Iowa District Judges To Gain $1000 A Year Pay Increase
Des Moines Feb 5 Iowa district court judges are poised to see a $1000 annual salary rise after a compromise in the House salaries committee. The panel trimmed the $6000 proposed boost to $1000, with no opposition anticipated in either chamber. The report notes an additional bill to create a ninth Iowa Supreme Court justice, already passed by the House, awaiting Senate action and gubernatorial approval. The same day, tax debates over oleomargarine continued with bills proposing a one cent per pound tax and standard 24 percent overrun. controversy centered on who should bear enforcement costs.
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Es’ Moines
District Court
Iowa
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Iowa Supreme Court
Hammill
House Committee
Osceols
Ben Gibson
H. C. Hattendorf
J Ditto
Sibley
Cleo
Des Moines
INS
George W. Christopher
Waverly
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Towa
C. AL. Benson
General Assembly
Christopher
Pritchard Speaks at Waverly Legion Meeting
George W. Pritchard commander of Iowa American Legion spoke to a joint Waverly post and Woman's Auxiliary gathering about veterans relief measures and universal draft act, with about 50 persons present. Mrs. Pritchard accompanied him and spoke at the auxiliary meeting.
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Courier Special Service
Waverly
Iowa Department of the American Legion
George W. Pritchard
Waverly Post
Woman's Auxiliary
Legion
EB. H. Kramer
C. C. Bacon
Mary O'Connell
Lorena Schiefelbein
M. N. Guernsey
Milles Named American Legion National Publicity Head
Des Moines reports Frank Milles editor of the Jews Legionnaire named chairman of the American Legion national publicity advisory committee. Indianola notes an extension of time for Simpson College to raise 400000 to secure a 200000 Rockefeller pledge.
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Miles Publicity
Dés Moines
Frank Milles
The
Jews Legionnaire
American Legion National
Indianola
Simpson College
Rockefeller Foundation
Mortuary services for Norman Smith at Kearns chapel
Funeral services for Norman Smith known as Kid Spruce, a colored featherweight boxer, who died Sunday night at his aunt’s home will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Kearns chapel with Rev. G W Day officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood. Mary Ellen Peverill 6 dies of influenza at 127 Norton Street. services set for 3:40 p.m. tomorrow at Kistner chapel. burial in Elmwood. survivor Oma and sister Gwendolyn, 244 years old.
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Norman Smith
Kid Spruce
Lela Robinson
Salisbury Street
Kearns Chapel
G. W. Day
Antioch Baptist Church
Elmwood
Mary Ellen Peverill
Mary Ellen
Glenn ¥. Peverill
Norton Street
Kistner Chapel
Erimwood
Oma
Gwendolyn
Benson bill makes Iowa an accredited TB area
Des Moines Feb 5 The senate approved Senator C A Benson’s plan to make Iowa an accredited area in bovine tuberculosis testing by a 30 to 13 vote with 7 absent. The bill shifts testing unit from counties to the state, affecting 31 counties, and would place Iowa behind North Carolina as an accredited state if enacted. Cows entering the state would be tested before shipment.
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Des Moines
U.A
Iowa
Senate
Senate Committee Ons Agriculture
Hammill
North Carolina
Innstead
Créan
Weather Forecast Says Conditions Similar Across State
Des Moines and Heb read yesterday's outlook for today. Charles Reed, government meteorologist, notes only occasional snow and little temperature change with temperatures above normal across the state and expected to stay that way for a while.
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Des Moines
Heb
INS
Charles DB
Reed
Legion Opposes Big War Memorial in Des Moines
Des Moines officials announced a unanimous Argonne post vote of the American Legion opposing immediate construction of a city war memorial. Proposals had sought a large land donation, but the post says the city cannot bear such expense now. In Ames, IA, the first robin sighting marked signs of spring as residents reported early songbirds amid snow. Cal Thompson, 60, a retired farmer, died by suicide in Des Moines after his home, damaged by a recent fire, was being repaired. funeral services were set for his burial.
