County Leaders to Carry On Campaign in Iowa
Des Moines reports P F Frank, Waterloo Republican state chairman, announced the most extensive Iowa campaign as headquarters opened. From Sept 10 the county leaders will personally contact every registered voter to determine ticket preference and transportation needs, with disciplinary action for noncompliance.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
P. F. Frank
Waterloo
Frank
State Committee
Relief processing plants ready for contracts in Iowa
Contracts for the first two federal relief beef processing plants in Iowa were ready for signing. Albia Packing Co. of Albia and the Nelson Milling Co. of Webster City will process cattle from 24 drought affected southwestern counties. Meat will be shipped to can factories for final preparation. Rehabilitation costs total up to 10 000 dollars. George Shoemaker, a member of the Iowa emergency relief committee, announced the plan.
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Albia
Nissoning Company
Webster City
Iowa
Ing
Iowa F
George Shoemaker
Iowa Emergency
Unced
Wets and Drys Clash Over State Liquor Store Plan
In Des Moines area readers report organized efforts for and against a state liquor store. Wets and drys, plus business leaders, clash as unnamed supporters say they will petition the liquor control board to set up the store.
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Veral
Nnly
Liquor Control Board
Des Moines
Reappoint Bankruptcy Referees In South Dist
DES MOINES UP - Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey appointed seven referees for two year terms in the southern Iowa district. They will serve until Sept. 1936 and include J. W. Kindlebaugh Hariton W. A. Hunt Ottumwa John D. Denison Des Moines W. A Newport Davenport Thomas Strockhart Washington DA Stu rt Council Bluffs and T P Hollowell Jr Fort Madison.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles A. Dewey
J. W. Kindlebaugh
Hariton
W. A. Hunt
Ottumwa
Warden Haynes Wife Helps Nab Escaped Convict
Mrs. Glenn C. Haynes the warden s wife in Fort Madison recognized escaped convict George Quinlain while driving along a road. She alerted officers who quickly arrested him.
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Fort Madison
INS
Glenn C. Haynes
George Quinlain
Des Moines Seeks $618000 Tax Break Reduced to 169982
Des Moines asked for a $618 000 exemption under Beatty Bennett tax reduction law but State Comptroller C B Murtagh cut the request to $169 982, affecting the city’s projected relief.
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DES Moines
C. B. Murtagh
Kalona Couple Ties Knot in Davenport Service
Kalona Corrine Taylor of Iowa City and Reagan Adams of Kalona wed Thursday in Davenport at Little Bill O Heaven. Attendants include Lee Taylor, Mrs Adams’ mother and other relatives. The couple, students at the University of Iowa last year, will reside in Kalona.
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Kalona
Corrine Taylor
Iowa City
Reagan Adams
J G. Todd
Little Bill O' Heaven
Davenport
Lee Taylor
M . Adams
R O. Boone
R. E Adams
Gordon Engstromr
West Branch marks Hoover birthday with mailed letters
West Branch residents sent a flood of birthday letters for former President Herbert Hoover on his sixty fifth birthday. Postmaster O. O. Yoder, whose wife is Hoover’s cousin, cancels the mail that will be stamped West Branch postmarked and sent out August 10.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
West
O. O. Yoder
Yoder
Mr. Hoover
Thirteen Paroles For 5SO Prisoners Dismissed In July
DES MOINES AP Thirteen of fifty prisoners discharged from the States penal institutions during July received freedom through paroles. Fort Madison penitentiary discharged twenty two with three on parole and took in forty one new inmates to reach 1 521 total. Anamosa reformatory discharged twenty eight prisoners ten by parole and admitted thirty nine new inmates.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Wife Of Triangle Baby Case Starts Suit For Divorce
In Burlington AP report Bessie A. Chism filed for divorce from Dewey Chism alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The two children Harold and Verna were deemed dependent and neglected, placed in a Lutheran orphanage in Muscatine Iowa, while Loreda Rothlauf and Dewey Chism were involved in a prior juvenile court case describing their family.
