Four Iowa Supreme Court seats to be filled at convention
The Iowa Republican state judicial convention will nominate four candidates for the supreme court with three six year terms and one two year term to fill the late Judge Parsons's expired seat. Nine candidates have declared interest including Oliver, Bliss, Northup, Schaupp, Sullison, Trewin, Hale, Popham, and Miller. Party leaders map regional balance across northern central eastern southern and southeastern Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
M. Parsons
Parsons
Fred Everett
Albia
Harlan
H. R. Trewin
Cedar Rapids
Oscar Hale
Wapolo
R. G. Popham
Iowa City
Fred Miller
Maude McBee Marries Ninth Husband in Iowa Case
William Sayles Saturday marked Maude McBee's ninth husband. She had once ridden a freight train to Des Moines to seek mercy from Governor Clyde L. Herring to pause a year in jail. District Judge John Tinley, who wed the couple, recorded "five or more" marriages after Maude admitted she could not recall the exact number.
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Council Bluffs
Wilam Sayles
Maude McBee
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Paose Sayles
Seaice
Maude
John Tinley
Iron Lung Saves Clinton Man on Train Ride
A 22-year-old Clinton area man, Alvin Van Kampen of Fulton, survived a diaphragm paralysis after an iron lung delivered artificial respiration aboard a North Western train. Doctors traced the condition to an unrecognized infantile paralysis case months earlier.
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Clinton
Alvin van Kampen
Fulton
Burlingtan Railroad
Linton
North Western
van Kampen
van Kamn
Des Moines GOP fills two tickets at convention
At the Des Moines convention, Miss Jessie Parker of Lake Mills was chosen for state superintendent of public instruction and Barr Keshlear of Shenandoah was named as running mate to B. M. Richardson of Cedar Rapids for state commerce commissioner. Parker led a four candidate field in June primaries but failed to secure nomination. Keshlear, seventh in eight, was favored for district representation in the seventh.
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Des Moines
Jessie Parker
Lake Mills
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Barr Keshlear
Shenandoah
Commerce
B. M. Richardson
Cedar Rapids
Keshlear
Shortage Found in Story County Treasurer Office
State checkers examined accounts in Story County Nevada treasurer’s office where a $5600 shortage led to the arrest of clerk Perry Case who had served since 1930. County treasurer Ralph E Briley requested an embezzlement warrant with bond set at $5000. Case not required to post surety bond.
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Nevada
Story
Perry Case
Ralph E. Briley
Briley
Case
Barr Keshlear Thanks Party For Nomination
Barr Keshlear of Shenandoah thanks Republicans after being nominated for commerce commissioner at the convention. He expresses gratitude for support from friends and accepts the offer of support from opponents in the same wholehearted manner.
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Des Moines
INS
Commerce
Barr Keshlear
Shenandoah
Averts Bread Shortage In Sioux City Strike
In Sioux City a bread shortage was averted after three of nine bakeries signed contracts with both bakers and drivers unions. One hundred sixty five workers walked out on Friday over closed shop and seniority clauses, restricting bread deliveries to hospitals and institutions until agreements were reached.
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Sioux City
Summer Salad and Cheese Filled Bars Creative Recipe Duo
A mixed fruit salad with cantaloupe avocado raspberries and cherry plus a cheese filled bar pastry recipe. It includes French dressing and a lettuce bed serving idea followed by a savory pastry dough with fat milk cheese parsley paprika and baking steps. Dessert cupcakes with sweet cream and vanilla almond flavoring complete the menu.
