Attorney General backs voluntary blood tests in DWI cases
Iowa AG John H Mitchell said warning suspects about rights before blood tests should not hinder the test. He favors voluntary testing with disclosure the results may be used in court and will prepare a brief on blood tests in DWI prosecutions. Townsend of Waterloo was convicted on a blood test basis and may appeal.
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John H.mitchell
Mitchell
David B. Townsend, Jr
Waterloo
Townsend
Southwest Iowa Attys Favor Integrated Bar
The Fifteenth Judicial Bar association in Council Bluffs voted 56 to 19 to establish an Iowa integrated bar under Iowa Supreme Court sponsorship. Speakers Tru man S. Stevens and Burt J. Thompson urged the self governing plan. the district spans nine southwestern Iowa counties.
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Fifteenth Judicial Bar Association
Iowa Supreme Court
Truman’ S. Stevens
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Burt J. Thompson
Forest City
Fifteenth Judicial District
Iowa
Muscatine Truck Driver Abducted By Bandit Robbed
A Muscatine truck driver Dean Guthrie was abducted by a bandit near Olds, forced to drive around Ottumwa then released after a $20 robbery. The assailant, about 30, gave Guthrie $2 for food and gasoline. The incident occurred on a Tupatay night with a small blue steel gun used in the attack.
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Dean Guthrie
Muscatine
Ottumwa Tupatay
Guthrie
Olds
Muscatine Man
Blairstown Junior Class Presents Miss Jimmy Play
Blairstown junior class stages the three act comedy Miss Jimmy at the Legion hall Friday and Saturday. Phyllis Faye Drake and John David Oberthein star with Betty Schoen Rozetta Thompson and others in the cast, directed by Miss Josephine Hahn.
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Blairstown
Phyllis Faye Drake
John David Oberthein
Jimmy
the Legion Hall
Betty Schoen
Rozetta Thompson
Marjorie Waychoff
Arlene Tiedemann
Hazel Schulte
Glen Thompson
Richard Stoll
Josephine Hahn
Elgin census lists 53 widows among 610 residents
Elgin has 610 people per the last census and lists 53 widows by name including Mrs. John Etter and Mrs. Emma Lewis. The community also notes fourteen widowers and eighteen bachelors over forty.
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Elgin
John Etter
Emma Lewis
Helen Frederick
John Conner
Marie Gruver
Helms
Emma Bunting
Emma Reusser
Maggie Schricker
Anna Schupbach
Bertha Kiple
Louise Bucher
Alice Becker
Nancy Gehring
Joanna Hughes
Esley Howard
Celia Rennison
Eliza Habeger
Mae Bopp
Mary Baumgartner
Matt DeSart
Fritz
K. E. Mark
Maud Peters
Mary Bakeman
Mary Moser
Rosa Muehlethaler
Lena Benson
Funeral services for Melvin Clemens Tama
Funeral services were held Sunday for Melvin O Clemens 68 at St Patrick's church Tama. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. He lived in Tama after moving from Franklin and Hardin counties and worked as an engineer and in bridge building before farming plants for gardeners. He is survived by wife four sons an adopted daughter a sister and four brothers. Red Cross drive completed in Kalona with ninety memberships raising 11325 dollars. Luana to host a four act comedy Aunt Jerusha with a cast of 27 in the opera house.
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Elmer Paul
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Fred Lenhart
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Esther Smith
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Oak Hill
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Des Moines
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Manchester
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Pittsburgh
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Iowa City
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Jury Selected For Oelwein Crash Damage Suit
A jury was impaneled in Judge T. H. Goheen's court to hear Shirley Miller of Fairbank claim $15,000 against A. T. Jakway of Oelwein for injuries from an Aug 6 1936 crash two miles south of Oelwein. Ronald Michener seeks $2,500 for a scalp injury and permanent disfigurement in a separate suit against the same defendant.
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Shirley Miller
Fairbank
A. T. Jakway
Oelwein
Billy Jakway
Harold Leuenberger
E. R. Dumermuth
Eighton Conner
Elgin
Elmer O. Anderson
Clermont
Car
Acquittal in Iowa Case Over School Attendance
OSKALOOSA Iowa AP Frank Lanphier a road worker was acquitted Tuesday of charges that he refused to send his four children to school. The Lanphier home is a mile from the school bus route. The children said they did not attend school because they had no means of transportation.
