Weather Soaks State Cooling After Heat Wave Toll Rises
Heavy rains ease a scorching July heat across Iowa with showers predicted to continue. Five deaths linked to heat are reported as several counties tally prostrations and flood damage. Washouts close rail lines. bridges fail and telegraph service falters. Local damage includes toppled trees and a burned sales pavilion from lightning.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Decorah
Eldora
Nes
Fred Burns
River Lioux Track
Gilbert Walters
Eldora Harvest
Houston Smith
Delwenma Pwa
Towa
Inwood
Nishnabotna River
Rock Island
Avoca
Washington
Blenecue
Marquette
Mississippi
Floyd Snook
Alvin Eggestein
Superior
Elmer A. Blume
Burlington
Thersia Blume
Harbur
Jefferson
Webster City
Rockwell City
Pocahontas
Alta
Carroll
Cherokee
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa Falls
Wat Lerloo
Blencoe
Officers Reelected at Grace H Starr Missionary Circle
Marion notes report Mrs Keith Vawter was reelected president of the Grace H Starr Missionary circle at the Christian church gathering held at her home. Other officers reelected included Mrs Will Grassfield vice president Mrs Charles Harlan secretary and Mrs W H Applegate treasurer.
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Keith Vawter
Grace H. Starr
Siesta Remedy Urged For Iowa Heat By Health Chief
Des Moines AP Iowa Health Commissioner Walter Bierring endorses the siesta as a remedy for hot days. He says noon is the danger hour and resting during the heat builds reserve strength for afternoon work. Des Moines city health chief Dr H E Ransom advises salt fluids fruit juices and careful child supervision during heat waves.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter Bierring
Robber Sought After Filling Station Heist in Mason City
Northern Iowa peace officers sought a bandit who robbed Harry Arnold, attendant at a Mason City filling station, of 40 dollars last night. Police described the suspect as a man wearing dark clothing and a dark hat.
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Mason City
INS
Harry Arnold
State Agents Join Hunt For Missing Sabula Operator
State agents assist Sheriff Cahill in locating Michael Burns a 59 year old Sabula railway bridge tender last seen leaving John Callahan's farm heading toward Green Island railway station. Despite searches of the wooded hillside and riverbank, no trace found and officials consider the chance of survival unlikely.
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Maquoketa
Ronald Cahill
Green Island
Michael Burns
Sabula
Burns
Pam
John Callahan
Mississippi River
Youth Hostel Near North Liberty Set to Open Saturday
The Young Youth hostel two and one half miles north of North Liberty will open Saturday July 8 instead of Sunday. It is the fourth hostel started in the state and will host families and groups for picnics on the grounds. The grounds will include inspections films of other hostels and performances of singing and folk dancing.
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the Gazette
North Liberty
United States
Europe
Sign of War Locusts Appear in Iowa
In Cedar Falls and near McGregor Iowa seventeen year cicadas with a W on their wings emerge this summer. Biologist Dr Roy Abbott of Iowa State Teachers College notes the insects live underground for 13 or 17 years and feed on tree roots before emerging in the northeast and south on different cycles.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
McGregor
Roy Abbott
Iowa State Teachers College
Abbott
North
Demands for liquor jobs heavy in Iowa GOP shift
Des Moines AP reports Iowa Republicans press for liquor jobs with Liquor Chairman M. L. Curtis calling the demand level terrific. About 7,500 applications exist for roughly 720 central and store positions as a GOP tilt prompts an expected shift from a 90 percent Democratic to about 40 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
M. L. Curtis
G. O P
Commission
Curtis
Liquor Administration
Edict Adds 25 Hour Monthly Average on WPA Time
Iowa WPA workers must log at least 130 hours monthly, adding about 25 hours per worker each month. Keller notes 26 000 Town WPA employees with 5 000 in Polk county will see raises. a Polk carpenter previously earned 83.10 monthly now must work 56 extra hours for the same pay, while overall averages rise about 25 hours.
