Herring Attacks Democratic Pledge Plan in State House
Gov. Clyde Herring condemned a Democratic plan to have statehouse employees pledge three percent of salaries for campaigns. He named E. H. Birmingham and Leslie Hughes, noting cards were pushed in the statehouse and signed by stenographers and clerks. He demanded removal of all pledge cards and clarified he disapproves of the practice.
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Des Moines
INS
Statehouse
Clyde Herring
Liquor Commission
Tax Board
Godfrey
Catholic Church
Methodist Church
Democratic Party
Sentence Two Men For Short-Change Tricks At DeWitt
Paul Cornish and Roy Harvey of Minneapolis pled guilty in district court to swindling by sleight of hand. Each was fined 600 dollars or six months in jail and chose jail, after being arrested following short-changing DeWitt and Welton merchants.
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Clinton
Paul Cornish
Roy Harvey
Minneapolis
DeWitt and Welton
Davenport Mausoleum Burglary At Fairmount Cemetery
Police suspect local youths robbed a Davenport private mausoleum in Fairmount cemetery. No valuables were found, fingerprints were taken from vault glass, and six other vaults were targeted. A relative alerted the cemetery sexton, and officers hoped the ghouls would return for a trap.
Funeral services held for Dennis O'Brien in Masonville
Dennis O'Brien died at People's hospital in Independence after a five day illness. Funeral mass was at Immaculate Conception in Masonville with burial in St. Mary's cemetery. He was born July 4, 1892, married Venus Lawless of Spencer, and farmed near Masonville. He is survived by his widow, mother Mrs. Patrick O'Brien, a brother Patrick of Hopkinton, and sisters Mrs. William Behan of Masonville and Mrs. Albert Houska of Hopkinton. Pallbearers named include William Maroney, William Conner, Bernard Flanigan, Henry Harington, and William Behan.
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Earlville
Lucille Davis
L. G. Davis
Gilbert Kramer
George Kramer
Dyersville
Dubuque
Reno
Nevada
Kramer
Wheatland
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
C. A. Minnert
Leonard Ahl
Carl Missel
Fred Witte
Jean Hamdorf
Duane Peterson
Ruth Dennie
Burton Dean McIlvain
Walter Klahn
Burton Hansen
Wilma Riedesel
Betty Carey la von Riedesel
H. Heysinger
Elberon
North Western
Elberon Junction
Belle Plaine
Mason City
Lester Willimek
Chelsea
Arthur J. Chaloupek
Cherry Lake
Tama
Edward
Emily Chaloupek
E. J. Chaloupek
Leo Novak
John Chaloupek
J. A. Dvorak
Lehigh
Wis
Emma Amara
Dysart
Peter D. Wieben
Zion Lutheran Church
W.F. Domres
Hans Wieck
John Gipe
Henry Jabens
Loui Stein
Clutter
Henry
Hans
John
Will
Traer
Anamosa — Mesdames
Sue Kohl
Betty Atkinson
Goldie Taylor
Margaret Snyder
Kathryn Rawson
The
Davenport
Catherine Doolittle
Ethel Brainard
Nell Miller
Lillian Dorgeloh
Lula Smith
George Fey
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Fred J. Abele
London
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Mr. Fey
Germany
Masonville
Dennis O’brien
People’s Hospital
Independence
the Immaculate, Conception Church
J. F. McCaffery
St. Mary’s Cemetery
O’brien
Patrick O’brien
Venus Lawless
Spencer
Clermont youth sentenced for attempted abortion in Iowa
Clifford Wold, 21, of Clermont, appeared before Judge T. H. Goheen after pleading guilty to attempted abortion. He was sentenced to one year in the Anamosa reformatory and fined $1,000, then paroled to Sheriff John P. King upon payment of court costs.
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Waukon
Clifford Wold
Clermont
T. H. Goheen
Anamosa
John P. King
Allamakee County
Iowa Nominating Papers Filed for Governor and Other Offices
Lieut. Gov. N G Kraschel and State Senator George A Wilson filed papers for governor and related seats, qualifying for the June primary. A total of 352 candidates filed at the state house, including for railroad commissioner, secretary of state, attorney general, and lieutenant governor, with several incumbents and party-affiliated hopefuls across districts and counties.
