Lay Aside New Deal On Novem ber 3
Iowa Republicans plan Friday convention in Des Moines with a sign spelling L A N D O N and calling to lay aside the New Deal on November 3. Delegates arriving to a contested attorney general race, with Harold Davidson and Robert Shaw leading but short of the nominating threshold, plus secretary of state hopefuls and a keynote by Berry Halden. Senator Lester Dickinson and Governor candidate George Wilson set to speak.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Carl Cook
Glenwood
Harold E. Davidson
Clarinda
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney
G.O.P
Davidson
Henry Wood
Moville
Olive S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Berry F. Halden
Chariton
Iowa Republican Editorial Association
G.O.P. Harmony
Halden
Cook
George Lloyd
Lester J. Dickinson
George Wilson
Decorah Norwegian Lutheran church marks 75th anniversary
Locust north of Decorah honors St John’s Lutheran on its seventy fifth anniversary. The German immigrant group began in 1854 with services in homes led by Franke. In 1861 thirteen families organized, later property acquired by the Norwegian Lutheran church. Current pastor is Rev. Carl Losen with former pastor Rev. K Seehaus speaking next Sunday.
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Decorah
St. John’s Lutheran
Locust
Franke
Norwegian Lutheran Church
H. A. Stub
Norwegian Lutheran Synod of America
Koshkonong
Wis
Carl Losen
K. Seehaus
Buchanan County Prisoner Escapes
Wilbur Wheelock, 44, of near Brandon, escaped from Buchanan county jail about 3 a.m. after breaking through a tin ceiling and a cement layer to reach the roof and descend by three knotted blankets. Sheriff Hammelman was away. Deputy McDonnell leads the search. Wheelock, awaiting sentence for breaking and entering a garage at Otterville, was to plead guilty. He is 5'8" with blue eyes and a peaked nose, wearing blue overalls, a blue shirt, and black shoes.
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Independence
Wilbur Wheelock
Brandon
Buchanan County
A. W. Hammelman
Clear Lake
James McDonnell
Wheelock
Otterville
Hale Cruise Picnic Marks 88th Birthdays for Two Guests
At the Wallace A Cruise home in Hale a family picnic included two octogenarians, Mrs Eliza Cruise aged 88 last November and Mrs Lucy Dodge of Olin who turned 88 in January. Other attendees ranged from Kapitola Phillips to multiple Cruise and Vrooman family members from Hale and Olin.
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Omar Vrooman
Howard Vrooman
Charles Cruise
Olin
Marie Pruhs Celebrates Eightieth Birthday At Calamus
Mrs. Marie Pruhs was honored on her eightieth birthday with a reception at her daughter Mrs. Henry Knickrehm’s home. An evening party followed with five children and ten grandchildren present along with guests from surrounding towns.
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Calamus
Marie Pruhs
Henry Knickrehm
Iowa Briefs: Weddings and Local Bank Dividends
West Liberty: Miss Bernice Schiele and Leo Blum wed at St. Joseph church with plans to live in Cedar Rapids. Williamsburg: Farmers Trust and Savings Bank declares a 3 percent dividend totaling 15 000 with a 1 000 surplus. Decorah: funeral services for George G. Hillesland held at Lutheran church. buried in Lutheran cemetery. Iowa City: 230 students apply for degrees at University of Iowa July 16 ceremony. about 200 expected to graduate. Oelwein: James V. Mohler patents automatic parachute release. Anamosa: bids open July 16 for grading 2.25 miles of county road in Oxford township. Wheatland: American Legion auxiliary meets. picnic set for July 19. officers installed. Wheatland: oats-field fire near route 30 extinguished with minor damage. Monticello: Edna Oltman and Theodore Felton wed at St. John’s Lutheran. home in Iowa Falls. Williamsburg: Ed Lehn injured by kick from work horse, injuring three ribs and a collarbone.
