Morrell Denies Wallace Price fixing Charge Attacked
Iowa packer John Morrell and company rejects Secretary Wallace’s price fixing findings as improper power over judiciary. T. Henry Foster, Morrell president, warns against concentration of executive authority in a government department. Foster recalls 1934 statement affirming Morrell’s compliance with laws.
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Ottumwa
Wallace
John Morrell and Company
T. Henry Foster
Morrell
Secretary of Agriculture
Memphis, Tenn
Woodchopper Found Dead In His Shack
Special to The Gazette William Wilson a 64 year old woodchopper was found dead in his shack on Irish ridge six miles north of Marquette by neighbor Edward Nicholson. The note on the door suggested he feared death and he appears to have died two days earlier likely from a stroke. The body was taken to Pilkinson mortuary in McGregor with funeral services planned Wednesday. Wilson lived alone though he had a wife and four married children.
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William Wilson
Woodchopper
Edward Nicholson
Irish Ridge
Marquette
Wilson
Pilkinston Mortuary
Miss Nacke Nominated for Drake Relay Queen
Catherine Nacke of Marshalltown will be the University of Iowa candidate for queen of the Drake relay carnival at Des Moines April 24 and 25. A senior in liberal arts, she is honorary colonel of the ROTC cadet regiment and a candidate for university beauty queen. She belongs to Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
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Iowa City
Catherine Nacke
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Miss Nacke
College of Liberal Arts
Hawkeye
University R. O. T. C
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Wauk-on Speech Contest Finalists Named at St Patrick’s
Eligible finalists for the WAUKON-A speech contest at St Patrick’s parochial school are Mary Collins Jeanne Davis Ella Long Catherine Pluemer and alternates Mary Deviney Catherine Welch Mary Lyons Paul Anderson William Kessel John McCullough Harry Toney Leo Sullivan and John Fitzgerald. Betty Sandbeck elected president of the Senior Sodality at St Patrick’s church Gretta Ward is vice president and Miriam Whelan secretary treasurer.
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Waukon
St. Patrick's
Mary Collins
Jeanne Davis
Ella Long
Catherine Pluemer
Mary Deviney
Catherine Welch
Mary Lyons
Paul Anderson
William Kessel
John McCullough
Harry Toney
Leo Sullivan
John Fitzgerald
Betty Sandbeck
St. Patrick’s Church
Gretta Ward
Miriam Whelan
O'Brien Wins Delaware County Spelling Championship
Imogene O'Brien, 13, daughter of Dr and Mrs W S O'Brien of Ryan, won the Delaware County spelling contest at Manchester. An eighth grade pupil of St John's School she led as Patricia Mangold, also from St John's, took third place.
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Imogene O’brien
W. S. O’brien
Ryan
Manchester
Miss O’brien
St. John’s’ School
Patricia Mangold
St. John’s School
Edson Seeks Republican Nomination for Lt Governor
W. O. Edson of Storm Lake former speaker of the Iowa house announced his bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. A lawyer since 1902 he runs the family farm at Schaller Sac County and holds degrees from Iowa State College and the University of Iowa Law School. He has long chaired Buena Vista College trustees and served four terms in the legislature.
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Storm Lake
W. O. Edson
Iowa House of Representatives
Edson
Schaller
Sac County
Iowa State College
University of Iowa Law School
Buena Vista College
House
Iowa
Iowa City Scout Executive Resigns
The resignation of Glen G. Fordyce, Boy Scout executive for the Iowa City area, was announced here Tuesday. Fordyce, who has headed the Boy Scouts here for nearly five years, will accept a similar position at Dubuque.
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Iowa City
Glen G. Fordyce
Fordyce
Boy Scouts
Dubuque
Churches weigh merger vote to join Presbyterian group
Lone Tree residents of the Reformed and Methodist parishes plan a joint April 19 vote on uniting the two congregations. A 65 percent favorable result would affiliate the merged church with the Presbyterian body rather than Reformed or Methodist.
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Lone Tree
Reformed
Presbyterian
Junior Garden Club Formed by Monona Youths
Forty children met at city hall to organize a junior garden club in two groups by age. Members must be eight or older and own a sixty four by sixty four foot plot to plant and care for. Garden records will be kept and officers elected at the next meeting.
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Monona
Adams Couples Fifty Third Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs C C Adams marked their fifty third wedding anniversary at their home with quiet family and friends calling on Saturday.
Warm Front to Bring Warmer Iowa Weather Wednesday
Iowa forecasts show rising temperatures starting in the western and northern areas and spreading across the state by Wednesday. A prior cold snap has retreated from Canada as records ranged from 7 above in Forest City to 48 above in Sioux City Clarinda and Council Bluffs with light snow in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Canada
Forest City
Sioux City
Clarinda
Council Bluffs
Jurors Drawn For Court At Decorah
Judge H E Taylor of Waukon will oversee Winneshiek county district court opening May 4. Trial jurors summoned May 11 include James Weldon Fred Narum Burr Oak Alonzo Harvey Henry Bod ensteiner Bloomfield and others. Grand jurors reporting May 4 are Charles Pollitt Burr Oak F H Koenig Bloomfield.
