Prosecutors Urged to Report Liquor and Gambling Violations
Iowa Attorney General Fred Everett called on county attorneys to report crime conditions as part of a drive to crack down on gambling and liquor law violations. The move aligns with Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer, who warned that lax enforcement would not be tolerated and staged a Johnson County tavern raid during a police training drill.
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Des Moines
INS
Fred Everett
Iowa
Karl W Fischer
Fischer
Commissioner of Public Safety
Fiseher
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Everett
Mount Vernon Gets $2000 From WPA For Park Project
Rep. W. S. Jacobsen announced a works progress allotment of 2000 dollars for Mount Vernon city park improvements. The plan includes a terrace wall, walks, tables and benches to enhance the park.
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Mount Vernon
WPA
the Gazette
Washington
W. S. Jacobsen
Counterfeit Detection Formula Traps Officer at Iowa Course
Raymond Daniel, an Omaha based secret service agent, demonstrated a counterfeit money detector during the Iowa peace officers third annual short course in Iowa City. A attending officer tested a dollar bill and found it counterfeit, causing embarrassment.
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Iowa City
Raymond Daniel
Secret Service
Omaha
Iowa
Paralysis Victim Placed In Iron Lung
DES MOINES AP A 14 year old Omaha girl Patricia Fraser stricken with infantile paralysis is in an iron lung at a Des Moines hospital. She is the daughter of Major Joseph Fraser and his wife formerly of Pottawattamie county. Patricia was brought from Winterset after illness began Tuesday and worsening Thursday. A serum from the state health department was given Friday. Two of her four sisters remain symptom free. Major Fraser is an army regular stationed at Omaha as an instructor for the Nebraska national guard.
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Des Moines
Patricia Fraser
Omaha
Methodist
Patricia
Joseph Fraser
Pottawattamie County
Winterset
Cora Henry
State Health Department
Fraser
Regular Army
Nebraska National Guard
Toledo
Agnes Benda
Tracy
Tama County
Frank Benda
Evelyn
Marvin
Benda
Henry Breja
Vining
Tama
Frances Breja
Mary A. Broja
Oneida
Paul Kouba
LA Porte City
Lou Miles
Sant Rice
Spring Creek Township
Rice
Russ Morgan Weds Secretary In Texas
Russ Morgan, 35, orchestra leader, married his secretary of three years Miss Shirley Gray, 23, of Long Beach New York, in Fort Worth Texas on Friday. Justice of the Peace Frank Hurley officiated. It is Miss Gray’s first marriage, Morgan’s second.
Receiver's Notice of Bank Receivership Modification
In Linn County Iowa the court set July 27 1939 at Cedar Rapids for a hearing on a petition by D W Bates receiver of Town State Savings Bank seeking to classify certain cashiers' checks as Depositors' Claims and pay them accordingly. Attorney J G Mekota urged approval of the notice and hearing.
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Iowa State Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
District Court
Linn County
Towa
D. W. Bates
State Savings Bank
Mekota
18Th Judicial District of
To Be Married At Wheatland Sunday
Wheatland wedding set for 4 p m Sunday at St Pauls Reform Church. Lorraine Eleanor Witte daughter of Fred Witte Jr to wed Wayne Carroll son of Mrs Lorena Carroll of Fairbank with Rev Clarence Koehler officiating.
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Spreial
Wheatland
St Paul's Reformed
Marjory Witte
DeWitt
Betty Malsteadt
Clayton Carroll
Rockford, Ill
Virgil Witte
Ralph Martens
Carl Johman
Anna Rothbart
Mildred Horstman
Toronto
Louise Schneider
Carroll
Wheatland Cooperative Creamery
Funeral Sunday for LaPorte City Man Miszner
Funeral services for John Claus Miszner will be held Sunday at the Methodist church in La Porte City. He died Friday morning after a long illness from carcinoma, dropsy and complications. Burial will be at West View. He was born December 23, 1884 near Wall Lake and was survived by his wife Martha Petersen Miszner, two daughters Frances Scott and Lois, two sons Carl and Russell, a granddaughter Donna Darlene Scott, a sister and several half-siblings. The family moved from Dysart to La Porte City in 1907 where they have lived since.