Old Settlers Picnic Marks Lincoln Douglas Debates Eightieth Anniversary
Johnson county Old Settlers plan their annual picnic in Iowa City park on August 22 with a 1:30 p m speaking program featuring parts of Lincoln and Douglas addresses. Rolla Work of North Liberty presides. Edgar G. Vassar installed as grand knight of Marquette council No 842 Knights of Columbus along with other officers. News photography exhibits from Press service in 1937 1938 to be shown at University of Iowa short course July 28 30. Florizel von Reuter violinist to give Saturday concert at the Methodist church under Music Study club auspices.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa City Park
Lincoln-Douglas
Lincoln
Douglas
Old Settlers’ Association
Rolla Work
North Liberty
Edgar G. Vassar
Marquette Council
Knights of Columbus
Francis J. Boyle
Vern Schillig
Charles F. Collins
Leo Hannan
William L. Condon
Richard Bireline
Philip C. Englert
John Mattes
Joseph Gilroy
Truman Shrader
Fred Bauer
Press Service
University of Iowa
Associated Press
International News Service
Florizel von Reuter
von Reuter
Henry Marteau
Paganini
Music Study Club
Belle Plaine Wedding and Other Local Notices
Belle Plaine bride Dorothy Dickey wed Russell Shields at Tama with reception in Belle Plaine. Charles Wilson and Cathryn Ogle wed in Alexandria, Virginia. Marengo mourns Phillip Hall’s widowhood. funeral Sunday. Wilton sees Charles Barkalow pass after two years illness. The Suez Canal is 100 miles long.
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Belle Plaine
Dorothy Dickey
R. L. Dickey
Russell E Shields
Walter Shields
Army Medical School
Washington, D. C
Mount Alto Veterans’ Hospital
Marengo
Phillip Hall
Baerenwalde
Germany
Albert Nitz
Mare
Anna Barkalow
Clara Lincoln
William Stoelk
Kenneth
V. Eastler
Davenport
Edith Sloan
Illinois
Roy
Wilton
Cyrus
Whittier
Calif
Methodist Church of
West Liberty
Local Showers Expected as Iowa Temperatures Peak
Iowa faces thundershowers Saturday as temperatures rise up to eight degrees above normal. Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed says rain will be brief and relief from heat minimal. Cooler weather should arrive Sunday, with western areas seeing showers Saturday night. Council Bluffs was the state’s hottest spot at 96, Decorah recorded 63, and Estherville reported 1.26 inches of rain with other towns noting lighter totals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Council Bluffs
Decorah
Estherville
Forest City
Waterloo
Inwood
Charles City
Kansas Bank Bandit Captured In Iowa
Paul Hewitt forty was held in Polk county jail by the FBI after a tip led to his arrest in Williamson Iowa He faces a possible Monday hearing before Federal Judge Charles Dewey on a Missouri return request Five other men were indicted and convicted in the University of Kansas City bank raid connections Hewitt had been sought for over a year for the 3955 robbery
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Des Moines
Paul Hewitt
University Bank
Kansas City
Polk County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
L. M. Chipman
Bureau
Hewitt
Charles Dewey
Missouri
Williamson
Chipman
FBI
Towa
New Apron Pattern 4848 Promises Modern Comforts
Anne Adams unveils pattern 4848 a clever apron with side closure back protection and shoulder slip prevention. Create cretonne ric rac ruffled dimity or organdy versions in small to large sizes. book and pattern priced separately. Send 15 cents for pattern or 25 cents for book and pattern to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Cretonne
Cédar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
W. 17Th Street
New York
Unidentified La Porte man checked for Rossie banker link
The body found with 10 100 on him was exhumed for a second time after Mrs. Clyde R. Cate of Rossie Iowa, widow of a missing banker, viewed the corpse and said it was not her husband. She previously linked her spouse to the unidentified man near Chicago, seeking identification.
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LA Porte
Ind
Clyde R. Cate
Fort Crawford finds an antique pin ball board treasure
WPA workers uncover a 120 year old Fort Crawford relic a three foot long pin ball board with cup holes and brass nail guides. Stone balls were found with the relic adding a glimpse of early amusements in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa
WPA
Fort Crawford
Elderly Decorah Man Dies Of Fall Injuries
Nels E. Ramsey aged 79 died at the Aase Haugen Home for the Aged after a fall in which he mistook an elevator shaft door for a bathroom door. Born February 22, 1859, he farmed much of his life near Decorah. Surviving are his wife Marit Kvale and three adopted children, plus siblings. Funeral set for Monday at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church with Rev. Paul Koren officiating.
