Grant Wood to Lecture Tour Across Eight States
Prof. Grant Wood of the University of Iowa plans a four week lecture tour beginning January 2 visiting Illinois New York Delaware Massachusetts Michigan Indiana Ohio and Nebraska. He will lecture in each state on topics related to Iowa poppy culture and regional art.
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Iowa City
Grant Wood
University of Iowa
Illinois
New York
Delaware
Massachusetts
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
Grinnell College Sees Most Freshwomen From Small Families
Grinnell college coeds are described as spoiled or spoiled in jest as 153 new women students enter campus. Of these, 95 come from families with one or two children, while 28 have three or more siblings. Similar patterns appeared last year.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Warning Against Feeding Moldy Corn Persists
Dr. H. E. Biester of Iowa State College cautions against feeding horses moldy corn as reports of corn poisoning deaths spread across Iowa. He explains moldy kernels often contain prussic acid.
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Ames
H. E. Biester
Iowa State College
Iowa
School Board Savours Christmas Savings on Debt
HARLAN The Harlan school district saves 1250 annually on its bonded debt after White-Phillips Corp of Davenport refunds the district's 65000 debt at 2 percent. The former rate was 2 percent.
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Harlan
White-Phillips Corp
Davenport
Amana Colonists to Have Electrification
Des Moines reports the Rural Electrification Administration awarded a contract to Miller Baxter Co. to build 21 miles of electric power line serving 246 Amana Society customers. The material and labor contract totals $24,794.28 in unit assemblies.
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Des Moines
National Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Miller Baxter Co
Amana Society Co
Amana
Guns Tanks Theme of White House Artist
Iowa City artist Albert G Hull 28 whose wartime scene was shown in a national gallery was chosen by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt for a White House display. He now works on a Rock Island arsenal manufacturing scene as a CCC member with Company 2656. The 18 by 8.5 foot canvas will take seven months to finish.
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Iowa City
Albert G. Hull
National Art Gallery
Franklin PD. Roosevelt
White House
Rock Island Arsenal Island
Hull
Company 2656
Civilian Conservation Corps
Weather hints at harsher cold as winter starts
Des Moines weather officials remind residents that autumn is not over as winter begins officially at 6 27 P M today with sunset marking the sun's southernmost point and a gradual move northward.
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Des Moines
Employees Receive Week's Pay as Christmas Bonus
Shenandoah reports Henry Field Seed company will give all employees a week's pay as a Christmas bonus.
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Shenandoah
Henry Field Seed Company
City Council Appoints Hugo Gebert as Mayor
Hugo Gebert was appointed mayor by the city council to succeed Alfred Wright who resigned to become deputy Crawford county auditor. Paul Stafford was named councilman to succeed Gebert.
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Alfred &. Wright
Crawford County
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Gebert
Santa dispenses candy after runaway horse incident
In Whittemore Santa Claus regains composure after his runaway horse drawn cutter crash. Children screamed as the team bolted, store owners recalled the scene as an awful howl. Santa recovered, handed out candy to the waiting crowd despite the scare.
Judge Ring Sets Hearing on Buried Treasure Contest
Judge H. C. Ring will hold a hearing at Cedar Rapids on the petition of 17 contestants to reopen the Buried Treasure contest. The action seeks a reconsideration of the contest ruling and possible further proceedings in the case.
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Ring
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Messiah Oratorio Draws Crowd to Methodist Church
A thousand attendees heard the Washington Oratorio Society perform Handel's Messiah under Miss Carolyn Hamilton. Soloists included Margaret White Stoltz and Lucille Puree Stark from Ottumwa, with Freeman Wild and Marion Welle. Accompanists Mrs. Edith Boileau Reister and Mrs. Dorothy Weiss Hender received praise for blending piano and organ.
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Washington Oratorio Society
Carolyn Hamilton
Methodist Church
Margaret White Stoltz
Ottumwa
Lucille Puree Stark
Freeman Wild
Davenport
Marion Welle
Newton
Edith Boileau Reister
Dorothy Weiss Hender
Hamilton
Arthur Atack
Akers Named Chief of Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Marshalltown attorney W. W. Akers is appointed head of the Iowa bureau of investigation under Governor-elect Mitchell. Mitchell plans a “G men” style force with near full hiring power and civil service aims. Akers, former Marshalltown police chief, has led the liquor commission’s investigation unit since 1934 and replaces Glen Schmidt who led the bureau since Park Findley’s 1935 death.
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Iowa Daily Press Bureau
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W. W. Akers
Marshalltown
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
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State Bureau
Eleet Aleyo
Akers
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Commission
Glen Schmidt
Park A. Findley
Schmidt
Bernard KE. Manley
Liquor ‘Commission
Wheele
JL. O'Connor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Goodfellows Coupon Seeks Help For Christmas Aid
The Washington Goodfellows call for donations to provide food baskets and gifts to needy families, with the Y s Men s Club coordinating for the year. Mail or drop off coupons at the Evening Journal Goodfellows Department, or call to arrange food pickup by December 22.
