New Bank Planned at West Liberty Consolidates Local Lenders
Two local banks and Downey Savings plan to form a new West Liberty bank under SF 111. They would release 40 percent of combined deposits and require sale of 623 500 dollars in capital stock. Depositors and stockholders must sign agreements to fund 60 percent in trust and preserve full payment of deposits 19 and under. A nine member committee will oversee organization and stock sale.
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West Liberty
Downey Savings Bank
SF. 111
Peoples State
Banking Department
J C Carey
R. Wright
Ed Hendricks
W G. Eichenauer
William Duh
E C Kerr
A. L. Dice
F T Elder
W. L. Watters
Glenn Burr
Vinton
Fred Meyer
Benton Township
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
James Pavey
Garrison and District
West Fagan
Mount Auburn
Earl Kline
N. G
Karsar
Sarah Stewart
Albia
Tile Scobee
Trene McIntyre
Lowden
Emu Mahlstedt
Davenport
Maysville
Don
Tipton
Mahlstedt
Bernice Laschansky
Marseille
Wheatland
Mahlsteds
Bennett
Bennett State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bennett State
Farmers Savings Bank
Bennett Savings Bank
Senate
Blairstown
CWA
Jan & Tipton
Red Oak Grove Presbyterian Church
Louis P Penningroth
Vie Cimits
Mro
Ray Challis Vartaus
Vie Chara
Ove
Herman Tass My Hass
Viestors
All Mem
Aged Attorney Albert W. Todd Dies in Independence
Albert W. Todd 79 a longtime Independence attorney former mayor and city attorney for sixteen years died at home from heart trouble. Born April 19 1854 in Michigan he studied at University of Iowa Law School and practiced in Kansas before moving to Independence. He is survived by a daughter Mrs A C Gipson Tulsa Okla. Funeral plans pending daughter’s arrival.
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Gazette
Independence
Albert W. Todd
St. Clair Coounty
Michigan
Norris Todd
Buchanan County
Quasqueton
University of Iowa Law School
Kansats
Julia G Hovey
Cedar Rapids
Inez Hately
A. C Gipson
Tulsa
Okla
Tifton
Eliza V. Cobb
Cedar County
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. C. Jerrell
William
Carson
Carl
Rodney Cobb
Tipton
Eliza Boynton
William H. Cobb
Cobb
Forrest Boynton Cobb
Brett M Cobb
Davenport
Gertrude Cottrell
Charles
Home and Foreign Feee
W.C T. U
Assignment of thirteen criminal cases for district court trial
Iowa City reports Judge Harold D Evans moved thirteen defendants to district court for trial. Cedar Rapids defendants include Harold Ammons and G D Linn along with Homer Fanning James Stuart Sidney Cross Jr Frank Kopach Wayne Frederickson Mrs Mabel Mitchell George Alber Has ky Stephen Connor Frank W Larkin Nathan D Estes and Cecil Ayers.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
Harold Ammons
G D Linn
Cedar Rapids
Homer Fanning
James Stuart
Sidney Cross
Frank Kopach
Wayne Frederickson
Mabel Mitchell
George Alberhasky
Stephen Connor
Frank W Larkin
Nathan D. Estes
Cecil Ayers
Complete Dental X-ray Price Highlight
An ad promotes a complete dental X-ray for $5.00, noting the image is clear and usually costs $10.00. The offer emphasizes high volume as the reason for the low price and cautions patients not to gamble with their health.
Frazer Named Speaker for Towa Convocation
George E. Frazer, a Town University graduate and Chicago financial expert, is announced as the mid year convocation speaker for January 30. Frazer, class of 1909, has long held financial roles across two states and the national government, including work on Illinois finances and Ohio state reorganization.
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Iowa
Financial Administration
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Frazer
The
University
Amber
Center Point Gets $17 000 Allotment
Public Works Administrator Ickes announced $16,356,465 in allotments for 179 projects nationwide. Iowa received $41,100 with Center Point listed for a loan and grant toward school additions totaling $17,000. Non-federal project allotments now total $723,044,957 as the public works fund nears exhaustion.
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Washington
Ickes
Iowa
Lake View
Center Point
Enrollment Rise At Iowa State College Winter Quarter
Iowa State College reports winter quarter enrollment surpassed last year with about 3,500 students, roughly 100 more than the prior winter term, registrar J R Sage says additional registrations expected this week.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
J. R. Sage
Sage
Iowa Highways Covered by Ice
Treacherous driving glazed Iowa highways as rain froze the surface. Slush and obscured windshields crippled traffic while snow and sleet lingered in extreme western areas. Temperatures hovered near freezing with light but steady precipitation recorded across cities including Des Moines and Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Charles City
Sioux City
North English Man Heads Iowa County Supervisors' Board
Fred Turner of North English becomes chairman of the Iowa county board, replacing Fred Newkirk of Williamsburg, with J. H. Reynolds of Williamsburg named to a three year seat. About 100 Parnell residents urged a public works project to grade and gravel Black Diamond road across Iowa county, a 21 or 22 mile effort between Iowa City and Montezuma. The plan would affect Parnell and Millersburg, about five miles south of Williamsburg, and include three miles via Iowa highway 149.
