Heat Wave Breaks In Iowa With Sizzlers Forecast
Des Moines reports a cooldown after a severe heat wave though showers were forecast tonight and tomorrow with a return to warm weather by Sunday. Cool air from the northwest lowered temperatures, but the risk of hot winds remains as another cool air mass nears Yellowstone.
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Des Moines
Towa
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Davenport
Iowa City
Charles City
Forest City
Estherville
Clarinda
Lamont
Albis
Creston
Keokuk
Great Lakes
Yellowstone National Park
Four Inches of Rain in West Union Week
In West Union the area recorded four inches of rain in the past week with rainfall on five of seven days. A full inch fell on Friday, contributing to the unusually wet period for the middlewest location.
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West Union
Middlewest
Improvements in Iowa City Planning
Jacob L. Crane Jr. of Chicago urged Iowa City to adopt 50 foot frontage for residence lots revise the zoning ordinance expand parks plant street trees and by pass highways. He called for an architectural board to work with builders Crane forecast a population rise over 5 000 in six years and University of Iowa enrollment to 15 000 within ten years.
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Iowa City
Jacob L. Crane, Jr
Chicago
Iowa City Planning Commission
Crane
University of Iowa
Jurors Fail To Agree On Oelwein Man Death
Coroner's jury could not determine cause of Herman Bartlett's death after autopsy. A second inquest ordered by Coroner E Walsh of Hawkeye. Bartlett funeral set for Saturday. Harvest Home festival planned in Springville with Gov Glyde L Herring to speak. Palo school board appoints W J Julius to fill vacancy. school opens Sept 3.
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Oelwein Man
Brecal
Oelwein
Herman Bartlett
E. Walsh
Hawkeye
Bartlett
Springville
R. J Wiley
Glyde L. Herring
Ralph Hunte
E. T McShane
HH Levien
Jay V Patten
Norman J Graham
Don Colchour
Palo
W J. Julius
Storm Lake
Ackerman
Hearing on Final Report in Trusteeship Center Point Cemetery
Notice to all interested parties of a hearing in Linn County Iowa on the final report and discharge in the Trusteeship of Center Point Cemetery. Cedar Rapids Savings and Trust Company as Trustee and D W Bates as Receiver to appear at Cedar Rapids Court House on the specified date to object or approve the report and orders.
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District Court
Linn
Center Point Cemetery
Lem Two
Jessie A Gramiling
Center Point
Inna
Cedar Rapids Savings and Trust Company
Bank_ an
D. W Bates
Cedar Bank and Trust Camp
Rapids
Savines Pany
Cedar Rapids
W Bates
Cedar Rapids Savines Bank
Trist Company
Egrets Nest on Mississippi River Island Near McGregor
A flock of eight egrets has gathered on an island in the Mississippi River opposite McGregor. Dr. Fred Lazell, University of Town ornithologist, notes their unusual northern appearance and suggests they may linger due to plentiful vegetation in the island swamps from low water.
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Gazette
Mcgregor
Mississippi River
Fred Lazell
University of Town
Iowa to Aid 2000 University Students for 1934-35
About 2000 University of Iowa students will receive aid for the 1934-35 term through scholarships loans cooperative dormitories and university and SERA employment. Gilmore says enrollment may rise 10 percent aided by needy student grants and low room and board in cooperative housing.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
SERA
Eugene A. Gilmore
Gilmore
Hahn Reinstated as Clayton County Engineer
Hahn, former county engineer, has been reinstated in his office after the state supreme court reversed a district court ruling. He was ousted earlier by the new board of supervisors and replaced by D. E. Hoover.
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E-W. Hahn
State Supreme Court
Hahn
Board of Supervisors
D. E. Hoover
Mahn
District Court
Alex Holmes
Strawberry Point
Supreme Court
Hills Bank Reorganizes After 50 Percent Dividend
Hills Savings bank reorganizes under the name Hills Bank and Trust Company after paying a 50 percent dividend. Most of the old officers were reelected.
