Two Men Held After Hamburg Bank Robbery Probe
Sidney Iowa AP report states two men are held for further investigation as suspects in the Hamburg State Bank robbery of over 1500 dollars. Witnesses identified one man as a masked bandit who cowed customers and workers. the other man named Wayne Jennings of Riverton, Iowa. The pair were apprehended on a seldom used road near a stolen car after deputies and local posse divided $1,391. They claimed the money was earnings from horse trading. A $100 bill was found in a cap of one suspect.
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Sidney, Ia
Hamburg
Theodore Payne
Denver
Ted Hodgins
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Wayne Jennings
Riverton
Watson
Redenbaugh
Sidney
One House Assembly Loses In Committee
DES MOINES AP The Iowa house move to trim the general assembly to a single house failed in committee when the constitutional amendments panel refused to advance the measure. Sponsored by Reps. LaMar Foster and A H Bornstetter the proposal was defeated 8 to 2 after a tense session.
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DES Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
General Assembly
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
LaMar Foster
Cedar
A. H. Bornstetter
Kossuth
Iowa City Woman and Newton Student to Debate War Weapons
Mary Parden of Iowa City and Gertrude Aitken of Newton will represent the University of Iowa in the season's first women's debate at Iowa City on February 12 against Missouri. The Iowa team will argue the affirmative on government monopolies for manufacturing and selling all combat instruments of war.
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Iowa City
Mary Parden
Gertrude Aitken
Newton
University of Iowa
University of Missouri
Iowa
Conesville Declamatory Contest Honor Winners Named
Conesville high school held Tuesday night declamatory contests in the school auditorium. Winners: Oratorical Glenn Calhoun. Dramatic Josephine Sprouse Barnadean Holladay De Etta Ab bott. Humorous Edythe Wolford Irene Cerny Jack Jean. Judge Supt Holt of Riverside. Virginia Stauffer was coach.
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Conesville
Conesville High School
Glenn Calhoun
Josephine Sprouse
Barnadean Holladay
de Etta Abbott
Edythe Wolford
Irene Cerny
Jack Jean
Supt. Holt
Riverside
Virginia Stauffer
Stormy Weather With Ice Threatens Iowa Roads
The forecast warns sleet snow and rain in Iowa as a low pressure system from Kansas moves in. Federal meteorologist Charles D Reed says unsettled weather will continue for an indefinite period with subzero temps not expected. Friday temperatures ranged from 20 to 25 degrees across the state, with Keokuk at 30 the high and Charles City and Davenport at 18 the low. Traces of precipitation were reported at Sioux City and Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Kansas
Reed
Keokuk
Charles City
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Army Officers Promoted in Roosevelt Plan
WASHINGTON AP Promotion of 65 marine corps captains to major and 125 first lieutenants to captains was approved Wednesday by President Roosevelt. Captains promoted to majors include Harold C. Major of Ames Iowa and first lieutenants promoted to captain include Paul A. Putnam of Washington Iowa Eu Russell N Jordahl of Monona Iowa.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Harold C. Major
Ames
Paul A. Putnam
Washington, Ia
EU Russell N. Jordahl
Monona
Iowa House Votes To Jacket Pages For Dignity
In Des Moines the Iowa House approved a measure to clothe its twelve pages in jackets at a cost not exceeding five dollars per page. Debate featured Rep Stimpson urging dignity, while Rep Smith mocked uniforms with Gandhi reference and lobbyist jackets, and Rep Putnam arguing time wasted.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Thomas Stimpson
Jones County
C. Colfax Smith
Gandhi
Rep. Bowers
Rep. Lookingbill
Rep. Putnam
More Rulings Made On State Income Returns
Des Moines AP. Iowa board of assessment and review chair Ray Murphy announced new rulings on state income taxes. Finance charges are not deductible from gross income. pension plan employee contributions to cooperative plans are not deductible. profits from out of state farms or real estate owned by Iowa residents are taxable with losses deductible. mileage based railroad pay earned in other states taxed. union dues deductible if exact amount is defined. federal tax on bank checks and clearing house expenses deductible if not mixed with personal expenses.
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DES Moines
Ray Murphy
State Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa
Iowa Railroad
Murphy
Gallagher Deplores Des Moines Night Club Conditions
Rep J P Gallagher of Iowa county condemned Des Moines night clubs after touring eight with a police marshal. He found no intoxicated patrons but noted bedrooms attached to several venues and a bedroom door wallpapered as a blind. He warned that clubs fill with youngsters after school lets out and urged families to act.
