Ex GOP figure Venable arrested after attempted self harm
William LeRay Venable, 48, former policeman, was found unconscious from gas at his 412 Allen Street home and later arrested at St Francis hospital on a charge of threatening to murder his wife. His wife, Etta Venable, filed for divorce and secured a temporary injunction restraining him from her property.
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William LeRay Venable
Allen Street
St. Francis Hospital
John Collins
William Wilson
Lincoln
Neb
Venable
Etta Haley
Suipper Ab
Ethel Venable
Jim
Glenn A.’ibbitts
Charles F. Mohlis
Hugh Crumling
Steve
Ralph Davis
Charles Pickens
Lew Armstrong
Fire Department
Pulmotor
Powers Manufacturing Company
Miller Plans Four Home Addition for Mullan Apartments
The John G. Miller Construction company began a four unit expansion at Elm Grove Terrace in the 1100 block of Mullan avenue to increase from 14 to 18 homes. The addition will cost about $20,000 and signals growing demand for apartment living in the city. Miller recently started a $75,000 plus project for a 21‑home building on Belmont Avenue between Wellington and Mullan.
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Elm Grove Terrace
Mullan Avenue
John G. Miller Construction Company
Miller Company
Belmont, Avenue
Wellington
Mullan
Edwin Templeton Best Extempore Speaker at West High
Edwin Templeton Best won the home extempore speaking contest at West High School auditorium with 14 contestants. The next district competition is planned for April 11 or 12 at an unspecified site. Templeton is the son of Mr and Mrs W. W. Templeton of 916 Third Avenue West. Ralph Harmon was second, Robert Waite third, Edna Carney fourth. Judges were WW Gibson principal Charles L Hoff man history instructor and Miss Agnes Thomas dramatics supervisor.
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Edwin Templeton
West High School
Templeton
W. W. Templeton
Third Avenue West
Ralph Harmon
Robert Waite
Edna Carney
WW. Gibson
Charles L. Hoffman
Agnes Thomas
Most City Officers at Independence Given Jobs Again
A special Independence city council meeting on Monday noon completed turnover to the new body. All retiring members joined the new council except Mayor H. G. Kelly, who succeeded A. T. O'Brien after the latter declined reelection. Kelly then announced his initial appointments.
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Independence
Courier Speetal Service
H. G. Kelly
A. T. O'Brien
City Officials Appointments Reconfirmed For The Year
The new city body led by City Clerk O L King and City Solicitor Leo Molloy reappoints staff including police leaders O B Finns and Brice B McParland and city plant supt H G Necker. Assistant marshal night marshal and street commissioner swap with replacements. Two street gang members R Tate and C H Firth were discharged.
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O.L. King
A. M. Norton
Leo Molloy
O. B. Finns
Bert Boone
Brice B. McParland
Fice
J. Parker
Plant
G. A. Allman
Francis Joslin
A. P.krenger
Andrew Donovan
F. Larkey
Cc. B. Loeher
R. Tate
C.H. Firth
City in brief reports and social notes across Waterloo area
Local notes list visitors and residents around Waterloo including Mrs. Williamin T McGrew and two children in town, Mr and Mrs Davis hosting at 316 Home Park Blvd, and Miss Mary Mewane visiting from out of town. Mentions probate and court schedules, jurors reporting, Easter holidays with relatives, and a few regional engagements. William Atwell visited as Illinois Central general manager on a Western tour, and education staff member Miss Mary Ethel Dixon remains home for funeral in Russell. Dr S F Heverly advertises dental services.
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Carval Church
W. P. Church
Gleat Lake
William Davidson
State Street
Daniel Bidwell
Clara Gregory
J. W. Thompson
J. A. McGinn
Sioux City
F. McGinn
Russell Lamson
Mary Mewane
Sel Sussman
Walnut Court Apartments
New York
London
England
Harriet Proctor
Florida
Tampa
Martin Tesmer
West Palm Beach
Jennie S. Bird
Chicago
Wayne Whitney
Minneapolis
Dunivoady Institute
M. E. Whitney
Winton Street
Gordon
Temple Allen
Calvin Tellis
Sweeney Company
Rockford
Hugh R. Crumline
H. G. Steinmayer
First Street
West
Waterloo
Steinmayer
William Atwell
Feneral
Illinois Central Railroad System
W. Scott Willams
Fort Dodge
Williams
Ethel Dixon
East High
Spokane
Wash
Russell, I
Marion Muzzey
Morley
Lillie Muzzey
Dawson Street
Men Endorse New Union Depot Movement Here
Waterloo's Men's club backed an adequate modern union depot at their last night meeting in the YMCA dining room. Gerald R. Holton moved the endorsement, Harold J. Millee seconded it, and the vote was unanimous.
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Waterloo
Union Statiog
Gerald RF. Holton
Harold J. Mileee
Iowa farm electric service strengthens state wide reach
The Courier's News notes 1,395,587 residents have electric service, 99.7 percent, across 28,000 farms. A survey found 13,817 farms receive power from central stations and about 14,600 farm lighting plants operate. Electric energy production rose 7.6 percent last year with gains from lighting, labor savings, and new power needs. Only 24 of 922 towns lack service. average town population is 133. Corn prices rose about 2 percent from February 45 to March 15, aided by strong exports and Argentina's expected low yield.
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Iowa
Carmichael
Marcel
Argentina
Alfalfa seeding demo planned near Jesup Iowa
Jesup April 2 a large alfalfa seeding demonstration will be held Saturday at the George Young farm south of town. Thirty acres on two farms will be seeded with expert talks, soil testing, lime spreading, plowing and seeding methods, and free movies in the afternoon. Prominent participants include Alfalfa Hutch and county agents. Prizes for best samples.