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Decorah
H. E. Taylor
Waukon
Winneshiek County
James Weldon
Fred Narum
Burr Oak
Alonzo Harvey
Henry Bodensteiner
Bloomfield
K. H. Flaskerud
Caroline Sobolik
Calmar
Clarence Eimers
Fremont
Albert Ki
Chester Behrens
George Seibold
Washington
Florence Rima
Myron Ramsey
Ed H. Bushman
A. F. Porter
Esther Larson
Theodore Nesteby
John Rygg
John Bollinger
Walter Kneeskern
Charles Pollitt
F. H. Koenig
J. D. Becker
Sam
Decorah Woman Annie Sorenson 75 Funeral Arrangements
Funeral services for Annie Sorenson 75 will be held Wednesday at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. O Glesne officiating. She died Sunday after a year long illness born Annie Bakkemoen May 3 1860 married Soren Sorenson March 25 1881 near Freeport. Survived by seven children all living in Decorah area ten grandchildren and sister Mrs Emma Delaney Freeport.
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Annie Sorenson
DecOrah Lutheran Church
O. Glesne
Annie Bakkemoen
Ole Bakkemoen
Freeport
Soren Sorenson
Olav Hamre
Wilma Sorenson
James Stortz
J. A. Headington
A. M. Thompson
Hans
Stella Sorenson
Emma Delaney
Maquoketa
W. C. Harding
Keystone
Fred W. Schenken
J. Renwick McCullough
Cedar Rapids
Julius Klapphotz
Herman Schneider
J. F. Feuerbach
Randolph Englebrecht
George Eichmeyer
John F. Lindt
Mr. Schenken
Tilford Academy
Vinton
Kane No. 7
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Rebekah
Keystone Turnverein
Rifle Club
Automobile Club
Dora Bielenberg
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Pearl M. Reeve
College
Paul Ray
Coe College
Lenox
Dorothea Bixby Holace Stingley
Janette Titus
Thelma Rich
Maxine Schnittjer
Dorothea Bixby
Elsie Arnold
Dora Morgan
Rachel Stanger
Grace House
Vida Brutsman
Strawberry Point
Frank Nace
Methodist Church
James P. Gable
Joseph
Susanna Nace
Ellen Smart
Scales
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Max O. Jahr
Donald Schug
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Gladys Fredrick
Lillian Mae _ Birrer
Gerda Lewis
Paul Lewis
Kent Snyder
Lawrence Steward
Alton Knickerbocker
Charles Peick
James
Keota
Washington
California
Western Auto Supply Company
Myrtle Morrow
Patricia
Virginia
Jay
Maynard
Velda
Chicago
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Hudson
Wyo
Marengo
William Kienle
St. John’s Reformed Church
L. A. Moser
Kienle
Germany
Charles
Amelia
Mary LaGrange
Minnie Misel
Sophie McBride
Regina Graat Kienle
Christine Smoley
Dewitt
Sarah Loentjes
Maria Hanrahan
Sarah Cahill
Philadelphia
Patrick Cahill
Henry Loentjes
Michael Hanrahan
Elizabeth Schunter
Portland
Ore
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Webster
Albert T. Marshall
Frank Wright
R. L. Brown
Jean
Julia Marshall
Marshall
Ida Allum
Fern Wright
Dora Neal
Cora Sauter
Mollie Nesmith
Fairlight
Sask
Canada
Myrtle Arthur
Princetown
B. C
Walter Marshall
Houston
Tex
Maxine
Donald
la Vaughn Wright
Lorden Cemetery
Sigourney
Henry Rah
Clarence
Beula Miller
Indianola
Pueblo
Rah
Keokuk County
Household Paper Products Company
W. J. Fair
State
Harold D. Evans
van Horne
G. L. Lyman
Waterloo
Iowa City
Cornet
Lamoune Tomlinson
Donna Jean Shutts
John Barry
Eileen Krumm
La-Verne Kelly
Marion Woltersdorf
Geneva Jenks
Norma Reinhardt
Jeanette Thompson
Helen Dabis
Rachaell
Local Social Justice members pick delegates at city hall
Monona group of the National Union for Social Justice gathered Saturday evening to select delegates for the district meeting at New Hampton. Chosen were J. A. Maiers J. J. Tayek Alfred Humnker Jack English and Herb Wagner.
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National Union For Social Justice
New Hampton
J. A. Maiers
J. J. Tayek
Alfred Humnker
Jack English
Herb Wagner
Look Who's Here play set for April 17 at high school
The play Look Who's Here will be staged in the high school auditorium on April 17. Sponsored by the Methodist Ladies Aid society, the cast features Floyd Stimson Dorothy Irvine Ruth Clark Karl Snyder Dorothy Jenkins Marjorie Petton Dorothy Fox Dorothy Hill and Gayland Smith.
