Senate Group Unveils Campaign Gift Totals in 1930s Probe
Washington AP reports a Senate special committee on political expenditures released a post election list showing du Pont family members contributing 144430 dollars to anti Roosevelt opponents. J P Morgan donated 50000 to ten Republican groups and Mellon family members gave 40000. The panel will seek detailed information from donors over 500 dollars and may push broad reforms of federal campaign finance law.
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Washington
du Pont
Roosevelt
Senate
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
J.P. Morgan
Mellon
J. Howard Pew
Ardmore
American Liberty League
Ernest T. Weir
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Illinois
Anne Archbold
D. C
National Republican Committee
Maine
New York
Irenee du Pont
Wilmington
Delaware
Henry B. du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont, III
Mechanicsville Woman Dies at 87 After Long Illness
Special to The Gazette Mechanicsville Mrs Harriet Beil Hogeland 87 died at home Monday at 2 p m after a long illness She was born in Wallace Canada July 18 1849 daughter of Samuel and Catherine Trout She married twice first to John Knickerbocker then Griffith Hogeland and moved to Mechanicsville She leaves four children three sisters and five brothers Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at the Mechanicsville Methodist Church with Rev George Nothdurst officiating Burial will follow in Rose Hill cemetery.
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Mechanicsville
Harriet Beil Hogeland
Wallace
Canada
Samuel
Catherine Trout
John Knickerbocker
Griffith Hogeland
United States
Libertyville
Methodist Church
Hannah McArthur
Charles Knickerbocker
Katherine Mack
Chicago
John Hogeland
Alhambra
Calif
Sarah Schwartz
Lavina Thompson
Ravena
Neb
Angeline Gates
Davenport
William
Daniel Trout
North Platte
Henry Trout
Plattsmouth
Methodist
George Nothdurst
Rose Hill Cemetery
Delta Rep Rice Announces Speaker Candidacy
Des Moines AP reports C. L. Rice of Delta Keokuk County will seek the speaker's chair in the next legislature. Rice, a three-term representative, chaired the tax revision committee that drafted the state income and sales tax law. Fellow Democrats LeRoy Mercer Estherville Maniece and LaMar Foster West Branch also seek the post.
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DES Moines
C. L. Rice
Delta
Keokuk County
Rice
LeRoy S. Mercer
Iowa City
E. J. Maniece
Estherville
LaMar P. Foster
West Branch
Elopers Chapel Opens at Phoenix Airport
Phoenix installs a day and night elopers' chapel at the municipal airport to attract couples fleeing Hollywood to Yuma seeking quick marriage services.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Hollywood
Yuma
Louisa Conference Officers Elected at Morning Sun
Louisa County Older Boys and Girls conference held in Morning Sun elected Miss Nellie Eversmeyer of Wapello as president, Leonard Larson of Grandview as vice president, and Miss Irman Wilson of Morning Sun as secretary. More than 175 youths registered. Principal speakers were O G Herbrecht of Des Moines, state secretary, and Dr Albion R King of Cornell College.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Morning Sun
Nellie Eversmeyer
Wapello
Leonard Larson
Grandview
Irman Wilson
O. G. Herbrecht
Des Moines
Albion R. King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Italian physicist claims two new elements produced
Professor Enrico Fermi of Rome University announces the artificial creation of two unisolated elements numbered 93 and 94, named ausonio and esperio. The discovery, made from heavy water with a novel device, was presented by Senator Orso Corbino after long laboratory work and a visit to Columbia University.
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Rome
Enrico Fermi
University of Rome
Italy
Ausonio
Esperio
Orso Corbino
Institute of Physics
Fermi
Columbia University
United States
Royal Italian Academy
Guglielmo Marconi
Bailey in custody may delay Ely Bank robbery case return
Reese Bailey, 35, of Ohio, captured near Jackson on Nov 13, is suspected by Linn County officials as the Ely bank robbery suspect. Federal agent E J Connelly says Bailey faces a federal assault charge, has waived preliminary hearing, and is bound for a Spokane grand jury. County officials may seek Bailey’s transfer after federal proceedings end, marking a second bid to bring him to Iowa.
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Reese Bailey
Ohio
Jackson
Linn County
Ely Trust and Savings Bank
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
E. J. Connelly
Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Connelly
Bailey
Columbus
Spokane
Wash
Ely
Government Department
Asheville
N. C
Pleads Not Guilty To Drunk Driving Charge
Gerrit Oldencamp age 34 of Cedar Rapids pled not guilty in district court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated Judge A B Clark set bond at 500 dollars. He was arrested by Deputy Larry Condon after a truck struck a car carrying Mr and Mrs R M Bratton on highway 161 five miles south of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Bratton suffered a cracked rib.
