Legislature Fails to Reapportion Senate Seats Across Iowa
Five northwest Iowa counties seek court action to force the legislature to reapportion senate membership as required by the state constitution. The 1910 basis has persisted, with bills stalled in committees and historical clashes over county representation and urban bloc influence.
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Trank Nye
Towa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Towa
Senate
Iowa
Earl G Miller
Clay, Dickinson
Emmet
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Buena Vista
Northwest
Lester S. Gillette
Fostoria Democrat
Clay
Dickinson
Jackson County
W. P Woodcock
Spencer
State Supreme Court
Thirty-fourth
General Assembly
House
Atal
Crime Doesn’t Pay Speaker Jailed For Confidence Game
Special to The Gazette. Edward Collins, 25, Rock Island, Illinois, is jailed in Jackson county on a charge of obtaining money by misrepresentation. He solicited donations from Maquoketa merchants to fund a Maquoketa city hall talk on Crime Doesn’t Pay. When he didn’t appear, a search led to his Fulton, Illinois arrest, using the same hoax. Mayor F L Moore of DeWitt says Collins obtained money similarly in DeWitt last week.
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Maquoreta
Edward Collins
Jackson County
Collins
Rock Island
Maquoketa
Fulton, I
F. L. Moore
DeWitt
Jones County Clubs Honor Olin Woman
Mrs. H. E Carter of Olin was elected county chairman at Jones county federated clubs annual convention. Delegates listed include Mrs. Paul Smith presiding and 265 members reported. The 1940 convention will be at Anamosa with officers Mrs. David Lenox and Mrs. Robert Pike named as state vice presidents.
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Hale
H. E Carter
Olin
Federated Clubs
Jones County
David Lenox
Marshalltown
Robert Pike
Sioux City
Anamosa
Paul Smith
E. Smykil
Leonard McKinstry
Onslow
J. R McNielly
Center Junction
C B Kinser
Gerald Kruse
L. A. Downing
Charles Marshal
Hawthorne
Charles Brainard
Elmer Buckingham
Wyoming
H E Carter
Smith
Fortune Raps Twice In 20 Minutes At Tracr
Within twenty minutes, accidents at home caused hand injuries to Mr. and Mrs. John Mowery. Mr. Mowery burned his left hand touching a hot stove top after a fall in the basement. Mrs. Mowery caught her hand in the wringer of a washing machine.
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Lll
Fortune
Tracr
the Gazette
TRAER
John Mowery
Sigourney Teacher Sue Downing Mourned After Illness
Sigourney educator Miss Sue Downing age 64 dies at home after a six week illness. A 30 year veteran of Sigourney grade schools she retired last year due to ill health. Funeral likely Saturday afternoon.
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Sigourney
Sue Downing
President approves WPA projects for Iowa funds
The President approved about $750,000 in Works Progress Administration projects for Iowa. Largest item funds nursing home aid at $457,040 and a $134,424 plan to record veterans graves. Road work covers Washington, Louisa, and Montgomery counties with sums of $36,468, $51,539, and $75,371. Ten sewing room projects are listed in Denison, Tipton, Independence, Maquoketa, LeMars, Pocahontas, Mount Pleasant, Iowa County, Keokuk, and Cedar Rapids. Other items include Des Moines city garage, Minden town hall, Davenport and Hubbard street work.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Iowa
WPA
Pocahontas
Mount Pleasant
Iowa County
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Minden
Davenport
Hubbard
Death of farmer near Montezuma sparks inquest
Poweshiek county coroner JL Taylor planned an inquest into the death of Joe W. Johnston 45 found late Thursday in a water tank on his farm east of Montezuma. Johnston’s throat and wrists were slashed. Authorities could assign no clear cause, noting money was in his pockets and he had been living with his wife at an acreage north of town. His father also survives.
