Atom Smasher to Be Ready at Iowa University
University of Iowa physicists in a $25,000 underground lab build a giant atom smasher. A score of scientists assemble a 50 by 4 foot generator with 13,000 parts to study nuclear forces and potential medical uses. Gamma rays and rapid particle speeds aim to reveal how atoms stay bound and how nuclear reactions unfold. Research has run six years at the university.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Physics Department
Brandon Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Saturday
Brandon Mr and Mrs W W Bain long time Brandon residents mark their golden wedding with an open house from 2 to 4 p m Saturday Mrs Bain daughter of the late Isaac and Margaret Lizer once assistant postmaster and active in church and community affairs Mr Bain son of the late Dr and Mrs John Bain has been a school teacher, drug business partner to his father, postmaster, bank cashier and is city clerk and president of the Brandon school board He has served on the board for over 40 years The couple married April 5 1891 at the bride s home by Rev T M Coffee Jesup Baptist church
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Brandon
W. W. Bain
Bains
T. M. Coffee
Jesup Baptist Church
State Farm Fugitive Held In Los Angeles
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Warden Foss Davis of the men's reformatory here received word late Thursday that charge of uttering a false instrument.
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State Farm
Los Angeles
Anamosa
Foss Davis
Cedar Rapids Bride Weds LaCrosse Groom in Cedar Rapids
Bertha Abe deeley of Cedar Rapids married John Moses of LaCrosse in a single ceremony. Attendants included Mrs. William Moses, Cedar Rapids, sister of the groom. The couple will reside in LaCrosse.
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Independence
Bertha Abedeeley
Cedar Rapids
John Moses
LaCrosse
H. H. Dill
William Moses
Purchased License To Wed Toledo Girl But He Assumed Too Much
Newton Iowa AP report notes Adline Neuforth 21 of Newton said a Toledo girl had just obtained a license to wed but he returned it after assuming too much about the arrangement.
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Toledo
Walker couple marks fifty second wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs George M Price of Walker recently observed their fiftieth second wedding anniversary in two March events. A large dinner party included relatives from Center Point Quasqueton Troy Mills Walker Cedar Rapids and Central City with gifts and long distance calls noted.
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G. E. Madison
Quentin Dudley
Cedar Rapids
Harris Wilson
Central City
Walton
Neuert
E. C. Price
G. M. Price
Belle Plaine Schools Close for Spring Vacation
Supt Morris announces Belle Plaine public schools will close the week of April 13 to 19 for spring vacation and will resume classes on April 21.
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Belle Plaine
Morris
Democrat Senator Byers House Bill Sparks Funding Row
Des Moines reports Sen A E Augustine requests withdrawal of 50000 dollars appropriated to the state defense industries council after Senate defeats on a housing bill seen as a GOP move. Augustine calls the appropriation an empty gesture and urges funds returned to the general fund. A Maquoketa deputy later seeks a seven member toll bridge study committee with state leaders to report findings to governor and the fiftieth general assembly.
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Des Moines
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
State
Defense Industries Council
Iowa
Byers
Augustine Sai
Augustine
Senate
Maquoketa
Missouri
Mississippi
General Assembly
House
State Highway Commission
Two Iowa City Youths Face Larceny Charges
Alfred Yordi 23 and Kenneth Arnold 22 both of Iowa City were charged with larceny after police say they stole a load of scrap iron from Ben Kimmel junk dealer and sold it in Muscatine. Yordi was arrested Wednesday, arraigned Thursday, with a $500 appearance bond set and no hearing date. Police also reported a 15 year old local youth admitted theft of two cars and forgery of a check at a local store.
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the Gazette
Aece City
Alfred Yordi
Kenneth Arnold
Iowa City
Ben Kimmel
Muscatine
Yordi
Justice Court
Frank J. Burns
Delegates Named for Pan-American Union Conference
A paper on the Pan-American Union was read by Mrs Edward Bushek. Delegates to the conference on April 15 at Mount Pleasant include Miss Rose Dautremont and Mrs Elsie Fox with alternates Mrs Hary Kucera and Mrs Mary Kron. Stamps to be sent to the Soldiers Home at Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Edward Bushek
Mount Pleasant
Rose Dautremont
Elsie Fox
Hary Kucera
Mary Kron
Marengo Couple Mark Anniversary With Open House
Mr and Mrs John H Vaughn of Marengo hold an open house for their anniversary this Sunday. Vaughn born June 16 1871 in Jones county and raised near Van Horne and Marengo. Mrs Vaughn Mary C Gould born March 1 1874 in Hilton township daughter of John and Mary Gould. They married April 8 1891. lived on farms near Marengo and Belle Plaine and Victoria with stints in real estate insurance and furniture. They have three children Walter Clinton Howard and Loretta with six grandchildren.
