Iowa highway deaths mount in 1939 weekly toll
Eight people died in Iowa traffic accidents in the week ending Monday, raising the 1939 highway fatality total to 251, an increase of 24 from the prior year. Victims include Chester Claudefeller of Des Moines, killed by a gravel truck crash near Stratford, and several others in Webster City, Corning, Creston, Boone, and Marysville.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Chester Claudefeller
Webster City
Stratford
A. Rough
Johannesburg
South Africa
Corning
Neville Rough
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruby Glassman
Creston
Dale Watts
Boone
W. B. Watts
Harvey Dorrell
Luther
Dale
DeWitt Man Jailed For Drunk Driving
Frank Dearborn of DeWitt pled guilty in district court to drunk driving and was sent to the county jail for 90 days after crashing into a Maquoketa man near Andrew. He could not pay a $300 fine.
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Maquoreta
Frank Dearborn
DeWitt
Dearborn
Andrew
Walter Allen, Jr
Maquoketa
Two Women Rescued After Speedboat Capsizes at Arnolds Park
Arnolds Park resident Leo Hazard credited with saving two Omaha women when a speedboat capsized in rough waves on Monday. Mrs. Hendrikson and Miss Gladys Ellingwood were rescued after Hazard swam to her, then freed Ellingwood from beneath the boat. Others, including Mrs. Lynch and her daughter Shirley Mae and Harry Varnard, clung to the craft until help arrived.
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Arnolds Park
INS
Leo Hazard
Omaha
Hazard
Paul Hendrikson
Gladys Ellingwood
John D. Lynch
Des Moines
Shirley Mae
Harry W. Varnard
Renumbered Through Highway 64 Planned Across Iowa
The state highway commission announced a west to east renumbering turning the route into highway 64. It will connect with Illinois 64 at Sabula and reuse sections of former 64 from there to Cedar Rapids and on to Council Bluffs via Des Moines and Marshalltown. The Des Moines downtown route will switch to federal No 6 to cut through the city. Loss of maintenance funds for that Des Moines segment was noted.
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Des Moines
Funeral services held for William Reisser in Vinton
William Reisser 78 died at his north Vinton home after a six week illness. The service at Alcorn chapel was led by Rev. William Caldwell with Masonic rites at Evergreen cemetery. Surviving are his wife Sophia Gemsicke Reisser, seven children, three half-siblings, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Vinton
Alcorn
William Reisser
William Caldwell
Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Reisser
New Jersey
Henry Reisser
Watkins
Sophia Gemsicke
William Wiley
Walker
William Clark
Mount Vernon
Walter
Flora
Edgar
Arthur
Wiley Jones
Urbana
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Hall Colfax widow of A W Hall
Funeral services were held Saturday in Colfax for Mrs Ella Hall widow of A W Hall native of the area. She was daughter of the late John Alexander Young of Washington. Surviving are two sons James Norman Hall Tahiti author and Fred Y Hall Colfax two daughters Mrs Clark Graham Ripon Wis and Mrs Claire Forsyth Duluth Minn and several grandchildren
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Columbus Junction
Ella Hall
Colfax
A. W. Hall
John Alexander Young
Washington
James Norman Hall
Papette
Tahiti
Fred Y. Hall
Clark Graham
Ripon
Wis
Claire Forsyth
Duluth
Minn
Engineer Stops Train to Prevent Amana Collision
John LaBelle, engineer on Cedar Rapids Ottumwa train No 103, halted the locomotive at the Highway 149 Milwaukee crossing near Amana after repeated whistle blasts failed to stop a Blackhawk County coupe from crossing. Four fatal crashes have occurred there. with visibility clear, a warning signal will be installed soon.
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Amana
Milwaukee Railroad
John LaBelle
Cedar Rapids
Blackhawk County
Swimmer Dies From Neck Fracture Near Brighton
Lester Holliday of Muscatine died from a neck fracture after diving from an overhanging tree into the Skunk river three miles northwest of Brighton. Dr. J M Lyon said death resulted from the neck fracture, not drowning, as Holliday was with relatives and friends at a picnic. His mother, Mrs Margaret Holliday, survives.
