Jealous 17 year old Confesses Murder of Sweetheart
Warner Blewett 17, Colwell high senior and class president, confessed to killing Dorothy Carter 14 with a shotgun near Charles City after she favored other boys. He planned suicide, broke the gunstock in the attack, and remains under guard in the hospital facing a first degree murder charge.
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NEW Hampton
Warner Blewett
Colwell High School
Dorothy Carter
George C. Murray
William M. Larkin
Charles City
Chickasaw County
Blewett
Dorothy
Warner
Young Blewett
Hosiital
Harlan Rites Held for Toledo Native in Sioux Falls
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Harry V. Harlan former Toledo resident who died Saturday at his Sioux Falls, South Dakota home. He was born May 4, 1872 in Toledo and had worked in retail clothing, banking, and life insurance. Survived by wife Nellie, son Homer in Denver, three brothers, one sister, and two grandsons.
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Harry V. Harlan
Sioux Falls
S. D
Frank Scott Harlan
Nellie C. Sweatt
Dell Rapids
Homer Harlan
Denver
Clyde C
John M
Frank E
Cedar Rapids
Homer Price
Newark
Ruth
Postville
Eldo Kurdelmeyer
Independence—Fe
MM. Gillett
Buchanan County
W. H. Hogue
Clinton
Baptist Church
Mr. Gillett
Hazleton
Albertus
Emma L. Gillett
Independence
Emma L. King
Bryantburg
Monona
Schultz Chapel
H. W. Farnham
Methodist Church
Willis Evans
Seymore
Thankful Evans
Juneau
Wis
Hardin
Grace W. Cassidy
Ladysmith
100 Men Battle Grass and Timber Fire Near Waucoma
Special to The Gazette. A grass and timber fire along the Chickasaw Fayette county line three and a half miles southwest of Waucoma was controlled by 100 CCC boys and Supervisor Merrill Garden of Decorah. The fire started at 3 p.m. and the CCC arrived at 9:30. They shoveled earth and started backfires, working until midnight. The blaze burned about a mile and a half, affecting eight or ten farms with no buildings harmed.
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West Union
Chickasaw- Fayette County
Waucoma
CCC
Merrill Garden
Decorah
Jurors Drawn For Allamakee County January Term
Jurors to appear at the January term of district court opening Jan 2 at Waukon. List includes Mary Davis Cara Lennon Ed Overland Harold Eberling F W Benjergerdes F D Rounds plus multiple township representatives and J B Swain Merton Palmer and other residents. Grand jurors for 1940 listed: Harold Ashbacher Albert Hagen S S Smith Henry Seibert R G Miller Harvey Schultz E J Cahalan T E Kerndt I O Bakke John Osterholz Leslie Steiber August C Wuennecke.
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Waukon
Mary Davis
Cara Lennon
Ed. Overland
Harold Eberling
F. W. Benjergerdes
F. D. Rounds
Post Township
Rose Gee
Mollie Revoir
Tillie Wagner
Walter J. Bailey
Sam H. Bechtel
Lansing
Arthur Beardmore
Mary Heitman
Union City
Jessie Leppert
French Creek
Gladys Tolander
Ben J. Kolsrud
Paint Creek
Clem Brazell
Marcian Calvey
W. E. Frank, Jr
Joseph Sandvald
Justus Johnson
Taylor Township
Otto Bettin
Iowa Township
Clarence Brandsmeier
O. D. Mitchell
Earl Huffman
Jefferson Township
Alvin Walby
Carl Kugel
Ludlow
Paula Mangels
Clara White
S. S. Smith
Franklin
Henry Seibert
R. G. Miller
Harvey Schultz
Post
E. J. Cahalan
Fairview
T. E. Kerndt
I. O. Bakke
Center
John Osterholz
Union Prairie
Leslie Steiber
Lafayette
August C. Wuennecke
Union City Township
Grand jury reports cases tied to Tama area crimes
The Tama county grand jury informed Judge L. J. Kirkland of findings but County Attorney George H. Struble will not disclose them before Thursday. Investigated cases include Dooley Smith and Mansall for breaking and entering, Glen McDonald for larceny of domestic fowls, Jack Clark for maintaining a nuisance, and Francis Nessler for leaving at scene without reporting.
