Beltman to Head Iowa House Agriculture Committee
Rep Albert Beltman of Sioux County, a Republican who tipped the house speakership toward a Democrat, is slated to chair the agriculture committee next week. Beltman opposed county aid to Farm Bureau units and favored Foster, boosting speculation about his committee leadership amid ongoing farm policy battles.
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Des Moines
Albert Beltman
Sioux County
House Agricultural Committee
House
Beltman
LaMar P. Foster
Cedar County
Foster
Roy J. Sours
Republican Caucus
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Sours
Progressive Farmers Union
Iowa
Agricultural Committee
Farm Bureau
Kepler Trial Nears Verdict In Toledo Slaying Case
Tama jurors heard final witnesses in the Homer Kepler man slaughter case tied to the fatal auto crash of Mildred Kosnar and Milo Konicek. Testimony covered head injuries, lighting on the Konicek car, and conversations about Kepler’s sobriety as witnesses described events on the Belle Plaine street corner and at a Clutter garage.
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Toledo
Homer Kepler
Elberon
Mildred Kosnar
Milo Konicek
H. C. Hartwig
Clutter
Konicek
Kepler
Hartwig
Leo Dodd
Belle Plaine
Lawrence McBride
Dodd
McBride
F. A. Ely
Des Moines
Ely
Couple Near Waukon Celebrates Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Ernst Schaefer of Ludlow township marked fifty years of marriage with a family picnic at their daughter Mrs August Held’s home. Born in Germany, Mr Schaefer was 75 and has lived in Ludlow township 60 years. Bertha Klocke, his wife, is from a pioneer local family. They have six children Carl Paul Ben Edward and two daughters, twelve grandchildren and several great grandchildren. There has never been a death in the family.
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Waukon
Ernest Schaefer
Ludlow Township
August
Mr. Schaefer
Germany
Schaefer
Bertha Klocke
Carl
Paul
Ben
Edward
August Held
Paul Fiet
Ludlow
Miss Ruth Pinkerton recital at Cornell Conservatory
Mount Vernon reports Ruth Pinkerton, instructor in voice at Cornell College Conservatory of Music, will present a recital of songs from Bach to Gershwin Friday at 8 p.m. Jacques Jolas, Juilliard piano professor, will accompany.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Ruth Pinkerton
Jacques Jolas
Juilliard
Public Ownership Becomes Issue In Iowa City Election
Iowa City politics heat up as fusion talks form between Democrats and Republicans to nominate against a Municipal Ownership League candidate. University of Iowa graduate student L L Crowder, sole primary filer, denounces party ties and questions residence amid party leadership disputes. MO L plans to name a mayoral candidate after the February 22 primary. nominations close next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Municipal Ownership League
Robert L. Larson
F. B. Volkringer
L. L. Crowder
University of Iowa
West Virginia
Crowder
Volkringer
Jacob van der Zee
L J McDowell Heads Vinton Booster Group
About 150 people attended the annual meeting and dinner of the Greater Vinton association in the American Legion hall. New directors elected were L J McDowell Earl Ervin Carl Roth Roy Cameron and Carl Kouba. At a directors meeting following McDowell was elected vice president to succeed Don W Wells. Russell Shreeves and F J Lynch were re elected secretary and treasurer respectively.
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Vinton
Greater Vinton Association
American Legion Hall
L. J. McDowell
Earl Ervin
Carl Roth
Roy Cameron
Carl Kouba
Don W. Wells
Russell Shreeves
F. J. Lynch
Mrs Harold Opland Dies After Illness in Marion Township
Mrs Harold Opland 40 of Marion township died Tuesday after a three day pneumonia illness. Survived by husband five daughters. Funeral services will be at Marion Lutheran church in Gunder of which she was an active member.
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Elgin
Harold Opland
Marion Township
Marion Lutheran Church
Gunder
Temperature Drops Across Iowa in Severe Cold Wave
Iowa faces a sharp cold wave with Friday forecasts of 20 below in the northwest and 25 below in the northeast. Temperatures rise later Friday as snowfall is expected. Sioux City hit zero, Keokuk at 44. Ice weighs down wires but communication lines report no outages this morning.
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Des Moines
Mercury
Iowa
Sioux City
Keokuk
Iowa student lands perfect cribbage hand at fraternity night
Henry Allanson a University of Iowa student from Washington DC dealt himself four fives and cut to the tree to achieve a perfect cribbage hand while playing with the house mother and two fraternity brothers on a Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Henry Allanson
University of Iowa
Washington, D. C
Allanson
H H Hulse Former Clarence Man In Western Air Crash
H H Hulse a former Clarence man and patent attorney for General Times Instrument in Peru Illinois was among passengers injured when a Western Air Express plane crashed near Newhall California Tuesday morning. His wife and brother waited for news. He suffered a fractured ankle and bruises and was treated in a Pasadena hospital. Hulse, born in Clarence and Iowa State College graduate, was en route to Los Angeles on business with E E Spencer president of the instrument company.
