Roosevelt to Speak in Iowa in August Plan Expanded
Des Moines reports Democratic state chairman E. H. Birmingham announced plans for a major Iowa campaign to back Roosevelt. A stop around August 19 is anticipated with details to be released soon. The party will expand headquarters at Hotel Fort Des Moines and form a speakers bureau after coordinating with national leaders.
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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 towns assign new school superintendents 171 of 928
Des Moines AP reports Charles F. Pye Iowa Teachers' Association president says 171 of 928 towns with superintendents will have new leaders when schools reopen. About 18 percent turnover, mainly in towns under 1,000. only four county seats Anamosa Vinton Glenwood West Union changed. Most new superintendents have prior experience in other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
An exhibit of twelve paintings by Iowa artists will be featured at the Iowa State Fair from August 28 to September 4. Two Iowa sculptures will also be shown. The works were recently exhibited in New York at the Despise public library from September 5 to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Louis Pelzer
Iowa City
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
New York
N. Y
Despices Public Library
John Glesener Heads Maquoketa Legion Post
John Glesener is elected commander of Maquoketa Timber City American Legion Post No. 75 and has attended every regular meeting since joining in 1919. Other 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 to the state convention and other committee members are named. separate note: Peter Zmolek named York township trustee to replace the late John Sipek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
John Glesener
Timber City
American Legion
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 Birthday Tribute in Toledo
A telegram says A. A. Shappel celebrated his ninetieth birthday in Toledo with a family gathering Sunday. Dinner was provided by housekeeper Mrs. Mary Fuller. Attendees included the Lyon family of Traer and Lohrville, the Fuller and Gates families, and Mr. Shappel, born near Hamburg, Pennsylvania, who moved to Tama County in 1878 after marriage in 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
A. A. Shappel
Mary Fuller
Robert Lyon
Russell and Earl
Traer
G. F. Lyon
Lohrville
Earl Lyon
Howard, Durward
Gaylord
H. W. Fuller
Pearl Gates
Mr. Shappel
Hamburg
Jackson County
Iowa
Ammigeene Fuller
Tama County
Appoints Committees For Bennett Festival
Bennett festival to be held Saturday September 5 by the American Legion with committees named by Commander C W Pollock. Key posts include agriculture police advertising colt concession amusement games rides and more. Also Kalona report of Jimmy Moore injured in a Sunday car crash south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thiette
Plennett
Colt
American Legion
Bennett
C. W. Pollock
Agriculture
Hoyt Battolph
Julius Rixe
Arnold Bartsheer
Albert Klevver
Emil Klevver
August Horman
M. J. Builis
L. E. Bees
Ed Kruse
A. R. Stephenson
Arthur Bachus
Omer Wright
J. G. Engel
Veno Conrad
Paul Hambright
M. J. Bullis
Albert Theiring
Glenn Schaefer
Charles Rife
William Seifert
Dick Eilers
Hans Freese
John Engel
William Ruser
William Jurgens
Harry Seimsen
Jesse Garwich
Paul Wilkening
Kalona
Jimmy Moore
Jewel salesman robbed by bandits near Letts Iowa
Lucas a Chicago jewelry salesman reported to police Wednesday night he was robbed of samples worth between 15 000 and 20 000 by two unmasked bandits who left him in a farm yard south of Letts Iowa. The bandits stopped him as he drove out of Muscatine and taped his hands before fleeing. Most of the loot was diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apello (Ap
Lucas
Chicago
Letts
Iowa
Muscatine
Freshmen Prep At Iowa Campus Through Radio Lectures
Iowa City plan uses WSUI broadcasts to guide entering students. Faculty and prominent students discuss becoming a university student, home life for men and women, earning while learning, extracurriculars, women’s associations, fraternities and sororities, athletics for all, and religious influences. Interviewers Betty Braverman and Sidney Miller will host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
WSUI
Charles M. Maruth
Adelaide L. Burge
Robert E. Ricknow
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 announces bids for a new cold storage warehouse at Waterloo. The initial unit will have a basement and one story, with plans to rise to six stories and similar footprint to the current plant, estimated at over 350000 dollars. The brick steel concrete building will be irregularly shaped with four dimensions 28 feet 138 feet 181 feet and 76 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Rath Packing Company
John W. Rath
In Death Of Clutier Couple Will Be Held Monday
Inquest into the deaths of Milo J. Konicek and Mil Kosnar of Clutier will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in Toledo city hall. Coroner Harvey Jones and jurors Harry Smith Harry Lichty and W B Schultz of Toledo will oversee. The accident occurred near the Tama Benton line on highway 21. Testimony from two other car occupants remains possible if released from Belle Plaine hospital in time. Funeral services for Kosnar will be held in Paltsy and burial at National cemetery. She was a Clutier high school graduate 1936. Konicek’s funeral will be Friday at Immaculate Conception church Clutier with burial at Holy Trinity cemetery. He was a 1934 high school graduate. Both families survive.