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Oelwein
James V. Mohler
Jones County
Oxford Township
Wheatland
American Legion Auxiliary
Leonard Ahl
Charles Heckard
L. Ahl
Carl Missell
Elmer Riedesel
Edward Hamdorf
A. C. Minnert
Verna Schneider
Tracy Schneider
Oats
Reuben Riedesel
Wheatland Volunteer Fire Company
Monticello
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Edna Oltman
Will Oltman
Scotch Grove
Theodore Felton
Ed Felton
Alden
Pauline Oltman
Gertrude Felton
Wheatridge
Colo
Rudolph Oltman
Felton
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa Falls
Iowa liquor sales climb 23 percent in a year
Iowa liquor stores showed a 23 percent rise in spending for the year ending July 1, totaling 6 559 944 dollars. Store numbers rose 49 percent to 130, with customers up to 132 000 from 118 000. The average permit holder spent 49 68 dollars, while wine share rose slightly.
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Des Moines
INS
F. J. Hoppe
Hoppe
Manley
Eight youths depart for Fairfield summer conference
Eight Marengo youths sponsored by the Presbyterian church travel Wednesday for a week of instruction and recreation at the Fairfield summer conference. The group includes Richard Zentmire, Franklin Eddy, Kathryn Frick, Odena Dillin, Gordon Luce, Marian Kramer, Robert Dillin and Evelyn Kramer. All have half expenses paid except Evelyn Kramer, winner of a Bible contest granting full travel coverage.
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Marengo
Fairfield
The
Presbyterian Church
Richard Zentmire
Franklin Eddy
Kathryn Frick
Odena Dillin
Gordon Luce
Marian Kramer
Robert Dillin
Evelyn Kramer
Miss Kramer
Campaigning Won't Hurt Business Says University Expert
Prof. George R. Davies of the University of Iowa reports that political campaigning is unlikely to slow business. The monthly digest shows gains in state department store sales 50 percent higher, building contracts up 81 percent, railcar loadings 23.6 percent, industrial payrolls 17.6 percent, and employment 9 percent, with farm prices down 11 percent and bank check transactions down 3 percent.
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Gazette
Iowa City
George R. Davies
University of Iowa Bureau of Research
Mrs J W Lenker of Cedar County Dead
Mrs Minnie Lenker wife of J W Lenker died at her home west of Wilton Junction after a three year illness. Born January 3 1871 in Cedar County she married J W Lenker July 2 1891 and had three children Mrs Liliah Lau Clarence and Howard Lenker and eight grandchildren. Funeral at 1 30 p m Thursday and Grace Reformed church at 2 p m conducted by Rev Joseph Newgard. She joined Grace Reformed after marriage.
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Wilton Junction
Minnie Lenker
J. W. Lenker
Here
Cedar County
Andrew
Rosena Kaufmann
Lenker
Liliah Lau
Swanton
Clarence
Howard Lenker
Grace Reformed Church
Joseph Newgard
Iowa City concert program lists Heifetz Iturbi Jepson
University of Iowa announces next season featuring Jascha Heifetz in the opener on October 31 with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra joining soloists Jose Iturbi and Helen Jepson.
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Iowa City
St. Louis
Cascade Collision Involving Mr and Mrs Oliver Benton
Mr and Mrs Oliver Benton suffered a collision on highway 161 near Cascade when a motorcycle on the wrong side forced Benton to strike the guard rail. The cyclist Jordan of Marion received severe leg cuts and minor injuries and was taken to McDonald hospital at Monticello for treatment.
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Cascade
Oliver Benton
Benton
Jordan of
Marion
Jordan
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Thierer Funeral Held for Amanda Frances Thierer
Funeral services for Amanda Frances Thierer 54 longtime Dysart resident were held at Zion Lutheran Church with Rev W F Domres officiating. She died at her daughter Mrs Walter Ramthun’s home. Survived by three daughters Mrs Walter Ramthun Mrs Lee Heckroth and Miss May Thierer, one son Ernest Thierer, and three sisters. Her husband Joseph Thierer died in 1928. Born in Germany she came to America at age 13 with her parents Johann and Katherine Ehlers.
