Peisen Named to District Bench in Iowa
Des Moines Gov. George A. Wilson appointed State Rep. Dean W. Peisen Eldora as judge in the Eleventh judicial district. He replaces T. G. Garfield Ames who moves to the state supreme court and follows L. B. Forsling Hardin County party leader in the district bench reshuffle. The Eleventh district includes Wright Franklin Webster Hamilton Hardin Boone Story counties.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Dean W. Peisen
Eldora
Eleventh Judicial District
Peisen
T. G. Garfield
Ames
Supreme Court
General Assembly
L. B. Forsling
Sioux City
Senate
Hardin County
Peison
Wright
Franklin
Webster
Hamilton
Hardin
Boone
Story
INS
Edward L. Simmons, I
Centerville
Second Town
C. F. Wennerstrum
Chariton
Jacques Jolas To Give Recital For Children
Mount Vernon Cornell preparatory music department led by Elizabeth Bryant will host Jacques Jolas in a 3 p.m. Saturday children's recital in Armstrong Hall. Jolas improvises descriptive music for fairy tales and involves children in the program while sharing his story telling and musical joke talents. He is a Cornell Conservatory member who previously led Harrisburgs symphony and opera groups and served as dean of Louisville music school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell Preparatory
Elizabeth Bryant
Jacques Jolas
Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
Jolas
Cornell Music Conservatory
Community Opera Association
Harrisburg
University of Louisville
Kentucky
Fire Destroys Iowa Farm House Near Decorah
A chimney fire destroyed the A. O. Bregan farm residence in Glenwood township east of Decorah causing about 3000 dollars in loss. The occupants were Sylvester Sampson. In Independence, Buchanan County, the Ministerial Association elected officers with future meetings set for January 6 and monthly at the Community hall. In Iowa City, thieves stole four coats a suit and a shotgun over two days from various locations including the H H White car and church cloakroom.
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Bpcelal
the Gazette
Decorah
A. O. Bregan
Glenwood Township
Sylvester Sampson
Independence
Buchanan County Ministerial Association
E. L. True
Jesup
B. R. Bauman
Winthrop
R. J
Gea
Iowa City
Kiss Your Tired Feeling Goodbye Pill Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to use Dr Williams Pink Pills to boost red blood cells and energy. It explains low blood count can occur even with normal weight and describes fatigue as a sign of simple anemia. It promotes asking a druggist for the pills.
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Dr. Williams
Cornell To Present The Messiah For Thirty-Sixth Time
Cornell College will perform Handel's The Messiah for the thirty sixth year on Sunday December fifteenth at three in King Memorial chapel. Olive June Lacey of Chicago returns with Joseph Victor Laderoute as soloists alongside Ruth Pinkerton Francis German. Harold Baltz directs with Helen Venn at piano Eugene Devereaux at organ and Lloyd Oakland coaching the orchestra. A new chorus His Voice Is Easy is added this year.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Olive June Lacey
Chicago
Joseph Victor Laderoute
Cornell
Conservatory of Music
Ruth Pinkerton
Francis German
Harold Baltz
Conservatory
Helen Venn
Eugene Devereaux
Lloyd Oakland
Yule Gifts Sought for Iowa Children Hospitalized
Iowa City AP Robert E Neff administrator of University of Iowa hospitals appeals for toys clothing and other items to cheer more than 100 children in the state hospital children's ward. Last year 300 groups and individuals contributed and the Christmas committee aims to better that total with the slogan No apologies to any child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Robert E Neff
University of Iowa Hospitals
West Union Child Injured by Explosive Blast on Dumping Ground
Eight year old West Union boy Val Jean Oliver was badly burned and injured when a dynamite cap exploded on a dumping ground. Three fingers of his left hand were severed and a deep chest wound was inflicted. County Supervisor A E Smith transported him to an Iowa City hospital. He is the elder son of Mrs Thelma Oliver.
