Counterfeit ring halted as six arrested in Davenport
Federal agents crackdown ends in Davenport with the arrest of Rush H. Hobbs Carl K Frickel Dorothy Lee Mazie O Neil alias Gene Ward and two others. A pocketed bag held counterfeit five dollar bills and a dismantled .22 rifle plus narcotics were found in the suspects car. Authorities believe the quartet operated in multiple midwestern cities and have been in the tri cities for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Middle West
Rush H. Hobbs
Carl K. Frickel
Dorothy Lee
Mazie O'Neil
Gene Ward
Clinton Schultz
Jimmie Short
Harlan
Joe O'Neil
O’neil
Schultz
Federal
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Tri-Cities
Minnesota
Rock Island
Towa NRA Office Closed As State Survey Is Finished
The Towa NRA office in Des Moines shut down after months of operation following the NRA invalidation by the Supreme Court. J. J. Hughes, director of the national emergency council, says most staff including five field men and a stenographer have been discharged by Washington order, leaving only Kenneth H. Dame and a secretary. Dame will close the NRA’s Iowa work and may be reassigned, possibly to the national emergency council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Towa
NRA
Supreme Court
J. J. Hughes
National Emergency Council
Kenneth H. Dame
Washington
Dame
Iowa
Marquette Woodmen circle elects local officers list
The Marquette chapter of the Woodmen circle elected officers led by Past guardian Minnie Cole and guardian Ella Whalen. Other posts include advisor Jessie Everhart and financial secretary Emma Schott with Marion Henthorn as banker and Emma Schott as junior supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Woodman Circle
Minnie Cole
Guardian
Ella Whalen
Jessie Everhart
Emma Schott
Marion Henthorn
Ina Ferris
Rose Schott
Leota Walker
Laura Schott
Mable Cardin
Inner Sentinel
Mame Ross
Outer Sentinel
Mame Sawyer
Dorothy Blackmar
Funeral services for Mark A Randall held in Solon
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Solon for Mark Anthony Randall 63 manager of the Solon Telephone company who died Sunday. He previously operated a general store served as town treasurer and treasurer of the school district. Masonic services were held at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Mark Anthony Randall
Solon Telephone Company
Seven Rescued From Keokuk Apartment Fire
Seven residents in night clothing were rescued from a Keokuk apartment building at 3 am as flames gutted the three story structure. An 89 year old woman and two others were saved from a front porch, four others including an infant from a rear porch. One man received treatment for frozen feet. The fire destroyed the building once owned by General Kilbourne and remodeled into seven apartments. Loss was initially estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Keokuk
General Kilbourne
St. Jad
Roy Steffens
Anamosa Woman Mrs Bunce Dies at 76
Mrs Lomeda Catherine Bunce 76 of Anamosa died at her daughter Mrs Alice May's home. Born near Morley Sept 21 1859 she is survived by Ernest E Bunce of Cedar Rapids Reginald A Bunce of Peoria and seven grandchildren. Husband Jasper A Bunce and an infant daughter preceded her. Funeral 1:30 p m Thursday at the Methodist church with burial in Green cemetery.
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Anamosa
Lomeda Catherine Bunce
Alice May
Morley
Ernest E. Bunce
Cedar Rapids
Reginald A. Bunce
Peoria
Jasper A. Bunce
Methodist Church
Green Cemetery
Agnes Adam reelected manager of Clutier Farmers Mutual Tel
Agnes Adam was re elected for a sixth year as manager of the Clutier Farmers Mutual Telephone company at the annual meeting. Her salary rose from 2 50 to 2 75 per phone with only one bidder, Mrs Wal ter Johnson of Vining. Adam will be assisted by her son Melvin in the exchange. John A Parizek was re elected president, Fred J Kupka retained as secretary, Charles Petra named vice president and Kenneth Unticolt treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Kupka
Charles Petra
Kenneth Unticolt
Herring says Omaha Council Bluffs bridge will be built
Gov Clyde Herring returns to Des Moines with assurance from Washington that the $1,000,000 free bridge for Omaha Council Bluffs may proceed. Soundings will fix depth, funds rerouted from Pottawattamie County and Omaha Douglas County. He notes Roosevelt supports the project and opposes no social security hurdle.
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Des Moines
INS
Omaha Council Bluffs
Clyde Herring
Chicago
Roy Cochran
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Highway Commission
Herring
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
Omaha
Douglas County
Promoters Say Bridge Financing Cleared for Farnam Street Span
The Missouri river bridge at Farnam street cleared a major hurdle as bridge trustees approved assigning the financing contract to the Allison Williams Co of Minneapolis. The firm will take 2.5 million in bonds at 86 when issued, yielding 5 percent instead of the planned 6. Elmer Williams of Allison Williams attended and posted a $25,000 bond on the agreement.
