Des Moines to Host Four Short Courses This Month
Des Moines AP Lew Wallace state motor vehicles commissioner announced four short courses for Towa highway patrol members as part of 1938 campaign for radical reduction of highway accidents. First school began at Fort Des Moines with sergeants and patrol in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Iowa
John Hattery
Harry Nestle
E. A. Conley
National Safety Council
Iowa State Safety Council
Banquet Tickets Sold By 75 Statehouse Employees
Des Moines reports 75 statehouse employees bought 25 tickets for the Jackson day banquet to open Iowa’s 1938 campaign. The event, Jan 8, is sponsored by the Iowa Democratic state central committee and the national organization to raise funds and kick off the campaign. Preparations aim to seat about 1,000 people, including 526 on the general banquet committee. Secretary Robert O’Brian notes the guest list will feature Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace and Governor Nelson G. Kraschel at the Fort Des Moines Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Statehouse
Robert O'Brian
Iowa Democratic State Central Committee
National Organization
Henry A. Wallace
Nelson G. Kraschel
Fort Des Moines
Local Masonic and OES Officers Installed in Oxford
Mrs Nora Dee named worthy matron of Agnes Parvin lodge OES for 1938 with E H Singer as worthy patron and Ethel Mann as associate matron. Earl Kienk installed worshipful master of Canopy Masonic lodge with Harry Venter as senior warden and Dr F E Burbank as trustee. North English sees Miss Madge Renner resign from domestic science post at North English High School. successor not yet chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Nora Dee
Agnes Parvin Lodge
E. H. Singer
Ethel Mann
Dewey Elliott
Mollie Linkhart
Orpha Rourke
Irene Nunn
Alice Worthman
Marhal
Lizzie Gegenheimer
George Robertson
Lou Edwards
Homer Nunn
F. E Burbank
D E Worthman
E. H Singer
F. E. Burbank
Madge Renner
Waterloo
North English High School
Notice to Sueveal Estate No 16845 in Linn County Iowa
District Court of Iowa in Linn County hears D W Bates receiver of Iowa State Savings Bank Cedar Rapids seeks order to sell private real estate in Cedar Rapids for 2850 and if high bids change possibly accepted. Hearing set January 11 1938 at 8 oclock am at Linn County Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn County
D. W._ Bates
State of
Iowa
Iowa State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Towa State Savings Bank of
District Court of
D. W Bates
State Savines Bank
Kingston
First Avenue
Third Street
Linn County Court House
W Bates
Iowa 7
Joe. Mekota
Walter R. Hutchinson
Oelwein Artist Exhibits Across West Union Scene
James Masterpole, a young Oelwein artist, spoke to the West Union Art club about his Rome studies and varied mediums. He painted landscapes near Oelwein and donated a mural to the library, hoping to capture Iowa scenes with poetic feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
James Masterpole
Oelwein
West Union Art Club
Masterpole
Rome
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Oclwein
Italy
Royal Academy
Apollo
John
Louise Masterpole
Great Western Railroad
Iowa
White collar worker to report his tax payments in 1938
Des Moines reports reveal a white collar worker earning about 2250 dollars a year will file 12 monthly tax reports for 1938 detailing state and federal income taxes, social security, liquor purchases, cigarets, rent, and other taxable items. The Iowa Daily Press association continues its project tracing individual tax contributions, with past years showing typical totals and refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa Daily Press Association
Cat Dies From Gas Fumes After Cat Warns
BLENCOE Iowa AP. Failure to heed a meowing cat led to the death of Pauline Christenson 23 in a trailer heated by a coal stove. At 3 30 am the cat meowed she was placed outside an hour later Tony Christenson woke smelled gas and could not wake his wife. A physician said she died of gas from the stove and Tony Christenson will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blencoe
Pauline Christenson
Christenson
Tony
Iowa City Briefs: Damages Suit and Local News Highlights
Jurors were chosen in a $520 damage suit filed by Frank Holub against Harvey Schleuter over wood access at the Schleuter place. Other items note the Johnson county board chairmanship change, a World Crisis lecture by Dr Louis Richard Patmont at the Iowa Grill, Lamar Tompkins to serve 90 days for a $300 fine, Kiwanis welcome H J Dane as president, Ray V Smith installed as Masonic worshipful master, and Iowa City snow removal costs totaling 3481.98 with regular and night labor wages specified.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Frank Holub
Harvey Schleuter
Holub
Schleuter
Wood
Mable Tallman
Clara Beals
J. C. Fuhrmeister
F. W Dvorsky
H. W. Wolz
Frank Lenoch
Addie P. Lechty
Louis Richard Patmont
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Grill
E. J. van Nostrand
Newton
Lamar Tompkins
H. J. Dane
Kiwanis Club
George F. Kay
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts
Ray V. Smith