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the Gazette
West Union
Val Jean Oliver
A E Smith
Iowa City
Thelma Oliver
Wife testifies chain used in attack during Oelwein trial
In Oelwein, Sam Sherman 28 facing assault with intent to murder charges, wife Hazel Struckman testified she was chained to a bedpost with a padlock and struck with a revolver during a conflict over gun possession. The incident occurred at the Sherman home. Sherman remains jailed awaiting verdict. Jurors listed include six men and six women.
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Gazette
West Union
Sam Sherman
Oclwein
T. H. Goheen
Hazel Struckman
Sherman
Oelwein
Clarence Struckman
Arthur Lang
L. J. McCulloch
Clarence Stroschein
Vernon Anderson
Harvey Williams
Fred Schaer
Lyda Benz
Pauline Nutting
Rosa Reiners
Elva Hjelming
Florence Smith
Mabel Wilbur
Notable violinist Andrist trains under Eugene Ysaye in NYC
Liam MacPhail notes that Eugene Ysaye, then conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, mentored him for three years. Andrist has performed multiple New York recitals recently and undertook tours across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam MacPhail
Eugene Ysaye
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Andrist
New York
United States
Canada
Turkey Farm Worker Dies From Fall At Wellman Plant
Charles E Stutsman a 52 year old Wellman resident died at a Washington hospital after a 12 foot fall from the Maplecrest Turkey plant roof Monday. He fractured his skull and nose on the frozen ground and died Tuesday at 5 pm. Funeral services will be at the Evangelical church in Sharon Friday at 1 30 pm with burial at L J Miller home. He is survived by four children and six siblings.
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Wellman
Charles E. Stutsman
Washington
Pam
Maplecrest Turkey
Stutsman
Evangelical Church
Sharon
L. J. Miller
E. C
Anna Marner Stutsman
Clarasse Wagner
Evelyn Batton
Iowa City
Orville Troger
Wellman Glen
Carl
Little Rock
Ark
L. L. Stutsman
J EF. Stutsman
Cando
J. Miller
F. F Stutsman
Sanford Yoder
Goshen
Ind
G W. Stutsman
N D
Paul Wiederricht of Wapello Dies
WAPELLO Paul Wiederricht 43 a Wapello school board secretary and former American Legion commander died late Wednesday in a Burlington hospital of a lung hemorrhage. He was a creamery proprietor. Surviving are his wife three daughters and his parents. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Methodist church. TIPTON Mr and Mrs Robert Lind of Tipton announce the engagement of their daughter Viola Mac to Zenor Mackiewicz son of Anthony Mackiewicz. The wedding date has not been set.
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Wapello
Paul Wiederricht
American Legion
Burlington
Methodist Church
Tipton
Robert Lind
Viola Mac
Zenor Mackiewicz
Anthony Mackiewicz
Iowa Candidates File Final Campaign Expenditure Reports
Five Iowa congressional candidates and one state legislator filed 1940 campaign reports with the secretary of state as the 30 day deadline passed. Incumbents Henry Talle Thomas E. Martin and William S. Jacobsen reported receipts and expenses: Talle receipts 850 exp 321, Martin receipts 575 exp 113, Jacobsen receipts 1350 expenses 2493.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Secretary of State
Henry ©. Talle
Decorah
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
William S. Jacobsen
Clinton
Talle
Martin
Jacobsen
Winter Driving Habits Urged To Cut Iowa Auto Deaths
State safety chief Karl Fischer urged motorists to join the No Auto Deaths in December campaign. He said reducing December fatalities could help Iowa drop its yearly toll below 1939 figures, noting National Safety Council data through nine months. The effort is sponsored by the public safety department and other groups.
