Roosevelt to Speak in Iowa Amid Campaign Plans
President Roosevelt will address Des Moines area voters around August 19 as announced by E. H. Birmingham. The Democratic chairman outlined plans for an intensive Iowa campaign and expansion of party headquarters at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Birmingham said a publicity director and speakers’ bureau will organize statewide efforts and coordinate publicity with national headquarters.
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Des Moines
INS
Roosevelt
Iowa
E. H. Birmingham
Birmingham
Democratic State Central Committee
Fort Des Moines
New York
James A. Farley
Iowa town school superintendents see big turnover
Des Moines AP says 171 of 928 Iowa cities will appoint new school superintendents when schools open. About 18 percent of posts change, with most moves in towns under 1,000. Only four county seats Anamosa Vinton Glenwood West Union kept steady.
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Des Moines
Charles F. Pye
Iowa Teachers’ Association
Iowa
Pye
Association
Ottumwa
Ames
Muscatine
Anamosa
Vinton
Glenwood
West Union
Indigenous Art To Be Feature At Iowa State Fair
Des Moines AP reports twelve paintings by Iowa artists will be a special feature at the Iowa State Fair from August 28 to September 4. Two sculptures by Iowa artists will also be shown. The works were recently displayed in New York and at the Des Moines Public Library in September.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louis Pelzer
Iowa City
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iovva
New York
N. Y
Des Moines Public Library
John Glesener Heads Maquoketa Legion Post
John Glesener elected commander of Maquoketa Tim ber City American Legion Post No. 75. New officers include Arthur Hickson as first vice commander and Stanley Swaney as second vice commander with T E Riley as finance officer and H A Smith as adjutant. Delegates named for state convention include Glesener and Swaney with alternates Beaton and Wheeler. Peter Zmolek appointed York township trustee to replace the late John Sipek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
John Glesener
Timber City
American Legion Post
Arthur Hickson
Stanley Swaney
T. E. Riley
H. A. Smith
Byron Evans
F. R. Purinton
Hugh Fletcher
Harry Schollenberger
Ivan Anderson
Frank Beaton
E. R. Wheeler
George Francois
Tama County Pioneer Turns 90 In Toledo Celebration
Boece to. The Gazet TOLEDO A. x Shappel celebrated his ninetieth birthday here Tuesday. A family gathering was held Sunday with Dinner served by house keeper Mrs. Mary Fuller. Guests included Robert Lyon and sons from Traer G F Lyon of Lohrville Earl Lyon and sons Howard Durward and Gaylord H W Fuller and Pearl Gates. Shappel was born near Hamburg Pennsylvania and moved to Tama county in 1878 to a 160 acre farm north of Toledo. His wife Ammigeene Fuller died in 1920.
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Boece
Gazet
Toledo
A. x Shappel
Mary Fuller
Robert Lyon and Sons
Russell and Earl
Traer
G. F. Lyon
Lohrville
Earl Lyon and Sons
Howard, Durward
Gaylord
H. W. Fuller
Pearl Gates
Appoints Committees For Bennett Festival
The fall festival and colt show sponsored by the American Legion will be held at Bennett on Saturday September 5. Commander C W Pollock named committees for agriculture police advertising colt concession amusement refreshment stand games rides pony rides bird and other activities, listing many local residents as members.
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W. F. Blair
L. E. Bees
Emil Klevver
J. G. Engel
C. W. Pollock
Veno Conrad
Paul Hambright
M. J. Bullis
Albert Theiring
Glen Schaefer
Hoyt Buttolph
Charles Rife
William Seifert
Dick Eilers
Hans Freese
John Engel
August Horman
William Ruser
William Jurgens
Harry Seimsen
Jesse Garwich
Paul Wilkening
Arthur Bachus
A. R. Stephenson
Ed Kruse
Gazet
Bennet
Car crashes on gravel pile near Kalona injure Jimmy Moore
Jimmy Moore suffered cuts and bruises after his car struck a ridge of loose gravel one mile north of Kalona and ditched Sunday.
