Bank Building and Stores Destroyed in Major Fire
A dramatic blaze in Council Bluffs center destroyed the city bank building and a nearby drug store along with a five story structure. Damages totaled about 185000 with the bank bearing the bulk of losses and records saved. Fire departments from Omaha aided as police controlled crowds and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City National Bank
RDP M
John G Woodward
Bert A. Clark
Reno
Woodward Estate
Bank
William Brartz
Omaha Fire Department
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Anamosa Convict Recaptured by Posse in Iowa
Theo dore Bushbaum escaped from the Anamosa reformatory and was recaptured by a posse at Rudd after fleeing a cornfield. He had stolen a car taken in Anamosa and abandoned near Rudd by highway patrolman Lloyd Meyers. Bushbaum, a trusted prison yard employee, was resecured with the help of Sheriff B F Atherton and deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Theodore Bushbaum
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Rudd
Bushbaum
B F Atherton
Lloyd Meyers
Frazer
Trusty
Iowa liquor stores to close on Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays
The Iowa liquor control commission informed all liquor store managers that state stores will be closed Saturday for Lincoln's Birthday and Tuesday for Washington's Birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Lincoln
Washington
S S Haun Funeral on Sunday in Mount Vernon
Simeon S Haun 96 oldest Mount Vernon resident and Civil War veteran will be buried at Wyoming cemetery beside his wife after funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at the Mount Vernon Methodist church. The Daughters of Union Veterans will assist. Haun served with the Army of the Potomac and fought in eleven major battles before being captured on the last day at Gettysburg. He later helped found LeMars and worked on several railroads before settling in Mount Vernon. He leaves daughters Mrs W Carlton Cedar Rapids and Mrs Ida Haun Kettlesen Mount Vernon and grandchildren Crawford Maddox Washington DC John C Kettlesen Jr Dallas and Bradley Carlton Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Simeon S Haun
Methodist Church
Lloyd Gustafson
J Bruce Eyestone
Daughters of Union Veterans of
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Mr Haun
Methodist Church At
Mr. Haun
T. Z Cook
G. A R
Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
Pickett
Jackson County
Iowa
Andersonville
Belle Isle
Haun
Western Iowa
LeMars
Sioux City
Missouri Valley
Fremont
Neb
Storm Lake
Mrs Haun
Elba Olive Cheney
South Dakota
Hahn-Howard Post
American Legion of
American Warriors
Crawford Maddox
Washington, DC
John C Kettlesen, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Bradley Carlton
Toledo High School Music and Drama Night at Wieting Theater
A Toledo high school program of music and drama is set for Tuesday at 8 pm at the Wieting theater. Freshman and sophomore one act plays directed by Margaret Langford feature cast members Vivian Muirhead Richard Dupre Thelma Conaway Richard Zmolek and Dorothy Morgan Danger at the Door is by the sophomore class with Elvin McKinney Georgiana Amidon Jackie Silver Donald Henderson Paul Turbett Elaine Marsh William Zmolek Louisa Berger Helen Toland Loretta Kaloupek and Maureen Medberry. C E Rose directs music and will present part of the music contest entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Toledo High School
Wieting
Margaret Langford
C E Rose
Vivian Muirhead
Richard Dupre
Thelma Conaway
Richard Zmolek
Dorothy Morgan
Hazardous Iowa roads amid fog and ice warnings
Dense fog and freezing drizzle made highways icy across Iowa Friday with temperatures near freezing in most areas. The Weather Bureau warned motorists to stay home unless urgent, as roads from Des Moines to Mason City were reported very hazardous with ice and sanded hills, while several eastern and southern locales faced easing conditions for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
State Highway Department
Towa
Northwest
Cherokee
Central West
Denison
Oakland
Central
North Central
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Ottumwa
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Robber Seizes Gold at Tipton Dental Office Heist
Special to The Gazette reports two Tipton businesses were entered Wednesday. Thieves took about 25 dollars in gold from the dental office of Director H. J. Harris during the noon hour. Earlier, intruders forced entry to Hardacre theater via a fire escape, opened the theater office, but left with nothing after removing a safe knob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Tipton
W. W Christian
H. J. Harris
Hardacre
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Local Officials and Events
Iowa City news briefs report Auditor Ed Sulek seeking Democratic renomination after 22 years in county offices. Also covered are funeral services for 15 month old Donald Bream, initiations into Seals club, Edith Bell's water colors in New York show, local hairdressers organizing, a League of Nations talk by Walter Lawes, school board elections, and attorney William Morrison seeking the Republican nomination for Johnson County representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Ed Sulek
Donald Bream
Clarence Bream
University Hospital