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
W. E. Spence
Fred E. White
Rules Senator Smith Not Entitled To Post On Interim Committee
DES MOINES AP Attorney General John H Mitchell ruled that State Senator C Colfax Smith of Butler county cannot replace the late D W Kimberly on the Iowa legislative interim committee. The opinion says governor Nelson G Kraschel lacks authority to appoint a senator to fill the vacancy and that only the Senate can create its committees and chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John H. Mitchell
C. Colfax Smith
Butler County
D. W Kimberly
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Kimberly
Senate
Ways and Means
Smith
Nelson G. Kraschel
House
Dorothy Dohrmann 14 Dies After Illness in Clinton Visit
Funeral services for Dorothy Jewell Dohrmann of Des Moines were held here and later in Des Moines. The 14 year old daughter of Julius and Marie Barber Dohrmann died Sunday in a Clinton hospital after falling ill during Christmas holidays with relatives. Survivors include her parents two brothers Clifton and Junior two sisters Lois and Lola grandmothers Mrs Ernest Dohrmann and Mrs Jessie Barber and great grandmother Mrs C J Myers of California.
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Grand Mound
Des Moines
Dorothy Jewell Dohrmann
Julius and
Marie Barber Dohrmann
Clinton
Clifton
Junior
Lois
Lola
Ernest Dohrmann
Jessie Barber
C. J. Myers
California
Purge Shrinks Des Moines Voter Rolls by 35,000
DES MOINES INS Only 77,000 of 112,000 voters remained on the registration rolls after a Polk county grand jury ordered a cleanup. The purge, finished Monday night, deleted names of deceased or nonvoting residents in four years. Jury found no fraud but cited ample opportunities for fraud due to outdated rolls.
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Des Moines
INS
Polk County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Want Iowa To Adopt Marriage License Law Similar To Illinois
Clinton AP The Clinton Ministerial association launched a statewide drive asking pastors across Iowa to back a bill modeled on Illinois law to require healthful marriages through medical examinations of marriage license candidates. Rev. Robert Johansson said letters were sent to many denominations to promote prophylactic unions. He noted Illinois couples are traveling to Clinton to marry to dodge the Illinois notification rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Clinton Ministerial Association
Illinois
Robert Johansson
Iowa
Tama Estate Pays Inheritance Tax on 30301 Valuation
DES MOINES AP reports Julia E. Kallam of Tama had an estate paying a $3,005 inheritance tax on a taxable valuation of $30,301. The filing confirms the tax amount and valuation as recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Julia E. Kallam
Tama
Dowell seeks renomination in Iowa congressional race
Des Moines Republican C C Dowell filed for nomination papers to run in the GOP primary for re election in Iowa s sixth district. The Des Moines resident aims to continue his service in Congress as Republican voters prepare for the upcoming contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. C. Dowell
Iowa
Business Outlook Improves in Iowa Says Digest
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Prof George R Davies says Iowa remains relatively unscathed by a national recession with brighter prospects than the nation for the third straight month The Iowa Business Digest notes a favorable crop situation helps retard decline while national outlook shows no long fall anticipated Construction lags may influence any downturn and congressional action could shape spring forecasts Residential building contracts jump 38 5 percent while industrial payrolls up 12 6 percent life insurance sales 11 percent bank debits 1 4 percent and employment 2 percent Prices of farm products fell 7 9 percent and business building contracts lagged 23 9 percent through November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Davies
Iowa Business Digest
University of Iowa Business Research Bureau
Iowa
Davies
Business Authority
O Brians Decision Soon On Which Office To Seek
Des Moines IA Secretary of State Robert O Brian will decide after the Jackson day banquet which office to seek in the June primary. He is weighing running for his current post or for superintendent of public instruction. Miss Agnes Samuelson, the present superintendent, will quit politics January 1 1939 to become secretary of the Town State Teachers association. She is the only Republican in an elective state office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Robert O'Brian
May Lou Carpenter to wed Willard Kiesau at S W Lude home
In WAUKON, Miss May Lou Carpenter niece of Mrs Ludeking will marry Willard Kiesau Thursday at 4 30 p.m. Rev Alfred C Crouch to perform. Guests limited to relatives and friends. Dinner for eighteen. Carpenter, daughter of Mrs Vesta Carpenter, works as a bank bookkeeper. Kiesau, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Kiesau, works at H and H shoe store and partners at B and K service station. After a honeymoon trip to Minneapolis, they will occupy an prepared apartment.
