First retailer payment boosts Des Moines sales tax forecast
The state board of assessment and review predicts sales tax revenue will exceed estimates as the first retailer’s payment of 3432 arrives from John W Foster. Ten new field agents are named to aid collection from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids with July 20 deadline for payments.
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Des Moines
INS
State Board of Assessment and Review
John W Foster
Leonard Holt
Langdon Dodge
Algona
W. E. Maulsby
Benjamin F Doyle
Fort Dodge
Roscoe Holden
Scranton
Boone
William Wettengel
Dunlap
Sioux City
Edward Linder
Fairfield
Iowa City
A F Anderson
No Powder Burns Found On Nerad Indicates Murder
Des Moines reports investigators finding no powder burns near a bullet wound on Charles Nerad’s head. Police suspect murder after his body was found near Booneville railroad tracks. Nerad left Topeka March 8 with $600, while Velma Jarret Nerad, his wife, vanished and has been sought in connection with the case.
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Des Moines
Bureau of Investigation
Charles Nerad
Kansas
Rock Island
Booneville
Adel
Dallas
Nerad
Topeka
Velma Jarret Neerad
Harry Huff
Wnerad
Campbell Sentenced for Manslaughter in Des Moines Case
Special to The Gazette reports James S Campbell, a Black man, received an eight year sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a case involving the shooting of Miss Annabelle Gross. Campbell had previously been convicted of second degree murder in 1932 and given a life term, later granted a retrial before pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Iowa City
James S Campbell
Madison
Campbell
Annabelle Gross Negra
Anamosa anniversary and county weddings in Iowa
Ninety five relatives attended Leroy Skeels and Grace Merritt Skeels twenty fifth wedding anniversary in Bever Park Cedar Rapids with a noon basket dinner and wedding cake. The event featured music by an Anamosa orchestra and a sermon by Rev Badger. The couple’s daughter Helen, who married Cal Eden in Monticello that evening, was a graduate of Anamosa class of 1931.}}
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Leroy Skeels
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Helen
Harlan
Mr Badger
Springville
Marion
Manchester
Olin Viola Marion
Skeels
Ed Stefan
Miss Hurts
Grace Merritt
Sherm Merritt
Wyoming
Olin
Monticello
Helen Bernice
Cal Eden
Anamosi School
Eden
Carl Eden
Near Amber
Chicago
Parole Dispute Over Lenker Moore Ends With Executions Pending
Lenker and Moore remain at liberty as authorities press to collect $1,800 in court costs before full execution of judgments. Parole board refuses action citing lack of jurisdiction. judge Ring cautions no parole. Governor Herring declines pardons. Byerly and O Connor dispute authority while Cedar Rapids case continues unresolved. Independent Iowa report notes Ed Jamason injured near Littleton dam after being pushed from a pier by an out of control parked car.
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Lenker
Dallas
State Board of Parole
Board of Parole
Ring
Herring
Parole Board
Lee Byerly
Supreme Court
Byerly
O'Connor
O’connor
Cascade
O Connor
Cedar Rapids
Leaker
Anamosa
Jones County
King
Cedar County
Independence
Ed Jamason
People’s Hospital
Littleton Dam
Jamason
Colesburg Names H Eppens Acting Postmaster
H Eppens appointed acting postmaster at Colesburg and has assumed duties. Edith Hammond retained as assistant. Cora Belle Peck had led the office for ten years prior to the change.
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Colesburg
W H. Eppens
Edith Hammond
Cora Belle Peck
Colflesh Spent $1,942 In Campaign, Button Sale Receipts $966
Des Moines report shows Colflesh listed campaign expenses of $1,942.38 for the Iowa governor race and receipts of $966 from button sales. Gwynne for Congress reported $2,027.45 in expenses with $592 from Colflesh and the remainder from supporters.
