Herring Opens Campaign With Tax Relief Proposals
Clyde L. Herring of Des Moines opened his campaign as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee outlining tax relief measures. He urged suspending heavy road building spending, diverting excess road funds to property tax relief, repealing mandatory county road taxes, and reorganizing state government. He criticized Governor Turner for not initiating an emergency relief program and for delaying tax cuts, noting Elliott tax cuts as legislative credit.
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TABOR
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Turner
Herring
Iowa
Brainard Snake Champ Kills Fourteen Rattlers At Once
Ira Bennet of Brainard and a companion killed fourteen rattlesnakes in a single roundup near Brainard six miles east of West Union. They dispatched old and young snakes from holes, collecting a bounty of fifty cents each. Robertson claimed seven dollars. Brainard sits among Fayette County hills and streams where rattlers are common.
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West Union
Ira Bennett
Brainard
Bennett
Robertson
Fayette County
Stamp Thief Chased by Vigilantes Around Van Horne
A 1927 Chevrolet sedan thief, after breaking into four local businesses and a garage, fled during a dawn chase by about 100 volunteers led by Elmer Woltersdorf. The lone haul was $4 in postage stamps found in the Schal la residence cab shed as officials investigated the Benton county registered car.
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van Horne
Iowa Builders Material Company
E. J. Woltersdorf Auto Company
Schallau Auto Company
H. A. Bevens
Bevins
D. A. Bowen
Bowen
Elmer Woltersdorf
Main Street
Benton County
Ralph Hanson
Vinton
Iowa Builders Office
Schallau
Real hospitality found in Guttenberg Iowa
West Union resident Real Seay is found in Guttenberg a northeastern Iowa town by the Mississippi River. King R Palmer and his son were in the area taking a river trip when a driver stopped a punctured tire and left a spare. Palmer tracked the helper who had earlier heard him speak.
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West Union
Real Seay
Iowa
Guttenberg
King R. Palmer
West Assor
Junior
Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Washington man named for Congress in First district race
Edward C. Eicher of Washington won the district convention nomination for Congress after a four-man race. He emerged on the second ballot with broad support and will face Republican incumbent W. F. Kopp. Eicher, 54, is a lawyer and former Burlington railroad attorney who studied at the University of Chicago Law School.
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Mount Pleasant
Edward C. Eicher
Washington
Congress
Eicher
Ficher
Stanley Watts
Birmingham
Max A. Conrad
Burling
Samuel D. Whiting
Ioway
James P. Gaffney
Williamsburg
Dan W. Turner
W. F. Kopp
Chicago Univers Law School
Burlington Railroad
Missing Man From Madrid Is Found At Relative's Home
Harold Rose, 38, who vanished from Madrid Ia a week ago, was found at the home of his sister in law Mrs Everett Sylvester in Austin Minn He is recovering at her home and cannot say where he has been His injuries from a previous car crash may have affected him Madrid police and county authorities had searched a railroad reservoir near the town after he left with the remark he would not be back.
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Austin, Minn
Harold Rose
Madrid
Everett Sylvester
Rose
Sylvester
Des Moines School Board Approves Budget With 8 Percent Cut
The Des Moines school board approved next year’s budget totaling 3 020 750 with a reduction of 207 000 from last year. Realtors and the tax committee urged larger cuts, noting a 20 percent drop in real estate values and criticizing the restraint in cuts.
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Des Moines
INS
Ralph Jester
Real Estate Board
Oxford Leader Becomes Johnson County Democrat
The Oxford Leader, eight years independent, will shift policy to Democratic and operate as the Johnson County Democrat. Editor M. E. Baker names G. A. Kenderdine as associate editor and editorial writer, from Town City, with the paper endorsed as the official organ of the Johnson County Democratic Organization.
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Gazette
Oxford
Oxford Leader
Johnson County
Democrat
M. E. Baker
G. A. Kenderdine
Town City
Johnson County Democratic Organization
Dress Fagen Nuptials Set Between Monticello and Keota
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Kathryn Dress of Monticello and Burrell Fagen of Keota on July 26. Miss Dress, daughter of Mr and Mrs R A Dress of Monticello, studied nursing at St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids after high school. The couple plans to reside in Keota with Mr Fagen working with his father.
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Keota
Kathryn Dress
Monticello
Burrell Fagen
Miss Dress
R. A. Dress
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Mr. Fagen
Coecol
Toledo Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W L Mull of Toledo mark fifty years of marriage with a July 31 1882 wedding date. A dinner at Conants Park near Gladbrook drew nine children, twenty seven grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and about fifty relatives. Granddaughter readings and songs capped the celebration.