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Frank Lanphier
Tracy
Iowa
Niebuhr Birthday Dinner Draws Sixty Relatives Near Blairstown
Sixty relatives and friends gathered at the William Niebuhr home near Blairstown for a Sunday birthday dinner. Niebuhr, who came from Lueneburg Germany at age 12, married Hannah Kluss in 1902 and fathered ten children, nine living. The farm has been tended by his two youngest sons Edwin and Bill due to Niebuhr’s decade-long poor health. Others present hailed from Newhall Burlington Luzerne Keystone Conroy Guernsey and Cedar Rapids among Blairstown and nearby towns.
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Blairs Town
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Bill
Victor Niebuhr
Newhall
Albert Niebuhr
Vernon Schlue
Burlington
Waldo Niebuhr
Donald Newton
Carl Srestn
Meta
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Luzerne
Ewald Buch
Dewey Waychoff
Keystone
Fred Tiedemann
Albert Tiedemann
Elmer Tiedemann
Amanda Tiedemann
William Tiedemann
William Garling
Car Ruden
Conroy
Mireta Merck
Guernsey
Martin Furler
Rapheal Schmuecker and Son
Cedar Rapids
Economy program to offset deficit in Iowa institutions
Iowa board of control launches an economy drive to cover an estimated 140000 to 150000 deficit in state institution funding by July. Central office staff may move to part time December 15. painting and nonessential repairs will stop. Field agents and training staff face reductions. governor negotiations planned to secure funds.
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Mrs. Mary Spahr Of Elgin Celebrates 92nd Birthday
Elgin's oldest resident Mrs. Mary Spahr marked her ninety second birthday with a dinner at her son in law and daughter Fred Kohler and wife. Attending were four daughters and several relatives from Elgin and Oelwein. She plans to spend winters with daughter Mrs Hanson and remains active and in good health.
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Fred Kohler
Kohlers
Tille Hanson
Lizzie Hendershott
Oelwein
Walter Kohler
Louis Klingman
Dan Butler
Spahr
Hanson
Bank sues Western Livestock Buyers over hog mortgage debt
Poweshiek County Savings Bank of Brooklyn sues Western Livestock Buyers in Tama County District Court seeking 1088.90 on three notes tied to a chattel mortgage on 66 hogs. Crawford Richman allegedly sold 21 hogs July 22 1937 then 20 on Aug 28 and 11 on Oct 1 to Western Livestock Buyers.
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Behind The News at Urbana Junior Class Play
Urbana juniors present Behind the News a three act comedy at the Legion hall Wednesday night Betty Cumberland plays the modern young Chronicle owner and Elmer Scott is played by Robert Rouse with cast members Ferguson King Schellhose Reid Cook and Marvin Reid directed by Olive Hansen the drama coach
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MacGregor resigns as state relief director in Des Moines
Miss Jean nette MacGregor cited policy changes she could not agree with in resigning Monday as state relief director. She said she leaves when unable to accept the organization’s policies, and sources indicate concern over substituting home rule for trained social workers in county relief administrations.
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Des Moines
Jeannette MacGregor
Miss MacGregor
Fox Hunt Near Grinnell Raises Funds for Conservation
Grinnell area hosts a Sunday fox hunt by the Chamber of Commerce with over twenty sportsmen participating. Harold Morgan, district game warden, was the sole successful hunter. Proceeds from the pelt sale go to the conservation fund, with additional hunts planned by the Junior Chamber in the same area.
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Grinnell Chamber of Commerce
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Harold Morgan
Fayette county official and farmer Dead at 67
Doric C. Carvey longtime Fayette county farm superintendent near West Union died suddenly at 6 p m while overseeing the evening meal for patients. Funeral plans were set for Friday with burial in Hazleton cemetery. Survived by widow a son and five daughters. He built up a self supporting Fayette county farm and was known as an expert in crops and soils management.
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Doric C. Carvey
Fayette County
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Carvey
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
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Cedar Rapids
Arch Gallup
Goose Lake
Albert Sloan
Donna Sadilek
Lois Kalm
Oelwein
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Ventura
Too Weary From Work To Play Olive Tablet Ad
A vintage advertisement claims constipation drains energy and mood causing fatigue and sleep issues. It promotes Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle laxative that stimulates bile flow without harsh drugs and urges readers to buy at the drugstore with prices 15 30 and 60 cents.
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