First Class A beer permits issued in Iowa
Iowa City Bottling Works in Iowa City received the first wholesale permit for 3.2 percent beer as state Treasurer Wegman issued multiple class A licenses. Des Moines reports 12:01 a.m. Tuesday sale legal pending local licenses and ordinances. cities including Des Moines Sioux City and Burlington move to regulate the beverage.
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Iowa City
DES Moines
Leo J Wegman
Thesday
Iowan City
Dan Callahan
Wegman
Iowa
Sioux City
Burlington
Witwer Grocer Company
Cedar Rapids
Tehel Bottling Company
Funeral for Dr J C Shellito Set for Wednesday
Independence services for Dr J C Shellito 44 prominent physician x ray specialist who died after a Cedar Rapids hospital crash will be held Wednesday at 230 in the Presbyterian church. The American Legion and Buchanan County Medical Society members will attend. Shellito served as a captain in hospital No 3 in Paris during World War I and had been elected secretary treasurer of the Iowa Clinical Medical Society. The accident also injured Dr B F Wolverton of Cedar Rapids president of the society. Rudolph Hergert 22 of Middle Amana died Monday afternoon when Shellito's car collided with Hergert's machine.
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Independence
J. C Shellito
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
American Legion
Buchanan County Medical Society
Shellito
Council Bluffs
Wolverton
Rudolph Hergert
Middle Amana
Williamsburg Girl Weds Marengo Man In Simple Ceremony
Veda Gittins Jones became the bride of Lewis E. Felling of Marengo in a noon ceremony at the Jones home officiated by Rev R. W. Gilbert. Attendants were Doris Jones and Sherrin Pratt. After a buffet lunch, the couple left for Chicago and will reside on the Felling homestead near Marengo.
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Williamsburg
Clara Gittins Jones
Veda
Lewis E. Felling
Marengo
R. W. Gilbert
Lost Nation
Doris Jones
Sherrin Pratt
Madison
Wis
Chicago
Felling
Williamsburg High School
Coe College
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Farmers guard Durband farm to block eviction stand off
In LeMars Iowa a wary dawn finds armed guards absent while farmers guard Ed Durband’s home to halt an eviction. Sheriff Rippey abandoned attempts after threats to “shoot it out” and left the scene as protesters vow to stay until official stay is issued.
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LE Mars
Ed Durband
R. B. Rippey
Durband
Clarence Becker
Zink Durband
Zink
Plan Beer Ordinance in Vinton City Council
The Vinton city council discussed an ordinance guiding beer license applications. Drafted by City Attorney Louis P. Tobin, the measure aims to standardize permit forms. Eleven informal applications to sell beer will be considered by the council.
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Vinton
Louis P. Tobin
Cornell To Have Co-Op Dormitory
Cornell will run a cooperative boarding system in Bowmans hall for 1933 34 to cut college costs. Students must provide one hour of labor daily and pay a 10 percent administrative overhead while dining hall costs are covered. Miss Leila Huebsch directs the labor program with Pfeiffer hall remaining unchanged for dining.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Bowmans Hall
H J Burgstahler
Burgstahler
Leila Huebsch
Pfeiffer Hall
Cornell
Honor Grundy War Vet On His 90th Birthday
Grundy Center Iowa veteran Jack Heffelfinger turned 90 on Monday with a dinner hosted by his daughter Mrs. A G Briggs. He was born April 17 1843 in Chester County Pennsylvania and moved to Iowa in 1867 settling west of Grundy Center. He later ran an insurance business and has long served in state roles in Des Moines including chief doorkeeper the house door keeper the senate watchman treasurer's office sergeant at arms and state house postmaster.
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Grundy Center
Jack Heftelfinger
Grundy County
A G Briggs
Izaak Walton League
Heffelfinger
Chester County
Iowa
Mr. Heffelfinger
Des Moines
House
Senate
State Treasurer's
State House
Manchester School Band Returns For Another Year
The Manchester board of education decided Monday night to retain the city school band for another year. Gelia Clemans was hired to fill the Central school vacancy created by Mrs. Hubert Carr's resignation, with Mrs. Carr completing this year's contract. All other staff members plan to return.
