Plans for Murphy Funeral Draw Wide White House Interest
National messages of condolence pour in as Mrs. Louis Murphy prepares to mourn Senator Murphy. Funeral set for Monday at 10 a.m. at St Mary’s church with high mass by Archbishop Beckman and eulogies by Rev Maurice Sheehey.
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St. Mary’s Church
Clyde L. Herring
State House
Wisconsin
Murphy
George Simpson
Wisconsin National Guard
Francis J. L. Beckman
Maurice A. Sheehey
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
Sheehey
Washington
J. W. Casey
St. Raphael's Cathedral
John Q. Halpin
St. Columbkille’s Church
Charles J. Miller
E. J. Dougherty
Sacred Heart Church
Waterloo
Joseph J. Zeven
E. A. Fitzgerald
Columbia College
Karl Schroeder
St. Raphael’s Cathedral
Ralph Dress
DeWitt Observer Sold to K C Noble of Colorado
Kenneth C. Noble, part of a noted newspaper family, buys the DeWitt Observer from H A Grantham and will assume ownership August 1. The Nobles, University of Colorado graduates, will run the paper together. Noble is a Legionnaire with prior Iowa newspaper staff experience.
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Gazette
Dewitt
Kenneth C. Noble
DeWitt Observer
H. A. Grantham
Noble
University of Colorado
Iowa
Bids Sought for Road to Macbride Park Improvements
Iowa City report states the Iowa Highway Commission will take bids early next month to grade the North Liberty Lake Macbride state park highway. County Engineer Ray H Justen says the project includes a 100 foot right of way and curve hazards addressed. Plans call for extending the highway about a quarter mile north from North Liberty and straightening at Mehaffey bridge.
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Iowa City
Iowa Highway Commission
North Liberty
Lake Macbride State Park
Ray H. Justen
Mehaffey Bridge
CCC Band To Play At Backbone State Park
The 781st CCC band will give its first public concert in Backbone State Park picnic area Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Lieut R S Miller announced the event. Band director Arch Perkins leads the ensemble and plans concerts throughout the summer.
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CCC
Backbone State Park
Lamont—Company 781
Civilian Conservation Corps
Backbone State Park Park
R. S. Miller
Arch Perkins
McGregor Reports Rain Inches During Friday Night Storm
Special to The Gate. Forty two hundredths of an inch of rain fell in McGregor between 9 and 10 PM Friday. Lightning and thunder were reported. Farmers twelve miles west of McGregor measured twenty two hundredths of an inch.
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Mcgregor
Weather Strikes West Union with Rain and Wind
Heavy electrical disturbances Friday night were reported as one-fifth inch of rain fell in West Union. Saturday morning temperature measured 69 degrees while winds flattened corn near Arlington.
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the Gazette
West Union
Arlington
Showers End Drought with Heavy Friday Night Rain
Brief showers lasting an hour on Friday night brought relief to the drought in Manchester. The rainfall was the heaviest in about a month, providing a temporary replenishment of dry conditions.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Maquoketa Post Office Shifts Rural Route Supervision
Roy Calvert, 14 years at Maquoketa post office, takes over rural route number 5 north and east of town on Monday. He replaces Raleigh Blatchley, substitute carrier since October after Emil Rutenbeck left. Eugene Graul, city letter carrier of 15 years, will take Calvert's dispatcher duties and general delivery work. Calvert earns 1840 dollars yearly plus car upkeep.
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Maquoketa
Roy Calvert
Raleigh Blatchley
Emil Rutenbeck
Eugene Graul
Calvert
Former legislator McGregor native dies from heat
McGregor resident McGREGOR T J Sullivan 84 a former Clayton county representative in the state legislature died Friday of heat prostration. He had lived in McGregor since boyhood and was a clothier and proprietor of the opera house. He served as mayor councilman and school board member. A daughter Mrs Marie McDevitt of McGregor and a son R J Sullivan attorney at New Hampton survive.