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Omaha
Missouri River
Farnam Street
Allison-Williams Co
Minneapolis
Laurer and Co
Cedar Rapids
Two Die In Logansport Crash Into Bridge Abutment
In Logansport Indiana Cecil Bishop twenty from New London Indiana died in hospital Monday after an accident east of Monticello when a truck struck an overhead railroad bridge abutment. Newton Kimmitt twenty four of Burlington Iowa died Saturday. Lloyd Hennesee twenty seven of Burlington was treated and released from the hospital.
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Logansport
Ind
Cecil Bishop
New London
Moniday
Monticello
Newton Kimmitt
Burlington
Lloyd Hennesee
Funeral for John A. Pauley in Harrison Township
John A. Pauley 76 died at his Harrison township home after years of illness. Funeral at Prairie Creek church Thursday 1:30 p.m. with Rev. S. D. Noah of Des Moines. Burial in Urbana cemetery. Born December 11, 1859 in Indiana he moved to Benton county in 1868 and married Etta L. Childs on March 17, 1886. Survived by widow four children Ada William Stanley four grandchildren a brother Ernest Pauley and a sister Mrs. Anna Wilson.
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Vinton
John A. Pauley
Harrison Township
Prairie Creek
S. D. Noah
Des Moines
Urbana
Mr. Pauley
Indiana
William W. Pauley
Benton County
Polk Township
Etta L. Childs
St. James
Minn
Iowa Officials Wish List for Santa in 1935
A Des Moines United Press roundup lists Iowa officials and their humorous year end gift ideas from a strip of Iowa to foretell winds to more corn and fewer chinch bugs. Names include Gov Clyde L Herring Lieut Gov Nelson Kraschel and others proposing new safety devices pay raises and budget fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
California
Charles Storms
Leo Wegman
Ray Murray
Iowa in Brief relates marriages and obituaries across towns
Miss Wanda Bennett and Charles Rexroth wed in Muscatine with attendants from Columbus Junction. Florence Hale, 72, buried in Evergreen after heart illness. Lou Hartman and Gene Davison case in Tipton district court ends with Davison released on bond. Mrs. John Trimpe dies after abdominal operation near Williamsburg. St Marys church hosts Christmas Masses in Riverside. Keystone hosts community Christmas, then Clutier elects C B J lodge officers. Mt Auburn street lights added after purchase by Town Electric.
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Columbus Junction
Wanda Bennett
James L. Bennett
Charles Desmond Rexroth
Reuben Rexroth
Grandview
Lawrence J. Perigo
Muscatine
Joseph Boyd
Neodesha
Iowa Income Tax Returns Increase Despite Fewer Filers
Internal Revenue data show Iowa individual income taxes on 1933 earnings rose for the third straight year though total returns fell. The report lists counts of earners by brackets from under 4 000 to 150 000, with 40 329 returns reporting net income of 96 835 681 and taxes of 1 441 695. Estate taxes totaled 195 000 from estates of 17 995 000. The average tax per return was 35.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue Collector
Iowa
Helvering
Unwise To Close Schools To Stop Minor Epidemics
Des Moines AP reports Dr. Walter L. Bierring the state health commissioner says closing schools to forestall minor epidemics is unwise and should be avoided. He cites no drop in illnesses after Christmas break and notes exposure outside school may be as likely. Mumps led the week with 210 cases, mainly in Boone and Black Hawk counties. chickenpox 197 and scarlet fever 184 follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
Boone
Black Hawk
Special Coaches Transport Chicago Cornellians Home
Mount Vernon welcomed 151 Cornell undergraduates from Chicago and nearby areas who traveled in two special Northwestern coaches and a third overflow car bound for Christmas break. Classes resume Jan 8. Arctic weather forced more students to rail travel. The group included about 36 percent of Cornell’s Mount Vernon male students with Oak Park contributing many travelers.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Chicago
North Western
Illinois
Funeral services for Herbert L. Bunker in Tipton
Herbert Lee Bunker died in a Sunday night auto accident. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at his parents home with Rev. R C Jerrell of the M E church officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic cemetery. He was born August 30 1903 in Tipton and is survived by his wife three daughters Betty Jane 13 JoAnn 8 and Delores 4 his parents a sister Miss Bertha Bunker and brother Raymond.
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Tipton
Herbert Lee Bunker
R. C. Jerrell
M. E. Church
Masonic Cemetery
Mr. Bunker
Betty Jane
JoAnn
Delores
P. O. Bunker
Bertha Bunker
Raymond
Maquoketa Council Cuts Electricity Rates as Gift
Maquoketa council adopts two cent per kilowatt hour rate reduction with a tiered residential structure and broader applies to commercial uses. City expects about 4350 annual loss in revenue but anticipates higher consumption at lower rates. also to address radio interference and loudspeaker issues.
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Maquoketa
J. G. Thorne
United States
Montour Woman Takes Own Life at Home
Mrs Belle Smith, 56, hanged herself with a bath towel to a rafter at her Montour home Monday night. Found at 7 a.m. by her sister in law. Despondency over her husband’s death two weeks earlier after an operation believed to be the cause. Born and reared in Tama county. married in 1924.
