Des Moines Warrants Linked to Iowa Farm Slayer Case
Elza Jones, a Taylor county farmer, was taken to Bedford for arraignment on a charge of murdering his son in law Thomas A. Allen. State agents served the warrant at a Des Moines sanatorium where Jones was held after he vanished post funeral.
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Des Moines
Elza Jones
Taylor County
Thomas J. Allen
Bedford
P. D. van Wagner
Pete Griffin
Ray Scott
Jones
INS
Thomas A. Allen
Des Mecines
William Meikle
Young Allen
Allen
Jim Allen
Harry Hartzler
Hartzler
Ces
Hiss prompts hunt for fruit jars. snake found in home
Special to The Gazette reports Mrs. P. Zimmerly in Winthrop hunted basement for two days chasing a hissing noise tied to fruit jars. She uncovered a four foot rattle snake with ten rattles under the dining room table. Mr. Zimmerly removed it to the yard with a hoe.
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the Gazette
Winthrop
Iowa Legion Plans Four Day Fort Dodge Convention
The fourteenth annual Iowa department American Legion convention runs July 31 to August 1 in Fort Dodge with speeches by national leaders including James F. Barton. Events include golf, banquets, dance, drum corps contests, a parade, and officer elections, with speakers from state and national organizations and a junior baseball tournament schedule.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa Department of the American Legion
National Legion
James F. Barton
Indianapolis
National Adjutant
Legionaires
Department
Barton
William Lyons
Forty and Eight
Minneapolis
Harry W. Colmery
Topeka
Kan
127 B. and P. W. Members Attend Maquoketa Meeting
One hundred twenty seven members and guests of the sixth district federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs attended the district picnic at Riverview Country club house near Maquoketa. Officials and club presidents from several cities gave brief talks. Outdoor activities included golf swimming tennis boating riflery and a trip through Maquoketa Caves state park.
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Maquoketa
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Riverview Country Club
Nellie Morey
Anamosa
E. Persis Sheldon
Martha Davis
Iowa City
Edith Christensen
DeWitt
Darline Gordon
Edna Becker
Marie Schmidt
Clinton
Frances Plath
International Finance Committee
Blythe Bennett
Davenport
August Brissman
Moline
Detwiler
Rock Island
Frances Miller
State Federation
Murva Kelly
Phey
Olive Farr
Maquoketa Caves State Park
Food Carloads Feed 14 207 Iowa Inmates For Six Months
Des Moines AP reports 14 207 Iowa inmates across 15 state institutions will be supplied for six months. J L Shropshire says orders include 65 000 pounds beans, 40 000 pounds rice, 173 000 pounds prunes and dried fruit, 25 000 gallons syrup, 400 000 pounds sugar, and 100 000 pounds sausage and wieners. Prices are down from a year ago with bids from Iowa dealers given preference.
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Des Moines
JL. Shropshire
State Board of Control
Shropshire
Iowa
Four Die In Weekend Iowa Auto Crashes
Weekend traffic in Iowa left four people dead and several others injured. In near Denver Iowa a car overturned killing Lewis Ferris and Alice Kobliska, while passengers Lamry and Evelyn Natvig survived injuries. Dorothy Harper died after a side swipe near Spencer. Harriett Krenek died in Des Moines and Godfrey Krenek was seriously hurt in a separate Des Moines crash. Three more people were injured in a Des Moines truck collision.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Denver
Lewis Ferris
Waterloo
Alice Kobliska
New Hampton
Lamry
Evelyn Natvig
Dorothy Harper
Spencer
Inez Smith
C. C. Steinbach
Burdette Greeney
Sioux City
Harriett Krenek
Godfrey Krenek
Showers Forecast To Hold Iowa Temperatures Below 95
In Des Moines and across Iowa showers were forecast to limit daytime highs to the low nineties breaking a 13 day heat wave. Forecaster Charles D. Reed predicted little change with most areas under 95 while Estherville reached 99 and Inwood 96. No rain Sunday. showers expected Monday in western Iowa and Monday night into Tuesday in eastern sections. The season’s death toll stood at 72 with Sunday’s low dipping to 66 at Boone and Decorah.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Estherville
Inwood
Iowa
Boone and
Decorah
Home Remodeling Figures Show Gain Over Last Year
Des Moines AP report shows 14 first class Iowa cities issued 198 500 dollars in new dwelling permits in June up from 575 000 last year with 105 permits. Remodeling permits rose to 237 valued at 62 471 in June 1932 from 177 permits and 52 283 the prior June.
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Des Moines
Oe of Public Health Engineering
Cornell student Alien Seifert’s poem accepted by Poetry
Word arrives that Alien Seifert, son of Mrs Marjorie Seiffert and a Cornell student, is a distinguished Midwestern poet from Rock Island Illinois. His poem has been accepted for publication in Poetry magazine.
