Burlington Man in Serious Condition After Attempted Suicide
Paul Tray 31, convicted of second degree murder in the Henry Maass killing, was rushed to Burlington hospital after taking poison and ground glass in his jail cell. He remained listed in serious condition as a defense motion for a new trial and a sentencing hearing were scheduled. Tray claimed the pills would end him, then questioned why he acted.
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Burlington
Paul Tray
Henry Maass
Burlington Hospital
Frank Ober
Tray
Harry Hunt
Troy
Fort Madison
Porson
Oscar Hale
Maass
Messiah at Cornell On Dec 17
The annual Messiah performance from Handel comes to Cornell College on Sunday afternoon December 17. Prof Harold W. Baltz coordinates the event with Ruth Pinkerton and Francis German singing solos. Soprano Olive June Lacey may return, and the Cornell Oratorio Society of 140 students plus the 40 piece Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform after two months of rehearsal.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Harold W. Baltz
Conservatory of Music
Ruth Pinkerton
Francis German
Cornell Conservatory
Olive June Lacey
Baltz
Cornell Oratorio Society
Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Funeral Services for Mrs Barbara Moir of Vinton
Funeral services for Barbara Moir 78 of Vinton were held at the Federated church in Shellsburg with Rev. L W Inman presiding. Burial followed in Shellsburg cemetery. Born February 9 1855 in Cedar county she was the daughter of Alexander and unknown Chappell. Survived by three children Florence Vaupel Alonzo Kellogg and Oscar Moir one hundred words.
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Shellsburg
Barbara Moir
Vinton
Federated Church
Moir
L. W. Inman
Cedar County
Alexander Chappell
Alexander Moir
Tipton
Florence Vaupel
Alonzo Kellogg
Oscar Moir
Des Moines
West Liberty
Fletcher H. Koyler
S. C. Snider
F. W. Sutton
The
Christian Church
Springdale
Koyler
Chicago
Wapello
William Houtz
Methodist Church
Traverton Warren
Heis
George
David
Burlington
Pearl Hollenbeck
Fern Houtz
Clifford
Maurice
L. L. Schneider
Cora Calvin
Scio
Ore
Columbus
George Oaks
Louisa County
Arthur W. Ewing
E. F. Davis
Columbus Junction
Elks to Hold 31st Memorial Service in Oelwein
The Elks plan their thirty first annual memorial service at the local hall this Sunday afternoon. William Walker will deliver the address with invocation by Rev Father Bacci and benediction by Rev J B Ackman. The Rainbow for Girls directed by Mrs Merle Pollock will sing four selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Farmer Holub Ends Life Near Prairieburg
Prairieburg farmer Martin M. Holub aged 78, father of nineteen, died Friday after slashing his throat over financial woes. He was found unconscious in a pasture and died before aid. Survivors include his wife, ten sons, five daughters, forty-two grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral Monday at Prairieburg Catholic Church.
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The
Prairieburg
Martin M. Holub
Here
Holub
Wesley R. Holub
Anamosa
R. A. Vorpahl
Vorpahl
Tom
Victor
Raymond
Paul
Frank
Martin
Joseph
John
Sophia Flaherty
Emma Walker
Anna Vanda
Mary Lawrence
Elizabeth Holub
Prairieburg Catholic Church
Stephen Kucera
Maquoketa Couple Remembers Sixty Years of Marriage
Maquoketa Mr. and Mrs. John Holstein observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary with limited celebration due to Mrs. Holstein’s bed confinement after a fall. He is 83, she turned eighty two in October, joined by their son William of Calamus and five of six daughters including Mrs. H P Timpe and Mrs. Co Romer of Maquoketa, Mrs. John Gohlman of Welton, and Mrs. Ernest Reynolds of Calamus. One daughter, Mrs. David Ashmore of Hay Springs, Neb., could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
John Holstein
Germany
Strawsund
Calamus
H. P. Timpe
Co. P. Romer
Gilbert Bowman
John Gohlman
Welton
Ernest Reynolds
David Ashmore
Hay Springs
Neb
Wallace couple marks 60th wedding anniversary in Quasqueton
Mr and Mrs James R Wallace celebrated sixty years of marriage at their Quasqueton home Monday evening. About thirty relatives attended. He is 88 and she 83. They arrived in the area at ages 20 and two respectively. They have two sons R L of Independence and R L of Quasqueton and a daughter Dr Lena Allen of Independence. The Walces are the oldest couple in Quasqueton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quasqueton
