Iowa City and County News Briefs and Obituaries
A long list of obituaries and notices from Iowa communities reports deaths in Kalona Independence Edgewood Waterloo and surrounding towns. It notes infections from a splinter causing a man’s death, funeral details for Mathesius and Rhines, marriages in Delmar and Maynard, civic planning in Washington, and various local notices including postmaster exams and spelling contest plans. The compilation spans Kalona Independence Edgewood Victor and other counties with dates, names, and survivor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Mathesius
Byron
Inde Day
Henry
Wilhelmina Mathesius
Mendota
Towa
Byron Township
Kate
Otto
Rudolph
Heege
F. E. Hamlin
Presbyterian Church
Wilson Cemetery
Edgewood
Methodist
John Rhines
FP. C. Winslow
A. B. Soule
Hopkinton
Mr. Pease
Mabel Tyrrell
Greeley
Doris Powell
el Monte
Calif
Donald E. Rhines
Bernice Rhines
Maricopa
Frederick E
Seven Miles Pendence
Washington
Lawrence Wilson
Federal Housing Committee
National Association
Chamber of Commerce
Tipton
Cedar County
Court House
Jane McCormick
New York Elevator Strike Averts Citywide Shutdown
Peace pact signed by building owners and union leaders ends threat of a complete elevator stoppage in New York. The agreement blocks a six month strike after hours of talks in Mayor LaGuardia’s office. About 100 buildings closed as 5,000 workers walked out, underscoring vertical transport dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
New York City
Arbitration Committee
Waterloo Votes on Municipal Building Plan
Waterloo plans a special election March 25 on building a city hall and municipal auditorium at Lincoln Park. The project costs up to 278000 dollars with 78500 from a PWA grant and 199500 from a city bond issue. The council aims to sell a 190000 dollar PWA bond privately at a lower rate than 4 percent. A 60 percent affirmative vote is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Lincoln Park
PWA
Italian Spokesman Accuses Ethiopia of Blocking Peace Move
In Rome AP dispatch a government spokesman accused Ethiopia on Tuesday of placing unacceptable conditions that hindered a preliminary agreement for establishing a frontier. The statement underscored tension over peace talks and possible steps toward a frontier arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Rome
Italy Eyes Precautionary Measures Over Neutral Zone
A regional spokesman says Italy may take stronger precautionary steps amid Italo-Ethiopian hostilities. Officials deny Addis Ababa reports of an agreement to create a neutral zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Addis Ababa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa News
Gazett
Dormer
Kalona
Bertha Ott
Eldon
Town City
Evelyn Morrow
Tacoma
Okla
Leslie Burgin
Strawberry Point
Sylvester Phelps
Manchester
J. H. Rhines
Frank Rhines
Lamont
Charles Rhines
Arlington
Louis Rhines
Merrill, Wis
Lloyd Lytle
Bailey Rock
Lytle
Iowa Avenue
George Scheffer
Richmond
Ona Kloepfer
Francis
Warren
George, Jr
Holy Trinity Church
Iowa City
Olive Phend
Ivo Phend
Hawkeye Casualty Company
Des Moines
Victor
Phend
Brooklyn
Charles Claeys
Peter
Sophia Verdum Claeys
Belgium
America
W. L. Adrian
St. Bridget’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Peter DeDecker
Phil
Littleport
Kathleen Madden
Oscar Meese
Sacred Heart ‘Church
Goetsinger
Clarence Madden
Eileen Kafer
Thomas Madden
Ed Meese
Meese
Maynard
Fred Hoeger
Messrs
Fred Reinke, Jr
Robert Ponsar
Gus Rueber
Fred Kopp
C. J. Meyer
Hoeger
Westgate Opera House
Fred C. Lutz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Waverly
Summer
Hawkeye
Aurora
Oelwein
Waucoma
Minnesota
Here
Hills
Louis Schnoebelen
Troy Mills
Oliver Butterfield
Chester Butterfield
Butterfield
Walker
Howard Nelson
Gifford McCright
Clair Washburn
Ruth Woods
Doris Lanning
Esther Dudley
Edith Wagner
Virginia Palmer
Francis Collyer
Orva McCright
Kenneth Shaffer
Olive Wagner
Delmar Fisher
Leigh Butterfield
Riverside
Clement Shradel
Thomas Dautremont
Young Ladies’ Sodality
Leona Kucera
Helen Shradel
Marguerite Thomann
Monticello
Evangelical Reformed Church
Elizabeth Bohren
Rudolph Bohren
Bohren
Andrew Steiner
Casper Friedli
Josiah Friedli
Plymouth
Wis
Armin H. Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Sigourney
Everette Niswander
Centerville
George Barnhart
Mae Garrett
J. F. White
Joe Evans
Carl Bower
George Schaeffers
H. Schaeffers
Harper
B. Jacobsmeier
C. A. B. van Waus
Schaeffers
St. Louis
Iowa
Ona Kleopfer
William
Kleopfer
Norbert Whitmire
Clement Kron
Anto Kiefer
Joseph Escher
William Schillig
Robert Welte
Grand Mound
Henry Burmeister
John Peahl
Bill Dunlavy
Mary McDonnell
van Horne
Ferdinand Herzberger
Kearney
Neb
Mary Herzberger
Henry Herzberger
Evangelical Church
P. L. Davis
Herzberger
A. H. Brandt
Kemble
Kemble’s
Dial
Celia Bush
Paramount Cooking School
Cooking
Addret
Paramount
Mias
Celia
Bush
Penick
Brer Rabbit
Penick Syrup
Vermont
Grocer’ S
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