Legion Conclave Emphasizes Preparedness and Defense
The American Legion in Arnolds Park opened its annual convention with a keynote on preparedness and national defense. Leaders included past national commander T Harford Mace Nider and James F Bartor. The Forty and Eight parade featured Des Moines drum corps and the Clinton voiture No 69. Governor Hickenlooper urged vigilance to defend freedom amid a troubled world. Newton post topped 1940 membership quota with 202 members.
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Arnolds Park
The
American Legion
T Harford Mace Nider
Mason City
Legion
James F Bartor
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Stewart
Waterloo
Iowa
al Waronko
Davenport
L V Feike
Des Moines
Walter Mull
Sioux City
William J. Wegener
Clinton
Commissaire Intendent
C G Kretchmer
Dubuque
P G Ryan
Oxford
Aumonter
Her Denker
Rock Rapads
Garde de la Porte
Glen Armstrong
Fort Dodge
Frank Miles
F. E Bean
Ames
Gov. B
B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Newton Post
Robert G. Shaw
Sigourney
George Paradise
Farmer Trampled by Bull in Iowa Fatal Incident
Marshalltown AP Frank Ferguson aged 60 a State Center farmer was killed Sunday when a dairy bull trampled him as he approached the stall to water the animal. The bull escaped into the yard and was captured after a neighbor was chased.
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Marshalltown
Frank Ferguson
State Center
Former Des Moines Finance Commissioner Dies at 66
Lawrence P Love 66 longtime Des Moines finance commissioner died Sunday night at his home after several months illness. He had served the city in that post for many years.
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Des Moines
DES Moines (Ap
Lawrence P Love
Des Moines Finance
Tire blowout injures five in Wheatland crash
A passenger filled auto driven by J. J. Hensler, 41, with one arm, veered into a ditch one mile east of Wheatland. Hensler suffered a fractured skull and four Morrison residents were hurt including Mrs. Hensler with cuts and bruises, their daughter with a broken arm, Mr. King with cuts and bruises, and Mrs. Hensler’s sister with two broken arms. Injured were treated locally and taken to Morrison.
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Wheatland
J. J. Hensler
Morrison
Hensler
Truman King
Mr. King
Postville Girl Dies of Infantile Paralysis
Funeral services were held for Margaret Humphrey nine at St Patrick's Catholic cemetery Monona after dying Sunday from an attack of Infantile paralysis suffered Friday. Rev Patrick Hogan officiated. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs James T Humphrey two brothers Howard and Don in the US Air Corps and sister Mary Hope. Father a northeast Iowa real estate dealer and Luana savings bank president.
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Postville
St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery
Monona
Margaret Humphrey
Patrick Hogan
St. Bridget's Catholic Church
James T. Humphrey
Howard
Don
United States Air Corps
Miller Center Point resident dies from car crash injuries
Center Point Vernon Miller age 49 dies at Pine River Minnesota from injuries in an early week automobile accident. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Tuesday at the Christian church in town. Miller longtime mail carrier in Center Point and Garrison. Survived by wife Neva son Robert and daughter Mrs Carl Ondler all of Garrison.
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Center Point
Vern Miller
Pine River
Minn
the Christian Church
Miller
Garrison
Neva
Robert
Carl Ondler
Marion Veterans Club theft prompts sheriff aid
Sheriff called in to assist Marion police in solving a break in at the Marion Veterans club. Thieves used a screwdriver to force a stairway door, opened a steel filing cabinet, and stole two locked money boxes containing currency and coins. Chief Gene Miller opened the preliminary investigation before county officials joined.
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Sherff
Larry Condon
Marion
Marion Veterans Club
Gene Miller
False Teeth Powder Claim Attracts Attention
An ad-like fragment touts an improved powder to sprinkle on dentures for firmer fit without taste or odor. It mentions alkaline composition and a claimed bite feel, with garbled branding and unclear phrases.
