Senator Wilson Declares Candidacy for Governor
Des Moines Republican state senator George Wilson, 51, announced his bid for governor pledging government honesty and economy. He urged full cooperation with major state industries, condemned extravagance, and backed liquorInvestigation reform while defending his record as senate floor leader and former district judge.
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Des Moines
INS
George Wilson
Gernor
Lioux Cty
Wilken
Henri Shonons
Nelson G. Kraschel
Wilson
Senate
Kraschel
Adair Counts
Grinnell College
University of Iowa Law School
J. Mames
Osceola
Osceola Sentinel
Grimes
Rural Mail Carriers Run With Four Assistants
A rural mail carrier employs four assistants to handle trips, delivering mail along multiple roads. The four helpers named are Robert Mead, Carl Herderman, Dale Dodge, and Howard Nas as part of the delivery team.
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Robert Mead
Carl Herderman
Dale Dodge
Howard Nas
Shellsburg Man Wins Community Award At Ames
Ray Donels of Shellsburg, director of athletics at Ames High School, received the 1935 Ames community service award from the Ames Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mayor W L Allan chaired the committee. Donels coached last fall’s football team to the Central Town conference title and his basketball team currently leads the conference. He is a Shellsburg High School graduate and Town State College alumnus, with eight years teaching in Ames public schools.
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Shellsburg
Donel
Shellsburg High School
Town State College
Ames
Bad reports for a campaign year in Waterloo and Stanwood
A Waterloo report notes Alfred S Thacker a packing plant worker cannot drive until he receives a driver license after several failed applications and plate handover. A Fayette area obituary mentions M S Paine and local clergy, with scattered fragments across the page, including teaching and church references.
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Wagner
Auditor Storms Seeks Third Term in Iowa
Des Moines AP State Auditor C. W. Storms announced he will seek the Democratic renomination for auditor at the June primaries. He argued that current reorganizations and prior gains in auditing must be protected.
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Des Moines
C. W. Storms
Alex Miller
Clyde L. Herring
Ray Murray
Murray
Storms
the Auditor of State
Edward L. O'Connor
Leon Wegman
Statehouse
Wegman
O'Connor
Fort Madison
Prosecutions Under State Liquor Law Reach 324 in 1935
Des MoinesAP Chief W W Akers of the state liquor control commission said 324 prosecutions for alleged liquor law violations in 1935 produced 23 435 in fines and costs. Investigations by the department with local authorities across 48 counties led to seizures of autos and stills and thousands of dollars’ value destroyed. Fines in federal court stayed with that court. Many cases started in 1935 remain pending and some defendants are serving sentences.
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DES Moines
W. W. Akers
State Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Akers
Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance directors reelected in North Liberty
The Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Johnson County held its annual meeting in North Liberty. Lee Colony of Iowa City Ernest Myers and Lester Stoner of North Liberty were reelected as directors for a five year term. Additional directors include Food Gegenheamer Glenn Stevens IV Dvorsky Clarence Wolfe Joe Brown and Joe Burns. Officers named were Lee Colony president Lester Stoner secretary and Froost Myers treasurer. The organization traces to 1867 in Madison township as the third oldest county mutual in Iowa.
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North Liberty
Northwestern Mutual
Johnson Counety
Lee Colony
Towa City
Ernest Myers
Madison Township
Iowa
Notable Latin scholar to teach summer course at Colorado
Mount Vernon professor Dr Mark Forfutchinsen of Woon College will guest teach Latin at the University of Colorado this summer. He previously taught at Columbia University and the Universities of Iowa and Southern California, as part of a Cornell faculty wave invited to teach elsewhere next summer alongside Dr J Culbertson, Dr Robert Leeper, and Dr Donald Gould from various colleges.
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Mount Vernon
Mark Forfutchinsen
Woon College
Wall
University of Colorado
Columbia University
Universities of Iowa
Southern California
Hutchison
Cornell
J. Bo Culbertson
University of Iowa
Robert M. Leeper
Kansas State Teachers College
Donald B. Gould
Colorado College
Twin brother of local teacher dies in Los Angeles
Miss Lucife Anthony, third grade teacher of Mount Vernon, was alerted Saturday by the death of her twin brother Roy Anthony aged 23 in Los Angeles where he was on an army hospital assignment. He was the son of Mr and Mrs C E Anthony of Council Bluffs. Funeral will be held there Thursday.
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Mount Vernon
Lucife ‘Anthony
Dysart
George Kersten
Homer Township
Benton County
Marshalltown
Evangelical Peace Reformed Church
Fred H. Dollefeld
Here
Henry
Catherine Kersten
Big Grove
Naomi Matthews
Will Banse
Martha Fry
Garrison
Christina Kerner
Chicago
Harry Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Lena Versten
Independence
Christ
Gust
John
Will
Lost Nation
George Nodurft
Union Church
B. H. Cheney
Nodurft
Calhoun County
Illinois
Sally Tibis
Shell City
Ann Elisa Wilson
Iowa
Charles
Harry K
Walter
Margaret Stout
Oregon
Lottie Spillman
Charlotte
Alvin N
Durant
Lester N
Lauderdale
Fla
Bertha Wagner
Redfield
Ethel Logan
Monmouth
Bethel
Gazette Want Ad for Feed Seed Fuel and Mule
Advertisement notes use of a Gazette want ad to buy or sell feed seed broad er fuel or a mule.
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Gazette
Fire Destroys Residence In Palo From Defective Chimney
Fire at the William Rueger home in Palo destroyed the residence occupied by the Earl High family Monday. The blaze started from a defective chimney. most household goods were saved, but basement contents including fuel, canned goods, and vegetables were not recoverable. Insurance covered the house but not the contents.
