Iowa Seeks Faster WPA Funding to Start Projects
Des Moines officials say federal red tape delays hinder WPA work in Iowa. Assistant Director George Keller notes no Iowa workers yet on projects though 1,500 relief recipients are certified to contractors for river work along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
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Des Moines
WPA
George Keller
Washington
Keller
Treasury Department
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi
Belle Plaine Woman Celebrates 87th Birthday
Special to The Gazette. Charlotta Green, born August 14, 1848 on a 480 acre farm that became Ely, marked her 87th birthday. She married Joshua Green March 31, 1870, lived on the farm until 1893, moved to Belle Plaine, and remains active in gardening and church life with four children Jennie Frank Delbert and Charles. Her heirlooms include a grandmothers farm deed on sheep skin and a family Bible.
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Belle Plaine
Charlotta Green
Charlotta Holler
John
Priscilla Holler
Ely
Joshua Green
Green
Jennie
Frank
Delbert
Charles
Mr. Green
Mrs. Green
Methodist Church
Mrs James Garrey 79 Manchester resident dies after long illness
Margaret Grant Garrey born November 13 1855 in Dobbs Ferry New York moved with her family to Delaware county at age seven. She married James Garrey in 1895 he died in 1915. Funeral at St Marys Catholic church and burial in St Marys cemetery. Survived by her son Grant and sister Mrs Mary Carr.
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Manchester
James Garvey
Delaware County
F. W. McKinley
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Margaret Grant
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
James Garrey
Grant
Clutier Reunion Honors Miss Mary Caslavka of Chicago
A Clutier family reunion at Vince Caslavka home honored Miss Mary Caslavka of Chicago. Attendees included the Joseph Kurth family of Waterloo, Helidore Caslavka and Louis Caslavka families, Traer residents, Vorba families from Traer and Wisconsin, and relatives from Michigan Cedar Rapids and Clutier.
Train Hits Car But Only Changes 83-Year-Old Driver's Route
Luck and J. E. Marietta, 83, were crossing A avenue when a freight train struck the car on its right side. The car was wrecked but Marietta escaped injury. He continued northwest to B avenue and downtown after the collision while en route from Virginia Gay hospital.
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the Gazette
Vinton
J. E. Marietta
A Avenue
Funds Shortage Delays Iowa Old Age Pensions
Des Moines report says federal aid needed to cover 20 000 Iowa seniors eligible for old age pensions as state funds run out. Even with possible federal support, only about 10 000 of the 20 000 would be paid at current rates, leaving many on a waiting list.umulus
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Des Moines
Congress
Iowa
Convicted Slayer Of Johnson Appeals To Iowa Supreme Court
Louis Clay of Iowa City, sentenced to life for the murder of Johnson county pioneer George J. Folsom during a 1933 robbery, appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court. He claims trial errors and that no evidence shows his choking caused death, and objects to his wife Mable Davis testifying.
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DES Moines
Louis Clay
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Johnson County
Clay
Geoge
J. Folsom
Folsom
Mable Davis
Two Drivers Fined for Truck Overloading in Iowa City
Wayne D. Watkins of Donnelson and Leonard D. Yanecek of Cedar Rapids pled guilty in justice court to truck overloading. Patrolman James Gilroy stopped the drivers on Highway No. 6 east of Iowa City. The court suspended the fine pending procurement of additional licenses for the grocery truck.
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Iowa City
Wayne D. Watkins
Donnelson
Leonard D. Yanecek
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace Court
James Gilroy
Iowa Highway
Yanecek
Justice of the Peace
Fairchild
Porter to Speak at Iowa U Convocation
Professor Kirk H. Porter of the political science department will deliver the second summer session convocation address at the University of Iowa on August 22. He will address about 200 graduates on the topic Capacity for Govern. Porter is an authority on state and local government with degrees from Michigan and Chicago.
