Knowlton Refuses To Let House Action Stop Brown Probe
DES MOINES AP A legislative dispute over the Iowa High School Athletic Association stalls as the board of control prepares to meet. Rep W P Knowlton aims to bring the issue to the house with potential bills to place extracurricular activities under the state superintendent, challenging the association’s independence amid charges against secretary George A Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
House
Brown
DES Moines
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Board of Control
George A Brown
Association
Case Schools and Textbooks Committee
W P Knowlton
Decorah
Senate
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Athletic Association
WR. Fimmen
Bloomfield
University Studies Raising Drug Herbs To Meet War Loss
Officials at the University of Iowa pharmacy college are growing plants with medicinal properties as foreign drug supplies wane due to the European war. Dean R A Kuever says the program is cautious, watching prices rise but avoiding a rapid expansion amid uncertain international conditions. Central European countries have supplied belladonna and other drugs used in disease treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa Pharmacy College
R. A. Kuever
College
Kuever
Clayton County 38 Enlisted In Army 37 Volunteers
Special to The Gazette Elkader Iowa Clayton county posted nine new enlistments for Uncle Sam on Friday bringing its total to 38 in the army under the selective service act. Of this number 37 are volunteers with a list including Ehrhardt Elkader Dickens Marquette Burdet Smock Garber Wendell Peck Lar son Lamphier Gundacker Larson and Wiedenman. Alternates to fill replacements are Troester Guttenberg Halvorson and Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Clayton County
Valentine
Sam
Edward Michael Ehrhardt
Lawrence Clifford Dickens
Marquette Burdet
Wesley Smock
Garber
Dayton
Wendell Peck
Marquette
Lawrence Monroe Larson
Orville William Lamphier
Volga City
Charles Henry Gundacker
Lawrence Vernon Larson
Wesley William
Ice harvest under way at Wapsie river dam
Oxford Junction reports F. J. Petersen Produce company began ice cutting above the dam on the Wapsie river. The ice is thinner than usual but measures about 12 inches thick.
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Oxford Junction
F. J. Petersen Produce Company
Wapsie
Earlville’s Oldest Resident to Be 91
Spectal to The Gazette. Earlville’s oldest resident Mrs Eliza Van Fleet will be 91 next Sunday. In good health she crochets daily and stays mentally alert, enjoying conversations on current topics. Born in Wedmore England, she came to America at age two and has lived in Delaware county 89 years. She owns the original parchment deed from 1852. Her husband Henry Van Fleet is deceased and their daughter Opal Suckow lives with her. Two grandsons, Earl Swindell and Duane Swindell, reside in Fort Dodge and Manchester.
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Earlville
Eliza van Fleet
van Fleet
van Freet
John Gibbs
Wedmore
Somersetshire
England
America
Delaware County
Henry van Fleet
Opal Suckow
Earl Swindell
Fort Dodge
Duane Swindell
Manchester
New Bill Specifies Truck Reciprocity With Other States
DES MOINES AP The Forty ninth general assembly sees a second major truck bill proposing mandatory reciprocity on licenses and fees with other states. A committee would arrange reciprocity, waiving Iowa motor taxes for trucks from states that waive theirs. Other sponsors push a separate measure granting 5 percent quarterly sales tax deductions for timely remittance by town merchants.
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Des Moines
Fortyninth General Assembly
Floyd Pine
Columbus Junction
Independent Truckers of
Iowa
Citizens Committee On
Robert Carlson
Sioux City
Frank O. Hocum
Newell
J R. Hall
Malvern
State urged to buy Spirit Lake cabin as memorial
Des Moines AP The house public lands and buildings committee received a proposal to sell the Rowland Gardner cabin at Spirit Lake to the state as a memorial. Historians say hunger driven Sioux Indians killed 32 Iowa settlers there in 1856. The property is owned by A L Sharp, grandson of 14 year old Abbie Gardner the sole survivor who was ransomed months after the massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House Public Lands and Buildings Committee
Rowland Gardner
Spirit Lake
Iowa
A. L. Sharp
Abbie Gardner
Mechanicsville Cedar County cattle breeder Ed Moffit dies