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Montezuma
JL Taylor
Poweshiek County
Joe W. Johnston
Here
Johnston
Taylor
Wellman Farm Worker Bound Over On Larceny Charge
Donald Blum twenty of Wellman was bound to the grand jury under one thousand dollars on a grand larceny charge. He was arrested in Cedar Rapids on a charge of taking seventy three dollars from Ervin Goodwin, a farmer four miles northwest of Wellman, for whom he worked.
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the Gazette
Washington
Donald Blum
Wellman
Cedar Rapids
Ervin Goodwin
Vacancies Open in Wapello School Faculty
With contract deadlines passed two positions remain open in the Wapello consolidated school staff the girls physical training department and the science course. Signed contracts include Morledge Haberichter Rukgaber Norwood Kieth Schrody Decker Cover Amick Smith Messer Matthews Jr. high and elementary principals Herdliska Eversmeyer Bloom Asher Hervey Korn Buster Matthews Smoley Willits Shellabarger Swanson Haaland Share.
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Wapello
Wapello Consolidated School
A. R Morledge
L. R. Haberichter
Cecile Rukgaber
T. J. Norwood
Elmer Kieth
L. J. Schrody
Alice Decker
Helen Cover
Opal Amick
C. C. Smith
Helen Messer
William Matthews
Margaret Herdliska
Inez Eversmeyer
Esther Bloom
Lurline Asher
James G. Hervey
Mabel Korn
Roxyn Buster
Nettie Matthews
Alice Smoley
Irda Willits
Verlee Shellabarger
Margaret Swanson
Marguerite Haaland
Ruth Share
Oelwein Couple Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary
OELWEIN The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Safranek was celebrated with a family dinner at their home. Married in Cedar Rapids they moved to Oelwein in 1902. They have children William of Chicago Fred and four daughters in Oelwein with eleven grandchildren.
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Oelwein
Joe Safranek
Safraneks
Cedar Rapids
William
Chicago
Fred
Lillian DeBow
Florence Krasnicka
Mary Youngblut
Esther Lacy
Norway high school to present three one act plays
Norway high school classes stage Detour Ahead Wings of Darkness and Pocketbook Pains in the auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. D Smith directs all three works with a sizable cast including Arlene Frimml Robert Keffeler Paul Wack Myrtle Merritt and others.
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Norway
Arlene Frimml
Robert Keffeler
Paul Wack
Myrtle Merritt
Earl Engeman
Merle Merritt
Dorothy Ritchie
Evelyn Holland
Hazel Rose
Mary Jane Farrell
Max Berger
Marlyn Johnson
Lualis Athoff
Celestine Range
Jack Franklin
North English
Ross T. Hadley
American Legion
Camp Dodge
Paul Septer
Harold Weimer
Drake Relays Queen Is Missouri Beauty
Laura Louise Dille a Missouri senior music student and beauty queen at the University of Missouri was named queen of the Drake relays. The five foot six and one half inch tall 127 pound entrant from Maplewood will arrive April 28 to preside over a court of six Drake beauties.
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Des Moines
Laura Louise Dille
University of Missouri
Maplewood
Miss Dille
Drake
Patricia Stouffer
Colfax
Mary Margaret Hatch
Scranton
Betty Hyde
Fort Madison
Dorothy McIntyre
Anita
Mary Quick
Galesburg
Evelyn Graves
Grinnell Student Injured In Fall
Grinnell College sophomore Harry Eugene Wulfing of Chicago suffered a skull fracture concussion and ruptured eardrum after slipping while jumping for a pipe in a basement dormitory room Wednesday He was treated by hospital attendants who said he would recover.
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the Gazette
Grinnell
Harry Eugene Wulfing
Chicago
Grinnell College
Wulfing
Traer Woman Named Legion Auxiliary Head
Mrs. Lester Dodd was unanimously elected chairman of the Tama County American Legion auxiliary. Mrs. Herman Bartling of Gladbrook became vice president, Mrs. Alice Mehlhaus of Dysart secretary, and Mrs. Helen Zander of Toledo treasurer. Gladbrook will host the next convention and the program was led by Mrs. Charles Pocklington of Tama.
