Jealous Farmer Surrenders After Anamosa Shooting
Tullos McGuire, a 60 year old farmer nine miles southeast of Anamosa, shot Harvey Eye, expectant victim, twice at 8 30 pm Tuesday. Eye was rushed to Mercy hospital, needed a blood transfusion, condition improved by Wednesday. McGuire surrendered after telling a neighbor of his intent to walk to Anamosa to surrender. County officials planned charges of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury or murder.
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WAONE
Anamosa Harvey
George Eve
Tullos McGuire
Here
McGuire
Eve
Martin Levien
Anamosa
McGuires
Frye
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines Suit Seeks 20500 In Auto Crash Damages
In Des Moines a suit seeks 20500 for damages from a Des Moines city auto crash that killed Rev F P Gray of Atlantic and Rev W F Hurst of Spencer last April. Mrs Nellie Gray, widow of the Atlantic pastor, files for 10000 alleging pavement neglect at the accident site. C J Coder, administrator for the Hurst estate, previously filed 20500. The crash occurred on Hickman avenue when the Gray car struck a rough pavement spot, causing loss of control and a collision with a truck.
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Des Moines
BE. Gray
Atlantic
W F Hurst
Spencer
Nellie Gray
C J Coder
Tama County Barbers Sign Fair Trade Code
Tama County barbers met to draft a uniform price and hours scheme under NRA guidance. Prices set at 40 cents for a haircut and 25 cents for a shave, with varied hours and Sunday closures. Cedar Rapids speaker H L Coats urged adherence to the code and outlined weekly operation patterns.
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Tama County
Tama Tama
Coats
Rioas
Predicts Railroads To Continue As Chief Transportation Agent
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Dean C Williams of the University of Iowa college of engineering says railroads will remain the nation's chief transportation agent despite paved highways. He cites trucks limited freight capacity and mobilization challenges, blaming railroad financial woes on truck competition, terminal and elevated track costs, and an inefficient early network.
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Iowa City
United States
Dean C . Williams
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Dean Willams
Dean Wiliams
Dean Williams
Euphemia Davies Dies Fifth Oldest Settler In Northeast Iowa
McGregor obituary notes Euphemia Davies oldest settler in northeast Iowa died at her home Tuesday night at ninety one. Born in a log cabin near the Mississippi river, she had spent her life in the same vicinity and never lived elsewhere.
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Mcgregor
Euphemia Davies
Iowa
Mississippi River
Taxpayers in Iowa City Oppose Beatty Bennett Release
Iowa City taxpayers circulated petitions urging C B Murtagh state comptroller to deny the city council’s release from the Beatty Bennett law in the 1934 budget. The effort, presented at a taxpayers association meeting, argues there has been no drop in property valuations and seeks protection under the law. organizers aim for about 1,000 signers.
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Iowa City
Murtagh
Beatty-Bennett
Iowa City Taxpayers Association
Beatts-Bennett
Taxpayers’ Association
Shetler Reunion Honors Daniel in Kalona
Special to The Gaz Kalona 450 attendees marked the Daniel Shetler reunion at the old homestead now a grandson’s residence. The event also celebrated the centennial of Daniel Shetler’s landing in America with a program featuring C C Miller and many others among the local families and descendants. A separate item notes a theft at the Poster Drag campions in Gladbrook where $300 to $2,000 worth of items were stolen from a camp shed during a night break in.
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Gaz Kalona
Daniel Shetler
Shetler
JL. Hershberger
America
Elmer CG Swartzendruber
Lidia Hershberger
Charles Yoder
Paul Snyder
Chester Miller
Alvin Slagell
Isaiah Yoder
Ruth Kinsinger
Abner Miller
Orval Kinsinger
Paul Sowder
Jacob Erb
Iloyd Hershberger
Tsaian Yoder
Ed Hershberger
Ota Hershberger
C F Hershberger
Spee
Ta Foe Ciorvette
Toledo
Kadaks
Gladbrook Viondas
Wuesday
Pto
Fooo Haris
PVR
State Audits Begin at Winton Anamosa
State auditors office has begun auditing accounts of institutions under the state audit act. Led by G S Worden, a 12 member team including six directing accountants will review Anamosa reformatory and the school for the blind at Vinton, with aims to complete major reports by year end. Focus first on State university and State college with quarterly preliminary audits and fiscal year ending June 30, 1933.