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Delaware
Gustaf Ferdinand Itberg
Uiversity
Iowa City
Isberga
Sweden
Carolina Beata Oberg
America
Odebolt
Urvivors
Elda Grapes
Manchester
Manda Cline
Bloomfield
Margaret Claus
Thorpe
Edgar Nd’ Elder
Raymond
S. Raymond
Lester
Linus
Ortberg
Ayor
Sexton
Pine View Cemtery
Imanuel Lutheran Church
Ev. F. J. Carlson
Cedar Raps
Elps
Louisa Manlle
Watertown
N. Y
William Easton
Derah
Jack Morgan
Decorah
Nels E. Ramsey
Aase Haugen
Mr. Ramsey
Elling
Aase Ramsey
Winneshirk County
Marit Kvale
J Kvale
Amelia Berg
John Ramsey
Roy Halvorson
Henry Prastmark
Detroit Lakes, Minn
Washington Prairie Lutheran Church
Paul Koren
Community briefs from Manchester Wilton Tipton Elgin Parnell Hopkinton
Items report requests for children from Manchester associated charities and a Friday departure list. Wilton hosts a library play contest Aug 25 26 with a trophy, entries due July 25 1938. Funeral services for Mrs Will Laubscher are noted in Tipton. Elgin Community club votes to continue summer meetings and pursue a 4 acre playground near Otter Creek with WPA aid hoped. Pettibone anniversary observed at Yankee Point. Hopkinton highway renumbering changes 113 to 38 with paving planned on the Monticello to Delaware stretch.
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Manchester
Associated Charities of
Chicago
James Carradus
Prairie Township
Lyle Sutton
Delhi
Austin Power
Ryan
John Robinson
Earlville
Ralph Rizer
Edgewood
Paul Weger
Strawberry Point
Lorraine Eibey
Wilton
Grace Nell Crowell
Tipton
Will Laubscher
Wilson Funeral
W. E. van Buren
Mechanicsville
Elgin
Otter Creek
Mabel Holzer
Parnell
Yankee Point
Oscar L. C. Pettibone
Pettibone
Lou Claypoole
Samuel Claypoole
Glen
Barnes City
Charles Ballard
Yankee, Point
Grace Ballard Wilhite
Leroy Ballard
Hopkinton
Delaware
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Delaware County
Tipton Band Plans Sunday Concert and Local Meetings
In Tipton the municipal band directed by Prof J G Westby will perform a Sunday evening concert with Stanley Yocum as cornet soloist. Cedar County hosts a sportsmen meeting to plan pheasant and quail stock, forming the Cedar County Conservation club with new officers.
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Tipton
J. G. Westby
Stanley Yocum
Cedar County
Ed Siebel
Iowa City
Cedar County Conservation Club
Harry G. Carlof Bennett
John Grant
Stanwood
Platform Promotes Labor Rights and Opposes Acreage Control
Des Moines AP report on Iowa Republicans adopting a platform opposing sitdown strikes and acreage control. It backs right to organize, WPA criticisms, parity for farmers, farm loans, soil conservation, and decentralization, while urging farm to market roads and lean relief and taxation reforms.
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Des Moines
Trowa
Dan W. Turner
Convention Resolutions Committee
Maytag Washing Maschine Company
Newton
Guardianship Notice to Richard and Robert Markham in Linn County
Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa Guardian applies to court to approve sale of the heirs property the west 30 feet of Lot 2 and east 20 feet of Lot 3 Block 6 Hart's First Addition Kenwood 431 36th Street NE Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa for 1250 dollars hearing set 10:00 AM July 23 1938 at the Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa to show cause why sale should not be approved and deed executed.
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ICE
District Court OF
Iowa
Linn County
Richard Markham
Robert OD. Markham
Edward C. Mlernat
Esther Markham
Richard S. Markeham
Robert C. Markham
Edward C. Markham
Towa
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Hart
Kenwood
36Th Street
N. E
Ceder Rapeds
Guardian
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Riverside
Joseph P. Quinn
Rath Packing Company
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Chautauqua
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Winthrop
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Joe Kintz
W. C
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Earl Fell
Herbert Hinkhouse
Geller Lumber Company
John C. Reichert
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Oscar Wills
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H. W. Reichert
Vinton
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Atkins
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Edward Cibula
Norway Corner
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Mopkinton
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Las Cruces
New Mexico
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Alice Rixe
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Buena Vista
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Christian Knowledge
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Edward Mayo
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Judethan Flint
John Edward Mayo
William Brickman
Vining
Ruth
Arlene
Charles
Paul
Edd Smith
Tama
Charles W. Smith
Plainview
Neb
Charles Flint
Los Angeles
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M. H. Houser
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Buchanan
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