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Colflesh
Des Moines
Robert W. Colflesh
Alex Miller
Colfles
John W. Gwynne
Iowa
Gwynne
Picnic Weather May Prevail for Fourth
Eastern Iowa expected cooler weather for Independence Day with fair conditions generally, rain possible, and picnics not ruled out. Creston and southern towns faced water shortages as drought lingered while Alta Inwood Storm Lake Sioux City Carroll recorded rainfall ranging from about 1 to 2 inches. Charlie Kunch pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Tama district court and received a six month jail term suspended. license ban six months.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Creston
Alta
Inwood
Sioux City
Carroll
Toledo
Charlie Kunch
Carl B. Stiger
Tama
Kunch
E. O. Harris
Stiger
Harris
Fire damages home of George Hovey in Independence
A midnight Sunday fire heavily damaged a First ward residence belonging to Mrs. Louis Paull of Aurora. The house suffered about $1,000 in damage with $400 for contents, which were uninsured. The family was away and neighbors alerted the alarm. Cause not yet determined.
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Independence
George Hovey
First Ward
Louis Paull
Aurora
Iowa Liquor Commission Moves Against Spiked Near Beer
The Iowa liquor control commission announced the purchase of a carload of 12 percent ale to be sold in state stores. The aim is to curb spiking of near beer with alcohol, pricing at just over 20 cents a bottle, a bit below the typical consumer cost of spiked near beer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Commission
Clayton County Couple Wed At Scene Of Their Meeting
Francis D Sauerbry and Miss Henrietta M Pinneke wed at the World’s Fair thermometer scene in Chicago after meeting a year ago. Col Robert I Randolph assisted. Rev Walter Wiedzke officiated. Mordicci Brown, former Cub pitcher, first to kiss the bride. Sauerbry from Edgewood Iowa and the bride from Guttenberg Iowa. couple to return to Edgewood.
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Chicago
Francis D. Sauerbry
Henrietta M. Pinneke
Iowa
Sauerbry
Pinneke
Col
Robert. I. Randolph
Fair
Walter Wiedzke
Mordicci
Brown
Cub
Edgewood
Guttenberg
Couple Arrested For Car Theft At Wheatland
Special to The Gazette Wheatland authorities arrested a couple giving the name Parker on automobile theft charges. The pair, said to be drug addicts, abandoned a fuel-depleted car on the Lincoln highway and were nabbed by Arnold Fox, a local vigilante. The stolen car belonged to C A Boyd of Cambridge Ill and was taken from Rock Island. They were returned to Rock Island for custody.
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Parker
Lincoln Highway
Arnold Fox
C. A. Boyd
Cambridge
Ill
Rock Island
Riverside couple wed at family home in Washington
Pauline O Loughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs William O Loughlin of Riverside and Robert Arthur son of Mr and Mrs E L Arthur of Washington were married Saturday at the bride’s parents home. Rev Fred Miller officiated. Attendants were Tia O Loughlin and Henry B Bailey. The bride attended Coe college and will reside in Riverside. the groom attended Drake university and has been manager of Wilson Concrete in town. They will be at home July 8 at 115 Clara Barton street.
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Mount Auburn
Deloris Abbott
Arnie Abbott
Matt Gille
D James
la Porte City
Ita Abbott
Gille
Ainsworth
W W Moore
Audra Penson
Ed C E
Ryan
Saxton
Hopkinton
Lillian Turnis
John Turnis
Joseph Sherlock
Richard Sherlock
Worthington
Sacred Heart Church
John Lorenz
Mary Florence White
Leo Sherlock
Frank Turnis
Maynard
William Schrader
Oelwein Park
Fred Schrader
John Schrader
Louis Schrader
Ed Schrader
Henry Schrader
Charles Schrader
Gilbert Schrader
Kenneth Schrader
Harold Ehlers
Richard Reuber
Kate Schrader
Marie
Will Schaffer
Fayette
Arthur Gremmels
Harold Fox
Oelwein
Harlan Miller
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ottumwa
Miller
Wesley
Margaret Miller
Kate Newsome
Dorothy Grove
Lizzie Shepard
Mollie Miller
Blanche Williams
California
Jennie Miller
South English
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Cap
Nova Dakota
