Iowa Letters on Life and Local Happenings
Des Moines resident Bud Pryor 30 has faced a rare anemia and over 30 blood transfusions since 1936. Twin brothers Edwin A. Barry and Edgar A. Barry, both 84, of Des Moines, plan to attend national twins conventions in Fort Wayne Indiana and vie for best older twins honors. In Iowa City attorney William F. Murphy notes the white robin seen in College Hill Park last summer has returned for another season after wintering elsewhere.
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Des Moines
James
Bud) Pryor
Des Moies
Edwin A. Barry
Sutherland
Edgar A. Barry
Fort Wayne
Ind
Iowa City
William F. Murphy
College Hill Park
Des Moines Leaders Urge Iowa Speed Law Enforcement
Des Moines sheriffs county attorneys and police urged enactment of a statewide speed limit law and took a firm stance against ticket fixing after conferring with Acting Motor Vehicle Commissioner Horace Tate. In Iowa City taxpayer Lewis Smith seeks to block a $725000 Morningside Heights high school project. suit set for District Judge James P. Gaffney.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Horace Tate
Iowa City
Lewis Smith
Morningside Heights
James P. Gaffney
Grinnell College Elects Co Ed Margaret Hale President
Margaret Hale a junior from Chicago Illinois will serve as president of the Women's Self-Government Association at Grinnell College next year. She will succeed Betty Carnes of North English.
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Grinnell
Margaret Hale
Chicago
Grinnell College
Betty Carnes
Popcorn Package Wins Silver in 1937 All America Show
Des Moines reports Cyril Senet tler of Breda designed a moisture proof airtight figure-bodied container for Ronald Meyer Popcorn Co. Carnarvon. The design features a varnished label reproducing ear of corn likeness and real corn element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cyril Senettler
Breda
Ronald Meyer Popcorn Co
Carnarvon
Gets Money but Couldn't Get Out of Building
Sioux City taxicab driver Kenneth White, 80, allegedly looted the War Eagle tavern cash register of 180 dollars at closing time and then could not escape, and was arrested, according to Detective Chief Tom Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Kenneth White
Tom Farley
War Eagle Beel
Jefferson cribbage champion wins seventh annual meet
Clair Ferguson of Jefferson wins the seventh annual cribbage tournament at Shrine temple lodge rooms with a 1205 score. More than 150 players from across Iowa competed. a perfect hand of 29 by Charles Lamb of Jefferson marked the event, the largest attendance yet for the state.
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Jefferson
Clair Ferguson
Iowa
Shrine Temple
Charles Lamb
Complete Play Festival honors Marshalltown at Iowa City event
Marshalltown Community Theater won the sole superior in Class A for Pink and Patches at the Complete Play Festival in Iowa City. The Iowa City Woman's Club earned a superior for The Inner ht. Individual honors went to Marjorie gl Ailiea Wilson Mrs H McMahon and Grace Martin with ties to Marshalltown Council Bluffs and Iowa City groups.
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Iowa City
Marshalltown Community Theater
Iowa Play
Iowa City Woman's Club
Marjorie Gl Ailiea Wilson
H. McMahon
Marshall Community Theater
Robert Mhoudt
Council Blufters
Grace Martin
House Passes Billion Dollar Naval Bill
Approximately 1,000 Washington county men would be called to service in a general mobilization. The estimate uses data from the war department and guard bureaus, with about 3,400 draft age residents and 65 percent excluded by exemptions. First to go would be reserve and national guard officers and guardsmen under the defense plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington County
War Department
National Guard Bureau
Census Bureau
Seventh Corps Area
State National Guard
Army High Command
Washington
National Guard
Eight Superior Ratings for Washington School in Kalona Contest
Washington is to send eight superior ratings to the district contest in Davenport after a two day sub district meet. Entries earning top marks include Lois Humble Dixie Carter Dave Pearson Don Been Blossom Milo Steele and the Washington string quartet with performances by Sigourney and Iowa City.
