Storm Clouds Soak Iowa Farms and Towns in Flooding
A heavy rain and electrical storm sweeping Iowa caused widespread flooding in western counties, washing out roads and bridges and destroying barns and gardens. Lightning sparked property damage and linked to one fatality while rainfall swelled rivers and inundated about 4,000 acres of lowlands in Carroll and Audubon counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Manning
Leon
Sperman Rumley
Harry Sears
Iowa State College
Brayton
Charles Rutherford
Audubon County
Harold Speece
Extra
Carroll
Audubon
Nishnabotna
Iowans Warned About Wood Ticks Carrying Rocky Mountain Fever
Des Moines AP reports state health commissioner Dr. Walter L. Bierring urged Iowans to watch for wood ticks as they emerge. He notes ticks can inhabit wooded and unsettled areas and cites 1937 as the record year with 16 cases and four deaths.
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Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
West Liberty Farmer Frank Tucker Is Sentenced
West Liberty farmer Frank Tucker received a thirty day jail term in Justice Mackey's court for intoxication on the highway. The magistrate also recommended revoking his driver's license.
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West Liberty
Frank Tucker
West Branch
Rice Rupture Service Experts Visit Cedar Rapids
The Rice Rupture Service Experts will be at the Montrose Hotel in Cedar Rapids Iowa on Friday June 3 and Saturday June 4 offering demonstrations of the Rice Method for reducible rupture. Free trial with appliance and no charge unless satisfied. Hours 9 to 12 a.m. 2 to 3 p.m. or 7 to 8 p.m. Ask at hotel desk for Rice Representatives.
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William 5S. Rice, Inc
Adams
N. Y
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fayette High Grad Qualifies in Five Brain Derby Subjects
Claude R. Welch, a 1938 Fayette high school graduate, qualifies in physics American history American government English correctness and literature for the state brain derby. He is the state’s only student with five subjects and was valedictorian and senior class president. Welch is a bank janitor and helps at home milking a cow and tending a seven acre ranch with his family. He plans further education to earn a PhD.
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Fayette
Claude R. Welch
Fayette High School
Welch
State Bank
Marengo Dedicates Legion's New Home
Marengo dedicates a new American Legion post home valued at about 7500 dollars built by member donations. Iowa commander James R. Dolliver calls the building a shrine of patriotism and urges vigilance for freedom as he teaches youth about Americanism and representative government. Post Commander R R Schroeder presided. Ben Nichols of West Liberty is endorsed for district commander.
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Marengo
James R. Dolliver
Iowa
American Legion
Legion
R. R. Schroeder
Ben Nichols
West Liberty
The
Marengo Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Events
Professor Charles L. Sanders elected president of the Tri angle club with Prof. Gordon Marsh as secretary and others named to committees. A certiorari hearing will review Dr. F J Crow’s animal hospital site dispute and a building permit cancellation. Doherty dinner tickets go on sale for June 22 dedication event. Florence Schneberger tops four years of work at St Mary’s and PEO Sisterhood district 3 plans Cedar Rapids state convention with area towns listed. Optional Want Ad promotes vacation money via selling unwanted items.
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Iowa City
Charles L. Sanders
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Triangle Club
Lewis E. Ward
Gordon Marsh
C. H. Maruth
Jacob Cornoy
Earle S. Smith
F. J. Crow
Harold D. Evans
Iowa City Board of Adjustment
Doherty
American Legion
Florence Schneberger
St. Mary's High School
Maxine Berger
Paul Hennessey
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Cedar Rapids
Carl Thomas
I. A. Rankin
Marion
Mount Vernon
Marengo
Tipton
Grinnell
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Montezuma
Davenport Bans Pinball Machines Citywide
Davenport police chief issued a sweeping order to remove all pinball machines from drug stores hotels cafes taverns and cigar stores after raids on two night clubs led to seizure of automatic payoff machines and two arrests. Club proprietors Earl Pauley and Peter Hamas were fined ten dollars and costs and given ten day suspended sentences for keeping a disorderly house.