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Marengo
John H. Vaughn
A.ema
Mr. Vaughn
Jones County
Samuel I
Hannah Vaughn
Benton County
van Horne
Vaughn
Fairview
Vaughan
Mary C. Gould
John W. Gould
Hilton Township
Belle Plaine
Victoria
Walter
Clinton
Howard
Ottumwa
Loretta Share
Traer Farmer Dies At Church Dinner
Alfred Dougan 60 a prominent farmer between Traer and Dysart died suddenly of a heart attack during a United Presbyterian church dinner in Traer. He was born near Fairfax and a Cedar Rapids Washington High School graduate. Survived by wife Jessie Karr daughter Lois and sister Mrs. John Brownlee. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. at United Presbyterian with burial in South Dakota.
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Traer
Alfred Dougan
Dysart
United Presbyterian Church
Mr. Dougan
Fairfax
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Jessie Karr
Brookings
S. D
Winterset
Ce Sor
Lois
John Brownlee
United Ees Ee
Mr. McKnight
South Dakota
Mrs Anna Stone to Mark 88th Birthday in La Porte City
Mrs Anna Stone a longtime La Porte City resident will celebrate her 88th birthday Sunday April 13 She has spent most of her life in the community having come to Iowa long ago continuing to reside there with family and friends nearby.
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LA Porte City
Anna Stone
Iowa City Youth Wins Supreme Court Day Arguments
AP reports Elwood Haac of T. S. D. and Robert S. Fousek of Iowa City were awarded the “decision” in the annual Supreme Court Day arguments over opponents Richard W. Beebe of Wever and Robert C. Fisk of Curlew. Eight students were initiated into the Order of Coif scholastic honorary: Corwin W. Johnson, W. Howard Mann, Fousek, C. Neil Johnson, John P. Mansfield, Walter L. Jr., Richard K. Smith, and Robert L. Brooks.
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Elwood Haac
Robert S. Fousek
Iowa City
Supreme Court Day
Oar
Richard W. Beebe
Wever
Robert C. Fisk
Curlew
Order of Coif
Scholastic
Corwin W. Johnson
Centerville
W. Howard Mann
Fousek
C. Neil Johnson
Manchester
John P. Mansfield
Ogden
Walter L. , Jr
Cedar Rapids
Richard K. Smith
Clarion
Chicago
Maynard Funeral Held For Mrs J R Cummings 61
Funeral services were held for Mrs J R Cummings 61 who died Monday at her home near Maynard Presbyterian church. Rev D E Freeman led the service with music by E H Stewart Gerald Warnke Lester Schmitt and Dr C C Hall and Mrs Amos Lemme at the piano. Born Nellie May Miller near Greeley she married J R Cummings on March 30 1904. They lived on a Maynard area farm until his 1935 death. She leaves a son and four daughters including Rol Cummings Mildred Rooker and two others.
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Maynard
J. R. Cummings
Presbyterian Church
D. E. Freeman
E. H. Stewart
Gerald Warnke
Lester Schmitt
C. C. Hall
Amos Lemme
Nellie May Miller
Cummings
Roland Cummings
Mildred Rooker
Polk City
Hawkeye
Cresco Wife-Slayer Sentenced to Forty Years
Long 42 was convicted of fatally stabbing his wife, 25, with a butcher knife in their Cresco apartment on January 2 after a quarrel over a $3.50 dress bill for their 4 year old daughter Ardith June. The couple had two other children.
Sioux City Parking Meters Suit Seeks 2.42 Million Recovery
A $2,500,000 suit filed in Sioux City targets Sales Company and First National Bank over outlawed meters in operation since 1938. Plaintiff Davidson claims the city collected funds as lost money and seeks double recovery, with each of about 120,000 collections counted as a separate sin ding. The city bought meters from Gray Bar and Mark Time. collections were through the Lewis System and First National Bank.
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Sioux City
First National Bank
Iowa Supreme Court
Davidson
Iowa
Graybar
Lewis
Confirmations Set At Local Lutheran Churches Wayne and St Matthew
At Evangelical Lutheran church in Wayne township Sunday morning confirms Ruth sels Margaret Oltmann Greta Kuhns Anna Dirks Luella Oster kamp Helen Dirks Vivian Engel Leanna Mae Wehling Shirley Joxin Anbig Jonen Engel bart Maxine ary Ann Oltmann Berneice Helgens LaVern Rickels Raymond Freese Louis Freese Marvin Oltmann Roger Oltmann Galen Kuhns Ralph Husmann August Monk. At St Matthew's Lutheran church confirms Delores May Dirks Arlene Engeler Hagen Florence Lorraine Kelley Eloise Lame oeng ae et hohn Anas a cobs James Ferdinand Mann Lester Eugene Schatz.
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Monticello
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Ruthsels
Margaret Oltmann
Greta Kuhns
Anna Dirks
Luella Osterkamp
Helen Dirks
Vivian Engel
Leanna Mae ‘Wehling
Shirley Joxin Anbig
Jonen Engelbart
Maxine
Ary Ann Oltmann
Berneice Helgens
LaVern Rickels
Raymond Freese
Louis Freese
Marvin Oltmann
Roger Oltmann
Galen Kuhns
Ralph Husmann
August Monk
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Delores May Dirks
Arlene Engeler- Hagen
Florence Lorraine Kelley
Eloise Lame Oeng Ae Et Hohn
Anas Acobs
James Ferdinand Mann
Lester Eugene Schatz
Funeral services for Mrs D W Thomas in Waubeek
Funeral services for Mrs D W Thomas 82 who died Wednesday at her Waubeek home will be held at the Methodist church at 2 p m Saturday with burial in Jordan's Grove cemetery.