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Manchester
Board of Education
Gelia Clemans
Central
Hubert Carr
Iola Johnson
Carr
Prairie states plan drive for Roosevelt reforestation
Nine prairie state representatives including Town organized Tuesday to obtain Roosevelt reforestation program projects for their states. A committee from each state, led by Senator Frazier, will press Director Fechner for authorization to build check dams, plant streamsides, and develop parks. The group aims to secure Iowa and neighbors’ quotas of enrolled workers and avoid unequal federal allocations.
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Washington
Prairie
Town
Frazier
North Dakota
Robert Fechner
Iowa
Fiechner
Lloyd Lytle Named Washington Mayor
Lloyd Lytle was elected mayor of Washington by the city council to succeed Donald J. Ross who died a week after taking office. Lytle, a grocer, has led several community projects. The meeting also discussed tax rates and telephone rates and made plans to accept beer handling applications.
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Washington
Lloyd Lytle
Donald J. Ross
Lytle
O. F. Boller
Spring meeting of Iowa Vocational Guidance group set in Des Moines
Theodore Thomas announces the Iowa Vocational Guidance association spring meeting in Des Moines on Saturday. The program titled Vocational Guidance in a Planned Society includes a report on the Minneapolis convention by Loraine Bradley Theodore Thomas and C. W. Failor.
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Brooklyn
Theodore Thomas
Iowa Vocational Guidance Association
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Loraine Bradley
C. W. Failor
Waterloo
Edward B. Russell Dies at 94 Pioneer of Mount Vernon
Edward B. Russell aged 94 died at his Mount Vernon home after forty eight years as a southeast area farmer and nineteen years in retirement. Born in Montpelier Vermont he married Aurilla Guyette in 1863. they moved to Town in 1867 and were survived by ten children including Mrs. Minnie Lacock Mrs. Hattie Waln and Mrs. Meta Burg.
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Mount Vernon
Edward B. Russell
Russell
Here
Montpelier
Canada
Aurilla Guyette
Minnie Lacock
Hattie Waln
Meta Burg
Funeral services planned for St. John’s Lisbon clergy assisted
Edith Travis and others named among the deceased will be buried in Lisbon after services at St. John’s church. Funeral details indicate burial in Lisbon with Rev. Father Duffy presiding. Also notes Wilton Junction NNC meeting where Olga Bacon was elected president and officers named including Zella Lauser, Olga Port, Mable Freiderichsen, and respondents for conventions.
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Edith Travis
Alvin
Ernest
Charles
Ross
Floyd
St. John's Church
Lisbon
Father Duffy
Wilton Junction
Federated Woman's Club
Olga Bacon
Zella Lauser
Olga Port
Mable Freiderichsen
Plorence Maurer
Minnie Dice
Bina Clark
Nelle Whitmer
Williamsburg Girl Wins Iowa County Spelling Contest
Millicent Pyle of Williamsburg won the final county spelling contest and will represent Iowa county in the state bee in Des Moines on May 8. Rosa Furlong placed second after a misspelling. Wilma Misel, Evelyn Olson, Evelyn Thompson, and Darlene Wagner followed in ranking.
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Eyedal
Marengo
Millicent Pyle
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Des Moines
Rosa Furlong
Wilma Misel
Washington
Evelyn Olson
Conroy
Evelyn Thompson
Hartford
Darlene Wagner
Ladora
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Bulletin
Gazette
George Dohrer
Trlezone
J. C. Shellito
Winthrop
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
James H Gaffney
Cedar Falls
France
Gaffney
James Gaffney
Business College
Sur- Awing
Martin Joseph
Frank Peter
LeRoy
Glen Gaffney
Frank H Decker
Troy Holt
Carl Ryan
Masonsvale
Armstrong
Plan Beer Ordinance
Honor Grundy
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Armstrong’s Iown
Vernon Pioneer
Ray Dubbert
Tn A
Walton
Wilson
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