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Stanley
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Floyd Stimson
Dorothy Irvine
Ruth Clark
Karl Snyder
Dorothy Jenkins
Marjorie Petton
Dorothy Fox
Dorothy Hill
Gayland Smith
How to Play And How to Win Bridge Strategy
A bridge column explains two main plans to handle a ragged trump suit. When opponents lead trumps the declarer aims to draw no more trumps, then execute a cross-ruff. when trumps are not led a cross-ruff still targets eleven tricks. North dealer, after a sequence leads to a win with queen and ruffs, culminating in eleven tricks.
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Declarer
West Branch Bethany Lutheran confirms class on Palm Sunday
The Rev. E. L. Erlander presented a confirmation class at Palm Sunday services at Bethany Lutheran Church in West Branch. Members included Gordon Jensen Iname Miller Alice Jensen Herbert Sondergard John Clifford Erlander Virgil Christensen Warren Weismann and Raymond Pedersen. A dinner for the class and families followed in the church social rooms.
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West Branch
E. L. Erlander
Bethany Lutheran Church of
Rowley Mother and Daughter Banquet Draws Crowd
A Rowley Methodist church banquet drew 98 attendees with a three course meal served by men. Mrs Russell Phillips presided as toasts honored mothers daughters church home and school while musical numbers entertained the crowd.
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Rowley
Rowley Methodist Church
Russell Philips
Maurice Grover
Tom McCormick
Will Toomey
Ferne Mitchell
Ethel Kemp
Wilma Roth
C. C. Dickey
Vera Buchanan
L. L. Kassar
Thug Apologizes After Hitting the Wrong Man
Davenport police report Edward Chandler was struck on the head by an iron pipe in an attack that mistook him for Joe Snyder. The assailant apologized, saying he sought Snyder and urged warning for Snyder. Nobody else was injured beyond Chandler’s head wounds.
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Chandler
McGregor Pupils Sweep County Commercial Contest Trophies
McGregor high school dominated the Clayton county all county commercial pupils contest at McGregor winning four of five class trophies and first place in both team and individual events. Marquette took the remaining trophy while Strawberry Point earned individual honors. Individual firsts included Gladys Smothers and Constance Turner of McGregor, Dorothy Mills of McGregor, Marvin Chevalier of Strawberry Point, and Edna Miller of McGregor.
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Gazette
McGregor
Clayton County
Marquette
Strawberry Point
Donald Whitmore
McGregor Commercial
Elkader
Guttenberg
Monona
Gladys Smothers
Constance Turner
Dorothy Mills
Marvin Chevalier
Edna Miller
Clayton
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Howard Counties
Iowa
Marengo City Council Restructures and Appoints Officials
The old city council met Monday to conclude business while the new council organized and filled key posts. Appointments include Marshal George Willenbrook, night policeman I. Fiser, city attorney Byron Goldthwaite, street commissioner Martin Franey, waterworks superintendent J Gordon Tompkins, and city physician Dr E Brown. No city clerk was named.
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Marengo
Old City Council
New City Council
Marshal
George Willenbrook
I. Fiser
Byron Goldthwaite
Martin Franey
J. Gordon Tompkins
E. Brown
Ottumwa Editor Will Fill Iowa Delegation Vacancy
John Hus ton editor of the Ottumwa Courier will fill the vacancy on the Iowa delegation to the republican national convention created by the death of former Gov. John Hammill. Huston was chosen as delegate at large after notes of state convention procedure and prior reports had B. F. Butler of Waterloo listed. Confusion arose when Butler appeared above Huston on the certified list of delegates.
Woman Injured in Tama Car Collision
Mrs Emma Mayo age 60 of Milwaukee suffered severe injuries in a Monday collision at the No 30 highway and State street intersection. Her daughter Evelyn drove one car and Mrs Charles Lewis of Waterloo drove the other. Mayo sustained gashes a broken nose and body bruises requiring fifteen stitches. Her sight is not believed to be impaired. Lucile Mayo and Ed Meczkowski of Milwaukee were in the Mayo car. Mrs Lewis had paused to let a hitchhiker Robert Ruben of Fort Dodge exit. Mrs Mayo was the sole injury.
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the Gazette
Tama
Emma Mayo
Milwaukee
Evelyn
Charles Lewis
Waterloo
Highway No. 30
State Street
Lucile
Ed Meczkowski
Snow totals top 57 inches marking heavy season
Decorah reports 57 inches of snow since last fall as M. D. Whitney official weather reporter notes this is 15 inches more than the winter of 1928 29. The increasing snowfall underscores a harsher season than recent years.
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the Gazette
Decorah
M. D. Whitney
Zemo Relief for Eczema Itching Sold in Drug Stores
An advertising notice claims Zemo soothes itching from eczema and rashes including ringworm and pimples. It emphasizes touching irritated skin speeds relief, urges use in every home, and notes approval by the Good Housekeeping Bureau with prices 35¢ 60¢ and $1.
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Good Housekeeping Bureau
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