Storms Kill Three in Northern Iowa Hit by Wind and Floods
International News Service reports deadly storms across Northern Iowa as wind, hail, and heavy rain flood areas from McGregor to Mason City. Three deaths occur Kenneth Barclay, 14, near Gresco. Hermann Knaack, 42, near Waterloo. Raymond Cain, 9, near Clinton Worst. Thousands in property damage to homes, railroads, bridges, and crops.
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Iowa
Kenneth Barclay
Minnesota
Gresco
Hermann Knaack
Waterloo
Raymond Cain
Clinton
McGregor
Storm devastates northeastern Iowa farms near McGregor
Reports describe severe damage across the region with uprooted trees and toppled wires halting trains after bridge washouts. The Milwaukee divisions at Elkader and Waukon were out of service as Mississippi River rose 2.5 feet in eighteen hours. In Galt two businesses fell, depots and hotel roofs were torn, debris injured several people, farm buildings wrecked, livestock killed, freight cars toppled, and the Hackbarth home and eight buildings were affected between Fort Dodge and Hampton.
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McGregor
Elkader and
Waukon
Milwaukee Railroads
Mississippi
Galt
Harold Hackbarth
Fort Dodge
Hampton
Don’ts for Fourth of July Celebrants Issued
Des Moines Iowa authorities released a safety list for Independence Day celebrations. The state health department warns against handling explosives carelessly avoiding misfired firecrackers, not aiming rockets at people, restricting children from firing large crackers, not holding lit large firecrackers, and seeking prompt medical care for any wounds.
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Des Moines
INS
State Department of Health
Destructive storm leaves widespread damage across Iowa towns
Widespread storm wreckage hit Galt to Dows with barns leveled and chimneys blown down at Dows. Decorah saw 4.5 inches of rain in four hours. Rail service disrupted as Milwaukee and Rock Island lines report washouts and outages. Elkport floodwaters reached three feet, with 300 feet of track washed out. Maquoketa and Tama also suffered wind damage and a wedding occurred in Tama before travel to Chicago.
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Dows
Lake Cornelia
Elkport
the Gazette
Turkey River
Elk Creek
Alfred Wittman
Here
Cedar Creek
Cannon Explodes Killing Girl and Injuring Three
In Waterloo a homemade cannon exploded Saturday night at the Charles Wilt home. Wilt, emptying powder from firecrackers into the device, struck by a spark. The blast tore through 2 year old Catherine May Wilt, who died at St Francis hospital. Wilt lost a hand, and 10 year old cousin Thomas Scarborough was blinded in one eye by powder and debris.
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Waterloo
Charles Wilt
Wilt
Catherine May
St. Francis Hospital
Thomas Scarbourough
Business Surge Noted In Iowa May Activity
Iowa City The May business survey by Prof. George R. Davies reports gains across major sectors led by farm prices, life insurance sales, and railroad carloadings. Farm products rose 2.9 percent, life insurance up 33.4 percent, carloadings 22, while building contracts climbed 40 percent but lagged year-ago levels. employment rose 3.2 percent, yet remained 5 percent below last year.
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Iowa City
Iowa
George R. Davies
University of Iowa Business Research Bureau
Davies
Truck Hits Freight Train In Maynard Leaving Driver Injured
John Schallenberg 30 of Sioux City employed by the state fish and game commission was badly hurt when his truck collided with a southbound freight train on Rock Island tracks near Maynard. He suffered multiple fractures and was freed after workers attached the locomotive to the wreckage. He was en route from a hatchery near Strawberry Point to Algona with a load of fish and was taken to Mercy hospital at Oelwein.
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Milo Schletti
Des Moines
Clarence Mott
Thirteenth Street
Schletti
Waterloo
Mott
Maynard—John Schallenberg
Sioux City
State Fish and Game Commission
Rock Island
Schallenberg
Algona
Strawberry Point
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Youth Falls From Train and Loses Legs in Manchester
Russell Raetzel, 26, of Detroit, fell from a freight train near a railroad bridge in Manchester and lost both legs. He was rushed to Dr. J. A. May’s office and then to Manchester hospital after residents aided him. The accident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday. his mother is listed as Mrs. Anna Raetzel of Detroit.
