Iowa liquor probe eyed for interim appointment
Iowa legislators on the liquor control committee considered a plan for an interim appointment and an abstract of the probe to the time of adjournment. The move would let the panel continue hearings and file its findings with the next legislature or a possible special session.
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DES Moines
Legislative
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Forty-sixth
General Assembly
Senate
House
Geske
Floyd E. Page
Denison
Work Is Resumed On Vinton's New Bridge
The Cedar river bridge project in Vinton resumes after a water delay. Crews remove forms from the third pier of four and begin cofferdam work for the fourth. Falsework for steel supports is being prepared as crews push construction from both ends.
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Vinton
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids Girls In Running For Pep Queen
Ten University of Iowa co eds nominated for pep queen to be revealed at the pep jamboree Friday night include Ruth Mullenburg Rhode Island no Rolla Mo Elaine Denman Des Moines Ruth Jamieson Des Moines Audrey Ivins Cedar Rapids Delight Smith New Haven Ind Jean Lovell Mason City James Savery Atlantic Helen L Bernbrock Waterloo Virginia Whidden Greenville Ala Marie Jeffrey Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Ruth Mullenburg
Rolla
Elaine Denman
Des Moinnes
Ruth Jamieson
Des Moines
Audrey Ivins
Cedar Rapids
Delight Smith
New Haven
Ind
Jean Lovell
Mason City
James Savery
Atlantic
Helen L
Open Bid On Linn County Grading Project Tuesday
Ames Iowa The Iowa highway commission will open bids Tuesday for 2.6 miles of grading in Linn County and 367 miles of bituminous surface basing in Guthrie Pottawattamie and Shelby. Bids also for graveling Linn bridges culverts Audubon Hardin Linn and state maintenance equipment. The grading project is twenty six miles of secondary road from Benton county line southeast into Center Point.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Linn County
Guthrie
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Linn
Audubon
Hardin
Benton County
Center Point
Keota Projects Spread Crushed Rock on Main Street
Keota moves to pave its main street with crushed rock for 150 feet of approaches to intersecting streets as a PW project. Driveways in the cemetery and Wilson park already rocked. future work targets heavily trafficked Broadway areas and eventual full street surfacing.
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Gazette
KEOTA
City Cemetery
Wilson Park
Broadway
Cady
Romine
CWA
Riverside Priest Elevated to Monsignorship in Riverside
The Very Rev. B. Jacobsmeier pastor of St. Marys church Riverside will receive the rank of domestic prelate in a May 1 vestiture at St. Marys. Bishop Henry P. Rohlman will officiate with pontifical high mass. About 100 visiting priests and dignitaries are expected for the service and a noon dinner will follow under parish women’s auspices. Jacobsmeier, born in St. Louis in 1865, has long built parishes and schools from Audubon Iowa to Riverside, overseeing the creation of St. Marys church and its fine auditorium and rectory.
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Riverside
B. Jacobs~meier
St. Mary’s Church
Jacobsmeier
Henry P. Rohlman
Davenport
Rohlman
St. Mary’s
John Knittel
John W. Schradel
John Kloppfer
Joseph Libenguth
Elect Jacobsmeier
St. Louis
William and
Theresa Jacobsmeier
Germany
Lee County
Iowa
Atchison, Kan
St. Benedict's College
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Francis Seminary
Katzer
St. Paul
St. Patrick's
Audubon
Oelwein Second In Class A Totals At District Music Meet
Oelwein placed second in Class A in the district music meet held last weekend. Charles City received the sweepstakes award. Notable rankings included Oelwein girls glee club and Toledo boys glee club with superior ratings in closing events. Marion earned two supers for girls small vocal group and chorus.
