Iowa City mayor race pits Boyle against municipal ownership backers
Democrat Clem A. Boyle won the Iowa City mayoral nomination with 976 votes to 515 for Samuel Whiting and 362 for M. P. Lumsden as the utility dispute splits city. Republican Thomas E. Martin, pro municipal ownership, led in his primary with 547 votes to 326 for B. F. Carter.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Clem A. Boyle
Boyle
Samuel Whiting
M. P. Lumsden
Fifth Ward
Thomas E. Martin
B. F .Carter
Martin
Fourth Candidate s Enters Mayoralty Contest At Vinton
Four way mayoral race in Vinton solidified as George Reynolds retired farmer filed papers to lead a progressive ticket with George W Kelgon for councilman at large. Other contenders include incumbent George N Alice Mrs R B Pelter and Charles H Allen. Mrs Hattie Sanders withdraws from councilman race Fourth ward People’s ticket and Charles J Kline to run from that ward. Rumors say one or two more mayoral candidates may announce.
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Vinton
George Reynolds
George W. Kelgon
George N. Alice
R. B. Pelter
Charles H. Allen
Hattie Sanders
People’s
Pelter
Charles J. Kline
Dill Recovering From Iowa City Car Crash
Homer Dill of Iowa City was reported gradually improving after sustaining injuries in a motor vehicle accident in Kirksville Missouri last Saturday. In Columbus Junction, funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Colton 74 were held at St Josephs Catholic church with burial in Columbus City cemetery. She died Sunday night after a brief illness and had lived on the farm near here for 55 years. She was born November 12 1860 in Washington county and was formerly Rosa Morgan. Her husband Thomas Colton died June 4 1929. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Eva Swailes and Mary two sons James and Lee ten grandchildren four great grandchildren and a brother John Morgan.
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Columbus Junction
Thomas Colton
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Paul Moore
Nichols
Columbus City
Colton
Here
Washington County
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Eva Swailes
Mary
James
Lee
Haskins
John Morgan
Oxford
Emory Windrem
Nelson Simpkins
Margaret Schrader
Iowa City
Johnson County
Harry G. Barnes
University of Iowa
Lowden
Louis Strackbein
R. J. Abele
Melvin
Fred Ohirogge
Martha
London
Fred Gade
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Louis Toerber
Clarence
Leona Strackbein
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Gade
Martha Ohirogge
Strackbein
Raymond
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Springdale
Donald Sickman
Corrine Foster
Center Junction
Frank Dawes
C. H. Nelson
John Ahraken
Bessie Reed
Wyoming
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Milo Postel
Kenneth Jones
Bonita Talley
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Norway
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Northfield
Minn
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Okanagan Falls
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Robert Reinhart
William Johnson
Minneapolis
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Lauris Johnson
Fort Pierce
Fla
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Vinton
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L. N. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
E. K. Ray
Waban
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Boone
Alburnett
Charles Newman
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Orval
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Whit Jones
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Bert Lyman
Eldon Kirk
Harold
Elza
Clifford
Valera
Ralph Cooper
Howard
Harlan Starry
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Guelda
Doris
Lota
Dick Mounce
Ilene Michaél
Doris Newman
Monticello
Castle Grove Juntheran Church
Alva Stadtmueller
Austin Stadtmueller
Fannie
Rose Joann
Carl Jacobi
Guttenburg
Emma Eiben
Milwaukee
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Louise Eiben
Gerhardt Eiben
Ben Eiben
Castle Grove
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Carl Eiben
Stacitmueller
Rev. G. Wolf
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J.G. Symes
Evergreen Cemetery
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E. F. Murphy
Mahaska County
Benton County
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William Kennedy
C. D. Bumgardner
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell
J. G. Symes
H. C. Green
Lee Murphy
San Bernardino
Here Comes Charley to be staged at Earlville school
Earlville church group presents a three act comedy Here Comes Charley at the Earlville high school auditorium Wednesday evening under the auspices of the local W C T U. Cast includes Lynn Ferrin Nellie Ferrin Mrs Emily Hugh Mrs Marian Rath Floyd Knickerbocker Lawrence Rath Lavina Hugh Roy Atwood Verna Knickerbocker and Ben Turner.
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Earlville
Charley
Thorpe Methodist Episcopal Church
Earlville High School
Lynn Ferrin
Nellie Ferrin
Emily Hugh
Marian Rath
Floyd Knickerbocker
Lawrence Rath
Lavina Hugh
Roy Atwood
Verna Knickerbocker
Ben Turner
Iowa faculty clash over fraternity hazing at University
University of Iowa faculty clash follows an investigation into hell week. Prof Edward Reuter demands explanations from Lonzo Jones to clear him of suspicion amid ongoing disputes over probation rules and widespread violations across fraternities.
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University of Iowa
Edward B. Reuter
Lonzo P. Jones
Corrections Made In Jackson County Treasurer's Books
Jackson County treasurer's office reforms followed an audit report of 1933 34 showing $565 in missing tax and auto receipts and $171.55 in the second period. State Auditor C W Storms said after corrected bookkeeping the shortages disappeared.
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DES Moines
INS
Jackson County
C. W. Storms
Plucky Clerk Foils Telegraph Office Hold Up In Burlington
Hazel Beckman, 25, on duty alone at the Western Union telegraph office in Burlington, thwarted an armed bandit who demanded the cash. He fled after she refused to open the safe. the thief obtained only 4.45 dollars from the drawer.
