Weather talk and visits between Iowa and California
Joe Link writes of wonderful weather in Los Angeles while friends in Des Moines and surroundings say California must surpass Iowa’s chill. Mrs Ela Proudfit Fisher, visiting Des Moines, plans to return to Muscatine after a brief stopover locally with her son Merle and his family.
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Joe Link
Los Angeles
California
Ela Proudfit Fisher
Merle
Des Moines
Muscatine
Local notes from Cooks Des Moines and Keota visits
Mrs. Andy Blattner of Keota visited in Washington yesterday. Mrs. T. IL. Holland of St. Louis will spend the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hay. Mrs. Fisher of Mustazine, visiting in Des Moines, spent last evening with Mrs. Steve Jones and left for home this morning. Anderson the Graham store man and family move from East Jefferson to East Washington, in the home built by J. F. Lemmon. Miss Marie Clifford leaves A. E. Putnam store. Miss Dorothy Critz to take her place temporarily. Joe Maxwell's sister Mrs. Will Fleming and family, wintering in California, started home by automobile from Yuma, Arizona, planning to stop at places of interest along the way.
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Mrs. T. IL. Holland
St. Louie
Mrs
Charles Hay
T. Fisher
Mustazine
Des Moines
Steve Jones
S Anderson
Graham
Duke
East Jefferson
Flanders
East Washington Street
J. F. Lemmon
Marie Clifford
A. E. Putnam
Miss Clifford
New York
Dorothy Critz
Charles Critz
Mise Clifford
Joe Maxwell
Will Fleming
California
Flemings
Yuma
Arizona
Local Weather and Social Notes from Washington Iowa
Miscellaneous local updates report Miss Maude Neal’s return to Davenport after visiting her sister Mrs Ed Sullivan, visits by Mrs Warne Rash and Mrs J A Marsh in Cedar Rapids and Washington, and travel to Muscatine and Centerville. Notes mention tire prices at Studebaker Garage and piano refinishing service, plus hospital staff change and residents visiting relatives.
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Maude Neal
Davenport
Ed Sullivan
A. J. Peterson
Dale
Thelma
Goodrow
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Walsh Resolution Pressed After Senate Meeting
Senators Robinson and Walsh said they would press the resolution calling for Denby’s resignation after a conference with executives. They refused to discuss possible wording changes and said the meeting produced no conclusions. They noted reports that former Attorney General Gregory acted for Gulf Oil but called it immaterial.
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Robinson
Walsh
Denby
Gregory
Gulf Oill Company
House Passes First Interior Department Appropriation Bill
The House approved its first appropriation bill, funding the interior department, after a late effort to halt the dis continuation of 21 land officers by July 1. The vote reflected division over budget and staffing within federal land management.
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HOUSE
Washington
Interior Department
Studebaker ad and local notices summary
Mise Florence Hall, daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Hall, has been seriously ill but is somewhat improved today. Mise Anna Pylhoff of Oska loosa acts as surgical nurse for Dr Droz. Read the Studebaker ad on page 5.
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Studebaker
Mise
Florence, Hell
A. L. Hall
Mise Anna Pylhoff
Oskaloosa
Droz
Misunderstanding Cited Over Storey Amendment Passage
Iowa State Teachers College President H. H. Seerley says the Storey amendment to the board of education bill was adopted by misunderstanding. He notes students pay their own expenses and work as part of their course while cooperating districts cover general expenses, with the state paying salaries for faculty directing student teaching.
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Associated Press
Cedar Falls
Storey
Board of Education
H. H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers College
Seerley
State Board of Education
Board of Educators
State County and City Taxes Arouse Anger Says Bladine
Dubuque on January 31 internal revenue collector Lars El Bladine notes widespread protests over high taxes. He cites locals crying about county and city levies while federal taxes are less questioned. He adds twelve of every hundred dollars goes to taxes, mostly from local, county or state departments. The central government has pruned taxes recently.
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Bladine
Dubuque
Lars el Bladine
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Lewis E. Pierson
Merchants’ Association of New York
Bladine notes curtailment of federal expenses and tax collection costs
Bladine argues that evidence shows the knife remains sharp yet federal service budgets have been trimmed in many branches. He adds that reduced collections correspond with a drop in the cost of federal tax collection machinery.
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Bladine
Special Trachoma Hospital Proposed at Pikeville KY
The Veterans Bureau plans a sixty bed trachoma hospital in Pikeville Kentucky with patient safe fittings for guided foot travel and eye friendly lighting. Plans nearing completion bids expected February 8 as the first such facility in the United States.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Pikeville
United States
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Art Sanders
J. A. Marsh
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Aildred
Wilson's
Y. F. Hanrahan
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R. M. Henderson
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Kenton Boice
W. E. Spessard
Goodrich
Studebaker Garage
Clarence Taylor
Murray, Ia
John Romine
Wellman
Louis Baird
Raymond Pickard
Pleasant Plain
Lois Kisor
Anna E. House
Princeton, Minn
Ray Mivick
H. W. Russell
Eldon
J. Ross
Cedar Rap
Tintolac
White
McElhinney Drug Co
Senate
J. and
Big Ben
Baby Ben
Stephen’s Jewelry Store
North Side Square
Washington Cleaners
County Recorder
Mabel E. Morton
Iowa Gas
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Arnold
North
F. & M. Bank
Temple Bidg. Co. O. Dayton
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John Shields & Sons
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