Liquor Board renews war on bootlegging in Iowa
Iowa's liquor control commission expands prohibition era tactics with 12 undercover agents, temperance placards, and sweeping enforcement powers. Raids hit Mason City Sioux City Council Bluffs Davenport and other cities as 22 convictions in one city follow 25 arrests.
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Davenport
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Oelwein Man Dies At Fayette Fair
Special to The Gazette Ben Cooley, 45, of Oelwein, employed in the Great Western round house, suffered a heart attack Wednesday night while seated at the Fayette County fairgrounds in West Union. His wife was with him as a physician arrived. He leaves five children.
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Great Western Round House
Oelwein
Fair Grounds
Teresie
July building permits total for Iowa cities tops eighty two thousand
In July fourteen large Iowa cities issued 41 new residence permits valued at 82 485 and 222 remodeling permits totaling 57 415. Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Dubuque Ottumwa Burlington Mason City Marshalltown Muscatine and other towns reported various small figures for new and remodeled work.
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State Division of Public Health Engineering
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Burlington
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Fayette Defeats School Bond Issue
Fayette voters rejected a 20000 bond issue to replace a grade school building burned last spring. The tally was 289 to 115. Meanwhile the high school will be remodeled and grade school classes will be held there.
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Fayette
Eggers Held For Grand Jury On Bank Holdup Charge
Paul Eggers former Simpson College football captain and State Center coach was held on 5000 bond for grand jury investigation into a bank robbery case. He was bound over on a charge of entering a bank with intent to rob after an attempted holdup at Roland Savings Bank on July 24 was stopped by a girl employee’s warning.
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Washington Dist Court Names Petit Jurors for September
Washington Ia petit jurors for the September term opening Sept. 10 with Judge D W Hamilton in charge are announced. The list includes Harold Ayers Clara Borkoski Edna Bushek Jack Caldwell N R Coffman Mae Carlson Raymond Clay Hilma Dodds Louise Fitzwilliams and many others from Washington, Clay, Franklin, Lime Creek, Iowa, Seventh Six- townships, Kalona, and Oakley Payne. Also noted is the Buchanan county supervisors raising the bovine tuberculosis fund to 16000 and maintaining a 0.75 mill levy.
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D W. Hamilton
Grinnell
Harold Ayers
Washington Township
Hugh Boyd
Clara Borkoski
Clay Township
Edna Bushek
Iowa Township
Jack Caldwell
Franklin Township
N R. Coffman
Mae Carlson
Raymond Clay
Hilma Dodds
Lime Creek
Louise Fitzwilliams
Alice Krotz
Highland Township
Melo Kallaus
Wayne Lyle
Seventy-six
Frank Miller
Alta Munson
Mabel Mead
Alois Musil
Esther Martin
K. A. Mathers
Oregon Township
Joe McGraw
Ives McKay
C C. Niffenegger
Oakley Payne
J. C. Preston
Kalona
West Prehoda
Raymond Rich
Crawford Township
Maud Ross
Kathryn Redlinger
Eugene Stephens
Harold Stumpf
Cedar Township
Frank Skipton
Harold Timmins
Gerald Teets
Glen Yoder
John H Younkin
Town
Substitute for Beatty Bennett law by Thomas A Pledge
Des Moines reports that renewed calls for a Beatty Bennett style law highlight the political hurdle ahead. With election pressures, officials fear next winter’s battles over restricting county budgets to ensure property taxes do not rise as revenue shifts from state property tax to counties.
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Des Moines
INS
Beatty-Bennett
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Messer near Trenton
Funeral services for 74 year old Elizabeth Messer were held at Green Mound church near Trenton. She was born in 1860 in Henry county, married Calvin Messer in 1876, lived in Henry county, and survived by ten children including Harvey Messer, Mrs. Payne, Arthur, Estella Loder, Alice Rich, Howard Messer, Grace Moran, Chloe Lyon, and Lyzelle Mitchell.
