Judge Lovejoy Denies Mortgage Extension in Masonville Case
In Manchester Delaware County Judge A B Lovejoy refused a mortgage extension for Frank H Chia and Masonville farmers under a moratorium. Testimony showed the Childs had attempted a $12006 federal loan in 1934 but failed and had no intent or ability to pay the mortgage.
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Gasrite
Manchester
A. B. Lovejoy
Frank H. Chia
Masonville
Delaware Courty
HF. Arm Mod
Farme
Rere Farm
Roth
Masanvwilie
Mlamif
Fareclass Ce Ld
Vaaher
Dalen
Walter
Anc Farm
Tal' Asty
Caurae Weeasumer
Rhes WU
Jesse P Sinner
C J Hockadsay
Lovejoy
Oelwein Girl Second In D. A. R. Competition
Miss Dorcas Jane Schoppe of Jefferson Iowa won the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution good citizenship pilgrimage contest announced by state regent Mrs Imogen E Emery. She receives a free trip to Washington in April for the national winners meeting. Second place went to Miss Betty Lou Kennedy of Oelwein with other top finishers listed.
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Sylvia Wolff
Sheldon
Charlotte George
Laurens
Mary Ellen Nennessy
Council Bluffs
Fayette County Youth Convene in Oelwein Saturday
Fayette county youths gather in Oelwein for their annual convention led by Rev John D Clinton of Fayette. Local churches from Arington Clermont Elgin Fay cette Hawkee Maynard Randaha Wadena Waucoma and West Union sponsor the event with supportive community groups and sponsors.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
John D Clinton
Fayette
Arington
Clermont
Elgin
Faycette
Hawkee Oelwein
Maynard Randaha
Wadena Waucoma
West Union
Churcbrs
Peerie
Capeuet
Fayette county church event features clinics and games
Webb of Arlington Mary Whitten baugh of Wadena and Betty Jean Simbley of Waucoma Oelwein lead two discussion leaders along with Rev William McClurg and Supt Ray Bell. An exhibit of skill games opens at 2 40 pm followed by a 3 35 pm address by Rev E J Starr and adjournment at 4. Jean Faye Randalia is president with June Bennett Oelwein as vice president.
Keswick Declamatory Winners Named at Webster and Keswick
Keswick speakers won honors at the state declamatory contest held in Webster with Betty Lou Higgins claiming first in oratorical and Marjorie Kramer second in dramatic. Keokuk county results list Everette Stoutner of Keota first and Janet Laithly of Richland second in oratory, Joanna Ruth Hamilton of Hedrick first and Doris Caskey second in dramatic, and Mary Kathryn Fosdick of Keota first with Doris Shaull of Keswick second in humorous.
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Keswick
Webster
Betty Lou Higgins
Marjorie Kramer
Keokuk County
Everette Stoutner
Keota
Janet Laithly
Richland
Joanna Ruth Hamilton
Hedrick
Doris Caskey
Mary Kathryn Fosdick
Doris Shaull
McGregor Bank Names New President and Directors
Jenny P Bickel named president of First State Savings Bank of McGregor and Marquette by the board after the death of Fred S Rhards. Benest Nicholson elected to the board of directors at Ardares Placeard to serve as executive officer in charge of a title.
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Mgregor Bank
Speed
McGregor
Jenny P Bickel
First State Savings Bank
McGregor and
Marquette
Gil
Fred S Rhards Benest Nicholson
Ardares Plceard
Elgin Schools Reopen After Snow Break
Special to The Gazette Elgin public schools resumed Thursday after a three day snow vacation. Rural students who could not reach town attended high school with many pupils from rural districts present.
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Elgin
Tractor Runs Over Man In Snow On McGregor Road
Ernie Antrum, a William Johnson farm worker on the McGregor Garnerville road, escaped with minor injuries when a 5,600 pound tractor passed over him while clearing a snowblocked road. His clothes caught in the tractor lugs, he was thrown under. the machine had to be jacked up to free him. The deep snow likely saved him from fatal crushing.
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The
Gazette
McGregor
Ernie Antrum
William Johnson
McGregor-Garnaville
Antrum
George W Brock 79 Columbus Jct dies after brief illness
George Washington Brock 79 a long time Columbus Junction resident died at home after a brief illness. He was born February 22, 1858 in Vinton and married Margaret Brock in 1885 in Columbus Junction. A Rock Island Lines retiree after 40 years as a bridge carpenter, he is survived by his widow a son William a brother J C Brock Waterloo and sisters Dolly Parks Cedar Falls and Alice Harper Vinton. Funeral 2 p m Sunday at Richie chapel conducted by Rev Emanuel Jasmann.