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Speen
Gazette
LA Porte City
Methodist
John Claus Miszner
West View
Carl
Amelia Hilgen Miszner
Wall Lake
Martha Petersen
Fort Dodge
Frances Scott
Traer
Lois
Russell
Donna Darlene Scott
Paul Herrig
Minnie Wentland
Lamberton
Minn
William
Richard Schultz
Lake View
Miszner
Dysart
Tipton
Ft.little
Will Gray
Bertha Pearson
West Branch
Charles Little
W. W Little
Long Beach
Calif
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Crossley
Hopkinton
Warnie Wescott
Everett
Wescott
Elgin
American Legion Auxiliary
Ernest Bauder
Celia Greenley
Co. B Schori
Walter Kohls
R .A Crider
Walter Bovis
C O. Torkelson
Michael Blochus
Ben Baumgartner
Marengo
Fred C. Kahler
Conroy
Fesler
G. G. Hunt
Ladora
Charlotte Mae Hammon
George and
Ellen Tucker Hammon
Marion
Coe
Iowa State Teachers College
Linn County
Monticello
Little Rock
Malcom
Anita
Kahler
Mount Zion
Reprieve for Two Scotch Terriers in Denver
Two pedigreed Scotch Terriers spared from death by order of County Judge C E Kettering. Executor notice to estate of Mrs Ellen R Webb, wealthy widow, that the dogs should not be destroyed unless the pets are found grieving, despite Mrs Webb's wish to end their lives due to believed unhappiness after her death.
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Denver
C. E. Kettering
Ellen R. Webb
Friends shocked by kitten litter total toes in Cleveland
In Cleveland, friends of 11 year old Lillian Hinsey stared Friday night at her cat’s litter of six kittens, boasting a total of 168 toes with seven on each paw.
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Cleveland
Lillian Hinsey
Grinnell youth lands Disney ART contract
GRINNELL Word reports Gifford Hiser son of George Hiser signed a three year contract to do art work in Walt Disney Studios production department. Self taught, his sketches in portfolio earned the engagement with Disney. Grinnell college publications have featured his drawings. SPRINGVILLE Harvest Home set for Aug 22 homecoming and ox roast with Earl George and W S Palmer concessions committee E H Levien speaker Kendall Gibson general chair L A Johnston secretary. MARENGO Elmo Brown 26 son of Orrin Brown died from neck fracture while working on Fort Peck dam Montana funeral services held Friday. Survived by parents one sister Lola Anderson Two Dot Mont and two brothers Marion Emmetsburg Delbert Marengo.
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Grinnell
Hollywood
Gifford Hiser
George Hiser
Walt Disney Studios
Hiser
Disney Studios
Grinnell College
Springville
Harvest Home Association
Baseball Club
Earl George
W. S. Palmer
E. H. Levien
Kendall Gibson
L. A. Johnston
Marengo
Elmo Brown
Orrin Brown
Fort Peck
Montana
Lola Anderson
Dot. Mont
Marion
Emmetsburg
Delbert
Officers Praised by Hickenlooper at Iowa City Banquet
Iowa City The event closed the University of Iowa's peace officers' short course. Lieut Gov B B Hickenlooper told about 300 officers that they have overwhelming public approval and emphasized education in policing as a forward step in solving crime. Representatives from law enforcement received symbolic recognition for their work as Prof Rollin M Perkins introduced them and Prof Mason Ladd delivered the congratulatory address.
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Iowa City
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Hickenlooper
Rollin M. Perkins
Mason Ladd
Law College
Lisbon Banker to Observe His 86th Birthday Sunday
Lisbon banker John Auracher, a pioneer in Lisbon, will celebrate his eighty sixth birthday with a family dinner Sunday. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Lisbon at age ten and led the Stuckslager and Auracher bank, now Lisbon Bank and Trust, from 1886. He served as town treasurer and school district treasurer for decades and celebrated his sixtieth wedding anniversary in 1937. He has three children: Mrs Henry Greene of Petersham, Massachusetts, Mrs J D Bowers of Mount Vernon, and Mrs Frank Bates of Cedar Rapids.