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TRAER
Lester Dodd
Tama County
American Legion Auxiliary
Herman Bartling
Gladbrook
Alice Mehlhaus
Dysart
Helen Zander
Toledo
Charles Pocklington
Tama
Funeral services held for Fred Whitehead in Brooklyn
Fred Whitehead 51 died of a heart attack Tuesday. Born in Atalissa to Elizabeth and Harry Whitehead, he studied there and at Drake University. Married Leta Waldorf on June 14 1916 in Brooklyn, he lived there 30 years and worked in insurance 16 years. Survived by wife, sister Mrs Anna Davis of Des Moines, and brother Harry Whitehead of Sun Center Minnesota.
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Brooklyn
Methodist Church
Fred Whitehead
Atalissa
Elizabeth
Harry Whitehead
Drake University
Leta Waldorf
Anna Davis
Des Moines
Sunk Center
Minn
Mennonite church to be built in Iowa City
Iowa City announces a $10 000 Mennonite church will be constructed by the Mennonite Mission. Rev Norman Hobbs says the congregation of 72 has met at a schoolhouse for ten years and a 250 seat temple will be ready by next September.
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Iowa City
Norman Hobbs
Vernon Halligan
Gordon Churchill
Lone Tree
Grand Jury
First Trust and Savings Bank
Henry D. Robertson
Mercy Hospital
George
Oxford
Lee
Wayne Robertson
Oakey
Margaret Schuchert
Ida King
Wellman
Miss King
Oakey Schuchert
G A R Chief Loses 800 To Burglars
Sioux City Iowa Col Michael Hawk 94 longtime G A R commander and last Civil War veteran in the city says burglars stole about 800 dollars in cash from his home while he attended a downtown hotel meeting Tuesday night. The pension funds were hidden in a dresser drawer at his daughter’s house where he resides. Thieves entered through a coal chute and ransacked the residence.
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Sioux City
Michael Hawk
Iowa
Col. Hawk
Fair and Warmer Weekend Forecast in Iowa
The weather service said spring ahead in Iowa with a near freezing night Friday. Friday night temperatures linger near freezing, with fair and warmer weather expected for the weekend. Rain reported in Davenport while southeast Iowa faced cloud cover and other areas stayed clear. Highs reached 63 in Atlantic and Clarinda, and Inwood recorded a low of 27.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Davenport
Atlantic
Clarinda
Inwood
Jesup Couple Observe Fifty-Fifth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John L Walker marked their fifty fifth wedding anniversary in Jesup. A family gathering is planned at their home Sunday with nine children sixteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren expected to attend. The couple, married April 21 1884 in Jesup, have spent their lives in the community.
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Jesup
John L. Walker
Fred
Robert
Carroll
Quince
Dewey
Dunkerton
John
Clarence Newell
Ruth Collins
Tom Hogan
Waterloo
John Walker
William Walker
Nora Hallman
Samuel Hallman
John W Lyon dies after lingering illness
John Wesley Lyon aged about 78 died Thursday after a lingering illness. Born in Jackson township he lived in Jones county all his life. He married Fannie Brickley 56 years ago and three generations survive with eight children six living including Gertrude Schlimmer Clara Snow F W Lyon Arthur Lyon Inez Milian Willis Lyon. Also 13 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and three brothers Elmer Ed Vinton of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Stuart chapel.
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Elmer
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Stuart Chapel
Institute of Human Relations talks at Cornell campus on April 26
Mount Vernon reports that sessions will address combating propaganda of prejudice and the role of Christians and Jews in democracy. Four speakers Willard Johnson Father Robert Walsh Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer and Rev. Dr. Stoddard Lane, all from Des Moines, will speak.
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Mount Vernon
Institute of Human Relations
Cornell
Willard Johnson
Iowa Round Table
Robert Walsh
Euegene Mannheimer
Stoddard Lane
Des Moines
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