James R. Wallace
Wallace
R. L
Independence
Lena Allen
Driver Blinded by Sun Injures Elderly Onslow Man
Frank K. Barnes, an elderly resident, was struck and injured Thursday by a car driven by Clair Westphall of Wyoming. Barnes suffered severe bruising and a head injury after the impact as Westphall failed to see him turning due to sun glare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Frank K. Barnes
Clair Westphall
Wyoming
Barnes
Westphall
Harding Defends New Deal Critics at Des Moines Rally
Former Gov. W. L. Harding urged that critics of the New Deal are not unpatriotic or public enemies. He spoke at the first Republican rally of the season, condemning broad presidential powers as dangerous in a large, complex economy.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Harding
United States
Municipal Plant Is Recommended For Iowa City
An Iowa City report from the gas and electric committee asks for a rapid survey and federal funds to build a municipal light plant. It cites 1932 earnings of the private plant at 155000 dollars and urges rate reductions with a 30 percent grant and 70 percent loan to be paid by company earnings. Signers are Prof. Jacob Van der Zee and Edward Sybil. M Woodward absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Public Works Administration
Gas and Electric Committee
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Federal Public Works Fund
Jacob van der Zee
Edward Sybil
M. Woodward
The Forgotten Man one act drama in eastern Iowa churches
The Forget ten Man by Jewell Bothwell Tull of Mount Vernon opens a tour through eastern Iowa churches starting Sunday with Cedar Falls and Waterloo performances. Mrs Tull directs with help from Prof Clyde Tull. Ruth Miller of Waterloo and Kenneth Kiefer of Pocahontas lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Tull
Clyde Tull
Cornell Engiish Department
Jis
Ruth Miller
Kenneth Kiefer
Pocahontas
Ada Sherwood Pioneer of Mount Vernon Dies at 93
Mrs. Ada Sherwood of Mount Vernon dies at 93 after a lifetime as the town’s oldest resident and a former Cornell college pupil. She was bedfast a week after a planned birthday visit and died of pneumonia with granddaughter Josephine Sherwood at her side. Her son George predeceased her. she leaves a daughter-in-law Jessie Taylor and another granddaughter Mrs. J K Murdock, plus a great-grandchild in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Mount Vernon
Ada Sherwood
Linn County
Josephine Sherwood
Cornell College
8S. L. Chandler
Mollie Carran
R. P. Ink
Jessie Taylor
C. E. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
George
Mr. Taylor
J. K. Murdock
Chicago
George Sherwood
Ames
National Merchant Group Formed At Des Moines Meeting
The National Association of Independent Merchants formed at a Des Moines meeting. A. W. Armstrong of Webster City, the national president, announced the formation after merchant demand across states. A September national convention is planned at the headquarters in Des Moines with Independent Merchants Journal to be published there. Officers include L. D. Van Doran Des Moines as first vice president and H. A. Jackson Des Moines as secretary treasurer.
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L. D. van Doran
Des Moines
Charles G. Borden
Ocean Side
Calif
California
H. A. Jackson
R. F. Muchelis
Grinnell
Iowa
Five Iowa Banks Freed From S F 111 In November
D W Bates Iowa banking superintendent announced that five more banks were released from senate file 111 restrictions in November. Farmers State Bank Charter Oak Davis County Savings Bloomfield Burnside Savings Burnside Randall State Randall State Fayette State Bank Fayette all now operate under depositors agreements. The releases bring the total banks freed under the act to 381 since it took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
D. W. Bates
Iowa
Senate
Farmers' State of
Charter Oak
Davis County Savings of
Bloomfield
Burnside Savings of
Burnside
Randall State of
Randall
State Bank of
Miss Margaret Martin Weds Harlan Moore at Methodist Parsonage
Miss Margaret Martin oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Martin married Harlan Moore son of Mr and Mrs Thomas K Moore of Thornburg. The ceremony at the Methodist parsonage was officiated by Rev W G Bloomquist with Dorothy Martin and Clair Rhoades present. The bride recently graduated from the local high school and the couple will live on a farm near Thornburg.