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McGregor
T. J. Sullivan
Clayton County
Opera House
Marie McDevitt
R. J. Sullivan
New Hampton
Match Lighted 2 Months Ago Triggers 20 Acre Fire Near West Union
O. S. Berg of a farm ten miles west of West Union was linked to a smoldering fire in peat ground that began two months earlier when a dead stump was ignited. The fire finally broke out Thursday, burning over twenty acres across two fields, six acres of oats and the rest pasture. Fifty neighbors formed a cooperative fire squad and halted the blaze before any structures were harmed.
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the Gazette
West Union
O. S. Berg
Strawberry Point Holds Second Annual Gala Day
Strawberry Point to stage a Tuesday gala day organized by local businessmen. Music by Farmersburg band and an Elkader drum corps exhibition will close the event. Committees include boxing L Thomas and Dunfrund. finance Goodrich and Preston. concessions Moser, Kramer and Klisart.
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Strawberry Point
Farmersburg Band
Elkader
L. Thomas
George E. Dunfrund
M. J. Goodrich
L. W. Preston
C. B. Moser
Lloyd Kramer
L. A. Klisart
J. J. Matthews
H. J. Esch
C. W. Bull
L. J. Wiley
H. O. Fredrick
D. G. Courtnage
E. F. Opperman
Ray Kellogg
C. E. McCarron
Joe Gratke
W. H. Mantz
G. J. Gill
Worker Overcome By Gas In Sewage Plant At Tama
Tama William Meachum foreman with Lippert Bros construction worked at the new sewage disposal plant when he was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a gasoline engine. He entered a concrete pool to service the engine and passed out after minutes. He fell back toward entry with water six feet ahead. rescued after about four hours of immersion and artificial respiration. His condition improved Friday night.
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TAMA
William Meachum
Lippert Bros. Construction Company
Meachum
League Not Seeking Permanent Homes for Children
Iowa City social service league clarifies it seeks only temporary homes for children. The state board of control handles permanent home placement for homeless children.
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League Not Seeking
Iowa City
Iowa City Social Service League
State Board of Control
Union Labor Halts Three WPA Projects in Des Moines
About 300 union representatives stopped work on three WPA bridge projects in Des Moines, including the Second Street bridge and the East Fourteenth Street viaduct. They claim wage rates below union scale despite WPA agreement to pay prevailing wages. No violence occurred, though scuffles were noted. Labor leaders appealed to Governor Clyde Herring and WPA director L. S. Hill for settlement amid looming protest strikes by 5000 building trades workers.
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Des Moines
INS
Works Progress Administration
Second Street
Des Moines River
Eighteenth Street
Raccoon River
East Fourteenth Street
WPA
J. C. Lewis
State Federation of Labor
Clyde Herring
L. S. Hill
Wyoming Pioneer Augusta Bronson Dies at 91
Mrs. Augusta Bronson aged 91 died Friday at the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown. A Wyoming settler since 1852 she taught school in Madison township and at Wyoming's first schoolhouse. She was a charter member of Woman's Relief Corps No. 4 and a lifelong M. E. church member. Survived by son Dr. W. W. Bronson Cedar Rapids grandsons Howard and William Jr. Cedar Rapids and great grandson. son Ben died in 1902. Funeral at Dr Bronson home led by Rev. S. V. Williams.
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Wyoming
Augusta Bronson
Marshalltown
Daniel E
Evangeline Brainard
Ohio
Madison Township
J. W. Thomson
Woman’s Relief Corps No
M. E. Church
W. W. Bronson
Howard
William, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Ben
Eastern Iowa in Brief: Obits and Local Notices
Mrs. J. G. Schaum 75 died Friday after years of invalidism. Funeral at Hintz Funeral Home Sunday with Rev. Hauter. burial in Manchester. Survived by husband. born Laura Barr in Manchester, longtime Delaware County resident. Maynard: Lutheran Ladies Aids officers elected. committee named. Columbus Junction: A W Heerman truck in fire accident, drivers escaped with minor injuries. Masonville: Paul Ryan overcome by heat while shocking grain. recovering. Independence: H F Haehele buys Coast to Coast stock. Marian Alvira Snyder weds Veryl Holman in Independence. Dewitt: Suzanne Wheeler wed J R Cullison. couple previously married July 13 in Denver. all education and career details noted.