Edwin B Moffit aged 66, partner in A Moffit and Sons and famed Hereford breeder, died after a week of critical illness from a heart attack. Unmarried, he lived on the Cedar county family farm south east of Mechanicsville. Surviving brothers include A H Moffit, Judge J T Moffit, Will Moffit, and sisters Mrs Martha Stookey and Mrs Mary L Reeder. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 at the family home with Rev Charles Tyrrell. burial Rosehill cemetery. Will Moffit traveling in California. efforts to reach him ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Edwin B Moffit
A. Moffit and Sons
A H,. Moffit
Cedar County
A H
J. T Moffit
Tipton
Will
Martha Stookey
Mary L. Reeder
Will Moffit
California
Charles Tyrrell
Rosehill Cemetery
Elmer Johnson again seeks move to alter U S income tax act
Rep Elmer Johnson of Cedar Rapids filed a House resolution urging Congress to repeal the Sixteenth Amendment and propose a substitute tax cap of 25 percent He noted current rates can reach about 75 percent for very large incomes and urged a constitutional convention to push the change Johnson had introduced a similar measure in the prior session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Johnson
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Town House
Congress
Johnson
Widow’s $7500 claim rejected in Fort Madison case
A Des Moines AP report states a legislative sub committee refused the widow of Robert Hart, penitentiary guard slain during a prisoner delivery attempt at Fort Madison last July, the $7,500 claim. The panel ruled Hart’s widow already receives $4,500 in workman’s compensation, deemed sufficient. Several escapees from the same incident face varied sentences, including one on death row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Hart
Hart
Fort Madison
van Sullivan
Forrest Estes
Lowell Huaenze
Sullivan
Estes
Haenze
Les
Senate Approves Dave McCreery Appointment
DES MOINES INDS The Iowa senate in executive session Friday confirmed reappointments by Gov. George A. Wilson. David R. McCreery of Linn county was approved for the board of control with terms ending June 30, 1941 and June 30, 1947. P. F. Hopkins of Cerro Gordo county was named to the board of control for a term ending June 30, 1943. Claude M. Stanley of Adams county was approved to the Iowa unemployment compensation commission for a term ending June
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Senate
George A. Wilson
David R. McCreery
Linn County
Board of Control
P. F. Hopkins
Cerro Gordo County
Claude M. Stanley
Adams County
Iowa
Unemployment Compensation Commission
To Celebrate His 88th Birthday
The eighty eighth birthday anniversary of Charles O Randall will be observed with a family dinner at the home of his daughter Mrs A W Coquillette 424 Eighteenth street NW Guests include a second daughter Mrs Ethel Kennedy of Chicago and her son Robert Born in Jones county Feb 17 1853 Mr Randall moved to Marion in 1874 married Amy Adams in 1873 at Fairview She died in 1924 He was a farmer and carpenter and for 15 years janitor of Marion schools Now living with Mrs Coquillette for four years He belonged to the First Christian church of Marion for several years
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Charles O. Randall
A. W Coquillette
Eighteenth Street
Ethel Kennedy
Chicago
Robert
Jones County
Randall
Marion
Amy Adams
Fairview
State labor commissioner named for term ending 1945
The notice cites Charles W. Harness of Wapello county named as state labor commissioner for the term ending June 30, 1945, indicating official appointment details and the governing period.
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Charles W. Harness
Wapello County
National Defense Program No Impair City Plans For Improvements
City councilmen say national defense spending will not impair planned city improvements for the near future. Projects already planned will proceed, with possible curtailment in long range plans to be decided later based on federal tax needs. Docket includes a new municipal golf course and upgrades to lighting paving sidewalks and sewers.
The Poet Edgar A Guest Chooses Saint Valentine
Edgar A Guest celebrates Saint Valentine as the embodiment of love over money and social saints. He extols Valentine as the enduring gold of life and the one who taught all ages that love matters most, imagining himself as the gentle priest of love.
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St. Valentine
Valentine
Safest Driver Has No License
Irvington New Jersey AP report notes a gold medal returned by the city to the National Safety Council after a city employee, honored for seven years without an accident, was found to have driven without a license for at least two years.