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Des Moines
INS
War Memorial
Argonne Post
American Legion
Legion Post
Bopy
St. Ansger
Ua—Puneral
C. A. Thompson
Calvin Thompson
Ames
Ades
Thomas Troy
Congress Today on Bills and Hearings Across Committees
House committees review Navy appropriation and leasing Muscle Shoals projects. Military affairs and Merchant Marine consider radio leasing. Interstate Commerce weighs bus bill. Immigration and Ways and Means discuss tariff revision and deportation measures.
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HOUSE
Navy
Military Affairs
Muscle Shoals
Merchant Marine
Radio Commission
Interstate Commerce
Immigration Committee
Ways and
Foch in Serious Condition as Family Abandons Hope
Paris reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch, aged famed French war hero, is in serious condition with heart and kidney trouble complicated by grippe indigestion after milk. Five doctors held a bedside consultation. no public bulletin issued. Household members reportedly fear he may not live out the week.
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Paris
INS
Altho
Ferdinand Foch
International
Hertz-Boyer
Heitz-Boyer
Foch
Quarantine May Be Used Against Untested Cattle
In Black Hawk county dairy owners won an injunction to block tuberculosis testing for now. County agent J Uban said after the 2200 herds are tested, quarantine rules could be applied to untested herds affecting milk sales and distribution. Most plaintiffs market milk in Waterloo and Jesup. pasteurization integrity remains uninspected.
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Black Hawk County
J. Uban
Agen
Uban
Waterloo
Jesup
Bryant Co Wins 24 Mile Road Surfacing Contracts
Bryant Paving of Ames Iowa today secured two highway contracts from the Iowa state highway commission. One covers 16 miles of U S Highway 18 in Kossuth county west of Algona and the other 14 miles of U S Highway 61 in Jackson linking Zawingle and Maquoketa. Work to begin in spring.
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Bryant Paving Company
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Black Hawk
P. L. Bryant
Kossuth County
Algona
Jackson
Zawingle
Maquoketa
Moves to Waterloo Widow Leg Louis Relocates
Mrs Leg Louis widow of Dr Louis moves from Grundy Center to The President in Waterloo. In Grundy Center Miss Fanny Louis stays to close her father’s medical practice. Vernon Phillips, 31, Cedar Rapids, jailed on $3500 bond after a head on crash injuring three. Submarine 4 towed from Key West by Mallard for safety tests.
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Waterloo
Leg Louis
Dr. Louis
Grundy Center
Fanny Louis
Cedar Rapids
Vernon Phillips
Cedar Rapds
Parker
Key West
Fla
Ata
Mallard
Slayer of Bill Brennan Captured After Two Years on Run
Joseph Piclo, once reputed to have escaped Sing Sing in 1927, was arrested in Elizabeth New Jersey after two years as a fugitive. Police said he fled the prison wall under fog, swam the Hudson, and reached shore. Piclo and four others had been charged with Brennan’s 1924 New York cabaret shooting. Piclo pleaded to first degree manslaughter and received 20 years at Sing Sing. Brennan, a Chicago heavyweight contender, had retired in 1923 after a Firpo loss.
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Sing Sing
Hudson River
Pipla
Brennan
New York
Brenna
Chicago
Luis Firpo
Bell
Reichert
Johnson
218
Neece Beil
Reichert and
New Café on Old Richelieu Opens Soon in Waterloo
Decker Gale Inc plans a modern high class cafeteria at 216 Fourth Street East in the former Richelieu site. S. M. Decker, with 15 years in dining, arrives to oversee remodeling as the firm seeks a noon to night service offering. The venture assumes a 10 year lease from August 1, 1928 with new equipment and changes to the layout.
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Fourth Street East
Richelieu Cafe
Decker Gale, Inc
M. Decker
Mason City
Minneapolis
Minn
A. G O. Sweetman
A. O. Sweetman Electric Company
Fourth Atreeterst
Sweetman
Decker
Waterloo
Dividend at Standard Oil of Indiana Shocks Stockholders
Col Robert W Stewart chairs the board as Standard Oil of Indiana declares 50 percent stock dividend plus 50 cent cash and regular 62.5 cent dividend. Cash value estimates range up to 400 million with stock valued around 444 million at market close. Proxies and control in Stewart’s favor loom ahead of the March 7 stockholders meeting.
