State Social Welfare Board Adopts Merit Plan For Employes
The Iowa State Board of Social Welfare announced a merit plan requiring current employees, including those in old age assistance, to qualify again by competitive examination by July 1, 1939. The plan creates a three member nonpartisan examining committee with alternates from social welfare, personnel, and education fields, to administer impartial exams and rate applicants for vacancies.
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Des Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Fate Assistance
State ‘Board
B.C. Hopkins
E. P. Schoentgen
Council Bluffs
Miller
County Wellfare
State Board of Social Wellfare
PRESENT JUNIOR KING AND QUEEN AT IOWA U
A lengthy Iowa obituary roundup notes Mary Ellen Devitt born February 22, 1871 in Woodbine, married to Albert Johnston in DeWitt, survived by sons Albert and Frank, daughter Leila Nannenhorne, siblings Anna Thornton and Margaret Devitt, brothers John and James, seven grandchildren, burial at St. Joseph's cemetery.
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St. Joseph's
Mary Ellen Devitt
Woodbine
Albert Johnston
DeWitt
Johnston
Chicago
Albert
Frank
Leila Nannenhorne
Anna Thornton
Margaret Devitt
John
Muscatine
James Devitt
Oskaloosa
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Oxford Junction
Mary Dostal
Davenport
Jerome Miller
Frank Kolarik
Frank Kulhavy
Frank Powelka
Frank Moravec
Frank Zamastil
Joseph Tyce
Joseph Buresh
John Shedck
Mayflower Cemetery
Dostal
Bohemia
Joe
Julia Christensen
Bess Roubinck
Vince Lasack
Des Moines Robber Returns 50 Cents After Crime
AP reports Hobard Earp, 22, describes being robbed by a bandit who took 76 cents and returned 50 cents, then later 26 cents remained when police arrested Harold Mitchell, 21, of Portland, Ore. If convicted he faces a 25 year term.
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Des Moines
Paul Castelline
Hobard Earp
Earp
Castelline
Harold Mitchell
Portland
Ore
Elberon Men Found Guilty At Vinton
Three Elberon men Fred Ulch Vern Kaloupek and Irve Johnson were fined 5 dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication charges in Justice J A Ruhl's court. They were arrested late Tuesday night by state highway patrolmen on the Benton Tama county line road north of highway 30. Homer Kepler driver of the car is charged with drunk driving and is at liberty under 500 dollars bonds pending action by the grand jury. Kepler was acquitted two years ago in Tama county on a manslaughter charge resulting from a collision that killed two people.
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Gazette
Vinton
Elberon
Fred Ulch
Vern Kaloupek
Irve Johnson
J. A. Ruhl
Benton- Tama County
Justice Ruhl
Homer Kepler
Liberty
Kepler
Tama County
Ar Pot
Anamosa Courthouse Terms End as 1938 Nears
Grand and petit jurors excused from service at the last Anamosa term of court for 1938. Judge F O Ellison presided. Divorce granted to Lewis Beniswick of Oxford Junction from Frances Benischek, custody given to Mrs. Benischek of four children. Also notices of county office appointments and several local obituaries and marriages across Anamosa, Monticello, and area towns.
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Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
Eighteenth Judicial District
Lewis Beniswick
Oxford Junction
Frances Benischek
Leslie Bright
Knoxville Cagers Won’t Pay to Play Season Protest
Nearly a score of Knoxville high school players sat out the season opener in protest of a 10 cent admittance fee charged to students and spectators for school activities. Freshmen and sophomores played, losing 26 to 12 to Colfax as Superintendent Trabert expected a weekend resolution. The dispute over paying for entertainment dominated local talk with mixed views on the policy.
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Knoxville
Trabert
Colfax
Rain and Snow Set for Iowa Weekend Weather
The weather bureau forecast a weekend of rain and snow across Iowa with a heavy ground fog in the eastern third likely to lift by afternoon. Temperatures ranged from five degrees below normal in the west to ten above in the east, with rainfall totals varying from trace to over a quarter inch at several stations including Mount Ayr and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Keokuk
Mercury
Council Bluffs
Mount Ayr
Iowa Falls
Charles City
Dubuque
Davenport
Fire destroys Des Moines baggage firm building
Fire early Saturday destroyed the Alexander Baggage and Transfer company structure in Des Moines Southwest industrial area. The one story frame building burned from 2 am, with two adjoining structures damaged. Damage estimated at about $50,000 as flames leaped high under a north wind.