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Jesup
George Young
Buchanan and
Black Hawk Farm
Charles R. Hutcheson
Minnesota
J. L. Uban
L. H
Black Hawk
Buchanan County
Lewis Falck
Smith-Hughes
Paul Farlow
Timeis Central
Hutcheson
Ponte
Wendell Grimm
Black Hawk County
The Rhyming Farmer by J Edward Tate f
A verse sketch by J Edward Tate satirizes seed cleaning and farming practices. The speaker vows to keep seed grain pure from weeds and foreign matter while humorously imagining absurd mixes in farm supplies and neighbors fields.
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J. Edward Tate
Farmers questions invited to editor letters page
Readers invited to send questions and comments to the editor at the Waterloo Evening Courier Farm Department in Waterloo Towr. Communications should be addressed to the editor with a Waterloo phone contact listed.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Towr
Phone 6100
Traer Hatcheryman to Take Up New Job with Produce House
Traer Hatcheryman, former manager of the Traer community hatchery, resigns and travels for the State Poultry Improvement Association. He will move to Minneapolis between April 1 and 35 to work in educational roles for DeSoto Produce, Poultry Produce, and the Poultry Research Society of America under Prof. W. H. Lapp. The DeSoto company operates 30 plus houses in Minnesota and the Dakotas with several packing plants. His family plans to relocate to St. Cloud or Minneapolis after the current school year ends.
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Traer
Springer
Treer Community Hatchery
State Poultry Improvement’ Association
Minneapolis
DeSoto Produce Company
The
Poultry Produce Company
Poultry Research Society of Amperica
W. H. Lapp
Traer Hatchery
Poultry Research Society
DeSoto Company
Middlewest
Minnesota
Dakotas
St. Cloud
Holstein records shine at Cedar Falls herd showcase
Cedar Falls April 2 purebred Holstein producers headline the Cedar Falls herd improvement results. Peder Pedersen and Son led with a 45.5 pound average, closely followed by Thomas Hansen and Son at 43 pounds. Top individual was Edward Henriksen with 75.5 pounds fat, while Hansen Merner and others posted multi cow totals and high per cow yields across local herds including Jersey and Guernsey entries.
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Cedar Falls
Peder Pedersen & Son
D. Raudebaugh
Jessie Lindberg
Holstiens
Thomas Hansen
Hansen & Merner
Muncy & Son
Jersey
Thomas Hansen& Son
Thomas Hansen & Son
Crawford & Swift
Helge Madsen
Holstein
Ames Graduates Accept Positions In Engineering Fields
Two Iowa State College seniors in agricultural engineering, J. R. Oliver of Red Oak and Lyla H. Mitchell of Clarinda, have accepted jobs. Oliver will join Massey Harris of Racine Wis as a sales engineer, while Mitchell will join the General Implement company’s experimental department in Racine for testing and developing new farm machinery and implements.
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Ames
Iowa State College
J. R. Oliver
Red Oak
Massey- Haris Company
Racine
Wis
Lyla H. Mitchell
Clarinda
General Implement Company
Iowa engineer sees future industrial boom for state
Willams of the University of Iowa College of Engineering told the Iowa power and industrial conference that Iowa could become a major industrial center within 25 years due to its geography and resources. He noted the state is highly electrified, with a population of over 1.4 million, and highlighted the close spacing of Midwest markets as a driver for growth.
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Fewa City
C. Gy Willams
College of Engineering
University of Iowa
Iowa Power and Industrial Conference
Towa
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Middlewest
Mississippi Basin
Iowa
Farm Price Index Up Four Points in Past Month
The Farm Price Index rose from 138 to 140 percent of the pre war level between February 15 and March 15, driven by gains in horses and mules hogs corn cotton and apples while eggs oats barley potatoes wool and some dairy items showed declines. Hog prices rose as receipts fell about 22 percent in seven primary markets for the four week period ending March 26.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Sleet Dampens Spring Campaign in County Fields
Across the county farmers faced rain and snow over the weekend halting field work. Heavier soil remains too wet to seed and no planting has started. operations paused as officials note continued wet conditions. The brief notes the tough conditions across Ta. April 2.
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Independence
Hay Scarce in Many Iowa Counties Report States
The April crop report from the U S Department of Agriculture notes hay scarcity across many counties in Iowa. Severe winter conditions left livestock listless from confinement and heavy feeding. corn consumption rose sharply. Pigs and lambs show weaker spring gains. chick hatch delayed about a month. Bees endured winter better in south Iowa but struggled in the north. Wheat, grasses, and clovers withstood winter, though frost remained in the subsoil, delaying field work in most areas.
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Bes Moines
Iowa
United States Department of Reticultire
Northwest Counties Report Details Early Spring Planting
The report notes oats seeding completed in Utile upland areas and some spring wheat in the extreme northwest. Potatoes planted in extreme south counties. Corn stalks being alished and cleared. early plowing underway. Weather bureau expects work to resume normal pace in a few days.
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Northwest
Actie
Weather Bureau
Majority of High Producers in Test Work Are Purebred
Sixty percent of cows with butterfat records over 400 pounds in Iowa cow testing associations are purebreds, says Floyd Johnston of Iowa State College. The 1928 data show purebreds averaged over 1,000 pounds milk and 80 pounds fat more than grades, and earned $6.23 more above feed cost. Nine in ten herd sires are purebred in pledged associations, signaling rising purity in high producing herds.
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Arnes
Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Towa State College
Johnston
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