Couple Sentenced For Death Of Small Boy
Arthur F Levering and Mrs Violet B Harris pled guilty to second degree murder in the death of Harris's 45 year old son Gordon Ardell Harris. Levering given life in prison while Harris receives 25 years in a women’s reformatory. The incident involved Levering beating the boy after he refused to eat a meal in a four room house amid claims of whooping cough and a brain hemorrhage.
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Sioux City
Arthur F. Levering
Violet B Harris
A. O. Wakefield
Levering
Paul Osincup
Harris
Rawlings
Charles
Ottumwa Bank Case Ruling Due March 15
An opinion in the depositors trust case of the old First Bank and Trust is delayed to March 15. Judge Paul H McCord of Mount Pleasant announced the ruling date after a 1940 hearing where trustees final report was examined. The depositors objected to the fund handling before receivership, with the matter under advisement since December.
Two Iowa City Youths Arrested For Larceny
Iowa City police arrested Dudley Huff and Horace Purington for larceny from motor vehicles at night. Authorities say numerous stolen articles found with the youths will be identified and charges filed after matching items to recent auto thefts.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Dudley Huff
Horace Purington
E. A. Baldwin
Baldwin
Iowa Senate Bill Targets Driver Insurance Mandate
Backstage 2 by Frank T. Nye discusses the Iowa senate bill requiring proof of financial responsibility up to 10 000 for injury or death in multi victim crashes. It suggests insurers may oppose the bill and notes a bond option. It highlights sponsors and comments from Rep C G Good on safety merits and includes a rambling anecdote about Belgian horse breeding and wartime losses.
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Iowa
AE. Augustine
Oskaloosa
B. C. Whitehill
Marshalltown
Oscar E. Johnson
Kanawha
Iowa Dairy Farmers Tax Bill Passes After Protest
Debate centered on a bill that would tax dairy farmers for 15 days each year to promote advertising of dairy products. A representative opposed, saying the notion confounds him, likening it to endless taxes, but the measure ultimately passed.
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Iowa
Tama Junior Class Presents Early to Bed Early to Rise Play
Dorothy Overturf daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Overturf has the lead in Tama high school juniors play a three act comedy to be staged Friday night in the auditorium Miss Genevieve Beard directs the cast with Norma Jean Whitten Robert Lipka Norma Pagel Wayne Hobson Charles Witosky Dorothy Martin Margaret Hynek Russell Klemak Carol Shearer and Wilbur Patterson in the ensemble
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Tama
Dorothy Overturf
J C Overturf
Tama High School
Genevieve Beard
Dorothy Overtnc
Norma Jean Whitten
Robert Lipka
Norma Pagel
Wayne Hobson
Charles Witosky
Dorothy Martin
Margaret Hynek
Russell Klemak
Carol Shearer
Wilbur Patterson
Newhall Couple Observe Fiftieth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Adam Kranz celebrated their golden wedding by an open house in Newhall. An evening dinner for about sixty relatives followed at the home of their daughter Mrs August Jannsen. Mr Kranz was born in Germany on December 27 1862 and Mrs Kranz in Benton county on March.
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Newhall
Adam Kranz
August Jannsen
Jannsen
Mr. Kranz
Germany
Kranz
Benton County
Golden Wedding Couple Near Newhall Celebrate
In 1873 they wed at St. John's Lutheran Church northwest of Newhall officiated by Rev. F. Remmhardt. The Brehms marked their golden anniversary after 38 years on the Kranz farm two miles northwest of Newhall and retiring to town in 1929. Their nine children include Mrs. Janssen Vinton and Mrs. Senne Van Horne among others. IL grandchildren.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Newhall
F. Remmhardt
Fred Senne
Elizabeth Réerschenk
Jacob Brehm
Brehms
Kranz
August Janssen
Vinton
Herman Senne
van Horne
Franns Ochlert
Belle Plaine
Christina
Mary
George
Edna
Arnold
Carl Kerkman
Alfred J Schuldt 57 Toledo Merchant Dies
Alfred J Schuldt 57 Toledo merchant died at Kocher hospital at 2am Thursday after two strokes. Born May 22, 1883, in Toledo, he helped run his father Jack Schuldt's meat market since 1900. Survived by widow Agnes Dragoon, son William of Duluth Minnesota, and sister Mrs FE W Kremenak of Toledo.
