Iowa Schools Trim Budgets Across State
Iowa districts cut millions from 1933 34 budgets under Beatty Bennett tax relief law. Fourteen large districts slashed about 1.44 million, with Des Moines reducing 570 thousand and Sioux City 262 thousand. Many cuts hit teacher salaries, several districts eliminated positions, durations shortened, and some programs dropped.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Iowa City
Beatty-Bennett
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Muscatine
Keokuk
Burglars Escape After Gun Fight at Cedar Rapids
Two burglars surprised in the Rude Auto office in Cedar Rapids battled merchant policeman James Goodhue, smashed a plate glass window, and fled. Goodhue was unhurt and police believe one assailant was wounded as they vanished. Police traced a car to a Cedar Rapids man, but he remains at large.
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Cedar Rapids
Rude Auto Company
James Goodhue
Goodhue
L. J. Hoephner
Newhall
Body of Murdered Man Found in Bay
In Astoria Queens a man shot several times and found wrapped in a blanket in a burlap bag lay in a roadway. Police tentatively identified the victim as James Palermo a 30 year old chauffeur from Manhattan.
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New York
Astoria
Queens
James Palermo
Manhattan
School budget cuts trim staff and salaries
In Hatherville the budget drops to 78,100 after eliminating two teachers and cutting salaries by 19,400 under a ten month term. Fort Dodge projects 275,468 in expenditures next year, down 41,307, with teachers’ paychecks bearing most of the reductions.
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Hatherville
Fort Dodge
Two Wives File Cruelty Charges in Separate Divorces
Hazel Troxel accuses Ora Troxel of desertion and mistreatment amid marriage begun February 6, 1907, and Laura Blake seeks custody of adopted daughter Arlene May, $50 attorney fees, and a $100 writ of attachment against John W. Blake. They wed in Muscatine on April 30, 1927, and separated July 27, 1933.
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Hazel Troxel
Laura Blake
Arlene May
Blake
Muscatine
Kalona Observes Homecoming Day
Kalona began its homecoming with a large crowd and a full day of events. The program opened at 10 a.m. with a band concert followed by kittenball games vaudeville acts air plane rides readings and a talk by E C Eicher the first district representative plus other activities.
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Kalona
E. C. Eicher
Slayer Given Three Months Bremerhaven Sentence
Charles Manger of Los Angeles was sentenced to three months for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Karl Werner Heye III aboard the Bremen on July 30. The term delays until Sept 30, 1936 if a 3000 mark fine is paid. observers see the ruling as likely avoiding imprisonment unless he stays in Germany.
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Bremerhaven, Te
Charles Manger
Los Angeles
Karl Werner Heye, III
New York
Bremen
Manger
Dr. Hirschfeld
Honolulu
Germany
West Liberty Women Enjoy Luncheon and Games
West Liberty and Tipton clubs met for a luncheon with 25 guests and 30 West Liberty women. The event featured bridge and golf with Mrs. Capen hosting seven bridge tables and awards to Tipton guests Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Salisbury. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller of Altoona and other relatives in Durant. plans mentioned to visit the Century of Progress.
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West Liberty
Tipton Club
D. C. Hazlett
V. I. Capen
Meyer
West Liberty 4 H Team to Appear at Davenport Fair
Vivian Elder and Jean Wigin of the Wapsie Best Four H club will represent Muscatine county 4 H clubs in inter county demonstration team contests at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport Friday. The county team will present a demonstration titled Pillows to Please at 9 30 a m. Eliza beth Armstrong home demonstration agent Mrs W C Anderson club leader and county committee representatives will attend. The West Liberty club group placed fourth with their demonstration at the county contest last year.
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Vivian Elder
Jean Wigin
Wapsie
Muscatine County
Davenport
Elizabeth Armstrong
W. C. Anderson
West Liberty
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