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Burlington (Ap
Bessie A. Chism
Dewey Chism
Chism
Loreda Rothlauf
Harold
Verna
Loreda
Muscatine
Rothlauf
Sigourney Votes on $10,000 City Well Bond Issue
Sigourney will hold a special election on September 6 to approve a $10,000 bond for a city well near the North Skunk River one mile east. The council seeks CWA aid, tests found adequate water, and current supply comes from Rock Island well.
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Sigourney
Skunk
Rock Island
Kraschel Speaks At Solon Homecoming Program
Lieut. Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel will speak at 1 p.m. Thursday during Solon’s fifth annual homecoming. The day’s events include a 10 a.m. parade, 10:45 a.m. concert and speech, a 1 p.m. baseball game Solon vs Morley- Martelle, free acts at 2:30, a 4:30 Bohemian national dance and Sokol drill, kittenball 7–8 p.m., and dances 8–9 p.m.
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Gazette
SOLON
Nelson G. Kraschel
Morley- Martelle
Humans Imitate Bug World at McGregor Lesson
Dr W L Strunk of Luther College explains how humans copy nature in a Wild Life school talk. He cites water spiders building air filled diving bells and ballooning youngsters as early inspirations for diving and flying, then notes mosquitoes, ants and suckerfish showing animal inspired behavior.
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the Gazette
McGregor
William Beebe
Nature
W. L. Strunk
Luther College
Wild Life School
Beebe
Strunk
Old Terra Firma
Dr. Strunk
Johnson
Dr Strunk
300 CCC Men to Start Fort Atkinson Work Monday
CALMAR CCC campers fixed in Calmar for Fort Atkinson restoration have dug trenches to connect with water and sewer. The camp in the west part of town will house 300 men for several months. Beginning Monday the campers will be transported daily to Fort Atkinson.
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Calmar
CCC
Fort Atkinson
Pioneer Vinton Woman Observes 93rd Birthday
Mrs Frank Eggleston of Vinton celebrated her 93rd birthday with a family dinner at home. Attending were daughters and sons J H Bramwell and Sam Kennedy, Louis and Charles Eggleston, and Rev G W Eggleston of Britt, with Milo Eggleston absent. A Iowa resident for 78 years, she lives in Vinton for 25 years, recalling pioneer days and visits to Mitchell county and McGregor trading on the Mississippi.
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Vinton
Frank Eggleston
J. H. Bramwell
Sam Kennedy
Louis
Charles Eggleston
G. W. Eggleston
Britt
Milo Eggleston
Waverly
University of Iowa seeks $116000 federal aid for campus upgrades
The University of Iowa applied for a $32,000 grant and an $84,000 loan from the federal government. Funds would cover a new roof on the field house, campus piping, and an extra story on the University high school. The field house roof is the largest item, estimated at $50,000 to $60,000.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
Field House
University High School
Two youths die after buzz saw shaft shatters
Glen York 18 and Robert McIntosh 20 were struck by flying shaft fragments as a buzz saw broke during timber cutting 18 miles north of Council Bluffs. McIntosh died 45 minutes after injury while York died instantly. Both victims lived in Missouri Valley Iowa.
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Council Bluffs
Glen York
Robert McIntosh
Here
McIntosh
Missouri Valley
Frank York
Glen
Iowa City Dentist Re elected Treasurer of ADA
ST. PAUL Minn. UP Dr R H Volland of Iowa City was re elected as treasurer of the American Dental Association at the closing session of the annual meeting Dr George B Winter of St Louis was named president elect.
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ST. Paul
Library Play Anne Whats Her Name Staged at Hilton
Conroy library representatives presented the play Anne Whats Her Name Wednesday at Hilton consolidated school. The cast included Marjorie Leahy Cleone Leahy Martha Zuber Norma Helgeson Joanna Wiebold Maxine Olson Wilma Plagmann Dorothy Sterner Robert Olson Carl Ahrens Carl Kuhmle Darrel Carson Fredric Fal tinson. The play was directed by Miss Helen Stonerson.