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Waubeek
D. W. Thomas
Jordan’s Grove
House Approves Plan To Probe Farm Problems
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers move to establish a five member committee to study farm problems and report to the Fiftieth assembly. The house also approved a 55000 deficiency appropriation for the Treasury and deferred action on a school law revision bill. A highway load limit proposal would raise the over one axle allowance to 17000 pounds. Kenneth C confirmed administrator with will attached. a $3000 bequest to Karr family members is noted in the will.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Fiftieth Assembly
Senate
Trucker Pleads Guilty on Linn County Embargo Violation
Kenneth P. Bowling of Maquoketa pleaded guilty and paid a $10 fine plus costs after a deputy halted his tractor trailer load on Blairs Ferry Road near Highway 11. The load from Waterloo to a Maquoketa implement dealer exceeded the five ton embargo to protect gravel roads.
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Linn County
Kenneth P. Bowling
Maquoketa
Justice of the Peace
H. 2
Chuchill
Bowling
Waterloo
Blairs Ferry
P. J. Whittemore
Board of Supervisors
Low suit against Ford Hopkins Drug goes to jury
LeRoy Low of Mount Vernon sues Ford Hopkins Drug Co. for 20000 in a damage case tied to his wife Mary Low's death after a December 1938 fall at the store. Trial concluded with jury deliberations after judge J E Heiser man read instructions.
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LeRoy Low
Mount Vernon
Ford Hopkins Drug Company
J. E. Heiserman
Low
Mary
Ford Hopnrt
Joe le Low
Judge Moffit vacates $171 default judgment in Kadlee account case
Judge John T. Moffit on Friday set aside a $171 default judgment issued July 5 in favor of Dr. George Alberry a Monticello veterinarian. The Kadlee defendants say they were not notified when the case was called for trial.
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John T. Moffit
George Alberry
Monticello
Joe
John Kadlee
Will of Jennie S. Karr Admitted to Probate
The will of Jennie S. Karr, who died March 3, was admitted to probate. Executors named in the document begin estate administration and testamentary requests are recorded for local probate proceedings.
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Will of
Jennie S. Karr
Partition sale approved in Floyd estate case
Judge H C Ring approved the partition sale of pro brought by Jasper Woodfin and William H Woodfin against heirs to the Mary Woodfin Floyd estate. Referees named were F W Lindahl Joseph Ernst and A C Johnson.
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H. C. Ring
Jasper Woodfin
William H. Woodfin
Mary Woodfin Floyd
F. W. Lindahl
Joseph Ernst
A. C. Johnson
Dismiss H. C. Carson Case On Embezzlement Indictment
On recommendation of County Attorney W. W. Crissman Judge J. E. Heiserman Friday dismissed the indictment charging Harry C. Carson 32 of Waterloo with larceny by embezzlement. The March grand jury returned the indictment based on Carson's alleged misappropriation of lumber belonging to Henry Blindman of Waterloo.
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W. W. Crissman
J. E. Heiserman
Harry C. Carson
Waterloo
March Grand Jury
Carson
Henry Blindman
Carringer Divorced Woman Faces Payment Charges
The article notes Mrs. Carringer charged her former spouse with paying for their daughter's care and has not covered divorce costs in April 1939.
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Carringer
Divorce suit cites cruel and inhuman treatment
A divorce action filed Thursday by Gordon E. against Bette V. Boyer alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. The petition notes the couple’s marriage occurred earlier, but details of the conduct are not provided in the available text.
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Gordon E
Bette V. Boyer
Divorce petition filed by Harland L. Pearson
Harland L. Pearson filed for divorce from wife Isabelle Mae Pearson. The couple married August 18 1930 in Bakersfield California.
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Isabelle Mae Pearson
Harland L. Pearson
Bakersfield
Calit
170 Iowa Corporations Lose Charters for No Reports
Des Moines secretary of state Earl G. Miller canceled the charters of 170 Iowa corporations for failure to file annual reports. Penalties total $30 per renewal, potential state collection up to $5,100. Des Moines leads with 39, other cities listed. Miller noted a $12,648 renewal permit check and Standard Oil’s Iowa investment of about $12 million.
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DES Moines
INS
Earl G. Miller
Iowa
Secretary of State
Office For Public Information
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Mason City
Davenport
Burlington
Clinton and
Gynge
Miller
Standard Oil Company
Diabetes topic to be discussed at Northeast Health council meeting
The Northeast Health council holds its monthly meeting in Central City at 2 p.m. Monday in the Legion hall. The session will cover the topic of Diabetes with emphasis on local impact and prevention.
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Central City
Northeast Health Council
Legion Hall
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