New Books Placed in Marion Public Library
The Marion public library announces new arrivals across adult non fiction and fiction, including works by Lewis, Bassett, and Sangster. Also listed are juvenile titles such as Boris Grandson of Baldy, and Little House on Runners. Local notices mention visits, travels, hospital updates, and social events around Marion.
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Marion Public Library
Doe
Lewis
Two Rivers
Carpenter
Iowa
Glass
My County
Mohler
Doctor Dogbody
Buff—Hauck
New England
Bassett
Sangster
Moran
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4493
Pattern 4493 offered by ANNE ADAMS comes in sizes small to large with fabric and ruffling yardage. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department at The Cedar Rapids Gazette for this pattern and 10 cents for the latest Pattern Book.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Keystone Poem Selected for Best of Year
Esther Belle Witt's April Child chosen by Greater West Publishing as a top poem of the year. It will appear in The Westward Road with other prime verses from Westward.
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Keystone
Esther Belle Witt
Greater West Publishing Company
Westward
Flanders
Visions
Palo
R. C. Locher
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Edgewood No. 1
Montezuma
Mary Catherine Hillburner
Panora
Robert Gift
Yale
Eastman
L. W. Cook
Hopkinton Couple Helen Downs Weds Doran Flannagan
Helen T Downs of Hopkinton married Doran P Flannagan Sunday in the Methodist parsonage with Rev Harold W Hewitt officiating. Letha Rizer and France Flannagan attended. The couple will reside in Hopkinton.
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Hopkinton
Helen T Downs
Doran P. Flannagan
Harold W. Hewitt
Letha Rizer
Oelwein
France Flannagan
John W. Downs
Sixty Five Named To Johnson County Petit Jury Service
Iowa City officials announce 65 residents named for Johnson County district court petit juries for a likely busy term. The list includes Grace Cogswell, Ralph De Armond, Dorothy Bresnan, George Barrett, Clarence Berger, and many others from Town City and surrounding townships.
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Johnson County
Petit Jury
Iowa City
Grace Cogswell
Ralph de Armond
Dorothy Bresnahan
George E Barrett
Clarence J. Berger
Alice V. Boyles
I. R. Brown
William Burke
John J. Diehl
Ray Eustick
Kenneth Gibson
W. R. Griffith
Gordon S. Webster
Charles A. Whipple
Town City
Florence Adams
Fremont
Albright
Penn
John Brogla
Union
F. L. DeBrie
Liberty
Albert Dewey
Graham
Paul Doct
Madison
Florence Donohue
Maurice Dwyer
R. E. Fleming
Hardin
Beulah Ford
Clear Creek
L. A. Freswick
Alice W. Hager
Roy Hardy
Oxford
Isabel Hunter
Scott
H M. Kessler
Big Grove
Louise Kessler
Vincent Moran
Glen Myers
Lee Niffenegger
Sharon
Joe Pavel
A. A. Rarick
J. F. Reyhons
August Rossman
Charles Schluder
Monroe
Lee Sch
Award Contract On Anamosa Building To Minnesota Company
The Viggo M Jensen and company of Albert Lea Minnesota won the contract to build the new federal building at Anamosa with a low bid of 51154 dollars. The firm has 240 calendar days to complete the project after the official notice to proceed is issued.
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Anamosa Building
Minnesota
Washington, D. C
Anamosa
Viggo M. Jensen and Company
Albert Lea, Minn
Public Buildings Administration
Settlement urged on 1000 penalty for unpermitted sales
Des Moines reports deputy secretary of state Rollo Bergeson urged the state executive council to accept a $1,000 settlement over $10,000 in penalties against Wrought Iron Range Co of St. Louis for doing business without a permit. The office had seized a carload of stores sold in Humboldt via local agents. Bergeson said the $1,000 is the highest penalty of this kind to date.
