relocating classes to Lincoln or North Star, with bus and crossing safety concerns and rising tuition debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Place
Park Place Community Club
Lincoln School
Muscatine
Lincoln
North Star School
Locust Grove
Utility Shares Rally Boosts Market Toward Yearly Highs
A brisk rally in utility shares lifted the New York market toward highs for the year. Strong late trading, firm closes, and about 650000 shares moved, with power stocks powering the upswing. Major gainers included Commonwealth and Southern, Consolidated Gas, People’s Gas, and names across steel, auto, and utility groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Commonwealth
Southern
Consolidated Gas
Peoples Gas
American Telephone
Public Service of New Jersey
Columbia Gas
Pacific Gas
North American
American Water Works
American Can
Case
Continental Can
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Johns Manville
Santa Fe
N. Y
Central
New Haven
Bobby Rowe to entertain at Muscatine Richland Kittenball game
Bob Rowe winner of an amateur radio contest at WMT Cedar Rapids will perform banjo and harmonica between innings of the Kittenball game between Muscatine All-Star girls and Richland Iowa at Oregon Street Diamond. Game starts 2:30 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob , Rowe
East Sixth Street
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Wapello County Receives 1935 Corn Hog Aid Payments
Ottumwa reports Wapello County has received 905 payments totaling 71980.05 dollars for No 1 contracts of the 1935 corn hog reduction program. Distribution will begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumway
Wapello
Emerson shoots sub par 36 at Geneva Country Club
Dr. E. L. Emerson, a Geneva Golf and Country Club semi finalist, joined the sub par group by carding 36 on the nine hole layout Friday. He birdied the fourth hole with Charles Meeresink, the club champion, and played even on the other eight holes, rare for the season at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Emerson
Geneva
Iowa WPA Wage Scales Published by Des Moines Bulletin
The WPA announces Iowa county wage scales for projects with unskilled workers paid 22.9 to 2.1 cents per hour and skilled workers 31.4 to 51.4 cents per hour. Monthly hours capped at 140. City size determines brackets from Des Moines to small towns, with new scales listed by population tiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Works Progress Administration
Iowa
Federtion of
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Schultz Seeks Return to New York After Birth News
Dutch Schultz plans to come back to New York despite Mayor La Guardia veto following his acquittal on federal income tax charges. His wife reportedly gave birth during Schultz's Malone trial, with Dr. John J. OConnor said to have officiated. The mayor indicated Schultz cannot return to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dutch Schultz
F. H. LaGuardia
New York Post
Harlem
Schultz
Malone
N. Y
John J. O'Connor
U. S. Marine Hospital
Arthur Flegenheimer
Bronx
LaGuardia
New York City
Barry Reports Sale of First Migratory Water Fowl Stamp
Postmaster Albert S. Barry reports the sale of the first migratory water fowl stamp for one dollar. Hunters over sixteen must carry the stamp, write their name on it, and show it on demand. penalties include fines up to five hundred dollars or six months imprisonment. Funds support habitat restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Albert S. Barry
Park Pool Sees Over 3000 Bathers This Week
Pool officials report more than 3000 swimmers used Weed Park pool during the week to beat intense heat. About 800 bathers visited last Sunday and on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, with 2300 more joining later in the week at the natatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Pool
Weed Park
Park Service to Probe Complaint Over Iowa Park Programs
The National Park Service will send a representative to investigate complaints that the Omaha regional office is restricting Iowa's park development program. Iowa director Prof. C. B. MacDonald reports reductions in park camps from 15 to 11 planned for the next period beginning Oct. 1, noting prior fluctuations from 17 to 14. He urged Omaha officials to cooperate to move the program forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Park Service
Iowa
Omaha
C. B. MacDonald
Iowa Board of Conservation
MacDonald
Louis Murphy
