Salary Law Ruling Spurs Far-Reaching Public Official Claims
Iowa high court voids Forty fifth general assembly salary cuts triggering potential back pay claims. Officials face questions on accepting reduced warrants under protest and funding back salaries, with specifics rising from state auditor and other offices amid adjustments by 1933 appropriation acts. A separate item notes F L Milton injured near Chicago and hospitalized after a truck collision.
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Will Santa Claus Be A Bootlegger If He Leaves A Bottle
In Des Moines AP report, Iowa authorities avoid a firm ruling on whether Santa leaving a bottle of liquor as a gift would violate law. The statute defines bootlegging as keeping or leaving liquor for sale or gift, while prohibitions target gifts to intoxicated persons under 21 or without a permit.
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Des Moines
Attorney General's
Iowa Liquor Commission
Pension Board Overruns Allocation For Iowa Pension Setup
Iowa old age assistance commission spent 27247 over a 10000 allocation to finance pension system preliminaries. Overdraft paid from head tax revenue. salaries and office costs included. Officials seek additional funds to cover 60000 expected applications and winter shortfall.
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Forty-sixth General Assembly
Olive Lacey to Sing Messiah Solo at Cornell Sunday
Olive June Lacey of Chicago to sing soprano solos in Cornell college's production of The Messiah Sunday at 3 in its thirtieth presentation. John E. Toms of Penn College Oskaloosa to sing tenor solos. Directed by Prof. Harold W. Baltz, the performance features a chorus of 150 and an orchestra of 40.
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Mount Vernon
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John E. Toms
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Toms
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Harold W. Baltz
Conservatory
Cedar Rapids
Morris Sanford’s
Van Horne Teacher Dies of Heart Attack at 40
Leola Schlarbaum 40 youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Schlarbaum and longtime Keystone teacher died Monday from a heart attack. Born May 1 1894 she taught in rural Van Horne Larchwood Elberon and Keystone for 22 years. She is survived by parents six sisters and brothers. Funeral was held Wednesday at the Evangelical church. News brief also notes a Tama nursery school opening January 2 for relief families with Miss Agnes Copley as instructor.
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Irma McQuiston
Des Moines
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Atlantic
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Loren
George W. Rinderknecht
Roy Popenhagen
Vinton
Board of Supervisors
Rhodes Scholarship Candidates Named From Iowa Area
Two Iowa state candidates will be chosen January 5 by Prof Jacob Van Der Zee from a list of thirteen. Finalists include Daryl E. Williams of Sioux City Moriinyside College and Richard W. Tims of Tama formerly at Cornell College, along with others from Grinnell Drake Ames and University of Iowa.
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Jacob van der Zee
University of Iowa
van der Zee
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Sioux City
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Sriley
Davenport
Augustana College
Robert Thrackmorton
Des Moines
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Joseph W Coward
Grinnell
Grnell College
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Grove'l
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Walter
Serean
Wearcester
Mass
Simpton Erlege
Williams
Ames
Verna State College
Richard W. Tims
Tama
Columbia University
Cornell College
James Water
Tosbon
Hebert C Gee
Anamasa
West
Pear
Louis Karsten Dies at 72 in Oxford Banking Family
Louis Karsten 72 longtime president of the Oxford State Bank died suddenly at 10 p m Tuesday at his daughter Mrs George Stake’s home in Williamsburg He had 43 years in banking and served on the Oxford school board Surviving are six children including Mrs Stake Mrs E C Hoover Mrs James Floesinger Chance Karsten Orlo and Irvie Karsten
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George Stake
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Chicago
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E. C. Hoover
Cedar Rapids
James Floesinger
Chance Karsten
Orlo
Newton
Irvie
Civil War Veteran Charles Truman Dies at 89
West Liberty obituary for Charles Truman age 89 a Civil War veteran born July 4 1845 in Minnesota died Tuesday at home after a year of illness. Survived by sons John Atalissa George Tipton and Harry Tipton memorial services by American Legion set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Snider chapel with burial Bethel cemetery near Rochester.