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Des Moines
N. G. Kraschel
George A. Wilson
Miller
State House
George L. McCaughan
Ankney
John Hamilton
Cruickshank
Sioux City
R. M. Uhl
Leslie O. Ross
Sidney
Seth A. Silver
Cantril
B. Mohnssen
Muscatine
Harry L. Fisher
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
L. H. Childs
Fort Madison
Congress
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
Bernhard M. Jacobsen
Clinton
Michael T. Kennedy
Farmer-Labor
Davenport
Fred Wolf
Primghar
W. O. Moore
Seymour
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
George W. Koob
Dubuque
Fifteen Judges Named for Iowa State Music Fete in Iowa City
Dr. Bruce E. Mahan announces fifteen national and regional judges for the state high school music festival to be held in Iowa City April 30 May 1 and 2. The list includes Oscar W. Anderson Lane Technical Chicago Hugh Anhalt State Teachers Mil waukee Harold Bachman University of Chicago Harold Baltz Cornell college Noble Cain NBC Philip G. Clapp University of Iowa Stanley Deacon Kansas City Conservatory N DeRobertis Kansas City O orchestral training Raymond F Dvorak University of Wisconsin George C. Krieger West High Minneapolis George L. Pierce Grinnell Gerald Prescott Minnesota Bands John R. Rosborough Lincoln Cathedral Choir Cornelius van Vliet New York cellist Ralph W Wright Indianapolis Public Schools.
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Iowa City
Bruce E. Mahan
University of Iowa Extension Department
Oscar W. Anderson
Lane Technical High School
Chicago
Hugh Anhalt
State Teachers College
Milwaukee
Harold Bachman
University of Chicago
Harold W. Baltz
Cornell College
Noble Cain
National Broadcasting Company
Philip G. Clapp
University of Iowa
Stanley Deacon
Kansas City
Grinnell Names New School Superintendent Succeeding Humphrey
Grinnell will gain W. D. Patterson as superintendent of schools to replace C. E. Humphrey who resigns at the end of the current year. Humphrey has served 16 years on the Iowa High School Athletic Association board of control and his future plans are unclear.
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Delta
Nellie Garrett
Ernest Garrett
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington, D. C
Garrett
Senator Mason
Iowa
Grand Mound
Here
Smith and Moore
Conservation Club
Garden Club
DES Moines
C. E. Humphrey
Grinnell
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Humphrey
W. D. Patterson
Griswold
Grinnel
Board of Control
Bennett Town Hosts Rat Termination Contest
The town of Bennett sponsors a rat termination contest offering 10 cents for large rats and 5 cents for small rats killed within municipal limits. The event aims to reduce pest issues and engage residents in a lighthearted civic activity.
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Bennett
Millers Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary in Lowden
Conrad and Emma Miller of Lowden observed their 60th anniversary with a surprise Sunday gathering. Guests from nearby towns joined the couple for a dinner served at their home. The pair, married in 1884, have two children, Julius and Alvina, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
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Lowden
Conrad Miller
Julius Miller
C. E. Stoffler
Jean
Dick Schluter
Emma Hartwig
Leona Gade
London
Alvina Richmann
Ana
Yankee Street
Miller
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Julius
Anamosa
Mathilda
Jean Stofflet
C. E. Stofflet
Lowdon
Roma
Showman Deweese Wedding Held At What Cheer
Hazel Showman daughter of Mrs S Showman married Warren Deweese son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Deweese of Delta. The ceremony occurred Sunday at the home of the officiating minister Rev J Bollensky with witnesses Mrs Ethel Potter and Mrs J Bollensky. Deweese works at a filling station near Oskaloosa while the bride is a graduate and Springfield school teacher.
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What Cheer
Hazel Showman
S. Showman
Warren Deweese
Samuel Deweese
Delta
J. Bollensky
Ethel Potter
Deweese
Springfield
Oskaloosa
Lost Nation Republicans hold caucus elect officers and delegates
A Republican caucus in Lost Nation Saturday elected E. E. Glick as township chairman for two years and Mrs. Roy Rutenbeck as chairwoman for two years. Frank Myatt, C. S. Ales and Glick were named delegates to the Clinton county convention. Myatt was chosen town trustee for the term starting January 1 1937 and Feuss for the term starting January 1 1938.
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E. E. Glick
Frank Myatt
C. S. Ales
Clinton County
Roy Rutenbeck
Alva Mohl
Henry Feuss
Methodist church district holds Davenport quarterly conference
Dr. W. Glenn Rowley of Mount Vernon superintendent of the Davenport district conducted a quarterly conference Sunday evening at the church. Officers reported on church and school affairs. Frank Lerner was chosen judge and Charlotte Berry and Harold Lerner named tellers to elect a delegate for the Upper Iowa conference next fall.
