State runs to end as Iowa proposes abolishing liquor stores
A bill in the Iowa legislature would abolish the state liquor control system and back to pre 1917 malci law. Cities could prohibit sales by popular vote with strict limits and local fees. The measure, sponsored by Rep Roan and Rep Irwin, sets licensing rules and a black list for saloon access.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Board of Education
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Ames
Philip F. Roan
Fort Weiser
John R., Irwin
Wiese
Davenport
Democrat
St Johns Evangelical Church Elects Officers
The church council met Wednesday evening to elect officers. Thor Fiske was chosen president, John Jastic vice president, Philip Beck secretary, George Chettinger treasurer, with George Webber and Rudolph Rentschler as councilmen.
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Garber
St. John’s Evangelical Church Council
Thor Fiske
John Jastic
Philip Beck
George Chettinger
George Webber
Rudolph Rentschler
Coroner Criticizes Sheriff Over Elk Horn Crash Case
Audubon county coroner Hans J. Johnson accused Sheriff Fred Clemensen of closing the four death truck crash near Elk Horn Iowa without an inquest. He urged full investigation after the Elk Horn high school players three teammates and the car driver were killed. Johnson noted he is Ethan Johnson’s uncle.
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Audubon (Ap
Hans J. Johnson
Audubon County
Fred Clemensen
Elk Horn
Johnson
Clemensen
Ethan Johnson
Iowa Cities Carry Per Capita Debt Of 32.10 In Nations
Des Moines reports Indebtedness of 110 Iowa cities was 32.10 per person in the last fiscal year. Towns showed 17.72 per capita debt in 927 towns. Cities spent slightly more than they received with receipts 20 577 215 and expenditures 20 660 357. Valuations for tax purposes were 798 167 370 in cities and 218 366 013 in towns. Municipal industries balanced with expenditures 4 159 956 and receipts 4 731 083. Storms said city and town finances were on a sound basis.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Auditor Co
Cedar County Plans Sugar Creek Stream Improvements
Cedar county will begin relief-labor driven stream work on Sugar creek near Lime City with five baffle dams to reduce bank erosion and deepen beds. D S Englar reports initial plans for about seventy five miles of improvements on Sugar creek Rock creek and Rock run aimed at stocking small mouth bass.
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Tipton
D. S. Englar
Cedar County
Sugar Creek
Lime City
State, Fish and Game
Englar
Rock Creek
Rock Run
State Fish and Game Department
Banks' Resources Rise in Iowa Reports 1934 Yearend Totals
Released Iowa banks held an average reserve of 34.19 percent on December 31, 1934, with total resources up by 89,425,530. The consolidated ledger covers 301 savings banks 220 state banks and five trust companies showing loans discounts and other assets totaling 293 365 727 and liabilities of the same amount.
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DES Moines
Iowa
D. W. ‘Bates
Bates
United States
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Keota Sweeps Declamatory Contest Titles
Keota high school students swept the declamatory contest with firsts in oratorical dramatic and humor. Keota dominated with Corinne Adrian and Betty Singmaster taking top honors, while Glenn Brock Lois Beinks and Paul Schmitt placed second or first for Webster Kinross South English and others. The three Keota winners advance to the Keokuk contest in two weeks.
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Keota
Keota High School
South English
Kinross
Webster
Corinne Adrian
Glenn Brock
Temple of Justice
Betty Singmaster
Lois Beinks
Paul Schmitt
Verdict Set Aside In Iowa City Murder Case
A motion filed in district court seeks to set aside Louis Clay's first degree murder verdict and indictment for the death of George J. Folsom. The defense argues insufficient proof of Folsom's death from the alleged assault. A new trial is requested if the verdict cannot be nullified.
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Iowa
Gazette
IOWA_CITY
Louis Clay
Iowa City
Clay
George J. Folsom
W. F. Murphy
Folsom
Herring's Brother Leaves Iowa State Service
E. E. Herring of Atlantic and brother of Gov Clyde L Herring is no longer employed by the state of Iowa. State Treasurer Leo J Wegman said the gas tax auditor worked from July 15 1934 to Oct 31 1934 in the Council Bluffs area earning 130 to 150 dollars monthly. Wegman called the action disciplinary and noted a second warning preceded the dismissal.
