Six bills drafted to raise Iowa court standards
Des Moines AP reports Rep. Gustave Alesch plans six judiciary reform measures to speed trials and raise standards. Proposals include nonpartisan judge elections from supreme to district levels, publication of continuance reports, stricter perjury notices to witnesses, higher bar admission requirements, and verdict rules for civil and criminal cases.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
House of Representatives
Alesch
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Law Office
Washington Slayer Put Under Three Day Mental Exam
The University of Iowa psychopathic hospital in Iowa City began a three day mental observation of William Jordan, 38, of Washington, Iowa. Jordan is charged with the murders of Mable Sayre, 25, and Dan Goode, 38, both of Washington. The examination is overseen by Dr. Andrew H. Woods, with Jordan guarded by deputies from Johnson and Washington counties.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
William Jordan
Washington
Jordan
Mable Sayre
Dan Goode
Andrew H. Woods
Washington County
Harold Putnam
J. J. O'Meara
George Struble
Johnson County
Marvin Cone Artwork Tops Illinois Exhibit in Chicago
Cedar Rapids artist Marvin Cone won first in the Illinois popularity contest at the Iowa Art exhibition in Chicago. His oil painting Hill Farm received the Frances B. Mason prize for outstanding oil painting, announced Friday night by Mrs. R. C. Houghton Jr. of Red Oak, sponsor of the exhibit.
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Owa
Marvin Cone
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Iowa
Chicago
R. C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Cone
Hill Farm
Frances B. Mason
Local notices of deaths and weddings across Iowa counties
George Heims of Sand Springs dies after illness aged 46 born Jan 21 1900 near Hopkinton survived by wife Florence Jergens four children and siblings funeral Monday at Worthington Anton Parizek dies age 83 after leg injury and long farming career with multiple survivors funeral held at Holy Trinity Clutier Hazel Peck and Rudy Zimmermann wed at Ossian Lutheran church plan to live near Monticello
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Sand
Waltham
Elberon
Solon
Tama County
Fred Parizek
Kupka
William
Cedar Rapids
Anton, Jr
Ossian
Hazel Peck
August Peck
Rudy Zimmerman
Ralph Zimmerman
Monticello
Mable Peck
Edward Stifflen
George W. Ayres Dies at 59 in Phoenix
George W. Ayres, 59, of Des Moines and president of the Central Life Assurance Society, died in Phoenix from a heart attack after traveling with his wife to spend the winter in the West. He previously led the Mutual Insurance Society for five years and held other top posts, with a daughter Mrs. George Anderson and his widow surviving. born in Knoxville Iowa, he lived much of his life in Des Moines and also resided in Oklahoma City.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. Ayres
Des Moines
Central Life Assurance Society
Knoxville
Oklahoma City
George Anderson
Edgewood Bank Names New Cashier After Resignation
Edgewood directors appoint P. H. Peterson of Villisca as cashier succeeding M. J. Gaughen. Peterson previously served as examiner in charge at Farmers Savings bank and State Bank of Edgewood, overseeing early 1930s payouts including full 100 percent to depositors and over 96 percent at the second bank.
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Gaughen
Bank
Edgewood
Edgewood Community Savings Bank
P. H. Peterson
Villisca
M. J. Gaughen
Peterson
Farmers Savings Bank
State Bank of
Declamatory winners and local notices across Iowa towns
In Lisbon a student declamatory contest crowned Oratorical winner Gordon Rahn and runner up Ward McConlogue, Dramatic victor Otto Kruse, and Humorous top finisher Lowell Andreas. Other items include weddings near Columbus City, Tipton funeral notices, flood relief fund updates, club organizations forming in Wyoming and Iowa City, and various local society installations and anniversaries.
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Lisbon
Gordon Rahn
Ward McConlogue
Otto Kruse
Ione Slater
Lowell Andreas
Elizabeth Frederick
Albert Franklin Johnson
Cornell College
Sheldon Rahn
Iane Smith
Columbus Junction
Trene Cassabaum
Lee Cassabaum
E. J. Walsh
Morning Sun
Harvey H. Jennings
Bruce Jennings
Spring Run
Columbus City
St. Mary’s
Nichols
Paul D. Moore
Ere
Mount Vernon
Robert Bryant
Jessie Hughes
Betty Rowley
F. G. Brooks
Arthur Hull
Maxine Davis
Keswick
Keswick High School
Betty Lou Higgins
Evelyn Sorden
Marjorie Kramer
Doris Caskey
Jean Bowers
Doris Shaull
Charles Haworth
Oskaloosa
Louise Luers
Beer and Gas Tax Collections Rise in January Gains
Iowa state treasurer reports January beer and gasoline tax collections up by 128,451.07 over January last year. Beer taxes and fees total 89,076.94, up 15,383.46, while gasoline taxes reach 1,064,056.67, up 113,067.61. Inheritance tax receipts fall to 78,766.01, down 41,822.01 from a year earlier.
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DES Moines
Search intensified for Protivin man missing in Iowa
Des Moines AP report says Howard County Sheriff Albert Pederson intensified the hunt for Paul Landa a Protivin Iowa salesman who disappeared January 19. A car was found abandoned at Osceola and a stranger was seen with Landa at Jewell on disappearance day. Bloodlike stains possibly seen on a car cushion were sent for analysis. Patrols on the 91 mile Jewell Osceola route searched for clues while authorities sought the witness identity and a photo of Landa.