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Spreial
Toledo
Alfred Schuldt
Kocher
Jack
Catharine Trojovsky Schuldt
Schuldt
Agnes Dragoon
William
Duluth Minn
FE. W. Kremenak
Trucker Sues Union Leaders Over Strikes in Des Moines
Mercer Nicholson, a Des Moines trucker, sues Des Moines Truckers Union Local 90 and nine officers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America for 11000 damages and an injunction. He alleges Carl Neal triggered a strike last May to drive him from business, with idle trucks since December 15 and no contract negotiations or union vote.
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DES Moines
Mercer Nicholson
Des Moines Truckers Union
Honor Fifty Year Mason At Marengo
Marshall T. Beem of Marengo was honored as a fifty year Mason with 75 lodge members from Marengo Grinnell Blairstown and Belle Plaine in attendance. Beem led Marengo lodge 114 as master three times and held other offices and roles in Royal Arch Masons and Eastern Star. He is a printer by trade.
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Marengo
Grinnell
Blairstown
Belle Plaine
Marshall T. Beem
Beem
Marengo Lodge 114
Jerusalem
Royal Arch Masons
Eastern Star
Stowe Says Hitler Holds Up Corpse of Fascism
Leland Stowe told an Iowa State College audience that fascism in Italy is dead but Hitler’s forces keep Mussolini propped up. He warned Germans in Italy will spark revolt and urged immediate aid to Britain and full shipment convoys to Europe to defeat Nazism.
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Iowa State College
Stowe
Britain
England
Europe
Wheatland Couple To Observe Anniversary
Wheatland Friday marks the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. August Jeppe. An open house from 1 30 to 4 30 followed by a family dinner is planned. The Jeppe family has deep Wheatland roots with a son in law serving as mayor in the past and a daughter and three grandchildren.
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Wheatland
August Jeppe
Lisetta Klahn
Jeppe
Hattie Rothbart
Carol, Lowell
Maxine Rothbart
Three Waukon Men Hurt In Car Plunge Near Mill
Three men from east of Waukon were injured when their car plunged 25 feet down an embankment near the old Village Creek mill. Ingwald Sandvold was treated for a fractured collar bone and internal injuries at a La Crosse hospital. William Doehler suffered severe cuts and bruises, while Edwin Sandvold had broken ribs and multiple cuts. Officials suspect frozen brakes caused the loss of control.
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Waukon
William Doehler
Ingwald
Edwin Sandvold
Village Creek
Ingwald Sandvold
LaCrosse
Wis
Doehler
Citizens ticket circulates for Marion mayoral race
A citizens ticket led by John C. Mullin circulating in Marion seeks signatures for the March 31 city election. The slate lists Carl Wiley, P. C. Lassen as councilmen at large and several ward candidates. Mayor John Pazour may run again amid pressure.
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Citizens
John C. Mullin
Marion
Mullin
New Orleans
Carl II. Wiley
P. C. Lassen
Richard M. Clark
Joe Walker
L. A Franke
Lewis Weis
Claude D. Knapp
John Pazour
FE. B. Castle
Fourth Ward
C. E. Drummond
Funeral services announced for Mrs Sarah Etzel
Funeral services for 77 year old Mrs Sarah Etzel lifelong Otter Creek resident will be held Friday at 2 p m in the Lafayette Evangelical church with Rev Ralph S Hindman and Rev J A Haehlen officiating. She died Monday after fracturing her hip in a fall and is survived by her husband three sons a daughter eight grandchildren and a sister. She was born October 24 1863 in Otter Creek township and married Henry Etzel March 1 1887.
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Sarah Etzel
Otter Creek Township
Lafayette Evangelical Church
Ralph S Hindman
J. A. Haehlen
Des Moines
Yocom Chapel
Marion
Etzel
Cedar Rapids
Jacob
Margaret Stirm Maier
Linn County
Henry Etzel
Clarence
Ernest
Milton Etzel
J. E. Haehlen
Lafayette
Louis Quaas
Alburnett
Marion Couple Weds in Spokane Marriage of Hunter and Berberet
Dr Lewis B Hunter of Wallace Idaho and Miss Willadene Berberet of Spokane Washington wed February 8 in Spokane. Hunter, formerly of Marion, is nephew of George Hunter of Marion and a Wallace hospital staff member. He is Cornell College and University of Iowa trained. Marion school board election set March 10 with incumbents Cornell and Ford seeking reelection. filing closes Friday.
