Iowa Hopes for Breathing Spell as Heat Persists
Iowa weather officials forecast a temporary cool spell with only slight relief from the heat. Maximum temperatures were expected near 100, with some showers unlikely and records set in western Iowa. Four heat deaths were reported Sunday after two on Saturday in a state-wide heat wave.
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Des Moines
INS
State Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Iowa
Atlantic
Logan
Sioux City
Illinois
Kansas
Estherville
Ames
Sac City
Corning
Red Oak
Carroll
Denison
Weather forecasts promise rain to ease drought heat
Chicago reports scattered clouds and possible showers to blunt a second July heat wave. Temperatures hit 106 in St. Joseph, 108 in Des Moines, and 113 in Fremont as drought‑stricken states faced continued misery before unsettled conditions bring local rain in Iowa Nebraska and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Fremont
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Missouri
Minnesota
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Catholic Leader Monsignor Kerby Dies at 66
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor William Joseph Kerby, sociology professor at the Catholic University of America and longtime staff member since 1897, died Monday at age 66. Born February 29, 1870 in Lawler Iowa he studied at St. Joseph's College Dubuque St Francis Seminary Milwaukee and universities in Berlin and Louvain. He was ordained in Dubuque in 1892.
Manchester Post Office Project Delayed Over Site Title
The $62,000 Manchester post office project will be postponed until title for the Delaware and South Madison streets site is secured. The government must pay about $3,800 for the site. The low bid is $50,426 from Viggo M Jensen and Company of Albert Lea, Minnesota. Officials expect award this week but cite title delays as the cause.
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Manchester
Delaware
Madison Streets
Treasury
Washington
Viggo M. Jensen and Company
Albert Lea
Minn
Marengo City Budget Approved and Permits Issued
The Marengo city council adopted the proposed budget at Friday’s meeting proposing total expenditures of 37,030 with 29.78 per thousand assessed value. A class B beer license was issued to Thomas L. Smith for South Side pool hall. another application was tabled. Adolph Iberg received a building permit for a store living quarters and filling station on highway 212.
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Marengo
Thomas L. Smith
South Side Pool Hall
Adolph Iberg
Highway 212
Forger Sought in Iowa City Rubber Check Trail
Iowa City police focus on a forger who has circulated rubber checks over the past eight days. The suspect is described as light haired and wearing dark pants as officers continue the investigation.
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Iowa City
Music Supervisor Named For Local School
Garrison school board hires Calista Biles of Stockholms Wis as music supervisor for the coming year. Miss Biles succeeds Harry Smith who resigned.
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Garrison
Calista Biles
Stockholm
Wis
Miss Biles
Harry Smith
Iowa news in brief reports several local obituaries and court action
Ruth Lassen filed for divorce from Hilmar Lassen in Tama county citing cruel treatment. Other items note vacancies at Viola High School, deaths of Henry Hansen and Anna Knoll, a 4-H talent night in Elwood, and obituaries for Mary Allard and Frank Pirnat with survivor details and funeral arrangements.
Contractor John McIntier Dies After Illness and Heat
Belle Plaine remembers John McIntier born Hillsboro Ill Nov 7 1857 died Sunday after a three month illness worsened by heat He worked on North Western railroad and rebuilt Belle Plaine after a fire erecting city hall and Palmer’s foundry He married Kate Nowotny June 20 1894 and is survived by wife and two children Maybelle Leipman and Edward Funeral at St Michael 9:30 am Tuesday with Fr Simms and Fr Michalek officiating Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
John McIintieer
Owen
Bridget McIntieer
Hillsboro
Ill
Salt Creek Township
North Western Railroad
Palmer's
Kate Nowotny
Victor
Maybelle Leipman
Norway
Edward
William Donovan
Catholic Church
Moose Lodge
St. Michael
Devastating Fire Threatens Deep River Livery Barn
A hay loft blaze at an old Deep River livery barn owned by Al Silverman broke out at noon Sunday. Firefighters and volunteers halted the fire with $8,000 in losses. Spontaneous combustion was possible. Memorial hall may need rebuilding. Several nearby structures were saved despite wind driven sparks. Montezuma and Millersburg aids limited by water shortage.