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Gerrit Oldencamp
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Clark
Oldencamp
Larry Condon
R. M. Bratton
Iowa City
Bratton
Pleads Not Guilty To Possession Of Stolen Property
Gunnell Larson, 42, of Twentieth Avenue SW, charged with receiving stolen property, pled not guilty before Judge A. B. Clark in district court Tuesday. Bond of $1,000 was posted. Larson and his
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Gunnell Larson
Twentieth Avenue SW
A. B. Clark
Larson
Former wife and two men charged in Cedar Rapids theft case
Louise Larson, former wife, faces charges for receiving miscellaneous clothing owned by Harold and Mrs. Tyler. The items were taken from an apartment near Eighth Avenue and L Street SW after a January 23 fire. Larson pled not guilty and posted a $1,000 bond. Herbert Boner and Arthur Livermore, both of Cedar Rapids, were each sentenced to one year in county jail with six months suspended for theft last Friday.
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Louise Larson
Harold Tyler
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
L Street
Larson
Herbert Boner
Arthur Livermore
Peyton asks court to decree shares in Chesmore estate
In a district court partition action Harry J. Peyton asks the court to allot one seventh shares in Emma Chesmore real estate left intestate on Nov 5 1933. He seeks one seventh for himself and Lillie Peyton and lists numerous related heirs and assignees contending entitlement to collective one seventh shares.
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Harry J. Peyton
Emma Chesmore
Peyton
Lillie Peyton
Charles Peyton
P. L. Peyton
Hannah Oldridge
George Oldridge
Margaret Snyder
Elizabeth McKee
Nellie Peyton Balcar
Charles Balcar
J. E. Peyton
Mamie Peyton
Raymond Powell
Margaret Powell
Gerald Powell
O. C. Powell
Nona Powell
Harry Powell
Oma Powell
Willard Powell
Helen Powell
Edwin Powell
Bernice Powell
Dvorak Given Jail Term In Alcohol Possession Case
Charles Dvorak thirty pleaded guilty to illegal possession of alcoholic liquor and received a three month county jail sentence from Judge A B Clark in district court Tuesday. Frances Ward thirty two faced the charge but the case against her was dismissed after the alcohol was found in the Ward rear yard where Dvorak was a roomer.
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Charles Dvorak
A. B. Clark
Dvorak
Frances Ward
Ward
Local youth awarded 76.11 in auto collision suit
Judge H C Ring in district court Monday granted Paul Alsin 17 a judgment of 76.11 in a jury waived personal injury case brought by his mother Mary Alsin against Daniel Rolison and Everett R Rolison. The injuries arose when Alsin, riding a bicycle, was struck by the Rolison car at Second avenue and Seventh street SE on Oct 1, 1935.
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H. C. Ring
Paul Alsin
Mary Alsin
Daniel Rolison
Everett R. Rolison
Alsin
Everett Rolison
Second Avenue
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids Woman Charged With Receiving Stolen Property
Louise Larson, 36, of Cedar Rapids, pled not guilty to a district court charge of receiving stolen property. Bond set at $1000 as police accuse her of taking articles from an apartment near Eighth Avenue and L Street SW after a January 23 fire. The arraignment occurred Monday.
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Louise Larson
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
L Street
Receiver Appointed for Iowa Finance Corp Assets
Judge John T. Moffit named Vincent Kubo vec as receiver for the Cedar Rapids based Iowa Finance corporation after stockholders voted unanimously to place the firm in voluntary receivership. The petition by S. V. Shonka as representative stockholder states the firm is solvent. In a separate matter, the will of Margaret M. Taylor dated November 22 was admitted to probate in district court with Judge A. B. Clark presiding. children of the deceased were named beneficiaries.
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S. V. Shonka
John T. Moffit
Vincent Kubovec
Iowa Finance Corporation of
Cedar Rapids
Shonka
Margaret M. Taylor
A. B. Clark
Edward J. Dahms
District Court Actions Highlight Probate and Divorces
The district court settled and dismissed the action of Maude Leonard over a secured note allegedly from 1930. Glenn M. Jones of Cedar Rapids appointed administrator of Vera Mae Lebeivre’s estate, a sister of a Chicago elevated train crash victim. Herbert T. Hampton seeks $118.40 for services in a grocery stock sale. Jennie Kouba seeks divorce from Joseph Kouba on cruelty grounds with custody request. J I Henderson awarded $2 105 on a note dated Sept 22 1930 for Mary Babak and others.