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Columbus Junction
George Washington Brock
Brock
Vinton
Margaret Brock
Rock Island Lines
William
J. C. Brock
Waterloo
Dolly Parks
Cedar Falls
Alice Harper
Woodman Lodge
Richie Chapel
Emanuel Jasmann
Chivalrous Drake Player Faces Assault Charge in Court
Drake University football player Ernest Bergmann attended classes after a 15 day suspended jail sentence for assault and battery. He admitted striking Dan Anderson editor of the Times Delphic over an inscription on a photo of Miss Heloise Martin, who denied engagement rumors.
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DES Moines
Ernest Bergmann
Drake University
Bergmann
Dan Anderson
Salt Lake City
Times-Delphic
Anderson
C Edvuin Moore
Heloise Martin
Martin
North English Station Agent To Retire After Fifty Three Years
P H Fluck a Milwaukee railroad agent based in North English will retire March 1 after fifty three years in the company and will turn 80 on April 25. He has spent fifty of his years in North English.
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P. H. Fluck
Milwaukee Railroad
Fluck
Milwaukee
Townspeople reschedule midwinter picnic amid rain
Los Angeles AP reports the annual Town midwinter picnic for former Jowans in Lincoln Park was moved from Saturday to March 6 due to inclement weather. Nearly an inch of rain fell with more unsettled California winter conditions forecast, rainfall totaling 17.83 inches versus 10.66 inches normally.
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Tlos Angeles
Lincoln Park
California
Iowa Law Students Oppose Roosevelt Court Reform Plan
Iowa City residents report University of Iowa law students oppose President Roosevelt’s plan to overhaul the Supreme Court. Led by Robert Dalbey and Don Ladenberger, critics warn the proposal undermines checks and balances by retiring justices at 70 and expanding to fifteen seats.
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Roosevelt
Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa Law
United States Supreme Court
Law Commons
University Law
Congress
Robert Dalbey
Des Moines
Hawkeye
Don Ladenberger
Ulemars
Charles Cramer
Pioneer Benton County Judge Is 87 Years Old
Judge George Washington Burnham of Vinton marked his eighty seventh birthday on February 22 among friends and flowers. Born 1850, he moved to Vinton in 1875 after legal study in Ohio and a course at Upper Iowa and Ames. He became the first city solicitor, Benton county’s first county attorney, a seventeenth district judge, then served as justice of the peace for nineteen years.
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Vinton
Washington
George Washington Burnham
Judge Burnham
Burnham
Ohio
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Ames
Benton County
Seventeenth Judicial District
Court House
Delmar Couple Mark Fiftieth Anniversary With Open House
Delmar Mr and Mrs Thomas White celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house. The couple have four children, five grandchildren, and long ties to Delmar and White Lake areas. Mr White, born 1860 in Albany New York, moved west then back to farm near Delmar until 1918. Mrs White born 1868 in Ainsworth Nebraska. The Stickley family moved to South Dakota in a covered wagon.
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Delmar
Thomas White
White Lake
Minnie Dell Stickley
White
Ainsworth
Jennie Snell
Hawthorne
Stickley
South Dakota
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Elections and Court Actions
The Iowa City bi partisan school committee lists four candidates for the March 8 election: Hugh A. Dunlap, Prof. Thom as G. Caywood, Paul A. Korab and Elza B. Means. Five new State Historical Society of Iowa members named. Iowa City's appeal in a federal gas proposal case discussed by the U.S. circuit court of appeals in St Louis. A $505 warrant paid for transcript costs. The will of Albert J. Borts filed. one third to widow Freda Borts, remainder to children. executor named Dr. Irving H. Borts. James W. L. Dillman, 79, of Cedar Rapids, dies after two days in University of Iowa hospital. services in Toledo. University of Iowa women’s debate team defeats Wisconsin. John Mace Jr. of Iowa City begins a ten year term for breaking and entering.