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Mount Vernon
Alien Seiffert
Cornell
Marjorie Alien Seiffert
Rock Island, Ill
Poetry
Burns Prove Fatal to Child at Oxford
Evelyn Seimer eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Seimer died after a clothes iron blaze from an apron ignited by a burner. She was rushed to neighbors Dr and Mrs F E Burbank and treated as flames burned. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at the Oxford Methodist church with Rev E Hemple officiating. Burial in Oxford cemetery. Survived by sister Eileen and brother Leland and two grandparents William Miller and Mrs Henry Seimer.
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Oxford
Evelyn Seimer
Herman Seimer
Evelyn
F. E. Burbank
Eileen
Leland
William Miller
Henry Seimer
Williamsburg
E. Hemple
Lutheran Church
Conroy
Oxford Cemetery
Grinnell Woman Nominated for Iowa Governor in Socialist Race
The Socialist Party of Iowa nominated Grinnell College faculty member Letitia M. Conard for governor and Arnold Sather of Ames for lieutenant governor at its Des Moines convention. I. S. McCrillis of Des Moines was chosen for U.S. senator, with a platform calling for a five billion dollar federal relief and a moratorium on mortgages and taxes. Other ticket selections included J. W. Duke for secretary of state, E. O. Welk for state treasurer, J. P. Russell for attorney general, and S. O. Smith for superintendent of public instruction, among others.
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Des Moines
INS
Socialist Party of Iowa
Socialist Party
Letitia M. Conard
Grinnell College
Arnold Sather
Ames
United States
I. S. McCrillis
Goitaane
On Moll
J. W. Duke
Burlington
E. O O. Welk
J. P. Russell
Manson
H.G. Altenburger
Ankeny
O. Smith
Denmark
William J . Washington
Iowa Open Duck Season Set From October to November
Iowa hunters may pursue ducks from October 1 through November 30 under a revised schedule announced by Secretary Hyde. The daily bag limit remains 15 ducks with at most 5 eider and 10 canvasbacks or other specified species. Federal regulations apply across Iowa and nearby states including Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska the Dakotas Montana and more.
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DES Moines
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
President of Rock Island Southern Dies in Davenport
Davenport AP James W Walsh president and general manager of the Rock Island Southern railroad died at home after a heart attack in Davenport He had just returned from a trip to New York and Washington and had been ill during a heat wave Walsh born December 17 1868 in Clinton Iowa studied law at the University of Iowa and practiced in Clinton He is survived by brothers Mark Charles and Eugene with funeral plans not yet announced.
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Davenport
James W. Walsh
Rock Island Southern Railroad
Walsh
New York
Washington
Iowa
Iillinois
Charty
Clinton
University of Iowa
Mark
Charles Walsh
Eugene
Iowa Pennsylvania Picnic Set for Beeler Park
All Iowa residents who formerly lived in Pennsylvania are invited to attend the annual Iowa Pennsylvania picnic to be held at Beeler park in Marble Rock this Sunday.
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Iowa
Pennsylvania
Beeler Park
Marble Rock
Ramseyer Of Iowa To Direct G. O. P. Speakers' Bureau
Representative C William Ramseyer of Iowa is named director of the Republican speakers bureau in Chicago with plans to begin in earnest around September 25. He served nine terms in Congress and may become secretary to the President if Hoover is reelected. Sanders and Walter H Newton previously held the post. Vice President Curtis to visit campaign HQ in Chicago.
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Chicago
C. William Ramseyer
Iowa
Ures
Sanders
Ramseyer
Congress
Hoover
Walter H. Newton
Minneapolis
Charles Curtis
Washington
Benefits Rise 36 Percent as Vet Office Costs Edge Up
DES MOINES AP The year ending June 30 shows veterans administration regional office overhead at just over 4 percent while direct veteran benefits rose by 779 404 totaling 36 percent. Overhead fell from 8 to 6 percent relative to disbursements as medical examinations increased to 36 061 from 35 667 in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Veterans Administration
Funeral Services For Pioneer Of Walker
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Christian church for Azuba Hodge Keller 83 a longtime Walker resident who died Friday. Born in Flagg Maine in 1849 she moved to Iowa as a child and spent most of her life near Troy Mills and Walker. She married Ephram Keller in 1869 who preceded her in 1918. Seven children survive along with twenty-one grandchildren and thirty-five great grandchildren.
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Gazette
Christian Church
Azuba Hodge Keller
Walker
Azuba Hodge Stevens
Prince Thomas
Asenath Staples Stevens
Flagg Staff
Maine
Illinois
Iowa
Troy Mills
Ephram Keller
Independence
Lenora Dell Peyton
Luetta, Church
Tessa Melvina Andrews
Prince Edward Keller
Frank Keller
Hawthorne
Wis
Irwin W
Steward A
Mrs Georgianna Berry Funeral Held At Toledo
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs Janna Berry 76 longtime Toledo resident who died at her sister’s home north of the city She is survived by a son Ray of Hollywood California who had cared for her for the last month and two grandsons Robert and Charlies
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the Gazette
Toledo
Janna Berry
H. H. Lichty
Justice Agent Is Charged With False Arrest In Iowa
SIOUX CITY Iowa up a $20 000 suit filed Monday accuses Harry Cooper a department of justice agent from Omaha of false malicious arrest in May 13 charging counterfeit travelers checks A parallel $10 000 suit. filed against Everett Smith Sioux City detective accompanies the Cooper action.
