Valentine Attacks G O P Record In Iowa Convention
John K. Valentine, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, scored the GOP administration, labeling its 1938 pledges a zero and pledging a program of slum clearance, state civil service reform, and farm road improvements if elected. He urged an honest merit system, low cost housing aid, and stronger tenancy remedies, while praising Henry A. Wallace and Roosevelt’s leadership.
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Des Moines
John K. Valentine
Republican State Administration
Iowa
New Deal
Valentine
GOP
General Assembly
Towa
Henry A. Wallace
Grapefruit Juice Diet Claim Ad
An old advertisement promotes a grapefruit juice recipe to reduce ugly fat. It claims quick, excellent results with a Pernol concentrate and grapefruit juice, urging readers to buy from druggists and mentioning Mays Drug Store.
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Mays Drug Store
Ex-Chief Kills Girl and Himself in Burlington
Burlington police described the deaths as murder and suicide. Florence Robertson a 28 year old Morning Sun resident was found dead in her room with R A Murphy former Burlington police chief. Murphy held a .22 caliber revolver and left two notes addressed to the girl’s father and to his roommate Burt Zink. Murphy, divorced father of two, had been keeping company with Robertson and was said to be jealous and despondent over unemployment.
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Burlington
Florence Robertson
Morning Sun
R. A
Pat'' Murphy
Murphy
E W. Robertson
Burt Zink
Miss Robertson
Indiana
Jeff
Washington
Junior Knoll
Bill Peters
Darwin Vacha
Washington County Hospital
Duane Dawson
Fred Durst
Knott
Peters
Vacha
Dawson
Durst
Pair Caught At Marengo Taken Back To Atlantic To Face Holdup Charge
Steve Ratcliff and Lawrence Hill, both of Dayton, Ohio, were returned to Atlantic, Ja, to face a filling station holdup charge. They admitted theft of four automobiles in Ohio and Illinois. The Oldsmobile, captured by Iowa police, was stolen at Pekin. Local witnesses identified them as the Atlantic holdup perpetrators.
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Marengo
Atlantic
Steve Ratcliff
Dayton
Lawrence R. Hill
PP. White
Cass County
Eight new National Guard air squadrons approved
Des Moines will host one of eight new observation plane squadrons. It will have 105 enlisted men, 31 officers, and 13 planes. Construction must finish by Jan 1 with fed funds for salaries and equipment. Local plans include hangars and shops. approx 225000 in cost and 1000 workers.
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Des Moines
National Guard
War Department
Adj
Charles H. Grahl
Air Corps Reserve
Grahl
Adjutant General's Office
Camp Riley, Minn
Elect Officers For Tipton's New Junior Chamber Of Commerce
TIPTON The Tipton Junior Chamber of Commerce was permanently organized after a dinner at Hotel Tipton. D A Donohue was elected president P T Belgard first vice president Jack Spear second vice president William E Beck Jr secretary and Donald Nelson and W A Hobstetter directors for one year. A committee was chosen to meet the Greater Tipton club directors next Monday to seek approval and cooperation. Regular meetings are set for the second and last Mondays each month.
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Tipton
P.T. Belgard
Jack Spear
William E. Beck, Jr
Donald Nelson
Greater Tipton Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Parnell
Mary Clare Hannon
Wapsie Park
Grinnell — Grinnell Legionaires
American Legion
Montezuma
Brooklyn
Grinnell
Jess Halden
Newton Legion Post
Fifth District
Martelle
Martelle Consolidated School
Butler Park
Springville
Martello Alumni Association
Doris Armstrong Strother
Beryl Richardson Brady
Geraldine Armstrong Davis
Harold Rumpal
Esther Miller Erwin
Stanwood
Emma Hart
Hart
Emma Cole
Pleasant Hill
Jones County
Frank C. Hart
Hardin
Cedar Rapids
Lester
Forrest
Donald
Kenneth
Jerry Lou
Mary A. Scrivers
Wellington
Kan
Esther
Free Woman For Giving Evidence
Marie Embree freed of aiding an attempted prison break after testifying as a state witness. She admitted acting as go‑between for Ivan Sullivan and Lowell Haenze in the plan to remove William Cunningham from the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. Deputy Klopfenstein said she was released Tuesday for providing evidence.
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Fort Madison
Marie Embree
Ivan Sullivan
Lowell Haenze
William Cunningham
Hannibal
F. L. Klopfenstein
Mrs Moyer Bedfast Two Months After Auto Crash
Mrs Charles Moyer of Tama remains confined to bed for about two months after an automobile accident Saturday night. Doctors report her condition improving with X ray showing three fractures of the pelvic bone. Her husband Mr Moyer also injured but improving. Special to The Gazette Tama.