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Lutheran Ladies Aids Society
Frank H. Schmitt
Harold Miehe
Henry Schrader
Will Guritz
Henry Bauer
Fred Schrader
Emil Wegner
Columbus Junction
A. W. Heerman
Manhattan
Kan
Russell van Pelt
van Pelt
Robert Miller
Masonville
Paul Ryan
Independence
H. F. Haehele
Rock Rapids
Sid Pelinka
Pelinka
Louise Clarke
Monona
Vincent
Berkeley
Calif
Richard
Gary
Ind
Marie
Tess
Cedar Rapids
Ireland
E. G. Mangels
Mr. Nantz
International Harvester Company
Washington
Belle Plaine
Albert Johnson Collicott
Hrabak
Vinton Lee
Congregational Church
Vinton
Mr. Collicott
Garrison
Della Simpson
Helen Miller
Houston
Tex
Baren
Ed Crow
Andy Crow
Will Hein
Des Moines
Harpers Ferry
Mississippi River
Edgar Marstad
Allamakee County
Clarence
Thelman Sonnemaker Tracy
Bernard
Charles Sonnemaker
Clarence High School
Thelman Tracy
Ironhill
Orville Meyer
Fred D. Meyer
Vernie Hansen
Velma Geadelman
Roy Brink
M. J. Wilkinson
Delta
A. W. Richardson
Richardson
Oxford Junction
Joe Mizour
Sacred Heart Church
Father Gregor
Mizour
Raymond Mizour
Fred Mizour
Louie Mizour
Robert Mizour
Joe Tymner
Howard Dvorak
Mayflower
Fred Vic Clare
Earl Rogers
Minnesota
Alice longworth roasts Roosevelt era political blocs
The piece portrays three movements Townsend Smith and Coughlin as opposed to Roosevelt with a goal to defeat him in the coming campaign. It notes their distrust of Roosevelt and their aim to keep their programs in the foreground despite party loyalties.
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Cincinnati
Doctor Townsend
Townsend
Smith
Roosevelt
Flattering Frock Pattern Aims for Next Season Popularity
Anne Adams offers pattern 4056 with short yoke sleeves in bright silk or cotton and a matelasse or crepe version with long puff sleeves. Sizes 12 through 42 listed. fabric needs and pattern book details included. order via The Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
17Th St
New York
Iowa City Man Heads First District Legion
Lone Tree hosted the first district American Legion convention drawing about 700 Legionaires. Elected officers include Louis E. Clark of Iowa City as commander with W. E. Shoquist of Lone Tree Hubert Heaton of Mount Pleasant and Roy Parks of Victor as vice commanders. Retiring commander R. L. Sherwood attended. A condolence committee included Judges Gaffney Evans and Dr Cantrell. Musical groups from Cedar Rapids Burlington Muscatine and Keokuk performed with parades and a fish fry stag event at Circle Inn pavilion.
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Lone Tree
American Legion
Louis E. Clark
Iowa City
W. E. Shoquist
Hubert Heaton
Mount Pleasant
Roy Parks
Victor
R. L. Sherwood
Louis Murphy
J. P. Gaffney
Harold D. Evans
C. M
Elder William Goodsell Drowns in Mississippi River
William Goodsell, 65, drowned near Specht's Ferry Friday after falling from his boat while tending fishing lines. A search by a river crew recovered the body after several hours. He was brother of Mrs. Michael Stence of Elkport where his burial services were held.
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Elkport
William Goodsell
Mississippi River
Specht
Goodsell
Michael Stence
Funeral services for Miss Sue Grimwood 86
Miss Sue Grimwood of Belmond and Bristol born November 25 1849 died at her brother Edds home. She taught school as a profession and spent twenty two years in Belmond. Burial details unavailable.
