Beer Statute To Be Enforced On New Year Eve
Iowa officials pledge strict enforcement for New Year celebrations with beer sales stopping at midnight in Des Moines and Polk County. Dancing may see a brief extension, while hotels and venues plan late parties and private gatherings, underscoring a first Saturday New Year since repeal.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
Henry HasBrouck
Charles Keeling
Davenport
Illinois
Mississippi River
Mason City
Clarence Voters to Decide on Light Franchise
Clarence voters will go to the polls January 25 to act on an ordinance granting the Iowa Electric Light and Power company of Cedar Rapids a 25 year franchise to supply Clarence with electricity. Clarence at present operates a local plant.
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Clarence
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
Ruling Casts Doubt On Des Moines Tax Payments Of 1938
The Iowa supreme court reversed a Polk county district court ruling on 1937 Des Moines property valuations. It upheld the board of assessment and review and questioned the legality of the 1938 tax collection under the district plan. The decision casts doubt on whether previously paid taxes must be refunded.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Polk County District Court
Board of Assessment
Board of Assessment and Review
District Court
Supreme Court
Iowa to Seek 250000 Advertising Campaign for State
A seven member Iowa committee approved a plan to propose a $250,000 state appropriation to fund a two year advertising campaign. The effort aims to recruit factories boost product use and attract tourists with a 3 000 to 5 000 square foot indoor exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair featuring a farm color movie an illustrated map and a mural from Grant Wood.
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DES Moines
Iowa
C. W. Gifford
David Lennox
Marshalltown
C. P. Sterrett
Newton
George A. Morrell
Ottumwa
C. A. Baumgart
Waukon Couple to Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hanson of Waukon mark their 50th anniversary with a New Year’s Day family reunion and dinner. They wed January 4 1889 at West Point Creek Lutheran church and have ten living children: Albert E Herman Arthur Alfred Hanson Emma Jones George Kerr Mabel Hanson Melvin Hanson Olaf Hanson and Bertha Jacobson was their maiden name.
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Waukon
Martin Hanson
West Point Creek Lutheran Church
Albert E
Herman
Arthur
Alfred Hanson
Emma Jones
George Kerr
Frankville
Mabel Hanson
Executrix Appointed for Lillian M Waddington Estate
Harle A. Russell is named executrix of the Linn County Iowa estate of Lillian M Waddington dated December 30 1934. Creditors must promptly settle debts and file claims with Linn County District Court through attorney Deacon Sargent and Spangler.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Lillian M Waddington
Heale
Harle A. Russell
Deacon
Sargent and Spangler
Hattery faces political fight after stepping down
John Hattery announces retirement as Iowa highway patrol chief and plans to return to Nevada Iowa to start a law practice and oversee the Story County Loan and Abstract Co He objects to serving under Earl Miller and vows to keep patrol free of political interference amid leadership changes including E A Conley being named acting chief.
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Des Moines
John Hattery
Iowa State Highway Patrol
Nevada
Story County Loan and Abstract Company
Earl G. Miller
Hattery
Executive Council
Miller
Tom Pettit
E. A. Conley
Marshalltown
Conley
Highway Patrol
Alex Miller
Story County
Ane
Iowa City News Briefs from The Gazette
Judge Harold D Evans suspended George Reichardt's license after a guilty plea for driving while intoxicated. Johnson county supervisors wind up 1938 business as Earl Webster replaces Charles Lacina. Lyle Matt is in serious condition after a Cedar Rapids area coasting accident with a fractured skull. operation unlikely. New Masonic Lodge officers will be installed by O L Rogers. Seal Wind-Up Day designated for January 11 to speed payment of Christmas seals for tuberculosis efforts.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
George Reichardt
John A. Schneider
Johnson County Tuberculosis Association
Schneider
Johnson, County Board of Supervisors
Earl Webster
Charles Lacina
Lyle Matt
University Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Tama Woman Cora Mahnke Dies at 78 In TamaMarsh Hospital
Mrs Cora Mahnke 78 well known Tama woman died Friday in a hospital at Marshalltown where she had been for six weeks for treatment of a fractured hip. She lived four miles south of Tama then moved to Tama in 1920. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Harrison Funeral home. Burial Oak Hill cemetery.
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Cora B. Mahnke
Marshalltown
Cora Belle Halstead
Nathaniel and
Rachael Miller Halstead
Canton
Ill
Buchanan County
Thomas
Everett
Squire F. Carpenter
Carpenter
Paul Mahnke
Mahnke
Christian Church
Floy Schroeder
Cedar Rapids
Orien
Mark A
Lawrence E. Carpenter
Julia Ogden
Weeping Water
Neb
Harrison Funeral Home
H. A. Crumb
Oak Hill Cemetery
Aurora
Madison
Fred Canfield
Anoka
Minn
A. G. Canfield
Lamont
Clive
Asel
Minneapolis
Charles
Waterloo
Walter
LA Porte City
Israel Schubert
St. Francis Hospital
Estherville
Dan Brennan
Montezuma
Neola Arlene Stanley
Ethel Lester
Raymond Bull
Lewis Bull
la Plata
Victor
Doris Caskey
Keswick
Leonard Hanchett
North English
Thomas Hill
Receivership Sale Proposed for Cedar Rapids Bank Trust Real Estate
In Linn County District Court Iowa the State as receiver of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank seeks authority to sell extensive Cedar Rapids real estate for 12000 cash with lease to be assigned. Hearing set 9:00 AM January 32 1939 at Cedar Rapids Court House. stockholders creditors and interested parties urged to appear and show cause.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn
D. W. Bates
State of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
District Court
Linn County
State of
Uth
C. R. I. and P. Railroad Company
Nebergall Named Chief State Agent in Iowa Bureau
Attorney General-elect Fred Everett Satur day announced the appointment of R. W. Nebergall former Story county sheriff as chief of the Iowa bureau of criminal investigation. Nebergall 46 has fingerprint and identification expertise and was Story county sheriff 1922 to 1930.