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Lisbon
John Auracher
Pennsylvania
Auracher
Stuckslager and Auracher Bank
Lisbon Bank and Trust Company
Henry Greene
Petersham
Mass
J. D Bowers
Mount Vernon
Frank Bates
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Legion Installations Open New Posts Leaders
Dr AR Riedesel of Wheatland administers the Arthur McCullough post installation ceremony with Henry Smith named commander. Mrs Mildred Hubbard heads the Anamosa Auxiliary, supported by Bernice White Margaret Snyder Lula Smith Minnie String Amalia Kid hon Lille Dorgeloh and Katheryn Stroud. Maquoketa Supervisors Seek Extra Levy for Poor Fund to Meet Rising Costs.
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Anamosa
Riedesel
Wheatland
American Legion
Arthur McCullough
Henry Smith
State Reformatory
Mildred Hubbard
American Legion Auxiliary
Bernice White
Margaret Snyder
Lula Smith
Minnie String
Amalia Kidhon
Lille Dorgeloh
Katheryn Stroud
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Bennett funeral services for Mrs Wilhelmina Kelting
Bennett mourns Wilhelmina Kelting 70 who died after several months illness. Born in Germany as Wilhelmina Kay she came to the U S at 14 and lived in Bennett for 24 years. Surviving are three daughters a son two sisters and two grandchildren. Services at home at 1 pm and Wheatland church at 2 pm with burial in Pine Hill.
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Bennett
Wilhelmina Kelting
Wilhelmina Kay
Jochima
Kathyrna Struve Kay
Germany
United States
Wheatland
Jacob Kelting
Kelting
Pauline Kelting
Martha McGarvie
Velma
Elliot
Davenport
Wilfred
George Jeppe
Stratton
Colo
A. E Perkins
Riverside
Calif
al Buggermann
Wheatland Evangelical Church
Pan
Pine Hill Cemetery
New NYA Director Appointed for Iowa
Theodore Parker Eslick of Des Moines was named NYA director for Iowa by Administrator Aubrey Williams. He succeeds Dr. Russell W. Tallman who resigns to become education director for the Iowa NYA. Eslick, born in Lehigh, Ia, 51 years ago, has previous roles as assistant chief probation officer in Denver under Judge Ben Lindsey and probation officer in Des Moines juvenile court. Dr. Tallman, a native of Ames, led Iowa NYA since 1934.
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Washington
Theodore Parker Eslick
Des Moines
NYA
Iowa
Aubrey Williams
Eslick
Russell W. Tallman
Iowa Nya
Denver
Ben Lindsey
Lehigh
Allman
Ames
Darrow to Discontinue Practice in Springville
Dr Clarence Darrow, who came to Springville July 1, 1934, will discontinue his medical practice here to pursue postgraduate work in surgery at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Dr Courter, a recent graduate of Iowa University, will take over the practice July 29.
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Springville
Clarence Darrow
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Courter
Iowa University
Cooperative move threatens small independent merchants
Washington AP reports E G Cort, general manager of a Minneapolis wholesale cooperative, told a Senate agriculture subcommittee that small merchants face extinction as chain stores and cooperatives collide. He urged passage of Senator Norris's bill to widen federal loans to farm cooperatives, enabling broader product sales and inclusion of town and city residents.
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Washington
Congress
E G Cort
Minneapolis
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Las
Norris
Ind
Neb
Bill Allows Self Made Lawyers To Hold Govt Posts
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a bill allowing self made lawyers to hold government jobs. Senator Sheppard of Texas noted some departments require graduates from Association of American Law Schools member schools or approval by the American Bar Association.
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Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Tex
The
Association of American Law Schools
Amencan Bar Association
Jewish Symbol Turns Into Swastika Over Hollywood
A six pointed Star of Israel appeared in the Hollywood sky then warped into a swastika as crowds phoned police. Sheriff captain Morgan said it was a publicity stunt for a sheriff’s barbecue, with wind altering the smoke design.
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Hollywood
INS
Israel
Chiude Morgan
Sheriff’s Office
Sherif
Sheriiff
Gracie Fields Divorces Pitt in Adultery Case
London report says Gracie Fields, stage and screen star, was granted a decree nisi from Archie Pitt on adultery grounds with his secretary Annie Lipman. Fields, recently released from hospital after surgery, was allowed to remain seated during testimony.
