Four Iowa weekend crash victims add to highway toll
News recounts multiple Iowa wrecks over the weekend. Mrs. Albert Tenley, 54, died after being struck near Tipton while blocking a backing car. Frank Tomlinson of Cedar Rapids was not charged. Earle Neste and Morris Burvold were also injured in separate crashes near Northwood and Northwood. Charlotte Mentzer died from injuries after being struck in East Waterloo. Dorothy McKee, 3, was fatally hit in Des Moines while her father George Jones Jr. drove.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Albert Tenley
Tipton
Tenley
Charlotte Mentzer
Albert Debel
Cedar Fells
East Waterloo
Dorothy K. McKee
Arnold W. McKee
George Jones, Jr
Marker Honors Froelich Tractor Inventor in Froelich
A roadside marker in Froelich Iowa honors John Froelich founder of the village and creator of the world’s first gasoline powered tractor. Dedication is planned for late August by villagers and farmers. The marker notes the 1892 self moving tractor test and the later Waterloo and Deere links.
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Iowa
Froelich
Agricultural Hall
Gams
John Froelich
U.S
University of Iowa names new violin head and other briefs
Prof. Arnold Small will succeed Prof. Hans Muenzer as head of the violin department at the University of Iowa effective after Muenzer’s July 1 resignation. Small has taught since 1936 and earned his MA and PhD at Iowa. Jack J. Swaner to direct the 1940 community chest campaign with a board including Elmer Hills and Edward Rose. Frances Follett McCray obtained a divorce from Mildred McCray in district court. Barbara Frees, 97, longtime Johnson County resident, died at her daughter’s home in Iowa City. funeral services set for St. Mary’s Church and Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
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Iowa City
Earle E. Harper
University of Iowa
Arnold Small
Hans Muenzer
Muenzer
Small
Jack J. Swaner
Community Chest
Elmer W. Hills
Edward S. Rose
Ben Whitebook
F. D. Frances
Will J. Jackson
Lee Nagle
Frances Follett McCray
Mildred McCray
Harold D. Evans
Barbara Frees
Johnson County
Phoebe Bireline
Frees
Germany
United States
John Frees
Bireline
Edward
Oxford
Hold Up Approval On Reformatory Lighting System
Iowa state executive council approved and then delayed action on an $8,992 ground lighting system for Anamosa reformatory. Gov. Wilson moved to reconsider without explanation. The council also approved a 15 year armory lease in Washington and five liquor store leases in Fort Dodge Webster City Sioux Rapids Belle Plaine and DeWitt with monthly rents from 30 to 250.
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Des Moines
INS
State Executive Council
Anamosa Reformatory
George A. Wilson
Wilson
National Guard
Washington
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Sioux Rapids
Belle Plaine
DeWitt
Yeggs Blow Open Piggly-Wiggly Safe in Mason City
Police say an experienced safeblower blew the safe at the Piggly-Wiggly store Sunday evening in Mason City. About $700 in cash and $470 in checks were stolen. The safe door was blown with a charge just large enough to open it, leaving the safe mostly intact except for the lock.
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Mason City
Auto Collisions In Wapello Injure Passengers
Two crashes occurred within minutes in north Wapello. The Swift car from Bloomfield carrying four daughters went into a ditch after hitting Ralph Shellabarger of Wapello. N. W. Marshall and Lloyd Patterson were unhurt in a separate collision at an intersection.
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Wapello
North Wapello
Swift
Bloomfield
Ralph Shellabarger
N. W. Marshall
Lloyd Patterson
PLAN ADDITIONS AT PALISADES AND LAKE PROJECTS
The Iowa conservation commission submitted $153 982 in works projects for executive council approval funded from a $175 000 annual ECW appropriation. Proposed items include dams, bath house work, and land purchases at Lake Macbride Waubonsie park Palisades Kepler park and Lake Manawa. A cushion fund remains after commitments.
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DES Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Wilson
Executive Council
Iowa River
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
Lake Manawa
Council Bluffs
Lake Macbride
Johnson County
Waubonsie Park
Fremont County
Palisades-Kepler Park
Linn County
Conservation Commission
ECW
Funeral for Mrs. Rhoda Ball Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Ball who died Thursday were conducted at her home by Rev. Lloyd Tennant. Flower attendants were Mrs. George Pratt Mrs. Ed Blasi and Mrs. Elmer Milligan. Burial was in Wapello cemetery with pallbearers Ludwig Johnson Russell Harris Burr Harris Albert Downs Hamilton Downs and Guy Wiley. GREELEY Horse show slated for September 21 features colt pony and horse divisions with draft horse and saddle classes and a horsemanship award.
