Bill to legalize liquor by the drink in Iowa under local option
A bill by Rep. Phil Roan to legalize liquor by the drink with local option was introduced in the Iowa House. It preserves state control of package sales, licenses hotel buffets clubs and private buffets under strict limits, zones cities, sets population based license caps, and assigns all revenue to city funds. The measure tightens hours, bans Sunday sales, and imposes substantial penalties and license revocation for violations.
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Iowa House of Representatives
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Fort Madison
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Liquor Commission
City General Fund
Spirit Lake girl confesses kidnaping hoax
Mérub Jean Warner a 14 year old Spirit Lake girl admitted a kidnaping hoax involving Bobby Dare, son of Frank and Mrs Dare, after a summer claim of abduction. She was ordered committed but later paroled to Dr Ruth Wolcott. The girl, sister of Mrs Dare, had lived with the family near Spirit Lake.
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Dare Garage
Cedar County Drives Flood Relief Funds Surpass Quota
Special to The Gazette Cedar County residents answer Red Cross flood relief appeal with no active canvass. Ray A. Potter reports the county quota has been exceeded 17 times as $975 moved from county HQs to Red Cross headquarters. West Branch sent 300 directly and Tipton students contributed 82.88 with Tipton total reaching 525.
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Cedar County
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West Branch
Tipton Consolidated School
Washington Civil War Veteran Dies in Iowa Home
William Dawson, Civil War veteran born May 2 1848 in Indiana, died at his Washington Iowa home Sunday night after moving to Brighton as a child. He served in the Eighth Iowa infantry at 17 for one year. Survived by children including Mrs. Joe Amrine, Arthur, Roy, James, Vernon, Rennie, Mrs. M P Crandall and Hazel. Funeral services Tuesday afternoon at Sherman chapel.
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William Dawson
Indiana
Brighton
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Backstage Iowa politics roils over football bill and commissions
The Iowa House weighs a bill forcing the University of Iowa to play Iowa State annually though the measure sits on the shelf. Two legislative alumni from each school planned to sponsor it, but both Iowa backers remain unfound. Meanwhile cabinet seats hinge on two highway commissioner vacancies, with Democrats Ditto and Hagemann potential replacements. Republican leaders fret over contest delays and $2000 spent on recounts as Sen Geske faces heat over a GOP filibuster sketch.
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Iowa
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Coon Rapids
Verne Wendel
Sioux City
O’brian
Alex Miller
Woodbury County
Fred P. Hagemann
Waverly
Ditto
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Senator Dee Kimberly Hires Secretary Amid Hair Question
Senator Dee Kimberly of Scott county told a hotel lobby group he has finally hired a secretary for the session. When asked if she is a blonde or brunette he admitted he did not know, noting the filled slate of 158 secretaries in the legislature has dulled senatorial perception.
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Scott County
Strawstack murder suspect held as inquiry widens
Clarence Gift, jailed in Warren county, is under investigation for the Carlisle strawstack murder near Des Moines. Deputy Sheriff Lewis Johnston and Des Moines detective captain Paul Castelline brought Gift from Salinas, California after his estranged wife reported threats. Gift allegedly claimed he killed a girl named Esther and burned her body in a strawstack. remains found Aug 10, 1925, on George Patterson farm near Carlisle. Identity of the victim remains unknown. Officials will proceed after county attorney and state bureau of investigation review.
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Clarence Gift
Carlisle
Warren County
Lewis Johnston
Paul Castelline
Des Moines
Gift
Salinas
Calif
Esther
George Patterson
Johnston
Tll
State Bureau of Investigation
Iowa lawmaker prompts shift to Iowa apples in cloakroom
In a surprising move, Committee Member Dean Peisen of Hardin County urged a stallholder to replace his Washington apples with an Iowa brand. Onlookers noted the rare public act by the Iowa house horticultural committee member.
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Dean Peisen
Hardin County
Peisen
Washington
Iowa
Kraschel Watches for Final Word on Possible Republican Contest
Kraschel stays watchful for confirmation of a potential Republican contest as political signals rise. Officials and observers await word on any challenge, with strategists weighing implications for party unity and upcoming votes.