State Ends Case Against Ferris Detroit Murder Trial
The state rested after presenting the automobile used in the Dickinson slaying and reading final statements from Florence Jackson and three others. Testimony described plans to kill or seriously harm the New York attorney for his money and detailed a hotel bar encounter and a drunken strip poker party before the Rouge Park murder for $134.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
Florence Jackson
Ferris
New York
Jean Miller
Loretta Jackson
Dickinson
Rouge Park
Grain loan plan outlined for Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota
H C Aaberg assistant secretary of agriculture led a meeting in Des Moines detailing a new small grain loan program for farmers in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. Loans cover oats wheat barley and rye at 60 percent or 50 percent of market value through the Production Credit Corporation of Omaha or the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives, with interest not exceeding five percent and June 1 1936 maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Statehouse
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
District Court Orders Turner of Funds and Conservator Named
An Iowa district court ordered Chief of Police W E Longstreth to deliver 1240 dollars in his possession to Catherine Sell or her counsel in the State of Iowa v Lawson et al case. A continuance until March 1 1937 was granted in Equitable Life Assurance Society v C L McIntire et al. A J Stanfield of Cedar Rapids appointed conservator of property without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
W. E. Long- Streth
State of
Iowa
John Lawson
Catherine Sell
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
C. L. McIntire
A. J. Stanfield
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine Bands Trip to San Diego Cancelled
Twenty five Muscatine musicians including Elmer Ziegler were to join 800 Iowa band members on a 14 day trip to California with a Denver stop to perform at the exposition. The plan was canceled and promoters face questions about the roughly $300 paid by each member for transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Elmer Ziegler
San Diego
Calif
Iowa
Ottumwa
Drake University
Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
California
Denver
Ziegler
Air liner crashes near Barton New Mexico injures crew
An eastbound Trans continental and Western Air plane crashes during an emergency landing 20 miles east of Albuquerque near Barton. Pilot Cliff Abbott and co-pilot Bill Jones are injured. eight passengers escape unharmed as wreckage tears away left wing and engines after clipping pines. Weather suspected but cause under investigation.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Barton
Cliff Abbott
Bill Jones
W. H. Ostrander
Ostrander
Transcontinental and Western Air Company
Here
Abbott
Jones
Senate probes railroad financing for major reorganizations
Washington Senator Wheeler’s interstate commerce panel investigates Kuhn, Loeb and Co and bonds of Missouri Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific as railroads seek reorganizations. Hearings may start late fall but could begin sooner if merger pace rises. Wheeler cites investor protests demanding full disclosure before insider control persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
New York
Kuhn, Loeb and Co
Missouri Pacific
J. P. Morgan and Co
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Pacific
Kuhn
Loeb
Wheeler
Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Balthasar M. Meyer
Commission
Montanan
Senate
Foresters win aid for records review in merger case
Supreme Court Justice James Parsons granted the Independent Order of Foresters request for a review of Judge W W Scott order to produce company books. Davenport district court records involved merger of the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Toronto insurance company. September term hearing set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
James Parsons
Independent
Order of Foresters
Toronto
Can
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Scott
Modern Brotherhood of America
Mason City
Toronto Insurance Company
Clothing Store Robbed in Pomersoy Iowa
Thieves robbed the Frank Hanlin clothing store of about $500 in clothing on Friday night. The haul included 25 suits and shirts with other apparel. Two other local businesses were entered that night but suffered minimal losses. Police suspect a regional gang active in northwest Iowa.
