Threats Against Rep Foster Trigger Three-Way Probe
Federal and state investigators pursue threats against Harlan C Foster of Mount Pleasant as letters seized by postal inspectors are studied. Earlier incidents include a rifle bullet through Foster home and a separate threat tied to his defense committee work for a $6 million Burlington powder plant project.
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Des Moines
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Harlan C Foster
Mount Pleasant
Burlington
Foster
Walter Ronde
Henry County
Foster Foster
Rohde
United States
John Ciccarelli
Heavy Snow Saves Ottumwa Man From Train Collision
Ottumwa resident Joseph W Reynolds narrowly escaped serious injury when his car was struck by a Burlington passenger train and pushed about 300 feet. Heavy snow apparently kept the car from being rolled over or crushed, with Reynolds still inside as the locomotive halted. Reynolds was hurt but survived.
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Ottumwa
Joseph W Reynolds
Burlington
Reynolds
Grinnell Woman to Speak at Iowa State College Event
Mrs Florence Kerr of Grinnell, assistant commissioner for the Works Progress Administration, will headline the fourth annual Women’s Day at Iowa State College on March 4. The event is managed by Mortar Board members as officials announced.
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Iowa State College
State Group Collects Fees For Motor Carriers 194
Des Moines reports the state commerce commission collected 64 478 dollars in certificated motor carrier fees in the 147 quarter of 194. Half to the state permanent road fund, the other half distributed to counties by area to support maintenance of secondary roads.
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Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Town coach honored at Knights of Columbus banquet
Frank Camden SIGOURNEY, assistant coach at University of Town, spoke at the Marquette hall banquet in Harper Sunday after a Windhurst Council Knights of Columbus initiation. Other speakers included Rev C Kempker Rev Paul Klein felder Francis T Shaughnessey Cedar Rapids L R B Dempsey grand knight. Town visitors attended. music by King Cole and players.
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Windhurst Council
Knights of Columbus
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Francis T Shaughnessey
Cedar Rapids
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King Cole
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Des Moines Teen Planned Murder to Steal Car
A 17 year old Des Moines youth admitted plans to kill car salesman Rudie Knudson to obtain a tan auto he wanted. He carried a concealed weapon and rope and hoped to lure Knudson away to commit the crime. He will be arraigned in juvenile court after an examination by psychiatrists.
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Brappy
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Braphy
Rudie N Knudson
Healsum
Brophy
Trepov
Knurlon
Des Moines
Knudsan
Area farm bureau meeting and local notices across towns
Eastern Iowa items report Cen ter Township Farm Bureau meeting at Tipton Municipal building with a 6 30 PM program. Other notes include transfers at Spahn and Rose and multiple obituaries and weddings across Monona Hopkinton Chelsea Wyoming Vinton Sigourney Strawberry Point Kalona Toledo Oelwein Wellman West Union and Torino suggest a busy week of community events including anniversaries funerals marriages and local appointments.
Cut Operating Costs Of Iowa Reformatory
Iowa State audit shows Anamosa State Prison operating costs fell to 299,173 for the year ending June 30, 1940, from 321,530, thanks largely to a 24,022 net profit from industries. Costs per inmate dropped to 264.05 from 303.04. inmate population averaged 1,074. Net sales from industries totaled 292,478 with 68,855 net revenue.
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Anamosa
Chet Bakers
Reformatory
Shenandoah Birthday Ball Broadcast Across Nationwide Hookup
Shenandoah square dancers finish acts for the Presidents birthday ball program. The Town Hall frolic, with callers and fiddles, will be aired on a nationwide hookup at 10:45 p.m. across three networks from New York. The sequence includes the Presidents White House speech, balls in Chicago and New Orleans, and a grand finale in Hollywood.
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Shenandoah Square
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Earl E. May
White House
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
New Orleans
Olympic Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Hollywood
Two Iowans Die in Illinois Car Crash
In Waterman Illinois two Iowans died after a night crash near here. Violet Griffin 35 of Curlew and Henry Frohling 43 of Mallard were killed. Griffin's husband and four Griffin children were injured and treated at East Side hospital. Coroner Dr AP Culver announced an inquest for Tuesday afternoon.
