New Court House Project Approved by Cass County Officials
Cass county officials in a special session approved a $181,600 plan to build a new county courthouse. The county will cover 70 percent via a government loan and local funds, with annual costs cut by retiring current rents and heating expenses. Construction to start immediately, with funding details outlined by commissioners DeWitt Olson Tompkins and others.
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Papeda
Cass County
Pard of
Tio
Iton
Public Works Adj
Towa
EL. G.armentrout
Truman Davingwold
Tely
Emmittes
Ganooy
Cass Couna
Sam
Te. Atlantic Motors Company
Legion Memor Ing
Joey
Atlantic Motors
Anita seeks 150000 aid from Uncle Sam in city plan
Anita town council asks 450000 from 90000000 industrial recovery funds approved by Congress. Of this, 120000 would build a municipal electric lights plant and 30000 a new town hall. Other cities seek improvements and paving under federal relief to create jobs.
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Anita
Public
Iowa
Congress
Atlantic
Shenandoah
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Northwastern
Adams County
Safe Stolen From Wiota Postoffice Monday Morning
Thieves smashed a south side window at the Wiota post office around 3:00 a.m. Monday and removed the safe, loaded into a car waiting outside. Mrs. Berotie heard a noise, and Joseph Waters later found the battered safe in a ditch about six miles northeast of Atlantic. The safe reportedly held about $40 in each of several contents and about $180 in stamps. Postal inspectors are investigating.
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Wiota
Snfe
Wm. Berotie
Joseph Waters
Atlantic
Noutheast
Waters
Anita Young Folks Figure in Automobile Accident
The Chevrolet coupe owned by Cecil Budd wrecked near Anita as a car went into a ditch after a blind corner. Four occupants escaped with minor injuries about 9:30 last Thursday. Passengers include Roy Forshay Merle Robinson and Verlaine Dorsey heading to Miss Charlotte Moore’s home before Voorhees Lodge reunion for the Class of 1931. Roy Forshay suffered cuts from flying glass and Merle Robinson was cut on the head. Cecil Budd and Verlaine Dorsey were unharmed.
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Cecil Budd
Anita
Budd
Roy Forshay
Merle Robinon
Verlaine
Dorsey
Charlotte Moore
Voorhees Lodge
Glass
Merle
Cecil
Dates Set For the Annual Cass County Fair
Carl Hoffman, secretary of the Cass County Fair Association, announced the annual exposition will be held September 4 to 7 after a special board session last week. Improvement in county economy cited as reason. earlier reports said no fair would occur this year.
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Carl Hoffman
Cass County Fair Association
Board of Directors
Purple Heart Awarded to Herbert Bartley for WWI Wound
The War Department directed a Purple Heart be issued to Herbert E K Bartley, a clerk at Anita post office, for a wound received June 26, 1918, while private in the 82nd Company, 6th Regiment, U S Marine Corps. The revival order dates February 22, 1982, and covers exchange of Meritorious Service Citation Certificates and wear of wound chevrons for eligible veterans.
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Secretary of ‘War
Herbert EK. Bartley
Anita
Mr. Bartley
6Th. Regiment
U. S. Marine Corps
George Washington
War Department
Army of the
United States
Army
Cass County Receives $82 500 for Poor Fund Warrants
County Treasurer L A Breeling announced a Carlton D Beh company of Des Moines sent a check for 82 600 to Cass county to take up poor fund warrants up to January 1 1933. Outstanding warrants total about 45 000 with plans to clear around 12 000 more soon.
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L. A
Dick) Breeling
Carlton D. Beh Company
Des Moines
Cass County
Breeling
Beh
Soil Erosion Program Opens for Cass County Farmers
Cass county farmers can join a government soil erosion and flood control program run by Civilian Conservation Corps Camps at Atlantic. County Agent Warren Duncan says 16 to 20 requests daily are coming in, with work on stopping ditch and gully erosion at no cost to landowners. Farmers supply materials and each crew is led by an engineer. applications are via the County Agent in Atlantic.
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Cass County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Atlantic
Farm Bureau
Warren Duncan
Mr. Duncan
Etheredge 41 Dies in San Jose California
Cecil W. Etheredge 41 of San Jose California passed away at home on June 17 1993. Born July 9 1892 in Anita he moved to California at age seven and became a longtime San Jose Mercury employee from reporter to city editor. He leaves his wife and his mother Nellie Brown Etheredge. He was nephew to Henry P Brown and Claudia Brown of Anita. Relatives in Tulsa and Iowa are noted with health concerns.