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EDICT
WPA
DES Moines
INS
Iowa
George J. Keller
Polk County
Keller
WPA Workers Return After Walkout Over Hours Rule
Des Moines workers walked out in protest of a new 130 hour per month rule. Seven truck drivers at the asphalt plant resumed work after officials intervened. A larger group at the airport also returned following a appeal by Harry Snyder, vice chairman of the Workers Alliance in Iowa.
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Des Moines
INS
WPA
City
Harry Snyder
Workers Alliance
Iowa
Tibbett Concert Sells 3000 Tickets At UI Fieldhouse
Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera baritone, draws 3000 tickets for his July 19 University of Iowa fieldhouse concert in Iowa City. About 7500 seats will be available after added reservations, as part of the university fine arts festival.
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Iowa City
Lawrence Tibbett
Metropolitan Opera Company
University of Iowa Fieldhouse
Charles S. Galiher Galiher
Tibbett
University of Iowa Fine Arts
New Income May Hold State Levy At 2 Mills
Iowa state leaders identified skimping cigarettes and liquor profits as the three factors to keep the property tax levy at two mills. Comptroller Porter said the levy stays within two mills if departments cut expenses and avoid new costs. Liquor profits exceeded estimates with 2.5 million dollars turned over, versus 2.1 million expected. New cigarette tax methods aim to add 800 thousand dollars annually. Porter must certify the required property tax amount to the state tax commission by August 1.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
C. Fred Porter
Liquor Commission
Porter
State Tax Commission
Letter Carriers Meet At Iowa City Sunday
Iowa's letter carriers gather for a state convention in Iowa City from Sunday to Tuesday. The event includes an auxiliary unit meeting with registration at Jefferson hotel Sunday at 11 a.m. The program features social events and talks by City Solicitor Robert L. Larson Chamber of Commerce Secretary C A Bowman and Postmaster Walter Barrow.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Jefferson Hotel
Business City
Robert L. Larson
Moose Hall
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Bowman
Walter Barrow
Banking In Iowa Maintains Stability
Des Moines AP reports Iowa banks stayed stable in fiscal 1938 39 with fewer than 1 percent change in operating units totaling 538 state banks down from 542 last year. Three banks dissolved deposits cash and two absorbed through consolidation. one new Nevada chartered. Assets dropped from 764.4 million in 1921 to 458.7 million in 1939 with the average bank rising from 564 thousand to about 850 thousand.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Banking Department
Nevada
Waterloo Teacher Injured In Grinnell Crash
Geraldine Pritchard a 26 year old Waterloo school teacher was injured in a collision near Malcom while en route to Victor. She was in serious condition at St Francis hospital Grinnell with a fractured pelvis and other injuries. Driver Donald Thomas Waterloo said a truck blinded him and caused the wreck.
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Grinnell
INS
Malcom
Geraldine Pritchard
Waterloo
St. Francis Hospital
Pritchard
Donald Thomas
J. J. Pritchard
Victor
Thomas
Arnolds Park Romance Among Buns
Arnolds Park marriage links the hamburger queen Lizzie Rickman to Bud Waimer, a resort concessionaire, sparking broad interest. Lizzie becomes wife to Bud while his family connects through the Rickman daughter Doris who married Bud’s brother Milo, weaving a complex family bond in the lakes region.
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Arnolds Park
Ins
Lizzie Rickman
Oreville
Bud” Waimer
Waimer
Guy Rickman
The
Lakes Region
Rickman
Doris
Bud
Milo
Decorah Highway Boss C A Cool Dies at 52
Claude A. Cool 52, highway maintenance superintendent for five northeast Iowa counties, died in Decorah of pneumonia after a week of illness. Funeral services set for Sunday afternoon in Decorah with burial at Waverly. Cool was commander of the American Legion post here. His wife and a daughter survive.