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Hills
Hills Savings Bank
Hills Bank and Trust Company
Torture Bandits Sought After Logan Farm Robbery
Logan incident leaves Roy Stoker his wife and farm hand Earl Davis bound to chairs with bailing wire and mistreated. Two men tor tured Stoker ears burned with matches and choked him with wire after failing to reveal more money. Police withheld identity pending capture.
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Logan
INS
Here
Roy Stoker
Stoker
Earl Davis
Pension collections reach $802,180 in ten counties
Receipts from ten counties Friday brought total collections under the old age pension head tax to $802,180 since the law began. Byron Allen, state old age superintendent, announced.
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DES Moines
Byron Allen
Shot In Search For Stolen Merchandise
Sioux City police said Frank Malloy, a former convict, was critically wounded by a police officer during a search for apparel stolen from the Wheeler and Anderson store in Alcester South Dakota. Malloy and companion W G Parent were involved. Parent was arrested. Clothing recovered from a car linked to the suspects matched store inventory.
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Sioux City
Frank Malloy
Alcester
S. D
Malloy
Tom Brown
W. G. Parent
Wheeler and Anderson
Funeral services for Nettie E. Kriebs in Elkport
Mrs Nettie E Kriebs died in Elkport Tuesday Funeral rites were held at St Michael s church Garber officiated by Father Wallace Trempealeau Wis Burial is in St Joseph s cemetery Elkader She was born March 8 1866 in North Adams Massachusetts to Jerome and Margaret Goodsell She moved to Clayton county at age two She married Dr F J Kriebs Sept 12 1894 Survived by her husband one daughter Sister Mary Calumba of Mundelein College Chicago one sister Estella Stence Elkport two brothers William Specht s Ferry Indiana and Henry San Diego California.
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Elkport
Nettie E. Kriebs
St. Michael's Church
Garber
Wallace
Trempealeau
Wis
Francis Phelan
Dubuque
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Elkader
Kriebs
North Adams
Mass
Jerome
Margaret Goodsell
Clayton County
F. J. Kriebs
Mary Calumba
Munderein College
Chicago
Estella Stence
William
Specht's Ferry
Henry
San Diego
Calif
Radio Schedule Recap From Evening to Night Across Networks
A dense listing of radio programs with times and stations across NBC CBS and ABC. The schedule names orchestras singers and conductors such as Wangs Waring and Denzin along with venues and affiliates like WEAF WJZ WABC WMT WBBM and WCCO.
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CBS
WABC
WMT
NBC
Weaf Woc
WHO
WJZ
Philadelphia
WBBM
WCCO
One Man's Family
WEAP
Wwoc
Chicago Symphony
Goldman
WJZ Chain
Ray Knicht
WEAF
Kincorch
WLS
WLW
Elder Michaux
Gus Lombardo
Hines Arch
WRBM
Gray Arch
Taul Whiteman
Marlin Arch
Meredith
Weap Woc
WMAQ
Detroit Symphony
Dancing Shadows
King’s Chapel
Boston
Wcco W. Natl, Regatta (Nbc) Wjz Chain, Sierstilen Mucknam
Weap Woco-Who
Fitone Erch
Orerem
Natl
Vespere
Wd7
Playboys
Edward Davies
Mary Puree
Wie
Chain
NHBC
Nick Lucas
Ballimore Municipal Hand
Warwick Sisters
WARC
Southernaires
WEBBM
Maine Bowes
Mormon Choir
Phantom
Gould and Shelter
Round Table
Weaf Chain
WOC
Ann Leaf
Gene Arnold
Weap WoOc- Nail
Reratta
Baltimore
AL Smith
WBEM
Grace Bates
Sellabyetch
Jimmy Durante
Weaf Woc-Who
Variety
Howe
KMOX
Col. Stoopnagie
Frank Berker
WSM
WPAA
Woco-Who
Jeanie Lang
Budde Rogers Orch
Sesnick Orch
WOCO
Reunion honors Mrs. A D Washburn eightieth birthday
Troy Mills observes a reunion for Mrs. A D Washburn on her eightieth birthday with twin daughters Lettie and Leshia and many relatives and friends from Waterloo Winthrop Cedar Rapids Walker and other towns. The gathering also honors nearby families and Washburn relatives.