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Des Moines
Howard County
Albert T. Pederson
Paul Landa
Protivin
Osceola
Jewell
Landa
Pederson
Highway Patrol
John Hattery
Protivia
W. W. Akers
State Investigation Bureau
Stanwood Divides With Bennett Cage Quints
Stanwood and Bennett high schools split a doubleheader with a girls win 24 to 22 for Stanwood and a boys win 34 to 16 for Bennett. Stanwood led late in the girls game while Bennett jumped to an 11 to 2 start in the boys match.
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Stanwood
Bennett Cage
the Gazette
Bennett High Schools
Bennett
Calmar Beats St. Lucas Pirates In Local High School Tilt
The Calmar Independent basketball team defeated St. Lucas Pirates 32 to 18 at the local high school gym. The entire net proceeds were donated to the public school for purchase of bleacher seats in the gym.
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Calmar
St. Lucas Pirates
Pirates
Royal Neighbors install officers at Clarence meet
At a recent Royal Neighbors meeting in Clarence, 1937 officers were installed including Oracle Mary Long and past oracle Dora Meyer. Alma rch of Stanwood acted as installing officer and Bess Robinson served as ceremonial marshal. In Tipton, Mrs. Sarah Blair died at the Cedar County Home and funeral services set for Rochester Methodist Church. Charles W. DeCamp, former Tipton resident, died at the Odd Fellows home in Mason City aged 87 with burial in the local cemetery. Traer sees Mrs. Margaret Gordon, oldest resident, move to Minneapolis to stay with her son Norman Gordon after her ninety sixth birthday last May.
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Royal Neighbors Lodge of
Edna Yeoman
Anna Skelley
Flora Conley
Bertha Sutherland
Emma Stambaugh
Anna Widmer
Hazel Harford
Eveline Lambert
Inner Sentinel
Kate Lambert
Outer Sentinel
Catherine Hartman
Wilson
Florence Bright
Faith
Irene Howland
Ida Howell
Delia Hearn
Pearl Claus
Endurance
Dena Clark
Agnes Conley
Fannie Bennett
Tipton
John Nahrgang
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
M. E. Collins
Philadelphia
Edgewood
Avalon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Sidney Tyrrell
M. F. Harwood
Strawberry Point
A. L. Sheppard
Manchester
Sandbach
Decorah
Wheatland
Marjorie Hunting
Ruth Dennis
Signa Fagerland
Darlene Minnett
Palo
Palo Consolidated School
Red Cross
Iowa City
Mary Vesely
Lois Brower
Lyle Keiser
Arlene Robison
Dorothy Keiser
Kathryn Arn Sloan
Beth Brower
D. R. Littell
Kinross
Supt. Hamersly
Miss Reints
Keota
Agricultural Conservation Commission of
Johnson County
Frank Sullivan
Ray Smalley
John O'Connor
Emmett C. Gardner
Sullivan
Smalley
Glen Hope
Dale F. Anderson
Board of Supervisors
Carleton D. Beh Company
Des Moines
van Horne
Myron Hanneman
Fred Hanneman
Here
George Schueler
Hanneman
TRAER
Tama County
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Z. C. B. J. Hall
Lodge
Riverside — Rosebud
Royal Neighbors of America
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June Laney
Fannie Meeks
Charles Rath
Mary Gringer
Ruth Havel
Belle Plaine
Peter Cornelius Theeman
Peter
Margaret Theeman
Germany
Cedar County
Addie B. Rohn
Theeman
Chelsea
Modern
Elma
Royal Neighbors
Henry Whitsell
Modern Woodmen
George Devore
Emil Vajner
R. R. Ryan
George Vavra
Emil Seidel
Fred Vavra
A. L. Kosta
Sidney Whitsell
E. H. Vajner
Gladys Novak
Anna Sichra
Oracle
Fanny Benda
Fanny Prusha
Agnes Varner
Mary Kenner
Emma Vitek
Mayme Hach
Lena Benesh
Anna Sidra
Mary Neuman
Minnie Prusha
Annabelle Kulishek
Vernon Muse
Leona Kenner
Dora Smith
Courage
Ollie Kutchanek
Mayme Upah
Ella Hayek
Clarence
Mary Long
Dora Meyer
Essie Liercke
Marie Bark
Merle Gintert
Bess Robinson
Emma Kline
Emma Pruess
Mary Greim
Mary Workman
Leona Dowell
Wanda Ibsen
Bernice Schnepkoweit
Lizzie Behrends
Almarch of
Stanwood
Sarah Blair
Mary
Rochester Methodist Church
Otis Moore
Charles W. DeCamp
Odd Fellows Home
Mason City
Odd Fellows Lodge
Masonic Cemetery
Margaret Gordon
Minneapolis
Norman Gordon
Gordon
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Mary McGivern
Byron Wilson
Ferne Kimmick
Marion Kramer
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Maquoketa
M. M. Pinter
William Pinter
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H. C. Parsons
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Leo Haase
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Lena Novy
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Williamsburg
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Algona
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Clarinda
Bess Pugh
Jess
L. A
Harry
Dolph
Bert
Fairmount
Minn
Luella McMurry
R. J. Lockard
Elgin
Martha Frederick
John Frederick
Walter Mitts
E. P. Mitts
Canton
J. J. Snyder
Marie Sutter
George Schupbach
Buckingham
Buckingham Grain Company
Conesville
Riley Murphy
Charles Crist
Edith Stafford
Sputt
Gat
Reddy
Williams
St. Lucas Cage
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Washington, D. C
F. L. Sharon Agency
Bankers Trust
Montrose Hotel
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