Law proposes outlawing bank nights in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers introduce a bill to define bank nights as lotteries illegal under state law. Rep. John S. Heffner and three Republicans with a Democrat sponsor say the scheme promotes gambling and lowers morals, targeting theaters and grocery stores. About 200 of roughly 300 Iowa theaters run bank nights, funded by Affiliated Enterprises of Denver. Heffner predicts theater pressure against the measure due to its high profits.
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Des Moines
Heffner
Glenn Haynes
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Hamilton County Board of Education
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Deaths Lectures and Dinners
Funeral services were held for Mary Donohue 18 at St Bridget's church following her death Monday. Dr Louis Binstock will lecture at Old Capitol next Monday under the university school of religion. A three person committee will pick Iowa City's Hawkeye Boys State delegates. Founders Day dinners are set across seven states for the University of Iowa birthday. Dorothy Smith and Wilma Lee Hudson named county and university reps for state DAR competitions. Hans Muenzer will perform violin solos in Town Hall program. concert canceled due to conductor illness.
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St. Bridget’s Church
Nolan Settlement
Mary Donohue
Miss Donohue
St. Mary’s High School
Hugh Donohue
Theresa
Marjory
Arsina
Louis Binstock
Chicago
Old Capitol
University of Iowa
School of Religion
Des Moines
American Legion
B. M. Ricketts
Roscoe E. Taylor
Otto Vogel
Lou F E. Clark
Davenport
Newton
Grinnell
Iowa
E. M. MacEwen
Medical College
Sioux City
Wiley B. Rutledge
Law College
Kansas City
Harry Barnes
Milwaukee
Wis
Dorothy Smith
Johnson County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Smith
Herman Smith
Wilma Lee Hudson
Grover C. Hudson
University High School
Hans Muenzer
University of Iowa Music Department
Town Hall
New York City
University Symphony Orchestra
Philip Clapp
Muenzer
University
WGNL
Esther Payne Muenzer
Hawkeye Anniversary and Maid of Honor Wedding Details
The forty-eighth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ed Miller was celebrated Sunday at their home. Ella Wickham married Edward Miller on Feb 5 1891 at the Baptist church West Union. Gager attended. Mrs Gager present. They have two sons Charles of Waukon and Fred at home and three daughters Mrs Hell singer New Hampton Mrs Fred Fuller Waukon and Mrs Vera Kuepper at home. MAQUOKETA Mrs Louis Koranda 52 died at home Tuesday after extended illness. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Harrison funeral home with burial at Oxford Junction cemetery. Rev C Edward Holyoke officiated. She was born Tillie Pegarick near Oxford Junction Dec 16 1886 and married Louis Loranda. Surviving are husband two daughters Mrs Gilbert Lange and Mrs James Dolak and two granddaughters.
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Hawkeye
Ed Miller
Ella Wickham
Edward Miller
Bowers
Baptist Church
West Union
Clarence Gager
Vera Kuepper
Maquoketa
Louis Koranda
Harrison
Oxford Junction
C. Edward Holyoke
Louis Loranda
Gilbert Lange
James Dolak
John B. Hammond Dies at 86 in Springville
John B. Hammond aged 86 formerly of Jones and Cedar counties died Wednesday at his daughter’s home in Springville. He farmed near Oxford Junction and Clarence. Survived by son Harry of Marion and daughter Mrs. William Jeffrey of Des Moines. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Springville
John B. Hammond
Jones and
Cedar Counties
Julius van Sickle
Oxford Junction
Clarence
Harry
Marion
William Jeffrey
Des Moines
Monticello Couple Wed at Methodist Parsonage
Miss Burdena Behrends daughter of Mrs Anna Behrends Monticello and Ed win Lightfoot son of Mrs Maude Lightfoot Monticello were married Tuesday evening at the Methodist parsonage by Rev Albert E Coe. After Feb 20 they will reside at 104 First Avenue West Cedar Rapids.
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Dysart
Burdena Behrends
Anna Behrends
Monticello
Edwin E. Lightfoot
Maude Lightfoot
Albert E. Coe
Corrine Lackman
Myrie V. Shover
Cedar Rapids
Monticello High School
Lightfoot
Iowa Eyes Beer Tax for Farm to Market Road Funds
Iowa lawmakers seek a long term fix to fund farm to market roads by diverting the beer tax to farm to market matches. Proposals include capping primary road fund diversions to 1939 40 levels, earmarking 1 million dollars yearly from the beer tax for farm to market matches, and cutting highway commission costs by at least 750 thousand dollars annually. The House passed a bill diverting 658 thousand dollars in primary funds for federal matches and reallocating 15 percent of vehicle license fees to farm to market roads starting next year, about 1.75 million dollars. Federal matches will be 384 thousand dollars annually beginning next year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Highway Commission
Senate Highways Committee
Iowa House
Commission
Fire destroys Art Bundy garage and Berg Furniture building
Estherville firefighters battled a blaze believed started by an overheated store that leveled the Art Bundy garage and the Berg Furniture building, with a $25,000 loss. The two story brick veneer Berg building was owned by the J. T. Johnston estate and insurance covered part of the damage. Additional losses hit B. B. Kints, a soft drink and wholesale candy firm, and a small fruit and grocery store east of Berg. Firefighting occurred in 10 below zero temperatures.