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Troy Mills
Jordon
Washburn
A. D. Washburn
Lettie
Leshia
J. E. Jordon
Waterloo
Guy Washburn
Winthrop
Wilsie Washburn
Dean
Bernilece
Donald Cover
Mary Lou
Cedar Rapids
Guy Berry
DeLoss Bucklin
Nellie Fisher
Center Point
Robert McAtee
LeVern McAtee
Doris Jean
Grace Carns
Joseph Wachal
Walker
Clarence Cameron
Carl Washburn
Orval Washburn
Dinsdale Savings Bank Seeks Receivership in Tama County
A Tama county district court in Iowa heard a petition Friday seeking appointment of a receiver for the Dinsdale Savings Bank. The institution, once linked with a Reinbeck bank, closed Monday after operating under 5. F. 111. Officers include President Henry P. Dan Schmidt and Vice President J. M. Neil. The August 10 records list assets of 41 061.17 in bills receivable and 14 357.42 cash, with liabilities of 23 350.81 in capital and 40 548.13 in deposit claims.
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Toledo
Dinsdale Savings Bank
Tama County
Dinsdale Bank
Reinbeck Bank
Henry P. Dan Schmidt
J. M. Neil
L. T. Bicketteller
Gertrude Frey
Q. M. Fuckinger
A. D. Pyle
G. A. Rehder
Henry P. Dau Schmidt
Claus Storjohann
Roy Strobehn
Commercial National Bank
Waterloo
England Debaters to Visit Iowa for Fall Meet
England's team will face the University of Iowa next season. Professor A Craig Baird coach announces trials among Oxford Cambridge London Manchester and Birmingham. Trials set for September 24 with the first Iowa schedule debate to occur late October or early November.
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Gazette
Iowa City
England
University of Iowa
A. Craig Baird
Oxford
Cambridge
London
Manchester
Birmingham
Towa
Iowa
Emergency education programs to continue in Iowa
Iowa will keep emergency education programs funded under federal relief. Adult education and nursing courses will be offered, with class levels about the same as last year, according to state superintendent Agnes Samuelson.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Three Waterloo liquor store workers laid off temporarily
DES MOINES AP Three Waterloo liquor store employees were dismissed temporarily, per the Iowa liquor control commission report to State Comptroller C B Murtagh. The laid off were Fred J Martin order clerk Frank J Hanlon special clerk and J A Hartleip watchman. Martin and Hanlon earned 1020 dollars yearly and Hartleip 900 dollars.
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DES Moines
Waterloo
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
C. B. Murtagh
Fred J Martin
Frank J. Hanlon
J. A Hartieip
Martin
Skippy Took Boy Role To Chase Medical Dream
Mary Gray known as Skippy spent a year living as a boy in St. Paul to pursue becoming a physician. The ruse unraveled when a doctor revealed she is a girl. Her guardian recalls her love of medical texts and ambition to study medicine.
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Skippy
ST. Paul
Mary “Skippy” Gray
Emmetsburg
J. J. Hanrahan
State to Sue for Gas Tax in Story County and Des Moines
Iowa, A suit against Story County for 767 dollars in gasoline tax and penalties will be filed Monday, with a similar suit against Des Moines planned next week. Treasurer Leo J Wegman says the action aims to compel payment of gas taxes on official cars and to require licenses under the new law to distributors.
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Des Moines
Story County
Leo J Wegman
Wegman
Planter Watches Felling Of 50-Year-Old Elm Tree
In Hopkinton spectators watched the last large elm on Main Street be felled. A. P. Thorp, who planted the tree over fifty years ago, attended the event. The elm had stood about sixty feet tall and leaning away from Dr. L. F. Cummings’ residence, its removal prompted by crowding the property.
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Dr. L. F. Cummings
Mae
Bae
Corn On Cob Is Ordinary Yet Myers Special Taste
Lois discovers her husband Roger prefers only young tender corn on the cob. He teaches her to husk, inspect kernels with a thumbnail, and boil soon after picking to preserve flavor and freshness.