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Oelwein
Charles City
Oelwein Girls’ Glee Club
Toledo
Marion
Dysart
Dunkerton
Monona
Dumont
Bellevue
Wyoming
Glee Club
Cresco
Superior
Cedar Falls
West Union
Vinton
Waukon
Nashua
Belle Plaine
Post- Ville
Decorah
Iowa City Dentist Struck by Car in Front of Home
Dr Mary T Has ley Iowa City dentist suffered serious injuries Saturday night after being struck by a car while crossing Muscatine avenue in front of her home at 1132 Muscatine avenue She was taken to University hospital with a scalp wound The motorist assisted her home but did not report the accident according to her sister
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Spretal
the Gazette
Iowa City
Mary T. Hasley
Muscatine Avenue
University Hospital
Sr. Hussey
Manchester
Belle Hurd
E. A. Brockmeier
Brockmeier
Ryan
L. L. Club of
Elmer Reed
H. R. Wilson
R. W. Teske
Hubert Evans
L. N. Howard
Harold Jones
Floyd Evans
Abbey Howard
A. S. Baxter
Russell Locke
G. N. Paullens
Borghild Hawkland
Riverside
Mildred
Marie Schnoebelen
Richard Schnoebelen
Schnoebelen
Betty White
Kathleen Knebel
Mary Jane Quinn
Bonnie Mae White
Birdie Godlove
Adele Schoop Declared Jackson Spelling Champ
Adele Schoop of Tete Des Morts township district 5 won the county spelling contest in Maquoketa. Mary Ann Van Beek of Maquoketa was second after leading the written test. Robert Templeton tied for top oral and written scores. Phyllis Gilmore was runner up in Class A. Medals and gifts were awarded by the Maquoketa Chamber of Commerce.
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Maquoketa
Adele Schoop
Tete Des Morts
Mary Ann van Beek
Peter van Beek
Mary Ann
Robert Templeton
Dennis Malone Dies Of Stroke At Waukon Home
Dennis Malone 64 longtime Waterloo township resident died Saturday after a paralytic stroke. Survived by wife, son John at home, four daughters Mrs. Fahey Union Prairie township Mrs. Wagner Hanover township Mrs. Casey and Mrs. O Brien Decorah, brothers Edward and William Malone Waterloo township. Funeral Monday at the Catholic church in Dorchester conducted by Rev. Frank Bernard Denvir.
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Waukon
Dennis Malone
Waterloo Township
John
John Fahey
Union Prairie Township
John Wagner
Hanover Township
John Casey
Raymond O'Brien
Decorah
Edward
William Malone
Dorchester
Frank Bernard Denvir
Workmen See Deer Near Eldorado in Fayette County
John Rothmeyer county road foreman for Dover township and his crew spotted a full grown doe crossing a field and jumping into a ditch two miles northeast of Eldorado. The deer fled when it saw the men and no one can explain where it originated.
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West Union
Fayette County
John Rothmeyer
Dover Township
Eldorado
Cemetery caretaker crushed under three ton tombstone
Edward Watkinson, 70, caretaker at Blairs town cemetery, is pinned under a three ton tombstone while preparing a grave for Frank Brook. He suffers multiple leg fractures and extensive bruises and is rescued after over an hour, then taken to St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids in serious condition. The accident followed a prior vault cave in earlier that afternoon.
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Gazettes
Blairstown
Edward Watkinson
Watkinson
Frank Brook
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Brook
Mrs Grace Lewis Dies Wife Of Solon Editor
Mrs Grace Elizabeth Lewis 33 wife of Earl Lewis editor and manager of the Solon Economist died at an Iowa City hospital at 3 30 am Sunday after a brief illness. She was born February 18 1902 in Columbus Junction. Survived by husband two sons Robert and Ronald parents Mr and Mrs William G Roberts Columbus Junction a sister Mrs Glenn D Edwards Columbus Junction and a brother Louis Roberts Borger Texas. a son Leland died in infancy. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at the Columbus Junction Methodist church conducted by Revs E G Hunt and Walter Lamp. Burial Columbus City cemetery. Friends may call at Frank Brosh funeral home Solon until 10 am Tuesday.
