Man on trial for his father's shotgun death
Bert Johnson, 22, farm youth, faced jurors in Karinda for the New Year’s shotgun slaying of his father, Elmer Johnson. He testified that the first shot was accidental as horses jerked the wagon, the second was accidental, and the third occurred when he slipped. He denied statements that he planned or intended to kill his father.
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Karinda
INS
Bert Johnson
Relarinda
Yorkan Farm
Elmer Johnson
Young Johnson
Johnson
Hopkinton's Longest Time Resident Dies at 79
Mrs Lucy Smith Pierce 79 died at her Hopkinton home after a long illness. Born March 3 1856 in the Bay Settlement Delaware County she lived in Hopkinton since 1863. She married D Clinton Pierce May 19 1880 and had three children Nellie Iva and Hugh. Funeral services were at Larkins chapel with Rev Roy Porter and Rev A B Soule assisting. pallbearers listed.
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Gazette
Hopkinton
Lucy Smith Pierce
Larkins Chapel
Roy Porter
A. B. Soule
J. J. Dunlap
W. P. Lord
I. T. Wilson
F. R. Tesar
U. S. G. Keith
M. J. Steen
Jolas Concert Scheduled at Cornell Chapel Friday
Mount Vernon Prof. Jacques Jolas and his wife present a recital in the Cornell college chapel Friday at 8 p.m. featuring Bach, Beetho ven and Brahms with a Haydn Beethoven and Schumann segment. The program marks the sixth of ten in the series begun last fall at the Cornell conservatory.
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Mount Vernon
Bach
Beethoven
Brahms
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
Jolas
Juilliard
Cornell Conservatory of Music
Haydn
Schumann
Louisville Conservatory of Music
Louisville
Taxicab Driver Delivers Baby Before Hospital Arrival
In Boone a taxi rider sped through icy, below zero streets but could not beat the stork. Mrs. Ralph Clark gave birth to a daughter en route to the hospital. both mother and baby are said to be doing well.
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Boone
Ralph Clark
A Great Woman Horizontal Puzzle Clue List
A compact listing of crossword hints and answers including terms for works, objects, and directional clues. The page shows multiple across and down entries such as public service terms, metal names, body parts, measurements, and directional indicators.
New Cold Blast Grips Iowa With Subzero Temps
A bitter cold wave continues in Iowa with forecasts a retreat to 20 below zero early Friday. Readings across cities drop to 10 below Charles City 8 below Davenport Dubuque Keokuk 5 below Des Moines and 4 below Sioux City Council Bluffs as a new high pressure area slides in from northwest Canada. Snow Friday expected to bring a gradual rise in western Iowa.
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Des Moines
Charles City
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Canada
Iowa
Northwest
Otto W. Krall Dies While Shoveling Snow
Otto W. Krall 33 of Newport died of a heart attack while shoveling snow on a road near his home late Tuesday. Funeral services will be at St. Wenceslaus church at 9 am Friday. He is survived by his widow three sons his mother six brothers and six sisters plus extended relatives.
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The
Iowa City
Otto W. Krall
Newport
St. Wenceslaus
Krall
Robert
Albert
James
Lena Krall
Frank J
Fred
Blairstown
John
Fairfax
George
Flandreau
S. D
Charles Bowen
Agnes Kouba
Joseph Schindler
Cedar Rapids
Joe Kasper
Morse
J. C. Esser
Remsen
Lydia Krall
Chicago
Anselm Keeps Mount Vernon Post Part Time
The Mount Vernon board of education retained Anselm for part time duties this semester reducing his duties to avoid all classwork and morning supervision. His salary was cut to 100 dollars monthly while he pursues a university tied highway safety project. Coach Keith Lemon was hired full time with a 100 dollar raise to relieve the principal.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
George Anselm
Board of Education
Anselm
University of Iowa
Keith Lemon
Fridolf Lundholm
Lundholm
West Union Bank Announces Second 50 Percent Dividend
Trustees B. D. Chandler F. W. Schneider and Frank Camp set Feb 1 as the date for a second 50 percent dividend from the former Fayette County National Bank assets. Combined with last year’s payoff this yields 100 percent of deposits plus 2 percent interest. About 53 000 dollars will be distributed to roughly 800 depositors as the trusteed funds are released.
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West Union
Fayette County National Bank
B. D. Chandler
F. W. Schneider
Frank Camp
First National Bank
Ned
Loosened Screws Caused Fatal Elevator Crash
Funeral services for James Anderlik Jr a University of Iowa engineering student killed by a falling freight elevator at an Iowa City warehouse were held as senior engineering classes were dismissed. Coroner Dr George Maresh found the accident occurred when Anderlik who was under the elevator on a ladder loosened four screws releasing the worm gear.
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Iowa City
James Anderiik, Jr
University of Iowa
Iowa City Warehouse Company
George Maresh
Johnson County
Anderlik
Truck Fire Blocks Highway East of Here
A truck owned by J. E. Thompson Transfer of Des Moines carrying furniture and books owned by Mrs. Clara M. Wallace burned 12 miles east of town on Highway 6 Wednesday evening. The blaze started at the freight compartment front and partially blocked the highway for several hours.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
J. E. Thompson Transfer Company
Des Moines
Clara M. Wallace
Here
Dr. May Rearrested After Serving Dillinger Aiding Sentence
Dr. Clayton May of Minneapolis was arrested on a warrant charging him with performing an illegal operation after being released from Leavenworth federal prison where he had completed a two year sentence for harboring John Dillinger. He waived extradition and awaits transfer to Minneapolis.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Clayton May
Minneapolis
Federal Penitentiary
John Dillinger
Theodore Morrow
Leavenworth County
Alexander Schall
May
Butler Sues Truck Driver for Damages in Rear-End Collision
Independence resident B F Butler of Black Hawk county files suit against Ralph Cornwall a local truck driver and owner alleging negligently crashed his truck into Butler's car on December 24. Butler seeks damages totaling $16492 as relief.