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Des Moines
Alexander Baggage and Transfer Company
Call Out Those Bloodhounds Call Out Those Bloodhounds
ELDORA AP Two boys who escaped from the Iowa training school here Friday seem to have gone back to the horse and buggy days Instead of stealing a car officials of the school reported to Sheriff James Davidson they apparently took a team of horses and a hayrack which disappeared at the same time as did the boys School authorities did not reveal the boys names SIGOURNEY Agnes Kerr who has been stenographer for Wagner and Yoder law firm has been named as deputy county clerk by W E McCuen Other deputies have not been named MANCHESTER The December term of Delaware district court will be opened here Monday with Judge Ralph W Hasner of Waterloo presiding.
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Winthrop
Kathryn O'Brien
John O'Brien
Merlin Hocken
Carl Hocken
Walker
St. Patrick's Church
J L. Byrne
Ryan
G. I. Gibbs
Ryan Reporter
T. J. Coakley
Sigourney
Ben Johnson
Sigourney Rural Fire Department
Strawberry Point
Anna Fowells
Fayette
H M. Hansen
Hudson
C L. Dorman
Clarksville
Eldora
Iowa Training School
James Davidson
Agnes Kerr
Wagner and Yoder Law Firm
W. E. McCuen
Manchester
Delaware District Court
Ralph W. Hasner
Waterloo
Two Strangers Rob Elkport Tavern After Drugging Owner
Authorities searched for two unknown men who drugged Lloyd Faust in his Elkport beer tavern and fled with all the money while he lay unconscious. Faust could not describe the duo, who entered, ordered beer for 50 cents, and left after he became ill and collapsed.
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the Gazette
Elkport
Lloyd Faust
Faust
Vinton Boy Crushed Skull After Horse Kick
Eight year old Billy Carr of near Mt Auburn was hospitalized Friday with a crushed skull after being kicked in the head by a colt in the Carr farm pasture Wednesday evening. Found unconscious, he has been intermittently conscious and cannot recall how the injury occurred.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Billy Carr
William Carr
Mt Auburn
Vinton Hospital
Carr Farm
Iowa City News Briefs Collect Local Events and Obituaries
William J Fay 56 longtime auctioneer dies at local hospital survivors include wife Eva four sons Theodore Raymond John and Gerald seaman. four daughters Mrs Soukup Mrs Raymond Marsh Dorothy Fay Mrs Henry Kaefring. father Thomas Fay sister Mrs Frank Connor five grandchildren. Ruth Byles freshman UI won traffic laws spell down at Iowa City traffic school quiz over six men. RG Popham new president of Iowa City area council of the Boy Scouts, succeeding Albert Baidwell. Thomas Farrell reelected treasurer for 20th year. Henry Witte Williamsburg new district chairman for Iowa county. Leroy Caldwell IC Press-Citizen office manager named general auditor of Speidel Newspapers Inc Palo Alto CA. Caldwell to depart Friday.
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Iowa City
William J. Fay
Eva
Theodore
Raymond
John
Gerald
United States Navy
George Soukup
Raymond Marsh
Dorothy Fay
Henry Kaefring
Oxford
Thomas Fay
Frank Connor
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Byles
Vinton
University of Iowa
Miss Byles
Popham
The
Boy Scouts
Albert Baidwell
Thomas Farrell
Henry Witte
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Leroy Caldwell
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Speidel Newspapers, Inc
Palo Alto
Caldwell
Seven Injured In Crash Near Waukon
In fogbound head on collision three and a half miles north of Waukon on highway 13 seven people were injured. Mr and Mrs Simon Grotegut aged 69 and 63 remain hospitalized with injuries. others from Waukon and the LaCrosse party sustained minor injuries. The Groszteguts were hospitalized while the others were treated and released.
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the Gazette
Waukon
Simon Grotegut
Waukon Hospital
E. J. Chickering
Fred Jones
LaCrosse
Wis
Joe
Harry Fitzgerald
Dorothy Gilgenbach
Groteguts
Nine speakers chosen for radio talks in Des Moines
Lois Ferguson, a Mechanicsville student, is among nine speakers selected to deliver medal broadcasts on WHO Des Moines for the fifth annual program by the Iowa Tuberculosis association. She will broadcast on December 10 from 11:15 to 11:30 am. Marengo jail report notes W B Hoover of Grinnell was brought in by Sheriff Milford Engelbert on a bad check charge after soliciting funds in Marengo supposedly for a church group.