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Irvington
N. J
Department of Parks and Public Property
National Safety Council
City Briefs and Local Events Outline
Mayor Frank Hahn plans to attend a regional meeting of the U S Conference of Mayors in St Louis next weekend. Link Belt Speeder auxiliary will host a Valentine party at the YWCA with a 6 p.m. picnic dinner and games. Shueyville United Brethren church holds worship at 9 30 and Sunday school at 10 30 a m. Senior Christian Endeavor meets at 7 30 p m. Paul S Kohl Occidental Life Insurance travels to New Orleans for the companys producers convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hahn
U. S. Conference of Mayors
St. Louis
Shueyville United Brethren Church
Senior Christian Endeavor
Paul S. Kohl
The
Occidental Life Insurance Company of California
New Orleans
Three Rinks Reopened This Friday Evening
The playground and recreation commission will reopen three of four skating rinks on Friday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Arthur Roosevelt and Bever will be open while Riverside ice was found too soft to use.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
Arthur
Roosevelt
Bever
Riverside
Nurses Missing From St Luke’s Cap Award List
Three nurses names were omitted from the list of those receiving caps at St Luke’s hospital school of nursing last Sunday. Mary Dudek Kathryn Edwards and Dorothy Fentinel were left out. Betty Garman was incorrectly published as Mary Garman. Dairy Owner Fined. John Haddy the Cedar Valley dairy proprietor pled guilty and was fined $100 by Justice H R Churchill on a charge of using registered bottles belonging to another dairy. Since it was his first offense Churchill suspended $90 of the fine. Charges were filed by F D Ford state inspector of foods and dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lukes Hospital School of Nursing
Mary Dudek
Kathryn Edwards
Dorothy Fentinel
Betty Garman
Mary Garman
John Haddy
Cedar Valley
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Haddy
Justice Churchill
F. D. Ford
State Inspector of Foods and Dairies
Rail freight posts shift in Midwest routes
A L Buffer, Rock Island freight agent at Cedar Rapids, becomes acting freight agent for the road at Kansas City effective Feb 15. W M Gavin of Mason City will succeed him here, and W M Anderson of Eldon Mo will move to Mason City. Mrs Gerald Tickal, 31, was injured in a car collision at Third Street and Eighth Avenue SW, suffering a head bump and bruised hip. she was taken home by her husband.
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A L. Buffer
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
W M Gavin
Mason City
W M. Anderson
Eldon
Gerald Tickal
Third Street
E. T. Toomey
Sixth Street
Eighth Avenue
Mystery man missing near Sioux City after flu illness
Mrs. Binger Morness reported to police that her uncle Orin Sinotte, 57, disappeared from his home near Sioux City on February 8 after an attack of flu. Police noted he is five feet eight, 135 pounds, dark complexion with dark brown hair and eyes and may suffer memory loss.
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Binger Morness
Bever Avenue
Orin Sinotte
Sioux City
Combined Scout and church banquet at First Christian Church
Wednesday evening in the dining room of First Christian Church a combined Boy Scout and all church Father and Son banquet was held. Scoutmaster John Greenlee of Troop 16 presented achievement and honor merit awards to Jack Carstens and Charles Dozois. Music by the Honolulu Conservatory under Mr Carpenter, introduced by Jay Hesser. Maurice Flack performed magic stunts. Dr Marion H Williams, pastor, presided.
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Ane
First Christian Church
John Greenlee
Troop 16
Jack Carstens
Charles Dozois
Honolulu Conservatory
Mr Carpenter
Jay Hesser
Maurice Flack
Marion H. Williams
Perrigo Pleads Not Guilty In Cedar Rapids Arrest
Clyde Perrigo of Cedar Rapids, 27, arrested Friday at 3 30 a m on intoxication charges, pleads not guilty before Justice H R Churchill. Trial set for Saturday. Perrigo had 10 arrests between 1935 and 1938 and recently left Fort Madison penitentiary where a 1938 larceny sentence was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Perrigo
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
Perrigo
Fort Madison
Holman Ordered to Communications School at Fort Benning
Second Lieut. Charles H. Holman from 812 Fourth Avenue SE is ordered to the communications school at Fort Benning Georgia. He departs Saturday and will report February 19. The program runs to May 16 after which he will likely rejoin the headquarters detachment of the First Battalion, 133rd Infantry, Iowa National Guard. Holman, commissioned January 8, has seven years with Cedar Rapids guard units and once led the headquarters detachment.
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Charles H. Holman
Fourth Avenue SE
Fort Benning
133Rd Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Holman
Cedar Rapids
Court appoints receiver for Walker drug store case
On petition of Elmer Kuehl Judge C J Haas Friday named Toma Kuehl receiver of a Walker drug store. Bond set at 2000. Kuehl sued Max Twentier Frank Assmus Hutchinson Ice Cream Liquid Carbonic Story County State Bank seeking receiver and 1075 judgment. He alleged he bought the store on unencumbered terms but later learned others held liens and mortgages and asked their claims be inferior to his.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Kuehl
C. J. Haas
Toma Kuehl
Walker
Kuehl
Max Twentier
Frank Assmus
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Liquid Carbonic Corporation
Story County State Bank
Twentier
Kuhl
Farm near Waubeek to be sold for 13000 dollars
W Bates as receiver for American Trust and Savings bank obtained Judge Haas approval to sell a 265 acre Waubeek area farm to Fred Kloubec and Julia W Kloubec for 13000 dollars The farm inventory value was 16620 dollars.
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W. Bates
American Trust and Savings Bank
C. J. Haas
Waubeek
Fred Kloubec
Julia W. Kloubec
Bates
Judge H C Ring hears guilty plea in forged check case
Dale Kimball of Clear Lake pleaded guilty to forging a $20 check to Iowa Steel and Iron Works. Arraigned on a true information by County Attorney Crissman, sentence deferred until Monday at 9 am. Kimball, already serving 30 days in county jail on a bad check charge, signed the instrument as L. O. Kimball.