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Donald
Clarence Ramsey Dies at About 70 in West Liberty
Clarence E Ramsey a longtime West Liberty resident and retired Rock Island railroad telegraph operator died at 10 30 am Monday at his home. He was a member of the Incal Masonic lodge and is survived by his wife and seven sisters in New York and Pennsylvania. Body sent to S C Snider funeral home. funeral plans incomplete.
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West Liberty
Clarence E Ramsey
Ramsey
Rock Island Railroad
Incal Masonic Lodge
New York
Pennsylvania
S. C. Snider Funeral
S. U. S. President Will Speak In New York City
Virgil M. Hancher president of the University of Town will address New York City alumni on Founders Day March 1 as part of nationwide observances marking the universitys 94th birthday with similar meetings planned at other locales.
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Towa City
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Town
New York City
Waukon Couple Observe Their Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Chris Sandbeck marked fifty years of marriage with a family dinner on Sunday and a surprise visit from friends Monday. Sandbeck born in Norway will be 78 next May and his wife 70, born in Harmony Minnesota where they wed. They have lived in Waukon 37 years and he worked 31 years for Northwestern Bell.
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Chris Sandbeck
Mr. Sandbeck
Norway
Tilda Kirkelle
Harmony
Minn
Sandbeck
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bill to Set Minimum Iowa Barber Prices Introduced
Des Moines AP reports State Rep Herman W Walter proposes a House bill to empower the State Board of Barber Examiners to set district minimum prices for haircuts shaves and mustache trims. A district floor would require a 75 percent petition from representative barber groups to determine price ranges aimed at public health and fair operation. Walter says the plan uses police powers with no state cost.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herman W. Walter
Council Bluffs
State Board of Barber Examiners
Walter
Iowa Jackson Day Dinner Set For March 29
Des Moines high political dinner to be held March 29 at Hotel Fort Des Moines. E H Birmingham RUAN state chairman announced the event and price of 25 dollars per plate. Speaker name not yet chosen.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
E H. Birmingham
State Ruan
Tuesay
Supreme Court Appoints Judge Lovejoy To Serve In Will Contest
Iowa supreme court chose Judge A R B Lovejoy of Waterloo to oversee the Hale will contest in Fort Dodge district court starting Feb 10. Elizabeth Hale died in May 1938 leaving 800000 to her husband Henry Hale. Five heirs challenge the will claiming incompetence and undue influence by the husband.
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Lovejoy
Fort Dodge
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A. RB. Lovejoy
Waterloo
Iowa Supreme Court
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Elizabeth S Hale
Henry O Hale
Blaze Spoils Keokuk Record Fire Loss
A three story tire and tin shop building in Keokuk caught fire on Tuesday, damaging the structure and injuring firefighter George Gibson who fell from a ladder. The blaze began in the basement and firefighters battled to prevent spread to a nearby Dodge Motor Company three story building and Krause owned two story structure. Initial damage estimates were not yet available.
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George Gibson
Dodge Motor Company
Krause
Pleads Not Guilty To State Liquor Charges
J H Clifford aged 47 of Alton Illinois pleaded not guilty at a Mt Ayr preliminary hearing to illegal transportation of liquor. Bond set at 2500 dollars. He was arrested by Iowa highway patrol near Mt Ayr after 1100 pints of liquor were found in his car bound for Kansas, according to R W Nebergall head of the Town bureau of investigation.
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J. H. Clifford
Alton
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Clifford
Iowa
R. W. Nebergall
Town Bureau of Investigation
Kansas
Grand Jurors For Iowa County Court Selected
Marengo reports that grand jurors for the January term of the Iowa county district court were selected Monday. Foreman Parnell is joined by C. W. Hanley, John Denson, Chester Effeld, Harry Groves, Glenn McArthur, J. F. Nick and O. B. Slaymaker from Marengo and surrounding areas.