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TAMA
Milo J. Konicek
Mildred ‘Kosnar
Clutier
Toledo
Harvey Jones
Tama County
Harry Smith
Harry Lichty
W. B.schultz
Rne
Tama-Benton County
Konicek
Jones
Roger Hober
Belle Plaine
Miss Kosnar
Albert F. Kosnar
Clu+tier
National Cemetery
Clutier High
Harry
J.C. Konicek
Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Fred Parizek
Fred Krezek
88 Year Old Man Sues For Divorce And Return Of Property
James M. Stauffer aged 88 sues for divorce from Mary E. Stauffer and seeks to set aside a deed to the Blairstown home claiming it was to fund his old age care. He notes the marriage began in 1927 and the couple separated in 1934. He warns the property's loss could render him a public charge. Also reported Otto Kutchera injured in a truck accident near North English with multiple injuries and a damaged vehicle observed.
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Gazette
Vinton
Mary E. Stauffer
Stauffer
Blairstown
James M. Stauffer
District Court
Pennsylvania
Otto Kutchera
Here
Suit Seeks 15440 For Book Dropped On Head
Josephine Walsh 21 files in district court for 15440 damages after a Burke N Carson law book fell from a sixth floor window Aug 13 1935 hitting her on the head. She claims 440 wages 5000 future earnings 5000 pain and headaches and 5000 permanent injuries. Also reports a Strawberry Point wedding of Raymond Niehaus to Miss Lincoln with plans to farm west of Strawberry Point after a trip to Yellowstone and Black Hills.
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Ganette
Iowa City
Josephine
Walsh
Burke
N. Carson
Carson
Herry Point
Gave Ypenay
Harry ‘Lincoln
Raymond. Niehaus
Fred Niehaus
Strawberry Point
Elkader
H. L. Stuempfig
Lavera Niehaus
Clyde Lincoln
Drought relief plan aims to put 10000 farmers to work
Washington reports plans to employ more than 10,000 drought stricken Iowa farmers on relief jobs. Des Moines hosts a conference led by Rexford Tugwell and R G Smith with Iowa officials to finalize eligibility, with 5000 Works Progress Administration jobs promised for drought counties and eight Iowa counties added for federal drought relief.
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Washington
Des Moines
Rexford G. Tugwell
R. G. Smith
Minneapolis
Tugwell
Iowa
Clyde K. Herring
Herring
Works Progress Administration
Iowa Relief
Paul C. Taff
Iowa State College Extensions Service
Leslie M. Carl
Adair
Audubon
Guthrie
Louisa
Madison
Marion
Warren
State Relief Head Seeks Resignation Quietly
J. C. Pryor, state emergency relief administrator, said he submitted his resignation to Gov. Clyde Herring seven weeks ago but believes it has not been acted on. Pryor, appointed June 27, 1935, noted he favors consolidation of relief agencies.
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Burlington
J. C. Pryor
Clyde Herring
Pryor
School board selects teachers for middle grades and orchestra
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 direct the orchestra.
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Lisbon
Ruth Ditch
Toddville
Madge Marsan
Iowa
City
Coralville mayor resigns. Morgan named successor
Coralville Mayor C F Robinson announces resignation at a stormy meeting blaming poor beer conditions and a move to Iowa City. University of Iowa painter Owen Morgan approved by council 3 to 2 to succeed him, with Robinson citing personal reasons and ongoing concerns about beer joints.
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Iowa City
C. F. Robinson
Coralville
Qwen Morgan
University of Iown
Robinson
Lee Koser
Morgan
Jamas E. Martin
Tragic Head-On Crash Near Ladora Kills Noble
Greenwich Ohio man W H Noble about 45 dies instantly in a head on crash two miles west of Ladora. Ed Sargent of Des Moines injured. fog and no lights blamed. Noble crushed chest. body sent to Victor. Ohio relatives notified.
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the Gazette
Ladora
W. H. Noble
Greenwich
Ed Sargent
Des Moines
Sargent
A. C. McKean
Noble
Victor
Ohio
West
Plan New Hydravilics Station At Okoboji
Special to The CGasette Iowa City tentative plans for a new hydraulics station at Lake Okoboji in the coming months. Prof F T Mavis of the University of Iowa outlines the project to operate year round with the present Iowa Lakeside laboratory. Oelwein Mrs Mary Gardner 83 died at Mercy hospital after illness. She leaves two daughters and five sons plus three step sons.
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Cgasette
Iowa City
Lake Okoboji
F. T. Mavis
University of Iowa College
of ‘Engineering
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
Oelwein
Mary" ‘Gardner
Mercy
Gardner
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Plan State Campaign
Vining
Peter Zmolek
York Township
John Sipek
Bennett Festival
S.U.S
Mildred Kosnar
Miloš Konicek
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Helly
Gene
Glenn
WHO
WOC
KOIL
KMBC
WIBW
State Relief
Tage
Owen Morgan
G.¥. Robinson
Grash
Okoboji
Tyler
Istores
Tefe
Neni
Dalay
Viking Coffee
Shurfine Coffi
Nema
Kerr Mason
Genie. Sale
A.G
Genuli
Central Park
EF. Ave
Dial
College Grocery
13Th St
Eaton’s Food Market
Ist Ave
OQ. L. Gerdl
2Nd Ave
Highland Grocery
13Th St. NW
Indra’s Food Market
Oakland Ave
Jensen Brothers
Henry Jensen
St. SW
Edison Mazda
Jerry Klinsey
W. G. Konecny
4Th Ave
Miller’s Select Foods
3Rd Ave
Mineck Bros
Surry’s Food Market
Sth
Troyak Bros
Vavra Bros
16Th Ave
Zachar Bros
12Th Ave
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