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Wheatland
Pearl Leola Endorf
William Endorf
Charles Pfoff
Fred Pfoff
Tipton
Albert C. Fischer
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Bernice Endorf
Evelyn Pfoff
Edwin Baker
Peoria
Cedar Falls
Preston
Iowa State College
Charlotte
Postville
M. E. Kallman
J. W. McGrath
Elkader
G. P. Kelleher
Michael
Thomas
Kelleher Hospital
Carrie Kelleher
Kelleher
Kallman
Donna Dinan
Walker
Golden Slipper
Marie Lockhart
Betty Leusen
Kenneth Heefner
Dale Tenny
Marion Washal
Betty McFarland
Maxine Ross
Walter Skallrup
Jacob Mahoney
Marylin Ellson
McDonalds
Jones County
Peter
Mary Murray
Ryan
Columbus Junction
Dorothy Long
J. A. Long
Howard Oak
H. J. Oak
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
C.8.ramsdale
Lucile Oak
Gilmore McDonald
Ames
Oak
Winfield High School
Mr. Oak
Columbus High School
Solon
Margaret Martin
Hugh Martin
Harlan Moore
Thomas K. Moore
Thornburg
Dorothy Martin
Clair Rhoades
Methodist
W. G. Bloomquist
Death notices and a marriage in Mount Vernon area
Mrs Florence Peterson Lowell of Kansas City died of pneumonia in Mount Vernon area. Survived by husband Arthur, three sons, parents Prof. and Mrs P W Peterson, two sisters, and a brother. Also notes a marriage: Elmer A Nus and Gladys Lembke wed at Giard Methodist Church with Nus teaching in Fredericka and the couple to reside there after a trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Florence Peterson Lowell
Kansas City
Cornell
Arthur Lowell
P. W. Peterson
Phylis Peterson
Essex
Leslie Peterson
Warner
Arlington
Elmer A. Nus
Gladys Lembke
Giard
August Nus
Arlington School
Upper Iowa University
Fredericka
Upper Iowa
Mrs Hollinger Inspects local W R C corps in West Chester
Mrs Sadie Hollinger former Iowa department president visited the West Chester W R C corps Wednesday to review ritual work by officers. A luncheon followed with guests including delegations from Washington and Keota.
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West Chester
Sadie Hollinger
Iowa
Washington
Keota
Unemployed Men Put to Work in Mount Vernon Projects
About eighty unemployed men in Mount Vernon are assigned to work under the CWA. Twenty are at the Palisades company camp, twenty worked on city streets Friday, and others will start a wood cutting project next Monday.
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Mount Vernon
Co. C. C
Palisades
CWA
Paul Moore to speak at Coggon Farmers Holiday meeting
West Branch resident Paul Moore will address attendees at the Farmers Holiday association gathering in the Coggon Legion hall on Friday December 8. The meeting part of local farming community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coggon
Paul Moore
West Branch
Farmers Holiday Association
Coggon Legion Hall
Mind and morality by science and reason
An author notes science guides moral choices and public rights over individual rights. Questions cover attractiveness linked to intelligence, how hope influences action, and the reliability of ancient beliefs versus rational analysis. Copyright 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harvey Robinson
One Thing After Another For Motorist Visiting Here
George Schnurr of Fort Dodge visited police headquarters to report a string of troubles in Cedar Rapids. He said a generator was stolen from his car parked at Third Avenue and Fifth Street BE Friday evening and that he failed to notice landscaped parking in the median on Fifth Avenue SE between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schnurr
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Schnurr
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Fifth Avenue SE
Local Y M C A and Boy Scouts Reduce Cedar Rapids Delinquency
Social workers report unusually low juvenile delinquency in Cedar Rapids due to Y M C A and Boy Scout programs. The campaign starts December 4 to fund toys and activities. the council runs camping, woodcraft, athletics, clubs, and an interchurch basketball league with sixty teams. Scouts contribute through outdoor life and trades study, with 463 members aiding Fire Prevention Week, Red Cross, highway safety, tree planting, and toy collections for needy children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
Boys’ Welfare Council
Interchurch
Washington
Grant
Fire Department
Red Cross
Highway Safety Committee
Will Rogers on the gold standard and global moves
In Beverly Hills Will Rogers comments that staying on gold requires universal participation. He notes France’s recent gold shipments and warns indivual actions disrupt the system, urging everyone to be on or off the gold standard together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
France
Neighborhood vandals air out tires after curbing bump
Walter H. James of 1400 J Street BW complained to police that boys in his neighborhood let the air out of his car tires on the night of November. He filed the complaint Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. James
J Street
Radio Schedule Dense with NBC CBS and WJZ Listings
The page lists extensive radio programming across networks NBC CBS and ABC with times from early evening through late night. It names broadcast hosts orchestras programs and stations including WJZ WMAQ WBBM WEAF KOA KMox WCCO WLW WLS and more across sports music drama and variety hours. The dense schedule features performers like Stokowski Chenery Lombardo and Vallee and includes many international and local program notes.