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Gazette
Solon
Grace Elizabeth Lewis
Earl Lewis
Solon Economist
Iowa City
Columbus Junction
Robert
Ronald
William G. Roberts
Glenn D. Edwards
Louis Roberts
Borger
Tex
Leland
Methodist Church
E. G. Hunt
Walter Lamp
Columbus City
Frank Brosh
Emil Smykil
Smykil
E. B. Reuter
Mildred Reuter
Lucy Taft Gibson
O. J. Henderson
Webster City
Keosauqua
Alexander Brown
Cincinnati
Mary
Chadbourne
James Brown
Arthur Darling
Bernard Ingals
Marion Halverson
Eunice Ingals
Clyde Murphy
Noel Derby
Russell Tegtmeier
Leo Day
Delores Moe
Rhoda
Lucille Hansel
Julia Murdock
Margery Molumby
Mrs. Bradley
Granny
Earl Antes
Hugh Inglas
Eunice
Martin Blockhus
Ronald Murdock
Elbert Estey and
Delores Teigen
Bradley Ingals
Lois Ingals
Georgene Sullivan
Dagmar Carrol
Hugh
Arthur Halverson
Elliott Kinderley
Charles Rulifson
Clem
Lois
Mildred Steggall
Independence
William Kayser
Buchanan County
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
B. A. Erdland
Antone
Anna Kayser
Spencer’s Grove
Linn County
Mary A. Michael
John A
Walker
Leo J
Louis W
Harold J
Spring Valley
Minn
Irven
Frances
John
Nicholas Kayser
Maggie Sand
M. Domitilla
Dyersville
Lisbon
Banner Howard
C. B. Forsyth
L. B. van Pelt
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Daubenmier
Charles Ehresman
J F. Bowers
Delaware Spelling Contest Won by Manchester Pupil
Marjorie Dutton of Manchester aged 13 won the Delaware county spelling contest at Central school after taking the written round by defeating April Ann May. Dolores Cush of Coffin's Grove won the oral contest, with Frances Gaffney runner up, and Dutton prevailed in the final oral contest.
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Gazette
Manchester
Marjorie Dutton
Ralph Dutton
Stella Gullaxson
Central School
Delaware County
April Ann May
T D. May
Dolores Cush
Coffin's Grove School No
Frances Gaffney
St. John’s School
Ryan
Dutton
Cush
C. W. Bangs
J. J. Kidder
Grace Annis
Elizabeth Goerdt
Dyersville
Muldred Noble
Check Transactions In Iowa Banks On Increase
Des Moines AP reports that eight Iowa city banks saw a rise in weekly check transactions for the week ending April 3. Totaled 47.319 million dollars, up from 37.333 million the previous year, a 27 percent increase. Cedar Rapids figures show 5.609 million in 1935 versus 4.561 million in 1934.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Cedar Rapids
Employment Up 2.9 Percent in Iowa March
Des Moines report shows employment rising 2.9 and payrolls up 3.9 percent from February across manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sectors. Textiles up 3.9, iron and steel 15.3, lumber 6, stone and clay 3, railway shops 165, miscellaneous 2.5. food products down 5.1 led by meat packing with 9.8 decline and leather down 7.6.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
College Students Rally Against Militarism in Iowa
An Ames practice legislature from Coe College Iowa State Cornell Central Buena Vista and Graceland met Monday to oppose militarism and the Hickenlooper anti communism bill. They passed resolutions against compulsory military training extra armament costs and Pacific naval maneuvers.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Coe
Iowa State
Cornell
Central
Buena Vista
Graceland Colleges
Pacific
Composer Of St Louis Blues To Speak Tuesday
The father of the blues William C Handy, composer of St Louis Blues, will be the Times club speaker at the Memorial Union in Iowa City Tuesday night. He travels from New York City with Rosa mond Johnson, sister of James Weldon Johnson, who will discuss jazz and perform demonstrations including By Golly's orchestra in a special St Louis Blues arrangement. handy, born in Florence Alabama, is the son of a Methodist minister and faced parental opposition to his music.