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Chicago
Robert W. Stewart
John Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Ois Company
Indiana
Board of Directors
Col. Stewart
Standard Oil
L. L. Stephens
Gol. Stewart
John D.rockefeller
Stewart
Onl
Stephens
Muscatine Herds Infected Transmit Malta Fever
In Muscatine county several cattle herds tested positive for contagious abortion disease. Milk from affected herds can pass Malta fever to humans. The Watters farm herd of nine cows includes seven infected, and a Watters nephew with Malta fever is implicated. no cases yet in cows supplying Muscatine city milk. Dr. A. A. Hardy of Iowa University conducted the blood tests.
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Muscatine
Muscetine
Malta
A. W. Watters
Watters
A A. V. Hardy
Iowa University
Railway Station Agent at Hawkeye Dies by Own Action
Hawkeye Iowa Feb 5 Lyle Baker depot agent for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway killed himself with a rifle at his home. No reason known though depot accounts showed near term irregularities. Baker about 28, survived by widow and three young children. Parents reside at Waucoma.
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fCourier
Hawkeye
Lyle Baker
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Baker
Waucoma
Three Hours Four Babies Born at Allen Memorial
Four babies arrived within three hours this morning at Allen Memorial hospital. The births occurred between 4 and 7 o clock. Mothers include Mrs. Mary Spore of 310 Ankeny Street with a baby boy, Mrs. I E Williams of Dunkerton with a girl, Mrs. Maude Legge of 316 Brockwell Apartments with a boy, and Mrs. Glenn Ralston of 212 Webster Street with a boy.
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Allen Memoriat Hospital
Mary, Spore
Ankeney Street
I. E.williams
Dunkerton
Myrtle. Maude Legge
Brockwell Amis Apartamenta
Glenn Ralston
Webster Street
Temperatures Forecast for Monday Through Tuesday
Readable forecast notes indicate a maximum of 24 degrees Monday night and 38 degrees Tuesday with lower night values. The text is garbled but presents a brief temperature outlook for the period.
Senate Refusal to Act and Patronage Testimony
Senate delays action on a patronage controversy as testimony from A P Russell and McGee alleges subrosa payments for U S marshal and postmaster roles. The report notes funds allegedly diverted to the Republican National Committee and a later air mail bill effort blocked in the House by Schaefer, with questions over Lindbergh and unanimous consent.
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Washington, D. C
Senate “Committee
A. P
Russell
McGee
Miss
United States
Oy P. Russell
Howard
Republican Nations
Washington
D. C
INS
House
Col
Charles
Lindbergh
Schaefer
Wisconsin
Kelly
Pennsylvania
MrCarl, Co
Tinitea
Thousand Watch Daredevil Climbs Nine-Story Wall
Johnny Woods of New London Conn scaled the nine story Sycamore street wall of Hotel President at noon before about 1000 spectators. He climbed with finger, arm and shoulder strength risking a fall on the ledges and used a rope once for the concrete ridge. He swung from the ninth floor window with a tire tube laced through his leg and planned to next tackle Hotel Tailcorm in Marshmiltown Thursday or Friday.
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Johnny Woods
New London
Gonn
Sycamore Street Wall
Woods
Marshmiltown
Extends Search for Missing News Girl in Indiana
Edith May Dilerdorf a 10 year old West Terre Haute news girl vanished ten days ago. A blood stained sack found south of town and a blood stained coat near Bargersville linked to the case. Police identified the sack as the one she carried when she disappeared with a new customer. The coat matched the description and was heavily scented with chloroform per Bus driver Hubert Rivera.
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Terra Haute
Ind
Edith May Dilerdorf
West Terre Haute
Here
Edith May
Bargersville
Edliss May
Hubert Rivera
Curran in Oregon reads of snowbound Colesburg Iowa
Rev A B Curran former Grace M B church pastor now directing Willamette University drive in southern Oregon reports Colesburg Ia cut off by blizzard and blocked roads. Medford Daily News item recalls Colesburg troubles and Curran notes Oregon district spans 275 miles by 125 miles.