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Manchester
Russell Raetzel
Detroit
Charles Allen
South Tamastreet
Howard Maxwell
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J. A. May
Manchester Hospital
Anna Ractzel
Columbia Avenue
Teaching Standards Raised For Iowa By Law Now In Effect
Special to The Gazette Cedar Falls Iowa takes historic step as 1935 certification law raises teaching standards. New demands require superintendents to hold certificates by September 1 1935 and authorize transfers for continuing teachers who apply by July 1 1934. The change elevates teaching toward a professional field.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
I. H. Hart
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa State Teachers College
Hart
Forty-fifth General Assembly
Riverside Boys Sentenced on Larceny Charge
Judge Frank Bechly sentenced three Riverside youths who pled guilty to larceny. Raymond Hayes and Fred Lear received up to five years in the Anamosa reformatory. Fred Krebs drew five years in Fort Madison state penitentiary but was paroled to his father. A search warrant at Hayes home uncovered two phonographs and multiple stolen items from local schools.
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Washington
Frank Bechly
Riverside
Raymond Hayes
Fred Lear
Anamosa
Fred Krebs
Fort Madison
Hayes Place
R. H. McCarty
Harold Putnam
No. 1
Iowa Township
Highland Center School
Death of Baldwin Wallace President Dr A B Storms
Dr A B Storms 73 longtime president of Baldwin Wallace College and former president of Iowa State College died of heart disease at his home on Saturday night. His widow and three daughters survive.
Kenwood Savings Bank Receivership Notice in Iowa Court
Notice to depositors and creditors of The Kenwood Savings Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa. Interlocutory final report filed by L A Andrew Superintendent of Banking as Receiver shows disbursements and accounting to D W Bates. Court set to hear objections by July 10 1933 at 9 am in Cedar Rapids Iowa. F A Anderson attorney.
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District Court
Binn County
L. A. Andrew
Town
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Towa
D. W. Bates
State of
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L. A
Linn County
A. D
L. A Andrew
Iowan shot resisting bandit at night club
William Avis of Council Bluffs remained in critical condition after a bandit shot him when Avis struck the attacker with a beer bottle during a Sunday holdup at a night club. A patron, Mrs. Fred Christensen, was wounded in the arm by a second bullet as the gunman fled with $18.50.
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William Avis
Avis
Fred Christensen
J. H. Whitted
Paroled Teens Implicated in Auto Thefts
Arthur Hartwell of Wanpello Chet McAfee Johnny Nelson Elmer Watson and Fred Rose aged 15 to 17 were paroled to their parents by Judge Oscar Hale on a Saturday. They allegedly took clothing golf clubs blankets and sweaters from several automobiles a few weeks earlier and most items were recovered. Cecil Olinger age 14 of Wapello was sent to the state training school for boys at Eldora for incorrigibility.
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Arthur Hartwell
Wanpello
Chet McAfee
Johnny Nelson
Elmer Watson
Fred Rose
Morning Sun
Oscar Hale
Cecil Olinger
Eldora
Farm blaze destroys barn hog house and corn crib
Masonville reports a large barn hog house and corn crib burned on the Thomas McCann farm four miles southwest of town on Thursday afternoon. Several head of stock and some corn were also lost. Wapello notes Ed Pontzilus severely injured when his team ran away at the Charles Eyersmeyer farm Saturday. he was thrown under a hay wagon as tugs pulled the wagon over him.
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Masonville
Thomas McCann
Here
Ed Pontzilus
Charles Eyersmeyer
Iowa Theater Plans Two Features For Fourth Of July
A three day Fourth of July program at the Iowa theater offers two big features at regular admission. Lead film is Ann Carver's Profession starring Fay Wray with Gene Raymond and others. Second feature is Isle of Desire a Tahitian romance with tropical scenes and a hula finale.
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New York City
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Isle of Desire
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Hartwick Boathouse Collapses in Storm Damaging Boats
Special to The Gazette Delhi Hartwick lake near Delhi suffered a storm collapse of a boathouse. Twenty two boats were damaged with eight possibly salvageable. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars uninsured. Furman owns the boathouse and twelve boats. others owned by Manchester and Dubuque sportsmen.