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Kraschel
Hawaii motor vehicle tax take seen at $957000
Honolulu city treasurer David L. Conkling estimates Hawaii will collect a total of $957,000 in motor vehicle taxes for the year from about 36,000 registered cars. The average tax per car last year was $28.46.
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Hawaii
David L. Conkling
Bandit Gang Fails To Crack Safe In Denison
Three armed masked bandits bound Armour packing foreman Walter May at 2 30 a m in Denison Iowa and tried to crack the safe with a heavy charge but could not. May freed himself and alerted Nels Pearson who freed May further. Police and sheriff broadcast descriptions as the trio fled, one with a shotgun, one with a machine gun, and one with a revolver.
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Nels Pearson
Pearson
Iowa Fire Loss in 1936 Up Sharply
State Fire Marshal J Vin cent Pyle reported the 1936 Iowa fire toll at 6,551 fires causing 6,206,233 in losses, with 85 percent blamed on carelessness and rural fires accounting for about 60 percent. Drought and dry buildings drove damage, notably Remsen fireworks blaze at 395,000 and Mount Pleasant asylum at 200,000, while factory and commercial losses fell.
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J. Vincent Pyle
Remsen
Mount Pleasant
Three Vinton Men Escape Injury In Train Collision
In Vinton three men narrowly escaped injury when a Rock Island passenger train No 63 struck Adams car in the freight yards. Harry J. Adams Leland Mackie head of an implement firm and Walter Lee of Dysart were in the car looking at a tractor shipment. Mistaking the track, Adams could not move the auto in time and the locomotive sideswiped it, shearing off fenders and running boards on one side. All three men were unharmed.
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Dysart
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Traer Pioneer West Wilson 82 Dies
Mrs West Wilson 82 longtime Traer pioneer dies at home of daughter in Capron Illinois Funeral services were held Monday at Traer United Presbyterian Church Burial followed in Buckingham cemetery She was born Agnes McCormack in Scotland sister of Peter and Robert McCormack She married West Wilson brother of Tama Jim Wilson and the family farmed locally and at Goldfield later moving to Chicago where Mr Wilson operated in livestock trading He is survived by son Charles Wilson of Chicago and daughters Ruth Cleland of Capron and Margaret Wilson Turner of England author of The Able McLaughlins
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Utterback Herring Dispute Over Keller May Go To President
Washington report says a bitter feud between Senator Clyde L Herring and Iowa Democrat Hubert Utterback over George Keller as WPA state administrator may be taken to President Roosevelt for settlement. Keller was named by the President on Hopkins advice and awaits Senate committee review. Utterback arrived in Washington and denied talks with James A Farley about the matter.
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The Sun Among Naked-Eye Stars Size Mystery
The sun is actually among the smallest stars visible without a telescope, though it appears largest in our sky. It remains the dominant source of light and warmth for Earth despite its modest size compared with many distant stars.
Artist Paints Own Funeral at Carnegie Institute
A painting titled Burial by Theodore Van Soelen stirs debate at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. The work shows the artist’s funeral with a snowbound cemetery, mourners around an open grave, a priest officiating, and the coffin bearing the artist’s signature.
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INS
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Theodore van Soelen
St. Paul, Minn
Decorah Merchant Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary
John C. Hexom marks fifty years as a Decorah merchant after arriving in 1881 to clerk at C. N. Goddard. He and a brother started Hexom Brothers in 1887, later running alone, then adding his son as partner in 1910. The business shifted from groceries to hosiery in 1921.
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John C. Hexom
Glenwood Township
C. N. Goddard
Hexom Brothers
Ben Bear
Washington County American Legion elects commander
Dr. E. D. Miller of Wellman was elected commander of the Washington county American Legion post formed this weekend. Posts include Wellman Kalona Riverside Crawfordsville Brighton and Washington. Other officers named: vice commanders Guy Feldman A N Gardner Raymond Kessell J C Atkinson Harry Simpson. Adjutant treasurer Fred Downing chaplain Cloyce Stewart sergeant at arms Lattimer Davis historian Lou Clark district commander presided, with reps from nearby counties.
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Washington County
American Legion
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Riverside
Crawfordsville
Brighton
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A. N. Gardner
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