Bank Burglars Loot Aus tinville Safe In Northeast Iowa
In Aus tinville, Iowa, bandits cut through three inches of steel to loot the State Savings Bank safe early Saturday. Officials estimate losses at about $1,000 to $2,000. Four or more men reportedly involved. a car was found parked nearby as tracks lead northward. The 3,000-pound safe was moved to a rear conference room and water flooded the money compartment to shield currency.
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Waterloo
Iowa
State Savings Bank
Austinville
Bank
S. L. Patterson
Walter Austin
Austin
Butler County
Frank Neal
Allison
Neal
Galt and Beaman
Fredericksburg
Neal Sai
Professor McGaw Traveler Craftsman Scholar at Cornell
Fred M. McGaw, Cornell college professor, teaches mathematics and religion while pursuing travel, photography, cabinet making, cooking, and printmaking. He has circled the globe, visited all U S states and many countries, built a slide library, runs a home workshop, and leads a popular Sunday school class in Mount Vernon.
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Nount Vernon
Fred M. McGaw
Cornell College
Union
Mexico
Canada
Far East
Europe
McGaw
Methodist Church
Mount Vernon
Japan
Man jailed in Des Moines over imaginary daughter's deaths
Des Moines police report James M. Gore, 69, jailed after chief detective says he buried his imaginary daughter daily for six months. Two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses allege Gore solicited funds claiming his daughter died to buy flowers for her casket. Gore reportedly has no real daughter.
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Des Moines
James M. Gore
J. A. Brophy
Brophy
Gore
Coroner Resigns Before Prison Term For Slaying
Glenwood undertaker Frank Raynor resigns as Mills County coroner before starting an eight year sentence at Fort Madison penitentiary. Convicted of manslaughter in the Sept 11 crash that killed Mr and Mrs Edward Brewer and their one year old child near Council Bluffs. State said he was intoxicated at the time. Raynor abandoned appeal plans.
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Glenwood
INS
Fort Madisonson Penitentiary
Frank Raynor
Glenwood Undertaker
Mills County
Edward Brewer
Council Bluffs
Raynor
Supreme Court
Spirited Contest Foreshadowing GOP Sixth District Fight
In Des Moines the Sixth District Republicans prepare to nominate a successor to the late C. C. Dowell amid a county convention split. A substitute motion allowed precinct delegations to name their own district delegates, indicating a pitched intra party battle. Democrats head to their district convention Wednesday.
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Des Moines
C. C. Dowell
Polk
Arthur T. Wallace
Dowell
Neill Garrett
Gerald Jewett
Des Moines Lumberman
Wallace
Paul Cunningham
Polk County
Warrants Issued For Lodge Officer
Burlington AP warrants issued by Justice of the Peace for the arrest of Harry F. Droegemeyer 74 charging embezzlement from Washington lodge No 1 IOOF and from Eureka Encampment over $20 from each organization. Droegemeyer a Burling ton shoe dealer and Odd Fellows figure has been missing since Feb 6.
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Burlington (Ap
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Carr
Harry F. Droegemeyer
Washington Lodge No
C.F
Eureka
Droegemeyer
Burlington
Washington Lodge
Campus chatter hints at art school hype and campus news
Merle Miller notes feces City Life magazine will visit the Iowa campus to photograph the fine arts school. The Flowering of the Valley layout boosted enrollment by about 40 percent. Dave Foerster, golfer, may be ruled ineligible for low grades, while his father edits campus letters and authored 32 books. George Baker, oldest state education board member, will resign after six months to end his term. Kappa Kappa Gammas propose Courtesy Week to replace hazing with politeness and Emily Post lessons.
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Feces City—Life Magazine
Iowa
Picture Magazine
Iowa City
Dave Foerster
Eorge Baker
State Board of Education
Kappa Kappa Gammas
Emily Post
Americanism Month Noted At Lincoln Banquet
Republicans at the Jefferson hotel held a Lincoln day banquet with a novelty flag at each plate. An alert guest found the flag bases bore the words Made in Japan, signaling import marks amid the patriotic event.
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Jefferson Hotel
Japan
State oppose Coralville dam stands. project to start
The state conservation commission may not reverse its opposition to the Coralville dam project though a $6.6 million job will proceed. Locals think Col. Gross of the army engineer hinted at the outcome, remarking that sentiment division affects the case.
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State Conservation Commission
Coralville
Col. Gross
Liquor Commission Moves to 60 40 Party Split
Des Moines Iowa The state liquor control commission announced nine removals and a sequence of transfers and appointments aimed at approaching a 60 40 party balance with Republicans edging ahead. Names include Mathew Corcoran I J Stable Harold Akers Verne Goeldner Donald Crawford Gerald Thys Arnold Webb and several truck drivers and helpers.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
M. L. Curtis
Curtis
Liquor Commission
Mathew Corcoran
I. J. Stable
Decorah
Harold Akers
Marshalltown
Verne Goeldner
Earlham
Akers
Spitz Dog Carries Message Saves Life
Anton Peterson lay ill with heart disease for nine days at his Star Lake home near Pequot Minnesota. He tied a message in a bottle to his spitz dog which carried it across the lake to the nearest neighbor, bringing aid. Peterson recovered at Boone with his daughter Mrs L W Hendricks.