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Hartwick Lake
Tyler Furman
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Manchester
Dubuque
Furman
I. B. Tucker
Wyoming Man Dies After FourWeek Illness
D R Johnson age 70 died Saturday at John Mc Donald hospital Monticello after a four week illness of shingles. He born in London son of pioneers Timothy R Johnson and wife. He lived in Wyoming as a monument salesman and cared for his invalid wife Mrs Hattie Johnson for over thirty years. Survived by sister Minerva Wherry and brother Elmer O Johnson both of Wyoming.
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D. R. Johnson
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
London
Timothy R. Johnson
Hattie Loomis
Wyoming Cemetery Association
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A. F
A. M
Minerva Wherry
Elmer O. Johnson
Fourth of July Plans In Iowa City Park
Preparations were made to host about 25 000 people at the City park for the Fourth of July celebration by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The program includes a diamond ball tournament a baseball game a bathing beauty contest dancing and a fireworks display with Leo J Wegman state treasurer slated as principal speaker.
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Iowa City
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Leo J. Wegman
Theaters Showcase Previews With Classic Film Stars
Iowa listings include Cocktail Hour with Bebe Daniels and Randolph Scott at Paramount. Janet Gaynor and Henry Garat in Adorable. Gambling Ship with Cary Grant and Benita Hume. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang with Paul Muni. Back Street starring Zasu Pitts John Boles and Irene Dunne at Olympic and Rialto venues.
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Randolph Scott
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John Boles
Irene Dunne
Notice of Receiver's Report for Corn Belt Savings Bank
The Clerk of the District Court of Linn County Iowa directs that L A Andrew superintendent of banking as receiver of Corn Belt Savings Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa submits his final report accounting for all funds and property. Court action required by July 10 1933 to approve the report discharge Andrew and exonerate his bondsmen from liability.
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Cedar Rands
District Court
Linn County
Iowa
L.A. Andrew
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Cedar Rapids
D. W. Bates
L. A Andrew
TL. A. Andrew
L. A. Andrew
Federal plans to release bank funds in Iowa banks
A conference led by Dennis P. Hogan of the Omaha Federal Land Bank aims to free 60 to 70 million dollars for depositors in closed Iowa banks and those under Senate File 111. The effort centers on revaluing mortgages and farm land to refinance and pay deposits, with state officials Herring and Bates attending.
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Des Moines
Senate
Dennis P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Herring
D. W. Bates
Iowa
Wisconsin
Hogan
Omaha
Washington, D. C
Henry Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Morgenthau
Washington
Credit Administration
Iowa banks seek mortgage relief under Senate File 111
State Banking Superintendent D. W. Bates said the Iowa Banking Department may apply Senate File 111 to scale down farm mortgages held by restricted banks. The move would unfreeze state bank assets via the Farm Credit Administration, using a Wisconsin-like plan, and would be carried out by court order in receivership banks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Banking Department
Senate
D. W. Bates
Federal Farm Credit Administration
Wisconsin
Bates
Thieves Steal Old Typewriter From Anamosa Lumber Office
Anamosa Iowa thieves broke into the Anamosa Lumber office Friday night and removed an old model typewriter after entering by a window screen left open for the night. The Anamosa Milling company was also entered with no reported missing items.
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Anamosa Lumber , Company
Arole
Anamosa Milling Company
May county relief aids over fifty five thousand Iowa families
Figures from the State Emergency Relief Committee show that about one eleventh of Iowa's 635,704 families received county relief in May. 55,519 families were on rolls, equating to roughly 227,627 people supported. excludes widows, blind, soldiers' pensions, or transients. Data will aid Lieut. Gov Kraschel in directing public works as the statewide program seeks to employ all who want to work before fall.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Emergency Relief Committee, Incorporated
E. H. Mulock
Mulock
N. G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Notice of Administrator Appointment with Will Annexed
Merchants National Bank named administrator with will annexed for Abram Roland of Linn County Iowa. On July 1 1933 L D Dennis attorney notes creditors must settle debts and claims must be filed with Linn County District Court to formalize the administration.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Abram Roland
Lawre District Court
Merchants National Bank
L. D. Dennis
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