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Colesburg
Blizard
Medford
Ore
A. B. Curran
Grace M. B. Church
Willamette University
Oregon
Medford Daily News
Iva
Fourteen Pieces Sold At Tax Sale In County Board Room
Only 14 pieces of real estate were sold for delinquent taxes this morning at the second adjourned tax sale in the county board room. Few bidders were present. The city bought in one tract and the county five. Others went to individual buyers. A. I. Bunn cried the sale and adjourned it without date. Ed Madigan said attendance would not rise for another sale. All properties with three years delinquent taxes were sold. Also listed are marriage licenses for Donald D. Bonlman and Glenne A. Thomas.
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County Board
A. I. Bunn
Ed Madigan
Booze Van Case Depositions In Milwaukee Hearings
Depositions filed in Milwaukee reveal Bell of Milwaukee owner of a moving van tied to a seized 1000 gallons of alcohol near Cedar Falls. Witnesses Reichert and Johnson testified of threats by armed men and instructions to move goods to Chicago via routes No 5 and No 20. Mortgage holder Harry Reed and attorney Harris described the van's value around 5000 dollars and the ongoing court hearings set for Thursday.
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George’ Bell
Milwaukee
Cedar’ Falls
H. P. Mason
E. L. Miller
George D Harris
Bell
William Reichert
Newald’s Sons ‘Co
Chicago
Bub
Thirty-fourth
Lake Street
Ohicago
Ohio
Reichert
Kenneth Johnson
Clark M. Robertson
George D. Harris
R.J. Steinle
Alderson
Fiva
Milwaukee Journal
Cedar Falls
Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee News
Jolson
G.W. Wood
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Steinle
Johnsen
Fallon
Ilinois
Harry M. Reed
Fire Alarm at Seventh West Residence Reported
Tuesday morning a fire alarm was triggered at Martha Hoard's residence at 012 Seventh West. A spark on the roof caused damage estimated at $10. Roy Herman O. Miller can be reached at phone 3404 for further information.
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Martha Hoard
Roy Herman O. Miller
Waterloo native joins Chicago Symphony clarinet section
Harry White, Waterloo born son of Charles and Mrs. White, 1903 Berich Avenue, graduated from West High and played in its band and orchestra. He recently joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after a year with the Civic Opera orchestra, marking his first paid performance with the CSO last Friday. White is married to Alma Parker, Waterloo native and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Parker of 913 Bertch Avenue.
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Chicago Symphony
Harry White
Waterloo
White
Charles White
Berich ‘Avenue
West High
West High Bend
Chicago, Civic Opera Company
Alma‘ Parker
M. A. Parker
Bertch Avenue
Tractors and plows battle ice to clear city streets
The local street department, aided by a John Deere loaned heavy tractor with ice cutting gear, plus a new snowplow on a large truck and a city grader, began a winter drive to keep icy intersections open. Rudolph suggests salt to melt ridges and ease turning.
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Harvey Wil
John Deere Company
Will
Rudolph
J. Rudolph
Radio Listeners Meet Thursday at Waterloo Theatre
An open meeting of Waterloo radio fans will be held Thursday at the Waterloo theatre to discuss forming a Waterloo Radio Listeners League. The group backs a campaign against interference to broadcast licenses and aims to improve listening conditions. Iowa House Listeners League president Molites will address the gathering and assist in organizing the local League, noting his work with similar leagues in other cities to boost broadcasting reception.
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Waterloo Radio Listeners’ League
Waterloo
Radio
Sundlitens Fi
Frenels St. Atstel
Res Molites
Iowa House Listeners
Iie
Conopus Club Opens Weekly Meetings at Hotel President
Conopus club will hold its weekly meetings in Hotel President each Tuesday noon beginning March 5. The announcement followed today’s meeting in Black's tearoom. Alexander Kary, educational director for the American City bureau, addressed Conopians at today’s meeting.
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Conopus Club
Alexander Kary
American City Bureau
Conopians
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Old Richelieu
Minnetapolis
A. 1
CG. Sweetman
Restaurant Company
Stewart May
Curran
Donald D. Bonlman
Glenne A. Thomas
Bussey
John Deere
Tractor Company
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Waterloo Theatre
Ploo
G. C. Kennedy
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