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Iowa City
Kirk H. Porter
University of Iowa
Porter
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Gage Featured on Iowa Legion Convention Program
Waterloo prepares for the Iowa American Legion convention September 1 to 4 with Dr. Harry Morehouse Gage of Coe College as the main speaker. A large parade, drum and bugle corps contests, and memorial services are planned, with headquarters at Hotel Russell Lamson and events across Waterloo venues.
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Waterloo
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Harry Morehouse Gage
Coe College
Field Artillery
Russell- Lamson
Elks and
Masonic
East High School
Eightieth Field Artillery
Fort Des Moines
Gage
Dairy Cattle Congress
Emergency Teacher Enrollment Reaches 200 At Iowa State
Enrollment in a four week training school at Iowa State College for teachers in the emergency education program reached about 200. Registration began Monday and the course continues to September 7 under Dr. R W Tallman and Miss Agnes Samuelson. Participants split into nursery school and adult education tracks with hands on experience in the college nursery school.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
R. W. Tallman
Agnes Samuelson
Dr. Bradleys Funeral At Manchester Thursday
Funeral services for Dr. Harry M. Bradley a 66 year old physician and surgeon of Manchester who died in a Chicago hospital will be held at the Manchester Community church Thursday at 3 p.m. The Rev R Clifton Keagy will lead with Manchester lodge 165 A F and A M assisting and Knights Templar pallbearers.
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Pmlanchester
Harry M. Bradley
Manchester
Chicago
Manchester Community Church
J. Frank Moore
R. Clifton Keagy
Methodist Church
Aberdeen
S. D
Manchester Lodge
No. 165
A. F
A. M
Knights Templar Order
Iowa
Community notices span Iowa towns on various summer events
In La Porte City Eagle Center picnic events feature softball and hardball contests under St Mary's Mt Carmel parish. Decorah Elks picnic plans boxing and wrestling. Sigourney rural teachers meet August 28 at Sigourney high school. Johnson and Remington reunion at Riverside Park with eighty relatives in attendance. Wapello hosts birthday celebration for Mrs Schmeister and relatives. Amber hosts birthday picnic for Dorothy Gerdes. Springville Freeman clan reunion in Anamosa. Harrington family reunion in Cedar Rapids area. North English leader John R Shanks dies at 68. West Branch ties Dorothy Hansen to John Pearson in Beloit wedding. Clutier Kolache Day nearing with two vaudeville acts and base ball games.
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LA Porte City
Eagle Center
St. Mary’s of
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Sigourney High School
H. S. McVicker
H.C. Moeller
Cedar Falls
Vinton
Johnson and Remington
Riverside Park
George Childs
Long Beach
Calif
Oscar Remington
Cedar Rapids
Ray Bunten
Paul Bunten
Des Moines
Oran Liebsch
Jimmy
Edwin Johnson
Waterloo
John Differding
Fred Gaasch
Walker
Frank Williams
Fred Forsyth
Brandon
Will Johnson
Lafayette
Glenn Moore
Oelwein
Ethel Lee
John Remington
Allie
Mert
Rollie Johnson
Earl Wallace
Forrest King
Matt Birker
John Caldwell
Andrew Long
Gaylord Britt
C. S. Harper
Joe Remington
Harry McMillan
Harold Wallace
Wapello
Joseph Schmeiser
Ruschill
Burlington
Fred Keyser
West Burlington
Fred Wunnerberg
Alfred Wunnerberg
Bonnie Jean
Ralph Wunnerberg
Shirley Marie
Clarence Thames
Genevieve
Ray Anderson
Orville
Sperry
George Riemann
Winona
Marcella
Dorothy
Virginia
Doris Ann
Chester McKeown
Evelyn
Lucille
Mediapolis
Joseph Schmeister
Orival
Alice
Dorothea Riemann
Waukon
State Board of Health
FERA
Amber
Carl Gerdes
Henry Schafer
Scotch Grove
Springville