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Estherville
Art Bundy
Berg Furniture Company
Berg Company
J. T. Johnston
B. B. Kints Company
Obituary Notes for Rudolph Moser and Local Wedding
Funeral services for Rudolph Moser will be Thursday in Strawberry Point with burial there. Moser born 1864 in Switzerland died after a heart attack in Oelwein hospital. He married Anna Kurrelmeyer in 1892 and had eight grandchildren with relatives in Strawberry Point, Farmersburg, and nearby towns. In Van Horne, Rachel Stewart and Joseph Duncalf were wed by Rev. T J Norris with local attendees and singers. The couple, Van Horne High School graduates, will farm northwest of Van Horne.
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Strawberry Point
Rudolph Moser
Nicholas
Elizabeth Moser
Switzerland
Oelwein Hospital
Anna Kurrelmeyer
Edgewood
Clarence
Harold
St. Paul
Minn
Floyd
Farmersburg
Walter
Bangor
Mich
Carl Bull
Richard Homewood
Ted Hill
Jacob J. Moser
Oneida
Henry Kurrelmeyer
Colesburg
van Horne
Rachel Stewart
Clifford Stewart
Joseph Duncalf
George Duncalf
T. J. Norris
Delbert Duncalf
Geraldine Young Sang
Harold Dowd
van Horne High School
Edgewood Girl Weds Cedar Rapids Man in St. Mark's Ceremony
Lorraine Digman daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Digman of Edgewood and Gen A Conway of Cedar Rapids were married at St Mark's Catholic church Tuesday The mass featured music by St Mark's choir with Margaret Kirk organ and hymns by Mrs Frank Wiley and Marcus Fitzpatrick The bride attended Greeley High School and Iowa State Teachers College and has taught in Delaware county The groom attended Heffron High School Rochester and works as superintendent for G H Lowe Construction Co in Cedar Rapids They will reside in Cedar Rapids after a brief wedding trip Thirty five relatives and friends attended a wedding dinner at the bride's parents home
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Lorraine Digman
Frank Digman
A. Conway
Cedar Rapids
Caroline Cériwayjester
St. Mark's
Margaret Kirk
Frank Wiley
Marcus Fitzpatrick
Hilda Digman
Earl Bloodsworth
Dubuque
Greeley High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Delaware County
Heffron High School
Rochester
G. H. Lowe Construction Company
Conway
Thornburg
Gertrude Foster
W. H. Bowman
Eldora
Bernard Dawson
C. P. Dawson
F. O. Hillman
Methodist Church
Vera Bowman
Vincent Hamm
Eldora High School
Thornburg High School
Knights of Pythias
Edgewood Lodge
Harold le Clare
Manchester
M. de Rocker
Waterloo
Keith Sherman
Esquire
P. A. Dietz
Walcott
J. E
Richard Malin
H. A. Crumb
Mary Griswold
Ronald Hayward
Tama
J. F. Schroeder
A. J. Sandeen
Ralph
Young Men’s
Young Ladies‘ Sodalities
St. Mary’s Church
Maquoketa
Elsie Mohr
Davenport
Eugene Mohr
Ambrose Judges
Agnes Judge
Elvira
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. A. Mullen
Judge
Matthew D. Hutson
Alfred Camito
Jeanette Doyle
Des Moines
Camito
Mount Auburn
Williams
Bitter cold sweeps northern Iowa with subzero readings
Des Moines AP report describes a sharp drop in temperatures across northern Iowa. Northwood logged 19 degrees below zero while Mason City Spirit Lake and Estherville ranged from 16 to 17 below. Southeast and extreme east were set for colder conditions tonight with light snow flurries possible.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Northwood
Mason City
Spirit Lake
Estherville
Weather Bureau
Humboldt
Charles City
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Dubuque
Davenport
Marengo and surrounding towns report local notices and obits
Eastern Iowa news mimeographed from Marengo, Williamsburg, and neighboring towns covers a Legion Auxiliary talk on National Defense by Irene Drake, a March spring conference planning session, and delegates selected. Also featured are a PTA birthday celebration, a marriage notice for Gertrude Foster and Bernard Dawson, Knights of Pythias district meeting results, multiple obituaries, and ice harvest plans for McGregor and Marquette as winter nears.
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Marengo
Irene Drake
Williamsburg
American Legion Auxiliary
National Defense
E. L. Lindenmayer
Grant York
Ladora
George Branch
Ralph Freeze
Des Moines
George Washington
Lindenmayer
Charles Lindsay
Frank Johnson
Harry Healey
J. H. Hill
Evelyn Huber
Charles Denzler
Isabel Ward
Edna Shellabarger
J. M. Dower
Fred Branch
Leo Franey
Anerd Grant
Leon Hardenbrook
Hospitals Service Insurance Organizes in Sioux City
The Associated Hospitals Service Insurance company, a non profit backed by four Sioux City hospitals, will offer hospital service plans from 75 cents a month for individuals to 1.75 for families. Contracts cover 21 days per year of hospital care with exclusions for nursing, certain lab and surgical dressing charges, and physicians' fees. Leading business and professional figures serve as company officers.