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Toledo
W. L. Mull
Conant’s Park
Gladbrook
Mull
William Morroway
Tama
Nina Bristley
Conrad
Hazel Dickey
Beaman, Sang
Peoria
Ill
Scott County
Ind
Grant City
W. Marshall
Ed Bogue
Bertha Coye
Clifford
Charles
Diagonal
John
Marshalltown
Ackley Man To Head Iowa Knights of Pythias
W T Rath of Ackley will be elected chancellor of the Iowa Knights of Pythias at the state convention on Wednesday. He is unopposed. A F Gensing of Muscatine will become vice-chancellor. Prelate nominees are L H Rohde Nashua and D A Seaman Cherokee. Keeper of records and seal nominees are Ward Ferguson Des Moines and J W Hunter Newton. Treasurer nominees are W B Webster Wellman W W Lawler North English and F T Metcalf Pleasantville.
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Des Moines
W. T
Rath
Ackley
Iowa Knights of Pythias
A. F. Gensing
Muscatine
L. H. Rohde
Nashua
D. A. Seaman
Cherokee
Ward Ferguson
J. W. Hunter
Newton
W. B. Webster
Wellman
W. W. Lawler
North English
F. T. Metcalf
Pleasantville
Lindbergh Hoax Imitated by Fayette County Boy
An Illyria township youth attempted a Lindbergh style hoax by claiming he could name the robbers who tied up and robbed Susan Smith, 15, on July 22 for $100. He admitted the tale was false. held briefly, then released to parents with orders to disclose the deception to the Smith family.
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West Union
Illyria Township
John H. Curtis
Susan Smith
Frank Smith
Illyria
Smith
Death of Mrs. Mary Heuska 83 in Independence obit
Mrs. Mary Heuska 83 died at her son Joe Heuska’s Independence home Monday. Funeral at St Mary’s Lamont with a Father Weihh service and Father Donahue sermon. Born June 19 1849 in Bohemia she came to the U S at age 11 and married Albert Heuska in Lamont in 1865. Survived by Svoboda Lamont Joe Sania dence Emma Graush Strawberry Point nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Independence
Mary Heuska
Joe Heuska
St. Mary’s Church
Lamont
Father Weihh
Father Donahue
Heuska
Bohemia
John
Katherine Barta
Albert Heuska
Strawberry Point
Peters
Svoboda
Joe
San Aia Dence
Emma Graush
Atkins Picnic Honors Elsie Fritz in Marion Park
A picnic dinner and family gathering at Thomas park in Marion honored Miss Elsie Fritz of Alabama during her visit to relatives in Marion and Cedar Rapids. Attendees included Rosa Hopper and multiple Cedar Rapids and Marion families led by J J Fritz and Barbara Fox among others.
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Marion
J. J. Fritz
Barbara Fox
John
Honeymoon Trip On 57th Anniversary In Decorah Visit
Captain George Freeman 76 and wife Mrs Freeman celebrate 57th wedding anniversary by driving from McGregor to Decorah. He jokes about staying senti mental and recalls their Aug 2 1875 wedding as they head to the city they chose for their first home.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Captain George Freeman
Mrs. Freeman
Decorah
Homecoming Draws About 200 At Atkins Churches
About two hundred people attended the homecoming Sunday for the Presbyterian churches of Atkins and Pleasant Hill. The morning service was led by Rev. W. A. Montgomery, with Rev. A. G. Evans delivering the principal talk in the afternoon. Readings, songs, and talks by local participants filled the program and guests traveled from Cedar Rapids, Norways, Fairfax, Van Horne, Douds, Palo, and Cedar Ames among others.
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Atkins
Akins
Pleasant Hill
W. A. Montgomery
A. G. Evans
Eleanor
Grace Beatty
al Wever
Clarence Primrose
Will Weatherwax
John Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Ed Russell
Douds
C. W. Meeks
N. G. Armstrong
Cowden
Cedar Ames
Eva Bowden
George Saha
Palo
W. C. Beatty
Funeral Held For Hopkinton Scout Paul Doan
Funeral services were held Tuesday for 17 year old Paul Doan son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doan Rev A B Soule led the service Mrs H M Reeve sang with Margaret Demaree on violin Casket banked with flowers nature loving boy who made many happy with mew from his gardens Six Boy Scout comrades served as pallbearers Louis Gaddie Forrest Billings Kenneth Boots Forrest Boots Adrian Loomis and Frank Irish Hopkinton Scouts attended in a group as honorary ladies paid respects after a long illness.