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Pomersoy
Ila
Frank Hanlin
Iowa
Births and local updates noted in Muscatine city brief
Mr and Mrs Earl Smith announce a son Raymond Keith born Friday afternoon. Several residents ill or improving include A J Magnus and Mrs Lorena Marx. Across town, McColl & Co manager W W Freeborn plans a New York buying trip. Scouts seek Mississippi Valley Fair traffic duty details. A marriage license issued to Edward Zybarth and Marie Oostendorp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smith
Raymond Keith
A. J. Magnus
Magnus Model Laundry
Maria Collison
Atalissa
Pauline Strong
Demorest Avenue
Lorena Marx
Nebraska Street
W. W. Freeborn
McColl and Company
New York
Tom Foglesong
Ida Warfield
Iowa Avenue
California
Leo Hart
Union Young People’s
Weed Park
Joe Montgomery
I. V. Howenstine
Liberty Street
Bessie Maher
Cleveland
George Brown
Foster Street
Muscatine
C. R. Rabedeaux
Fairview Avenue
Andrew J. Barko
Fletcher Avenue
East Second Street
Glen Billick
Oskaloosa
Second Street
Billick
Holland Burch
Columbus Junction
Bellevue Hospital
Burch
James Sywassink
Fred Wingerter
West Ninth Street
Harry Jacoby
Bartlett Street
Dorothy Phillips
Park Avenue
William Gilleland
First Avenue
Robert Leysen
Pine Street
Annou
Paul Edward
Muscatine Knights of Pythias Lodge
Stand Lodge
Waterloo
Edward Zybarth
Marie E. Oostendorp
Coed Missing as Search Begins in Wayne Nebraska
Wayne State Teachers College in Wayne Nebraska reports a missing coed Lorena Lee of Sioux City Iowa. The 19 year old student had been missing for a week after arriving for the summer term. Relatives say letters reveal she felt she could care for herself and had lived with an aunt in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Ex Senator Dolliver House Sold to Fort Dodge Club
Fort Dodge Women’s Club purchased the former Dolliver House, the residence of the late United States Senator J P Dolliver, today to establish it as the club’s permanent home in Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
Dolliver
United States
J. P. Dolliver
Relief Clients Protest After Relief Cuts in Muscatine County
About 25 people claiming they were removed from relief work in Muscatine County met with the Muscatine County Unemployed and Relief association and social workers at the courthouse. They sought reinstatement but were told no action until social service head Miss Clara Schwandt returns. They later met county chairman G. Allbee, staying in the building until a grocery order is promised, with minor disruption as workers were briefly blocked from leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Unemployed and Relief Association
Court House
Clara Schwandt
Social Service
Wisconsin
Miss Schwandt
Muscatine
Dorothy Danforth
Barbara Baluff
Noble and Sauer Named to Iowa Athletic Board
Des Moines reports Noble and Ted Sauer will fill the two unexpired terms on the Iowa high school athletic board of control. McGregor superintendent and Fairfield high principal win northeast and southeast district seats, replacing T. M. Clevenger and J. H. Peet. Short terms expire Sept 1 with another election later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. D. Noble
McGregor
Ted Sauer
Fairfield
Iowa High School Athletic Board of Control
George A. Brown
Fred Miller
East Waterloo
T. M. Clevenger
Waverly
Iowa
Sauer
Frank Bouma
Ottumwa
J. H. Peet
Washington
Clevenger and
Peet
Co. E. Humphrey
Grinnell
K. C. Vanorden
Mapleton
O. C. Varner
Diagonal
Brown
Soviet polar flight crew abort non stop leg due to ail trouble
In Moscow the Soviet polar plane crew aborted their planned nonstop flight to San Francisco tonight because of ail trouble and turned back. In Fort Madison Mrs. Kenneth Kern found her 12 year old son Bobby drowned in a small pool near the family home after he wandered away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
San Francisco
Fort Madison
Kenneth Kern
Bobby
Kern
Receivers Seek Abandonment of 126 Miles of Track
Washington notes that Minneapolis and St. Louis RR asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit abandoning 126 miles of track in five segments. The railroad, in receivership since 1923, has RFC loans backing Western railroad consolidation. Segments include Algona to Corwich 15 miles and G. and M. Junction to Montezuma 14 miles among others.
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Washington
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconsttuction Corporation
Western Railroads
RFC
Algona
Corwich
Iowa
Newburg
van Cleve
Spencer
Storm Lake
Angus
Kale Junction
G. and M. Junction
Montezuma
Roosevelt allocates 95 million for August relief
President Roosevelt today allotted 95 million dollars in work relief funds for direct relief in August and another 12 million dollars to the forest service to buy non productive land and withdraw it from cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Continuance Given in House Hearing
The trial of Thomas A. House on indecent exposure charges was continued to 10 a m on August 17 at the request of the defendant. Weather forecasters note 10 inches of snow typically yields one inch of water.