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Marion
Lewis B. Hunter
Wallace, Ida
Willadene Berberet
Spokane
Wash
Hunter
George Hunter
Cornell College
University of Iowa
Wallace Hospital
Marion Independent School District
K. E. Cornell
Irvin L. Ford
Cornell
Mr. Ford
E. J. Miller
Men gather for church dinner and aeronautics film
The Men's Brotherhood of the Christian church will meet Friday at 7 p.m. for dinner in the church dining room. A motion picture on aeronautics will be shown after the dinner. All men of the church are invited and any other interested men are welcome.
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Men's Brotherhood of the Christian Church
Advice Mixes P and Q with McCune Name
A Los Angeles woman requested a birth certificate from Marengo Iowa county clerk Kenneth McCune. She recounts a post office misreadings of his name with options like Kenneth W Core Kenneth M Core Kenneth McCore and Kenneth McCove.
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Marengo
Kenneth McCune
Iowa
Los Angeles
Kenneth W. Core
Kenneth M. Core
Kenneth McCore
Kenneth McCove
Legislators Plan Iowa Centennial for 1946
Des Moines AP report notes lawmakers urged Gov. Wilson to appoint a nine member committee to organize Iowa centennial events to educate and inspire, with a report due to the 50th General Assembly. Separately Rep Judd filed a bill to ban large motor carriers from highways from 5 p.m. Saturday to Sunday night to ease weekend traffic.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Henry Wickman
Malcom
Iowa House
George A. Wilson
Fiftieth General Assembly
W. N. Judd
Clinton
Judd
Rich ards pleads innocent in man slaughter case
Ned Richards, 33, pleads innocent to a man slaughter charge tied to the death of Roy Bullock, 56, a former Onslow construction worker. Richards waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Scott County grand jury on $5,000 bond.
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Davenport
Ned Richards
Roy Bullock
Onslow
Richards
Scott County Grand Jury
Van Fossen estate house sold to occupant for 2075
In Lisbon the Van Fossen estate house, long occupied by Mrs. Matie Peiper, was sold at auction on Wednesday to her for 2075 dollars. Possession is set for March 1.
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Lisbon
van Fossen
Matie Peiper
Mass meeting called by Iowa City bus union this Friday
A public mass meeting is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. in the council chambers of city hall. Ralph Hess says prominent Iowa labor officials will speak to explain the bus strike and win public sentiment for strikers against non union drivers. Henry Negus offers a $100 reward for information on property damage to his company.
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Iowa City
Ralph Hess
Iowa
Hess
Henry Negus
Johnson County
Clara Adrian
Jule Kasper
C. J. Lynch, Jr
Cedar Rapids
State Historical Society
Board of Curators
Norman D. Freiland
Margaret E. Nolan
Louis Schulman
LeRoy von Lackum
Joseph
Tractor accident kills Tama-Joseph Balvin near Chelsea
Joseph Balvin, 34, a Tama county farmer, was killed when a tractor with a saw rig slid down a steep hill and plunged 50 feet into a gully. The coroner said a basal skull fracture caused instant death. Balvin’s body was taken to Hrabak funeral home in Chelsea. No inquest.
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Tama
Joseph Balvin
Chelsea
Balvin
A J Wentzien
Ed Behounek
Albert
Wentzien
Balvin Brothers
Joseph
Hrabak
Independence School Head Appointed To NYA State Council
E. E. Mueller, superintendent of Independence schools, was named to the NYA State Council of Iowa educators. L. A. Clark of Alta also joined, bringing the council to nine members with NW and NE Iowa representation. No pay is provided. members donate services and meet monthly at the state NYA office in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
E. E. Mueller
National Youth Administration School Work Council
Iowa
Theodore P. Eslick
NYA
Mueller
L. A. Clark
Alta
Couns
Cil
Eslick
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