Dickinson Leads Gillette in Machine Counties Contest
In Iowa 24 machine counties show Dickinson with 126 154 votes to Gillette 132 766, trimming Gillette’s margin. O Brien contests secretary of state results while Miller remains ahead. analysts say machine votes could be removed with limited effect on state winners.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert E. O'Brian
UN. J. Dickinson
Guy M. Gillette
United States
O'Brian
John F Wessels
Dickinson
Gillette
Clyde B. Charlton
O’brian
Earl G. Miller
Machine County
Miller
Mark G. Thornburg
Iowans Lose Licenses At High Rate
Approximately 20 000 Iowans lose their automobile drivers licenses each year. Horace Tate reports many apply for duplicate licenses costing 25 cents each, yielding about $5 000 to the motor vehicle department for replacements.
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Des Moines
Plan Honors Fifty Year Wedding of Troy Mills Couple
Troy Mills observes the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Oldridge with about 150 relatives at the Troy Mills school auditorium. The couple wed December 16, 1888 in Troy Mills. They have 15 children, 36 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren, with Mrs. Oldridge active in the local Christian church.
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Troy Mills
George Oldridge
Thomas Bolton
Spring Grove
Oldridge
Hannah Ellen Peyton
John Wesley
Emma Elmira Peyton
Mr. Oldridge
Princeton
Canada
Frank Starr
Iowa
Jennie
Jennie Risdon
Millie
William Reece
Jessie Sauer
Ashley McCright
Clifford Bostedor
Robert Franck
Leonard Boone
Coggon
Jurors Appointed for Allamakee County 1939 Term
Special to The Gazette Waukon Iowa lists grand jurors for Allamakee county district court to report Jan 9 at 10 am. It also names January trial jurors to report Jan 16 at 10 am with a long roster by township including Lansing Jefferson Union Post Lafayette and other townships.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Ben Kelleher
Lafayette Township
W. J. Clark
Post
Will Thompson
Center
Frank Hausman
Frank Miller
Waterloo
Elmer Weithorn
Linton
Robert Thompson
Towa
Helen Bieber
Catherine Marley
Donald Stirn
Ida Tully
Russel Williams
Francis Englehorn
Lansing Township
Midble Winters
Merle Mitchell
Herbert Geving
Elmer Link
Jefferson Township
John Drew
Florence O’brien
Ludlow
Carl Gilbertson
Ida Kolsrud
Paint Creek
Willard Martin
Everett Waters
Earl Pay
Local Notables Listed Include Dignitaries from Waukon
The roster names Ton C. H. Dean A I Steffen Ben Ludeking Mrs Amelia Lee Mrs Ardis Brown Dell Rose and others representing Waukon in a community roll call.
Chicago Man Sees WPA CCC As Aid In Crime Control
Iowa sheriffs and county attorneys wrapped a three day convention with Municipal Judge John Gutknecht of Chicago arguing that the WPA and CCC aid crime prevention. He cited a 50 per cent drop in youth crime since 1933 and advocated non custodial treatment for first offenders. Hoover condemned "sob sisters" hindering police work.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
John Gutknecht
Ill
WPA
CCC
Gutknecht
Ilinois Reformatory
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
Fla
Iowa debate on independent motor vehicle department
Sidney J. Williams urged creating a separate Iowa motor vehicle or public safety department free from secretary of state control. He argued licensing and highway policing should be life saving, not clerical, and called for long-term appointed leadership free of partisan influence. Williams also supported broader safety patrol staffing and speed zoning.
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Ames
Iowa Motor Vehicle Or Public Safety Department
Secretary of State
Iowa State College
Sidney J. Williams
Chicago
National Safety Council
Williams
Motor Vehicle Department
Earl G. Miller
Miller
Iowa State Safety Council
Statehouse
Safety Council
Phil Sproul
Council
Iowa
Iowa Highway Safety Patrol
Beatrice Wilson Engaged to Carroll Halligan
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss Beatrice Wilson of Washington to Carroll Halligan of Muscatine. The couple plan to marry December 24 and reside in Muscatine, with Wilson as granddaughter of Mrs E F Riley of Crawfordsville.
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Washington
Beatrice Wilson
E. F. Riley
Crawfordsville
Carroll Halligan
Muscatine
Thomas Halligan
Lone Tree
Jackson Day Dinner in Iowa Seen as Harmony Gesture
Des Moines sources announce the Jackson Day dinner set for January 7 at the Democratic state headquarters in the Hotel Fort Des Moines with Gov. Kraschel as honorary chair. Ambrose O Connell will deliver the principal address and Donald A. McGuire acts as general manager.
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Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Nelson G. Kraschel
E. H. Birmingham
Kraschel
Birmingham
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Vincent F. Harrington
W. 5 S. Jacobson
National Committee
Hubert Utterback
Flora Cotton Etter
Sigourney
Mary Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Central Committee
Walter Bease
Davenport
Iowa Young Democrats
Democratic
Fort Des Moines
White Christmas Doubtful In Iowa
Des Moines AP reports no snow in the forecast as the ten day period before Christmas runs out. Mostly fair skies give way to increasing clouds Friday with temps around four above to seven below normal. Funeral services held in West Union for Mrs Milo Bissell 65 who died Dec 6 in Los Angeles survived by husband a son and a daughter plus siblings in Clermont and Hawkeye.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Omaha
Iowa Falls
West Union
Milo Bissell
Los Angeles
Calif
Bissell
Fayette County
California
B. O. Henderson
Clermont
R. A. Smith
Clara Foot
Hawktye
Yeager Proposes Flat Rate Truck License and Conservation Reform
Iowa Rep. W. A. Yeager unveils plans for a flat rate license to legalize 8,800 local truck operators and a three member full time state conservation commission. He also notes a third bill to repeal an exemption from the state loan for old age pensioners and to redirect usage tax revenue into the pension fund for federal matching.
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Des Moines
INS
W. A. Yeager
Spirit Lake
Tam
Yeager
Iowa arrests rise in game law violations
DES MOINES. The Iowa state conservation commission reported open seasons on game birds led to more violations with 215 arrests in November. The main offense was carrying firearms assembled and not properly encased in a motor vehicle on a public highway.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Rockwell City reformatory sees 1938 cost drop
Iowa audit reports net operating costs for the Rockwell City women's reformatory fell to $52,583.97 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938 from $74,041.66 the prior year. Salaries and maintenance for employees accounted for nearly half of 1938 costs. 1936 and 1935 figures are noted for context.
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Des Moines
Rockwell City
C. W. Storms
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