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Davenport
Reed Phillips
Earl Pauley
Peter Hamas
Phillips
Honors Awarded At Commencement Of U I A Fayette
Commencement exercises at Upper Iowa University Fayette featured remarks by former Senator L J Dickinson on Representative Government Our Only Guarantee of Liberty. Honorary degrees went to Stuart A Maharan and Rev Thomas Anderson. Prizes awarded include creative writing top honors to Forrest Moore and Lorna Gassett. American Revolution medal to Ralph Wells. cash prizes to Virginia Strayer and Leonard Kadera. additional honors to Mary Williams, George Martin, George Caswell, Newell Brink. Highest scholarship honors shared by Mary Williams and Leonard Kadera.
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Fayette
Upper Iowa University
L. J. Dickinson
Stuart A Maharan
Creighton University
Thomas Anderson
Wellington Avenue Congregational Church
Chicago
Forrest Moore
Wadena
Lorna Gassett
Cresco
Iowa
George Martin
West Union
George Caswell
Maynard
Newell Brink
Leonard Kadera
Tripoli
Mary Williams
Fairbank
Yeggs Enter Two West Liberty Establishments
West Liberty report of burglaries at the AL Dice lumber and coal yard office and the West Liberty Cooperative creamery Tuesday night. A small safe at the creamery held change. a larger safe remained locked with the dial broken. Attempts on the lumber office safe also failed. Fingerprints were taken. police suspect amateur thieves using on site tools.
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Gazette
West Liberty
AL. Dice Lumber and Coal Yard
West Liberty Cooperative Creamery
Yegeges
Geggs
Davenport Couple Wed in Davenport Ceremony
Miss Florence Wentworth and Lyle Mohr married in Davenport on Saturday with Rev. C Kirtley Gillum presiding. They will reside in Galesburg Illinois where Mr Mohr is employed. The bride and groom are Davenport and DeWitt high school graduates, class of 1934.
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Dewitt
Florence Wentworth
Davenport
Lyle Mohr
William Mohr
C. Kirtley Gillum
First Christian Church
Galesburg
Ill
la Crosse
Wis
Drs
Jordan
Jansen
University of Iowa
Mico-Wesco Corporation
Bettendorf
Columbus Junction
Marie Houck
R. S. Houck
van Wert
Wayne Chown
Maude Chown
Louisiana, Mo
Lorraine Johnston
Muscatine
Roy Lewis
Chown
Columbus High School
van Wert High School
Rock Island
Birthday surprise and marriages across eastern Iowa
Fred Novotny of Swisher was surprised on his birthday by a large group of relatives. Walford high school students hosted a party for Miss Eleanor Wagley. Obituaries note deaths in Maquoketa and Baldwin. DeWitt witnessed the marriage of Alberta Ryan and Walter Jansen. Maquoketa junior college officers named. Timber City Legion post to hold election and July Fourth plans. A Manchester wedding linked Gertrude Ottilie and Reuben Wood. Willis Roloff received a 60 day drunken driving sentence. Additional weddings occurred at Iowa City and Columbus Junction with local families attending.
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Swisher
Fred Novotny
Anton Novotny
Adolph Kopecky
Frank Ziskovsky
Marvin
Vernon
Oldrich Netolicky
Donald
Clifford
R. L. Wintz
Agnes Ziskovsky
Gladys Novotny
Frances Kopecky
Frank Novotny
Mary Rose
Genevieve
Joseph
Helen Novotny
Walford
Junior Blaylock
Leonard Womochil
Evelyn Halla
Irene Kleppe
Lester Snell
Marlyn Schulte
Charles Hasley
Irene Sampson
Maquoketa
Maquoketa Junior College Association
Delmar
Post
Manchester
Presbyterian Church
Deep River
Gertrude M. Ottilie
W. A. Ottilie
Delaware County
Reuben M. Wood
Schleswig
James McInnis
Presbyterian
Irma Ross
Donnellson
Marvin Ottilie
Beloit
Wis
Eugene Brown
Cedar Rapids
Alice Mae Ottilie
Iowa City
Manchester High School
Iowa
Willis Roloff
Ralph W. Hasner
Waterloo
Roloff
Blanche M. Hotz
Otto C. Hotz
John Knox
Oneida
S. T. Knox
Vincent Gilroy
Hotel Jefferson
Knox
University of Iowa
Johnson County
Seashore To Give Charge At Iowa U Graduation
Seashore Dean Emeritus Carl E. Seashore will deliver the commencement address at the University of Iowa seventy-eighth graduation next Monday. More than 1 000 degrees and certificates will be awarded amid a week of 21 events including alumni activities and the baccalaureate by Dr. Charles R Brown dean emeritus Yale divinity school.