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Bertram
W. Glenn Rowley
Mount Vernon
Davenport
The
Methodist Church
Frank Lerner
Charlotte Berry
Harold Lerner
Upper Iowa
Brandon Names New English Teacher Miss Lucile Mc Kee
Miss Lucile Mc Kee elected English teacher at Brandon High School for the coming year. She is daughter of Rev and Mrs John McKee of Brandon and a Brandon High School and Drake University graduate. She taught two years in a southern Iowa consolidated school. Two vacancies remain in grades and two in high school.
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Brandon
Lucile McKee
Miss McKee
John McKee
Brandon High School
Drake University
Iowa
Fire destroys summer kitchen at Pennington home
Fire destroyed the summer kitchen at Homer Pennington's home Sunday night. Mrs. Pennington woke to flames with no prior fire in the kitchen. Loss includes many tools, a new electric washing machine, and other valuables. slight damage reached the main house.
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Sigourney
Homer Pennington
Neighbor quickly halts house fire at Dewey Cox home
Mrs. A. A. McElroy discovered the blaze in the Dewey Cox residence and alerted firefighters Sunday evening. Firefighters and neighbors fought the flames, damaging the interior and first floor furniture before extinguishing the fire. The cause remains unknown as the Cox family was away.
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Masonville
A. A. McElroy
Dewey Cox
Auto Crash in Luana Injures Two
Two people suffer minor injuries when a car driven by R. E. Brown of Cedar Falls collides with Lloyd Bugenhagen’s truck in Luana. Both vehicles sustain damage and Elmer Schrader’s parked car nearby is also damaged.
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Luana
R. E. Brown
Cedar Falls
Lloyd Bugenhagen
Elmer Schrader
Long outlines tax reduction program in Iowa
Joe L. Long, executive secretary of the Iowa Taxpayers Association, spoke at the Iowa Association of Chamber of Commerce Secretaries convention in Des Moines. The program calls for budget control laws, detailed expenditure information, and county taxpayer associations to curb waste and reduce costs.
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Des Moines
Joe L. Long
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Iowa Association of Chamber of Commerce
Long
Association
Iowa School for Deaf Overspends On Expenditures
Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs ran expenses of 409 452 for the biennium ending June 30 1935 versus revenue of 398 294 an overrun of 11 158 The audit also notes 28 060 spent on plant improvements and maintenance and recommends installing a card control system over institutional equipment.
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DES Moines
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Anamosa Girl Chairs Cornell Junior Prom Plans
Mount Vernon committee in charge of the Cornell junior prom to be held in the Alumni gym Saturday evening announced by Gwendolyn McColm of Anamosa as general chairman. Decorations by Richard Tallman Frances Keeler Rodman Thacher Ivan Gethmann. Programs Betty Schmidt. Floor show Margaret Handel Lyman Perkins Janet Winston. Publicity Robert Rowley. Chaperon Franklin Littell.
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Mount Vernon
Alumni Gymnasium
Cornell College
Gwendolyn McColm
Anamosa
Richard Tallman
Jesse M. Tallman
First Avenue W
Cedar Rapids
Frances Keeler
Rodman Thacher
Minneapolis
Ivan Gethmann
Gladbrook
Betty Schmidt
Evanston
Ill
Dismiss Johnston Will Controversy At Toledo
The Anna B. Johnston will case in Toledo failed to go to trial when objectors filed for dismissal and the will was admitted to probate. Relatives opposed the will and its codicils though Miss Alice Le Fevre of Toledo was named principal beneficiary. Johnston left substantial wealth to Cornell College.
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Toledo
Anna B. Johnston
Miss Johnston
Alice le Fevre
Pioneer Springville Woman Dies at 80
Louisa Calvert Yocom age 80, pioneer Springville resident since age nine, died at home after a yearlong illness. Born March 28, 1856 in Ohio, she married Edward Yocom in 1876. he died in 1931. Survived by four children, funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church.
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Springville
Edward Yocom
Ohio
Louisa Calvert
John
Mary Calvert
Yocom
Alice Worrall
Pasadena
John and Brooks
Purley
Springfield
Ill
The
Methodist Church
Zemo Relief for Itching of Eczema Promoted
An old advertisement touts Zemo as soothing relief for itching burning skin caused by eczema and rashes. It claims rapid relief when applied to irritated areas and urges purchase for home use with price 60 cents.
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Roy Canfield
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Frank Halstead
Thomas Manson
Edward Clark
Quasqueton
Ray Donels
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Ray Beyer
Marvin Holmes
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William Husted
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Robert Hopper
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Orlie Meskimens
Marion Schaller
Hazel Zarr
Darlene Splinter
Marvin Wendt
Neil Clifton
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Forrest Diesch
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Mary Rogers
Velma Schmidt
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David Robinson
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