Measure to let counties exceed debt limit for relief
Des Moines lawmakers pass Wilson bill 66 33 to allow counties to exceed legal debt limits for relief purposes. Governor to decide. Officials tout potential savings on interest with warrants issued between 2 and 234 percent, claimed Polk County savings of 600000. Senate also OKs Davenport Airport funding of 13836 to cover loss from rental contract.
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Des Moines
Forty Sixth General Assembly
Senate
Wilson
Republican
Cunningham
Tol O
Polk County
Davenport
Funeral Rites for C F Landau Held at Washington
Funeral rites for C F Landau 67 were held Monday at St Pauls Evangelical church Washington conducted by Rev W Klein and Rev E L Jeambey of Mount Pleasant. Landau died Saturday at his farm northwest of Washington born in Waldeck Germany Feb 8 1868 came to America 1881. Surviving wife Anna Barkhaus and seven children. He moved from Lincoln Illinois to a farm north of Washington, then Mount Pleasant before returning to Washington.
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Washington
C. F. Landau
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Co. W. Klein
E. L. Jeambey
Mount Pleasant
Mr. Landau
Waldeck
Germany
Karl
Marie Landau
America
Anna Barkhaus
Lincoln
Alma Caldwell
Edna McKinney
Darien
Wis
Minnie Landau
Dows
Raymond
Mable
Gertrude
St. Paul's
Union County
Ohio
Lewis Bolenbaugh
Vinton
Mary Richards
Garrison
R. L. Bolenbaugh
Milwaukee
Ray Bolenbaugh
Waterloo
Carl Bolenbaugh
Howard
S. D
Glenn Bolenbaugh
Ruth Bolenbaugh
Lawrence Bolenbaugh
Piedmont
Calif
Stanley Bolenbaugh
Cedar Rapids
Bolenbaugh
Methodist Church
Odd Fellows Hall
J W Virersena
Glen Cone
Myrtle Robinson
Anamosa
American Legion
Legion
Sisters of Mercy In Charge
Mercy Hospital
Tifton
Russell Schweitzer
JE. Morton
Schweitzer
Jimmie Schontz
Schontz Jad
George Carson
George N. Alice
Carson
J. C Penney
S. S. Haun Civil War veteran honored on 94th birthday
Mount Vernon honors S. S. Haun one of the last Civil War veterans at a family dinner hosted by daughter Ida Haun Ketlesen. Nieces T. A. Harris and Walter Whithead, grandson J. P. Kettlesen, and other relatives attended. A granddaughter Pauline Kettlesen provided the birthday cake, and well wishes poured in from friends.
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T. A. Harris
Detroit
J. P. Kettlesen
la Porte City
Pauline Kettlesen
Washington, D. C
Haun
Nursing Groups Meet At University Hospital
Two day meetings of hospital and nursing groups from the state began at the University of Iowa hospital in Iowa City. The conventions include the Iowa Hospital Association, Iowa League of Nursing Education, Iowa State Dietetic Association, and Iowa State Record Librarians Association. Notable speakers include Dr. R C Buercki, Thomas P. Sharpnack, Dr. Arthur C. Bachmeyer, J Dewey Lutes, and Dr M T Maceachern.
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Iowa
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa Hospital Association
Iowa League of Nursing Education
Towa State Dietetic Association
Towa State Record Librarians Association
Eugene A. Gilmen
R. C. Buercki
University of Wisconsin Hospital
American Hospital Association
Thomas P. Sharpnack
Broadlawns Hospital
Des Moines
Arthur C. Bachmeyer
University of Chicago
J. Dewey Lutes
Ravenswood Hospital
Chicago
M. T. Maceachern
American College of Surgeons
State Highway Commission approves road fund warrants
The Iowa state highway commission approved 6.8 million in primary road fund warrants to eighty six county treasurers. The warrants, drawn by the state comptroller, settle refunding and interest on primary road bonds under the refunding act. Bonds paid off total 3.64 million, refunds total 31.31 million, and interest on existing issues is 3.45 million, summing to 38.40 million. Payments by counties in northeast Iowa were noted.