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Sioux City
Harry Cooper
Department of Justice
Omaha
Neb
A. L Stein
Everett Smith
Cooper
Death of Mrs Fred Miller in Maquoketa
Mrs Fred Miller died at her home after two weeks illness. Her husband and daughter Jeanette predeceased her. Surviving are son Fred and daughter Mabel Goller of Brookline and brother Phillip Blinn. Services Tuesday at 3:30 pm in the home. Burial in Mt Hope cemetery.
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Maquoketa
Fred Miller
Jeanette
Fred
Mabel Goller
Brookline
Phillip . Blinn
Mt. Hope Cemetery
G W Bunn Dies. Rites Held At Maynard
Funeral services for Garrett W. Bunn 86 were conducted at the Maynard home. The body was moved to Winnebago Illinois for burial. Bunn born November 5 1846 in New York moved to Illinois at age 10. He married C E Liggett December 21 1876. Survived by widow two sons Harry F and Homer of Maynard five sisters and several relatives.
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the Gazette
Maynard
Garrett W. Bunn
Winnebago
Ill
Mr. Bunn
Hunterdon County
N. Y
Ilinois
C E. Liggett
Harry F
Homer
Lucy Weld
Rockford, Ill
Adelia Powell
Byron, Ill
B. F. Anderson
Hanna van Valzek
Rowena
S. D
Martha’ Liggett
Marcus
Mary Newmatter
Maizie Mitchell
Chicago
James Lorden
Dubuque
Funeral Services For Solon Pioneer Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Cinderella Weaver 77 who died Saturday night at her daughter’s home in Morse will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Morse with Rev. Roy Mills officiating and burial in Morse cemetery. Born March 5 1855 in Ohio she moved to Iowa in 1896 and has lived with the Beranek family for 21 years. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Lucy Hemstead of Grand Forks N D son Benjamin Weaver of Concrete Washington and five grandchildren.
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Gazette
SOLON
Sarah Cinderella Weaver
Charles Beranek
Morse
Roy Mills
Weaver
Ohio
Iowa
Beranek
Lucy
Dividend OK Gives 60 Percent to Depositors
An order by Judge D W Hamilton secured by T A Michels allows Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Haskins to pay an additional 10 percent dividend, bringing total distribution to depositors to 60 percent.
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Columbus Junction
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of
Haskins
D. W. Hamilton
T. A. Michels
Walker Bank Closed After $42,000 Shortage Revealed
Center Point-Walker Trust officials disclose a $42,000 shortage in the Walker office accounts tied to assistant cashier Stella Kayser. The bank and its Walker and Coggon branches will remain closed for ten days as directors work with the bonding company to straighten affairs and protect depositors.
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Center Point
Stella Kayser
Walker
Center Point-Walker Trust Company
Walker and Coggon
Walker and Coggan
Moving Million Dollars Needs Skill for Street Transfer
Officials of the Iowa-Des Moines National Bank prepared to open in new quarters after moving across the street to a new building. Over the weekend the bank transferred the last unit, $1,000,000 in cash, under police squad surveillance.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank
Miller Farm Home Near West Union Destroyed By Fire
WEST UNION The Henry Miller farm house six miles southeast of town in Pleasant Valley township burned Saturday morning. Losses total about 1500 dollars for the tenant Frank Yles belongings partly insured. Miller's loss partly covered while Boyle's is not. The fire likely started from the kitchen stove as the family left for the yard. an attached wood house also burned but other structures were spared due to still air.
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West Union
Henry Miller
Frank Yles
Unidentified Man Killed by Train in McGregor Sunday
An unidentified man about 40 years old was struck and killed by a train while crossing a McGregor railroad track Sunday night. He was dark, of medium height, wearing overalls. no identifying clues were found on his person. The body will be held in McGregor for now.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Pioneer Of Maquoketa Celebrates Birthday
Maquoketa resident Mrs. Orison A. Ellithorpe celebrated her eighty seventh birthday with a family dinner. Born July 23, 1845 she is the daughter of Maquoketa townsite founders Amasa and Addie Nims. Her brother Con Nims, 89, also lives near Maquoketa. The Ellithorpes marked sixty years of marriage in March.
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Maquoketa
Orison A. Ellithorpe
Addie Nims Elli
Amasa Nims
Con Nims
Mrs. Ellithorpe
Edgewood Consolidates Routes Names New Carrier
Edgewood consolidates Post Office routes No 1 and 2 at Edgewood with F Ray Minkler named as carrier. R C Wheeler retired July 10 after nearly twenty years of service.
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Edgewood
F. Ray Minkler
R. C. Wheeler
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Marshalltown
Sam Reynolds
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T. J. Noll
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Mason City
Canada
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Legionaries In Review
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W. R. Harmon
Killian
Mother
R. T. Southern Railroad
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Georgianna Berry
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