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Lois
Roger
How to Cook Corn on the Cob and Corn a la Mexicaine
Lois learns two corn cooking methods from Nancy. The first uses whole ears boiled in salted water for eight to ten minutes, then served immediately. The second removes kernels and sautés them in bacon fat with green pepper, salt, and pepper, optional pimento, yielding a colorful dish called Corn a la Mexicaine.
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Lois
Nancy
Bowen couple ponders baby name Epilogue or Postscript
Roy Bowen and wife in Rock Rapids weigh naming their fifteenth child after the fourteenth named Finis. The mother favors Epilogue with possible nickname Eppy, while the couple plans to decide in a week.
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Rock Rapids
Roy Bowen
Bowen
Finis
Eppy
Whistling Lizzie Sold to Pay Court Costs in Tama
Gil bert Kerr aged 19 of Garwin and four companions from Potter were arrested for a reckless driving and unnecessary noise incident after serenading Tama residents with a whistling device on a Ford. Kerr’s fine and costs were remitted after the car was sold for 12.50 to cover the costs.
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Tama
Gilbert Kerr
Garwin
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Potter
George W. Carpenter
Kerr
Cedar Rapids Firm Wins Fayette County Road Contract
The Fayette county board of supervisors awarded A. J. Fleckenstein of Cedar Rapids the grading contract for three Fayette county road segments at $10,621. His bid was 14.9 cents per cubic yard. Brennan Brothers of Lansing won the concrete work on five culverts and three extensions totaling $3,600.
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The
Gazette
West Union
Fayette
Leases Signed for Four Iowa State Liquor Stores
The Iowa liquor control commission said leases for state liquor stores in Ida Grove New Hampton Charles City and Waverly were signed on Saturday with openings expected September 1. Store sites and monthly rents were Ida Grove 45 New Hampton 55 Waverly 40 Charles City 75. Owners agreed to burglar proofing unloading chutes and other necessities. The Newton store may open next week.
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DES Moines
Ida Grove
New Hampton
Charles City
Waverly
Iquor Control Commission
Atda Grove
Fourth District G. O. P. Will Meet At West Union
Stanley R. Smith of Osage will host a meeting of Fourth district Republican chairmen and vice chairs in West Union at 2 p.m. Wednesday P. H. Frank state chairman of Republicans from Waterloo will attend.
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West Union
Stanley R. Smith
Osage
P. H. Frank
Waterloo
Mrs. Lillie B. Durey Dies at 74 in California
Mrs. Lillie B. Durey 74 longtime Delaware county resident died Thursday at her daughter Ada Bayless home in Santa Monica California. She taught in local schools and was survived by six children including Ada Hatfield Earl Durey Carl Durey Clinton Durey and Ernest Durey. Burial in Manchester Oakland cemetery follows funeral at First Baptist church.
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Manchester
William A. Darey
Delaware County
Ada Bayless
Santa Monica
Calif
First Baptist Church
A. A. Rideout
Charles City
Oakland Cemetery
Lillie B. Stewart
Richard Stewart
Durey
Prairie Township
William A. Durey
Ada Hatfield
Earl Durey
Carl Durey
Cedar Rapids
Clinton du
Chiropractor R L Boyd Dies On Highway
R L Boyd 62 a chiropractor died of natural causes while seated in his car on a highway four miles southwest of Independence Friday morning. Francis Callahan found the body about 8 a m. Survived by his widow a daughter Mrs William Schaffer Davenport and several brothers and sisters.
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Independence
R. L. Boyd
Here
Francis Callahan
Boyd
Callahan
Buchanan County
B Sells
Ilinois
William Schaffer Davenport
Iowa County Laborers Protest Wage Scale
Iowa county laborers meet at the court house to demand a thirty-hour week at 50 cents an hour and a living wage based on the CWA scale. J B Ditzler notes Benton county pay levels. Frank Dougherty is president with Will Handenfeldt as treasurer and Eugene Carrier as secretary. Thirty seven members sign, with plans for broader county representation next Friday at the Hook lawn near the Iowa Electric substation.