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Hopkinton
Paul Doan
Fred Doan
A. B. Soule
H. M. Reeve
Margaret Demaree
Louis Gaddie
Forrest Billings
Kenneth Boots
Forrest Boots
Adrian Loomis
Frank Irish
Tadies Paulee
Chelsea Farmer Held For Contempt Of Court
Tama Le o Vogel a farmer near Chelsea faced Justice Lew Smith on contempt charges. The case ended when Vogel paid costs and was released after เจ้. during questioning he tore a signature from a purported worthless check to Ed Whitman of Plaine, fled the office, and was later found at his farm home and brought back to Tama.
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TAMA
Leo P. Vogel
Chelsea
Lew Smith
Vogel
Justice Smith
Ed Whitman
Edgewood banks to pay first dividends next Thursday
P. H. Peterson, examiner in charge of Farmers Savings Bank and State Bank of Edgewood, which closed December 28, announced Tuesday that the first dividend checks will be issued beginning Thursday. The move signals partial restitution for depositors as the orderly liquidation proceeds.
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Edgewood
P. H. Peterson
Farmers Savings Bank
State Bank of
Rey Ng Lg Ag
First Lecture At Wild Life School On Iowa Ferns
McGregor IA Dr I E Melhus head of Iowa college botany spoke to Wild Life school students on Our Iowa Ferns in the 1932 nature school opening at McGregor Heights He debunked the rattlesnake fern myth and highlighted ferns such as the lady fern walking fern and ostrich fern Prof R R Rothacker ISU landscape architecture joined with slides on Landscapes of Man and Nature impressing attendees with garden visions
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Mcgregor
I. E. Melhus
Botany Department
Iowa
Wild Life School
McGregor Heights
Melhus
Methus
R. R. Rothacker
Landscape Architecture Department
Iowa State College
Rothacker
Court Defier Faces New Trouble in Des Moines
In Des Moines the case of John Nordquist escalates as municipal bailiff E L Brookins orders the Nordquist family to vacate within 24 hours. Nordquist had served 34 days in jail for defying the municipal court after a July 27 eviction was thwarted by unemployed friends who moved furniture back into the home.
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Des Moines
John Nordquist
E. L. Brookins
Nordquist
W Nordquist
Dufy
Nordqu
Solicit Money To Drill New Well At Wyoming
A committee was appointed to raise funds from water users and property owners to finance a new well for Wyoming. The city council cannot act due to a lack of funds. Spring water usage has been halted because of sewage. The existing system, aged 34 years, remains in debt despite meter installations for 137 users.
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Wyoming
Dreams Of Threshing And Walks In Sleep
Donal Poggemiller labored at the threshing all day and slept fitfully at night. Dreams troubled him as he climbed down from a threshing machine and awoke after crashing onto the cement walk beneath his window.
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Donal Poggemiller
Tama man’s truck slides off Lincoln highway into ditch
Frank Svacina of Mon tour was driving when his truck skidded off the paving near the viaduct on the Lincoln highway west of Tama and slid into a ditch cutting short the race Monday.
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TAMA
Frank Svacina
Montour
Lincoln Highway
Washington Adopts Budget Cutting City Taxes 18 Percent
The Washington city council approved a new budget that reduces city taxes by 18 percent, a saving of $9,224. The total amount fixed for the coming year is $41,676.
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Washington, Ia
Knapp to Retire as Iowa State Business Manager
After 52 years on the Iowa State College staff, Dr. Herman Knapp will retire as business manager on July 1 1933. President R M Hughes announced the change and said Knapp will remain vice president and treasurer. H C Gregg will succeed as business manager. Knapp is son of Seaman A Knapp, former president and a pioneer in extension education. his brother Bradford Knapp leads Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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Iowa State College
United States
Bradford Knapp
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Rocking Mirrors Trace Perseid Meteors in Iowa
Prof. C. C. Wylie of the University of Iowa astronomy department will use a rocking mirror apparatus to trace Perseid meteors next week. The device moves seven degrees per second and will record meteor paths with waxed crayon on the mirror surface to compute velocity more accurately than photography. The annual display occurs Aug 7 to 12 with peak viewing between midnight and 3 a.m. during the latter part of the period.
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Iowa City
C. C. Wylie
University of Iowa
Wylie
Iowa
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