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Gerald Lineweaver
Edith Cave
Miss Dutcher
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Davenport
Ayres
West Liberty High School
Town Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Wilton Junction
Doris Evermann
C L Powell
Dale
Carol
Comanche
Dwight Ayres
Keystone Lafayette
Notbohm
DeMott Rose
Lois Stephenson
Delores Notbohn
Alice Dahrkopf
Reading
Elmena Hoover
Alta Marie Notbohm
Fern Ritze
Betty Stephenson
Mary and DeMott Rose
Vera Ritze
Vivian Lewis
Delores Notbohm
Faith Notbohm
Wyla Notbohm
Dora
Albert Duhrkopf
Emma Fridley
Walter Notbohm
Henry Notbohm
Delaware
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Faust
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Lloyd Thurston
Iowa
Russell George
American Legion Post
Montezuma
Washington
Pauline O'Loughlin
William O'Loughlin
Riverside
Robert Arthur
E. L. Arthur
Fred Miller
Riverside Methodist Church
Tia O'Loughlin
Henry B. Bailey
Coe College
Arthur
Drake University
Wilson Concrete Company
Clara Barton Street
Midsummer Night's Dream staged by Mount Vernon youth
A Mount Vernon Mount Vernon area youth cast ages four to fourteen performed Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream in a matinee and will repeat tonight at Mount Vernon high school. Led by Bertha French-Johnson the production featured Puck played by Mary Shaffer and Oberon and Titania by Kathleen Current and Martha Jane Rogers with music from Mendelssohn creating a dreamlike atmosphere.
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Mustard Seed
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Dorothy Gaines
Gwen Smythe
Barbara Smythe
Shirley Kudart
Arlene Gaines
Pamela Shackell
Lois Rogers
Billy Foster
Arthur Forster
Mendelssohn
Ann Culbertson
Theseus
King
Athens
Margaret Smith
Egeus
Watkins 20th anniversary celebrated with family picnic
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coffland of near Watkins marked their twentieth wedding anniversary with a Sunday gathering. A picnic dinner followed and a three tier cake was prepared by Mrs. Nora Ilten of Van Horne. Many relatives and friends attended from nearby towns and farms.
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Watkins
Charles Coffland
Near Watkins
Coffland
Nora Ilten
van Horne
Henry Possehl
Oscar Ilten
Dara Rader
Mae Rader
Colleen Rader
Will Doerzman
Blairstown
Art Possehl
Artha Wittenberg
Fred
Witten
Berg
Gus Posseh
1Louise Possehl
Ernie
Hall
Martin Waychoff
John Schmidt
George Possehl
Julia Possehl
Arden Ball
Frances Bruce
Cheney
Silas Mounce
Urbana
Will Wittenberg
Albert Vogt
Eileen
Loyal Buck
Marengo
Geiss
Fred Weltz
Eileen Possehl
Cedar Rapids
Lydia Mills
Vinton
Cascade State Day Draws Large Crowd and Officials
The centennial celebration drew the largest crowd as Monday’s Cascade State Day featured Gov. Clyde Herring and other Des Moines officials. Thousands lined the streets and gathered at the grounds while the governor thanked Cascade for its anniversary and touted New Deal gains.
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Cascade
Clyde Herring
Des Moines
Tlon Grounds
Howard Baldwin
George Wassenaar
James Devaney
Herring
Devaney
Bald
Allan J. Kane
Dubuque
Louis Murphy
Henry Langworthy
American Legion
Bellevue
Legion Pavilion
Iowa Pension Application Blanks Distributed
The Old Age Assistance Commission distributes pension application blanks at five per 1000 residents in Iowa. County boards will receive about 13 000 forms to be completed by applicants. Pension payments do not begin until November 1.
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Towa City
Iowa
Des Moines
Picnic attendance tops at Pennsylvania gathering in Rochester
About 45 people attended the annual Pennsylvania picnic at West Side Park, Rochester. The group voted to hold the next picnic on the last Saturday in June 1935 and listed numerous attendees from Tipton, West Liberty, York County, and surrounding areas.
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Tipton
West Side Park
Rochester
Cora Mayer
Dorothy
Kenneth Mayser
Cedar Valley
George Eves
Harold Eves
Eloise Martin
West Branch
Herman
Lorenzen
M Forest. Davis
Jean Hime
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