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Marengo
Fred Turner
North English
Fred GC. Newkirk
Williamsburg
Iowa County
J. H. Reynolds
Newkirk
Parnell
Black Diamond
Iowa City
Montezuma
Millersburg
Iowa
Thirty Conroy Bank Suits Are Dropped
Suits against thirty Conroy Savings Bank stockholders were dismissed in district court after $8 200 in stock assessments were accounted for. John E Stapleton represented the Attorney General in the action. Names cleared included Henry W Burgy John Conroy F Conroy Julia Engiebert Herman Glandorff and others with specific assessment amounts noted.
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Marengo
Conroy Savings Bank
John E. Stapleton
Edward F. O'Connor
Henry W. Burgy
John Conroy
F. Conroy
Julia Engiebert
Herman Glandorff
G. Faktinson
Alex Hanson
D. Heitshusen
Arthur Jacobs
T H. Malcolm
B. L. Olson
Ole H. Olson
Bernard Sandersfelt
H. H. Schaeffer
William Schmidt
J. L. Swift
William Zuber
G. Furler
John Hudepohl
Martin Hudepohl
F.o Schweitzer
Andrew Jacobs
G. H. Plagmann
Fred W. Pundt
H. H. Pundt
Rockford Water Chief Offered University Professorship
Harold E. Wessman city water superintendent of Rockford has been offered a professorship at the University of Iowa to fill the vacancy left by the death of Prof Floyd Nagler. If he accepts he would teach civil engineering, structural analysis and advanced mechanics at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Wessman is an Illinois graduate and has led Rockford's water department since May.
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the Gazette
Rockford
Ill
Harold E. Wessman
University of Iown
Floyd Nagler
Wessman
Iowa City
University of Illinois
Hearing On Highway Patrol Bills Friday
A public hearing on two Iowa highway patrol bills is set for Friday afternoon before the senate and house highways and motor vehicles committees. One bill would create a 210 officer patrol under the state highway commission funded by taxes on buses trucks taxicabs and private cars. The other bill provides a 38 man patrol in the secretary of state’s office funded from the motor vehicle department support fund.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House Committee On Highways and Motor Vehicles
State Highway Commission
Secretary of State
Motor Vehicle Department
Wyth Reappointed On State Conservation Board
J. W. Wyth of Cedar Falls was named to the Iowa state board of conservation by Gov. Clyde L. Herring. The Republican and former member will serve three years, replacing Mrs. C. C. Laffer of Sigourney, whose term expired. Wyth’s previous term ended January 1933.
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Des Moines
INS
J. W. Wyth
Cedar Falls
State Board of Conservation
Clyde L. Herring
Wyth
C. C. Laffer
Sigourney
Seasonal activity boosts employment in Des Moines
Seasonal activity in key industry groups offset declines and produced a 0 percent employment gain in December versus November. Meat packing rose 9.6 percent, paper products 3.2 percent, and merchandising establishments 12.9 percent, while other food sectors fell. Labor Commissioner Wenig cited November’s 3 percent drop from October as the prior trend.
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Des Moines
INS
Frank £. Wenig
Wenig
Manchester Undertaker Sues for $5,000 Over Grating Accident
Manchester undertaker files a $5,000 damages suit against the Pythian Building Association and the city of Manchester. The case stems from an Oct 4, 1933 accident when Commerford fell through a cellar grate at the Pythian building rear, breaking his leg. he blames the city for failing to keep the grate in repair.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Commerford
Pythian Building Association
City of
Pythian
Brown Furniture
Garrison Child Suffers Burns
Marjorie Smiley three year old daughter of Charles Smiley suffered leg and lower body burns when her night clothes caught fire as she played in the living room Wednesday morning Her aunt Marel Krueger who has cared for her since her mother died two years ago extinguished the flames and did not know how the accident started
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Decorah
Kendrick
Harold D Evans
Mamie Higgins
Warren Higgins
South English
Roy Rowe
Kinross
Jane
Wellman
Nedlus
Silver Lake
Delhi