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Iowa
Tama County Bank Reports Big Gains in Deposits
Nine Tama county banks show a combined $413,091 rise in deposits since December 31 1934 with substantial gains in loans, securities, and cash items. Traer banks lead the county in deposits growth, rising from $776,567 in October to $968,697 in March, with total footings surpassing one million.
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TRAER
Tama County
Lamont Couple Leap To Safety As Train Strikes Car
Mr and Mrs Arthur Morris of Lamont escaped seconds before a freight train demolished their car at a crossing on the town’s east edge. Returning from their son’s farm, Morris tried to cross after seeing a siding train and leaped to safety as another train sped toward them. Several fatal accidents have occurred at this open crossing.
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the Gazette
Lamont
Arthur Morris
Biermann To Talk At Peace Rally Friday
Representative Fred Biermann former Decorah editor will address university and college delegates in Washington Friday for the twentieth anniversary observance of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Jane Addams honorary international president will be the central figure Also appearing are Ricmann active on Capitol Hill in opposing naval budget increases and Senator Gerald Nye chairman of the Senate munitions inquiry committee Biermann to speak at Barker hall supper after open air ceremonies at McPherson square in Washington
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Spectal
Gazette
Washington
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Jane Addams
League
Representaite Ricemann
Capitol Hill
Biermann
Barker Hall
McPherson Square
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
Torture Robbery Victim 15 Dead in Algona
Mrs. Anton Jergeson, 76, died in Kossuth county hospital after a torture robbery last Friday in Algona. Police report a fractured skull from a severe beating and about $2,000 stolen from her bedroom. Warren Dale, 45, is detained for investigation, though not yet linked to the holdup. he had been working at the house recently.
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Algona
Anton Jergeson
Kossuth
Warren Dale
Dale
Palo Seniors To Give Class Play The Tin Hero
Palo David Thomas leads the senior class play The Tin Hero to be staged Friday in the school auditorium. Cast includes Arlene Tanner Alice Heath Robert Wiltsey Helen Wiley Carman Reynolds Alberta Railsback Louis Lockwood Charles Maeda Grace Heath Ada Caroline Clark and Eleanor Saha.
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the Gazette
Palo—David Thomas
Tin Hero
Arlene Tanner
Alice Heath
Robert Wiltsey
Helen Wiley
Carman Reynolds
Alberta Railsback
Louis Lockwod
Charles Maeda
Grace Heath
Ada Caroline Clark
Eleanor Saha
Herring Improves but Not Ready to Return to Work
DES MOINES AP Gov Clyde L Herring rises from bed to chat with friends as he continues to recover from a cold that kept him in bed last week He said he will not resume executive duties on Tuesday and remains under physician care.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Manchester Woman Head Delaware Federated Unit
EARLVILLE The Delaware county Federation of Women's Clubs convention was held at the Congregational church with sixty present. The morning session included singing led by Mrs. Alice Meythaler, invocation by Rev. A. W. Sinden, welcome by Mrs. Floy Laxson, Earlville, talk by John Seikmann, and antique display. The afternoon featured the girls glee club, club roll call, addresses by Mrs. J. H. Haegar of Weaton and Mrs. Eugene Henely of Grinnell, instrumental and vocal selections, a paper by Miss Ruth Commerford, and Mrs. Frances Wolcott and Mrs. Fred Darey of Manchester elected president and secretary.
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Earlville
Delaware County Federation of Women's Clubs
Congregational Church
Alice Meythaler
A. W. Sinden
Floy Laxson
John Seikmann
Girls’ Glee Club
Roll Call of Clubs
J. H. Haegar
Wealon
C. G. Yoran
Manchester
Carl Reed
Cresco
Wayne Hall
R. C. Harris
Eugene Henely
Grinnell
Ruth Commerford
Frances Wolcott
Fred Darey
Machester
Reach for The Moon leads class play at Central City
Central City senior class presents Reach for The Moon with Betty O Meara as Jennifer Lee and Maynard Hansen as John Cameron in leading roles. Jeanette Comley Malcolm Goldsberry and others fill supporting parts under coach Opal Tappan. The performance is scheduled for Wednesday evening at the high school.