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Marengo
Iowa
Court House
J. 8. Ditzler
Belle Plaine
New Deal League
Benton County
Frank Dougherty
Ladors
Will Handenfeldt
Eugene Carrier
Iowa County
Hook Lawn
Iowa Electric
Belle Plaine Man Fred H Henry Dies At 66
Fred H Henry a Belle Plaine lumberman and coal dealer died Friday morning in an Iowa City hospital after years of uremic poisoning. Born June 2 1868 in Ayreshire he led the Henry lumber business now overseen by son in law William Little. Survived by daughter Naomi Gaylord Little two grandchildren and a niece Ruth Henry the funeral will be Sunday at 4 PM in the Methodist church with Rev Nielsen. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Belle Plaine
Mara Jeanne Courter
Charles Keith Courter
Edith Jeanne
Tipton
Bennett Church
M. L. Hill
Martelle
Wyoming
Herbert Groening
Groening
Mobile
Ala
Brandon
W. H McKinley
Merton McKinley
St. Ansgar
LA Porte Cit Y
Stalinke
Winton
Flora Lane
Liane
Eldora
Charles Lane
Bert Lane
Hite
Alcorn
W. W. Williams
Church of Christ
Evergreen Cemetery
Maquoketa
Legion Auxilary
Charlotte Squire
Burlington
J. J. Barrett
What Cheer
F. B. Collins
SESUP
Leland J. Dolan
George Kolda
Donna Jean
Marion
Zobel
Ely
James T. Butler
Kansas City
Louise Dvorak
Mount Vernon
C. W. Neargard
Basil Cook
Miles
John Huisman
Washington
Board of Supervisors
Toledo
Bemis and Schlick
Des Moines
Pressy Frank
Waterloo
Lee
van Buren
Henry
Jefferson
Louisa
Muscatine
Iowa
Johnson and Cedar
Center Point
Alice Fee
William Fee
Fee
Herman Taylor
Nashua
Ed Larsen
Vinton
Rane
Urbana Cemeery
Frederick H. Henry
Iowa City
Ayreshire
J. P. Henry
William Little
Methodist Church
K. P. Lodge
Rotary Club
Commercial Club
Northwest Coal Dealers Association
Northwestern Lumberman’s Association
Iowa City Airport Wins Highest AIA Rating
Iowa City municipal airport will receive the highest AIA rating from the U S Commerce Department. Airport manager Jack Curtis said the improvements here earned the government rating, the top level, according to word received Saturday.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Municipal
United States Department of Commerce
Jack Curtis
AIA
Turner to Speak at Geneseo Community Picnic
Former governor Dana Turner will address a Geneseo community picnic at 11 a.m. Thursday nine miles west of La Porte City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
LA Porte City
Dana Turner
Geneseo
Here
Foreclosure Suit Seeks Receiver for Cedar Rapids Property
In Linn County District Court a plaintiff seeks ten thousand dollars plus interest on a promissory note dated October 8 1933 against the Petrovitsky Company Incorporated and Skelly Oil. The action asks for foreclosure of a mortgage on Lots 89 and 90 in Block 12 Original Town Cedar Rapids Iowa and the appointment of a receiver for rents and profits. The case demands costs and attorney fees and cites unpaid 1933 taxes and interest. Plaintiffs attorney is Jos Mekota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
the Alete
Town
Linn Courtiy
Chas
Petrovitsky
Petrovitsky Company, Incorporated
Skelly Oil Company
2 Corporation
District Court
State of Town
Linn Coutty
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mortense
Recorder's Office
Taxca
Laws
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Rex
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W A Moen
Irvin J. Goff
Iowa State Teachers College
Catherine Patterson
Cresco
Deane Gibson
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J. W. Wiersman
Grundy County
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Whitten
D. J. Kelley
Postville
John Waters
Community Presbyterian Church
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Waters
Frankville
Citizens State, Bank
U. of Iowa
Story Co
Nancy Page
Florence la Ganke
Whistling Lizzie
Fayette Co
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Fred H. Henry
Turner
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