Maquoketa River
Umder
State Fish and Same Department
Hopkinton
M. Kelly
St. Luke's Catholic Church
Kelly
Elizabeth Hogan
Michael Hogan
Castle Grove
M J Kelly
Union Township
Wiliam Kelly
Father Dunn
Father Holub
Dubuque
Oxford
Oxford High School
Margaret Meon
Hazel Jones
Marijarie Shaffer
Apna
Kei
Vauehn Spratt
Forman Linkhart Wellvan
Gideon A Yoder TA
Upper Deer Creek
Abner
Parnell Cave
Katona
Arthur
Wills
Wellmap
Yowtr
Pennsylvani
Gibert Tolstad
Decorah Lutheran Church
Res
Pharr
Texas
S D Sands
Mason City
Bronklin
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church
Revo. Wo
Hatter
Sandy
Mason City Hospital
Alors
Brooklin
Anlaugter
Absalom
Mary Miller
Wem
S TD Sandy
Brooklyn
Anin Farny
Hartwick
Glen James
Florence White
Mable Pippert
Fellowine Brothers
JL Miller
A W Forbes
Tuedson
A W Rhinehart
JA Childs
William Polk
William Torrance
Brankton
Gene
Clyde Rhinehart
Forrest Torivaner
Charles Polk
Jesse Miller
Earl Miller
Tivton
Rochester Community Club
Rochester
Wiliam Sinkler
Harold Eves
Sylvia
Tipton
R A Will
Velma Vaughn
Mary Richardson
Pocahontas
Almeda Pettit
Winona
Agnes Collum
Jennie Fisher
Emma Moore
Wampum
Rosa Wirth
Adda Kucelper
Powhatan
Emil Ecker
Hazel Wilkinson
Emma Roettmer
Rose Harris
Rose Cunningham
Muscatine
Barringer
Louisa County
Columbus Junction
Herbert Cutcomb
William Hinton Barringer
Fort Madison
Columbus
Martha Elizabeth Pratt
Harry Pratt
Columbus City
John Raymond Prett
John Henry Pretz
Newcomb Memorial Church
Davenport
John H Gabriel
Bernice Pratt Muscatine
Douglas Gauthier
Monticello
Sacred Heart Church
Genevieve Barbara Kuriger
Henry F. Kuriger
Castle Grove Township
Paul J J. Muller
George Muller
A. L. Lorenz
Grace Kuriger
Matt Muller
Guilmont
Audrey
Miss Schoen
Ole Torkelson
Elgin
Torkelson J
Ole Torkelsen
Highland Lutheran Church
G Gunsten
Torkel
West Union
Order of Fastern
Ole Paulson
Pas
Ian
Thelma Grimes
Lou Bloomfield
Jos Grimes
Evelyn Paulson
Eugene Waldron
Guy Stearns
Clarence Burnham
Adah
Charles Packwood Ruth
Carl Carmichael
Esther
D R Lyne
Martha Lena Lauridsen
H A Reiners
John Schatz
Perry Wagner
L A Grimes
Sentinel
Cooley
The
Gazette
Garrison
Marjorie Smiley
Charles Smiley
Marel Krueger
Jensen Heads Cedar County Supervisors
John Jensen of near West Liberty was elected chairman of the Cedar county board of supervisors at its first meeting of the year. R. O. Zimmeling was reappointed county engineer with William H. Naber as assistant. F. Richmann’s appointment as steward of the county home was approved. Salaries were cut in several instances.
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Tipton
John Jensen
Near West Liberty
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
R. O. Zimmerling
William H. Naber
F. Richmann
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McGregor
John E. Fritz
John Koms
Fritz
Edward F Fritz Monona
Dolly van Norden
Evanston
Ti O
Archie G Fritz McGregor
Clayton County
PTON
White Eagle Coal
Jaywest Tres East
Ver
Dial
White Eagle Coal Co
First St
Iowa News
J A Ruhl
Guy Fee
Justice Ruhl
L. L. Batchelder
Harrison Township
Fee
Charles FE. Fowler
Fowler
Bers
Samuel R Ferguson
Thomas Scotton
Philp Palmer
J B Rendall
George Fowlie
William Penningroth
J W Bolin
Herman Hass
Ray Challis
John Strauser
David Henderson
HJ. Safley
G D Crispin
William Koering
Presbyterian Church
Sigourneyv
Keokuk County State Bank
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Buehler
First Street
Haddock
Winne Coal CO
C. A. Stout
George E. Frazer
Towa
Toonville
Amy L. Jones
Melvin L. Squires
Toddville
W C Wilson
Bernita Fee
Theron Hall
Squires
Alec Jones
Center Point High School
Milton Squires
Jones
W. C Wilson
Toledo
E. S
Rebecca Smith
W. Ua. Pye
L. M Youngman
Agnes Dexter
Rosalie Slessor
H P. Giger
Ed Kremenak
Harry A Racer
Belle Plaine
Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 147
J. M Moore
William Anderson
LeRoy Burnett
W. W. Mattox
E. H. Ortscheid
B. L. Olds
P. A. Snow
Orris Wolfe
Verne Eige
W. B Ray
First Federated Church of
Philip Palmer Field
BE A Benzinger
Our
Third Street SE
Iowa County Supervisors’ Board
Conroy Bank
U. of Iowa
Nagler
Conservation Board
Mother's
Bradfield Co
Mrother
First St. NE
Montgomery Ward
Jensen
P&g Soap
J. C. Penney Company
Kneip & Bowen
Pr. Hautsch
Dr. Hautsch
Second Street SE
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