Blizzard Deepens Iowa Coal Shortage Amid Blizzards
The Iowa coal shortage worsened as a major blizzard halted production at three large mines including Great Western at Orilla and Norwood-White No 8 at Herrold. Roads became impassable, trains stalled, and towns like Audubon Radcliffe Yale and Arnolds Park faced isolation with dwindling fuel. Home heat became a scarce resource as schools and churches closed and communities sought aid.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Mine
Board of Mine Examiners
Great Western
Orilla
Norwood-White No
Herrold
Shuler
United Mine Workers of America
Iowa brief notes on accidents and community events
Rudolph Simon recovers at his parents home after a forty foot fall in a hay mow injuring his jaw and teeth. A Chelsea declamatory contest lists eight entrants. Hopkinton crews clear 1.5 miles of road between Hopkinton and Buck Creek. Anamosa store sale to Jones County Maytag group announced. Greeley mail service adds assistants and a doctor returns to town. Plus court fines in Winton, memorials in La Porte City, and multiple obituaries and local notices across Independence Manchester Columbus Junction and surrounding towns.
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Riverside
Rudolph Simon
Edward Simon
Chelsea
Louis Fetter
Paul Poduska
Mildred Graham
Dorothea Boyer
Charles Boyer
Rufus Willey
Hopkinton
Buck Creek
Thelma
Alice Pilgrim
Alice
Manchester
James Carey
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
L.A. Downs
Carey
New Orleans
Columbus Junction
James Rice
Grand
Justice of the Peace
E. H. Weigner
Desmond Kulp
Rice
M. Hunter
Wapello
Postville
Robert Burling
Louis Hill
Harold Meland
Maurice Neverman
Roland Peterson
Ekileen Chamberlain
Shirley Mae Huebner
Howard Humphrey
Jean Kel
Columbus High School
Barnes
University of Iowa
Jack Huston
Billie Gilkey
Ruth Weber
Dorothy Weber
Craig Huston
Marie Rees
Wyman
Marengo
Chorus and Band to Attend Iowa City Music Conference
A chorus of 100 voices and a 90 piece band will take part in the University of Iowa music conference in Iowa City on February 21 and 22. Noble Cain of NBC will conduct the chorus. The band will be drawn from 45 Iowa high schools and William Revelli of the University of Michigan will direct the band for a May state festival demonstration.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Noble Cain
National Broadcasting Company
Iowa
William Revelli
University of Michigan
Death of Local Farmer Albert Gat at 47 After Long Illness
Albert Carl Gat zke, a farmer living near here, died early Saturday following a prolonged illness. He was 47 years old. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Atalissa
Albert Carl Gatzke
Here
Hale Receives First Food Shipment After Nine Day Shortage
Hale in Jones County welcomed a food shipment Friday ending a nine day shortage as residents swarmed Mrs Roy C Rummell s general store to buy staples coffee sugar and other essentials. Lard remained unavailable and railroad freight remained disrupted by the blizzard and impassable roads.
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The
Gazette
Hale
Jones County
Roy C. Rummell
Milwaukee Railroad
Conesville Faces Fuel Shortage With Wood Substitution
Conesville is running low on coal with no rail deliveries in over a week. Local dealer J Kelly McKee sold the last carload and could not buy coal or reserve for himself, buying some for personal use in a nearby town. Wood was finally obtained Thursday after road crews fetched timber by bobsleds. Churches cancel Sunday services due to the shortage and out of town coal was trucked to the school.
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Conesville
J. Kelly McKee
Terry
Vernon
Wilds
Desert
Terri
Galahad
Socrates
S. U. S. Law Students To Try Their First Cases
Iowa City University of Iowa senior law students will try their first cases in practice court work with real courtroom conditions this semester. Professor Mason Ladd announced two court sessions weekly for the rest of the term. Lectures on fingerprint and handwriting tests x ray evidence cross examination and juvenile court procedure will supplement the mock trials.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Mason Ladd
The
University Law College
Fifty five groups sign up for state play contest at Iowa University
The University of Iowa hosts its eleventh annual state play production festival with a record number of casts entered. Entries span Community groups, high schools, and junior colleges, split into two sections for March events in Iowa City and surrounding locations.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Community
Des Moines
West Liberty
Burlington
Independence
Elkader
Red Oak
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Davenport
Ida Grove
Clinton
Corning
Fort Madison
Franklin of Cedar Rapids
Webster City
Muscatine
Newton
West Union
Nevada
Wilson
Marengo
Audubon
Anamosa
Ogden
Onawa
Rockwell City
Valley Junction
Hampton
Waverly
Missouri
Valley
Britt
Sack City
Lone Tree
Lisbon
Douds
North English
Ackley
Aplington
Oxford
Tipton
Graceland
Methodist Conference to Be Held at Anamosa
One hundred ministers are expected in Anamosa for the joint district conference of the Methodist church. Dr. Glenn Rowley will preside Tuesday morning with Dr. T. E. Gough and Dr. E. G. Wells delivering the sermon. Afternoon talks by Dr. A. W. Henke explore What Are We Thinking and The Consumers Co operative Movement. Wednesday features Rev Blaine Hyten on Bible exposition and Dr Pace of Hamline University on a forum. Dr A R King of Cornell College speaks with a musical prelude by Cornell students.