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Des Moines
INS
J. P. Gallagher
Iowa County
Gallagher
Veteran Minister D. M. Yetter Dies at 82 in Chicago
The Rev. D. M. Yetter aged 82 and a 25 year pastor at First Methodist Hutchinson Kansas died in a Chicago hospital after a long illness. He was born in West Branch Iowa and ordained in 1895. He is survived by his widow four daughters and one son.
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Chicago
D. M. Yetter
First Methodist Church
Hutchinson
Kan
Mr. Yetter
West Branch
Benton Physicians Reject Linn County Indigent Plan
Benton county physicians rejected the Linn County style medical aid plan for indigents. They cited insufficient trial data and inapplicability to rural Benton, preferring Dr. Snitkay’s earlier plan with higher pay and allowances. The board will summon physicians again after reviewing other counties.
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Benton
Linn County
Vinton
Benton County
Board of Supervisors
T. L. Chadbourne
J. C. Snitkay
Belle Plaine
Globe Theater Players to Appear at Cornell College
Globe Theater Players, a twenty six member Shakespearean troupe directed by Thomas Wood Stevens, will perform Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night at Cornell College on February 14 in the Cornell chapel with the Elizabethan stage design.
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Mount Vernon
Globe Theater Players
Cornell College
Globe Players
Ap Century of Progress
Chicago
Thomas Wood Stevens
Cornell Chapel
Liquor Store To Open At McGregor
Arrangements for the opening of a state liquor store in McGregor were completed after a lease was arranged via wireless contact with Logan Blizzard, owner of the store quarters, who is set to voyage on the Pacific. Rep. Ray Cowin expects opening within thirty days. Clarence Lubkemann, 75, died at his home. He was born April 25, 1860 in Estorf Germany and married Sophia Sonnemaker in 1893. Surviving are two children Lena Backhaus and Louis. The family came to America in 1906. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the family home with burial in the German Evangelical cemetery.
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Mcgregor
Logan Blizzard
Pacific Ocean
Ray Cowin
Clarence
Louis Lubkemann
Mr. Lubkemann
Estorf
Germany
Ernest Lubkemann
Sophia Sonnemaker
Lena Backhaus
Wheatland
Louis
Lubkemann
Drummond Harness
K. Fauth
Wartburg College controversy to be probed by commission
A special commission of three vice presidents and nine church trustees will investigate Wartburg college at Clinton after a request by 300 Lutheran pastors. The probe aims to settle the Waverly convention dispute, with a moratorium on further action until conclusions.
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S. J. Altpeter
Peoria
Ill
J. H. Prange
Oak Lawn
Board of Regents
Wartburg College
Otto L. Proehl
Waverly
Clarence Eller
Oelwein
William B. Bartels
Chicago
Merritt L. Bomhoff
Independence
Alfred Wittman
Vinton Legion Units To Entertain Feb. 11
Vinton hosts a Legion and Auxiliary party on Monday Feb. 11 with guests from Tama Black Hawk Grundy Marshal and Benton counties. Dinner at 6 30 will be by the Vinton auxiliary followed by music from the Cleary orchestra and speeches by W C Rathke Clare Cullison B F Lieberding and Magnus Gunderson. Those who do not dance will be entertained in the Legion hall and a dance will be held in the firemen's hall afterwards.
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Vinton
George G. Luckey Post
American Legion
Legionaires
Tama
Black Hawk
Grundy
Marshal
Benton
Vinton Auxiliary
Cleary Orchestra
W. C. Rathke
Glenwood
Clare Cullison
Dike
B. F. Lieberding
Grundy Center
Magnus Gunderson
Norway
Benton County
Legion Hall
Firemen's Hall
Millions Of Fish Rescued In Iowa Report
Iowa officials released a biennial report detailing more than 1,500,000 fish removed from the Mississippi for stock in inland waters during 1933 and 1934. It notes 80 million game fish restored to the river, 1,890,000 pounds of rough fish removed with 432,000 pounds donated to relief groups, and new artificial taxes developed along with lake and stream improvements. Bird populations rose despite bad weather, and 583,000 acres in 180 game management areas were identified by year end 1934. The fur industry recorded income of $615,688.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
State Fish and Game Commission
Mississippi River
Iowa
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