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Palo
William Rueger
Earl High
Traer And Winton Men Endorsed For District Judgeship
A Tama County Bar endorsement favors B F Thomas of Traer and a Benton County Bar endorsement favors L S Kirkland of Vinton for the Seventeenth district court vacancy. The governor may appoint one of the two to replace Judge C B Stiger who moved to the state supreme court.
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Traer (Ap
Tama
Benton County Bar Associations
Herring
Seventeenth District Court Bench
C. B. Stiger
State Supreme Court
Tama Bar Association
B. F. Thomas
Traer
Benton County Association
L. S. Kirkland
Vinton
Marengo Man Seeks State Senate Seat in Des Moines
Frank Hite of Marengo filed papers to run for state senator in the Iowa Johnson district. He submitted the necessary forms in Des Moines as a candidate seeking the UTowa district seat.
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Marengo
Des Moines
Frank Hite
Utowa-Johnson
Wedding Vows In Ga lena Lutheran Parsonage
Juanita Patrick of Glidden and Randall E. State of Manchester were married at Ga lena Lutheran parsonage. After March 24 they will reside at 140 Clara Avenue Manchester, the bride a Glidden high school graduate 1927 and Simpson College alumna. groom a Manchester High School 1927 graduate and Rainbo Oil employee.
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Manchester
Galena
Juanita Patrick
John B. Aunear
Glidden
Randall E. State
Eugene State
Clara Avenue
State
Joseph Nye
Glidden High School
Simpson College
Mr. State
Manchester High School
Rainbo Oil Company
Blairstown High Plans Annual Declamatory Contest
Blairstown high school launches its annual declamatory contest at the opera house Saturday evening. Oratorical division features Roy Ralston and Richard Stoll. dramatic includes Doris Bruch, Blanche Crewe, and Jack Goss. humorous lists Phyllis Drake, Ilene Niebuhr, Marie Grunewald, John Oberthein, and Rozella Thompson. Final coaching this week is by Mrs. Paul Evans of Marengo.
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Blairstown
Blairstown High School
Pera House
Roy Ralston
Richard Stoll
Doris Bruch
Blanche Crewe
Jack Goss
Phyllis Drake
Ilene Niebuhr
Marie Grunewald
John Oberthein
Rozella Thompson
Paul Evans
Marengo
Old playmate reappears as stranger seeking coffee
In Oelwein Mrs. John Jepson fed a stranger who asked for coffee. The man, an interior decorator from Oklahoma City, shared tales of reverses and his wife’s death. He claimed a Cleveland address and reconnected with a longtime childhood friend Kitty Stanley now Charlie Cavanaugh.
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Oecini
the Gazette
Oelwein
John Jepson
Jepson
Oklahoma City
Cleveland
Utterback Expected To Enter Iowa Senate Primary
E. H. Birmingham, Iowa Democratic chairman, indicated Rep. Hubert Utterback of Des Moines likely would run against Gov. Clyde L. Herring in the Senate primary. Birmingham denied trying to coax either candidate to withdraw to avoid a primary fight, saying he acted in the party’s interests.
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Washington
E. H. Birmingham
Sioux City
Iowa
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Louis Murphy
Utterback
Herring
Eight Die As Iowa Cold Wave Claims Life
Discovery of Sam Holland in Redding Iowa brings cold wave deaths to eight. Temperatures fluctuated from 21 above to 19 below in Spirit Lake as snow fell statewide, with several cities reporting varying inches of snowfall and a warning that winter remains with us.
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Des Moines
Canada
Sam Holland
Redding
Holland
St. Joseph
Mercury
Spirit Lake
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Keokuk
Davenport
Dubuque
Charles City
Audubon
Ames
Clinton
Waterloo
Carroll
Monticello State Bank elects new board and officers
The Monticello State Bank stockholders elected directors including George Ambuch Hal stead M Carpenter Richard A Cartano Elmer E Hicks Ray C Hoag John J Locher T M Redmond Frank E Stimson Harry W Stuhler J H J Stutt and C G Thomas The board named R A Cartano as president Frank E Stimson and Harry W Stuhler as vice presidents Hal stead M Carpenter as cashier with C E Fothergill Charles M Luett Paul T Schuetz and D P Sutherland as assistant cashiers.
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Monticello
Monticello State Bank
George Ambuch
Halstead M. Carpenter
Richard A. Cartano
Elmer E. Hicks
Ray C. Hoag
John J. Locher
T. M. Redmond
Frank E. Stimson
Harry W. Stuhler
J. H. J. Stutt
C. G. Thomas
R. A. Cartano
C. E. Fothergill
Charles M. Luett
Paul T. Schuetz
D. P. Sutherland
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George A. Wilson
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Mio Paine
Burt
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Upper Iowa University
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Bea Dye
Miore Dane Lacan
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P. L. Toher
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John T. Moffit
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R. E. Hanson
Christian Endeavor Society
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Lucille Embree
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Jones County
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Paul Nutting
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Hoyt Phelps
Roberta Simpson
W. D. Hart
United Brethren Church
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Ellen Elizabeth Coppess
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Marion Coppess
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J. N. Parks
L. D. Murfield
Clarence Kline
H P Smith
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
B. B. Long
L. R. Long
L. R Long
Anna M. Long
Rochester
Sugar Creek
Wilton Junction
Richard Reece
Epworth League
Ottumwa
Grace Hohensee
J. H. Hill
Iowa-Des Moines
Simpson
Iowa Wesleyan College
Adolph Hudepoh
Minnie Costelo
L. H. Hinrichs
W. H. Misbach
Harry Morse
L. H. Yoder
O. B. Slaymaker
Minnie Costello
E. S. ‘Menoher
Foster
Joseph la
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