Clarence
Kenneth
Allan
Doris
E. Myers
P. J. Bream
Thomas Verry
University of Iowa
Seals Club
Marcia Kopecky
Cedar Rapids
Lucile Hardenbrook
Danville
Fern Newcomer
Greene
Lois Wescott
Hampton
Marian
American Water Color Society
New York
N.Y
C Boyd
Clara Ehlers
Ethel Gilchrist
Jessie Grinstead
Mary Ellen Brumley
Blanche Lukosky
Walter H C. Lawes
Mid-West
League of Nations Association
University of Towa
Towa Union
Laves
University of Chicago
George Maresh
Vern R. Miller
College of Law
William F. Morrison
Johnson County
Representatives Named At State Teachers College 1938
Cedar Falls senior Phil Connell and Paul Weaver Ellsworth join Marjorie Hovey Jesup and Esther Miller Williamsburg as the 1938 representative students chosen by the Old Gold yearbook staff. Miller serves on student council and Women’s league committees and sings with college groups. Hovey chairs senior class and leads religious and vocational activities in Bartlett Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Carlton Dailey
Old Gold
Phil Connell
Paul Weaver
Ellsworth
Marjorie Hovey
Jesup
Esther Miller
Williamsburg
Miss Miller
Women’s League
Cecilian Woman's Glee Club
College Singers
Miss Hovey
United Student Movement
Pi Omega Pi
National Honorary Commercial Society
Bartlett Hall House Council
Bartlett Hall
Marriage announced of Florence Magee to Lee Tiffany
IOwa brief reports Florence Magee of Montour wed Lee Tiffany of Garwin on December 8 1937 in Lancaster Missouri. Shown at a miscellaneous shower were Ed Tiffany Erval Fink Anita Aldrich and Lowe Mertha. Also noted Fayettes George Gaynor 68 died while listening to a letter read by his wife.
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Montour
Tom Magee
Florence
Lee Tiffany
Garwin
Lancaster
Ed Tiffany
Erval Fink
Anita Aldrich
Lowe Mertha
Quarry
Elgin
Pearl Mae Fleagal
Charles City
Order of the Eastern Star of
Iowa
Lola Smith
Fayette
George Gaynor
Upper Iowa University
Iris
Mr. Hartman
Allison
Anna House
Robert A. Gaynor
Hampton
Leta Paul
Lavon Gaynor
Los Angeles
James P. Gaynor
Methodist
Columbus Junction
Ruth Thompson
Joan Huber
Junior Lynn
Melba Stinson
Jean Morgan
Mary Cassabaum
Dean Marshall
Robert Green
Donald Story
Donald Gilkey
Albert Toms
Dell Paris
Norma Andrews
Marilyn Jackson
Pauline Schmidt
Donna MacKeith
Josephine Ver Derber
Ruby Brutsman
Lorrine Thibadeau
Bernita Grapes
Charlotte Ryan
Chase 15 urged to run for governor
A spontaneous Republican draft movement in Iowa asks E P Chase Atlantic editor to run for governor. If he accepts he would face Republican nominee George Wilson of Des Moines, who narrowly lost to Democrat Gov N G Kraschel in 1936. Chase has not indicated his decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zugtown Daily Press Association
Des Moines
E. P. Chase
Atlantic
Chase
George Wilson
Wilson
N. G Kraschel
Washington
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
Verne Brown Retires As North Western Conductor
Belle Plaine veteran Verne Brown retires after forty eight years in railroading and thirty eight years with the North Western. A longtime ORC member since 1898 he served as local adjustment committee chairman for twenty three years and held posts as deputy grand president and legislative delegate to national conventions. Born 1868 in Villanova New York he moved to Iowa as a child and built a long railroading career including key runs from Fort Dodge to Sioux City and final decades in Mason City IA as conductor with the North Western.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Verne Brown
North Western
Brown
ORC
Eagle Grove
Frank Myers
Boston
Detroit
Kansas City
Byron Brown
Villanova
N.Y
Bowling Green
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Milwaukee
Manilla
Denver
Texas
Forth Worth
Mr. Brown
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Little Rock
Arkansas
Iowa and
Minnesota
Mason City
Millersburg Home Declamatory Contest Set for Feb 18
In Millersburg a home declamatory contest is planned for February 18 with contestants Stuart Smith Georgia Lortz Greta Ballard Donna Lortz Phyllis Reinhart Gardis Alberts Donald Dillon and Marjorie Lockridge listed as participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Stuart Smith
Georgia Lortz
Greta Ballard
Donna Lortz
Phyllis Reinhart
Gardis Alberts
Donald Dillon
Marjorie Lockridge
Towans Tax Guidance on State Income Tax Deductions
The guidance states all dividends received by Towans are included in gross income except certain federal instrumentality dividends. Non residents face tax to the extent dividends are part of income from state business. A dividend is any distribution from a corporation to stockholders in cash or property. Taxable income applies to dividends from any Iowa or non Iowa corporation, even if from pre 1934 profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towans
Iowa
Grant Wood On Iowa U Anniversary Broadcast
University of Iowa marks its ninety first anniversary with talks by President Eugene A. Gilmore and Prof Grant Wood. The program features the university chorus, band, and orchestra under Stark, Righter, and Ciapp, plus a script by Marcus Rich. The half hour program airs at 8 30 p.m. CST and will be carried by over fifty stations via NBC. Alumni clubs in twenty states will listen as the anniversary coincides with the legislatures act establishing the state university.
