Belle Plaine teen dies in car ditch crash
Arlene Kimm 17 of Belle Plaine died after a car driven by Mary Ann Hayek 16 overturned in a ditch three miles northeast of town. Hayek suffered cuts and was hospitalized. Beverly Peterman is reported with a broken leg. Coroner J R Burrows investigated the accident attributed to avoiding dogs on the road.
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Belle Plaine
Arlene Kimm
Mary Ann Hayek
Miss Kimm
Beverly Peterman
George Peterman
Miss Hayek
Charles Hayek
J. R. Burrows
Ira Kimm
Blairstown
Arlene
G ‘Ayson Snow
Congregational Church
Order of Rainbow
Snow
Helen Schaub
Bunkstown
Ora. Kimm
Norway
Earl and Ross
Buairstown
A. S. Kimm
Lem Case
Minnie Bruch
John Moeller
John Zuck 91 Cedar County Pioneer Dies
Clarence Iowa John Zuck 91 pioneer farmer teacher and minister dies at home four miles north of Clarence. Born in Pennsylvania he migrated to Cedar county in 1877 teaching and preaching later serving as county surveyor surveying most of the county between 1878 and 1896. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 p m with Rev John Brower of South English officiating.
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John Zuck
Cedar County
Pennsylvania
Church of the Brethren
Lydia Jane Bohrer
Zuck
Charles
Cadillac
Mich
Quinter
Flaxville
Mont
Otto
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Alonzo
Waterloo
Ozella Wingert
Pasadena
Abigail Lash
Golden Dorcas
Tipton
N. J. Fike
Switzerland
John Brower
South English
Faribault Maiden and Murdock Groom Wed in Decorah
Miss Archa Haas of Faribault and Maurice Kelly of Murdock were married at the Decorah Lutheran parsonage by Rev. O Glesne. The couple will live in Calmar with Kelly employed as time keeper on the local school construction project.
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Decorah Lutheran Church
Archa Haas
Faribault
Minn
William Haas
Belle Plaine
Maurice Kelly
Urge Law On Auto Inspection Tests At Iowa State
Rural highway and commercial operators call for state wide auto inspection tests twice yearly to improve road safety. The measure would fall under the motor vehicle department and part of broader efforts, including stronger patrols, stricter driver exams, and revocation for fatal reckless driving. Agnes Samuelson commended for promoting school safety instruction.
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Ames
INS
Highway Safety Conference
Iowa State College
State Motor Vehicle Department
State Department of Education
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa State Liquor Stores See Wine Sales Rise
Iowa state owned liquor stores report rising wine sales with twofold growth over two years. Chairman B E Manley cites low wine prices and broad purchaser base including young and older buyers. Special permits issued to pharmacists doctors veterinarians and dentists rise from 620 to 444 this year at midweek tally.DELHI Miss Ethel Young and Harold Harryman wed at Prairie City Methodist Church with Reverend Wendlandt officiating.
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Ethel Young
Town City
Harold Harryman
Douds
Methodist Church
Prairie City
B. A. Wendlandt
72 Officers To Patrol Iowa Highways For Fourth Of July
Mrs. Alex Miller announces a unified force of 72 state officers will patrol Iowa highways over the Fourth of July weekend. The 22 drivers license inspectors and 50 patrol officers will work noon to midnight Saturday and Sunday. Drivers are urged to think twice before changing lanes and to avoid reckless weaving to prevent accidents.
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DES Moines
Alex Miller
Iowa
Wallace
Warns Iowa City Of Fire Fighting Needs
Iowa City city council may boost the next fiscal year budget after a recommendation from the Iowa Insurance Service bureau to add more firemen. Mayor Thomas E. Martin said state sinking fund refunds will cover the needed amount. The bureau warned that downtown fire defenses lag behind growth with too few men and engines responding to alarms.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau
Thomas E. Martin
Martin
R. E. McLain
Bureau
McLain
Youths tied to farm robbery near Germanville
Kenneth Hollenbeck alias Tobey Tucker, 20, of Washington Iowa, confessed to a farm robbery near Germanville. Don Smith, 19, also from Washington County, was shot and captured. loot recovered includes $85, a shotgun and a watch. Smith’s condition remained serious.
Iowa Electric Wins Ames Gas Franchise By Two Votes
Ames voters approved a 25 year franchise for Iowa Electric Light and Power to supply gas by a 653 to 651 margin. It was the city's largest poll in years with two more in favor than opponents.
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Ames Gas
Ames
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Boone Plans Aug 6 Special Election On Power Franchise
Boone Iowa Aug 6 set for a special election on Iowa Electric Light and Power Company request for a 15 year electrical franchise to proceed with a 400 000 development program the city council announced Thursday.
Co Administrator Named In John Iwers Estate
A district court hearing awoke to revoke Louis Voss as special administrator of the John Iwers estate. William Dage of near Stockton was named co administrator with Voss. bond set at 25000 dollars. Each administrator must file an inventory within ten days and a final report within twenty days.