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H. C. Ring
Dale Kimball
Clear Lake
W. W. Crissman
Kimball
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
First National Bank of
L. O. Kimball
Two New Divorce Suits Filed in District Court
Two divorce cases were docketed in district court on Thursday. Jewell Baird alleges cruel and inhuman treatment in her petition against Leo E. Baird. The filing marks the start of legal action for the couple.
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Jewell Baird
Leo E. Baird
Becket alimony and custody petition in Iowa case
Florence Beck seeks a divorce from Dale Beck on grounds identical to an earlier dismissed petition. The couple married in Vin ton on April 7, 1934, and again in Iowa City on June 27, 1936. She requests custody of their son and child support.
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Vinton
C. J. Hans Florence Beck
Dale Beck
Iowa City
Partition Action In Cedar Rapids Involving Hulls Addition Lot
Agnes Nesetril Kofron Louis A Kofron Charles Nesetril and Lillian Nesetril filed a partition action Thursday over a Hulls addition lot in Cedar Rapids. Defendants include Emma Coufal Frank Coufal Paulina Jindrich Albert Jindrich Frank Nesetril Anna Nesetril Bedrich Nesetril Mrs Bedrich Nesetril and Anna Nesetril Morris.
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Hull
Cedar Rapids
Agnes Nesetril Kofron
Louis A. Kofron
Charles Nesetril
Lillian Nesetril
Emma Coufal
Frank Coufal
Paulina Jindrich
Albert Jindrich
Frank Nesetril
Anna Nesetril
Bedrich Nesetril
Anna Nesetril Morris
Oak Park Man Jumps Aboard Milwaukee Hiawatha Train
Herbert R. Turner aged 22 of Oak Park Illinois rode between the engine tender and the front mail car of the Milwaukee's Midwest Hiawatha at Savanna Iowa to Marion without paying. He pleaded guilty before Judge H. C. Ring and received a 30 day floater sentence, with County Attorney W. W. Crissman noting no prior record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Turner
Oak Park
Ill
Kronenfeldt Case Dismissed Over Brass Faucet Theft
Max Kronenfeldt aged 67 had larceny charges dismissed by Judge H C Ring on a stateward motion. The case involved the theft of brass faucets from Sears Roebuck on January 27 as Kronenfeldt reportedly left the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Kronenfeldt
H C. Ring
W W. Crissman
Kronenfeldt
Sears Roebuck and Company
Counter Claim Filed by Weiningers in Farm Possession Suit
Vernon Weininger and Rose Weininger, named as defendants with Mary Weininger as plaintiff, filed a counter claim in the case over possession of a farm and $200 exemplary damages on Thursday, adding new parties to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Weininger
Rose Weininger
Mary Weininger
Denial and Counterclaims Over Farm Possession Move to Equity
The defendants file a general denial and three counterclaims seeking possession of the farm based on an alleged oral agreement. They also request transfer of the suit to an equal equity proceeding to resolve the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity
Judge Dismisses Promissory Note Case Against Ziers
Judge H. C. Ring dismisses with prejudice the three year old promissory note suit by August Pertl against Mr. and Mrs. George D. Zier filed April 26 1938 seeking 350 dollars. The defendants drop a counterclaim for 100 dollars alleging breach of a personal agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
August Pertl
George D. Zier
Pertl
Ziers
Power To Sell Brown's corner lot and house for 1900
D W Bates receiver for Iowa State Savings filed to sell a Brown's addition corner lot and house to Leonard and Velma Gardner for 1900. Hearing set for February 21 at 9 a.m. Also: Simmons released on good behavior after nine months for illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Doubrasky will probate with Anna Doubrasky exec. Lon Newell estate named administrator. assets around 10000 with 16000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank
Brown's Addition
Leonard G. Gardner
Velma M. Gardner
Samuel Simmons
H C Ring
W. W. Crissman
Simmons
John T. More Fit
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H. F. Risse
Mitchel
Gazette
Second Street
Ed Moffit
Dave McCreery
Charles C. Rundall
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
St. Jude
St. Patrick
St. Michael
Anthony
Auris
Lighthouse Loan & Finance Co
Dial
City Briefs
A. L. Buffer
ASP
Benning
Court House News
Walker Drug Store
Wesley V. Doubrasky
Anna Doubrasky
Charles E Newell
Lon Newell
Grant Township
Lady’s Plain
Second Avenue
Davis Cleaners
Martin
Martin Oil CO
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