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Oxford Junction
Sue Grimwood
Edd
Miss Grimwood
Bristol
Ill
Belmond
Mercer 1 Being Returned by Plane
John Mercer the alleged slayer from 1930 Iowa vigilante case was to be flown back to Iowa on Saturday. Dolores Daly a San Francisco girl who captured him seeks a $500 reward. Mercer will be sent to the Iowa state reformatory at Anamosa amid fears of mob violence in Tipton.
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San Francisco
John “Jack” Mercer
Iowa
Tiptown
W. W. Christian
Cedar County
G. L. Schmidt
Des Moines
Mercer
Iowa State Reformatory
Anamosa
Dolores Daly
D. J. O’neill
Robert G. Sproat
Tipton
John Lawlor
Miss Daly
Christian
Iowa Hot Spots From Heat Wave AP Report
Davenport florists face an unprecedented flower shortage for funeral services as the heat continues. Waterloo merchants report electric fan stocks nearly exhausted and rush orders pour in. Morning Sun gardeners show onions that taste and look cooked, while Vinton residents roast butternuts in the sun. Marshalltown beekeeper W E Wooten says the heat melted honeycomb under his porch, ruining the stored honey.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Waterloo
Pat Bostrum
Vinton
W. E. Wooten
Marshalltown
Pressy Frank Enters Senate Campaign Hope
Friends of Pressy Frank of Waterloo announce he will seek the Republican nomination to succeed the late Senator Louis Murphy. Frank, former state Republican chairman, resigned due to illness a year ago but has reportedly recovered.
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Des Moines
Friends of
Marriage by phonographic recording in Iowa City
Marcus Sutton and Alice Roberts plan a science aided wedding at a rectory with a complete ceremony recording. Sutton, an amateur radio enthusiast, says they will use the recording to settle future disagreements by replaying the wedding.
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Iowa City
Marcus Sutton
Alice Roberts
Sutton
Miss Roberts
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Macbride Park
Marian Alvira Snyder
George Snyder
Veryl Elmer Holman
Jesse Holman
Quasqueton
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Henry Oelsen
Myrtle Snyder
Leonard Bitterfield
Sophia Wheeler
Suzanne
J. R. Cullison
J. F. Cullison
Lawrenceville
Denver
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Williamsburg
University of Illinois
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Gibson City
Blunderland
Alice Longworth
Inez McCall
Mount Ayr
Helen Cleveland
Linn Grove
Vernette Paulson
Schleswig
Dora Bean
Parsons College
Board of Education
Lloyd Soper
Ralph Ditch
Dave McDaniel
William Ditch
G. B. Kinser
Old North
Soper
J. F. Huff
Methodist
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Phillip Fair
Burlington
Emma Leas
Waukon
Mary Fish
Luana
Fred Huff
Marquette
Oelwein
Louisa _ E. Stought
C. A. Michener
Harry Kiester
Kansas City
H. B. Day
A. A. Miller
Grand Forks
N. D
Michener
Valley Junction
Stought
Thornburg
Christian Church
Kate Palmatier
Henrietta Shiebley
Mason City
Katherine Grush Palmatier
Lancaster County
Illinois
Pine Creek
Jesse
Mae
Hurstville
Maggie
Osseo
Minn
Earl
Clinton
Marengo
Fester
Fesler
Solon
Anna Mallie
Frank Svoboda
Elgin
Linn County
Svoboda
Frank
Alfred
Muscatine
Emil
Raymond
Mount Vernon
George
Frank Lorence
Frank Slofer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Maquoreta
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mary Hose
J. A. Mullen
Andrew Cemetery
Charles Reichling
Walter Hose
Atlanta
Idaho
A. W. Smith
Jerry Kier
Henry Tetzner
Martha Pretz
Edwin Pretz
Herbert W. Jennings
R. H. Bruni
Monroe
Wis
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John M. Brayton
Ray Kruse
Justice Brayton
Bruce Cairns
R. C
Lige Thompson
E. C. Carnal
Thompson
R. O. Roginson
Dorothy May Roginson
John J. Williams
Delta Schools
La<cona
Dwight
Agnes
HE S
Jove
Pujr
CS Hey
Both Baxter
Williams
Pressy Frank
Senate
Floyd Dunlap
Dysart, IA
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