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Boone
Anton Peterson
Peterson
Pequot
Minn
Star Lake
L. W. Hendricks
Verticalism in poetry founder Eugene Jolas plans Mt Vernon home
Paris critic Eugene Jolas promotes verticalism a new poetry movement linking vertical and integral ideas. He envisions publishing Vertical in April in New York and moving permanently to Mount Vernon with his wife and two children. He cites Emerson Thoreau and Picasso as influences while denouncing overworked journalism and aiming for pure literary expression.
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Eugene Jolas
Mt. Vernon
York City
Iowa
America
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Paris
Corn State
New York City
East
Middle West
Jacques Jolas
Cornell
Eugene
France
Paul Engle
Cedar Rapids
Picasso
Jules
Jolas
Emerson
Thoreau
Roads Treacherous In West Central Iowa After Snowfall
Fresh snow moved into Iowa from the west as the Iowa highway patrol warned roads treacherous in west central Iowa near Denison where two to three inches fell. A half inch was reported at Storm Lake with mist and cloudy skies elsewhere. Driving slowed in central and northern Iowa due to dense fog while Mount Ayr saw up to half an inch of precipitation as rain or light snow fell statewide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Highway Patrol
Denison
Mercury
Storm Lake
Weather Bureau
Mount Ayr
Breen and Wilson Rise in Iowa Nomination Papers
Des Moines AP report shows State Senator Edward Breen of Fort Dodge filed for gubernatorial nomination papers, seeking 5,000 signatures. Republican opponent George Wilson faces Bern Utman’s papers, while Arch McFarlane seeks re election and B O Peterson runs for state representative.
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Des Moines
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Earl G. Miller
Miller
Breen
Bern W. Utman
Modale Farmer
George Wilson
Arch W. McFarlane
Waterloo
B. O. Peterson
Britt
Chess Expert Killed In Collision Near Carroll
Harold Morton of Providence Rhode Island a noted minor master in chess was killed in a two vehicle collision near Carroll. Israel A Horowitz North American champion and editor of the Chess Review was critically injured. Driver Frank Robbins of Denver Colorado escaped unharmed. The crash occurred when the passenger car skidded and hit the truck. It was Carroll County's first traffic fatality in 1940.
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Carrell County
Truck Train Collision Kills Bass Injures Baughman
Carlisle AP reports Charles Bass 25 of Chariton died in a late Saturday truck train crash. Carl Baughman 19, also of Chariton, was injured and taken to a Des Moines hospital in an unconscious condition. The truck carried 12 horses which were unharmed. The train was a combination passenger and freight.
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Carlisle
Charles Bass
Chariton
Carl Baughman
Baughman
Des Moines
Montezuma Couple Celebrate Sixty Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Judson Wells mark their sixtieth wedding anniversary in Montezuma. lifelong Poweshiek county residents they raised a family now living with them. Their three children Charles Mae Ludeman and Edith Johnston remain in the community.
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Montezuma
Judson Wells
Poweshiek County
Eastern Iowa liquor stores post strong January gains
Iowa liquor commission reports Davenport State Store up 28 percent in January with $33,465 in liquor sales. Iowa City $19,283, Clinton $15,886, Dubuque $21,554, each up 21 to 26 percent. River cities show improved permits amid anti rum running campaign. Polk County grand jury closes inquiry with no indictments.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Commission
Iowa
Davenport
Iowa City
Clinton
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Illinois
Keokuk
Muscatine
Burlington
Fort Madison
Commission
Polk County
State Liquor Commission
M. L. Curtis
Grand Jury
Liquor Commission
Curtis
B. E. Manley
Liquor Chief Keeps Job as Replacement Refuses Post
John J. Murray, manager of the Elma liquor store, escaped dismissal by the state liquor commission after his appointed successor Gaylord Roberson declined the $100-a-month post. The commission ordered Murray to continue in his duties despite Republican control.
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ELMA
John J. Murray
State Liquor Commission
Gaylord Roberson
Roberson
Murray
Valentine weighs governorship bid amid family doubts
Capitol Currents reports Sen. Valentine considers running for Iowa governor as sources note his wife and mother prefer his current attorney role. The Centerville Norwegian notes his Washington visit aimed at exploring candidacy while polls and ballot write in questions swirl for the Sixth District special election on March 5.
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Centerville
Washington
Sixth Congressional District
W. W. Klein
Des Moines
C. C. Dowell
Secretary of State
Attorney General
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Prof. McGaw
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Cuba
Rotary Club
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Merle Miller
Louis Symphony
Vladimir Golschmann
Golschmann
NBC
Spitz
Britannica
Davenport State Store
Capitol Currents
John H. Chapman
ES Moines
John \entine
Centerville Sowegian
Ed Breen
Valentine
Sowegian
Fred Everett
Klein
Attorney General’s
Wilson
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