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Iowa City
Carl E. Seashore
University of Iowa
Dr. Seashore
Thomas H. Macbride
Bohumil Shimek
Charles B. Wilson
Seashore
Graduate College
Charles R Brown
Yale Divinity School
Wegman Releases Hopkins Telegram in Iowa Primary Fight
Iowa Treasurer Leo J. Wegman released the substance of a telegram to Harry L. Hopkins praising the WPA chief for backing Otha D. Wearin in the Democratic Senate primary against Guy M. Gillette. Kraschel denounced Hopkins but kept silent on his own candidacy.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Leo J. Wegman
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Otha D. Wearin
Nelson G Kraschel
Hopkins
Wearin
Guy M. Gillette
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
Kraschel
Gillette
Wegman
Roosevelt
Clarence Man Hurt In Shelter Accident
Clarence Carl Deerberg, 49, of Clarence, sustained severe injuries to his right hand when it became caught in a corn shelter on a local farm Tuesday. The middle finger and the forefinger at the first joint were severed and the third finger was badly lacerated. He received treatment at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
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Clarence
Carl Deerberg
Here
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Turner Urges G. O. P. To Nominate Dickinson
Former Iowa Governor Dan W. Turner told a Republican rally in Red Oak that former Senator L. J. Dickinson has never wavered in his opposition to the New Deal. He argued Dickinson as nominee would make the choice clear between the party and what he called state socialism.
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RED Oak
Iowa
Dan W. Turner
L. J. Dickinson
Dickinson
Mississippi River Fish Are Smart in Rising and Falling Waters
McGregor expert C. F. Culler of the U S Bureau of Fisheries reports carp sense river level changes before other fish. He notes river fall from 15.6 feet to three inches, guiding fishing success while nests and eggs for ducks were washed away by high water.
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Mcgregor
C. F. Culler
Culler
Upper Mississippi
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Mississippi
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Evergreen McShane former Springville postmaster dies at 80
Everett T McShane 80 former postmaster of Springville died Tuesday night after a lingering illness. Born on a local farm he spent his life in and near Springville. Survived by son C Jay McShane and sister Cora McShane. wife Ellen Winans died in 1921. Funeral Thursday 2 30 at Beck chapel with Rev L C Smith officiating.
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Springville
Everett T McShane
Ellen Winans
C. Jay McShane
Cora McShane
Beck Chapel
L. C Smith
Tama Indians Seek New Election On Governance
A petition signed by 100 Mesquakie Indians on the reservation west of here asks the federal Department of Indian Affairs for a new election to decide whether the tribe should continue democratic rule or revert to hereditary chieftain rulership. Frank Moore head, state agent in Des Moines, said a federal representative would investigate the differences.
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TAMA
Here
Federal Department of Indian Affairs
Washington
Des Moines
Frank Moore
Federal
Indian Affairs Department
Independence Couple Wed in St Josephs Church Ceremony
Miss Grace Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs R N Allen became the bride of Irven Kayser of Cedar Falls son of Mrs Mary Kayser of New Hampton in a Wednesday nine o clock ceremony at St Josephs Catholic church. The Rev B A Erdland officiated with organist Mrs O M Rowland and singers Julia Spener Clarence Kayser the church choir and Mabel Kayser. Ushers were Robert Allen and Irven Wendling with Mrs M R Ryder as matron of honor. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple departed for a south trip.
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Independence
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Grace Alen
R. N. Allen
Irven Kayser
Cedar Falls
Mary Kayser
New Hampton
B. A. Erdland
O. M. Rowland
Julia Spener
Clarence Kayser
Mabel Kayser
Robert Allen
Decorah
Irven Wendling
M. R. Ryder
Kayser
Cherny and
Cherny
American Petroleum Company
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Chariton
Raccoon
Rockwell City
Fort Dodge
Ames
Atlantic
Burlington
Jefferson
Monroe
Perry
Boone
Webster City
Ottumwa
Charles City
Farmer
Dolliver
Davenport Bans
U.I. A
Yeggs
Iowa News
George Duke
Nashville
Henry Jacobs
Baldwin
Janie Hale
Buchner
Iowa U
Turner
Penney’s
Real Values Girls
Sandala
Oxfords
Penney’s C. Penney Company, Incorporated
Mississippi River
Everett McShane
Hartman
First Avenue
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