Liquor Heist Triggers Manhunt Across Three Iowa Counties
Six men hijack a truck near Alt. Ja. and release two diners after a ride through three counties. Drivers Williams and Min of Grand Island Nebraska report losses totaling 5200 dollars in liquor from Pentama James route to Denver. Authorities seek suspects as Eastern Iowa counties brace for the haul outcome. ONSLOW High school seniors rehearse The Blue Bug for April 24 with cast led by Lester Orr and Gordon Hall under coach Miss Alice McDaniel.
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Alt. Ja
Nelsorer- Peterson Company
Grand Isle- Neb
Victums
Ecking
Pelicce
Haskins
Washogtz County
P C Williams
Crit. Min
Reneeves
Tomi Neice
Pema I
Aloia
Igwa
M_ssis
Pyn Myer
Thureis
Stone Wall
Royal Oak
Manchester Boy Tops Iowa State Honor Roll
Nine Iowa State students posted straight A averages in the winter quarter. Donald Byers of Manchester led the list with his ninth consecutive quarter of straight A work, and Anita Foster of Washington earned a straight A for the second time.
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Ames
Iowa State College
J R Sage
Regstrar
Donald Byers
Manchester
Anita Foster
Washington
Waukon Pioneer Mr Eaton Dies Leader in Local GOP
The obituary notes 82 year old Waukon resident Mr Eaton longtime pioneer born in Wisconsin in 1857. He traveled from Nova Scotia roots to the United States and Illinois before settling in Waukon. He taught, farmed, and helped form local business ties including the shoe firm with Henry Carter and stakeholding in Waukon State Bank. He served as mayor for seven years and ten years on the county board of supervisors, and remained active in the Masonic order and local politics. Married Ella Munert in 1879 the pair marked fifty six years of marriage next month and raised seven children with thirteen grandchildren.
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Fusta Ff
Hayvné
Nova Scotia
United States
Wisconner
Illinois
Feacon
Wiscons
Aba
Seton
Ella Munert
Allamakee County
Ray Shtor
Ano
Dora Eaton
Washington, D. C
Arthur J
Minneapolis
Guy W
Waukon State Bank
Ruth Cota
Lucile Kepler
Marion Ludeman
Waukon
Rupert Eaton
Eaton
Board of Supervisors
Masonie Order
Blue Lodge
Tama County 1934 Expenses Totaled 297223
Tama county total expenses for 1934 were 297223 dollars as announced by Deputy County Auditor M J Kreze. Items listed include county attorney and sheriff costs, jail, county recorder, treasurer, auditor, supervisors, schools, printing, assessors, bounties, courthouse, miscellaneous, elections, clerk, jurors, and court expenses.
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Toledo
Tama
M J Kreze
Local Government Expenditure Details Circa Historic Balance
Officials itemize public funds including care of the poor at 30 615 97 dollars and road works with 142 583 85 for secondary maintenance 16 263 37 for secondary construction 1 724 36 for trunk roads 11 984 44 for bovine TB eradication and 8 510 53 for soldiers' relief.
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Bovine T B
Cascade Fire Blows Through Wind Strikes Town
High winds Monday and Tuesday caused property damage across Cascade Township. A chimney fire at Mrs. Peter Till’s home spread to the roof, most of which burned before firefighters stopped the blaze. Losses were insured. The Legion park grandstand collapsed in the wind, Zoller’s garage building shifted from its foundation, and a Kirkwood cleaning plant window and several private home windows were shattered.
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Gazette
Cascade
Peter Till
Cascade Township
Legion Park
Zoller
Kirkwood
Iowa Co Grand Jury Indicts 11 Thirteen People
Eleven indictments were issued by the Iowa County grand jury at the April term. Two charges were public against Frank Reller for terrorizing a dwelling and Robert Calvert of North English for drunken driving. Most counts involve liquor law violations. Funeral services were held for Christina Griffith, 66, of Dysart, who died Friday. She was survived by six children and many relatives.
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Marengo
James P. Gaffney
Frank Reller
Dewelling House
Robert Calvert
North English
Dysart
Christina Griffith
Evangelical Church
EL J Wackerbarth
Christian
Elizabeth Rost
Lee County
Oliver Griffith
Alta Stevenson
Earl Vandel
Walter Schreiber
Alvin Bader
la Porte City
Edd
Funeral Rites Held for Agatha Taylor in Masonville
Funeral services for Agatha Taylor 27 formerly of Masonville and later Cedar Rapids were conducted at Immaculate Conception church Masonville by Rev F McCaffrey and Rev M E Nolan. Burial followed in Masonville Catholic Cemetery.
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Manchester
Agatha Taylor
Masonville
Cedar Rapids
Immaculate Conception
F. McCaffrey
Masonvile
M. E. Nolan
Decorah
Death of 95 year old Elizabeth Wilson near Hazleton
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson 95 died Sunday at her daughter Mrs EA McWhinney's home east of Hazleton after a fifteen year bed confinement. Funeral services were held at the residence by Rev. R A Hallett of the Methodist church and she was buried at Atlantic.
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Hazelton
Elizabeth Wilson
EA. McWhinney
Hazleton
Iowa urged to raise primary road funds by 2.38 million
Iowa highway commissioners inform Gov. Herring that to access a 21 million dollar PWA allotment and cover state project costs the primary road fund must grow from 3.3 million to 4.38 million annually, leaving a 2.38 million annual gap in the next biennium. They urge action by the Forty-sixth General Assembly.