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Elizabeth Messer
Green Mound
Trenton
F. C Witzigman
Henry County
John
Margaret Kephart Smith
Calvin Messer
Harvey L. Messer
Blanchard, Mich
Harry Payne
Arthur
Fairfield
Estella Loder
Wayland
Alice Rich
Brighton
Howard Messer
Grace Moran
Hillsboro
Chloe Lyon
Mount Pleasant
Lyzelle Mitchell
Combined Hearings Proposed for Three Taxing Bodies
Des Moines reform plan from the municipal research bureau calls for combined hearings of city, school and county taxing bodies in cities over 10,000. Auditors would disclose total district levies and next year’s rate alongside prior years, informing taxpayers before levies are adopted. The proposal targets better tax policy alignment and reduces separate hearings, and clarifies a taxpayer’s total bill.
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Des Moines
Yellow Jack to Open UI Play Season in 1934 35
University of Iowa plans to open its 1934 35 theatrical season with Sidney Howard's Yellow Jack in the university theater likely on October 24 and 25. Prof E C Mabie oversees the first of seven community series productions with other titles already under consideration such as Elizabeth the Queen After All Alison's House Five Star Final Night Over Taos Paris Bound Front Page and The Wind and the Rain.
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Iowa City
Sidney Howard
New York
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E. C. Mabie
University Theater
Taos
Paris
Farm home of Albert Burnell destroyed by fire
The farm home of Albert Burnell twelve miles northwest of Washington burned Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Burnell and children were in West Chester when neighbors discovered the blaze. No furniture was saved and only part of the loss was insured as the Washington rural truck arrived too late to save the building.
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Washington
Albert Burnell
Troy Mills Martin Cook Injured In Car Overturn
Troy Mills and Martin Cook are listed with injuries after a hub bolt failed on a vehicle, causing it to leave the road and overturn into a ditch on Sunday.
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Troy Mills
Martin Cook
Dudley A. Dobry Remanded Over Unposted Bond
Dudley A. Dobry, former Davenport broker, loses habeas petition in Chicago court. Judge Fisher says no jurisdiction since the $1,000 cost bond for appeal was not posted. He faces extradition and a $10,000 appeal bond option by Friday or custody to Iowa officers.
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Dudley A. Dobry
Davenport
Iowa
Harry M. Fisher
Dobry
Iowa Supreme Court
Scott County
Back In Jail Eight Hours After Prison Release
Milton Armstrong, released from Fort Leavenworth after 18 months for liquor law violations, returned at 2 a.m. Monday and was arrested eight hours later by Marshal Hilmar Lassen. He appeared before Justice George W. Carpenter on intoxication charges and was sentenced to seven days in county jail.
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Tama
Milton Armstrong
Fort Leavenworth
Hilmar Lassen
Court of Justice
George W. Carpenter
County Ail
Iowa League of Municipalities names new officers
Waterloo Iowa Cornelius Van De Steeg mayor of Orange City was elected president at the league’s closing session succeeding L H Childs of Fort Madison Herman Lord mayor of Muscatine was chosen vice president and Frank Pierce of Marshalltown was re elected secretary treasurer at the annual state meeting in Waterloo.
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Cornelius van de Steeg
Orange City
Iowa League of Municipalities
L. H. Childs
Fort Madison
Herman Lord
Muscatine
Frank Pierce
Marshalltown
Public School Opens Under Superintendent Williams
Lowden public school with E G Williams as superintendent opened Monday enrolling 136 pupils. The senior class includes eight students, the smallest in years.
Peterson to Deliver Address at Iowa Summer Graduation
At the University of Iowa outdoor August convocation 8 p.m. on the Capitol west approach 200 degrees and two certificates will be awarded and 155 advanced degrees highlighted by Elmer T. Peterson of education delivering the address on Freedom Dictatorship Education. Candidates span 22 states, D C and three foreign countries with Eugene A. Gilmore presiding at the graduates dinner and awards. Master of ceremonies is Prof. Benjamin F Shambaugh.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Old Capitol
Elmer T. Peterson
College of Education
Germany
District of Columbia
Eugene A. Gilmore
Benjamin F, Shambaugh
Injunction Filed Over Haven School Opening In Tama
A petition seeks a temporary injunction against Richland township school district No. 5 to stop establishing a ninth grade high school at Haven south of Tama. Plaintiffs challenge the hiring of Leonard Davis for 50 dollars monthly with district liability limited to 30 dollars if pupil numbers fall short, claim legality issues, fear tax increases, and note only two eligible students. Judge Carl B. Stiger set a hearing for Monday at 9 a.m.
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Richland Township
Haven
Tama
Leonard Davis
Coe College
Carl B. Stiger
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