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Gazette
Iowa City
St. Louis
Handy
Florence
Ala
E F Wise Dead Civil War Vet and Railway Official
Elliott Fin Jey Wise, 93, a Union cavalry veteran, former shipbuilder, and former supervisor of bridges for the Illinois Central Iowa division, died Sunday at his Waterloo home. He left eight surviving members of the Robert Anderson Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
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Waterloo
Elliott Fin Jey Wise
Iowa
Illinois Central Railroad
Robert Anderson
Grand Army of the Republic
Independent nursing pioneer Estelle Kitch 75 dies
Independence Iowa obituary notes Estelle Kitch a practical nurse for over forty years died at Julia Close nursing home. Surviving brothers William Jess and Alvin Kitch listed. location Independence Iowa.
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Independence
Estelle Kitch
Julia Close
William Kitch
Owatonna
Minn
Jess Kitch
Minnesota
Alvin Kitch
Aurora
Marquette Pontoon Bridge Wrecked By Ramming Coal Barge
MARQUETTE The Patrick J. Hurley government coal barge moving north early Monday rammed and partially destroyed the railroad pontoon bridge over the Mississippi river. The steamer pilot cited a heavy east wind shifting his craft as it entered the bridge opening. Officials said temporary repairs might permit traffic to resume late Monday. The boat was not seriously damaged.
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Marquette
Patrick J. Hurley
Mississippi River
Wartburg College Opens September 11 in Waverly
Wartburg college of Waverly will open Sept. 11 as a merger of Clinton church college and St. Paul Luther college. The four year school will offer majors in history physical sciences natural sciences classical and modern foreign languages and mathematics. Preparatory courses for dentistry medicine the ministry and engineering will be part of the curriculum.
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Waverly
Wartburg College of
American Lutheran Church
Norman Menter
Church College
Clinton
St. Paul-Luther College
St. Paul
Minn
Mentor
Fire destroys Ed Green farm home near Castalia
Fire Sunday afternoon destroyed the $10,000 Ed Green farm home northeast of Castalia with Postville and Castalia fire departments unable to save the property. The Green family was away at the time of the blaze.
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Gazette
Decorah
Ed Green
Castalia
Postville
Delegates Gather at Manchester Church Meet
About 120 delegates from federated Congregational and Manchester Community churches attended the biennial conference of young people at Manchester Church Sunday afternoon. Delegates came from Dubuque First and Summit churches and from Independ ence Winthrop Central City Golden Manchester Earlville. The Rev. Royal J. Montgomery of Grinnell planned the meeting.
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Federated Congregational
First Congregational
Summit
Dubuque
Independence
Winthrop
Central City
Golden
Earlville
Royal J. Montgomery
Grinnell
Roberta Rector
A. R. McLaughlin
Lawrence E. Murphy
A. A. Moore
C. A Stratton
Josephine Atwater
Derailed Train Damages North Western Freight Cars
A North Western freight train derailed in Boone injuring a transient on board. Two cars left the track, spilling 6,500 gallons of fuel from a punctured car and causing about 1000 dollars in damage. The derailment was blamed on a broken air hose.
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Boone (Ap
North Western Railway
Literary and Musical club hosts meeting in Central City
Mrs Frank W Sauer entertained the Literary and Musical club Friday with Mrs Richard Bishop as a guest. Mrs R D Minehart led the lesson and officers were elected: President Mrs Margaret Chapman vice president Mrs Myrta Cunningham secretary Mrs Angie Sauer treasurer Mrs Lottie Norris.
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Central City
Frank W. Sauer
Richard Bishop
R. D. Minehart
Margaret Chapman
Myrta Cunningham
Angie Sauer
Lottie Norris
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promise Kidney Relief
Advert promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush kidney wastes and acids, claiming they reduce night awakenings. It notes accompanying signs of weak kidneys and irritated bladder such as backache puffy eyes leg cramps moist palms and burning or scanty urine.
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Haarlem
Holland
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