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Specia the
Gazet
Iowa City
Eugene A. Gilmore
University of Iowa
Grant Wood
Herald Stark
C. B. Righter
P. G Ciapp
Marcus Rich
Dramatic Arts Department
National Broadcasting Company
Stop Signs and Road Safety Caution
The National Safety Council explains two kinds of stop signs. One marked STOP at the roadside warns drivers. another, in the middle of the street, has no reading. A distracted driver failed to heed the sign and nearly caused a crash.
Texas unemployment benefit cap set at 15 dollars weekly
The maximum benefit under the Texas unemployment compensation act is 15 dollars per week for up to 16 weeks within a year.
New Deal Could Pressure Long-Term Government Bond Market
O P Decker of the American National Bank and Trust Co warned at a regional bankers conference that a deepening national debt to around 90 to 100 billion dollars would strain long term government bonds. He cited uncertain federal expenditures mortgage laws and large users of money as factors. About 1,000 bankers from 10 Midwestern states attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
O P. Decker
American National Bank and Trust Company
Chicago
Decker
American Bankers’ Association
Arrow Distilleries Seeks Permit Suspension Hearing
Arrow Distilleries Inc of Peoria Illinois answered a federal citation alleging shipments of liquor into Iowa in violation of state law. Officials said the legal division will set hearing dates within two weeks in Peoria Louisville Des Moines and Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Alcohol, Administration
Arrow Distilleries, Inc
Peoria
Lll
Administration
Paducah
Des Moines
D. C
Iowa City School Board Wins First Legal Fight
The Iowa City School Board maintains sole authority to select a school site. A group of 473 voters cannot force a special election to vote on bonds for a central site instead of the board chosen East Town City site. The decision is reviewable only by the county and state superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City School Board
Iowa City
Fred L. Mahannah
East Town
Hickenlooper to Speak at Benton Lincoln Dinner
State Representative B B Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids will be the speaker at the Lincoln birthday dinner held by the Benton county republican central committee in the American Legion hall Monday evening. The committee is chaired by Harry Weichman of Newhall and includes local party members from Vinton to Mount Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INTON
B B Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Republican Central Committee
American Legion Hall
Karl W. Fischer
Harry Weichman
Newhall
Robert Hilliard
George D. McElroy
Verona Troehmer
Vinton
Sally Wertheim
Wallace Snyder
J. J
Jewelry and Building Material Sales Rise in Iowa
Commerce department data show Iowa independents with 512 stores gaining one percent in 1937 retail volume from 1936. Jewelry up 12 percent and lumber, building material, and grocery up seven percent. country general stores up five percent. hardware, shoe, and drug stores up four percent. department stores about five percent higher. Davenport led with 17 percent gain, Dubuque eight percent, Sioux City fell seven percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Dole
Commerce Department
Country General
Daveenport
Dubuque
Sioux City
Plan University Sing At Iowa U On May 15
Fraternities sororities and dormitories at the University of Iowa will compete for song trophies on May 15 in the annual University Sing contest. Traveling trophies will be awarded to top men’s and women’s groups. Last year Delta Delta Delta and Quadrangle won the cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giazette
Iowa City
University of Iown
Madge Jones
Cedar Rapids
Mortar Board
Eliot Waples
Jane Hart
Des Moines
Betty Bauserman
University Women's Association
Orval Matteson
Elgin
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Quadrangle
Mount Vernon High School forms National Scholastic Honor Society
Officers elected by the newly organized Mount Vernon High School National Scholastic Honor Society include President Anne Culbertson Vice President Howard Fisher Secretary Margaret Smith and Treasurer Alice Marie Bigger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Scholastic Honor Society
Mount Vernon High School
Anne Culbertson
Howard Fisher
Margaret Smith
Alice Marie Bigger
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Simeon S. Haun
BAC
Naote
Coffee Sales CO
Iona
Tipton Dental Office
State Teachers College
Iowa News
Bert’s Shoe Store
Second Street
Associated Press
Iowa Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa U
Ey Wagat
OY National Safety Counch
Good Housekeeping
HopkIns
Arrow Distilleries
B. B. Hickenlooper
Benton
Plan University
Valentine
SES
Red
Third Street
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