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Maude Leonard
Lois L. Watsabaugh
W. R. Watsabaugh
A. B. Clark
Glenn M. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Vera Mae Lefebvre
Chicago
Herbert T. Hampton
A. H. Rundquist
Jennie Kouba
Joseph G. Kouba
John T. Moffit
J. I. Henderson
Mary Babak
Archbishop Confers 71 in Largest Sacred Heart Confirmation
The Most Rev. Francis L. Beckman presided at Sacred Heart church Maquoketa as 71 youths received confirmation. Assisting clergy included Rev. Mullen and visiting bishops from Dubuque Bellevue St Donatus and others. He warned of a historic conflict between Christ and anti Christ raging in Europe.
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Maquoketa
Francis L. Beckman
Dubuque
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. A. Mullen
W. Casey
N. J. Bies
Bellevue
J. Linkenmeyer
P. McNamara
Otter Creek
H. Nosbisch
St. Theresa’s
Father Greene
Saskatchewan
Canada
Christ
Europe
New Turkey River Channel Cut Near Elgin to Shield Bridge
A new channel eight to ten feet wide is being cut for the Turkey river northeast of Elgin to provide a swift current through the cut. The modification aims to protect the large bridge over the river east of the mill.
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Elgin
Turkey River
Turkey
Holland Furnace Co to pay 25 cent dividend
The Holland Furnace Company, maker of heating systems with plants in Holland Michigan Bethlehem Pennsylvania and Cedar Rapids Iowa, announced a 25 cent dividend on common stock payable December 21 to holders of record December 10. The release said this payment along with $1 a share paid November 27 and arrearages on the preferred stock will avert any undistributed profits surtax for 1936.
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New York
Holland Furnace Company
Holland
Mich
Bethlehem
Cedar Rapids
Independence A thirty year wedding anniversary observed
A celebration at the Otterville home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Budzine honored four couples: A J Glenny married May 8 1906, George Kroma married April 29 1906, Frank Bantz married March 7 1906, and Budzines married November 29 1906. A turkey dinner followed. Guests included Mrs. Ella Sanders and Mrs. Belle Anderson, aunts of Mr. Glenny. Otterville Embroidery club members and families also hosted an anniversary surprise party for the Budzines on Saturday night.
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Independence
Carl Budzine
Otterville
A. J. Glenny
George Kroma
Frank Bantz
Budzine
Ella Sanders
Belle Anderson
Glenny
Otterville Embroidery Club
WPA Dismisses More Employes In Iowa Trenchment Plan
Des Moines AP reports that 35 WPA administrative workers in Iowa were discharged as part of a 500000 cutback. Salaries for administrators were trimmed from 44780 to 41568 monthly, with most dismissals in non executive roles. The largest cut affected engineer J K McClinton in Council Bluffs. George Keller noted the federal allotment would fall short of prior peaks by about 1 million and 500000 from last winter. Average WPA labor pay dropped from 59 to 55 monthly. rural payroll would fall from 8000 to 6000 and city payroll from 23800 to 22000. Additional dismissals included Waterloo stenographer Ruth Hardy and Davenport typist Mabel Hayes.
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DES Moines
WPA
Iowa
J. Don Kerlin
Kerlin
J. K. McClinton
Council Bluffs
George Keller
Keller
Waterloo
Ruth Hardy
Mabel Hayes
Davenport
Payroll details for local city staff listed
The record shows Nora Ewaldt as clerk earning 780 dollars, Elizabeth Deaborn as stenographer earning 960, John Dow as bookkeeper 1440, F B Vetter as clerk 1440, Virginia Goody as clerk 0.50 per hour, and Ners Shinn as clerk 0.50 per hour.
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Nora Ewaldt
Elizabeth Deaborn
John Dow
F. B. Vetter
Virginia Goody
Ners Shinn
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN Claim to End Constipation
An advertisement urges readers to try Kellogg's ALL-BRAN to relieve constipation through added bulk in meals. It touts safety, guarantees refunds, and notes two tablespoonfuls daily with serving ideas, plus vitamin B and iron content. Produced by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg Company
Kellogg
Battle Creek
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