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Waukon
Orella Thomas
Leo Samek
E. J. McDonald
Frank Thomas
Waukon High School
Samek
Postville
T. E. Kerndt
Washington
Washington County Board of Supervisors
New Morrow
Wellman
Fred Bauer
West Chester
Harve Wilson
Boyd Foster
Sigourney
C. M. Glandon
Don Glandon
Irene
Gladys Glandon
Loren Glandon
Nellie Trusler
Helen
Lois
South English
Roy Glandon
William
North English
Leona Gasper
Eddyville
Irene Merril
Palo
John Wiley
Carl Bills
Esther
Exeter
T. G. Armstrong
John Armstrong
Atkins
Theo Armstrong
Nevada
Henry Gensecke
Edith
Joan
S. C Armstrong
Richard
Ralph
Helen Wiley
Elsie Wiley
Dorothy Leach
Cedar Rapids
Grace
John, Jr
George
Louise
Gladys
James Wiley
S. W. Ludeking
May Lou Carpenter
Ludeking
Willard Kiesau
Alfred C. Crouch
Vesta Carpenter
Waukon State Bank
Robert Kiesau
H. and H
B. and K
Minneapolis
Independence
Wilbur H. Frye
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
George F. Slemmons
William Armstrong
Margaret Parker
George McArthur
Two story building sold to American Legion group
EASTERN IOWA NEWS WEST LIBERTY The two story brick Shipman harness shop on Calhoun street was sold Friday to Mansell Phillips post 509 American Legion. Volunteers began remodeling Sunday with equipment removed. Legion auxiliary will help in converting the space into a shared meeting place for both organizations.
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West Liberty
Calhoun Street
Shipman Harness Shop
Mansell Phillips Post
American Legion
Clarence Henderson
The
Legion Auxiliary
Oelwein
Jay Cook
Edgar Whitlow
Paul Ruthe
Frank Pendergast
James Stevens
Toledo
Toledo Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
George E. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Grand Secretary
Troy Mills
Charlie Attwood
Claud Knight
Sylvester Ramsey
Knight
Bragaw
Iowa Receives Large Share of New Deal Funds
Federal records show Iowa received millions in 1937 and prior year aid from agencies including AAA totaling 27.6 million for 1936 conservation compliance, WPA 13.75 million, PWA 3.22 million, and CCC 5.42 million plus CCC dependents. Rural electrification 1.75 million, Social Security 6.79 million, with loans from HOC and Farm Credit. Iowa expected to gain heavily from corn loans totaling 75 million and canalization projects on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Farm Security Administration
Sannehig
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Rural Electrification Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Mississippi
Missouri
Former Tracr Man Dies by Own Action
CHICAGO AP A coroner's jury ruled Raymond Kennedy 40 a cattle buyer from Tracer died by his own actions after leaping from a tenth floor hotel window on the city’s north side. Detective Frank McKune said he was despondent over a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Raymond Kennedy
North Side
Kennedy
Tracer
Frank McKune
Scotch Grove Mission Band Anniversary Observed
Scotch Grove On Sunday Jan 2 1898 fifteen children and their leader formed the Sun beam Mission Band of Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church. On Jan 2 1938 the group held an anniversary program with founder Mrs D O Sinclair and Miss Kathleen Hughes present. Of the fifteen charter members Miriam Rice Abbott remains in Scotch Grove. The mission band has grown to 350 with continued leadership by Mrs Sinclair. Original members and later participants hailed from Scotch Grove Center Junction Cedar Rapids Monticello and other towns. Activities include white cross contributions and aid to missions at home and abroad.