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Kalona
Davenport
Washington
Lois Humble
Kirls
Dixie Carter
Dave Pearson
Don Beenblossom
Milo Steele
Superior
Keota
Sigourney
Wellman
Excellent
Iowa City
Washington Superior
Richard Birney
Everett Burham
Herman Matucha
Donald Reenblesom
David Pearson
Ruth Turner
Good
Iowa City Superior
Betty Michels
Mary Westphal
Mary Atchison
Hetty Michels
Esther Masson
County Farmers Receive 262,941.27 in AAA Program Payments
The Department of Agriculture announced that Washington county farmers received 262 941.27 dollars in 1936 conservation program payments through September 30, 1937. The sum includes county conservation committee expenses and administration costs and represents a near final total as of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington County
Department of Agriculture
County Conservation Committee
Safety Council Meeting Set for Thursday Evening
Washington County Safety Council President Lester Bo Krabill announced the annual meeting will be held Thursday at 8 p m in Washington High School. The event includes officer elections, yearly reports, and future plans with an address by Patrick Payne of Omaha director of safety for Interstate Transit Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Bo Krabill
Washington County Safety Council
Washington High School
Safety Council
Washington County
Patrick Payne
Omaha
Interstate Transit Lines
Middle West
Harland Mead
Paul Horak
Washington Council
Wayland Infant Found Dead in Bed
Wayland March 21 Suzanne Loy Graber three months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Graber was found dead in her bed about 8 40 am. It is believed she pulled the covers over her face and smothered to death. Funeral at Wayland Mennonite church tomorrow at two in charge of Simon Gingerich. Interment Sugar Creek cemetery. Survived by parents and one sister Annabelle. An infant brother preceded her in death.
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Wayland
Sauzanne Lou Graber
Amos Graver
Wayland Mennonite Church
Simon Gineerich
Sugar Creek
Suzanne Loy
Annabelle
Grass Fire at Washington County Hospital Grounds
Firefighters were summoned to Washington county hospital grounds around 1:45 this afternoon to contain a grass fire on a tract north of the hospital. Dead grass was burning and the blaze threatened to spread further before being controlled.
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Washington County Hospital
Rioters Opposed To Peace Threaten Polish Lithuanian Talks
In Warsaw today protests against settlement of the border issue prompt withdrawal of nearly 100000 Polish troops. Police arrest 425 rioters calling for seizure of Lithuania as talks move toward establishing normal relations and a Polish ministry in Kaunas before March 31.
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Warsaw
INS
Lithuania
Vilna
Kaunas
Poland
Memel
Morgan Refuses to Quit as TVA Chairman
President Roosevelt demanded Dr. Arthur Morgan resign as chairman of the TVA. Morgan refused and was given until tomorrow afternoon to retract charges against TVA board associates or face removal. He again refused to answer Roosevelt’s questions.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Roosevelt
Arthur Morgan
TVA
Morgan
Auto thief arrested after brief crime in West Chester
Robert Baxter twenty two of West Chester is jailed awaiting a hearing on automobile theft after stealing a 1938 Pontiac for about fifteen minutes. Mrs Art Ruebsam chased the car and reported the license before deputies halted the thief at Rath filling station east of Ainsworth. Baxter claimed ownership but admitted the theft and said he planned to seek work in Burlington. Fingerprints were sent to federal and state agencies to check for prior records. Baxter had farm work near West Chester last summer.
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Robert Baxter
West Chester
Art Ruebsam
Burlington
Federal Bureaus of Investigation
Baxter
Merle Beckels
Firemen Contain Quick Burning Incident After Delays
A brief report notes that the blaze progressed more slowly than workmen anticipated but fire crews acted swiftly to bring the fire under control, preventing further damage.
Iowa Celebrates First Day of Spring With Warm Sunshine
Des Moines reports a spring kickoff with clear skies and record warmth across the state. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 65 degrees, sun rose at 6 15 a m and set 6 27 p m with 12 hours 41 minutes of daylight as spring arrived at 12 43 a m CST.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
Des Moines Couple Guests at Local Homes
Raymond Rittenhouse and Francine Breeding of Des Moines were weekend guests at the J. H. Campbell and Ralph Martin homes, enjoying a brief social stay with local families.
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Raymond Rittenhouse and
Francine Breeding of
Des Moines
J. H. Campbell
Ralph Martin
New Schedule on Muscatine Washington Star Route
The post office department announces a new schedule for the Muscatine to Washington star route service effective today March 21. Depart Muscatine daily except Sunday at 8:35 a.m. from the station with mail from the train arriving around 8:40 a.m. and no later than 9:30 a.m. Arrive Washington about 2 1/2 hours later. Return trip from Washington daily except Sunday to Muscatine via Iowa City Ookaloosa star route 2, due about 11:45 a.m. and no later than 12:20 p.m., arriving in Muscatine in about 2 hours.
