Kraschel commutes Thompson death sentence to life in prison
Gov. Nelson Kraschel spared Tony Thompson by commuting the 1935 death sentence for the murder of Martin Wolz to life in prison. He cited new testimony and Thompson’s innocence claim, noting co defendants received life terms on similar evidence.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Tony Thompson
Martin Wolz
Oakville
Farmer
Thompson
Fort Madison Uison
Tter
Kraschel
Clyde L. Hering
United Sates
Herring
Thompson Mersey
Eddie Tallent
Tallent
Paul Hake
Rushie May Thompson
Fort
Madison
Gallows
Walz
Wolz
Hake
St. Louis
Mrs. Julia Larrabee Love Die At Lincoln Home
Mrs. Julia Larrabee Love, 70, widow of former Lincoln mayor Don L. Love, died at her home after a lingering illness. Daughter of former Iowa governor William Larrabee, she and her husband moved from Clermont to Lincoln in 1890. Survived by a sister Anna Larrabee of Clermont and two brothers Frederick and Charles Larrabee of Fort Dodge. another sister Mrs. C B Robbins of Cedar Rapids had died earlier.
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Lincoln, Neb
Julia Larrabee Love
Don L. Love
William Larrabee
Iowa
Love
University of Iowa
Anna Larrabee
Clermont
Frederick
Charles Larrabee
Fort Dodge
C. B. Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Larrabee
Johnson County Damage Suit Decision Reversed
The Iowa Supreme Court granted the appeal of Mrs. Cora B. Case from a Johnson county district court 3500 judgment against her for injuries to Mrs. Amelia Popham in an automobile crash. The car overturned with Mrs. Popham as a passenger. The late C. M. Dutcher of Iowa City supported Case before the court. Dan Dutcher appeared for Case after submission was canceled.
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Des Moines
The
Supreme Court
Cora B. Case
Johnson County
Amelia Popham
Popham
Case
C. M. Dutcher
Iowa City
Dan Dutcher
Paper Manufacturing Industry in Pennsylvania Worth 250 Million
The Pennsylvania paper industry is estimated to be a 250 million dollar business today. This figure reflects the sector’s sizable contribution to the state’s economy and employment.
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Pennsylvania
Old John Sleeps Good Now He Made This 25c Test
A testimonial advert promotes a 25 cent home remedy named Bukets for bladder irritation. It claims nightly awakenings due to urinary discomfort improve after four days, with a money back guarantee from May's Drug Store. Strong entities include Bukets and May's Drug Store.
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John
May's Drug Store
Former Buchanan Sheriff Harry Willey Dies in San Antonio
Harry R Willey 50 former Buchanan county sheriff and war veteran died Sunday in a San Antonio veterans hospital He served twenty years in the regular army with duty in the Philippine Islands the Mexican border and World War I He was sheriff of Buchanan county for two terms and earlier deputy sheriff He was active in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Born in Atlantic he came to Independence at age four He married Bessie Kitch who survives along with one sister Mrs R B Hovey A brother Horace a Buchanan County Bulletin Journal publisher died last June His body will be brought home for funeral services and burial.
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Harry R. Willey
Buchanan County
Veterans’ Hospital
San Antonio
Philippine Islands
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Atlantic
J. H
Jennie Willey
Independence
Bessie Kitch
R. B. Hovey
Horace
Buchanan County Bulletin Journal
30 000 Petition For More Funds At Univ Of Iowa
University of Iowa officials report over 30 000 signatures gathered on petitions to be presented to the legislature seeking increased funding. President Eugene A. Gilmore warned that appropriations have fallen 25 percent in six years and salary cuts have driven professors to other institutions. He requested a 3 190 500 dollar annual appropriation.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
Man Sentenced At Vinton For Larceny Contempt
Frank L. Tharp Jr., 20, received 30 days jail for petty larceny plus 15 days for contempt of court at Vinton. Tharp and Leonard Baker allegedly stole a Model T Ford frame from Ben Stickel’s Shellsburg area farm, sold it for $2. They were fined 10 dollars and costs, failed to pay, and Baker was jailed for 45 days after arrest in January. Tharp was recaptured Saturday night by local deputies.
