Checker Champion Title in Jeopardy in Iowa City
Robert Martin of Ottumwa will defend his state checker champion title in Iowa City on February 20 21 and 22 as Iowa checker artists compete in their annual tournament. Victor Davis of Fort Dodge, champion from 1931 to 1933, will also compete.
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Iowa City
Robert Martin
Ottumwa
Iowa Checker
Victor Davis
Fort Todge
State Teagre
Jows City
J. A. Taylor
Rachel Johnston
Charles Bear
Lucille Coon
Daryl Fetters
Catherine Masson
Donald C. Davis
State R. R. Commission Holds Public Hearing in Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Officials report the Iowa Railroad Commission will hold a public hearing in Des Moines on March 5 regarding Iowa Electric Light and Power Company's request to build a 6600 volt transmission line in Linn County.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
State Railroad Commission
Des Moines
Liny County
Iowa Rural Carriers Convene in Carroll Friday
More than 300 members of the Iowa Rural Mail Carriers and auxiliary of the eighth Iowa district will meet in Carroll for the annual convention Friday February 22. State officers of the association were scheduled to address the convention.
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Carroll
Iowa Rural Mai Carriers
Iowa
Lower Cost of Keeping Inmates Falls in 1934 Report
Fairfield reports the Jefferson county home spent $1.75 per inmate each week in 1934, down from $1.93 in 1933. The annual data comes from the superintendent Jenny Liming and County Auditor Sigurd Jorgenson.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
Jenny Liming
Sigurd Jorgenson
Wife Seeks Annulment of Farm Contract in Cedar Township
Fairfield report states Mrs Myrtle Graby has filed a petition in N Calhoun County Court to set aside a contract with her husband Henry Graby and his children from a prior marriage. She claims improper inducement and fraud led to signing away dower rights in a 130 acre Cedar township farm and asks for the agreement nullified.
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Fairfield
Myrtle Graby
Henry Graby
Jefferson County
Public Work Project Applications and Approvals Reported
Applications for 239 public works projects were received at the state office for the week ending February 15, and 186 projects were given final approval during the period, reported by F. Hopkins, state engineer for the PWA.
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Des Moines
Telephone Wires Buried as Tipton Conduit Goes In
About 13 000 feet of lead conduit pipe was laid under Tipton streets by the Iowa Telephone company. The project will remove poles and wires when completed this week, ending last fall’s groundwork and improving the town's lines.
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Tipton
Iowas Ute Telephone Company
Fairfield Rotary Farmers Night Set at Lutheran Church
Fairfield Rotary invites three farmers each as guests for the annual farmer's night meeting to be held next Sunday evening February 22 at the Fairfield Lutheran Church.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Rotary Club
Fairfield Lutheran Church
Trucks Not Allowed on Gravel Roads in Jefferson County
Fairfield reports road crews restrict truck travel on three newly graveled roads due to soft ground conditions. Officials warn of continued restrictions until surfaces firm up and weather improves.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
Byrd's Assistant Weds Iowa Girl
Dr. T. G. Poulter of Mount Pleasant married Miss Helen Gray of Mount Pleasant Iowa four hours after Admiral Byrd and most of his party set foot on land. Poulter had returned from Antarctica where he served as second in command during the Byrd expedition and met Gray at Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant where she aided his scientific work and cared for his three children by a previous marriage.
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T. G. Poulter
Mount Pleasant
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Poulter
Presbyterian Church
Helen Gray
Gray
Wesleyan College
Liquor Import Bill Faces Iowa Senate Action
A bill to nullify the Iowa liquor control act by allowing out of state liquor imports for personal use was filed in the Senate. Patterson of Burt sponsors the measure while the House prepares to action on the salary reduction act deemed unconstitutional by the Iowa Supreme Court, with many amendments on file signaling a strenuous battle ahead.
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Des Moines
Senate
Patterson
Burt
House
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Senate backs plan to merge fish and game with conservation
The Iowa Senate committee reported Governor Herring’s bill to unite the fish and game commission and the board of conservation into a single department with a five member board. The superintendent would oversee both divisions and funds from licenses stay to the live animal division. The conservation work shifts to park and forestry divisions, keeping functions largely the same but centralizing administration to save costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Departmental Affairs Committee
Clyde L. Herring
State Fish and Game Commission
Board of Conservation
Herring
Fish and Game Commission
Conservation Department
Conservation Board
Park and Forestry
War Department Plans Expansion Continues in Congress
Washington Feb 19 The largest peacetime war department appropriation bill would fund 547 new airplanes and strengthen the National Guard. It directs expansion of the regular army from 128,060 to 165,000 men and extends reserve officer training and camp periods. The general staff targets maneuvers in New York with 50,000 to 60,000 participants across multiple corps areas.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
United States
House
America
T. C
General Staff
New York State
National Guard
Townsend pension plan eyed by Senate panel
In Santa Monica California Townsend faced a Senate committee where laughter turned to scrutiny over funding an old age pension. The panel rejected the idea of funding a broad pension, comparing it to past schemes like a poor farm and stressing the need for payments despite adapting Townsend plan.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Townsend
Senate Committee
Reed objects to cut in state weather and crop bureau budget
Des Moines Iowa February 13 Charles D Reed head of the weather bureau objects to the proposed $7634 annual budget for the weather and crop bureau within the Iowa department of agriculture He favors restoring funds to expand livestock statistics and maintain farm data collection across 214000 farms with township and city assessors collecting 65 questions from farmers for the bureau.