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Washington
D. C
Post Office Department
Star Route
Star
Muscatine
Muscatine Railroad Station
Wywashington
Iowa City
Ookaloosa
Deep Snow in March 1931 Recalls Heavy Snowfalls
A 1931 journal review notes two March snows on the 7th and 28th with a major blizzard on the 28th bringing about ten inches of snow. The source contrasts those events with a milder early-spring pattern seen this year and discusses how spring arrival did not foretell the depth of that winter’s snow.
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W. Easter
Occupants Escape As Auto Burns Up
Orville Coakley of West Chester and his companion Dale Hamm escaped a wreck and car fire about 12 30 this morning six miles west of Washington on primary road No 2. The driver investigated an odor and lost control. the car plunged into a ditch and fence and caught fire. Hamm pulled Coakley from the burning vehicle before serious injury, leaving Coakley with head lacerations and bruises.
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Orville Coakley
West Chester
Washington
Coakley
Hamm
Mrs Mary Allen Dies at Richland
Funeral services were held at the Allen funeral home in Richland for Mrs Mary L Allen 92 this year widow of Civil War veteran Wesley W Allen She died at her daughter’s home in Richland after wintering in Oskaloosa Surviving children include John Allen Mrs L E Hiatt Mrs J F B Johnson Mrs Vivian Byers and W O Allen among others
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Allen Funeral
Richland
Mary L. Allen
John Allen
Washington
Friends Church
Allen
M. N. McCracken
Oskaloosa
Rich
Fullerton Joins Norton as Sheet Metal Worker
Ivan Norton announced Lon Fullerton began work today as a tinner and sheet metal worker. He will perform general tin work spouting and sheet metal tasks for air conditioning operations. Fullerton has eleven years of Roetin shop experience and now heads Norton’s newly equipped sheet metal shop.
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Ivan Norton
Lon Fullerton
Mr. Fullerton
Roetin
Norton
Fullerton
Car Fire Likely From Short Circuit In Wiring
A vehicle suffered extensive damage from a fire believed to start with a short circuit in the wiring. The injuries to bystanders were not serious. Mr. Hamm was not hurt. Estimated damage to the car ran about $500.
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Hamm
Congress OKs Billion-Dollar Navy Expansion Bill
The House approved a 1.113 billion dollar naval expansion to raise the fleet by 46 battleships 22 auxiliaries 950 aircraft and a dirigible with a 5 5 2 treaty ratio in mind The final roll call was 291 to 100 and Representative Eicher voted against the measure while an opposition bid to recommit failed 276 to 114
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Representative Church
Ilinois
Cars Crash West of Washington No Injuries Reported
Cars driven by Frank Macderr an of Wayland and C E Stewart of Rose Hill collided Saturday three miles west of Washington on primary road No 2. Both cars were badly damaged but no persons in either car were injured.
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Frank Macderran
Wayland
C. E. Stewart
Rose Hill
Washington
Shoppers in Washington Saturday
Shoppers in Washington on Saturday included Mr and Mrs Everett Huber of Wellman Mildred Williams of Columbus Junction and Bernice Brown of Wellman.
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Washington
Simpson Service Set for Tuesday at United Presbyterian
Funeral planned at the United Presbyterian church in Ainsworth on Tuesday at two oclock for Ida Mae Simpson 72 who died Saturday. Burial in Ainsworth cemetery. She suffered a stroke Nov 9 of last year and had declined since. Born Ida Mae Hopkins Nov 20 1865 in Pike County Alabama she moved with family to Kansas then Ainsworth at age seven. She married John Simpson in Aug 1889. he died in April. Survived by daughter Ruth Norris of Ainsworth and stepdaughter Nettie Griggs of Newton plus three grandchildren. Ainsworth Baptist church Royal Neighbors member. Funeral arrangements by L A Jones Funeral Home Washington.
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United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Ida Mae Simpson
Ida Mae Hopkins
Pike County
John
Sarah (Stevens) Hopkins
Kansas
Ains
John Simpson
Ruth Norris
Nettie Griggs
Newton
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