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Washington
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Evening Journal Goodfellow
Amelia Earhart joins search for missing airliner
Amelia Earhart Putnam, noted aviatrix, joined the intensive hunt for the missing airliner today as an observer aboard a plane that took off from the local airport to assist in the search.
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Salt Lake City
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Aviatrix
Supreme Court Validates Arms Embargo Law
The Supreme Court, in a seven to one decision by Justice Sutherland, upheld the 1934 arms embargo law as constitutional and allowed indictments against Curtiss-Wright Export Corp for shipping arms to Bolivia. The court also agreed to review the Frazier-Lemke farm moratorium act and did not rule on unemployment case rehearings.
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Supreme Court
Sutherland
Congress
Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation
Bolivia
New York
Circuit Court
Kansas City of Trade
Good Children Receive Keokuk Christmas Party Reward
Several thousand school children deemed well behaved on July 4 and Halloween were invited as guests of the city council to a Christmas party in Keokuk.
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Keokuk
Hallowe'en
Landon Visits White House Prompt Brief Pause
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas arrived at the White House drawing a momentary halt to office work as he came to pay an official visit to President in Washington D C. The arrival underscored ongoing state visits with a formal welcome and talks scheduled later.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Safety Council seeks new members for county group
President Harland Mead of the Washington County Safety Council announced solicitors are seeking new members this week with a goal of larger membership by year end. Existing members keep their status next year with no extra fee beyond the usual fifty cent dues. The round of outreach is led by Allen Hampcher Wilma Kerr James Owen and Kathleen Godfrey as they promote safety methods on highways. There are 200 to 300 paid-up members in the county. An executive committee meeting is scheduled this evening for routine business.
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Washington County Safety Council
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Allen Hampcher
Wilma Kerr
James Owen
Kathleen Godfrey
Visit to Roosevelt Sparks Cameras Across Arrival
Officials and clerks sought a glimpse of the man who might have been taking over the White House next month had the outcome of the election been different. Batteries of cameras were timed in his direction as he alighted from his car.
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Roosevelt
White House
Stores Open in Evenings for Holiday Shoppers This Week
Washington stores will stay open every evening this week until Christmas to serve holiday shoppers. Stores report larger Christmas business than last year and expect it to continue with many shoppers unfinished. Additional salespeople are being hired to handle the increased volume. Only three days left after today.
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Washington
Snowball Social Club Sends Funds For Goodfellows
The Snowball Social Club of Washington Iowa sent 2.50 to the Goodfellows via Mrs L E Howell secretary treasurer. The Washington Fruit Market donated sixty dozen tangerines. The Goodfellows committee met at the Wilson Concrete plant to assemble baskets and collect names of needy families for Christmas. Mrs Mary Lavada Kerr died at 68, funeral Tuesday at Shermans with burial at Elm Grove.
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Glen Knupp
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Robert Roberts
John Shebeck
Arthur Wiley
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Lyle Wilson
Tom Duncan
Wilson Concrete Company
W. J. Stevens
Foursquare Tabernacle
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Old Age Assistance Commission
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Welfare Office
Arthur
Catholic Daughters of America Saturday
Godfellows
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Georges. Kerr
Washington County Hospital
Sherman
F. W. Eastwood
Elm Grove
Keokuk Co
Kerr
Lancaster
Keokuk County
Iowa
Mchael
Maria Jane (Landers) Duree
M. W. Williams
Urgent fund drive reaches near half of goal before Christmas
A community appeal notes 86 donors contributing to a total of 82.56 toward a 200 target. It urges immediate contributions to push the fund over the top before Christmas.
Credentials Halt Action In the House
Des Moines December 21 1935 The Iowa special session opened amid a constitutional fight over governor appointments to fill vacancies in the House and Senate credentials committees The question centers on whether Governor Cummins has the power to appoint and seat members The impasse could render the session unconstitutional if the appointees are not seated and all counties are not represented The Senate credentials committee seated the governor’s appointees but the House stalled reporting delay until Governor Harring was expected to speak at 1 30 p m
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Des Moines
House
Iowa
Senate
Cummins
Bert Doods
New London
Chester Jones
Ottomar
House Credentials Committee
Herring
Soviet Hints of Reprisal after Ship Sinking
Moscow reports hints of Soviet retaliation after the Russian freighter Komeomol was set on fire and sunk by a Spanish fascist warship off the south Spanish coast. The vessel was en route from a Black Sea port to Ghent Belgium. 25 crewmen reportedly unaccounted for.
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INS
Komeomol
Black Sea
Chent
Belgium
Christmas Mail Rush Under Way at Washington Post Office
Washington postal workers faced a heavy Christmas mail surge over the weekend with extra hours on Sunday. Two additional staff handled parcel post, while crowds filled the lobby and mailboxes emptied before the 9:30 gathering. Officials expect demand to rival or exceed last year.
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Washington Post Office
Washington
Clyde Putnam
Kenneth Blecha
George Masson, Jr
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