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Toledo
Tama County Grand Jury
L. J. Kirkland
George H. Struble
R. W. “Dooley” Smith
Harry Mansall
Traer
Glen McDonald
Marshalltown
Jack Clark
Tama
Robert Bach
C. E. Oakes
Will Schropp
F. E. Rugger
Farmer Trades Hay For Diamond Ring In Iowa Sale
Des Moines AP reports farmer Herman Lanz 56 of near Newton traded 20 tons of alfalfa for a man's diamond ring valued at a carat and seven points from jeweler Max Solar of Des Moines. Prices for alfalfa range from 8 to 11 dollars per ton.
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Des Moines
Herman Lanz
Newton
Max Solar
Solar
Lanz
Rhodes Gets New Hearing On Feb 6
The Iowa supreme court set February 6 for a hearing on Walter H. Rhodes petitioning for a rehearing of its October 25 decision that Rhodes must be executed for his wife s murder. Chief counsel Will J. Hayek cited juror J A Zenishek of Solon and argued the rules require new evidence to change the juror s fixed opinion. He questioned whether the court would overlook those rules due to the brutality of the crime.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Supreme Court
Walter H. Rhodes
Rhodes
Will J. Hayek
J. A. Zenishek
Solon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Hayek
Winter Widens Gap With Warm Spell Dust Storm Hits Iowa
Des Moines reports show Iowa cooled to 14 degrees above zero at Iowa Falls after a 56 degree high in Council Bluffs. Snow flurries touched northeastern Iowa while a dust storm swept the northwest from a storm that originated in South Dakota and Minnesota. Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed forecast warmer weather for Thursday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Council Bluffs
Charles D. Reed
Sioux City
South Dakota
Minnesota
Grand Jury Indicts Three At Elkader
ELKADER The grand jury returned three indictments here late Tuesday. Harold Schulte and Donald Collins of Garnaville face charges of illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Harvey Gottschalk of Elkader is indicted for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The petit jury was excused until next Monday as trials were not ready.
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Elkader
Harold Schulte
Donald Collins
Garnaville
Harvey Gottschalk
Iowa liquor prices among lowest in nation study shows
A Wednesday survey of 98 items across 15 monopoly states finds Iowa state stores selling most brands at or near the lowest prices in the country. Iowa’s markup stands at 50 percent above wholesale, with officials noting the price advantage covers about 95 percent of the $12 million annual Iowa liquor business.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New Hampshire
Vermont
Virginia
Liquor Commission
Washington
Iowa Commission
Commission
Business Men Back Funding Des Moines Police Probe
Des Moines business leaders via Horace Foskett, president of the Chamber of Commerce, offered to fund a full investigation of the police department if the civil service commission cannot. The move follows a 33 hour jailling of three Garden Grove men and a shakeup that saw Chief H A Albers demoted and Chief of Detectives Jack A Brophy suspended.
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INS
Horace Foskett
Chamber of Commerce
Civil Service Commission
Foskett
Garden Grove
H. A. Albers
Jack A. Brophy
Orpha Rourke Elected Eastern Star Worthy Matron
Mrs Orpha Rourke was elected worthy matron of the Eastern Star for the coming year with officers including O F Klenk as worthy patron Irene Nunn associate matron Adolph Sievers associate patron Thelma Floetchinger secretary Alice Worthman treasurer Kathryn Maske conductress Ruth Stoner associate conductress. Installations planned for January.
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Hazleton
Order of Eastern Star
Lillian Moore
Carl Mahoney
Alice Brown
C. E. Brown
Neva Latham
Fannie Porter
Lydia Mahoney
Ethel Moore
Oxford
Orpha Rourke
Eastern Star
O. F. Klenk
Irene Nunn
Adolph Sievers
Thelma Floetchinger
Alice Worthman
Kathryn Maske
Ruth Stoner
Rourke
University students begin air corps prep in Chicago
Fourteen University of Iowa students passed physicals for the United States Army Air Corps and will begin training in Chicago next July after seventy applicants were examined. Survivors include Lawrence Postal Cedar Rapids John Gesell Davenport Bill Suez Dale Hatch D Mac Showers Everett McDonald all of Iowa City and others from Belle Plaine Waterloo Superior Sabula Boone Milton Postville Rockford IL. Funeral services were held for Adda Kinsell Ingram 82 at the Mott home. She is survived by her husband and one son Orr K Ingram of Mt. Ayr. Burial was in Mt. Ayr. Professor Cornelius de Kiewier and Paul Albert Wahl received US citizenship papers in Iowa City. De Kiewier, a Holland native, Wahl, born in Germany.
