Wife of condemned man tells daughter of fate
In Dubuque on March 31, Mrs. Menlo Heinz wife of the man condemned for execution on April 19 told their oldest daughter Mary Therese age nine about her father’s fate. The girl has a sister Joyce Ann seven and a brother Donald six who believe he is gravely ill in a hospital.
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Dubuque
Menlo Heinz
Mary Threse
Joyce Ann
Donald J
Mary Therese
Henna
Mrs. Heinz
Nelson G. Kraschel
Heinz
Franz A. Jacobsen
Ottumwa
Travel notes and a pending double hanging in 1930s Ohio
Pearl Gardner visits Davenport with her sister Eva Crawford while Mr. and Mrs. Lemmer return from a Panama and southern trip. They describe prior Lincoln visits and Houston meetings with Rev. L. D. Young. Gov Kraschel sets the date for the Heinz and Jacobsen execution as murky family truths unfold. Ohio medicine law history noted.
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Pearl Gardner
Davenport
Eva Crawford
C. S. Lemmer
Panama
United States
Lincoln
Nebro
Daugher
L. A. Bingham
Rev. L. D. Young
Houston
Texas
New Orleans
Dean Advises How To Get D Grades At State Teachers
Cedar Falls Iowa March 31 Dean M J Nelson of the Iowa State Teachers College warns seven ways to earn a D grade and risk flunking out. He notes a D letter signals below average work and may go to parents as well as students. He cites spring romance late nights and poor study habits as causes and adds 16 percent of college failures stem from inadequate preparation.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
M. J. Nelson
Iowa State Teachers College
Teachers College
Dean Nelson
Security for Teachers DPS Movies Middle Iowa
At the sixth annual conference of boards of education and school administrators in Iowa more than 300 attendees heard a committee led by Merle Knight of Decorah present a plan to strengthen teacher security. The core recommendations urged boards to rely on superintendents for evaluating teachers and to grant immediate action if a teacher’s school work or demeanor is unsatisfactory.
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Iowa
Boards of Education and
Merle
Knight
Decorah
Board of Education
Hubert Coffey Accepts Professorship in Washington
Hubert S. Coffey of Wellman and a University of Iowa graduate student has accepted an assistant professorship in child development at Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg Washington. He is completing research in child welfare and will receive a doctoral degree in June.
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Iowa City
Hubert S. Coffey
Wellman
University of Iowa
Central Washington College of Education
Ellensburg
Wash
Coffey
Farley Set to Speak on Radio for Air Mail Week
Des Moines dispatch reports Postmaster General James A. Farley will address the nation on April 2 over the Columbia network, highlighting progress in National Air Mail Week May 15 21 and the 20th anniversary of air mail service. Iowa and district committees mobilize corporate civic and educational groups to promote air mail expansion Wings Across America. Local groups will prepare city cachets for marking air mail during the week and publicize aviation progress nationally.
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Des Moines
James A. Farley
New York
Columbia Broadcasting Systems
United States
National Air Mail
Iowa
L. S. Hill
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
N. C
National Air Mail Week
Postmaster - General
Air Mail Service
Albert S. Barry
Muscatine
Frank B. Baldwin
Awbry
Perry
Frank H. Garrett
Council Bluffs
Philip T Vaughan
Fort Dodge
Harry A. Gooch
Sioux City
America
Air Mail
Post Office Department
Brighton Board Elects Faculty at Special Meeting
At a Brighton Board of Education session on March 31 the board reelected the district faculty for the upcoming year. Salaries were to be set later after review of school finances and teacher pay trends. Names include Superintendent H. C. Messer Principal L. McAfee Coach Tom Karpaf English Helene Gaumer Commercial Margaret Stanley Home Economics Hath Oertel Grade Principal Florence Beggs Junior High Reading Ruth Michaelson Mathematics and Band Joseph Christy Third Fourth Grades Pearl Loomis Second Grade Lorena Sturtz Margaret Parrett.
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Schood
H. C. Messer
L. & McAfee
Tom Karpaf
Helene Gaumer
Margaret Stanley
Hath Oertel
Florence Beggs
Ruth Michaelson
Junit
Joseph Christy
Pearl Loomis
Lorena Sturtz
Margaret Parrett
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