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Kalona
Jimmy Moore
Robbery of Jewelry Samples Near Letts Iowa Reported
John S. Lucas a Chicago jewelry salesman told police he was robbed Wednesday night by two unmasked bandits who taped his hands then left him in a farmyard south of Letts Iowa. He said the loot, mostly diamonds, totaled between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars with the bandits fleeing after stopping him near Muscatine.
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Wapello (Ap
John S. Lucas
Chicago
Letts
Iowa
Lucas
Muscatine
Freshmen Prep By Iowa Campus Radio Lectures
Iowa City plan uses WSUI broadcasts to ready freshmen for university life. Faculty and students discuss housing, work, activities, athletics, and religious influences in sessions starting September 1 and running through September 11. Betty Braverman and Sidney Miller will conduct interviews.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
WSUI
Charles M. Maruth
Adelaide L. Burge
Robert E. Rienow
Lee H. Kann
Rufus Fitzgerald
Alice Mikulasek
University Women’s Association
W. H. Seiffert
Ossie M. Solem
William Morgan
Betty Braverman
Sidney Miller
Call For Bids On New Cold Storage Plant At Waterloo
Rath Packing seeks bids for the first unit of a cold storage warehouse in Waterloo. John W. Rath says the initial basement and one story will later rise to six stories, matching the existing plant’s footprint and cost over 350000 dollars. The brick steel concrete structure measures 7 by 138 by 181 by 76 feet in an irregular plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Rath Packing Company
John W. Rath
Inquest Set Monday in Clutier Couple Deaths
The inquest into the deaths of Milo J. Konicek and Mil dred Kosnar of Clutier will convene Monday at 10 a.m. in Toledo city hall. Coroner Harvey Jones will head a jury including Harry Smith, Harry Lichty, and W. B. Schultz. Testimony from two other Clutier youths injured in the crash may come if released from Belle Plaine hospital. Funeral services for Kosnar and Konicek are planned Friday at local churches with burial in area cemeteries.
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Tama
Milo J. Konicek
Mildred Kosnar
Clutier
Toledo
Harvey Jones
Tama County
Harry Smith
Harry Lichty
W. B. Schultz
Tama-Benton County
Konicek
Jones
June Hushak
Roger Hober
Clutter
Belle Plaine
Miss Kosnar
Albert F. Kosnar
National Cemetery
Clutier High School
Harry
J. C. Konicek
Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Fred Parizek
Fred Krezek
88 Year Old Man Sues For Divorce In Blairstown
James M. Stauffer 88 sues in Vinton district court for divorce from Mary E. Stauffer alleging she failed to honor an agreement to care for him in his old age after he deeded the Stauffer home to her. They married December 14 1927 and separated July 2 1934 when she moved to Pennsylvania. He seeks return of the home stead claiming it is his only income source and that he may become a public charge without it.
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Vinton
Mary E. Stauffer
Stauffer
Blairstown
James M. Stauffer
District Court
Pennsylvania
Farmer Injured When Truck Skids Near North English
A farmer three miles west of town on his way home Tuesday evening was injured when his truck skidded and overturned on a curve. He suffered a badly torn ear a broken collar bone and cuts and bruises as the truck was badly smashed.
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Otto Kutchera
Here
Book Drop Lawsuit Seeks 15440 In Iowa City
Josephine Walsh 21 sues in district court for 15440 damages after a Burke N Carson law book fell from a sixth floor window Aug 13 1935 injuring her head. Claims 440 wages 5000 future earnings 5000 pain and headaches 5000 permanent injuries. Also notes wedding of Evaline Lincoln and Raymond Niehaus in Strawberry Point and postnuptial trip itinerary.
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Iowa City
Josephine Walsh
Burke N. Carson
Carson
Miss Walsh
10000 Jobs for Drought Victims in Iowa Plan
Washington AP reports plans to employ more than 10 000 drought stricken Iowa farmers on relief jobs. Des Moines will host a Wednesday conference led by Rexford Tugwell to shape the program with R G Smith. Gov Clyde L Herring announced a 5000 WPA jobs allotment and said drought counties will receive equal RA assistance as eight additional Iowa counties gain primary federal drought relief approval.