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University of Iowa
United States Army Air Corps
Chicago
Lawrence Postal
Cedar Rapids
John Gesell
Davenport
Bill Suez
Dale Hatch
D. Mac Showers
Everett McDonald
Joseph Lebeda
Belle Plaine
Francis Barnard
Waterloo
Warren Lewis
Superior
George Knuth
Sabula
Paul Younggren
Boone
Dwight Summers
Milton
Donald Humphrey
Postville
Donald Carlson
Rockford, Il
Adda Kinsell Ingram
Frank Luther Mott
Mt. Ayr
Cornelius de Kiewier
University of Iowa History Department
Paul Albert Wahl
United States
Harold Evans
de Kiewier
Holland
Wahl
Germany
Hamilton of Sigourney To Be Chief Justice
Justice William H. Hamilton of Sigourney, a Democrat, prepared to assume the duties of chief justice of the Iowa supreme court. He will succeed Ralph A. Oliver of Sioux City, a Republican, on January 1 as the office rotates among the court's nine members.
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Des Moines
INS
William H. Hamilton
Sigourney Democrat
Iowa Supreme Court
Hamilton
Ralph A. Oliver
Sioux City Republican
Northern Light Lodge Elects Officers in Monona
Officers elected by Northern Light lodge No. 156 I O O F include James Cunningham as vice grand Ben Freeze Jr as secretary C A Tornowske as treasurer and H C Klinkel as trustee for three years J H Schmitt serves as grand?ide unclear in text
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Grand Mound
1.C.C.F. Lodge
John Hansen
Noble Grand
George Allison
Clayton Smith
Will Langbehn
Monona
Northern Light Lodge No. 156
Noble
James Cunningham
Ben Freeze, Jr
C. A. Tornowske
J. H. Schmitt
H. C. Klinkel
Cedar County Jury Lists Drawn for January Term
Cedar county district court juries for the January term opening Jan 2 were selected Tuesday. Grand jury includes Alvin Anderson West Branch Ford Dittmer Durant Al Frink Clarence E D Hinkhouse Wilton Junction C A Johnston Lisabon George Melton Mechanicsville H R McNamara Tipton Milo Phelps Tipton Howard Safley Tipton Harry Schmidt Bennett C E Shawver Tipton and Herman Wiebel London. Petit jurors include Caroline Abele London Joe Baker West Branch C M Bowman Downey Mrs William Brinkman Clarence J H Broders Durant Vera Brown Mechanicsville Marjorie Cobb Tipton Reuben Conrad Lowdon M H Coppess Stanwood Harry Davidson Mechanicsville Howard Davis Centerdale Felix Derynck Clarence Clarence Dice Tipton Lloyd Emerson Tipton Gerald Fowler Stanwood C L Frederick Tipton George E Gates Downey Margaret Gordon Tipton Wilton Gunn Lisbon William Hamdorf London Clara Hammer Mechanicsville Harry Harrison Durant George Hass Durant Clara Hobendall West Branch Henry A Johnson West Branch Chris Kleppe London Art Larick Clarence Clifford Laubscher Tipton Lesther Leigh Lisbon Luella Licht London Cecil Martens Tipton Ray Minert Durant Ethel Miller Mechanicsville Frank S Miller Clarence Winifred Miller Tipton William McKibben Mechanicsville E J Pendergast Atalissa Edward Popp Bennett Henry Pruess Clarence Joe Randa Tipton Meta Richmann London Grace Showalter Stanwood Charles A Sisler Stanwood Elmer Sisel Tipton Ethel Stephenson Bennett Forest Tenley Stanwood Harold Weick Wilton Junction Mrs Frank D White Stanwood L F Whitney Tipton.
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Cedar County
Harry Schmidt
Bennett
C. E. Shawver
Herman Wiebel
London
Caroline Abele
Joe Baker
West Branch
C. M. Bowman
Downey
William Brinkman
Clarence
J. H. Broders
Durant
Vera Brown
Mechanicsville
Marjorie Cobb
Reuben Conrad
Lowdon
M. H. Coppess
Stanwood
Harry
Henry A. Johnson
Chris Kleppe
Art Larick
Clifford Laubscher
Lesther Leigh
Lisbon
Luella Licht
Cecil Martens
Ray Minert
Ethel Miller
Frank S. Miller
Winifred Miller
William McKibben
E. J. Pendergast
Atalissa
Edward Popp
Henry Pruess
Joe Randa
Meta Richmann
Grace Showalter
Charles A. Sisler
Elmer Sisel
Ethel Stephenson
Forest Tenley
Harold Weick
Wilton Juncetion
Frank D. White
Stanewood
L. F. Whitney
Amber Wedding Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Albert Oltmans
The twentieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oltmans was celebrated Monday at their home.
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Amber
Albert Oltmans
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