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Bipartisan School Committee
Hugh A. Dunlap
Thomas G. Caywood
Paul A. Korab
Elza B. Means
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Mina W. Ellis
Charles City
Sara
Jordan Schlotfeldt
DeWitt
O. E. van Doran
Albert J. Borts
Freda Borts
Irving H. Borts
James W. L. Dillman
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
W. L. Bywater
Toledo
University of Wisconsin
Juanita Shearer
Moberly
Charlotte Pratt
Betty Holt
National Youth Administration
John Mace, Jr
State Reformatory
Anamosa
James P. Gaffney
Tama Wins Three Firsts In Declamatory Contest
In Montour on Wednesday evening Tama captured all three first places in a sub-county and state preliminary declamatory contest. Results show Tama taking Oratorical with William Cory and Beulah Overturf winning Dramatic and Humorous with Evelyn Houdyshell, while Chelsea and Montour shared second places.
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Sprcial
the Gazette
Montour
Tama
Chelsea
William Cory
Louis Fetter
Beulah Overturf
Helen Hempy
Evelyn Houdyshell
Lawrence Otta
Williamsburg Speakers Triumph in State Declamatory Meet
Williamsburg placed first in two divisions at the state preliminary declamatory contest held Wednesday. Conrad Schadt won in oratorical and Fritz Schopp took second. Mary White won the dramatic division, Betty Jean Olson was second, Melba Yeaman led the humorous class with Georgia Lortz second. Judges were Sidney Spade Elton Abernathy and Orvin Larson of Iowa City.
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Williamsburg
Conrad Schadt
Fritz Schopp
Conroy
Mary White
North English
Betty Jean Olson
Melba Yeaman
Georgia Lortz
Millersburg
Sidney Spade
Elton Abernathy
Orvin Larson
Iowa City
Iowa City Man Hurt After Walking Into Truck
Otto Willie aged 53 of Iowa City sustained a fractured left hip and ankle when he walked into a truck driven by M. B. Freeman of Cedar Rapids Thursday afternoon. Freeman said Willie did not see the vehicle.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Otto Willie
M. B. Freeman
Cedar Rapids
Freeman
Willie
Vinton Declamatory Team Dominates Subdistrict Meet
In a sub district declamatory contest held Wednesday night at Mount Auburn, Vinton captured first place in all divisions. Results show Oratorical first Robert Tompkin, Dramatic first Marion Rowe, Humorous first Helen Wagoner, with runners up Dean Gilliot Charleen Shellhouse Harriet Schlotich.
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Gazette
Mount Auburn
Vinton
Robert Tompkin
Dean Gilliot
Garrison
Marion Rowe
Charleen Shellhouse
Urbana
Helen Wagoner
Harriet Schlotich
Forest City Farm Couple Die in Blaze
AP report from Forest City says Mr. and Mrs. Osmund Asheim pioneer farmers three miles southwest of town were burned alive when their home burned Friday. The house fell between 5 and 6 am as an adopted son Thor Asheim escaped by leaping from a second floor window. He preserved life while searchers recovered the couple’s bodies. Osmund 72 and his wife 65 perished.
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Forest City
Osmund Asheim
Thor Asheim
Pioneer Hannah Fee Dies at 88 in Center Point Area
West Union Mrs. Hannah Fee 88 died Thursday night at her son C. E. Fee’s home after a broken leg. Born in New Jersey to Charles and Mary Leonard early Center Point settlers she married Madison Fee in 1866. Surviving are son C. E. Fee and daughter Inez Fee. Funeral planned at Center Point likely Sunday afternoon. lifelong Evangelical church member.
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Masonville
Mary Ellen Ryan
Immaculate Conception
F. McCaffrey
Mary Ellen Maroney
Middlefield Township
Buchanan County
Thomas O. Ryan
T M
Dale Ryan
Raymond
Louis Ryan
Robbinsdale
Minn
Pauline Ryan
Guthrie Center
Margaret Ryan
Phoenix Ariz
Matthew Maroney
Robbinsdale Minn
Leo Maroney
Winthrop
Joseph Maroney
Ryan
Joseph Short
John Tabery
Wadena
Gazette
West Union
Hannah Fee
C. E. Fee
Charles
Mary Leonard
Center Point
New Jersey
Madison Fee
Inez Fee
Evangelical Church
Dickinson Improves After Abdominal Operation
At George Washington Hospital attendants reported former Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa showed satisfactory improvement after an abdominal operation performed earlier in the week.
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George Washington Hospital
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
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