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Des Moines
Fred Everett
R. W. Nebergall
Story County
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Nebergall
John Hammill
Dan Turner
W. W. Akers
Akers
John H. Mitchell
Pittsburgh
University of Iowa
Peace Officers
Iowa Sheriff
Iowa Sheriffs’ Association
International Association of Identification
Marshalltown
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Bureau of Investigation
Mitchell
Iowa
Nall Heads Iowa City Chamber Of Commerce
Vern W. Nall was elected president of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce for 1939 at the annual board meeting. Leland Nagle was named vice president and W T Hageboeck treasurer for a second year. New directors Wilbur D. Cannon J G Gartner Harold L Hands Leland Nagle Delmer Sample M R Petersen join retiring members plus holding directors Prof Elmer Hills Emmett C Gardner W T Hageboeck Dr H R Jenkinson Joan Nash and Vern Nall.
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Iowa City
Vern W. Nall
Elmer Hills
Emmett C. Gardner
W. T. Hageboeck
H. R. Jenkinson
Joan Nash
Vern Nall
L. D Wareham
Lyman Burdick
C. O. Ingersoll
George Haskell
Roland Smith
Bill Hart
Lutheran Ladies Aid elects officers at Luana meeting
The Lutheran Ladies Aid society held its annual meeting at Mrs. W. W. Zieman's home. Officers elected include President Eldo Schrader Vice President Charles Schutte Secretary Henry W. Schultz and Treasurer Arthur H. Berg.
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Luana
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
W. W. Zieman
Eldo Schrader
Charles Schutte
Henry W. Schultz
Arthur H. Berg
Twins Not Held In Mystery Death Of Man Under Auto
Des Moines coroner A. E. Shaw said no charges would be filed against 21 year old twin brothers Joe and James McCarthy in the death of C. J. Nelson whose body was found entangled in the undercarriage of the twins automobile. Investigators found no evidence of criminal liability though the cause of Nelson's death remains undetermined.
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Des Moines
A. E. Shaw
Joe
James McCarthy
C. J. Nelson
Runnells
McCarthy’s
Nelson
Fred Ford Named Dairy Inspector
Fred Ford of Shellsburg is appointed dairy and food inspector for Benton Linn Iowa and Johnson counties. Mark G Thornburg secretary elect of agriculture announced Saturday.
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Des Moines
Fred Ford
Shellsburg
Benton
Linn
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Mark G. Thornburg
Deputy Fire Marshal Finishes Tipton Fire Probe
Deputy State Fire Marshal O Malley completed the Tipton investigation into the Miller building and Standard Appliance store fire. He returned to Des Moines without indicating planned action and officials said no evidence of law violation was found.
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The
Gazette
Tipton
Standard
O'Malley
Des Moines
Manchester Man Holds Perfect Cribbage Hand
Charles Kim port a Manchester plumber held a perfect cribbage hand at the Nella hotel Friday night. He drew three fives and a missing club after his partner cut the deck, with Louis D Romine and deputy witnesses Carl Anderson and George Clemans observing.
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Gazette
Manchester
Charles Kimport
Nella
Kimport
Louis D Romine
Oregon
Tfl
Carl Anderson
George Clemans
Notice of Will Probating for Bohumlin Vanicky
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear a petition to admit the Last Will and Testament of Bohumlin Vanicky into probate. The hearing is set for January 7, 1939 at 9 oclock. Edwin W. Lundquist Clerk. Jos Mekota attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Sss
District Court
Bohumlln Vanicky
Cedar Rapids
Towa
EDWIN W._LUNDQUIST
Jos, Mekota
Mercury to Drop as 1939 Enters Des Moines
AP reports a cold New Year in Iowa with temperatures from ten above in the south to five below zero in the northeast as 1939 begins. Dubuque logged 14 above Friday night, Omaha reached 32 at the day’s high, and the forecast calls for a warming trend with clouds and a chance of snow by Monday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sigourney Teacher Wins $325 Damages
Sigourney high school music instructor Ruth Pascoe was awarded $325 by a jury after a 15 hour trial. The case arose from a July 1 automobile collision near Oskaloosa in which both cars were wrecked and occupants injured. Emery Shadley sued Pascoe for $2,500 while she countersued for $5,000.
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Sigourney
Ruth Pascoe
Emery Shadley
Oskaloosa
Shadley
Miss Pascoe
Amendments to Cedar Rape ds Gas Company Articles of Incorporation
Notice dated December 29 1938 announces amendments to the Articles of Incorporation. It adds section 8 permitting the company to aid or guarantee debts of related entities while restricting underwriting or marketing of public utility securities. It also revises Article V to set a board of directors between three and ten members elected annually with vacancy appointments allowed. Signed by H B Munsell Vice President L H Heinke Secretary and Don Barnes General Counsel.
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Cedar Rapeds Gas Company
H. B
Munsell
L. H., Heinke
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