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Deep River
al Silverman
Memorial Hall
Christian Church
Methodist Church
C. E. Axtel Lumber Yard
Fred Erfeld
Clem Furney
Ben Hunt
Montezuma
Millersburg
Legion sponsored Americanism course favored by Iowa educators
Nine of nineteen Iowa Legion educators would back a Legion sponsored Americanism course for high schools. Dean King of Cornell College reported survey results from twenty one teachers, with two favoring compulsory oath with no penalties. Seventeen favored printing constitutional documents in schools. Henke urged voluntary duty oath without coercion.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
American Legion
Albion R. King
Cornell College
Dean King
Legion
California
Nebraska
W.G. Henke
Charles City
Two Women Fugitives Sought Near Fonda
Police hunted Louise Ramez 49 and Hazel Schwemier 20 after they escaped Rockwell City women's reformator y Friday. Ramez, serving life for a husband’s 1930 murder near Beverly Cedar Rapids, and Schwemier, jailed 10 years for larceny at Manchester, were sighted near the area Sunday.
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FONDA
INS
Louise Ramez
Hazel Lorrain Schwemier
Rockwell City
Beverly
Ceda Rapids
Manchester
Couple Killed in Crash Near Monona
The Associated Press reports three weekend deaths raise Iowa highway fatalities to 225 for the year. Mr and Mrs Ed Lestina near McGregor were killed Sunday at 7 am when their car was struck by a Milwaukee freight train while en route to church in Monona. The crossing is known as dangerous. Joseph Connery 42 of Lawler died when the car he rode in was hit by a truck driven by Nay Lyon of Humboldt.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Ed Lestina
McGregor
Milwaukee
Monona
Joseph Connery
Lawler
Nay Lyon
Humboldt
University Opposes Filling Station Near Hydraulics Lab
George Koser fights to build a filling station opposite the University of Iowa hydraulics laboratory despite campus protests that it would be a serious menace. Dean Francis Dawson offered to buy the Koser property to turn it into a public park near the hydraulic lab, while the council defers decision until August 7.
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Gazette
Iowa City
George Koser
University Hydraulics Laboratory
University of Iowa
Hydraulics
Clarence M. Updegraff
Koser
Francis Dawson
College of Pharmacy
Dawson
Fisher James A. 74 dies after brief illness in Postville
Funeral services were held at Schutte chapel for James A. Fisher 74 who died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born September 6 1862 in Liverpool England he came to Canada at 16 and Postville had long been his home. Survived by son Fred of Los Angeles and daughter Mrs Alice Rolly of Des Moines.
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Postville
Schutte Chapel
James A. Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Liverpool
England
Canada
Fred
Los Angeles
Alice Rolly
Des Moines
Iowa building permits rise in six months 1936 report
DES MOINES AP The state labor department reports Iowa cities issued 3,626 permits valued at 3 655 619 during the first six months of 1936 up from 3 475 permits totaling 3 127 879 a year earlier. June showed 88 more permits and 143 069 more valuation.
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State Labor Department
Iowa
BuUrington
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuane
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Marshalltown
Mason City
Cugemiwe
Sioux City
Couple Married In Woods Near McGregor
Olivia Otkin daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Otkin of Coon River Wis and Jerry Osborne of Boston were married Saturday afternoon in the woods near McGregor Iowa After getting a license in Waukon they discovered it was invalid in Clayton County A minister Rev J F Parsons of McGregor and an aunt Mrs Harriet Luce joined the couple Their ceremony took place where the Yellow River meets the Mississippi They plan a honeymoon in McGregor then a trip to St Petersburg Florida
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Lowa
Wilds
Olivia Otkin
Will Otkin
Coon River
Wis
Jerry Osborne
Boston
Waukon
Allamakee County
Clayton County
J. F. Parsons
Harriet Luce
Mississippi River
Yellow River
Mississippi
St. Petersburg
Fla
Walker Obituary Mrs Matt Schillier 54
Mrs Matt Schillier died at her home Sunday after a fourteen week illness. Born near Walker August 1 1881 she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Michael. She married in 1905 and lived here. Surviving are her husband one brother and four sisters. Funeral services Tuesday at 9 am at Sacred Heart church with burial at Spencer's Grove.
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Independence
Anna Knoll
Fairbank
Wisconsin
Michael Trebon
Buchanan County
James Knoll
Paull Knoll
Harry Knoll
Ed Forde
Waucoma
Bert Hinmon
Hillsdale
Kaw
Lena Chase
Waterloo
Louise Zwiske
Rose Zwiske
Minneapolis
Elwood
Brookfield Township
Florence Hicks
Ruth Dyer
Eleanor Hill
Duane Miller
Grace Dyer
Darrell Hicks
Gwendolyn Hicks
Lloyd Fey
Ruth Hill
Gertrude Rutenbeck
Maquoreta
Mary Allard
City Memorial Hospital
Yugoslavia
United States
Pittsburgh
Anna Mille
Pennsylvania
Waukegan, Il
Delhi
Angeline
Cleveland
Frank
Everett
Wash
Leo
Charles
Justin
Josephine
Paul
Mary
Frances
Emma
Swingle
Jeannette Pirnat
Tony Pirnat
Pirnat
Walker
Matt Schillier
Here
John Michael
William
Maggie Callan
Mary Kayser
Addie Luden
Dora Gudenhauf
Iowa Employment Gains Across State in June
Iowa employment reached a new yearly high in June as total weekly payrolls rose 2.1 percent from May and 18.1 percent from June last year. The upturn spanned four consecutive months of growth, with six of eleven industries posting gains led by food textiles lumber and tobacco. Ottumwa showed the largest city gain at 6.9 percent, while Davenport fell 0.7 percent. Des Moines rose 1.1 percent and other cities posted modest increases.