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Independence
B. F. Butler
Black Hawk County
Ralph Cornwall
Iowa Night Rallies Planned in 100 Cities
National Iowa night rallies marking the eighty ninth anniversary of the University of Iowa will take place in nearly 100 cities from Feb 25 to 29. Alumni clubs will open in 106 sites next week with radio programs aired from two Iowa stations and President Eugene A Gilmore joining many larger gatherings.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bruce E. Mahan
Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
Welch elected president of University of Dubuque
Dale D. Welch former president of the university board was chosen as president replacing Dr. W B Zuker who remains vice president and treasurer Edwin B Lindsay of Davenport succeeds Welch as board president Welch is a Dubuque alum and a long time civic figure born in Strawberry Point Iowa He studied at Arlington High School the University of Dubuque and Cornell and has served as pastor at Guttenberg for seventeen years
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Dubuque
Welch
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Arlington High School
University of Dubuque
Cornell University
Guttenberg
Delegates Anticipated for Kagawa Forum at Cornell College
About 1,000 delegates from eastern Iowa church and secular groups will attend Toyohiko Kagawa’s forum sessions at Cornell College chapel on February 27 and 28. An opening chapel service at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 27 will be open to a general audience.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Toyohiko Kagawa
Cornell College
College
Kagawa
Cornell
Young People’s Church Organization
Verdict Awarded Former Washington Co Sheriff
In Washington Iowa district court Judge D W Hamilton directed a verdict for defendant Milton J Norton sued by Daryl Mathers for 5000 dollars claiming false arrest and imprisonment. Norton and his father were briefly jailed after a 1920s related incident. witnesses included the Nortons and others. Jury released for remainder of January term.
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the Gazette
Washington
Milton J. Norton
Daryl Mathers
Washington County
D. W. Hamilton
Norton
Albia
W. J. Norton
Orville Griggs
Fern Birney
Fred Palmer
James Irish
Mystery over Marine Band Walkout At Women’s Conference
Washington sleuths probe who ordered the U S marine band to withdraw as Bainbridge Colby spoke. Congress demands investigation while Henry Latrobe Roosevelt’s role remains unclarified amid party disputes and Navy defense debates.
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Washington
U. S. Marine Band
Congress
Dolly Gann
Alice Alongworth
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
Navy
Roosevelt
Bainbridge Colby
House
Henry Fletcher
Bertrand Snell
New York
Claude A. Swanson
George P. Darrow
House Naval Affairs Committee
Dispute Over Paramount Assessment Settled
City officials eased visibly as City Attorney Harry S. Johnson announced the Paramount theater building tax dispute was resolved and a payment of 18 022.84 dollars was made, closing an appeal to the state board of assessment and review by the property owners.
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Harry S. Johnson
Paramount Theater
Johnson
State Board of Assessment
City Moves To Cancel Beer Permit For Quinn
City council orders its legal department to decide why A. W. Quinn of 712 Eighth Avenue SE should not face a council hearing over his beer permit. Quinn, operator of a beer parlor at 802 Third Street SE, was arrested January 15 on illegal possession of liquor charges and is pending in district court after posting a $500 bond. Police say they found liquor in the parlor at the time of arrest.
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City Legal Department
A. W. Quinn
Eighth Avenue SE
Quinn
Third Street SE
Three Reappointed To City Plan Board In 1935 Rollover
Mrs J J Hervert Ed Sheftie and the Rev Harry Kremers were reappointed to the city plan commission by the city council on Thursday Their terms expire December 31 1935 and run until January 1 1941
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J. J. Hervert
Ed Sheftie
Harry Kremers
City Plan Commission
Inventor Threatens to Sell Tank to Foreign Power
J Walter Christie, renowned American inventor of war tanks and submarines, warned he will sell his fast tank to Russia or Germany unless the United States War Department pays him 450000 he claims is due. He said Germany offered 680000 and the USSR 10000 a month to oversee a fleet. The tank, capable of 100 mph on wheels, 65 mph on caterpillar tread, seats 2 3 men with a 77 mm gun. Christie, 69, says the department忽disregards his claims and he faces bankruptcy.
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New York
America
Russia
Germany
United States War Department
J. Walter Christie
Harry W. Woodring
Washington
Ussr
Christie
War Department
Creighton and Applegate Sentenced to Death in March
Mrs Frances Creighton and Everett C Applegate convicted of poisoning Ada Applegate were sentenced by Judge Cortland A Johnson to die in the electric chair during the week of March 9 in Mineola New York.
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Adterika
Mabel Schott
Adlerika
H. L. Shoub
New York
Mineola
N. Y
INS
Frances Creighton
Everett C. Applegate
Applegate
Ada
Cortland A. Johnson
Penny Jar Holds One Thousand One Hundred Pennies for License
Sylvia Schmitt went to the county treasurer to pay her auto license using a quart fruit jar full of pennies. The jar contained 1,100 pennies.
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Vinton
Sylvia Schmitt
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Dale Welch
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Cornell Forum
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First St. NE
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