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Tama
Charles 5. Moyer
A. J. Wentzien
Southern Iowa Sees Rain With More Due
Des Moines AP reports warmer temperatures around five degrees are expected in Iowa Thursday as cloudy skies and thunderstorms continue. Southern Iowa already received heavy rainfall with Creston 1.59 inches, Des Moines 1.61, and other towns reporting over an inch. Des Moines and Raccoon rivers rose sharply from runoff, with the Center Street dam reaching 4.33 feet before easing, and the Raccoon at 8.27 feet.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oe Weather Bureau
Keokuk
Creston
Albis
Waukee
Tracy
Monroe
van Meter
Raccoon
Center Street
Rail Fans To Visit McGregor And Marquette Sunday
About 400 rail enthusiasts from Chicago will ride a 12 car train to Marquette and McGregor on Sunday. The Chicago chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society sponsors the trip with D W Yungmeyer in charge. They will tour a Marquette rail yard and shops then travel by boat to Pike's Peak State Park with guides and a cano gondola ride back.
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McGregor
Marquette
Chicago
Model Railroad Builders’ Guild
The
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
D. W. Yungmeyer
Milwaukee Railway Traffic Department
Madison
Wis
Round House
Pike's Peak State Park
Pictured Rocks Canyon
H. Clark Brown
Park
Pictured Rocks
Savanna
Mississippi
Willkie Support Grows in Johnson County Rally Effort
Rickets named vice president of the Willkie for President club in Johnson County and will organize county backing against Roosevelt's third term. J. Galvin to speak at Lone Tree homecoming, replacing Sheriff Walter Bucse who cannot attend. T. C. Weeber nets a 30-pound flathead catfish after wading into the Iowa River to land the catch.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
R MN
Rickets
Willkie
Johnson County
Willard Archie
Shenandoah
Roosevelt
J. Galvin
Lone Tree
Will Jackson
Galvin
Walter Bucse
Scott County
T. C. Weeber
Tonwa
Iowa
Evelyn Skibbe Weds K Wayne Wiltse in Edgewood
Miss Evelyn Skibbe of Edgewood daughter of Mrs John Scherf wed K Wayne Wiltse son of Mrs Ruby Wiltse Hansel in a high noon ceremony at the Lutheran parsonage in Manchester. Rev Adix officiated. The couple will reside in Edgewood where Wiltse works in R E A contracting.
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Edgewood
Evelyn Skibbe
John Scherf
Guttenberg
K. Wayne Wiltse
Ruby Wiltse-Hansel
Manchester
Adix
Rialto Wold
Scherf
Wiltse
Edgewood High School
Frey Tastee
Focal High School
Chicago
R.E.A. Contracting
Iowa City Savings Assets Sold for 800 Dollars
Iowa City attorney Emil Trott bought the remaining assets of the Iowa City Savings bank receivership for 800 dollars. A sale of the Johnson County Savings bank receivership assets is expected within the next 60 days, said Ray Huber, assistant examiner in charge.
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Iowa City
Emil Trott
Iowa City Savings Bank
Johnson County Savings Bank
Ray Huber
Kennedy Named to Staff of Iowa Law College
Frank R. Kennedy was named an instructor on the University of Iowa College of Law staff by Dean Mason Ladd. He comes from Yale where he did research in legal writing on bankruptcy with Prof James Moore, and previously worked on the Washington University Law Review. Kennedy will teach bankruptcy and federal procedure and assist in a new required legal writing course.
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Iowa City
Frank R. Kennedy
University of Iowa College of Law
Mason Ladd
Kennedy
Yale
James Moore
Washington University of St Louis
The
Law Review
Coif
Honorary Legal Society
Springfield State Teachers College
Missouri
Ladd J
University Law College
Willkie Not To Speak Monday In Iowa
Des Moines AP Gov George A Wilson said Harlan Bushfield of South Dakota has accepted an invitation to meet Willkie at a farm conference in Des Moines next Monday. Willkie will greet Iowans from the statehouse east steps but will not speak until his acceptance address in Elwood Indiana on Aug 17 and is expected to speak later in Iowa.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Harlan J. Bushfield
South Dakota
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Payne H. Ratner
Kansas
Dwight Green
Illinois
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Missouri
Wilson
Willkie
Eastern Iowa town news items add to obituary list
A string of local notices reports deaths in Oxford Junction and Winthrop, including John F Kleineck 77 and Michael Greeley 75, plus a Hayes reunion in Calamus and a Conesville funeral for John Ramer. Other items cover Clut ter school finances Calamus area, Decora h aging Stener Larson, Washington confidence game, and Oxford Junction Gotha screening.
