Missing Washington woman Ella Dilts triggers nationwide police search
Miss Mildred Ella Dilts 27 formerly of Independence and Cedar Rapids has been missing ten days. She left her room about ten minutes after a phone call wearing a light spray suit with no baggage and was last seen in Washington. Her sister Loeda Dilts spearheads the investigation as a nationwide radio appeal and police search expand.
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Gazette
Washington
Capital City
Mildred Ella Dilts
Independence
Cedar Rapids
Miss Dilts
Hnch
Loeda Dilts
Loeb
Ella
Columbia Radio System
Loeda
Troy Mills
National Radio Institute
Western Union Telegraph Company
Des Moines
R. E Miler Contracting Company
Radio Institute
Locla Dilts
Cedar Rapids Business College
Genera Counsel
Internal Revenue Bureau
Elmer Dean
Eighth Street
Verne Dilts
Tillman Dilts
C Avenue
Verna Kapple
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Roads
Sohotor Bowles
Pulice
Lecla
Baltimore
Mit
Ela
Cedar County Seeks Hoover Friend as National Delegate
Cedar County Republicans pass a resolution asking the state GOP to appoint Fred Albin of West Branch, a boyhood friend of Herbert Hoover, as a delegate to the party’s national convention. The motion urges inclusion in the state delegation.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Herbert Hoover
Fred Albin
West Branch
Millions of Fish Die in Frozen Mississippi Ponds
McGregor reports millions of fish perished in upper Mississippi ponds this winter. Commercial fishermen say cold, dense ice kept oxygen from the water. Veteran fisherman Charles Scregum predicts a repeat in spring with many dead fish washing ashore after ice breakup.
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Mcgregor
Mississippi
Charles Scregum
McGregor Monday
Declamatory Contest At Lisbon Postponed
A preliminary sub district declamatory contest scheduled for Lisbon Wednesday has been postponed to March 11. Participating towns include Marion Morles Wyoming and Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Marion
Morles
Wyoming
Williamsburg Man In Race For State Senator
Des Moines reports the secretary of state's office issued nomination papers to Dr. Frederick C Schadt of Williamsburg to run for state senator.
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Williamsburg
Des Moines
Secretary of — State
Frederick C Schadt
Icicle crashes through roof at Brady Transfer building
A 300 pound icicle detached from a water tower at the Brady Transfer and Storage building in Fort Dodge. It cracked a garage roof, triggered an automatic sprinkler system, and set off the fire department alarm. An employee narrowly avoided the impact, being ten feet away.
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Fort Dodge
Brady Transfer and Storage Company
Amana Tanks Reopen After Weeklong Shortage Closure
Amana tanks resumed operations Monday following a seven day shutdown due to a 5 percent fuel shortage impacting production lines. Company officials cited improved supply and restored staffing levels as the reason for reopening.
Iowa City preps dynamite river to avert flood
University of Iowa and city officials prepared for floods with dynamite to blast ice on the Iowa river and sandbags at the ready. Prof F T Mavis warned floods hinge on further rain or snow while the river started rising only slightly under the ice and water seepage continued.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University Grounds and Buildings Department
Iowa River
Iowa City Water Company
F T Mavis
Hydraulics Engineering
University
Mavis
Fur Bearing Animals Suffer Greatly From Cold
McGregor CCC camp superintendent D. C. Poshusta and soil conservation staff traced snowshoe trips to feed birds. They saw fur bearing animals suffer with foxes and opossums thin and dying, while no quail or pheasants were found, according to W. H. Elwell a McGregor fur buyer.
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Mcgregor
Tama County Lake-Park Project Gets Under Way
Marshalltown AP report says work started on the Tama County lake park project twelve miles northeast of town after weeks of snow. A 27 man crew clears roads to reach a well drilling outfit fifteen miles away for final dam borings and to erect shelters. An extra 70 relief workers from Marshall county will report next Monday.
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Marshalltown
Tama County Lake-Park
Here
Marshall County Relief Lists
Rudolph A. Elsner Dies in Clarence at 71
Rudolph A. Elsner, 71, died at his Clarence home after a two year illness. Born March 4, 1864 in Wesselburen Germany, he moved from Vinton to Clarence in 1908 and ran a general merchandise store until 1922. He married three times and survived by children Anna Baade, Rudolph, Christopher, and Mrs. Freda Becker and others. funeral at home and Evangelical church.