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Washington
Lester Holliday
Muscatine
Skunk
Brighton
Holliday
J. M. Lyon
Margaret Holliday
Iowa Paid 22604 Unemployment Claims in Neighboring States
Iowa paid 22604 unemployment compensation payments in 45 other states and territories from January to June 1939. Iowa residents filed 28035 claims against other states, totaling 164452.32 dollars, while 3828 original claims were filed in Iowa against other states and 2554 outside.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Alaska
District of Columbia
W. I. Boland
Boland
Local News Roundup From Manchester and Surrounds
Multiple small town notes. An accident near Manchester leaves Arthur Sawyer with minor injuries after his roadster overturns once and a half miles east of town. Rowley hosts a homecoming Aug 20 for the 70th anniversary of the Methodist church. Obituary and funeral details for Mrs Rose Lehman of Strawberry Point. County education funds distributed across Winneshiek County schools. Dinsdale school enrollment and bus routes while outlining debt reductions. Mother daughter banquet wraps at Wadena Presbyterian indicating speaker and program. Funeral services for John Medland in Earlville. Manchester resident Charles Myers injured by a train. American Legion Auxiliary installs officers at Lost Nation. Marriage announcements and local court fines in Maquoketa and Maquoketa area.
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Manchester
Arthur Sawyer
Herbert Cox
Sawyer
Rowley
A. B. Curran
Strawberry Point
Rose Lehman
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Dundee
Sterling
Anderson
Christian
Elizabeth Moser
Luxemburg
Switzerland
Oelwein
America
Elgin
Nicholas Lehman
Lehman
Oscar Lehman
Levi Lehman
Ernest Puffett
Esther Gienapp
Walter Lehman
Floyd Puffett
Decorah
Charles G. Steen
Winneshiek County
Highland Township
Highlandville
Madison Township
Frankville
Glenwood Township
Bloomfield
Bluffton
Burr Oak
Calmar
Canoe
Fremont
Jackson
Hesper
Lincoln
Military
Pleasant
Springfield
Sumner
TRAER
Dinsdale
Wadena
Earlville
Earlville Congregational Church
John Medland
Claude C. Hobson
Congregational Church
Fairview Cemetery
Howard Medland
Minneapolis
Charles Myers
Illinois Central
Basil Conare
Forrest Boone
Lost Nation
American Legion Auxiliary
Mollie Balster
Elma Boettcher
Irme. Wolfe
Irene Schubert
Florence Machande
Bess Story
Nellie Wazac
Mary McAndrew
Winifred Smith
Ruth Phelps
Sophia Dobling
Irma Wolfe
Bess Kammer
Florence Flemming
Burlington
Mount Vernon
Priscilla Boyd Ketchin
Thomas Hoge Ketchin
George Stephen Tracy
Mary Tracy
Nashville
Tenn
Tracy
Music Department
North Carolina State Teachers College
George Peabody College For Teachers
Maqucketa
Jack Andrae
Near Oxford Junction
Justice of the Peace
Clifford Miller
Winch
Illinois
Miller
Oldest and youngest Iowa senators contrast in Backstage
In Iowa politics, William H. Klemme of Ridgeway, age past 90, and Edward H. Vrba of Cresco, age 30, are neighbors and frequent talk partners. The piece notes Klemme’s long Senate service and a vote against the salary act, plus reflects on state personnel and funding for wildlife development and a tribute to newspapers by Congressman Gwynne.
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ES Moines
Iowa
State Senate
William H. Klemme
Ridgeway
Winneshiek County
Edward H. Vrba
Cresco
Howard County
Klemme
Vrba
Senate
Wreck And Burned Trestle Hamper Railroad Traffic
A Rock Island freight wrecked sixteen cars on the Minneapolis to Kansas City line near Nevada. A burned trestle near Melcher forced rerouting Des Moines to Kansas City traffic. The Rock Island Rocket was late returning to Des Moines. no injuries were reported. Local fires are blamed on burning coals from a local source.