Car Accident Fatal to West Union Man
Leo Wiltgen age 47 of West Union died at 6 am Tuesday from injuries after a car he drove failed to negotiate the Ruckdaschel curve on primary 18 in southeast Postville, left the highway and struck a tree. L W Hughbanks 44 suffered a skull fracture and is in critical condition. Two passengers Charles Kelsey and Grant Daniels escaped with minor injuries. Wiltgen was driving a rented car carrying the Hughbanks orchestra members from Marquette after a dance.
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West Union
Leo Wiltgen
Postville
L. W.hughbanks
Charles Kelsey
Grant Daniels
Wittgen
Hughbanks Orchestra
Marquette
Roast 875 Pounds Turkey For Dinner At Vets Hospital
Christmas at the Veterans hospital will be bright this year as Dr. OQ C Wilhite announces a program. After services, gifts will be given to patients and a large turkey dinner is planned for about 850 patients and 250 staff with 875 pounds of roast turkey and extensive sides. A movie will follow in the afternoon.
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Knoxville
Veterans’ Hospital
OQ. C. Wilhite
Veterans’ Administration
State Legion Auxiliary
Wheatland Acts To Stop Infantile Paralysis Spread
A ten day ban on public gatherings of children was ordered by Wheatland authorities to prevent infantile paralysis. Parents were urged to keep children home as Christmas services were canceled. Two cases in Spring Rock town ship include Donald Riemers 14 who died en route to Iowa City and Harold Riemers and Virgil Tinnen remain ill or under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland
Alfred Ronald
Board of ‘Health
Carl Jordan
State, Health, Department
Presbyterian
St. Paul's Reformed
Spring Rock
Donald Riemers
Walter Riemers
Iowa City
Harold
Virgil Tinnen
William Tinnen
Miss Minna Hansen Leads Wisconsin Teachers College Group
Miss Minna Hansen senior of Wisconsin State Teachers college Eau Claire arrives with five female students. After visiting her parents Mr and Mrs John Hansen, the group chaperoned by Hansen leaves by auto for a field trip to New Orleans.
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Wyoming
Minna Hansen
Wisconsin State Teachers College
Eau Claire
Miss Hansen
John Hansen
New Orleans
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Middlewest
Towa Nra
Mark A. Randall
Jasper Bunce
Minnesota Envelope Co
Highway Board
Robert LA Blonde
Charles Murtagh
Edward L. O'Connor
Agnes Samuelson
Lew Wallace
D. W. Bates
Walter Bierring
L. J. Dickinson
White House
Bernard E. Manley
Liquor Commission
Glenn Schmidt
Bureau of Investigation
James Zrostick
Paul Gruber
Maurice Denning
George Church
Tabor
Edwin H. Birmingham
Santa
Carl Cook
John K. Valentine
Tax Board
L. S. Hill
WPA
P. F. Hopkins
PWA
Pryor
J. C. Lewis
State Federation of Labor
Byron Allen
Gustave Alesch
Statehouse
United Press
Iowa News
Winton
William Ward
Florence Hale
Byron Likens
Will Ward
C. C. Miller
Plainwell
Mich
William Hale
Major W. A. Hale
Moscow
Idaho
Belle Summerville
Parsons
Kan
Hale
Lou Hartman
Gene Davison
Davison
B. J. Maxwell
Williamsburg
John Trimpe
George
Anna Steinke
York Township
St. John’s Church
Iowa Township
Glenna
Bentina
Roma
Ruby
Lloyd
Herman Ahrens
Anita
Serena Steinke
William Ficken
Rudolph Steinke
York
Township
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Albert Bostilmann
Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Riverside
St. Mary’s Church
Bernadine Veggy
John Gase
E. E. Blythe
Margaret Jane Griffin
Estelle Critz
Strawberry Point
Ladies Catholic Circle of
St. Mary
Patrick Cassidy
Ernest Moser
Jack Schmitz
Frank Quinlan
Wapello
Albert Frank Reed
Louisa County
Guthrie Center
Denver
Colo
Buffalo Bill
Teddy Roosevelt
Nelson
Caroline Reed
Henrietta Hutchison
Bertha Frank
Boise
Ida
Arthur M. Reed
Eldora
Anna Foss
Ida Argyle
Scott Pullin
Howard Argyle
Elizabeth Snyder
Almeda Buell
Fruitland
Silas Reed
Masonic Lodge
Methodist
Blackhawk Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Keystone
American Legion and Auxiliary
Bella Scheer
Santa Clause
Cornellians
Bokorney
Eighth Street SE
Dial
MNE
Heartiely
J.C. Penney CO
G. O. P. Chairman
Town Daily Press
Glenwood
Pressey Frank
Waterloo
Montour
Vets’ Hospital
Merry Christmas
Harper’s Auto
Fifth Avenue
United State Bank
Sixteenth Avenue and
C Street
S.W
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