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Des Moines
E. E. Herring
Atlantic
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Leo J. Wegman
Council Bluffs
Wegman
Herring
State
Iowa County Grand Jury Indicts Four
Four persons face indictments and one no bill from the January Iowa County grand jury before Judge Harold D. Evans. George Conklin of North English received three indictments for bootlegging with intent to sell, sale to minors, and liquor sales. Kalmer Kinzenbaw is indicted for grand larceny of $80 from the upper South Amana store. August Unkel and Henry Ehrman of West Amana are indicted for terrorizing a dwelling. a piece of iron was thrown through a colony home window on November 25. Foreman R. G. Litzenberg presided. Conklin and the West Amana youths are jailed, Kinzenbaw is free on bond.
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Marengo
Harold D. Evans
George Conklin
North English
Conklin
Johnson County
Kalmer Kinzenbaw
Upper South Amana
August Unkel
Henry Ehrman
West Amana
Kinzenbaw
R. G. Litzenberg
Fillmore Township
What Ovaltine Is and How It Acts
This ad promotes Ovaltine as a pure food concentrate used worldwide and endorsed by thousands of physicians. It claims to aid sleep when taken hot at bedtime, refreshes upon waking, aids digestion, and supports nerve brain and body tissue growth. It cites wartime ration use and urges readers to contact a druggist or mail for a 3 day trial.
Dystart students ace home declamation contest
Dysart consolidated school crowned winners in oratorical dramatic and humorous divisions. Ruth Hays won the oration War Guns, Dorothy Dysart took dramatic, and Leland Lally captured humorous. Contest judged by George H. Fields of West Waterloo high school.
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Dysart
Ruth Hays
Dorothy Dysart
Leland Lally
Hays
George H. Fields
West Waterloo High-School
Belle Plaine
Nadia Oliphant
Willa Speiss
George Lamb
Galena
Ill
Ella Jezek
Knox .McCune
Mechanicsville
Verona
Rebekah Lodge
No. 71
Minnie Stoltenberg
Vera Scholl
Tipton
Pauline Rate
Noble Grand
Nona_ Rate
Daisy Becker
Martha Hittie
Bertha Bailey
Irene Brown
Mary Studer
Edna Dennis
Eldora Koppenhaver
Viola Schroeder
Maude Gunn
Inside Guardian
Ada Young
Outside Guardian
Ruth Boyd
Nellie Inks
Carrie Emery
Star Lodge
Aaron Murray
Hans Busch
N. G
J. R. Gunn
V. G
E. E. Emery
Oren Boyd
Harold Hatcher
Robert Blanche
Harold Shrope
R. S
Earl Hatcher
L. S
L. Heston
Frank Richard
Walter Flansburg
Olin
Elva Weeks
Caddie Pieper
Nora Schuippe
Florence Berryhill
Maxine Berryhill
Cedar Rapids
Maggie Weeks
Weeks
J. D. Saum
Half of Iowa under sleet and snow in storm
Snow blankets half the state along a diagonal from northeast to southwest as sleet precedes freezing rain. Charles City reports 16 degrees. Keokuk records 32 with ice on streets. Keokuk endures its worst ice storm since 1919 with glaze on roads and 0.5 inch precipitation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Federal
Reed
Charles City
Keokuk A
Keokuk
Weather Bureau
Midwestern Ice Blankets Seven States Slows Travel
A winter ice storm swept across seven states, dumping sleet freezing rain and light snow. The icy cover disrupted trains airplanes and buses while highways iced over and traffic stalled in Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Chicago transit limped along as schedules collapsed and streetcar and elevated lines slowed.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Mount Auburn War Vet Dies In Colorado Hospital
George Wiest of Mount Auburn died Feb. 6 at Fitzsimmons General Hospital near Denver after months of illness. Born July 17, 1898, he was the son of E S and Mrs Wiest and married Helen Hains on Dec. 9, 1930 in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his wife, parents, and siblings. He served in World War I cavalry and later in the regular army as a signal sergeant in the Thirteenth Field Artillery in Hawaii, stationed there the past eight years.