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Decorah
Claude A. Cool
Iowa
Waverly
Cool
American Region
Avife
Orphans' Home Audit Finds Extensive Record Errors
Iowa auditors report unsatisfactory supplies and inventories at Davenport Soldiers' Orphans' Home for year ending June 30 1938. Audit notes omitted departments no storeroom inventory and poor stewardship. A $243.33 shortage from former steward W F Wilkins was repaid by the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Davenport
C. B. Akers
G. S. Worden
Worden
W. F. Wilkins
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
L A Meyer Ossian Banker Dies At 86
L A Meyer 86 of Ossian died at his home on Wednesday. In 1880 he co founded the Ossian bank later Ossian State bank and retired in 1927. He married Caroline Holtaus on May 30 1882 at Festina and they had eight children. Also survived by wife and ten grandchildren. Funeral set at St Francis de Sales Church with burial in nearby cemetery.
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L. A. Meyer
M. J Carter
Ossian Bank
Ossian State Bank
Caroline Holtaus
Festina
Joseph
A. F. Becker
Arnolds Park
Victoria
Rural Franchise Sought By Utility At Maquoketa
Montezuma reports Towa Electric Light and Power seeks a rural franchise from the commerce commission to construct and maintain multiple power lines in Poweshick county. The firm lost a Montezuma franchise when residents chose a municipal light plant.
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Maquoketa
Montezuma
Towa Electric Light and Power Company
The
Commerce Commission
Poweshick County
Farmer Edward Spick Pleads Guilty in Obscene Mail Case
Edward Spick a farmer near Murray pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner John R Hamilton to sending obscene and threatening letters through the mail and was released Friday on a 2500 bond.
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Des Moines
INS
Edward Spick
Murray
Liberty
United States
John R. Hamilton
Death of Forrest A. Southwick in Ida Grove and Des Moines services
Forrest A. Southwick of Ida Grove died in a Sioux City hospital. Funeral services were held in Ida Grove and followed by services in Des Moines. He is survived by his wife Grace Reilly and three children, with his daughter being Mrs. Roy Reilly of Wapello.
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Wapello
Forrest A. Southwick
Ida Grove
Sioux City
Des Moines
Southwick
Grace Reilly
Roy Reilly
George Timson Rites and Summer Notices
Funeral services for George T. Timson were held at Yocom chapel by Rev. Irving E Wade. Timson’s daughter Mrs Harold Miller of Marion will accompany the body to Bucyrus Ohio for graveside services. The column lists various social visits, travel plans, and local advertisements across Marion including guests, returns, and sales.
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Mae Gordon
Seattle
Wash
Oak Shade
S. C. Bretnall
Frank Gordon
Marion
Sixth Avenue
George Timson
George T. Timson
Yocom Chapel
Irving E Wade
The
Christian Church
Riverside Woman Elected Leader Names Legion Auxiliary Committees
Mrs Kate Ingram, newly elected president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion, announces a long list of committee members including Leona Kucera Elsie Soukup Mary Pailliotet Clara Rummelhart Elsie Fox Evelyn Birrer Libbie Mahaffey Mary Hartzler Mary Kucera Rose Dautremont Rose Kleppfer Eva Thompson Anna Kupka Freda Allen Velma Whitlock Celia Lafourck Helena Novy Mary Kron Edna Muller Edna Bushek Bernadine Soukup and Mary Hardy.
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Riverside
Kate Ingram
Ladies’ Auxiliary
American Legion
Leona Kucera
Elsie Soukup
Mary Pailliotet
Clara Rummelhart
Elsie Fox
Evelyn Birrer
Libbie Mahaffey
Mary Hartzler
Mary Kucera
Rose Dautremont
Rose Kleppfer
Eva Thompson
Anna Kup<ka
Freda Allen
Velma Whitlock
Celia Lafourck
Helena Novy
Mary Kron
Edna Muller
Mary Walton
Edna Bushek
Bernadine Soukup
Mary Hardy
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Decorah Highway
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Brookings, S. C
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Prairie Chapel Church
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Fremont, Neb
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Hazel Snell
Helen Wade
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A. B. Black
Lake Hubert
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Sandstone
Dickey's Foods
D. E. Voris
Fairhope
Ala
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N. A. Baker
8Th Avenue
Charles Stout
W. B. Franke
Humboldt
Mrs. L. A. Franke
Owen's
John H. Pazour
Marion Golf Club
Josephine Zila
Jeannette Pape
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Billie
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Claude S. Evans
West Branch
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