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Columbus Junction
James Madison McGuire
Cotter
Mr. McGuire
Ainsworth
James E. McGuire
Maude Edwards
Max
William Hendrickson
Wayne Helman
Des Moines
Glen
Jesse
Harve
Davenport
Hilton
Chicago
Homer
Delta
Cotter Presbyterian Church
McGuire
Columbus City
OLIN
Royal Neighbors
Olinare
Oracle
Kate Switzer
Alma Curthignt
Nora Schnepp
Recorder
Nettie Glick
Estelle Hart
Margaret Brickley
Alvina Jurgensen
Inner Sentinel
Dora Ahrendsen
Outer Sentinel
Ella Krutsfield
Ethel Gordon
Wilton Junction
E. E. Smith
Here
Smith
Verna Badelier
Leland
Millersburg
Betty Hawes
Florence Smith
Stuart Smith
Dorothy Goodman
Farm Bureau of
Rome Township
Ray Embree
August Lactare
Joe Pieper
Ryan
Mary McElliott
St. Patrick's Church
McElliott
Marion
T. J. McElliott
P. J. Behan
Anamosa
P. W. McElliott
Dubuque
Dubuque County
St. Joseph's
Calvary Cemetery
John M. Molloy
Cedar Rapids
James
Joseph Weiler
James A
Joseph McElliott
Andrew Weiler
James D. McElliott
Aurora—The Baptist Sunday School
Cecil Slater
Louis Poll
Clark Watson
Dale Miller
Paul Hoaglan
Rodney Miller
Scotch Grove
Sunbeam Mission Band
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Scotch Grove Township
D. O. Sinclair
Kathleen Hughes
Miriam Rice Abbott
Sinclair
Carl Bolton
Cincinnati
Ethel Rice Courtney
Ethel Moses Stingley
Center Junction
Grace
Rose Maxon
Nellie Sutherland Rummell
Olive Moses Shover
Monticello
Harvey Fowler
San Francisco
Lester Applegate
Weiser
Idaho
Addie Applegate Boxwell
Washington
Nina Applegate
Missouri
W. B. Clark
Mission Band
White Cross
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BY Claude Callan
TAX Tama Estate
Dowell
M. R. Himebaugh
Zimmerman
the Gazette
O’brian
Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
Ida Pealer
Dora Thomsen
R. G. Platner
Howard Gee
Robert Alden
J. W. Thomsen
J. W. Thomson
Elsie Mott
Irene Brownell
A. W. Peck
Nellie Atherton
C. H. Rogers
Marshal
Fred Conmey
Glatha Williston
Adah
Henry Bramer
Ruth
Mina Sears
H. P. Barber
Martha
Klaude Dick
Electa
E. N. Stoffel
Sentinel
Maquoketa
Rainbow Girls Assembly
Masonic
Iowa News
TRAER
James Fay
Rene Whipple
Victor
Mr Whipple
Clutier
Frank Pulkrabek
Tracr
Thomas Vopatek
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Vaclav
Anna Chalupnik
Mary Husek
Joseph
Tracy
Donald Corcoran
H. J. Corcoran
Sacred Heart Church
Father O’hagen
Woodlawn
Jack Corcoran
Winthrop
Crusaders Circle of
King’s Daughters
Hinds
Cliff Bentley
Joe Jackson
Lela Wedge
Delphia Fairchild
Sunshine Junior Circle
Catherine Donlea
Margaret Smith
Dorothy Rhienhold
Mildred Halford
Arda Foster
E. Small
Presbyterian Sunday School
Carroll Westfall
E. K. Townsend
Wayne Otterman
Lester Kuhner
Edith Reinig
Robert Ritts
James Ritts
Ronald Harnd
M. B. Spafford
Solon
Camille Volk
Cosgrove
Leonard Reyhons
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Doyle Jurney
Interstate Power Company
Albert Lea
Minn
R. S. Carroll
Winnebago
Oelwein Fire Department
Dean Hemenway
OWA
Scotch Grove Society
Esol
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