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Mount Auburn
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
George Wiest
Stanwood
E. S. Wiest
Helen Hains
Cedar Rapids
Regular Army
Thirteenth Field Artillery
Hawaii
Military funeral set for local veteran at Mount Auburn
The deceased, returned to the states last fall after time in a San Francisco government hospital and a Colorado move, will have funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church in Mount Auburn. The Emil Cutler post of the American Legion will lead a military service with Rev. Emma Auburn Arnold officiating. Burial follows at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
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San Francisco
Colorado
Christian Church
Mount Auburn
Emil Cutler
American Legion
Emma Auburn Arnold
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Bandit Takeover Foiled by Talkative Smith
Waterloo police nabbed three would be robbers after Albert Knipp an ex pugilist talked them into confusion. The incident began when three men accosted him and a revolver was placed against his stomach. Knipp signaled a passing friend who notified authorities. Police arrested Thomas Hall 36 Ted Carpenter 20 and Ed Quail 18 all of Waterloo. A revolver was recovered from Hall.
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Waterloo
Albert Knipp
Knipp
Thomas Hall
Ted,Carpenter
Ed Quail
Hall
Older Boys and Girls conference meets in Anamosa
A Cedar and Jones county Older Boys and Girls Conference session in Anamosa drew about 180 attendees. Officers were elected with Cedar county leaders Bernard Lerch and Helen McCoy as president and vice president respectively, and Jones county leaders Allen Thomas and Paul Mann as president and vice president. The day centered on youth themes under Rev. C. G. Herbrecht with local clergy leading discussions and a Sunday recreation period at local churches.
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Garett
Anamosa
Cedar
Jones
Bernard ~ Lerch
Stanwood
Helen McCoy
Springdale
Paul Riley
South’ Bethel
Allen Thomas
Olin
Paul Mann
Oorlipe McComb
C. G. Herbrecht
Des ‘Moines
Bas Dean’ King
Cornell
College
David Beggs
Anamesa
Arthur
Mechanicsville
Vonne Streeter
Stuhler
Monticello
H. B. Henry
Iowa City
Harriet Cunningham
Serneaenannnteny
Dick White
Tipton A
Ard
Anamona Smone
Inne Bers
Baptist Church
Clarence Gardner
Arvel Smith
Tipton
Bernard Lerch
Marion Selter
Glen Stoltenberg
Ada
Mae.Chapepell
Virginia Postal
Louise Smith
Dick Moore
Cedar County
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T- Bone
L. J. Wegman
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Ralph Rom
Tur Wanper Company
Dept
Michigan Ave
Jil
City
Mabel
Ralph
Hess
Magel
Ovaltine
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Wilda Glenn
Grace Larby
Emma Lesley
Maggie Langschwager
Selma Clothier
Mary, LeVasser
Alice, Port
Julia Hart
Bessie Switzer
Martha, Blayney
Ida Stingley
Zula Alexander
Mary Saris
F. E. Truax
Boy Scout Headquarters
Clifford
Dean Berry
Rex Beardshear
Franklin Eddy
Richard Zentmire
Glen Fordyce
Elkader
Evangelical Church
Supt. Ralston
West Union
Abraham Lincoln
Lawrence Bishop
Joe Barghahn
Carl Winkler
N. J. Bailey
Bob Hyde
L. A. Meder
Don Witt
Tom Walch
St. Joseph's
Elmer Jungblut
Ross Powell
Elkader High
Don Meder
Nordine Olson
Elkader Commercial Club
Winthrop
St. Joseph’s Church
William C. Stewart
Illinois Central Railroad
Adam
Mary McFarland Stewart
Delia Crowe
Alice M. Stewart
William
Mt. Auburn
Colorado’ Hospital
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