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Dysart
Amanda Frances Thierer
Walter Ramthun
Zion Lutheran Church
W. F. Domres
Joseph Thierer
Germany
Johann
Katherine Ehlers
America
Lee Heckroth
May Thierer
Traer
Ernest Thierer
Buckingham
Albert Summerfield
Rockwell City
Henry Haack
Charle Luze
Cornell Attacks Validity of Deed in Tama County Suit
Cornell college files a new suit in Tama County District Court over real estate once owned by Anna B. Johnston. Irene Harris is accused of having a deed misnamed. Cornell seeks to substitute its name, quiet title, and require the original deed for inspection.
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Toledo
Tama _ county
Cornell College
Anna B. Johnston
Irene Harris
Gladbrook
Spring Creek Township
Luella Varner
Miss Johnston
Miss Varner
Perry
Carlton
Cornell
Johnston
Tama County
Iowa
South Dakota
Nevada
Washington
Alice le Fevre
William F. Johnston
Man killed by bull at H. F. Opfer farm near Waterloo
A man believed to be C. W. Wilson about 50 was battered to death by a bull at the Opfer farm six miles east of Waterloo Tuesday evening. He had started work that day and carried an old age pension receipt in his pocket signed by Walter Krampe on November 25, 1935.
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Waterloo
C. W. Wilson
H. F. Opfer
Here
Walter Krampe
Bertram Vaca tion Bible School Closes With Seal of Merit
A two week daily vacation Bible school session led by Rev J Bruce Eyestone ends with a picnic dinner at the Methodist church for pupils teachers parents and friends. The program features manual training for boys art for girls memory verses and a star certificate system for punctual students.
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Bertram
Methodist Church
J. Bruce Eyestone
Velma Anderson
Warren
Ruth Harrison
Caroline Berry
Ann Lnenicka
Vernita
Joan Lnenicka
Byron Boxwell
Death of Claude E. Echard in Decorah
Claude E. Echard aged 31 died after a ten day illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev. O. Sandbach officiating and burial in Waukon. He was born April 3, 1905 in Waukon and married October 19, 1930 to Hazel Miller. He leaves two daughters and his mother Mrs De Echard of Waukon.
Belle Plaine Woman Observes Her 86th Birthday
Mrs. Dora Keep observed her eighty sixth birthday in Belle Plaine with family present for a lawn supper. Born July 8 1850 in Schleswig Holstein Germany she crossed the ocean at eleven, married Peter F Keep in Davenport October 25 1867, lived in Irving Dysart and Belle Plaine, with five children, eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren identified.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Dora Keep
Dora Scheel
Schleswig - Holstein
Germany
America
Davenport
Peter F. Keep
Dora Sheetz
L. F
Mary Koep
Decorah Coal Yard Fire Destroys Silos and Machinery
A fire at the Ingvoldstad lumber company coal plant in Decorah caused more than $10,000 in damage, burning the machine room, destroying equipment, and burning the roofs of eight coal silos. One silo collapsed and the silos held ten carloads of coal.
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Decorah
Ingvoldstad Lumber Company
Bomb explodes at Des Moines cigar store
An early morning blast rocked the Fifth avenue cigar store in Des Moines noted as an alleged gambling center. A bomb thrown from a passing car damaged windows but did not enter the building. Police, awaiting detectives, considered motive unclear as raids at the store continue with arrests and seized gambling equipment last month.
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Des Moines
Fifth Avenue Cigar
Henry Iburt 80 Pioneer Dies at Williamsburg Home
Henry Iburt eighty Iowa county pioneer died at his home Tuesday after a two year illness. He and wife came to America in 1882 settling near Homestead and moved to Williamsburg in 1917. Surviving are nine children including Henry John Fred Otto Herman Louis Will Adolph and Mrs Theodore Kleinmeyer. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev T H Joeckel.
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Williamsburg
Henry Iburt
Iowa County
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
T. H. Joeckel
Hawkins Toddler Sick After Potatoes Sprayed With Lead
Edmund Hawkins a two year old of Mr and Mrs Bert Hawkins became seriously ill late Monday after swallowing an arsenate of lead which his parents had been using to spray potatoes.
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Aurora
Edmund Hawkins
Bert Hawkins
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