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BES
Karl W. Fischer
State Commissioner of Public Safety
Fischer
Iowa
National Safety Council
Iowa Driver Safety Chief Sees Winter Traffic Toll Rise
Fischer warns nationwide deaths may climb seven percent over 1939 figures with Iowa up one percent in nine months. He notes December last year saw 57 auto fatalities in Iowa and urges summer habits to be overhauled for winter safety. Reduced daylight, poor visibility, and slick roads raise hazards. drivers must stay alert to lower the toll.
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Iowa
Fischer
Ayers Defense Opens In Trial For Murder Intent
Defense testimony began in the trial of Faye Ayers charged with assault with intent to murder. Doctors testified to Ayers health issues, five Keota residents testified as character witnesses, and Ayers testified in his own defense as Mildred Reiss testified for the state. The incident, dated Sept 20, allegedly involved Ayers firing at Reiss and her companion as they neared Reiss home. The courtroom was packed for the third day of the proceedings before Judge J P Gaffney.
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Gazette Marengo
Faye Ayers
J P Gaffney
Iowa County District Court
Ayers
Keota
Mildred Reiss
Miss Reiss
Russell Wade
Martin sails for Canal Zone to inspect defenses
Iowa Congressman Thomas E. Martin and his wife will sail from New York to the Panama Canal Zone for a personal inspection of defense facilities improvements. A member of the House military affairs committee, Martin undertakes the trip at his own expense as a combined business and leisure tour before the new Congress begins January 3, with a return to Washington planned for December 21.
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Washington
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
New York City
Panama Canal Zone
Martin
House Committee On Military Affairs
Canal Zone
Congress
Advocates Prison Farm To Replace County Jail System
Iowa City AP report outlines a 1941 bill to replace 99 county jails with a state prison farm for short term offenders. Dr Fred F Haynes of the University of Iowa criminology faculty supports a single state institution at Clive farm, six miles west of Des Moines, awaiting legislative action.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Fred F. Haynes
University of Iowa Sociology Department
Haynes
Des Moines
Clive Farm
Prison Farm Idea Drafted to Cut County Jail Costs
A proposal aims to convert prisoners of this type into labor on prison farms to reduce costs. Each inmate would work outside the jail, providing a potential financial benefit to both the prisoner and the state. Indiana and Illinois are cited as operating such farm programs.
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Indiana
Illinois
Haynes
Ossian County Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Obscene Writing
Ossian resident Nanfred Sand, a member of Winne shiek county board of supervisors, pled guilty to possession of obscene writing in Allamakee county court before Judge W L Eichendorf. He paid a 300 dollar fine plus 22 dollars costs after being confronted with evidence including a note found near a schoolhouse and handwriting matching Sand's.
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Waukon
Nanfred Sand
Ossian
Winneshiek County
Wauken
Sheriff King
Sand
Jacobsen
Insurance investigators probe Lone Tree fire damage
Insurance adjusters began routine inquiry into a $70,000 Lone Tree fire that razed about a half block of the business district. The Lone Tree Savings Bank vault remained closed due to heat as debris cleared edges. Postal losses were uncertain amid the blaze.
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the Gazette
Iowa City—Insurance Adjusters
Lone Tree
Here
Lone Tree Savings Bank
Dr Friend Freed From Hospital Pending Appeal
Dr. A. M. Friend, committed to the Iowa State hospital on November 22 on a charge of inebriacy, was released Wednesday by the Buchanan county commission of insanity pending his appeal. The commission ordered custody with Elza Borem of Grundy Center during the appeal hearing.
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Independence
A. M. Friend
Iowa State Hospital
Buchanan County Commission of Insanity
Insanity Commission
Dr. Friend
Elza Borem
Grundy Center
Andrist To Appear In Violin Recital Sunday
Karl Andrist, a Cornell conservatory of music faculty member since 1936, will perform a violin recital Sunday. He will be accompanied by Helen Schroeder of Mount Vernon, continuing his studies begun in Paris with Wil.
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Mount Vernon
Karl Andrist
Helen Schroeder
Cornell
Prof Andrist
Cornell Conservatory of Music
United States
Paris
Wil
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