Benjamin
Eliza Freeman
Anamosa
H. H. Freeman
Marjorie Sherrill
Frances, Westfall
Carlton Goudy
Harry Freeman
Williamsburg
Harrington
Ellis Park
B. Harrington
Hugh Harrington
Russell
Dorothy Harrington
Geraldine
Jennie Gardner
Milan
Gertrude Hall
Timothy Fairchild
Iowa City
George Gilmore
Frederick
North English
F. O. Harrington
Walter Harrington
Orson Harrington
Howard Harrington
Lorene
Helen
Maurice
Elizabeth
Ross Landa
Curtis
Kathryn Jean
Hugh
Harry Groves
Gertrude Lewis
Max Harrington
Milo Duffy
Francis
Donald
Mavwrice Yant
John R.shanks
Masonic Lodge
Boyd and
Forest
Jane von Koeckritz
Davenport
Mark Ellett
Huron
S. D
L. R. Hudson
West Branch
Dorothy Hansen
H. C. Hansen
Ames
John Pearson
Beloit
Wis
Bertha Pearson
Dancy
Methodist _ church
Pearson
F. W. Hinkhouse
Clutier
Les Hartman
Silver Thomas
Marie Dumont
Garwin
Columbus City to convert long-time lot into park
Columbus Junction reports the town has purchased the three-story brick site razed last fall and will turn the former occupied lot into a park.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Three Candidates Vie For Iowa Legion Auxiliary Presidency
Iowa City hosts the Iowa American Legion auxiliary convention with three leading candidates for president: Mrs. Pearl Vetter of Atlantic, Mrs. Oscar Hansen of Sioux City, and Mrs. Eleanor Williams of Eldora. The new president will succeed Mrs. Arthur Ladehoff of Clinton as delegates hear speeches by national president Mrs. A. C. Carlson and Gov. Clyde L. Herring. William C. Rathke of Glenwood addresses the gathering denouncing communism as the Legion’s only permissible ism.
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Iowa City
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
Pearl Vetter
Atlantic
Oscar Hanson
Sioux City
Eleanor Williams
Eldora
Arthur Ladehoff
Clinton
A. C. Carlson
Willmar
Minn
Clyde L. Herring
William C. Rathke
Glenwood
Iowa
America
Release Ordered For Muscatine Man In Fatal Stabbing
District Judge D W Jackson freed Clarence Fowler on a writ of habeas corpus after ruling he was improperly bound to the grand jury in the fatal stabbing of an unidentified Negro at Fowler’s cabin. Fowler’s attorneys argued self defense. a justice court had held him on first degree murder charges.
Heat Wave Returns to Iowa With 100 Degree Temps
Des Moines report says heat will rebound Wednesday across Iowa with temperatures reaching up to 100 degrees in some areas. Federal meteorologist Charles Reed notes last days’ cool breezes fade but general rise is expected. Inwood recorded 95 degrees as the state braces for a statewide warm spell. Skies are clear with generally fair conditions, especially in eastern and southern Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Reed
Inwood Bureau
Reed
Nieman-Neiderfrank reunion held in Earlville
The twelfth annual Nieman Neiderfrank reunion met in Manchester with eighty attendees. August Nieman of Delhi was elected president and Mrs. Henry Yelden of Earlville named secretary.
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Earlville
Nieman-Neiderfrank
Manchester
August Nieman
Delhi
Henry Yelden
Sixty three Iowa artists enter state fair contest
Des Moines AP reports state fair secretary A. R. Corey announced sixty three Iowa artists across the state entered the preliminary list for this year's exposition. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines lead with large entries and a new art salon includes a popularity vote and a commercial art section alongside prizes totaling 500 dollars. Eastern Iowa entries include Dorothy Houts Mary Nissen Jane Scott Mrs W A Montgomery Marvin Cone William E Henning Mrs Arthur A Collins Vernon R Stutzman Racine Vernier Nancy Finnigan Arnold Pyle Bob White Mary Holmes Jack Van Dyke Lee Allen Ruth Myers Mildred W Pelzer.