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Sioux City
Hospital Service
Associated Hospitals Service Insurance Company
O'Brian declines comment on phone inquiry in Des Moines
Former Secretary of State Robert E. O'Brian, back in Des Moines after Illinois, refused to discuss the executive council inquiry asking for a satisfactory explanation of telephone calls while in office. The $134 in calls over 30 days and $260 in gasoline coupon books are held up pending the council's probe as he said he is tired and has not had time to review the matter.
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Des Moines
Robert E. O'Brian
Illinois
State Executive Council
Charges Against Hede Dismissed Iowa City Labor Case
Niels Hede of Minneapolis a plasterer for the new Iowa City high school project had charges for violating the Iowa labor preference law dismissed in Justice of the Peace T M Fairchilds court. The prosecution by Harry Morse of the Iowa City building trades council failed to appear. Morse had claimed Hede hired Minnesota workers rather than Iowa men for Iowa work. Earlier Hede accepted Iowa men sent by the trades council after requesting Minnesota workers be retained.
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Iowa City
Niels Hede
Minneapolis
Iowa
Justice of the Peace
T. M. Fairchild
Harry Morse
Iowa City Building Trades Council
Morse
Hede
Minnesota
The
Trades Council
Viola presents Mrs. O'Leary's Cow at high school
Viola consolidated school will stage a one act play Mrs. O Leary s Cow at the high school auditorium Thursday evening. Cast includes Secrist Forrest Boots Burke Ethel Stern Thompson Cecelia Ellington and Winifred Flanagan. Mrs Louise Petersen mourns sister Mrs J P Rudy of Alva Okla burial held there Tuesday.
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Viola
Viola Consolidated School
O'Leary
Mr. Secrist
Forrest Boots
Miss Burke
Ethel Stern
Miss Thompson
Cecelia Ellington
Winifred Flanagan
Mount Auburn
Louise Petersen
J. P. Rudy
Alva
Oklo
Iowa Boy Slayer to Be Freed for College Attendance
James Regis Martin, who fled Iowa City high school at 16 and killed a gas station owner in a 1933 case, will be paroled from a southern Michigan prison next month to pursue college studies or secure employment. He had a life sentence, later earning a parole under Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald after excelling in the prison academic program. He earlier committed robberies in Davenport, Elgin, and Milwaukee before the fatal shooting at Hans Nielson’s gas station.
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Mich
Iowa City
Southern Michigan
James Regis Martin
Martin
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Davenport
Elgin
Tfl
Milwaukee
Wis
Muskegon
Hans Nielson
Nielson
St. Joseph
John Vanderwerp
Des Moines Man Succeeds Speidel
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Charles R. Fischer named Ralph Knudsen of Des Moines to replace Deputy Commissioner John Speidel of Washington on the state insurance staff. Knudsen, a certified public accountant, previously worked in the state securities department and will earn 3600 dollars annually.
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Iowa
Charles R. Fischer
John Speidel
Washington
Ralph Knudsen
Knudsen
State Securities Department
Fischer
Speidel
Iowa Senate
State Board of Assessment and Review
Maquoketa couple wed in Sacred Heart church
Miss Gertrude L. Cram daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles F Cram of Maquoketa wed Arnold L. Holtz son of Mr and Mrs Carl F Holtz near Maquoketa in Sacred Heart church parsonage. Officiant Rev J A Mullen. Attendants Miss Kathleen Cram and Danverse Tubbs. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home. Mrs Holtz a 1936 Maquoketa High School graduate. Holtz also attended Maquoketa schools. LUANA Play set for Sunday at Luana opera house with cast announced and Helmuth Landt coaching.
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Maquoketa
Gertrude L. Cram
Charles F. Cram
Arnold L. Holtz
Carl F. Holtz
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. A. Mullen
Kathleen Cram
Danverse Tubbs
Elmer Radloff
Melvin Radloff
Harlan Kranbeer
Rosalyn McNally
Margaret McNally
Milan Mae Gossman
Irene Moeller
Robert Schutte
Robert Kranbeer
Jessie Schultz
Charles Doerring
Lavera Nuehring
Ruth Rekow
Laverda Nuehring
Helmuth Landt
Plan Attack on Trade Treaties Rises in Congress
Rep. Ben Hensen predicts a revolt against the reciprocal trade treaty program as farm-state lawmakers and Democratic senators seek stricter approval. He argues treaties hurt American farmers by shifting tariffs under most-favored-nation rules, citing Cuba and Argentina as examples and warning of a broad import export imbalance.
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Ben Hensen
Iowa
Congress
Senate
Vinecent Harrington
Jensen
Germany
State Department
Cuba
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