Candidates Named for SU Degrees at Iowa University
The University of Iowa registrar lists degrees for the 1940 summer session with convocation Friday in the Iowa union. Acting President Chester Phillips will confer. Dr. Free Alexander of Western Australia will lecture on An Australian Looks at the America of 1940.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Union
Chester Phillips
Free Alexander
Department of History
University of Western Australia
America
Iowa
Allamakee
Geneva Water
Postville
Benton
Chester Fairnle
Norway
Cedar
James Powers
Tipton
Clayton
Cecil Carter
Garnaville
Wilber Owen
Marquette
Delaware
Paul Johnston
Hopkinton
Walter Oldham
Oneida Fayette
Joseph Becker
Clermont
Fern Salisbury
Hawkeye
Edward Shelton
Maynard
Cecil Kemp
Oelwein
Johnson
Frank Haight
Richard Jones
Florence Peters
Eugenie Richter
Helen Ries
Mary Sheets
Howard James
Esther Martin
Wilhelm Bodine
Paul Brechler
Harold Christensen
Herbert Cormack
James Curtis
Marcel
Eleanor Metheny
Wilson Paul
Henry Price
Fred Rigby
Malcom Stewart
Mary Thompson
M. Erik Wright
Jones
Marjorie Stivers
Anamosa
Keokuk
Ruth Jones
Keota
Clifford Dewey
Thornburg
James Nelson
Sigourney, Linn
Ganson Byers
Robert N. Eby
Betty Nissen
Cedar Rapids
Edward Stepanek
Mary Beitenman
Edwin Hembern
Richard Parker
Elen Torstensen
Winneshick
Nelson Preus
Decorah
Fairfax Hey-Day Returns With Evening Dance
The Fairfax Hey-Day festival will be held Tuesday Aug 6 sponsored by the Fairfax Young Men's club. Highlights include a noon horse pulling contest sky dancers on a disc atop a 75 foot pole, Fairfax band music, street races, wrestling on Main street, and an evening dance.
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Fairfax
Young Men's Club of
Tom
Betty
Fairfax Band
Clutier Harvest Festival Set for August 18
The Clutier Harvest Festival is scheduled for Sunday August 18 organized by the Immaculate Conception church. Rev Thomas Vopatek says a noon chicken dinner will be served at the Community hall with attractions in the afternoon and a play planned for the evening.
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Clutier
Immaculate Conception Church
Thomas Vopatek
Brandon Faces Citywide Blackout as Power Franchise Ends
Brandon in Buchanan County, a town of about 400, lost electricity at midnight Tuesday after the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern contract expired. Residents prepared with lanterns and ice boxes, while Mayor C. D. Prior and Town Clerk W. W. Bain led a push to extend or replace power, with Aug. 22 set for a vote on municipal vs private diesel power.
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Brandon
Buchanan County
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Northern
C. D. Prior
W. W. Bain
N. Power
Waterloo Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Prior
Bain
No Criminal Negligence In Wheatland Accident
In Wheatland an inquest at city hall found that Harry Smith Wheatland telephone manager died on July 26 while repairing wires on a pole outside the telephone office. The jury led by Coroner L O Riggert found no criminal negligence by anyone involved.
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Wheatland
Harry Smith
L.O. Riggert
Smith
Wheatland Telephone
James Norman Halls Visit In Arlington
Arlington residents hosted James Norman Hall and his family over the weekend. Hall, native of Colfax and author of South Sea tales, stayed with his cousin H. R. Young and their children Nancy and Conrad.
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Arlington
Tahiti
James Norman Hall
Nancy
Conrad
Hall
H. R. Young
Mr. Hall
Colfax
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Fort Dodge
Iown
R. A. Murpipy
Iowa Daily Press
Flomence Robertson
Bailey Boot Shop
May's
Mays Tea Room
National Guard Air
McGregor and
Iowa U. Law College
Oxford Junction
John F. Kleineck
Mr. Kleineck
Solon
Christian
Mary Kleineck
Tillie Ruvicka
Mount Vernon
Thomas
Anne Greeley
Colorado
Byron Township
Lizzie McCarty
Agnes Greeley
Greeley
St. Patrick’s Church
John A. Hayes
Reynold Petersen
John Henry Eden
Henry Anderson
Mary Hayes
Dennis Henning
Ray Anderson
Conesville
John Ramer
Methodist
E. Jasmann
Oskaloosa
E. L. McClure
C. L. Wolford
R. W. Jean Sang
Hilda Owen
Jay Wall
Clarence Forbes
Oscar Brehme
James Moorhead
George Jarrard
C. E. Nicholson
Stener Larson
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Mr. Larson
Old People’s
Glenwood
Minn
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California
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Home Cemetery
Harold M. Putnam
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Verveaun
Typewriter Exchange
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Vermont
James Norman Halls
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