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Vinton
Frank L. Tharp, Jr
J. A Ruhl
Tharp
Leonard Baker
Ben Stickel
Shellsburg
Baker
Fred Rose
W. B Franklin
George Briggs
Mercury Staging Sitdown Strike in Iowa Weather
The forecast shows fair skies and continued cold in Iowa with a mix of snow in Council Bluffs. Temperatures will dip to 10 below zero in northwest Iowa and near zero in the southeast, while Keokuk and Davenport logged a 34 degree high in the last day.
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Des Moines
The
Mercury
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Iowa Falls
Keokuk
Davenport
Molasses in February Proves Slower to Thaw
J Ripperton, manager of a local produce firm, says molasses in February thaws even slower than in January. A tank car was heated on a sidetrack with a fire then steam, after forty eight hours of steady steaming the molasses finally began to flow.
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Onslow
J. Ripperton
Ripperton
Kraschel Urges Quick Action on Job Bill in Iowa
Governor G. Kraschel sent a message to the Iowa legislature urging immediate consideration of revisions to the unemployment compensation act passed in December. He emphasized the March 1 deadline for appointing a permanent board to run the act and noted the measure was rushed through a bipartisan special session to meet federal unemployment insurance requirements and secure about 3 million dollars in employer taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Belle Plaine Scouts Observe National Scout Week
Belle Plaine observers plan a week of activities for National Boy Scout Week including a board of review at Belle Plaine High School and a father son banquet at Bethany church. Troop 39 meets at the fire station with Fire Chief Earl Byers presenting firefighting apparatus. A Sunday union service at Congregation church features Rev A C Walker and others. Scout committees and leaders from Troops 39 41 and 45 are listed.
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Belle Plaine
Boy Scouts
All Scout
Board of Review
H. R. Carroll
William Snyder
Walter Vaughn
Earl Byers
Congregation
A. C. Walker
E. N. Selden
Methodist Church
Fred Piper
Bethany Church
N. Harold West
Cedar Rapids
Morgan L. Morris
Victor Vifquain
Jack Clegg
William Little
Sterling Visquain
Walker
Selden
Peiper
Earl Comer
C. W. Burnham
J. L. Driscoll
H. H. Thurber
E. I. Selden
Jack Hix
Wallace Snyder
C. A. Trail
Fred Peiper
Ernest Hamilton
QC. Hite
Jess Pettit
Tom Hamilton
Change Dates For Cornell's Festival
Mount Vernon notices dates for the Cornell college May Music festival move from May 13 to 15 to May 6 to 8 due to complications. The program remains tied to the hundredth concert in thirty five years by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Dr Frederick Stock with guest soloist John Charles Thomas and Hans Lange directing a chamber music concert.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock
John Charles Thomas
Metropolitan Opera
Hans Lange
Washington County Decision Reversed in Norton Case
The appeal by J. Milton Norton from a Washington county ruling denying $5,000 against Daryl C. Mathers for false arrest proceeds to a jury trial. Mathers, then sheriff of Washington County, allegedly arrested Norton without a warrant and jailed him three days before a magistrate hearing in September 1934.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
J. Milton Norton
Washington County
Daryl C.mathers
Norton
Mathers
Washngton County
Music Conference Opens At Iowa University
More than 400 teachers and supervisors from Iowa schools and at least 300 high school musicians will attend the University of Iowa sixth annual conference on school music in Iowa City February 11 to 13. The program features high school demonstrations, concerts led by Harold Bachman and George Dasch, and guest conductors with university staff. WSUI will broadcast three concerts including the university orchestra on Thursday night.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
University Orchestra
Max Krone
Northwestern University
Harold Bachman
University of Chicago
George Dasch
Chicago Little Symphony Orchestra
WSUI
Hans Muenzer
University
Stanley Deacon
Kansas City
Church Must Not Play Ostrich In Scientific Age
Bishop G Brom ley Oxnam of Omaha told the Dubuque and Davenport Methodist conference that the church must face modern science and democratic thought. He urged pastors to blend scientific methods with religious training to guide students and society through change. He warned against remaining oblivious to scientific inquiry as youth seek a grounding philosophy.
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Oxnam
Anamosa
G. Bromley. Oxnam
Omaha
Dubuque and
Davenport
Jesus
Hawkeye beauty queen candidates named for 1937 event
A list of thirty five University of Iowa dormitory and sorority nominees for the 1937 Hawkeye beauty queens was announced by Hawkeye editor Robert Brooks. Fifteen finalists will vie for six titles at the Junior prom to be chosen by a noted judge.