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Clarence
H. H. Hulse
General Times Instrument, Inc
Peru
Ill
Western Air Express
Newhall
Calif
Walter J. Ruther
California
Iowa State College
Ames
Mrs. Hulse
August Ruther
Benefit for Family of Ely Drowning Victim
Arrangements by Charles J. Trachta for a benefit dance on Saturday night January 16 to raise funds for Clifton Cavanaugh’s family. He drowned in the Cedar river at the Palisades dam December 28. The American Legion donated the hall, Biderman's orchestra will play, and the city council waived the permit fee.
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Ely
Charles J. Trachta
Clifton Cavanaugh
Cedar River
Palisades Dam
American Legion
Biderman
Sleeping Sickness Fatal to Iowa University Music Professor
Harry Thatcher Jr., 31, assistant professor in the University of Iowa music department, died at 11:50 p.m. after a two day illness from encephalitis linked to sleeping sickness. A piano teacher since 1929, he earned a BA in 1927, MA in 1928, and PhD in 1933. He was the son of J H Thatcher of Ruthven.
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Iowa City
Harry Thatcher, Jr
University of Iowa
Thatcher
Iowa Music School
J. H. Thatcher
Ruthven
Vinton Man Charged With Forging Mayor Name On Checks
Roy Bell, 25, of Vinton is jailed on forgery charges after confessing to passing three checks bearing Mayor George N. Urice's name. Two small Urbana checks for 10.50 and 7.85 were cashed December 24, with cash returned. A third 7-dollar check at Bryant service station in Garrison led to discovery when owner notified sheriff. Bell, who came from Denver, slipped away before, then confessed after being jailed for unrelated license violation.
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Vinton
Roy Bell
George N. Urice
Urbana
Bryant
Garrison
Bell
Ulice
Leland Fry
J. A. Ruhl
Denver
Colo
Iowa City Attorney Weds During Court Delay
Will J. Hayek, 40, an Iowa City attorney, was to argue an appeal in the Iowa Supreme Court Thursday morning but received a postponement after announcing plans to marry. He wed Miss Marjorie Kurtz, 27, of Washington at St. Ambrose Cathedral as the court moved to other cases.
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Des Moines
Cupid
Iowa Supreme Court
Will J. Hayek
Iowa City
Paul Richards
Hayek
Marjorie Kurtz
Washington
St. Ambrose Cathedral
Bill would outlaw political levies in Iowa senate
Iowa Senate hears a bill by Senator E P Donohue to outlaw the practice of deducting about 3 percent of state employees salaries for political campaign funds. The measure targets use of state county and city cars for campaigns and bars officials from leaving work to campaign unless they themselves are candidates.
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Des Moines
INS
E. P. Donohue
New Hampton
Iowa Senate
Donohue
Clyde L. Herring
Donahue
Democratic
E. J. Feuling
Herring
Democratic Central Committee
Lions appoint trio to oversee wading pool project
A Lions club meeting Tuesday named C. A. Brust L. J. Tutt and Cecil Gates to supervise construction of a wading pool for small children in the city park. Work will start in the spring.
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LA Porte City
C. A. Brust
L. J. Tutt
Cecil Gates
Lions Club
Laura Knight Graduates Phi Beta Kappa From Iowa
Laura Eleanor Knight of Iowa City will graduate from the University of Iowa in February with a 3.907 GPA for her four year course. She ranks highest among 22 students elected this week to Phi Beta Kappa, with a GPA just .093 short of perfection.
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Laura Eleanor Knight
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Miss Knight
Phi Beta Kappa
Former Polk deputy held as embezzler
Des Moines AP County Attorney Carl Burkman said Lyle E. Gemricher thirty five once Polk county deputy auditor confessed in a signed statement to cashing twenty three county payroll warrants totaling one thousand seven hundred dollars. He admitted endorsing the warrants with his signature and cashing them at banks and cigar stores. He removed signatures later with an ink eraser. Gemricher is jailed in default of seven thousand five hundred dollar bond.
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Des Moines
Carl Burkman
Lyle E. Gemricher
Polk County
Burkman
Gemricher
Gemsricher
Scouts council meeting to feature UI history professor
Iowa City reports the annual Boy Scouts council meeting will be held here next Tuesday with Prof. Harrison J. Thornton of the University of Iowa history department as the principal speaker. Election of officers will be held.
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Iowa City
Boy Scouts of the
Iowa City Area
Harrison J. Thornton
University of Iowa
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H. C. Claussen
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Mildred Schafer
Pinkerton
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E Ave
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13Th St. SE
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1St Ave. SE
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1St Ave
Henry Jensen
K St
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