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Des Moines
Rollo Bergeson
State Executive Council
Wrought Iron Range Company
St. Louis
Humboldt
Bergeson
Secretary of State
M M Snavely 77 Dies at Iowa City
Moses Mark Snavely 77 a retired Johnson county farmer died at his daughter’s home in Iowa City after a stroke. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at North Liberty Methodist church. Surviving are another daughter Mrs Earl Kreier of Wapello a son Raymond of North Liberty a brother Michael of Ladora and five grandchildren.
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Iowa City
Moses Mark Snavely
Johnson County
North Liberty Methodist Church
Harold Wnest
Earl Kreier
Wapello
Raymond
North Liberty
Michael
Ladora
Mrs. Alma Stauffer Butterfield Rites Held in Walker
Alma M. Stauffer, daughter of Criss and Louise Stauffer, aged 64, died at Troy Mills after a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted at her home and the Walker Methodist church by Rev. Edward Shuey. Burial followed in Walker Cemetery. She married Charlie Butterfield in 1894 and is survived by her husband, three daughters Hazel Shaffer, Elsie Fulton, Ivah Glass, a son Lawrence, a sister Emma Newkirk, her mother, and eight grandchildren.
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Troy Mills
Charlie Butterfield
Walker
Edward Shuey
Alma M. Stauffer
Criss Stauffer
Hazel Shaffer
Elsie Fulton
Rowley
Ivah Glass
Winthrop
Lawrence
Louise Stauffer
Emma Newkirk
Oy Mills
Rain Again Hinders State Fair Program at Des Moines
Persistent rain delayed the Iowa state fair program, cancelling harness races and Sunday auto races after crowds gathered. Farm Bureau day proceeded with a conference on national issues while demonstrations occurred at ticket windows over refunds. Attendance figures showed a dip from last year as livestock judging and open classes began, with trains bringing late entries and livestock stalls nearly full. Acrobatic performer Rose Declo sustained a back injury during a trampoline act.
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Des Moines
INS
Farm Bureau
A. R. Corey
The
Fair Board
Rose Declo
Spillville Sisters Wed in Double Church Ceremony
Miss Pauline Bohach and Cletus Seibold and Miss Georgina Bohach and Clarence Infeld were united in a double marriage ceremony by Rev. V. J. Hlubek at St. Wenceslaus Church in Spillville. Attendants included Rita Leibold with Leo Hackman and Cecelia Cipera with Ernest Noske. The brides are daughters of Mr and Mrs William Bohach. Leibold and Infeld sons of Mr and Mrs Frank Leibold and Mr and Mrs John Infeld. A reception followed at the brides parents’ home, with a dance planned at Inwood Pavilion and both couples planning to reside near Spillville.
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Spillville
Pauline Bohach
Cletus Seibold
Georgina Bohach
Clarence Infeld
V. J. Hlubek
St. Wenceslaus Church
Rita Leibold
Leo Hackman
Leibold
Cecelia Cipera
Ernest Noske
Infeld
William Bohach
Mr. Leibold
Frank Leibold
Mr Infeld
John Infeld
Inwood Pavilion
Former Iowa Student Betty Mosier Found Dead in Waterloo
Betty Mosier aged 21 was found dead at her Waterloo home from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Coroner D. Smith ruled suicide. Her parents Hal and Mrs Mosier said no motive was known. She studied at the University of Town in 1937 38 and belonged to the Waterloo Civic Theater.
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Waterloo
Betty Mosier
D. Smith
Hal Mosier
Craig
University of Town
Waterloo Civic Theater
Postpone Opening of Waterloo Parochials
Waterloo parochial schools postpone their opening indefinitely due to a wave of infantile paralysis cases. The planned Sept. 3 start is delayed as the city reports its nineteenth paralysis case on Saturday.
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Waterloo Parochials
Waterloo
Mount Zion Church Homecoming Planned in Solon
The Mount Zion church in Solon will hold its annual homecoming on Sunday starting at 10 a.m. A program is scheduled and a basket dinner will be served at noon on the church lawn.