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John Herrick
NBC
WJZ
WMAQ
Olza Vernon
CBS
WBBM
WMT
WEAP
Wocc-Who
Elder Michaux
Heys
WEAF
Wocho
Trin Romantiane
Willard Thorpe
Olsen Arch
Weaf Wow Kyw
WTAM
WDAF
Elmer Everett Yeus
Frayr
Sprantatit
WABC
WCCO
Antonel
WOW
KYW
W5m
KOA
Wm. Chenery
Stokowski Symphony
WEBM
KMO
Jack Pearl
Goodman Srek
WLW
WSM
WHBM
Dew Rolla
WIZ Kyw
Thomas Kaltenborn
WABCO
wiZz
Jessel
Rail Odentures
Weaf Woc
WHO
Nmne
Ed McConnell
Wbebm
Laper Arch
WLS
Willard Rebisen
Joe Fenner
Nalsee
Erek
WIZ Wlw
Sreneelt Mell
Dramatic Guild
WABO
WNT
Binders -Ge-Round
Geo. M. Cohan
Revelers
WFAA
Seven Star Revue
KMOX
Scenies Music iNeor
Woc- Waller Winchell
Noveliers
Jack Benny
Black Arch
WENR
Patri’s
John Fesarty
WJZ Chain
Guy Lombardo
Frances Lansford
Ennion Bolognini
Koil Wren
Duchin Orch
Minvieapotis Symphony
Paul Whiteman
Rudy Vallee
CBB
Scottiarc
Ace Brizede
Riverside honors Caroline Beatch longtime resident dies at 76
Caroline Beatch born Caroline Mellecker in January 1857 daughter of John Mellecker married Simon Kueneman in 1874 at St Stanislaus. After his death she wed John Beatch adding four more children. she lived in Riverside since 1901. Survived by two daughters three sons thirty two grandchildren five great grandchildren three sisters and one brother. She was member of St Marys church and Rosary society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Caroline Beatch
Caroline Mellecker
John Mellecker
St. Stanislaus Church
Simon Kueneman
Frances Gross
Mia
Louise Birrer
Hills
Josephine Heltzman
Joseph W. Mellecker
St. Mary’s Church
The
Rosary Society
Probate and Administrators Notices in Linn County Iowa
Notices announce probate for Katherine Kostna Motycki with a December 8 1933 hearing in Cedar Rapids and appointment of Eliza Dunbar as Administratrix with the Will Annexed for Harry Charles Dunbar. Additional notices name administrators for Thomas L wees and require claims and debts to be filed with Linn County District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn County
Pee
Katherine Kostna Motycki
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Harry Charles Dunbar
Eliza, Dunbar
Floyd Philbrick
State of
Thomas L. Wees
Jowsa
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Sweetheart
Farmer
Amonu
Martin Holub
Illinois Central System
Southland
LA. Downs
Ilinois Central System
Iowa News
Frances Myatt
Glen F. Bailey
Myatt
Bailey
R. W. Nebergall
George G. Luckey
American Legion
Nebergall
Legion
Karl W. Fischer
Loren McCombs
Big Grove Township
Benton County
G. W. Burnham
Justice Court
McCombs
Mark Merchant
Grundy Center
Williard Foyt
Reinbeck
Wood
Sam Thompson
Will Wagener
Wagner
Young Foyt
James Mooty
Marengo
Goldthwaite
Wilkinson
Belle Olson
C. R. Dillon
Byron
Christine Goldthwaite
Louis Wanamaker
Mina Wanamaker
Elizabeth A. Kibler
O. J. Elsenbast
Frank Cook
Earl Myers
James P. Gaffney
A. C. McKinsey
Earl Boyer
Democratic Central Committee
Ben Jacobsen
B. W. Jacobsen
Clinton
A. L. Broxam
Johnson County
Lincoln Joint Land Bank of
Lincoln
S C. Swartzendruber
W. D. Brenneman
Charles Trouof
C. A. Wertz
Williamsburg
I. E. Drake
J. Henry Meyer
Lewis Lubbert
Marshalltown
Robert Pell
Pioneer
National Merchant Group
Banks
S.F.111
Albert Edward Wiggin
Joseph Jastrow
Roosevelt
Y.M.C.A
Stanley Vesely
Will Rogers
Will
Junior Buste
Weaf Wow
Wiz Wenr
Weaf Chain
Marion Carley
Cco
Bowes
Don Hall
Round Table
KOIK
King Christian of Denmark
N. Y. Philharmonia
Wccoate Stone Orch
WJZ Koil
Wayne King
Jan Garber
I Weaf Chain
Paris
For
Paris Hat and Beauty Shop
Second Street SE
Zenith Radios Peoples Furniture Company
First Street
Edwin W. Lundquist
Jos
Mary Pontrager
Peopl Savings Bank
Cahill, Boland and Hines
Turner
Zalesky’s
Sixteenth Ave
Rca-Victor Radio
Lubergers
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