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Clarence
Rudolph A Elsner
Wesselburen
Holstein
Germany
Vinton
Kirk Dry Goods Company
Moelk
Blairstown
Eleven-time casted girl Mamie Bartosh faces another hip setback
Eleven-year-old Mamie Bartosh has been placed in a hip cast for the 11th time in five years at Iowa City University hospital. After a recent cast removal, doctors found the right hip still dislocated, requiring confinement again. Despite lifelong challenges, she remains hopeful to walk again and continues school irregularly but progresses when able.
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the Gazette
Elberon
Mamie Bartosh
Iowa City University Hospital
Mamie
Cornell Orchestra To Begin Tour In March
Cornell college symphony orchestra under Prof Horace Alden Miller will depart March 25 for an 11 city concert tour ending April 2. The itinerary includes Marshalltown Toledo Gladbrook Waterloo Cedar Falls Strawberry Point Monona Dubuque. Soloists are Carmen Roskopf Melbourne flute and Margaret Lilley Waterloo concertmistress.
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Mount Vernon
Horace Alden Miller
Cornell College Symphony Orchestra
Marshalltown
Toledo
Gladbrook
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Strawberry Point
Monona
Dubuque
Carmen Roskopf
Melbourne
Margaret Lilley
Symphony
Temperature Heads Back Toward Zero In Iowa
Federal meteorologist C. D. Reed reports thawing of winter snow is ending in Iowa as colder air moves in. He warns ice jams could cause localized river flooding while overall flood danger remains low. Des Moines notes 12 inches melted from 15 and the Des Moines River rose 0.3 feet. Temperatures fall to near zero in western Iowa with warmer readings in the southeast.
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Des Moines
INS
C. D. Reed
Towa
Reed
Keokuk
Mercury
Davenport
Iowa
Canada
Calgary
Bare Roads and Drifts Slow Brandon Sled Ride
February thaw slows travel as nineteen Brandon youths on a Sunday night sled ride encounter bare road between Brandon and Vinton. They must walk half a mile when a snowdrift blocks their path, with drifting easing where wind had thinned it.
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the Gazette
Brandon
Here
Vinton
Objections Filed To Will Of Miss Anna Johnston
George M. Stauffer and U. S. Johnston filed objections in district court to the probate of Anna B. Johnston of Toledo. Stauffer, a cousin, claims lack of testamentary capacity and possible undue influence by Alice M. Le Fevre, principal beneficiary. They seek denial of probate and removal of LeFevre as special administratrix, with estate settled as intestate if applicable.
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Toledo
George M. Stauffer
Gladbrook
Anna B. Johnston
Stauffer
Miss Johnston
U. S. Johnston
Tama
Alice M. LeFevre
Johnston
Miss LeFevre
Thick ice on Wapsi River near Anamosa bridges
Ice in the Wapsi River near the Anamosa bridge is reported thirty inches thick, deeper than in many years. Snow has covered the region to two feet for weeks and is now settling rapidly.
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Wapsipinicon River
Iowa Holiday Trade Surges in 1934 Holiday Quarter
Iowa retail sales rose 13 percent from 1934 to 1935 in the October to December quarter, with tax receipts totaling 3,500,723.97 versus 3,104,877.03. The gain approaches a 20 million dollar rise in holiday turnover, with final quarterly figures to be closed by March 31.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Coal Sold From Wyoming Mine After Seventeen Years
Fayette Wyoming by Frank Chittenden sold coal mined in Wyoming that had been held for 17 years to meet fuel needs. The coal, valued at 14.50 a ton, was disposed of at a sharp loss to prevent suffering during the fuel crisis.
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Fayette
Wyoming
Frank Chittenden
Fire threat at Marshall Packing plant in Marshalltown
A fire sparked by a short circuit in a motor driving a ventilating fan in the sausage room at the Marshall Packing company plant threatened to destroy the facility at 1 20 a m Tuesday. Firemen located the seat of trouble and kept losses to about $2000. The modern plant had been completed about two years ago.
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Marshalltown
Marshall Packing Company
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Amana
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