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Iowa City
Hawkeye
Robert Brooks
Dubuque
University of Iowa
Brooks
Elizabeth Richardson
Springfield
Zeta Tau Alpha
Elzena Gross
Warrens
Wis
Phi Mu
Geraldine Cochran
Tipton
Alpha Delta Pi
la Vonne Clanahan
Stratford
Margie Fastenow
Peterson
Kappa Alpha Theta
Bonnie Johnson
Clinton
Delta Gamma
Martha Lou Smith
Quincy
Ill
Chi Omega
Frances Pohlad
Valley Junction
Fay Morley
Guttenberg
Alpha Chi Omega
Margaret Ann Hunt
Hazleton
Russell House
Ruth Lee Sperger
Ellsworth
Mildred Wisdom
Ottumwa
Hilda Crain
Westlawn
Frances Roush
Des Moines
Marie Cline
Cedar Rapids
St Louis Symphony Set for Iowa City Concerts
Iowa City will host the St Louis Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Golschmann on February 19 with matinee and evening shows at the Iowa Union. The 1936 37 series has featured Jascha Heifetz Helen Jepson and Jose Iturbi in prior appearances.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann
Iowa Union
Jascha Heifetz
Helen Jepson
Jose Iturbi
Slot Machine Victim Tries To Get Money Back
In Council Bluffs Kenneth Way, 18, pleaded he broke into a restaurant to recover money lost on a slot machine to help at home. Judge John P Tinley sentenced him to ten years at the Anamosa men's reformatory for breaking and entering.
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Council Bluffs
Kenneth Way
John P.tinley
Anamosa Men’s Reformatory
Fifteen Colleges Enter Iowa City Forensic Meet
The University of Iowa will host its first intercollegiate women’s forensic tournament February 26 and 27 drawing fifteen colleges from eight states. Events include debating, extemporaneous speaking, and after dinner speaking with a debate on Congress power to set wage and hour limits. Participating schools include Franklin Indiana Wichita Kansas Hastings Nebraska Western State Teachers Michigan Carthage Wheaton State Normal Western Teachers Rockford Augustana Illinois Kirksville Teachers Missouri Drake State Teachers Jones St Olaf Minnesota.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
Congress
Franklin
Indiana
Wichita
Kansas
Hastings
Nebraska
Western State
Teachers
Michigan
Carthage
Wheaton
State Normal
Western Teachers
Rockford
And
Augustana
Illinois
Kirksville
Missouri
Drake
Jones and St. Olaf’s
Minnesota
Gaffney Advocates Nonpartisan Judicial Selection Plan
Judge James P. Gaffney urged Iowa to replace elections with a constitutional judicial council naming candidates for governor. The governor would appoint with senate confirmation. judges would be retained or removed by voters, and vacancies filled by the council. The plan aims to curb political influence and foster life tenure during good behavior.
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Des Moines
James P. Gaffney
Williamsburg
Iowa District Judges Association
Iowa
Gaffney
Association
Senate
Judicial Committee
Constitutional Judicial Council
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
State Bar Association
District Court
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PWA
Jones County
Robin C. Carswell
Burlington
Edward White
Eldora
Keith Lemon
Buchanan
Univ. of
Cornell
Iowa University
Jupiter
Betty Anderson
Alpha Xi Delta
Delight Smith
New Haven
Ind
Helen Denzler
Marengo
Eleanor Cleveland
Waterloo
Kappa “Alpha’ Thetat
Mary Virginia Steck
Los Angeles
Calif
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Betty Stephen
Washington
Helen Oehneke
Chicago
Currier
Mary Helen Scott
Pi Beta Phi
Pour Panee SH
Swedesburg
Phi Kitty
Cobb
Marshalltown
Alma L. Atherton
Union Grove
Evelyn Tiegel
Peoria
Gamma Phi Beta
Margaret Leeper
Mildred Hassler
Eastlawn
Winifred Devine
Humboldt
Betty Benson
Audubon
Delta Delta Delta
Mary Celeste Rucker
Louise Olson
Ames
Iowa U. Forensic
Schlitz In “Steinies
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Schlitz
Science
JOS. Schlitz Brewing Company
Milwaukee, Wis
1017
Jon
Science Brewley
Milwaukee
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