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the Gazette
SOLON
Mount Zion
Martelle Youth Dies Of Injuries In Week Toll Rises
Eight people died last week in Iowa on highways and other incidents raising the year total to 312. The list includes Clyde Knudson of Orchard drowning on the Big Cedar river, Ellsworth Bowers in Osage car crash, Francis Allen a Martello farmer from Waterloo hospital injuries, and several other auto and accident deaths across Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde Knudson
Orchard
Big Cedar River
Osage
Ellsworth Bowers
Francis Allen
Martello
Waterloo Hospital
Robert Eischweiler
New Hampton
Abel Heitland
Clear Lake
Robert Rocke
Goodfield
Hill
Andrew Redden
Trucks Pay Two-Thirds Of Road Cost Share In Iowa
AMES Iowa trucks on highways now cover about two thirds of their road cost share. Mark Morris director of the Iowa highway planning survey told the press that heaviest trucks pay roughly one third of their share. He noted older vehicle mile traffic data showed cars at 78 percent and trucks at 22. new ten mile basis puts truck traffic at 32 percent and autos at 68 percent.
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Ames
Iowa
Mark Morris
State Highway Commission
Morris
Jurors Drawn for Buchanan County September Term
The Buchanan County district court selects petit and grand jurors for the September term beginning September 16. Judge A. B. Lovejoy will preside. Names listed include Independence residents Josephine Till and Nick Kay ser, plus many from Jefferson, Madison, Liberty, and Fairbank areas. Grand jurors named include Elmer Graf Hazleton J H McGill Byron and others from Madison Jefferson and Newton.
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Petit
A. G. W. Blank
District Court
A. B. Lovejoy
Josephine Till
John Reisner
Otto Christiansen
Lilah Ryan
Thomas Burke
Rose Till
Clarence Allman
Wilbur Hayes
Nick Kayser
Homer
Thomas Pless
Frank Hood
Fairbank
W. H. Parks
Glen Wallace
Hazleton
Wil Kauffman
Lydia Mahoney
Milton Elliott
August Kubert
Buffalo
Art Hoppe
Irwin Williams
Westbury
Clyde Jenkins
Byron
Howard Bretz
H. J. Callan
Newton
Elmer Graf
J. H. McGill
Three Iowa City men injured in highway crash
Three Iowa City men were hospitalized after a three car pile up on highway 218 two miles south of Iowa City Saturday night. Injured were Clyde Williams Eugene Stanfield and Ronald Burkett all 20. Williams had multiple rib fractures Stanfield cuts and a severed hand tendon Burkett cuts and bruises. A car driven by Paul Shearer 23 tried a left turn and was hit by Stanfield’s car. The King Good car then rear crashed into Shearer’s vehicle. Funeral services for Mrs William Hawke 74 will be Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev Evans Worthley officiating. Mrs Hawke died Saturday in poor health for two years and is survived by two daughters Mrs John Voss and Mrs Martin Smith plus two grandchildren. Mr Hanke died in 1934.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Iowa City
Clyde Williams
Eugene Stanfield
Ronald Burkett
Williams
Stanfield
Burkett
Paul Shearer
Joel King
Hubert Good
Shearer
William Hawke
Evans Worthley
Hanke
John Voss
Inna City
Martin Smith
Davenport
Wilson Family Reunion at Congregational Church
The nineteenth Wilson reunion gathered 110 descendants of James and Jane Lusk Wilson of Ayrshire Scotland in north Tama. Margaret Marshall of Los Angeles traveled the farthest. New officers elected for next year include Leila Dodd president Agnes Bovey vice president and Erma Whannell secretary treasurer.
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Wilson
Congregational Church
James
Jane Lusk Wilson
Ayrshire
Scotland
North Tama
Margaret Marshall
Los Angeles
Leila Dodd
Agnes Bovey
Erma Whannell
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Oxford Junction
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