Iowa board seeks 10.81 million for 15 state institutions
Des Moines reports the state board of control proposes 10,810,672.62 for 15 institutions for 191? ending June 1931, up nearly 53 million for two years. Largest item is Cherokee asylum at 1,031,850 with 720,850 for regular expenses. Other major asks include Fort Madison prison 907,300 and Mount Pleasant hospital 925,400 with 100,000 for water supply among specials.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Hammill
General Assembly
Cherokee
Fort Madison
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Independence
Anamosa
Clarinda
Home
Davenport
Eldora
Glenwood
Marshalltown
Mitchellville
Oakdale
Rockwell City
Toledo
Woodward
John Hammill
Iowa
Saturday 40 Tes Maines Variety Hour and Open Mike
Radio schedule fragment lists events for Saturday including Maines variety hour at 9 and The Open Mike, with performances by M-Palais D Or orchestra, Weather Park Central Hotel orchestra, Davenport, and a series of concerts and talks. Mentions baseball scores, chimes concert, old fiddlers, Dr Julian Klein talk, Time magazine, and Philharmonic orchestra. Weather noted.
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Palais D'Or
Weather Park
Central Hottel Orchestra
Woc Davenport
Julian Kiein
Fia
Philharmonis Orchestra
Sunday Broadcast Schedule From Mines Station
Radio timetable lists programs including church services at 1:00 PM and 12:00 PM, a Stetson parade at 4:06 PM, news summaries at 5:00 PM, Capitol Theatre talks by David Lawrence, musical minutes, baseball scores, and various recitals and dramas featuring ensembles and soloists, with times in the afternoon and evening. Programs reference Gipsy Streiners, Royal Kent artists, and Mrs. G. A. Hail among others.
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David Lawrence
Mentwater Kent
G. A. Hail
Orran
Monday Radio and Event Schedule with Election Results
A chaotic Monday schedule lists phonograph sessions, markets, weather, road reports, talks by John Thompson and E R Harlan, and various concerts at venues including Capit. theatre and Seville troubadours. It notes a General Motors party and Waikiki entertainers, plus a Weather update and orchestra acts. Election results show 612 agents in Ma Trench chamber, with 44 elected, plus counts for professors, farmers, armuts and publicists.
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E. R. Harlan
Auib
Plana
General Motors
Seville Troubadours
MacWeather Bankers Life Little Symphony
Iman P. M
Sheasbs
Herbie Koch
Enogh
Ma Trench
Armuts
Desert Robbery Proceeds and Ranch Foreman Slain
Bobby Thatcher toiled through a desert valley with thousands of dollars in currency and twenty pounds of silver, the proceeds of a robbery at the Box T during which the ranch foreman was slain.
Changes in Waterloo YMCA staff take effect next month
Waterloo YMCA announces staff reshuffle led by S A Co Nagan with G Vern Remy moving to boys work secretary, J B Gottring resigning, and new appointments including Frank J Kirkner as physical director and Harry G Clowes as town and country secretary. Renovations close the building for 12 days, with an open house on Sept 14 and gym classes starting Sept 12. registrations occur Sept 13-14.
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Waterloo
S. A.co
John Berth
West High
State Teachers College
Frank J. Kirkner
Kirk
Lake Geneva
Art Misnér
Clowes
Pennsylvania
Harry G. Clowes
Irwin
Remy
Cedar Falls
Pennsylvania State College
Iowa State College
Ames
Association
Kirkner
Town and Country
Doubles Players Beat Frenchmen in Open American Title Clash
Chestnut Hill Mass Sept 1 Two young American doubles hopefuls George Lott Jr and Johnny Hennessey clash with Australian veterans Gerald Patterson and Jack Hawkes for the American doubles title after defeating the top foreign pair Henri Cachet and Marques Briagnon 6-2 6-1 in a previous round.
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Chestnut Hills
Mass
George Lott, Jr
Johnny Hennessey
Gerald Patterson
Jack Hawks
Lott
Hennessey
Henri Cachet
Marques Briagnon
Tennis final lineup and mixed doubles title set
The men’s finals conclude, then Miss Helen Wills and Hawkes face Miss Edith Cross, California champion, and FE, BR. Moon of Australia, for the mixed doubles crown.
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Hennessey
Patterson
Helen Wills
Hawkes
Edith Cross
California
BR. Moon
Australia
Broken Neck Won’t Stop UK Football Player
Riley Martin, a former Denver high school star now at the University of Kentucky, will play on the Wildcats this season despite a broken neck from a freshman scrimmage injury. He wore a plaster cast for two months but returned to basketball last winter and has earned eight scholastic letters.
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Lexington
Ben
Riley Martin
Denver Colo
University of Kentucky
Wildcat
Marthi
Frank Phipps
Martin
Godfrey Kaynes Beats Pierre Charles in Bout
Detroit Sept 1 George Godfrey the Philadelphia negro heavyweight knocked out Pierre Charles the Belgian contender in 1 minute 40 seconds of the second round of their scheduled 20 round bout Charles was knocked down three times in that round before the final count Godfrey secured the victory in Detroit last night.