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Cecil W. Etheredge
S.W. Etheredge
Nellie C. Etheredge
San Tago
California
Anita
The
San Jose Mercury
Mercury
Nellie Brown Etheredge
Henry P. Brown
Claudia Brown
Anita Lady
Perfect Alibi Note About Betty's Report Card
A teacher's note on Betty's report card says she is a good worker but talks too much. A father's back-of-card remark suggests meeting her mother.
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Betty
The Life of Jimmy Dolan at Rialto Theatre
Warner Bros film The Life of Jimmy Dolan stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr with Loretta Young and a strong supporting cast. A prize fighter hero flees justice after a fatal ring incident, travels to a farm, then returns for a final fight. Added short subjects and newsreel complete the program.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Warner Bros
Jimmy Dolan
Rialto Theatre
Doug
Justice
Loretta Young
Aline MacMahon
Guy Kibbee
Lyle Talbot
Harold Huber
Fifi Dorsay
Shirley Grey
Arthur Hohl
George Meeker
Farina
David Durand
Dawn O’day
Mickey Rooney
David Boeshra
Erwin Gelsey
Isaac Brown, 82, Dies in Omaha Hospital
Isaac Brown, 82, longtime Berea resident, died Tuesday afternoon at Clarkson Hospital Omaha after leg gangrene and kidney illness led to amputation and a traveling blood clot. Survived by wife, three children Irmine Brown, Isaac Brown Jr., and Ethel Courtney. Funeral arrangements pending. Chester A. Long to bring body from Omaha.
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Isaac Brown
Berea
Clarkson
Omaha
Irmine Brown
Isaac Brown, Jr
Ethel Courtney
Perry
Algove
Courtney
Chester A. Long
Anita
Tribune
Danish immigrant C C Hansen dies in Anita at 79
C C Hansen age 79 died Saturday at his Rose Hill Avenue home from stomach cancer after months of illness. Born in Denmark February 8 1854 he moved to Anita in 1890 with Marie Mark. He ran a bakery until retirement about 25 years ago and leaves three children Claude Hansen St Joseph MO Hansine Johnson Anita Julius Hansen Rochester NY plus three grandchildren and a sister in Atlantic. Funeral Monday at 2 pm conducted by Rev E L Anderson with music by G Rasmussen. pallbearers named.
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Q. C. Hansen
Anita
Rose Hill Avenue
C. C. Hansen
Denmark
Iowa
Hansen
Verde
Marie Mark
Hageen
America
Claude Hansen
St. Joseph
Missouri
Mirs
Hansine Johnson
Julius Hansen
Rochester
New York
Irene Brown
Neil Johnson
Olaf Hansen
H. P. Hansen
Atlantic
Danish Lutheran Church
Danish Brotherhood
E. L. Anderson
Congregational Church
Guy Rasmussen
E. S. Halton
Glen A. Roe
H. C. Faulkner
George Shaffer
M. M. Burkhart
Walter F. Budd
Reduction in Rate of First Class Postage on July 1
An order signed by Postmaster General Farley restores the 2 cent local rate for first class postage on July 1, with 2 cents per ounce for local delivery letters and 3 cents for letters to other cities. Cards stay 1 cent. The move aims to increase volume and prevent furloughs, hoping to provide work for postal employees. Frank Rhoads and family visit Peoria relatives in town.
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Farley
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J. Newton
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Ler
Mr. Newton
Mr. Wilson
Eeng
Tompin
Geis
Mildred Rasmussen
Jens Rasmussen
Leons Rasmussen
Guy F. Canon
Briardale
Purple Heart
Herbert Bartley
Cass Poor Fund
Cecil Etheredge
San Jose, California
R. Hunter
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Fred Hansen
J. T. Monnig
Philip and
Mary Modeata
Logan
Victor Case
Abust Entertainment
Jane Scholl
Freda Scholl
Margaret Eliott
Guthrie Center
Gaylord Courtney
Leon
L. M. Getz
Chester Eckles
C. 8. Relyea
L. K. Nichols
Bie
Frank Rhoads
Peoria
Illinois
Bertha Lewis
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