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the Gazette
Central City
Betty O'Meara
Jennifer Lee
Maynard Hansen
John Cameron
Jeanette Comley
Malcolm Goldsberry
Mildred Filloon
Lester Bolton
Mildred Knight
Glen Comley
Forrest Brutsman
Ernese Came
Marie Adams
Delores Scheer
Max Mitchell
Eugene Babbitt
Opal Tappan
Benton Legion Women Meet In Vinton Conven tion
The Benton county American Legion Auxiliary holds its annual convention at the Legion hall in Vinton with Miss Etta Doss of Blairs town presiding and Mrs. Ralph Thompson and Mrs. Esther Dunn as officers. Morning program includes colors, welcomes, solos, and talks. Afternoon features caucuses, reports, remarks on The American Soldier, an attendance prize, and a humor sketch Waiting for the Stumphollow Train.
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Vinton
Benton County
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Etta Doss
Blairstown
Ralph Thompson
van Horne
Esther Dunn
Atkins
Solo
George Edwards
Myrtle Elson
George N. Alice
Charles Cummings
Vinton Legion Post
Mildred Michel
Garrison
Violet Blattler
Shellsburg
Presbyterian Church
Suzanne Knupp
Mary Louise Worthen
Mt. Auburn
W. A. Quinn
Foreclosure Filed Over 20626.71 Mortgage in Cedar County
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago filed an action in Cedar county district court Saturday against Thomas Maher, administrator of the estate of John Maher, seeking foreclosure of a 20626.71 mortgage on the property.
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Tipton
Cedar County
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
Thomas Maher
John Maher
Monopoly and Reform in Iowa History
A historical overview notes how Iowa settlers valued independence and fair competition, leading to a long battle against railroad and barbed wire monopolies. Albert B. Cummins emerges as a key reformer, with figures like La Follette and Roosevelt shaping trust busting. The piece traces evolving regulation, cooperative farming efforts, and the shift from open markets to codes curbing competition.
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J. W. Blythe
N. M. Hubbard
W. P. Brady
William Larrabee
William P. Hepburn
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
James B. Weaver
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Robert M. la Follette
Theodore Roosevelt
Iowa
NRA
Petition to padlock Siegel night club in Sioux City
The district court hears a petition by M. L. Doebler of the Woodbury County Anti-Saloon League seeking padlock orders against Joe Siegel’s Pink Elephant night club in Sioux City. Siegel remains free on bond pending a supreme court appeal of a manslaughter verdict. Also named are Mary Siegel W. P. Mason and Sam Cordon. A second petition targets Peacock Inn with Muriel Hanford listed, while raids by multiple agencies led to arrests including Ike Sherman of Congress cigar store and Harry Hartsook, charged over racehorse sheets.
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Sioux City
Joe Siegel
M. L. Doebler
Woodbury County
Anti-Saloon League
Siegel
Supreme Court
Mary
W. P. Mason
Sam Cordon
Peacock Inn
Muriel Hanford
Peacock
Vaudeville
Ike Sherman
Congress Cigar Store
Harry Hartsook
Martin Hotel
Center Point to Urbana Road Starts Work West of Center Point
Work began Monday on 2.6 miles of road from Center Point toward Urbana, crossing Benton Linn county lines. Benton county graded to Linn county line last year. C F Betz of Sioux City holds the grading contract and Hultzinger of Davenport has the bridge contract with R T Hyland directing. Cedar Rapids unemployment office supplies labor. About fifteen men per foreman work on two bridges, six culverts and grading.
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The
Gazette
Center Point
Urbana
Benton County
Linn
C.F. Betz
Sioux City
Holiday Group Backs Third Party Move in Des Moines
The National Farmers Holiday Association endorsed forming a new national political party to express farmers and laborers’ desires. The group’s resolutions emerged from its annual convention in Des Moines, while Rev. Charles E. Coughlin declined to ally with the move, and Upton Sinclair urged reform within the Democratic Party instead.
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DES Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Upton Sinclair
Democratic Party
Waverly St Moving Of Wart h Building Camp
WAVERLY WP More than half the stock in a $10,000 operation to build houses was absorbed by Waverly residents. The company will build houses costing $3,000 to $4,000 per plan. Plans arose from Wartburg College Clinton and St Paul Eureka College Paul Minn to move to Waverly. Waverly will have a "great white way" of street lights. City council decided to replace 100-watt bulbs with 200-watt bulbs to illuminate streets.