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Des Moines
Clyne L. Herring
State Highway Commission
Iowa
National Congress
PWA
Forty-sixth
General Assembly
House
Senate
Restaurant Owner Must Pay Sales Tax On Waiters Meals
Des Moines IDPA report states restaurant owners owe sales tax on meals eaten by cooks and waiters at their own establishments. Fred Wray notes the sales tax division is collecting taxes through 35 field auditors, with thousands of dollars in penalties already assessed.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Fred Wray
Board of Assessment and Review
Wray
Negro Student Fined In Iowa City on Gun Charge
Samuel Ingram a Negro student at the University of Iowa pleaded guilty in district court to carrying a concealed weapon. Judge Harold D Evans fined him 250 dollars but suspended the fine after his father arrived from Little Rock Arkansas to take custody. Police said the motive involved jealousy over suitors for a girl.
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Iowa City
Samuel Ingram
University of Iowa
Little Rock
Ark
Harold D Evans
Former Manchester Man to Wed New York Girl
Word has been received of the coming marriage in June of Joseph R Wermann, son of Mr and Mrs. F. R. Merman of Manchester and Buffalo New York, to Miss Joanna Lawrence of Buffalo. Lawrence attended Syracuse City Normal school and Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Wermann is a graduate of the chemical engineering school of Iowa State College Ames.
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Manchester
Joseph R Wermann
F. R. Mermann
Buffalo
N Y
Joanna Lawrence
Miss Lawrence
Lawrence
Syracuse City Normal School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Whermann
Chemical Engineering School of
Iowa
Styte College
Ames
Iowa News in Brief Highlights from Several Towns
Fifteen girls in Lisbon high school home economics cl ass prepared a banque for faculty and board members. Winthrop expects diplomas for 28 graduates May 17. La Porte City marks an 82nd birthday for Emeline Rock with relief corps members. West Union graduates forty. speaker Levi Fuller and Frank Gilson to speak. Belle Plaine reports illegal gambling device raids on ten machines. Lisbon hosts American Legion Auxiliary reception with Col. O W Mull on national defense. West Union re-elects teachers under new superintendent Steger. Decorah funeral for Mrs B F Headington at age 90. Decorah Easter service to unveil a memory desk for A F Barfoot and R F B Portman. Strawberry Point Easter cantata by 15 singers.
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Board of Education
L. N. Rahn
Alma van Fossen
Annice Harman
Alverta Hein
Hyllis Stahl
Lois Crocker
Constance Johnson
Irene Vanderberg
Hazel
Pearl Kohl
Helen Milka
Jean Wiggins
Marguerite Cook
Rosalie
Willet Kline
H. E. Waldroff
E. L. Esher
Frank
Harry
Arthur
la Porte
Paul
West Union
Levi Fuller
Oak Park
Ill
Frank L. Gilson
Emporia
Kan
Belle Plaine
Justice of the Peace
S. L. Benishek
Leland Fry
Walter Smith
J. B. Franklin
Vinton
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
American Legion
Col
O. W. Mull
Cedar Rapids
Sheldon Rahn
Helen Lehr
Helen Sivler
Leonard A. Steger
Colesburg
Bertha Hanson
D. M. Caldwell
Robert McLeese
Grace Roark
Wesley Moore
Owen Olson
Eva Fennell
Mildred Steggar
Genevieve Owens
Lena Lauridsen
Isabel Kingsbury
Mae Dickson
Leta Greve
Eva Shea
Grace Lyle
Fern Wathan
Irene Martin
Iowa Sales Tax Administration Costs Near Two Hundred Thousand
Des Moines figures show the sales tax division spent $196 150 for administration in the nine months ending April 1 on approximately $8 500 000 collected. Salaries topped $120 234.47, refunds were 0 41 percent of the total, and relief agencies receiving food tax credits got $40 546.24 while taxpayers refunds totaled $3 851.98.
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Des Moines
IDPA
State of
Iowa
Fred Wray
Board of Assessment and Review
Wray
Old Washington Academy Plans Reunion
Old Washington Iowa residents plan a reunion for the 27 graduates of the former Washington Academy. Forty years later eleven men and sixteen women remain, led by Mrs Ralph Dougherty. All members are located except Mrs Bessie Sowash Bundy who moved to Cedar Rapids.
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Washington
Old
Washington Academy
Ralph* Dougherty
Bessie Sowash Bundy
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Lydia Lyon Of Onslow Celebrates Her 94th Birthday
Special to The Gazette Onslow Mrs. Lydia Lyon celebrated her ninety fourth birthday with an open house. Born near Cleveland Ohio to Rodney and Harriet Adams Spencer she moved to Iowa in 1854 and spent years teaching. She married Joseph Lyon who died in 1915 and remains active in church and missionary work as a charter member.
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Onslow
Lydia Lyon
Lyon
Cleveland
Ohio
Rodney
Harriet Adams Spencer
Iowa
Ladies Guild
Harriet Lamey
George Lyon
Spencer
James
Melvin
Oxford School Board Re-Elects Most Teachers After Resignation
Oxford school board re elected all teachers except Anna Kelley who has resigned. The staff includes Superintendent W A Scott Principal Hazel Jones high school teachers Bertha Hedland Mary Ruess seventh and eighth grades Marjorie Shaffer third and fourth Ruth Linkshart second and third Elizabeth Shannahan.
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Oxford
Oxford School Board
Anna Kelley
W. A. Scott
Hazel Jones
Bertha Hedland
Mary Ruess
Marjorie Shaffer
Ruth Linkshart
Elizabeth Shannahan
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