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Washington
Iowa
Des Moines
Rexford G. Tugwell
R. G. Smith
Minneapolis
Tugwell
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Works Progress Administration
Paul C. Taff
Iowa State College Extension Service
Leslie M. Carl
Adair
Audubon
Guthrie
Louisa
Madison
Marion
Warren
State Relief Chief Seeks Resignation
Burlington AP J C Pryor state emergency relief administrator announced he had submitted his resignation to Gov Clyde Herring seven weeks ago but to his knowledge it had not been acted on Pryor was appointed relief administrator June 27 1935 He favored consolidation of relief agencies after discussing with the governor
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Burlington
J. C. Pryor
Clyde Herring
Pryor
School board names new teachers and orchestra staff
At a Wednesday meeting the Lisbon school board elected Ruth Ditch of Toddville to teach seventh and eighth grades and Madge Marsan of Iowa City to teach fifth and sixth grades and lead the orchestra.
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Lisbon
Ruth Ditch
Toddville
Madge Marsan
Iowa City
Coralville Mayor resigns. Owen Morgan named successor
Coralville Mayor C F Robinson resigns after a stormy council meeting amid beer reform disputes. University of Iowa painter Owen Morgan was appointed to replace him by a 3 to 2 vote, with Morgan signaling no immediate changes but possible future shifts.
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Iowa City
C. F. Robinson
Coralville
Owen Morgan
University of Iowa
Robinson
Lee Koser
Morgan
Thomas E. Martin
Ohio Man Dies in Head-On Crash Near Ladora
Greenwich Ohio resident W. H. Noble, 45, was killed in a 5 am crash two miles west of Ladora when his car, traveling west without lights in fog, struck a Des Moines truck driven by Ed Sargent. Sargent suffered minor injuries. Noble's body was taken to Victor.
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Ladora
W. H. Noble
Greenwich
Ed Sargent
Des Moines
Sargent
M.englebert
Marengo
Noble
A. C. McKean
Victor
Ohio
Plan for New Hydraulics Station at Okoboji
Iowa City plans a hydraulics station at Lake Okoboji with Prof F T Mavis of the University of Iowa revealing tentative plans. The new station will operate year round in conjunction with the Iowa Lakeside laboratory.
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Iowa City
Lake Okoboji
F. T. Mavis
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
Mrs. Mary Gardner 81 Dies After Long Illness
Mary Gardner 81 died at Mercy hospital after a long illness. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. J. H. Luther of Oelwein and Mrs. B. F. Story of Enid Oklahoma, three sons George of Des Moines J O Gardner of Puyallup Washington and L E Gardner of Fort Francis Wyoming, and three step sons Emanuel and W A Gardner of Oelwein and C Gardner of Fayette.
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Oelwein
Mary Gardner
Mercy Hospital
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Peter Zmolek
York Township
John Sipek
A. A. Shappel
Bennett Festival
S.U.S
Milo Konicek
Strawberry Point
Evaline Lincoln
Harry Lincoln
Raymond Niehaus
Fred Niehaus
Elkader
H. L. Stuempfig
Lavera Niehaus
Clyde Lincoln
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Gene
Glenn
WHO
WOC
KOIL
KMBC
WIBW
GML AM Go Ail Rell
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F. Robinson
Labora
Okoboji
Lettuce Icc
Frankfurts
Braunschweiger
Tery
Shefford
Chees Shefford
JUR
Viking Coffee
Shurfine Fresh
College Inn
Ed Jellyer
A.G
Central Park Grocery
E. Ave
Dial
College Grocery
13Th St
Eaton’s Food Market
1St Ave
CO. L. Gerdl
2Nd Ave
Highland Grocery
Indra’s Food Market
Oakland Ave
Jensen Brothers
Henry Jensen
Jerry Klinsky
B Ave
W. G. Konecny
4Th Ave
Miller’s Select Foods
3Rd Ave
Mineck Bros
Surry’s Food Market
8Th Ave
Troyak Bros
Sth
Vavaba Bros
16Th Ave
Zachar Bros
12Th Ave
Shurfine
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