Iowa Citys Municipal Plant Faces Legal Fight After PWA Grant
Iowa City moves toward a steam electric plant after a 413 000 PWA grant, but Iowa Light and Power Co plans another court challenge. Officials expect a council meeting to accept the contract as Porter questions legality of the municipal vote. The project estimates total 917 000 with three boilers two large generators and full distribution system.
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Iowa City
Iowa
CIA
PWA
Roosevelt
Certa
Iowa C ° S
Left and Power Company
Ich
Joseph F. Porter
Utlity Company
Lyeht Company
Jacob van der Zee
Porter
Washington, D C
Thomas E. Martin
Waukon Infant Smothered in Bed Under Sheet
Waukon reports the eight month old child of Mr and Mrs Lyle Mitchell smothered to death in bed after crawling under a rubber sheet. The mother Merle Reese of Waterville had put the child to bed at 8 30 pm and found it suffocated near midnight. The article lists local officials and church figures connected to the incident and funeral arrangements.
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Esedtal
Garett Waukon
Lyle Miutchell
Waukon
Merle Reese
Waterville
Srewert
Sigourney
William Wilkenning
W. H. Wilkenning
Reunions Highlight Iowas South English Area
Multiple family reunions across Iowa are reported including the Beversox, Stinson VanNote, Wheeler, Kenner, and Cole families. Officers elected named local leaders. attendees include numerous relatives from Washington Cedar Rapids Marion and Belle Plaine. A Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids area well project and other civic notes are also listed.
Guardsmen Advance for Sham Battle at Camp Dodge
About 2,000 Iowa National Guardsmen move 15 miles north of Des Moines for a secretive mock battle as the 67th Infantry Brigade under Brig. Gen. Lloyd D. Ross conducts anti aircraft maneuvers with blank guns. The exercise from Little Falls Minnesota aims to resemble real combat as observers direct the defense. The 113th Cavalry Brigade under Col. Ray Venter also heads toward Perry to stage a parallel clash, with encampment to continue for two more days before returning to Camp Dodge.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa National
Little Falls
Minn
Polk City
113Th Cavalry Brigade
Ray Venter
Madrid
Perry
Camp Dodge
Grundy district court term opens with Judge Lovejoy presiding
The Grundy district court term begins Monday with Judge A B Lovejoy of Waterloo on the bench. Trial jurors for Sept 11 include Grundy Center Herman Abels Sicko Luchtenberg Lew George Lola Dynes Minnie Peters Casper Niehaus Jr Warner Sparenberg John Pabst Charles Petersen Reinbeck Hans Watson Mrs J J Stephens J M Unrau Wellsburg George Hayenga Lee Primus Blanche Filer Bert M Riebkes Fred Terfehn H P Kruse Dick Weichers Whitten Carl J Callaway Charles Bowers Stout Dan Andreessen Ralph DeVries Holland Jerry Peters Parkers Bertha Smith Beaman R Untiedt Ackley ISbrant Janssen Dike George Tonnesen Alma Henningsen Conrad Clara Coulter.
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Grundy District Court
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
Herman Abels
Sicko Luchtenberg
Lew George
Lola Dynes
Minnie Peters
Casper Niehaus, Jr
Warner Sparenberg
John Pabst
Charles Petersen
Reinbeck
Hans Watson
J. J. Stephens
Dike
George Tonnesen
Alma Henningsen
Conrad
Clara Coulter
Honor Roll At Cornell Announced By Gazette
Mount Vernon residents Frances Keeler and Franklin Littell and Tipton and Des Moines students earned A grades for the second semester at Cornell College. Iowa honorees include Mary Jane Bird Margaret Fussell Huldah Peet and Margaret Risser, with 35 students receiving honorable mention across several towns.
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Mount Vernon
Frances Keeler
Franklin Littell
Mary Elien Moore
Tipton
Anna Mary Wilson
Des Moines
Jean Summer
Park Ridge
Ill
Cornell College
Mary Jane Bird
Margaret Fussell
Huldah Peet
Margaret Risser
Arthur Maynard
Conrad
Center Point
Richard Tallman
J. W. Tallman
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Wilmarth
Wheatland
James Yates
Lisbon
Margaret Albright
de Walt Young
Frances Bell
Earlville
Elizabeth Bryant
Marjorie Coleman
Eleanor Culver
Mitchell, S. D
Bernice Fictor
July Contributions To G. O. P. Reported
Pressey H. Frank, Waterloo Republican chairman, said the party central committee took in $130 from July 19 to Aug. 16 and spent $124.56. The July 19 balance was $28, with contributors including Wright, Hardin, Floyd, and Winnebago county central committees and W. F. Hogoboon. The Aug. 16 balance stood at $33.44.
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Des Moines
Pressey H. Frank
Waterloo
Wright County Central Committee
Hardin County Central Committee
Floyd County Central Committee
Winnebago County
Derickson Family Reunion Held at Wilton Junction
A Wilton Junction family reunion gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Derickson Sunday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Herman Derickson and daughter Aveline of Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. William Derickson and daughter Joan of Dixon, P. A. Derickson of Dixon, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beckenschneider and son Doan of Calamus.