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Des Moines
Lois Ferguson
Mechanicsville
WHO
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Marengo
W. B. Hoover
Grinnell
Milford Engelbert
Iowa County
Notice of Expiration of Right of Redemption and Tax Deed
Notice records an Iowa Linn County tax sale from 1935 for 1932 and 1933 taxes on a 10 acre tract in section 6-86-17. N J Cousins purchased the certificate. redemption expires 90 days from service, leading to Treasurer's Deed if not redeemed. Also contains appointment of executrix notice for M Scolaro estate with Stewart Holmes as attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Herold Polk
J. L. Miller
Edwin Weldon
Myrtie Weldon
Clara Weldon
E. E. Weldon
Weldon John
Iowa
N. J. Cousins
J Cousins
Frank N. Stenanck
State of
M Scolaro
Towa
Antonina Scolaro
Stewart Holmes
Davies optimistic over Iowa outlook
Prof George R. Davies in the Iowa Business Digest says the Iowa economy may advance if labor and political attitudes stay favorable. Bank debits rose about five percent from September to October but remained below a year ago. October employment up 28 percent from September yet 86 percent below October last year. Davies notes a local downturn has been arrested and the outlook is favorable.
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Iowa City
Iowa
George R. Davies
Iowa Business Digest
University of Iowa
Bureau of Business Research
Davies
Board of Governors of
The
Federal Reserve System
Iown
Men Who Attacked Des Moines Truck Drivers Pay Fines
DES MOINES AP Four persons pleaded guilty to assault charges connected to an earlier labor dispute and paid fines totaling 450 dollars. Francis Quinn 32 paid 300 dollars while Ted Beebe Joe Keal and Walter Watson paid 50 dollars each. The victims were Edwin Schlenker Jay Good and R N Nichols farmers delivering milk when the attack occurred. Cases against C G Bracewell and G C Miller were dismissed for lack of evidence.
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DES Moines
Francis Quinn
Ted Beebe
Joe Keal
Walter Watson
Edwin Schlenker
Jay Good
R. N. Nichols
Rabbit fever outbreak grows in Appanoose County
CENTERVILLE AP reports 15 to 20 new tularemia cases in Appanoose County amid three recent local deaths. Health officials warn residents to avoid handling rabbit carcasses as Dr Frank Condon of the Chariton basin health district reiterates safety measures.
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Centerville
Frank Condon
Chariton Basin
No. 2
Mrs Rob Roy Cerney To Speak At Elkader
Mason City folklorist Mrs Rob Roy Cerney arrives from central Europe as a noted mid European folklore expert. She delivers two Elkader lectures on The Drama of the Carpathians next Monday afternoon at 2 30 in the high school auditorium and again in the evening at the Elkader Commercial club ladies night program.
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Elkader
Rob Roy Cerney
Mason City
Central Europe
Carpathians
Elkader Commercial Club
Cerney
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State Social Welfare Board
Iowa U
Carol Lee Buresh
George Buresh
Wolgemuth
Carol Lee
Nancy Joan
Mayflower
Keswick
Betty Lou Higgins
June Dillon
Doris Shaul
Swisher
Charles J. Koss
Johnson County
Mr Koss
Bob Osmundson
Forest City
Betty Jane Prochnow
Bob
Ed Gerber
St. Louis
Betty Jane
Eulalia Klingbeil
Postville
Hawkeye
Iowa News
John Barnts
Monticello
Harold Norton
Frank White
Beaver Dam
T. Hawthorn
Leon
Isaac Schneider
George Woodall
Oakwood Cemetery
Roy Humpal
John Humpal
City
Rowena Fenn
Irving Penn
Springville
Humpal
Viola High School
Anamosa School
Marguerite Dearborn
Will Dearborn
Stone City
Clyde Chipman
Betsy Gavin
Howard Chipman
Wheatland
Henry Xknoche
St. Paul's Reformed Church
A. C. Fischer
St. Paul's Cemetery
George
Elizabeth Knoche
St. Paul's Church
Clara Burmiester
Anna Handorf
LeRoy and
Ardell
Elizabeth Nodhe
William
Big Rock
Phillip
Bennett
Edward Burke
James O’neil
Calamus
Laura J. Betts
Elbert A. Betts
le Roy Peters
H. G Peters
Grand Mound
Delhi
W. D. Bostrom
Glenn Gephart
West Middletown
Ohio
Leonard Peters
Muriel Schmidt
Lost Nation
Orville Betts
Calamus Consolidated School
Peters
Aurora
Will Luloff
Fred
Roy Payne
Luloff
Fred Luloff
Hog’s Back Hill
Payne
Independence Hospital
Mary Ellen Johnston
Lam
Kaffs Kaffel
Egad
Williams
Aks
Par
Elkport Drug
Vinton Boy
Fred Freese
Londen
Clarefice
Cattliz
Juni
Alines
Janesville
Hayes
Milwaukee Mowers
Emmerson
Hank
Oliver
Oliver Endgente
New Idea
Ubrary
Ladies' Aid of Zion's Church
Julius Freese
W. M. Witte, Gerk
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