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Iowa County District Court
C. W. Hanley
Parnell
Foreman
John Denson
Homestead
Chester Effeld
Deep River
Harry Groves
Williamsburg
Glenn McArthur
Norway
J. F. Nick
O. B. Slaymaker
La Porte City Editor Plans Appeal Over Official County Papers
Everett Smith publisher of the LaPorte City Progress Review says he will appeal to the district court after Black Hawk county supervisors designated the Waterloo Press and the Cedar Falls Record as the official county newspapers. The Waterton Courier had been the third official paper.
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Ottumwa Laundryman Burned to Death in Barn Fire
Ottumwa report says Samuel N Howard aged 71 a retired laundry employee burned to death in a barn behind his home near the west city limits Monday. A separate item notes Patrick Lyness suffered a broken arm after a 30 foot fall from a silo on Saturday.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Samuel N Howard
Ryan
Patrick Lyness
Iowa City News Briefs Farm bureau awards and snow update
The Lincoln township farm bureau in Johnson County will receive a certificate of merit at its next meeting for high participation and activity in farm bureau and 4 H work. The Johnson County home project achievement day is set for March 25 in Iowa City. The farm bureau project board will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. to plan events. Leslie A Moore announced a successful tag sale by 20 local school children for the President’s Birthday Ball ticket fund, aiding infantile paralysis efforts. Iowa City is clearing an eight inch snowfall with 22 extra street workers and county crews using nine motor patrols and five tractor plows since early Sunday.
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Johnson County
Emmett C. Gardner
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Gardner
Iowa City
Farm Bureau Project Board
Leslie A Moore
Raymond H. Justen
Governor Receives Two Measures From State Legislature
DES MOINES AP Governor George A Wilson on Tuesday received two Iowa legislature bills. One limits local government bonding power to 4 percent of assessed valuation. The other aims to require property assessment at three-fifths of actual value for tax purposes. The Des Moines county board of supervisors would be allowed to sell county farm property to the federal government for a Burlington area shell loading plant. The governor will review the measures before signing.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Health Meetings Schedule for Linn County Townships
Special to The Gazette lists monthly health meetings in Linn County with classes and demonstrations. The Northeast Health Council includes Jackson Boulder Maine and Buffalo townships under Linn County Nursing Service. Upcoming topics include February at Jordan's Grove on Cancer and March at Jordan's Grove on Cancer. March at Prairieburg on Rural Sanitation Housing and Health. April at Central City on Diabetes. May at Coggan on Heart Disease and Kidney Disorders.
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Boulder
Maine
Buffalo
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Prairieburg
Central City
Coggan
Slum Improvement Bill Introduced in Iowa Senate
In Des Moines Iowa senators Faul and Shaw introduced the first slum improvement bill of the current session. The measure allows cities over 15000 population to form housing assessment districts by petition of 10 percent of real estate owners. An assessment commission would oversee needed improvements and contracts and property owners would repay over 20 years.
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Iowa
Senate
George M. Faul
Albert J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Funeral held for Atlantic centenarian Felicia Shelton
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Felicia Shelton in Atlantic. The deaf mute claimed to be 107 years old and died at the Cass County poor farm. She left no living relatives.
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Felicia Shelton
Shelton
Cass County
New Members Added To House Group On State Appropriations
Des Moines Iowa Rep George L Scott chairman of the house appropriations committee announced the appointment of three chairmen for sub committees and will head three more himself The new chairs include G T Kuester Griswold who will lead the subcommittee on state board of control appropriations E L Stewart Washington will head the state educational institutions subcommittee Earl C Fishbaugh Shenandoah will chair the subcommittee on state department appropriations Scott will head sub committees on the state highway commission old age assistance and emergency relief appropriations Membership on these committees besides the chairs will include six more house members with seven for the educational institutions panel and 11 for the state department panel Additional members for the highway and relief groups were not yet chosen.
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George L. Scott
West Union
House Appropriations Committee
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Griswold
State Board of Control Appropriations
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Washington
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Shenandoah
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State Highway Commission
Funeral planned for 91-year-old Boone resident Harvey
Boone mourns W. M. Harvey who died from injuries after a fall. Harvey, 91, has lived in Boone since 1863. Surviving are daughter Mrs. C. E. McNeil and son W. H. Harvey, both of Boone. Funeral arrangements set for Wednesday afternoon.
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