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Des Moines
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
Ber
Iowa Department of Agriculure
Charles D. Reed
Weather Bureau
Weather and Crop Bureau
State Department
Reed
Budge
Co. B. Mutaugh
House Agricultural Committee
Becaus
Department of Agriculture
Department
Relief Cases in Iowa Rise in January FERA Report
Des Moines reports the federal emergency relief administration aided 67 958 cases in Iowa during January an increase of 3386 from December 62772 The Washington county relief total for January was 207 requiring further federal aid measures.
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Des Moines
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Iowa
FERA
Washington County
Ainsworth Shopper W. H. Anderson Here This Afternoon
W. H. Anderson of Ainsworth visited the area this afternoon for unspecified shopping. Local observers noted his appearance and plans remain unclear.
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W. H. Anderson
Ainsworth
Hauptmann Wins Right For Appeal
Bruno Richard Hauptmann won the right to appeal the murder conviction of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. A stay of execution was granted. Chancellor Campbell issued a writ of error, costs for the record will be paid by the state, and March 28 was set for appellate arguments.
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindsbergh, Jr
Campbell
Lloyd Fisher
Defense Counsel
Heuptmann
Hauptmann
Court of Appeals
Fisher
State Penitentiary
Power of Attorney
Edward Reilly
Aid for Blind Students in Iowa Colleges
Gov Clyde Herring poised to sign a bill giving 1000 dollars to aid blind students in Iowa colleges and universities The funds will pay readers hired to assist blind students under the state education board program
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde WL. Herring
State Board of Education
Little Symphony to Play Prelude at Marionette Show
The Little Symphony orchestra will perform a prelude to the YWCA marionette show at the high school auditorium Thursday night. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at Phillips and Hebner drug store. Ethel Hanley’s Happy-Go-Lucky marionettes will perform after a stage is erected, promising a charming evening of entertainment.
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Little Symphony Orchestra
Phillips and Hebner Drug Store
Ethel Hanley
Patterson Re-Elected Head of County Corn-Hog Committee
Washington county officials re elected for the 1935 corn hog program with OQ C Patterson Cedar township as president Amos Stout as vice president and W Morgan Clay township as secretary The group also named Richard Stephens Carl Oldfield and Charles Kennedy as allotment members with H L Walker as alternate They plan a training session Friday and expect about 1500 contracts as new year begins and work speeds toward contract signing and allotment decisions
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OQ. C. Patterson
Washington County
Co. C. Patterson
Cedar Township
Amos Stout
W. ©. Morgan
Clay Township
Richard Stephens
Oregon
Carl R. Oldfield
Lime Creek
Charles Kennedy
Washington Township
H. L. Walker
Jackson
Patterson
Speeding Up Major New Deal Bills In Congress
Washington officials planned to rush key new deal measures after the gold clause cases. The package includes the 4.88 billion work relief bill, the White House economic security program, NRA legislation, Wheeler’s corporate tax bill, a Tydings bonus bill, and Wagner’s labor disputes bill with administration support anticipated.
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Washington
Blo. C
Senate
White House
NRA
Congress
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Robert FL Wagner
New York
Mustache Shave Brings $4.50 Offer to Ott
George Ott, a Wheatland stockbuyer, shaved his half century old mustache after two friends urged the change. They pooled 4.50 dollars and paid Ott to remove it, marking a rare postwar grooming event.
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Wheatland
U.P
George Ott
Ott
Washington Wins First and Second in County Declamatory Meet
Washington high school took first in the oratorical division and second in humorous at the county declamatory meet held at Wellman high school in Crawfordsville. Wellman led in humorous and placed first in oratorical. other prize winners hailed from Ainsworth and Brighton.
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Washington
Washington High School
Wellman High School
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Brighton
Crawfordaville
Kalona
West Chester
Wellman
Daryl Fetters
John Stephens
Irwin Graber
Virst
Junior Hamil
Margaret Flenner
Robert Day
Margaret Filenper
Supervisor Resigns Over Health Issues in County Board
Chairman Roy H. Mapel resigns from the Washington County board of supervisors due to ill health. Supervisor-elect Fred Bauer of West Chester is appointed to fill the unexpired term and will assume duties after bonding. The reorganized board will include M. T. Coon and Boyd Foster, both Democrats, and Bauer, a Republican.
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Roy H. Mapel
Washington County
R. R Noonan
R. L. Coulter
Bauer
Mapel
Foster
Coon
Outlook for Minneapolis and St Louis railroad improves
Oskaloosa Iowa February 19 prospects for keeping the Minneapolis and St Louis railroad as a single system look bright according to J W Markter head of the Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce who said security holders oppose breaking up the system. Public hearings on the reorganization plan proposed by the employer committee will be held soon in Minneapolis.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
U.P
Minneapolis and St. Louis
J. W. Markter
Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
W. F. Lewis
Marshalltown
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Reid to be Honored at Des Moines Hotel Luncheon
Mrs Fred Reid was to be honored at a luncheon at Hotel Savery in Des Moines today. The Town Rose Reid club girls were to meet there.
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Fred Reid
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Rose Reid
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