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John T. Moffit
Louis Voss
John Iwers
William Dage
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Stockton
Voss
Iwers
Emil Krebs
Hans Iwers
Caroline Krebs Iwers
William
John
Henry Iwers
George Fiala
Davenport
William A. Hamilton
Hartley
J. R. McManus
Des Moines
J. C. France
Marion C. Hamiel
Chamberlain
Coralville Council Splits Over Beer Permit Fight
Coralville faced a sharp council split after a four to one vote to grant a beer permit to Clarence Browner. Mayor C F Robinson offered to resign in protest saying the council aims to make Coralville a wide open town but the council refused to accept the resignation. Coralville, population about 250, has granted two beer permits.
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Iowa City
Coralville
C. F. Robinson
Clarence Browner
Robinson
Congressmen Named To Attend Rep Jacobsen Funeral
Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead named six Iowa lawmakers to attend the funeral for Rep Bernhard M Jacobsen in Clinton on Friday. Senators Murphy and Dickinson will attend the ceremony for the Senate. House members Gillette Eicher Biermann and Thurston will represent the House.
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Garner
Bankhead
Iowa
Congress
Bernhard M. Jacobsen
Clinton
Murphy
Dickinson
Gillette
Eicher
Biermann
Thurston
House
Union Mutual Reinsured by California Firm
Des Moines AP District Judge Russell Jordan accepted Occidental Life Insurance of Los Angeles plan to reinsure Union Mutual Life of Iowa in receivership since May 7. The deal includes no lien on reserves, a reduction in net premiums about 25000 yearly, $34621.11 to policyholders, five years of Union Mutual offices in east Des Moines, full payment of death claims and receivership and general creditor claims.
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Russell Jordan
Occidental Life Insurance Company of
Los Angeles
Union Mutual Life Company of
Iowa
State Insurance Department
Occidental
Union Mutual
East Des Moines
Union Mutual Life
Werrenrath To Sing At Iowa City Tuesday
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone formerly of the Metropolitan Opera, will give a free public concert in Iowa City next Tuesday. About 1,500 tickets will be distributed with priority to University of Iowa students and faculty. This marks the first time a nationally famous singer has offered a free performance locally.
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Iowa City
Reinald Warrenrath
Metropolitan Opera
University of Iowa
Des Moines City Official Francette Miller Faces Forgery Charges
Francette H. Miller 95, former Des Moines city finance commissioner, pleads not guilty to uttering forged warrants. She confessed taking two pay warrants for 66.66 each and cashing them to support her four children. bail set at 2400 dollars. hearing scheduled July 14.
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Des Moines
Francette H. Miller
Jack Brophy
Twenty-Two Advancements On Iowa U Faculty
The University of Iowa released a catalog listing twenty two faculty promotions. Nellie S Aurner F T Mavis and Elmer T Peterson rise to full professors in English engineering and education. Several others advance from assistant to associate professor across disciplines including Barnes Bruger Camp Cochran de Kiewier Eversole Fowler Giddings Hill Jones Livingston Lyte Miller Schroeder Tapper Tester Thornton Tiffin Ward and more.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Nellie S. Aurner
F. T. Mavis
Elmer T. Peterson
Henry G. Barnes
Raymond Brugere
Marjorie Camp
Department of Physical Education
Grace Cochran
C. W. de Kiewier
William G. Eversole
Willis M. Fowler
Mare L. Giddings
Edna Hill
James Jones
W. Ross Livingston
Herbert O. Lyte
Arthur K. Miller
E. G. Schroeder
Bonno Tapper
A. C. Tester
Harrison J. Thornton
Joseph H. Tiffin
Lewis E. Ward
Herring Spends $1028 in Primary Campaign
Gov Clyde Herring reported spending 1028 in the Democratic primary, less than half the 2488 spent by defeated foe Congressman Hubert Utterback. Herring filed the report near the deadline listing 435 in contributions including 150 from Lee Dougherty Davenport and 100 from former Senator Dan Steck Ottumwa. Utterback’s contributions were 878.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde Herring
Hubert Utterback
Herring
Lee Dougherty
Davenport
Dan Steck
Ottumwa
Utterback
Former Sheriff Seeks U S Citizenship Papers
John Swanton Coakley 75 of Cumberland Iowa, former Madison County sheriff, who has voted since 1884 and served as township trustee and juror, applied in federal court for citizenship papers saying he moved from Queens County New Brunswick Canada to Winterset Indiana in 1870 and that his father was naturalized in 1880. He notes records burned in 1884 and he earlier served as sheriff 1918 to 1924.
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Winterset Court House
Coakley
Madison County
Two Men Escape Poweshiek County Jail in Montezuma
In Montezuma Iowa two men escaped from the Poweshiek county jail after midnight. The suspects are Clifford G. Parry 30 of Byron Indiana held for forgery and Howard Garr 25 of Exline Indiana charged with breaking and entering.
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Montezuma
INS
Iowa
Poweshiek County
Clifford G. Parry
Byron
Howard Garr
Exline
Farmer
War veteran Max Kurtz dies aged 42 at Washington Iowa
Washington Iowa reports the death of Max Kurtz a World War I veteran and former gas instructor at Camp Meade Maryland He was injured in an explosion during service and had been in failing health for years Funeral services are planned for Friday afternoon.
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Washington, Ia
INS
Max Kurtz
Camp Meade
Maryland
Kurtz
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