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Burlington
Hazel Beckman
Western Union Telegraph Office
Miss Beckman
Fred Berry
Kantor to Speak at University of Iowa March 5 6
MacKinlay Kantor novelist will lecture and lead a round table at Iowa University's senate board on university lectures. Both talks are free to the public. His Civil War themed talk is titled When the South Came North and reflects Gettysburg era events. Kantor, native Iowan and former Cedar Rapids reporter, has written Diversey and El Goes South.
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Iowa City
MacKinlay Kantor
University of Iowa
Senate Board On
Gettysburg
Kantor
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Mike Foley of Clutier Dies at 52
Mrs. Mike Foley 52 died of pneumonia at her Clutier area home Sunday. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. Father Thomas Vopatek presiding. She is survived by husband Sadie Ribby Foley, her mother Mrs. Sam Ribby, and eight children Marie Florence Grace Bertha Evelyn Arthur Ambrose and Melvin all at home.
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Mike Foley
Immaculate Conception Church
Thomas Vopatek
Sadie Ribby Foley
Sam Ribby
Marie
Florence
Grace
Bertha
Evelyn
Arthur
Ambrose
Melvin
Waterloo Coldest with Eleven Below
Iowans faced snow clogged streets as Waterloo logged eleven below zero and Charles City ten below. Roads cleared gradually after Sunday blizzard. rail service limped through drifts while schedules in parts of the state returned to near normal.
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Des Moines
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Wellsburg
Holland
Grundy County
Iowa Falls
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Spirit Lake
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa City
Davenport
Clinton
Ottumwa
Jacksonville
Shelby County
Snowbound Hopkinton Stalls Business and School
In Hopkinton business activity halted as many roads were impassable from hard-packed snowdrifts. Rural schools in southern Delaware county suspended for the day and Buck Creek consolidated school closed until routes reopen for buses. Cars were stranded on streets and had to be shoveled or pulled out.
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Gazette
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Buck Creek
Snow delays district court in Elkader hearing
Snow blocked roads postponing district court in Elkader until Wednesday at 10 a.m. Judge T. H. Goheen of Calmar could not reach Elkader on Monday.
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Elkader
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Rural schools shut as high wind piles drifts
Special to The Gazette reports that rural schools around South English closed Monday due to a strong wind creating deep snow drifts on area highways.
Two Stolen Cars Provide A Mystery
Sheriff Leland Fry and deputies traced two cars reported stolen from La Porte City and Blairstown. A model A owned by an assessor disappeared in La Porte City, while William Phillips’s car went missing in Blairstown. The Blairstown car appeared later with Black Hawk county plates and assessor books in back, Phillips denying ownership. He was jailed overnight as the case continued. Investigators later concluded Phillips had driven the wrong car from Waterloo to Blairstown, believing it was his own.
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Gazette
Vinton
Leland Fry
Ed Able
la Porte City
Marshal Everett
Blairstown
Fry
William Phillips
Sigourney
Phillips
Able
la Porte
Waterloo
IOWA News in Brief Highlights Local Socials and Obituaries
A string of small town notices from Alburnett to Monticello cover a weekend of gatherings and anniversaries. Prizes awarded in five hundred, euchre and lunch served in Alburnett. Hartsock celebrate first anniversary in Tiffin. Declamatory contests at Oxford and West Liberty. Anniversaries noted in Center Junction and Winthrop. Obituaries include Mrs. Isaac Johnson and Mrs. James Kennedy with funeral details in West Union and Vinton respectively.
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Alburnett
Nmr
Clyde Price
Roy Potter
Charlie Karch
Bert McNeil
Center Point
Ferne
Lafayette
William Barnts
al. Schueler
Clyde Wilson
Charles Naylor
Charles Karch
H. I. Kee
Frank Price
Lowell Hartsock
Iowa Liquor Board to Cut Prices and Expand Stores
The Iowa liquor commission announced price reductions on about a quarter of its stock as part of a broad expansion plan to open at least fifty more stores in three to four months. Prices are cut by 5 to 35 cents per bottle on over 25 percent of stock, with small increases on eight brands, as new price lists are distributed to state stores.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
Commission
Iowa Liquor Commission
Inland price cuts spread across whiskies gin and wines
Commission officials said the reductions were possible due to lower costs and higher sales volumes. Five to ten cent cuts covered whiskies, gin mostly five cent cuts, and sweet wines seen to drop 10 to 20 cents per bottle.
Senator Schmidt Hesitates on Testifying About Liquor Probers
Iowa City senator Paul W. Schmidt said he would testify if asked but would not commit at the liquor investigation hearings. He faces a subpoena from the committee as the liquor commission met to begin inquiries.
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Iowa City
INL
Paul W. Schmidt
Schmidt
Liquor Commission
Iowa Theater Owners To Honor Oelwein Hero At Luncheon
Two hundred fifty Iowa theater owners will honor Clarence Steffen the 13-year-old boy who saved 8-year-old Rose Marie Boyle from death under a train last week. The luncheon March 13 in Des Moines is hosted by Allied Theater nets of Iowa president Leo F. Wolcott. Clarence will also attend a dance by Jan Garber at the Coliseum with his family and the Boyle family, all traveling at Garber’s expense.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Clarence Steffen
Rose Marie Boyle
Oelwein
Leo F. Wolcott
Eldora
Allied Theater Nets of
Jan Garber
Chicago
Coliseum
Garber
Clarence
Rose Marie
Wyoming hitchhiker struck by hit-and-run near Anamosa
Millard Wells of Wyoming was hit by a car that fled the scene while hitchhiking to Anamosa Saturday. He was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa with a gash on his forehead facial cuts and body bruises.
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Wyoming
Millard Wells
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
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