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Des Moines
A. R. Corey
State Fair Board
Iowa
Cedar ‘Rapids
Dorothy Houts
Cedar Rapids
Mary Nissen
Jane Scott
Marion
W.A. Montgomery
Marvin Cone
William E. Henning
Arthur A. Collins
Vernon R. Stutzman
Town City
Robert B. Tabor
Independence
Racine Vernier
Nancy Finnigan
Arnold Pyle
Bob White
Mary Holmes
Greeley
Jack van Dyke
Lee Allen
Iowa City
Ruth Myers
Mildred W. Pelzer
Uncovering 70-Year-Old Pine in Anamosa Hotel Front
Workmen dismantling the East erly hotel in Anamosa uncovered a seventy year old white pine front timber in good condition. The hotel is undergoing a $2,000 remodeling to add a modern front and enlarge the lobby. Owner Harper Smyth noted the building was erected about seventy years ago by Sam Tucker who made his own brick and did the construction.
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Sam Tucker
Garrison Fete Opens With Watermelon Parade
A carload of watermelons will be served at noon Friday for Garrison’s annual Watermelon Day. The day features a parade at 10 am, a musical revue, a Cedar Rapids Colored Giants vs Garrison baseball game, plus boxing and a dance in the evening.
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the Gazette
Garrison
Cedar Rapids Colored Giants
Ames Editor Suffering Toe Infection In Hospital
Washington reports Thomas F. Crocker editor of the Ames Daily Tribune Times and secretary to Representative Hubert Utterbeck is in emergency hospital after an operation for a serious toe infection. Physicians say the infection appears localized.
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Washington
Thomas F. Crocker
Ames
Daily Tribune-Times
Hubert Utterbeck
Iowa teachers to receive average 6 percent pay boost
Des Moines reports that Iowa teachers will get higher salaries as districts plan increases from 5 to 10 percent in coming terms. R C Williams notes Muscatine 10 percent rise and Iowa Falls 7 1 4 percent, with an average about 6 percent. A statewide data summary will follow after September school openings.
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Des Moines
R. C. Williams
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Williams
Muscatine
Iowa Falls
State Department of Education
Cedar Rapids Man Finds Hidden Waterfall on Upper Iowa River
Cedar Rapids resident Robert Bickel and State Geologist A. O. Trowbridge reported discovering an unknown waterfall along the Upper Iowa River above Decorah. They found a 100 foot bluff spring pouring water over rocks into a 15 foot fall, with no visible path to the spot. The explorers canoeed to reach the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Mcgregor
Iowa
Robert Bickel
Cedar Rapids
A. O. Trowbridge
Iowa University
Bluffton
Decorah
Bickel
Trowbridge
Miller injured in threshing farm accident at Wilhelm farm
Adna Miller, working with threshers on the Wilhelm Miller farm near West Branch, fell from a wagon on Tuesday when his team started unexpectedly. He sustained head injuries and bruises.
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West Branch
Adna Miller
Wilhelm, Miller Farm
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Martin
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J. J. Bean
Bess Cranston
Wesley
Louise Tittle
Rita Durr
Henry Behren
Margaret Ann
Ralph Jones
Carlyle
Robert
Walter E. Durr
Clarence Durr
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Clarence Halverson
Keith
Carl Durr
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Ralph Lortz
Elaine
Malcom Lortz
Lawrence
Thurman Lortz
Lenore
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Roy and
Deep River
Everette Timm
Charlotte
Marengo
Frank Holden
van Nuys
James Keegan
Margaret
Rock Island, NL
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Clarine
Fredericksburg
Gerdes
Louie Helgens
Lorna
Ed Helgens
Galen
Daryle
Alva Gerdes
Dwight
Claude Appleby
Monticello
Ben Englehart
Vivian
John Gerdes
Rena Hault
Emma Dirks
Marrietta Helgens
Fred Otten
Carl Siebels
Renk Eisler
Head Legion
Anamosa Hotel
Nine Ocleck
Dick Brown
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