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Wenig
Iowa
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Sioux City
Waterloo
Waubeek Camp Names Young People's Leaders
At Camp Waubeek near Waubeek a Davenport Congregational youth group elected new officers Miss Margaret Joiner of Maquoketa as vice president and Neville Bowman of Davenport as president with Jean Struve of Clinton as secretary The camp opened July 20 with 86 enrollees from 14 churches in 11 towns in the Davenport district and concluded the following day The event continues the Grinnell conference outgrowth with leaders from Cedar Rapids Muscatine DeWitt Clinton and Burlington attending.
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Maquoketa
Camp Waubeek
Waubeek
Margaret Joiner
Davenport Association of Congregational Young People
Neville
Bill” Bowman
Davenport
Charles Bowman
Jean Struve
Clinton
John Blough
Muscatine
L. A. Spooner
DeWitt
H. E. Harned
Congregational Christian
Walter Staves
Cedar Rapids
Tom Keehn
Burlington
Two Townsendites Dismissed In Iowa
Des Moines reports dismissal of Otto E. Neal state lecturer and C. E. Forbes former Sixth district advisory board member from Iowa Townsend clubs. McCullough Iowa state manager of Old Age Revolving Pension Ltd ousted them over fund solicitation for Neal's Fifth district campaign. Forbes denies, plans to sue. Neal designated Citizen Maxim us of Iowa Townsend clubs a month earlier.
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Iowa Townsend Clubs
Otto E. Neal
C. E. Forbes
Sixth District Advisory Board
E. L. McCullough
Iowa
Old Age Revolving Pension
McCullough
Neal
Forbes
Citizen Maximus
Townsend Clubs
National Advisory Board
DARP
Chicago
Firebug Committed To Insane Hospital
George Brandes 538 charged with arson for firing straw stacks at Joe Blitz farm was committed to the state hospital at Independence by the county sanity commission. He tried to kill himself with a razor in jail and was found to have escaped from the state insane hospital.
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the Gazette
Waukon
George Brandes
Joe Blitz
Independence
County Sanity Commission
State Insane Hospital
Will of Fred Hagedorn filed for probate in Tama County
The April 11 1936 will from Fred Hagedorn of Gladbrook Iowa is filed in Tama County district court. He leaves Nora Jens all kitchen utensils and furniture and the remaining household goods to Nora Jens Frieda Delfs Ella Siemens and Lillian Schieldt Nielsen. The rest of the estate is divided equally among the three daughters and the granddaughter with one fourth each. From Lilian Schieldt Nielsen's share deductions apply for any notes or accounts owed by her or her father. Son-in-law William Delfs appointed executor.
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Toledo
Fred Hagedorn
Gladbrook
Tama
Nora Jens
Frieda Delfs
Ella Siemens
Lillian Schieldt Nielsen
Lilian Schieldt Nielsen
William Delfs
Washington Board Names Latin Teacher for High School
Washington Ia Miss Marjory Stivers of Anamosa elected to teach Latin at Washington High School for the coming year after granting Miss Bonita Larby leave to pursue a master's at the University of Iowa. Stivers a Coe College graduate attended the University of Iowa and has twelve years of teaching experience.
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Washington School Board
Marjory Stivers
Anamosa
Washington High School
Bonita Larby
University of Iowa
Stivers
Coe College
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Chelsea
Tama County
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Mary Collins
Forest Boots
Hopkinton
Cecila Ellington
Syble Post
Calamus
Henry Chris Hansen
Callamus
Hans Hansen
Denmark
Clinton County
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Guy Roupe
Ed Seifert
Carl
Louis
Andrew
Fred Clinton
Sophie Hansen
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. D. Bostrom
University
Parker House
Martin J. Lavin
DES Moines (Ap
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Ethel Arnold
Gus Kramer
Master Carpenter
J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
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Tony Manero
Smiung Jimime
Henican
U.S
Jimmie
Mimmie Henigan
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