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Charles Truman
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George
Harry
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American Legion
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Iowa City Man Convicted in Drunk Driving Case
Jurors found Harry Frederickson of Iowa City guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a trial spanning from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning. Frederickson faces sentencing on December 23. State witnesses Kenneth Gleason, Frederick N. Taylor, City Marshal Roy Beilstein, and Night Marshal George Disterhoff testified. defense witnesses included Helen and Marie Walker and others.
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Harry Frederickson
Iowa City
Frederickson
Kenneth Gleason
Frederick N. Taylor
Roy Beilstein
George Disterhoff
Employee Of Cedar Rapids Firm Held For Jury Action
Harry Strathman former manager of the Dixon Indiana branch of the Iowa Builders Supply Co Cedar Rapids was held for the Scott county grand jury under $2000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing He allegedly embezzled 4938 12 from funds of the Dixon firm over several years with the act dated Oct 12 1934 per information by C B Martin of the company.
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C. B. Martin
Troy Mills PTA Presents Breach of Promise at High School
A free entertainment event sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association comes to the Troy Mills High School auditorium on Saturday night. The play Breach of Promise will be performed by Emmett Shaffer Mrs Jess Sauer Delmer Fisher Voltaire Pugh and Burl Cook, followed by a basket supper.
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Jess Sauer
Delmer Fisher
Voltaire Pugh
Burl Cook
Remleys of Anamosa Have Long Attended U of Iowa
Special to The Gazette in Iowa City reports a lasting family school tradition at the University of Iowa. Since 1863 Milton Remley entered the collegiate department and a Remley has remained enrolled in each generation this year Howard James Louis and Louise Remley are attending. The fall registration lists 101 first year students who were preceded by a parent. Other longtime families include the Wrights Rules Glasses Balls Larrabees and the Irishes among many.
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Milton Remley
Anamosa
University of Iowa
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James
Louis
Louise
Remleys
W. B. Newbold
Keosauqua
Catherine
Ruth
Willis
Iowa
Wrights
Des Moines
Rules
Mason City
Glasses
Balls
Brainerds
Larrabees
Clermont
Berryhills
Berkeley
Calif
Irishes
Forest City
May Begin Taking Evidence Thursday In Martens Trial
Jury selection for Adolph Martens murder trial proceeds slowly with further panels. Fifty jurors drawn for December term reported, another fifty later struck after objections. Keswick man faces charge of killing his step-daughter Maxine Abel in a case unfolding in Sigourney.
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Urney
Adolph Martens
Keswick
Maxine Abel
Thrill Of Getting Pension Too Much For Two Aged Men
Two Allamakee county seniors reportedly died after reacting emotionally to pension checks. Andrew D. Hexom, 90, died of a heart attack with over-excitement listed as a contributory cause. George Meskimmen, 83, died after a paralytic stroke soon after receiving his pension, described as the happiest man in the county.
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Allaemakee
Andrew D. Hexom
George Meskimmen
Harpers Ferry
Allamakee County
Utterback Names Thomas F. Crocker As His Secretary
Des Moines AP Hubert Utterback congressman elect of Iowa Sixth district announces Thomas Fee of Ames managing editor of the Ames Tribune Times as his secretary. Crocker sought the Democratic nomination for Congress in the June primary and is a well known Iowa newspaper figure and former Cedar Rapids resident.
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Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Iowa
Thomas Fee
Ames
Ames Tribune- Times
Utterback
Crocker
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Thieves Break Into Farmers Cooperative Exchange
In La Porte City suspects broke into the Farmers Cooperative Exchange around 2 a.m. Tuesday and damaged both door handles and the roll top desk. No loot was taken and nearby residents heard commotion but did not report the incident. The owner is W. W. Milne.
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Thieve
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
W. W. Milne
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