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Des Moines
INS
Minneapolis-Kansas City
Rock Island Railroad
Monay
Nevada
Hampton
Marshalltown
Rock Island
Twin Cities
Melcher
Kansas City
Governor Grants First Pardon To Block Deportation
Gov George A Wilson granted a pardon to John Delmar alias Aulgie Adams of Centerville Indiana to prevent deportation to Italy. Adams, 39, was convicted of larceny in Waterloo Iowa in 1918 after aiding a intoxicated man to bed and taking a suit of clothes. He had been paroled in 1919 and later discharged, but had faced federal deportation. An inquiry showed Adams believed he was American and had voted, and immigration officials halted the action when the pardon was issued.
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Des Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Italy
Immigration Service
Pittsburgh
John Delmar
Centerville
Delmar
Aulgie Adams
Waterloo
Adams
Anamosa Reformatory
W. L. Harding
Fred Everett
Wilson
Parole Board
Canada
Hiccup attack ends life of Iowa man Lund Pieratt
Lund Pieratt aged 53 of Havelock died in Fort Dodge after an 11 day spell of hiccups. Doctors said the condition began when his larynx became infected.
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Fort Dodge
Lund Pieratt
Havelock
Pieratt
Burglars Loot Des Moines Beer Distributor Safe
Police traced a break in at a Des Moines beer distributing company where burglars forced entry by boring an overhead door, pried open the safe with a hammer and pry bar, stole about 700 dollars, and drank six bottles of beer before fleeing.
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Des Moines
Yeggs
All county road program approved in Johnson County
The Johnson county board of supervisors gave final approval Saturday to an all county road program and sent the plan to the regional WPA office. The $68 904 project covers 25 miles of roads cleared 35 miles cleaned and 150 culverts installed with about 60 men to be employed.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
WPA
Raymond H. Justin
Solon
Edward Chamberlin
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Chamberlin
William D. Cannon
University of Iowa
Harry L. Graham
Riley Chapel
Graham
Dubuque
L. P. Graham
Albert Graham
Lulu Graham
Iowa Cty
Defends Patrol Use in Raids On Iowa Taverns
Des Moines public safety commissioner Karl Fischer on Monday backed state highway patrol raids on Johnson County taverns suspected of flouting liquor laws. He called such joints accident factories and said the campaign aims to prevent crashes by acting before they occur. Attorney General Everett supported enforcement and a county report on crime could guide expansion of the effort.
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DES Moines
INS
Karl Fischer
Iowa
Fischel Saide
Johnson County
Fischer
Everett
Iowa City
Highway Patrol
Bureau of Investigation
Couple wed in Kirkville ceremony in Iowa
Joseph B. Thomas of Montezuma and Margaret O Connor of Belle Plaine tied the knot at Kirkville Iowa Friday evening with Rev. John L. Alexander of Fremont officiating.
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Belle Plaine
Joseph B. Thomas
Montezuma
Margaret O'Connor
Kirkville
John L. Alexander
Fremont
Funeral services held for Elizabeth Rausch 73 at Luxemberg church
Elizabeth Rausch 73 died Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J Oberbroeckling of Dyersville. Born 1866 in Luxemburg she attended rural schools and lived in Dyersville the last eight years. Survived by four brothers John Peter Jr Joseph and Henry and three sisters Anna Vonderhaar Conrad Walter and Joseph Oberbroeckling.
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Dyersville
Elizabeth Rausch
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Luxemburg
J Oberbroeckling
John
Peter
Mirinda
S. D
Joseph
Henry
Luxemurg
Anna Vonderhaar
New Vienna
Conrad Walter
Joseph Oberbroeckling
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State Board of Social Welfare
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West Lucas Township
Hohenschuch
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Cosgrove
A. G. Carlson
Charles Franklinson
St. Peter's Church
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Mercy Hospital
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