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Earlville
Harvey Merten
Albert Moosedorf
Walsh, Colo
Carl Klaus
Sioux City
Minnie Klaus
Clara Klaus
Merten Klaus
Charles City
Milton Klaus
Mary Klaus
Julia Klaus
Kate Klaus
Myrtle
Sarah Wellemyer
Howard
Fred Keck
Virginia
Lois and
Wilton Junction
Edward Derickson
Herman Derickson
Aveline
Davenport
William Derickson
Joan
Dixon
P. A. Derickson
Roy Beckenschneider
Doan
Calamus
Reorganize relief setup in Woodbury county
Ray C. Allen resigns as Woodbury county overseer of the poor accelerating a county relief reorganization in Sioux City. The new plan unites one supervisor with the family welfare bureau and county relief administration under a county administrator replacing the former overseer and the executive secretary role. Allen had held both posts.
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Sioux City
Ray C. Allen
Woodbury County
County Board of Supervisors
Allen
Iowa Relief Administration
Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Family Welfare Bureau
County Relief Administration
Mesquakie Win Dance Honors at Tama Powwow
About 4 500 people attended the Mesquakie Indian pow wow at the Tama reservation over four days of tribal dancing. Kenneth Kapayou was named champion dancer of the west with Roy Duncan taking second and Paul Decorah placing third. Floyd Keshna announced, Lucille Kapayou performed flute solos and calls, while Charlie Push and Ben Waseshuk starred as Indian troubadours.
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Tama
Floyd Keshna
Lucille Kapayou
Charlie Push
Ben Waseshuk
Kenneth Kapayou
Roy Duncan
Paul Decorah
Nebraska
Gunn Family Holds Annual Reunion at Tom Gunn Home
The Gunns gathered Sunday at Tom Gunn's Mechanicsville residence for their annual reunion. Attendance included N D Gunn J R Gunn Ella Gunn and Harry Gunn with Donald from Urbana, Claude Ridge and family from Dysart, Lola Gunn Haselwood of Barnard Missouri, Taylor Gunn and children Geraldine and George from Kansas City Missouri, and Wilton Gunn with Jimmie from Mount Vernon.
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Gunn
Tom Gunn
N. D. Gunn
J. R. Gunn
Charles Busch
Carl
Arthur
Donna Mae
Ella Gunn
Harry Gunn
Donald
Urbana
Claude Ridge
Wayne
Lloyd
Dysart
Lola Gunn Haselwood
Barnard, Mo
Taylor Gunn
Geraldine
George
Kansas City
Wilton Gunn
Jimmie
Mount Vernon
Lightning Strikes Barn Near Oxford
A barn on the Harry Haman farm two miles west of Oxford was destroyed by fire in a severe electrical storm around 3 am Tuesday. Lightning struck the barn and killed a nearby horse. hay and the structure burned, two harness sets, nine hogs and small pigs were saved, with insurance covering the loss. In Mount Pleasant, a Henry County home barn fire caused by lightning destroyed the structure with an estimated loss of 1650 dollars. livestock was rescued.
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Oxford
Harry Haman
Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Funeral Held At Tama For Mrs W H Malin
Mrs William H Malin died after a year long illness. Funeral Tuesday at the Tama home with Dr A Raymond Grant presiding. Survived by husband, mother, son Donald F Malin of Chicago, daughter Doris Grant of Duluth, three grandchildren. Born Alice Edith Doe November 29 1869 near Lisbon. Married September 13 1894.
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Cole School
Madeline Crane
Lee Crane
Pete Bazen
Vinton Lee
John Adams
Tipton
Wendl A. Moravic
Driscoll
Mr. Moravic
Bohemia
America
Anna Doubek
Otto Moravie
Emman Moravie
Prescott
Lew Paulsen
van Horre
Snerff le
Fry
Richard Hon
Wuredon
Wapello
Woodruff
Columbus Junction
W J Woodruff
Thomas Morgen
Zella Harrison Bennett
Keokuk
Edith Taylor
Long Beach
Calif
Olive Hunt
Elgin, Ill
Allen James
Marion
William Dunham
David Dunham
Rock Island, Ill
Leon Daily
Chalmers Daily
Anselmo
Neb
Alem Wittherel
California
Lucy Goslin
Columbia
Forrest Woodruff
St. Louis
Clyde Hanft
Pearl Woodruff
Martha Donaldson
William H. Malin
Malin
Temple Guild
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Alice Edith Doe
Franklin D
Sarah Jane Doe
Lisbon
Tama County
Tama
Grand View
Jean Marillyn Grant
Donald Malin, Jr
John William Malin
Edgewood Man Hurt In Car Crash
Myron Stone a 61 year old Edgewood man was seriously injured in a two car collision near Manchester on Monday at 6 p m. He remained unconscious in a Manchester hospital Tuesday with brain concussion and possible internal injuries.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Myron Stone
Edgewood
Stone
William Thurson
St. Louis
Highway 13
Joseph Weil
Ernest Stone, Jr
Thurmson
Harry Carroll
Strawberry Point
Cynthia Bacon
Paul Brown
Oelwein
Earl Noble
Des Moines
Roy Marclf
Hopkinton
Marcus Fitzpatrick
Milton Bowman
Noble
Ozark Mountains
Ambulance Crash Ends Long Safe Run For Iowa City Fleet
An Iowa City hospital ambulance was struck by a train at Harcourt Sunday killing two people. Official says the incident ends the fleet's 2,838,000 miles of accident free travel since April 1932 with 35,000 patients carried by eighteen cars.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa Hospital
Harcourt
E. C. Pohlman
Pohlman
Manchester Man Beaten by Box Car Tramps
Leonard Hines of Manchester was beaten by several tramps aboard an Illinois Central box car on Monday night. He sustained head and chest lacerations before the assailants escaped in the car.
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the Gazette
Leonard Hines
Illinois Central
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