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Thomas A. House
J. C. Coster
Snow Cracks as Cold Pressures Make Crystals Slide
A fragment notes snow creaks when temperatures stay below freezing, the dry crystals slipping against each other under foot pressure.
Mrs Dreier Denied Right to Sue German Government
Katherine McNider Dreier wife of John C Dreier denied permission to sue Germany for 600000 in a decision by Justice Owen J Roberts as umpire of the German American mixed claims commission. The commission previously awarded 298000 for seizure of property near Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine McNider Dreier
Roosevelt
John C. “Lutz” Dreier
Muscatine
John C. Dreier
Ed Dreier
Owen J. Roberts
Mixed Claims Commission
Roberts
Dreier
Dresden
United States
Drier
McNider
Montpelier
George von Rosenberg
Bonnewitz Castle
Pirna
Saxony
John C. L. Dreier
Work Relief Payroll Totals Announced for County
County officials announced payrolls for the past week totaling 1 616 30 dollars for 304 men and women. Checks totaling 2035 45 dollars for work by 331 men and women were being issued today.
Marooned Train Trapped by Western Washout Near Barranca
A Denver and Rio Grande Western branch line train from Alamosa to Santa Fe carrying 11 passengers and 4 crew was marooned near Barranca New Mexico after a cloud burst washed out a grade and a bridge was torn from its moorings. The incident occurred late Friday as the southbound train faced floodwaters and terrain collapse.
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Alamosa
Colo
Barranca
N. M
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Santa Fe
Iowa Moose Open State Convention Opens in Mason City
Several hundred delegates opened a state convention of the Loyal Order of Moose with C. K. Walker of Burlington presiding. Interest at the business session centered on choosing the next convention city with Dubuque Fort Dodge and Iowa City in the race. A parade is planned for Sunday and a banquet for Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
the Loyal Order of Moose
C. K. Walker
Burlington
Supreme
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Methodist Scouts to Return Sunday
Members of Boy Scout troop No. 127 sponsored by the First Methodist Episcopal church will return to Muscatine Sunday from Camp Minnegota near Dixon Iowa. The troop left a week ago for the outing and spent the week in scoutcraft and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Muscatine
Camp
Minnegota
Dixon
Speed Sought in Paying Farmers
Washington says the farm administration aims to set a new record in the 1935 corn hog program by paying farmers with minimal delay. Officials report the 1934 program had under 3 percent of contracts suspended and expect to cut suspensions by more than two thirds this year. First contracts show 1.5 to 2 percent suspended as state boards review and clear remaining cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Administration
Adult Education Classes Extended in Muscatine to Aug 31
Muscatine extends adult education through Aug 31 with German French and Spanish taught by Prof Wise and Mrs Bond and Mr Gottbrecht. Piano harmony and history classes run by Miss Gottbrecht meet mornings afternoons and evenings at the Day Nursery building and Evangelical and Reformed Church on Sycamore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Prof. Wise
Edith Bond
Mildred Gottbrecht
Mr. Wise
Miss Gottbrecht
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Sycamore Street
Plans for Mdivani Service Incomplete
Gerona Spain reports the husband of Baroness Maud Thyssen rushed to her bedside after a motor accident that killed Prince Alexis Mdivani. The 28 year old Baroness, unconscious since the crash, underwent an operation with a slim chance of life. Funeral plans for Mdivani are uncertain due to violent death legal formalities. The baroness and Mdivani were guests of Jose Sert, a Spanish painter and brother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerona
Spain
Maud Thyssen
Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Jose Sert
Caddies Strike at Wakonda Club for Higher Wages
Caddies at the Wakonda club in Des Moines walked off today demanding higher pay and Monday course access. Two board members and four cad die conferred to end the dispute. Honor caddies earn 75 cents for 18 holes and 40 cents for nine. they seek 5 and 45 cents, with raises for all ranks. The club employs 125 caddies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wakonda
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Brisk
Bobby Rowe
Wapello County
Dr. Emerson
Gotham
Park Service
City News
Wayne College
G. Allbee
Noble, Sauer
Methodist
Iowa State Highway Patrol
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