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Des Moines
State Auditors Office
General Assembly
S Worden
Anamosa Reformatory
School For the Blind
Vinton
State University
Town State College
Independence
Board of Control
Board of Education
W Storms
State College
Educational Institutions and Fair Board
Brookines Institution
Police Radio Sets In 71 of 99 Counties
Des Moines Iowa dispatches report growing use of the state bureau of investigation radio network as 71 of 99 counties install receivers. About 130 sets are in use including 41 car sets and 90 in sheriffs and police chief offices. KGHO began broadcasting May 15 after testing and is fed by the Iowa Bankers Association on 1.534 kilocycles. Reports of stolen cars and other crime have increased with the station’s reach.
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DES Moines T(ap
State Bureau of Investigation
KGHO
Iowa Bankers Association
Louvring Inquest Adjourned To Thursday
WEST UNION report notes an inquest into the death of Ne's Lo wrestling figure Koved Luna DO, adjourned to Thursday. The fragmentary account places the inquiry amid local legal proceedings, with little additional context available.
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West Union
Ne's Lo
Ring of Fayete
Art Koved Luna
Hopkinton clubs debate NRA code hours in town meetings
Special to The Gazette Hopkinton community meetings discussed a view that some towns violated the NRA code by shortening store hours. Entertainment for the evening included boxing and wrestling matches.
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Hopkinton
NRA
Egewood Couple Observe 62nd Date Of Wedding
Mr and Mrs James P Shaw of Edgewood celebrate their sixty second wedding anniversary after marrying in 1871. They built their first log cabin on Bear Creek, later acquired timber land and farmed for 33 years. Mrs Shaw aided in farming while all thirteen children survive, with twenty four grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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Edgewood
James P. Shaw
Shaw
Bear Creek
Claryton County
Ida Curran
Labana
Ore
Elizabeth McCallum
Diana Lights
Elda Wiley
Eva Everett
James Shaw
Mary Ellen Hatfield
Edmonds W. D
Edna Foster
Dundee
Mrs Hickman Cascade's Oldest Resident Dies At 89
Mrs Sarah Hickman 89 oldest Cascade resident died at her daughter’s home. Born November 20, 1843 in Dubuque, she married Kimball Hickman December 18, 1860 at Cascade. After his death 51 years ago she ran a dress making shop and later lived with daughter Mrs Charles Macomber. Survived by two daughters, nine grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, 18 great great grandchildren, and two sons Edwin and Wilmer preceded in death. Funeral at Consolidated church conducted by Rev Charles Rabenberg with Bowens Pratric burial.
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Clarence Soden
Rowley
Albert Gintert
Clarence
Blanche Gustin
Lee
Vera Rusk
Kenneth
Vina Reice
Dickens
Olver Kerarn
Walker
Lillian Spicher
Clayton Craemer
Vinton
Anna M. King
Cedar Rapids
Finney
Mount Vernon
Nettie Scaigger
West Liberty
Bertha Williams
Omaha
F Weatherwax
L. King
Dan Evans
W. Y Soden
Lew
Floyd Dice
J. Kellogg
Alice Magill
Shelsburg
Oxford
James Kennedy, Jr
James Kennedy
Shelusburg
Henry Kuhn
Federated Church
L. W. Inman
Suzanna Williamson Kuhn
Daniel and
Perceella Jane Williamson
Dearborne County
Oliver Culp
Nellie Marie Kibbie
Henry Spurgeon
Lucila Whittle
Waterloo
Sophia Henderson
Mount Auburn
Julia Seeley
Nsamboldt
Neb
Leroy
Seattle Wash
Elvin
California
Robert
Cascade
Sarah Hickman
Charles Macomber
Sara South Hickman
Dubuque
Richard
Sara South
Kimball Hickman
Spring Branch
Hopkinton
Hickman
Bequests Totalling 30000 In Marengo Woman's Will
The will of Mrs. Anna Thompson, who died June 25, is probated. It lists $1000 to a Town City child, $1000 to a church, $500 to a Children’s Home in Des Moines, $100 to Paul and Ray Battidee, and $2000 to executor B A Heald of Cedar Rapids. Remaining estate to be divided among named heirs across several towns.