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London
Gracie Fields
Archie Pitt
Annie Lipman
Miss Fields
Odd Fellows Lodge Installs New Officers
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 141 I O O F installed new officers including George W. Baker noble grand and Thomas Shelly vice grand. E L Hovorka conductor J F Fisher chaplain HG Ellis to N G F E Fisher L S to G etc. H P Krogh installed them. refreshments served after.
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Cedar Rapids Lodge No. 141
George W. Baker
Noble Grand
Thomas Shelly
Simon de Nio
E. L. Hovorka
J. F. Fisher
HG. Ellis
Tipton Farmer Surrenders On Child Theft Charge
George Marovek a Tipton area farmer appeared in justice court waiving preliminary hearing on a child stealing charge. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $1000 bond. The case involves accusations he abducted Russell Crock, 10, son of N J Crock, with parental custody traced to N J Crock and relatives after a state supreme court case.
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Tipton
George Marovek
E C Gillam
Justice Court
Thompson and
Thompson
Muscatine
Marooek
N J Crock
Mechanicsville
Russell Crock
Marovek
N JJ Crock
Boss
Croveks
State Supreme Court
Crock
Predatory animal control urged for California parks
Porterville publisher Homer W. Wood urges California national parks to adopt predatory animal control to protect game. He cites Canada's park service approach, argues parks currently fail as refuges, and says California should apply selective predator destruction within its parks without triggering broader changes east of the Sierra Nevada.
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Porterville
Calif UM
Homer W. Wood
California
Wood
Fish and Game
Woods
National Park Service
Park Service
Canada
Paymenet
Sierra Nevada Mountains
German men blamed for lazy courting by Nazi chief
Berlin reports Dr Saul Danzer cites a sociological view that German men now seek the easiest courtship leading to marriage. He warns many valuable women remain unmarried, risking a future German mother shortage as men abandon effort in wooing. He emphasizes the danger to the nation.
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Berlin
Danzer
Prosecution Uses Film Of Intoxicated Drivers
Fresno introduces a new system that relies on a photographic movie scene to show a driver’s intoxicated driving rather than statements or tongue twisting tests. Filming costs 7.40 dollars but saves about 200 dollars in jury fees and district attorney time per case, aiding conviction efforts.
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Fresno
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing for Palo Town
The town council of Palo Linn County will meet on August 10, 1939 at 8 pm at Eye's Garage. Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditure estimate. WM Swallom, Town Clerk.
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Independent School District
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Avenue
Charles D Oe
Mg Hem
Wee
Palo
Eye
WM. Swallom
Four Hurt In Crash Near West Liberty
Four people injured Friday evening in a two car collision three miles west of West Liberty on highway 6. Howard George 56 of Seattle suffered a head gash. his son Malcolm 12 had a broken something. Mrs Fred Croft 40 of Pontiac Illinois driving the other car had a broken arm and pelvis fractures. Mrs Lena Swanson 86 suffered a broken shoulder. Marie Croft unhurt. The crash occurred when a car ahead of George turned left. head on collision with the Croft car. Anamosa J Cunningham Iowa State College faculty member will speak Sunday July 30 at alumni meeting at country club house in state park. luncheon to precede program.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Here
Howard George
Seattle
Malcolm
Fred Croft
Pontiac
Lena Swanson
Croft
Marie
George
George and Croft
Anamosa—J .Cunningham
Iowa State College
State Park
Average Pay Of Teachers Totaled $1,380 In 1938
San Francisco report to the National Educational Association notes the 1938 national average monthly salary for teachers and contrasts Negro and white teachers in segregated districts. Rural teachers are highlighted as paid far less, with wages shown below urban levels.
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San Francisco
United States
Sugar Beets May Raise South Dakota's Income
South Dakota could gain about 1000000 in extra income from a sugar beet plant. Experiments show beets yield about 1 tons per acre with $5 per ton price. Beets withstand drought better than corn which fell to 50 percent. Ohwiser water flow is 158000 feet per second.
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South Dakota
United States
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