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Detroit
George Godfrey
Philadelphia
Pierre Charles
Charles
Godfrey
Ames aviator Wilford Gerbracht heads to New York
Ames, Sept l. Wilford Gerbracht, local aviator, departed yesterday for New York to star in the transcontinental air derby toward Los Angeles. He will compete against other pilots along the route and showcase aerial skill.
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New York
Ames
Wilford Gerbracht
Derby
Los Angeles
Goodness Can This Be Gene Describe Tunney as Sir Galahad
London reports Pi Gene Tunney was pictured as a Sir Galahad of the Ring by Jeffery Farnel novelist of a romantic work. The retired champion is discussed as a dreamer and chivalrous fighter with infinite possibilities of achievement in a newspaper feature.
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London
Pi—Gene Tunney
Galahad
Jeffery Farnel
Tunney
Waterloo Baby Bronze Medalist at State Fair
Betty Jean Matthias, 31 months, daughter of E. H. and Mrs. Matthias, scored 96.41 points in Class Four at the Des Moines State Fair baby contest. She finished fourth, only 0.1 percent behind first place, while the sweepstakes winner surpassed 97 points.
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Waterloo
Betty Jean Matthias
E. H. Matthias
Fowler
Des Moines
Betty Jean
Scercé
Farrell Chance to Square Accounts With Hagen
Johnny Farrell the American Open champion trails by one match in the world golf championship series against Walter Hagen British Open titleholder. The second 36 hole match at Ridge Moor Country Club follows Hagen winning the first match one up at Detroit. plans call for best three out of five.
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Chicago
Johnny Farrell
Walter Hagen
Ridgemoor Country Club
Hagen
Detroit
Iowa Potato Growers Asked to Eat Home Produced Bounty
Governor Hammill urges Iowa farmers to keep the 1928 potato crop at home and expand seed usage. He calls for equal pay to growers, high quality grading, and selling locally to sustain demand. He notes shipments, freight costs, and a goal to keep seven million dollars of potato money in state circulation.
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Towa
Iowa
Ames
Red River
Ohios
Rer River
Hartman and Hartman Granted License to Remarry
Clifford CG Hartman and Irene Hartman, formerly divorced in Waterloo Indiana, were licensed here yesterday to remarry. The action follows their divorce finalization in 1997, with the couple seeking to resume their marriage in Chicago on September 1. The official record notes the license approval and pending ceremony details.
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Clifford
Irene Hartman
Chicago
Clifford Cg, Hartman
Waterloo
Dan
Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Shaw
Review of George Bernard Shaw's The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. The piece weighs Shaw's satire and arguments on equal income, critiques his plan to reallocate wealth for leisure, and warns of political motives and practical flaws. It frames Shaw as a major literary figure proposing socialism as a remedy to poverty amid a era of social debate.
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Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
George Bernard Shaw
England
Fabian
Oaly
Brentano
Shaw
Henry Mencken
Mr. Shaw
Mr. Mencken
Mencken
Intelligent Women's Guide
London
Georgie
Random Rhymes and Poems for Henne Folks
Iowa physician Edwin A Nash of Floyd has issued a second edition of Random Rhymes and Poems for Henne Folks through Stearns Bros Co Chicago. Foreword says no claim to literary distinction yet verses aim to touch hearts with homely sentiment and quaint humor in a volume dedicated to common people.
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Iowa
Edwin A. Nash
Floyd
Stearns Bros. & Co
Chicago
Henne
Federal Radio Commission opens eight channels per zone
Washington D C Sept 11 In a major move the Federal Radio Commission allocated eight wide clear frequency channels per zone for high power stations 5 000 watts and more and 24 channels for 500 2 600 watt stations to ease airwave congestion and assist smaller operators The plan effective Oct 1 aims to conform with the radio bill and reduce cross talk while maintaining a 10 kilocycle separation between stations A minority report by Sam Pickard opposed the order saying it harms the Midwest zone by reducing small stations’ viability
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Washington, D. C
Radio World Today
Federal Radio Comission
United
Radio Sel
Sam Pickard
Middlewest
Pickard
Tiny defendant dwarfed by court in comic case
In New York a three foot tall defendant, Max Susser, faced Magistrate Hirshfield in a assault and robbery hearing. Susser claimed he could not have sinned, saying his legs were too short to flee. A witness later testified Susser was not involved, noting he was part of a side show troupe and that no holdup occurred.
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New York
Max Susser
Coney Island
Hirshfield
Tam
Hirschfield
Susser
Swory
Bernard J. Goldenberg
West Twenty-fourth Street
Susser Ballyhoos
Thomas Kenny
al Aftadineal
Surf Avenue
Kensington Walk
Kenny
Reilly
Lasche Wins Lungside Caddy Golf Final Match
John Lasche defeated Nick Franks to win the Lungside Country Club annual caddy golf tournament. Lasche finished 4 up with 84 strokes to Franks 88 in today’s final.
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John Lasche
Lungside Country Club
Nick Franks
Lasche
Franks
Blind Bogey Meet at Byrnes Park Teed Up
Herb Smith announced a blind bogey tournament at Byrnes public links Monday. About 50 entries are expected.
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Byrnes
Herb Smith
Byrnes Park
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Schmaltz
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Brugnon
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Princeton
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