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Toledo
Tama County
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Edward
Erma Mayo
John
Anna Melsha
Garrison
Cedar Rapids Drum and Bugle Corps
Center Point
Tama Indians
Spee
Anna Thompson
Warold
Evans
Ft Horus
Marengo
Teva Childrens Home
Des Mroese
Paul and
Rayrei Battidee
Bae
Half Million Books Yearly Circulated At University
University of Pea Wave reports annual library circulation near half a million volumes with 8000 readers in a month. A $50,000 fund for seating and curtains was blocked as subscriptions dropped to 1700, while the collection lists 366212 books for sale. Washington Nottshet voters back bank reorganization.
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Towa City
University of Pea
Croe Wormer
Ows
Des Moines Hearings Open On Tax Revision Plan
A consortium of Iowa committees opened hearings on tax revision in Des Moines to prepare a program for the fall special assembly session. The interim government reorganization committee, the senate tax revision group, and five House members endorsed by Speaker George Miller will study the Brookings report and hear advocates of various tax forms through Thursday. Members include W F Riley Des Moines chairing the reorganization panel and Senators Geske Chrystal Rocloff Hicklin Knudson with Reps Seidel Dean Cunningham Gray Rice Mercer Fabritz.
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DES Moines
Special Assembly
Senate
George Miller
Brookings Institution
W. F Riley
D W Kimberly
Davenport
John Valentine
Centerville
John Seidel
Washington
Earl Dean
Mason City
M X Geske
McGregor
I G Chrystal
Coon Rapids
E. Rocloff
Rolfe
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
I H Knudson
Ellsworth
House
Paul Cunningham
O. Jo Gray
Newell
C. L. Rice
Delta
Leroy S Mercer
Iowa City
E. H Fabritz
Ottumwa
Iowa State Aims To Conform To Local Labor Rules
Iowa State College will try to conform to Ames local hiring standards while exempt from Roosevelt’s blanket code. Officials are unsure on hours or wages for college staff but expect little change. Office workers currently work a 44 hour week. State Board of Education president George T. Baker urged institutions to adapt to local conditions where possible.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Roosevelt
George T Baker
Davenport
State Board of Education
Chicago pair held after selling shell game in Insurance club
L S Lippman and Max Banks, both Chicago men aged 39 and 34, were jailed in Vinton on $1,000 bond after being charged with unlawfully selling memberships in an Insurance organization tied to the Iowa Auto club. They allegedly swindled G. E. Fisher of Shellsburg with a $950 check under a scheme to fund claims from auto accidents, only for the check to be cashed later. Fisher, convinced by the offer, signed the check at an Americ an Trust and Savings Bank. The men were arraigned before Justice G W. Burnham after being arrested on Tuesday.
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Vinton
L. S. Lippman
Max Banks
Chicago
G W. Burnham
Justice Court
Gus McClellan
Iowa Auto Club
Davenport
G. E Fisher
Shellsburg
Fisher
American Trust and Savings Bank
Coggon Harvest Festival Set for Friday and Saturday
The Harvest Home festival in Coggon will run Friday and Saturday with events from 10 am to evening. The main speaker is Best Clune, with Royal H Holbrook of the Ames extension department delivering Saturday’s address. Two baseball games are planned: Coggon versus Central City on Friday and Coggon against Quasqueton on Saturday, plus band concerts and vaudeville entertainment.
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Gazette
Royal H Holbrook
Ames Extension Department
Central City
Keokuk County Taxpayers Debate Legislative Bills
SIGOURNEY Keokuk county taxpayers passed several resolutions urging the state legislature. They opposed repeal efforts of the Beatty Bennett bill and Bergman road law, favored election of the county superintendent of education by the people, and called revival of property tax based on net income for individuals.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Des Moines Druggists Protest Proposed Working Hours Code
Seven hundred fifty druggists Wednesday unanimously denounced Washington plans to place the drug industry under President Roosevelt’s blanket wage and hour code. In a Tuesday night meeting they adopted a protest resolution arguing the need for hospital and medical dispensing services at all hours and calling inclusion with other retailers unfair and an affront to a separate, essential business.
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Des Moines
INS
Washington DC
Roosevelt
Washington
Tama Co 1934 Budget Totaled at 450 608
Tama county supervisors released the 1934 budget estimate of 450 608 with 381 688 to be raised by tax. Major appropriations include 120 000 for secondary road maintenance 88 225 for county bond 60 000 for general county and 34 413 for emergency. The board schedules a hearing August 22 at 9 am and plans to seek approval to levy an emergency tax of mill to add funds to the county poor fund.
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Toledo
Tama County
General
Board of Supervisors
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