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Conroy—Library Representatives
Anne
Hilton Consolidated School
Marjorie Leahy
Cleone Leahy
Martha Zuber
Norma Helgeson
Joanna Wiebold
Maxine Olson
Wilma Plagmann
Dorothy Sterner
Robert Olson
Carl Ahrens
Carl Kuhmle
Darrel Carson
Fredric Faltinson
Helen Stonerson
Anamosa Lifer Hortman Dies After Saving for Burial
Harry Hortman No. 5291 a longtime Anamosa reformatory inmate died of heart trouble. Committed November 28 1904 on a life sentence for shooting his sweetheart. He managed the prison baseball team directed the radio system and belonged to the prison band. He saved enough to cover burial costs in Cherokee.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Harry Hortman
Anamosa Reformatory
Hortman
Cherokee
Anamasa
Hartman
Reformatory
Fort Madison
Thompson Claims Not In Louisa At Time Wolz Murder
Thompson held in St Louis over the Wolz murder, seeks habeas corpus arguing he was not in Louisa county when the crime occurred. He was recently tried and acquitted for another St Louis murder. Sheriff Oakes says a continuance is requested to allow pevella witnesses to arrive in St Louis.
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Thompson
Louisa
Gazette
Wapello
Tony Thompson
St. Louis
Martin Wolz
Oakville
Mother-in-Law Club Formed at Monmouth Church
A mother-in-law club was organized at the Methodist church in Monmouth on Wednesday. A family Bible was awarded as a prize to the mother-in-law of the most children. A future prize proposal offered for the mother-in-law who attends her own business best.
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Gazette
Monmouth
University seeks more federal aid for student relief
University of Iowa President Eugene A. Gilmore announced plans to seek additional federal funds for student relief. Iowa City officials aim to raise the monthly aid cap from 15 to 30 dollars and increase the overall quota due to drought. President-emeritus Walter Jessup joins Gilmore in negotiations with federal relief officials and education bureau representatives.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
Gilmore
SERA
Walter A. Jessup
United States Bureau of Education
Shambaugh Heads Group Planning Inauguration
Prof. Benjamin F. Shambaugh head of the political science department was named chairman of a committee to arrange the formal inauguration of University of Iowa President Eugene A. Gilmore. The group includes Dean Carl Seashore Prof. F G Higbee Bruce E. Mahan Anna Lawther and Charles Dutcher.
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Gazette
Owa City
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
Eugene A. Gilmore
University of Iowa
Shambaugh
Carl E. Seashore
Graduate College
F. G. Higbee
Bruce E. Mahan
Anna B. Lawther
State Board of Education
Charles M. Dutcher
Iowa City
Plan Dedication For Columbus Jct. Airport
Columbus Junction to dedicate municipal airport on highway 76 this week. Federal state and county project costing 8000 dollars. Hangar 61 by 94 feet with concrete floor. S D James served as construction foreman. Public dedication scheduled for early this week.
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Columbus Junction
Here
S. D. James
News in Brief: Indp events and obituaries
Independence reports the death of Mrs. Leta Moorehouse Ford 33 at her parents home and funeral services at First Presbyterian. She taught in county rural schools, married Thomas W. Ford in 1929, survived by husband, parents and three children. Also notes Legion committees for fall festival Sept 1 and a burglary at Rock Island station with loss of candy gum apples.
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Independence
Thomas W. Ford
Howard C. Moorehouse
First Presbyterian Church
F. E. Hamlin
Fleming Cemetery
Fremont Township
Leta Francis Moorehouse
Delores
Howard
Bonnie
Dick J. Arends
Grundy Center
Bennett
Vena Conrad
Legion
Edward Kruse
L. E. Bees
M. F. Bull
Estelle Davenport
Parkersburg
C R. Hallowell
Albert Lea
Minn
Helen Koester
Waterloo
Sarah Husted
Clear Lake Independence
Rock Island
Harry Parker
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Iow.a
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