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Wapello
Rhoda Ball
Lloyd Tennant
Methodist Church
George Pratt
Ed Blasi
Elmer Milligan
A. J. Williamson
Ludwig Johnson
Fred Wehmeyer
Fred Cuthamp
Russell
Harris
Burr Harris
Albert Downs
Hamilton Downs
Guy Wiley
Greeley
Hitch
Lester Gerst
John R. Fraser
Louisa Center Baptist Church
Bert Robertson
Wapello Cemetery
Gerst
Warren Wiederrecht
Women’s Foreign Missionary
Mr. Clay
West Liberty Obituary Notices and Local Church News
Funeral services for Margaret Elizabeth Hilderbrand 74 were held at First Methodist West Liberty. She died after a fall causing a basal skull fracture. Survived by eight grandchildren two great grandchildren two sisters and one brother. Other notes cover West Liberty and Wapello church officers and community events.
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West Liberty
Margaret Elizabeth Hilderbrand
First Methodist
W. A. Smith
Ohio
Iowa
Edgar Hoover Hilderbrand
Cedar Valley
Oberlin
Kan
Cedar Valley Methodist Church
Adah Rebekah Lodge
Bother
Phillip Putt
Yuma
Colo
Alta Putt
Denver
Sadie McCrea
Beatice
Neb
W. W.anderson
W. L. Mackey
C. A. Peters
E. C. Kerr
Guy Frater
A. N. Rabe
Brandon
the Methodist Church
Walter Senft
John Wyckoff
Leslie Halstead
Myrtle Sturm
Ward Stainbrook
Lawrence Brooks
Marjorie Ruth Halstead
M. G. Clark
Home Department
B. F. Nabholz
Ellarean Hines
Florence Rouse
Arrest 108 in Des Moines Club Liquor Raid
An early Sunday raid at the Silver Dollar club in Des Moines arrested 108 people including 33 women. More than 30 bottles of whisky and gin were seized. Operators faced rare statute charges while 103 others were charged with frequenting a disorderly room.
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Des Moines
Tony Bumpilori
Arguing Point Of Law Delays Johnson County Raid Cases
Seventeen Johnson county raid cases were postponed for two weeks in Justice of the Peace T M Fairchilds court after a lengthy legal argument. Ed Baldwin the defendants attorney sought juries for the preliminary hearings while state officials contended no jury was entitled. The court sided with the defendants leading to a writ of error and a continued hearing date while the district court resolves the jury question.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Justice of the Peace
T. M. Fairchild
Iowa
Ed Baldwin
Jens Grothe
Grothe
Baldwin
Betty Redlinger Named Washington Centennial Queen
Betty Redlinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Redlinger living northwest of Washington was chosen as queen of the Washington centennial celebration this week She won a voting contest that closed Saturday night Dorothy Darnel daughter of Mr and Mrs Delbert Darnel Northwest of Washington was second and will be Miss Columbia during the centennial Attendants named Betty McCall Esther Hayes Verla Boshart Margaret Schneider Ruth Boller Maxine Logan Kay Hardy Elizabeth Varney
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Washington
Betty Redlinger
Raymond Redlinger
Miss Redlinger
Dorothy Darnel
Delbert Darnel
Columbia
Betty McCall
Esther Hayes
Verla Boshart
Margaret Schneider
Ruth Boller
Maxine Logan
Kay Hardy
Elizabeth Varney
Henry C Unger LaPorte Pioneer Dies at 85
Henry Charles Unger aged 85 died at his home in LaPorte City after a yearlong cancer illness. He lived within ten miles of LaPorte City for 84 years. Services are at his family home at 2:30 Tuesday. Born in Connecticut, he moved to Tama county as a child and married Lina Lee in 1882. Survivors include daughters Mrs. R. T. Paige and sons Harold and Clifford. He served as Presbyterian church trustee for 30 years and was a Masonic Lodge member.
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Laporte City
Henry Charles Unger
Connecticut
R. T. Paige
LaPorte
Harold
Waterloo
Clifford
Red Oak
Unger
The
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Puzzle of a Nonexistent 1935 Cadillac in Iowa Records
Iowa records show a 1937 Cadillac existed but the state has advertised for sale a 1935 Cadillac sedan whose ownership cannot be verified. The article notes related Coal preference law disputes with Illinois, drug headaches in the statehouse, and an upcoming Commerce Commission pipeline hearing in western counties.