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Waverly
Chamber of Commerce
Rem
Wartburg College
Clinton
St. Paul Eureka College
Paul
Minn
First Gun Club Shoot At Oelwein Draws Fifty Attendees
In Oelwein the Great West gun club held its first invitational shoot on Sunday afternoon. About fifty men from neighboring towns attended led by a Charles City delegation. Winners included H E Reinhardt from Oelwein and G N Hausser of De Rapids along with Fred Becker and Ger Pickering of Oelwein. Another shoot is planned next Sunday.
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Oelwein
Great West Gun Club
Farmer Hurt When Team Hitched To Spreader Runs Away
Will Bramer of Steam Mill Corner six miles north of Wyoming was thrown under a manure spreader wheel after the team he drove ran away. He was taken to John McDonald hospital in Monticello with a broken left shoulder blade several broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
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The
Gazette
Wyoming
Will Bramer
Steam Mill Corner
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Junior senior banquet hosted by Mr and Mrs Cheney
The annual junior senior banquet took place Friday at the Cheney home with Darryll Kerser as toastmaster. Respondents included Glen Sigafoose Maynard Keiser Lillian Brower Myrle Knox Ruth Clark Wayne Craven Harold Flory Marjorie Lillian Brower and Superintendent B G Halverson. Dinner was served by Alene and Arlene Robinson Wayne Wenger and Bob Good.
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Bruce Cheney
Darryll Keiser
Glen Sigafoose
Maynard Keiser
Lillian Brower
Myrle Knox
Ruth Clark
Wayne Craven
Harold Flory
Marjorie
Supt
B. G. Halverson
Alene
Arlene Robinsony
Wayne Wenger
Bob,Good
Rowley Farm House Destroyed by Friday Morning Fire
A large bungalow on the Leondt Copery farm was destroyed in a fire Friday morning. No injuries were reported as firefighters battled the blaze and secured the scene.
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Rowley
Leondt@ Copery
Iowa State Students Elected To Honoraries
Iowa State college honors two organizations pledging 21 members. Donald J. Byers of Manchester named in Phi Lambda Upsilon chemical fraternity. Charles Berdo Washington Max Satterbry Ochvein William McConnell Washington and Oren Bollin Tipton listed with Alpha Zeta agricultural fraternity. Funeral services for Mrs B A Woodworth nee Martha Livingstone age 78 held in Wyoming Methodist Church. She born Center Junction, married B. A. Woodworth June 23 1881, lived near Center Junction farm then Wyoming since 1929. Survived by husband three children six grandchildren twin sister and other relatives.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Donald J. Byers
Manchester
Alpha Zeta
Charles Berdo
Washington
Max Satterbry
Ochvein
Wiliam McConnell
Oren Bollin
Tipton
Wyoming
B .A. Woodworth
Martha Livingstone
Methodist Episcopal Church In
SV. Williams
Woodworth
John F and
Margaret Ferguson Livingstone
Center Junction
B. A. Woodworth
Methodist Episcopal Church
Francis
Isa Malhcoat
James
Marion
M J Me
Nelly
Center Juncton
Gypsy gang tied to $80 hold up near Mason City
Deputies Mammingu of Grundy Center and Burma of Butler nabbed the gypsy gang after they robbed James Mooty of 80 dollars Friday. The group was found a few miles north of Mason City. Miss Lois Graves identified the money thieves, who settled when threatened with arrest and vehicle seizure.
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Grundy Center
Mammingu
Burma
Butler
James Mooty
Mason City
Lois Graves
Mooty
Maynard Matchmakers Highlight at Harlan Farm Bureau meeting
The Match of the Matchmakers was presented Friday evening at the Harlan township Farm Bureau meeting by West Union members Edna Brause Alvin Thorsen Bernice Steltzmiller Leo Meyer Mrs Harry Turner and William Hitch Miss Mae Dawn Smith of West Union performed a song.
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Maynard
Harlan Township Farm Bureau
West Union
Edna Brause
Alvin Thorsen
Bernice Steltzmiller
Leo Meyer
Harry Turner
William Hitch
Mae Dawn Smith
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