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Carette
Anamosa
The
Methodist Church
Glenn Rowley
T. E. Gough
Mount Vernon
E. G. Wells
Trinity Church
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Henke
Consumers' Co-operative Movement
Blaine Hyten
Pace
Hamline University
A. R. King
Cornell College
Cornell
Waukon Couple Celebrates Fifty-One Years of Marriage
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Van Nice of Waukon mark their fifty-first anniversary on Monday. He served 36 years as pastor in Waukon and later at Rossville. Married February 10, 1885 in Marionville Missouri, he has officiated 927 weddings and 840 funerals. He turned 85 last October and she will be 76 in May.
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Waukon
R. L. van Nice
Presbyterian Church
Rossville
Marionville
van Nice
Amana Colonies Nominates First Iowa County Treasurer Candidate
Reynold Zuber of the Amana colonies announces his bid for Iowa county treasurer on the Democratic ticket becoming the first candidate from the community to seek office. He is a Marengo High School graduate with a commerce degree from the University of Town and works in the income tax division of the assessment and review board in Johnson, Washington and Henry counties.
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Marengo
Reynold Zuber
Amana
Iowa
Zuber
Marengo High School
University of Town
Board of Assessment and Review
Johnson
Washington
Henry
Funeral Of Oelwein Priest Set For Monday
The Rev. John V. Baccil 55 pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church died Friday in Mercy Hospital of cancer. He was born in Italy and came to Oelwein in 1931 after serving in Clear Lake and as a hospital chaplain in Mason City. The funeral Monday at 10 a.m. will be conducted by Archbishop Francis Beckman of Dubuque. Eddie Gentry becomes local Scoutmaster in Anamosa with Donald Crow as assistant.
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LA Porte City
George Good
Roy E. Ashley
Roy M. Smith
The
Evangelical Church
Good
Ellen van Schvnck
This City
Alta Carr
Waterloo
Monona
H. W. Slefkes
Monona Lutheran Church
Luther Leagues
Strawberry Point
Manchester
Earlville
Lamont
Dundee
Preston Carr
Virgil Kaiser
Page Wickler
Vinton
Legion Hall
Oedwein
John V. Baccil
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mercy Hospital
Father Baccil
Italy
Clear Lake
America
Mason City
Oelwein
Francis Beckman
Dubuque
Nationalist Dictatorship Foreseen for United States
Prof. William F. Ogburn of the University of Chicago spoke at the University of Iowa history conference predicting an inevitable nationalist dictatorship in the United States. He said government and business will merge, the supreme court and Republicans cannot stop it, and nationalism will dictate actions eroding the family church and village life as farmers move to cities amid rising bad manners.
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Gazette
Iowa City
United States
William F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
Fanning and Schmidt Began 12 Year Robbery Sentences
Homer Fanning and Alfred J. Schmidt, once tri state bandits active in Iowa, started 12 year terms Friday in Missouri state penitentiary for robbery.
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Kirksville, Mo
Homer Fanning
Alfred J. Schmidt
Tri-State
Iowa
State Penitentiary
Rail traffic crippled by heavy snow on North Western line
Clinton AP reports that food coal and essential supplies were favored over other freight as weather shut down rail traffic. Passenger trains delayed one to three hours and the City of Portland streamliner ran five hours late amid mounting drifts in central Iowa. Officials called conditions critical due to heavy snow.
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Clinton
North Western Railway
Portland
Streamliner
Towa
Mrs. Catherine Eichelberger Bishop 94 Birthday Observed
Mrs. Catherine Eichelberger Bishop celebrated her ninety fourth birthday at home. Confined recently, she enjoyed friendly birthday calls this week. Born in Pennsylvania to Jacob and Catherine Ann Eichelberger, she moved to Town years ago and remained there except one winter east. Married to David Bishop, she was active in church work and is joined by son Jacob Bishop living with her.
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Washington
Catherine Eichelberger Bishop
Pennsylvania
Jacob
Catherine Ann Eichelberger
David Bishop
Dither
Glittering Girl by May Christie in New York Nightlife
Vernon travels from Texas with Vernon Ty’s social set to New York meeting cousins and romance. Terry Shannon flirts with Vernon while she questions Prince Karinoff and money, ending with a desert oasis dinner and a tense hint of love to be continued.
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Jake Tysence
Texas
Trevel
Ters Vernon
New York
Nan Rashingien
Vernon
Connie
Barrall
Nam
Meturalag Herg
Splendide
Terry
van Jaydams
Shannon
Ed Dancinith
Sandy
Ferry
Terry Shannon
Prince Karinoff
Desert Oasis
Desert
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