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EL Moines
State Executive Council
State Fairgrounds
Statehouse
Illinois
Iowa
Horner
State Board of Pharmacy Examiners
Seth R Huntington Called To Pastorate Of Grinnell Church
Grinnell First Congregational votes to issue a pastorate call to Rev. Seth R. Huntington 47 of Berea Kentucky. Huntington born in Belmond is a Coe College and Chicago Theological Seminary graduate. He previously served as pastor at Dinsdale Garrison Crystal Lake Newfoundland and Berea.
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Grinnell
First Congregational Church
Seth R. Huntington
Berea
Huntington
Belmond
Coe College
Chicago Theological Seminary
Dinsdale
Garrison
Crystal Lake
Croft L. Pilgrim
Joseph W. Chariton
Henry Koehne celebrates eighty fifth birthday in Lowden
Henry Koehne, long time resident near Lowden, marked his 85th birthday on Saturday. Born August 5 1854 in Bergfeld Kreis Nessen Germany he married Dorothea Steinke in 1882. The family moved to Lowden in 1893 and he later lived in town with son Herman and daughter Anna. He also has daughter Marie Kruckenberg. He attends Trinity Lutheran church. Anamosa homecoming day featured a church gathering with Rev. Mr Beggs and Rev. B T Schwab among others and a church dining room picnic.
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Lowden
Henry Koehne
Bergfeld Kreis Nessen
Hanover
Germany
Dorothea Steinke
Herman
Anna
Marie Kruckenberg
Here
Trinity Lutheran Church
Anamosa
One Church
D. M. Beggs
Hampton
Eee Hale
Katherine Finn
Glen Russell
Dorothy Miller
Betty Day
Charlotte Hartman
B. T. Schwab
Coronation Oil Anointing Tradition Traced to Egbert
Since Egbert of Mercia crowned in 785 the English kings have included anointing with oil in the coronation rite. The note outlines how oil symbolism became a lasting feature of medieval royal ceremonies.
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Egbert of
Mercia
Rain Deluge Drenches Southeast Iowa With Heavy Totals
Overcast skies blanketed Iowa with scattered showers since Sunday. Southeast Iowa saw the heaviest rain with Burling ton at 1.40 inches Daven port 1.57 Albia 0.78 Lamont 0.54 Iowa City 0.51 Keokuk 0.70 and Washington 0.70. Temperatures were near normal though cooler weather was forecast for Tuesday with more showers expected.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Albia
Lamont
Iowa City
Keokuk
Washington
Council Bluffs
Inwood
Spontaneous Fire Destroys Farm Buildings Near Ryan
A barn, corncrib and granary on a farm tenanted by Austin Powers on highway 13 near Ryan were destroyed by a spontaneous combustion fire Saturday evening. Neighbors saved the machinery. losses estimated at 2800 dollars with partial insurance. The farm is owned by Aetna Life Insurance Co of Des Moines.
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Gazette
Ryan
Austin Powers
Highway
Here
Powers
Aetna Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Solon Homecoming Plans Set For Thursday Parade Night
Solon Community club plans the tenth annual Solon homecoming on Aug. 10 with a parade. The program includes a Solon Pirates vs Muscatine Indeos baseball game, concerts by Lone Tree and Solon bands, a smoking contest, and dancing in St Marys auditorium and C. S. A. hall.
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SOLON
Solon Pirates
Muscatine Indeos
Lone Tree
St. Mary's Auditorium
C. S. A. Hall
Marriage Announced for Roy Meinzer and Shireley Quesada
Announcement from Hopkinton reports the marriage of Roy C. Meinzer and Miss Shireley Quesada in Washington DC. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Irving Quesada, studied at Wilson Teachers College. The groom, a former Hopkinton resident, is a University of Maryland graduate and will reside in Norfolk Virginia. TRAER notices Mrs. A A Crabbe injured Saturday in a collision with a telephone pole suffering facial cuts and a sprained wrist.
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Hopkinton
Roy C. Meinzer
Shireley Quesada
Washington, D. C
Irving Quesada
Wilson Teachers College
Meinzer
O. E. Meinzer
University of Maryland
Norfolk, Va
Traer
A. A. Crabbe
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