Washington liquor store talks drop amid protests
Negotiations for a state liquor store at Washington were temporarily dropped after protests to the liquor commission. The commission said the strong opposition prompted setting aside consideration of the Washington site while other contracts proceed. Individual purchase permits were said to be ready about five days before stores open, and distribution would follow.
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Des Moines
Harold Cooper
The
Liquor Commission
Cooper
Washington
Commission
Brady Transfer and Storage Company
Fort Dodge
White Line Transfer and Storage Company
Commision
L.E Stone
Highway 6
Funeral for Dr Fred D Merritt Held Saturday
Mount Vernon mourns Dr Fred D Merritt lifelong educator who died Thursday. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 am at the family residence with Rev C F Stratton and Dr E T Goueh officiating. Burial beside his parents at West Union. He taught economics at multiple colleges in the west and midwest and was the first to receive a PhD from the University of Iowa.
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Mount Vernon
Fred D Merritt
C F Stratton
E T Goueh
West Union
Merritt
West
Middlewest
Cornell
Mount Verron
University of Iowa
LA Porte City
Robert Haire
A. B. Lovejoy
Haire
Waterloo
Lowden
Trinity Lutheran School
Trinity Hall
Hugo Wiebel
Elmer Wenndt
Victor Hein
Leonard Meyer
Edwin Kroemer
Wilbert Stolte
Arlene Helmold
Irene Krueger
Gertrude Stolte
Marian Licht
H Mans
Trinity Lutheran Church
Hugo Wie
Rev. M. Steege
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Frank Hinkelman
West Branch
K. D. Krumroy
Quality
Krumroy
Frank Shaull
Marengo Cafe
Lloyd Masteller
Grace Crenshaw
Bess Luce
J. J. Vertrees
Terry Hotel
A. B. Slechta
Deloit
Vertrees
Monticello
C. R. Fisher
Des Moines
Herbert
Ray
Russell Fisher
Darrell Fisher
Pittsburgh
E. L. Fisher
Herbert Fisher
Two Bandits Abduct Man In OsKaloosa and Des Moines
Des Moines police hunted two armed men who robbed Bastian Denhatog of his truck and 25 dollars. They forced him to drive to Camp Dodge and wire funds to the sheriff before allowing his return. Deputies were dispatched to retrieve the victim.
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Des Moines
Bastian Denhatog
Oskaloosa
Denhatog
Camp Dodge
Frank Hook
Hook
Meat Van Upsets On Tama Street
Mrs Celia Rice of Waterloo allegedly ran a stop sign at Highway 59 and 30 Friday morning causing Carl Fordeen driving a meat transport truck to swerve. The truck overturned dumping barrels and boxes across the street. Fordeen and his companion were unhurt. They were enroute to Chicago from Omaha aboard No 30.
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Beedal
Gallatte
TAMA
Celia Rice
Waterloo
Carl Fordeen
Fordeen
Chicago
Omaha
Auto Crash Fatal to Garrison Man
William J. Turner 42 of Garrison died in Vinton hospital at 2 30 am Friday after a skull fracture from an automobile accident near Mount Auburn. His son in law Winfred Crowe was with him when a wheel came off. Turner, born in Kentucky, moved to Garrison in 1924. Surviving: wife Gustava Dicker Turner and eight children. Funeral set 2:30 Sunday at the Methodist church in Garrison.
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Vinton
William J. Turner
Garrison
Vinton Hospital
Mount Auburn
Turner
Winfred Crowe
Kentucky
Gustava Dickerson
Lester Crowe
Henry Gray
Wilma Paul Wayne
Marjory
Methodist Church
D D Whitmore
Baptist Church
Men Dig Out Terrier From Drain Pipe Near Grundy Center
Men spent a day and a half to rescue a terrier owned by Buster Bienfang from a drain pipe after it chased a rabbit into a cellar opening. Neighbors called for help. the dog was eventually freed to a happy reunion with the Bienfang children.
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Specis!t
Gazette Grundy Center
Buster Bienfane
Wats
Bienfang
Lenox College Graduation Marks Largest Class Yet
Forty nine students receive diplomas in normal training and liberal arts at Lenox junior college in Hopkinton. Three music diplomas awarded. Commencement speaker was Paul Buckholst of the University of Dubuque. Alumni prizes go to Rosalind Dunlap and others. alumni banquet and tributes follow.
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Pearl M. Reeve
EB. V. Laughiineff Steel
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Iowa
Rosalind Dunlap
Dorothy Squier
Alice Mae Ottillie
Joyce Preston Irvin Adams
Walter Slaser
Lloyd Pierce
Neva Reed
J D. MacAllister
J D MacAlister
Eleanor MacDonald
Norman Easter
Hugh Robinson
James Littlefield
MW Campbell
A E Anderson
W P Lord
Springville Masons Mark 75th Anniversary Celebration
Springville lodge No. 139 A F and A M observes its seventy fifth anniversary with a Friday evening celebration in Springville. A dinner will be served by the order with 1450 covers planned for members and guests from surrounding towns.
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Springville
Springville Lodge No
Iowa News in Brief Consolidates Iowa town notices
Iowa brief items cover several towns including Manchester Calamus Clarence Toledo Riverside Calmar Clermont Toledo Edgewood La Porte City Lowden MareNgo La Porte City West Branch and Des Moines related notices and events. Highlights include graduation programs honorary letters and diplomas at Manchester High School the Calamus Alumni banquet postmaster changes in Clarence and Toledo commencement addresses at the State Juvenile Home and multiple local obituaries and civic notices.
Cornell Alumni Reunions Highlight Open Campus Weekend
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Road House opens Saturday for Cornell alumni of many classes led by 1894 members celebrating forty years. Merle N. Smith of Pasadena will give the commencement address with Dr Charles R Keyes in charge. Antigone will be staged on library steps with Ava Schnittjer as Antigone and a cast from several towns. Alumni events include chapel, induction for class of 1934, luncheon, and a 6 30 banquet with speakers from Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, and Colorado Springs. A reception follows at 3 30 with President Burgstahler prior to the banquet.
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Cornell College
Cornell
Merle N. Smith
First Methodist Church
Pasadena
Calif
Charles R. Keyes
Luella Boyd
B Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Sophocles
Antigone
Albert Franklin Johnson
Ava Schnittjer
Delhi
Carl Weber
Columbus Junction
Alva Benson
Algona
John Ross Winnie
Clear Lake
Wesley Wichman
Glenn Low
Mount Vernon
Fred Kluss
Alumni Association
H. J. Burgstahler
Methodist Church
H. C. Ring
Richard Baker
Cedar Falls
Dean T. R. McConnell
Walter B. Gray
C. H. Dudley
Colorado Springs
Clyde Tull
Lucile Indra
Lena, Jr
Claude Rose
Newton
White Man s Hoey Said Tama Indian Flood Predictions
Special to The Gazette reports George Young Bear of the Twn reservation dismissing white claims that Indians can predict floods. He says such notions are false and that Indians do not desert lowlands. The piece cites old tribal signs and notes today’s Indians roam hills out of love of nature, not flood fears. Also reported is the death of Dr. R H Spence, 59, in Painesville Ohio, formerly a Wyoming physician, survived by wife, a son and a daughter.
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George Young Bear
Twn
Young Bear
Wyoming
A. W. Peck
R. H. Spence
Painesville
Jobs found for 1000 more Iowans
The Iowa state employment service placed 1,004 persons in the week ending May 26. Frank Wenig says 153 placements were women and 851 men. Women found in domestic and personal service roles, office work, and misc occupations. Public works employed 610 men. others went to private employers.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Employment Service
Frank E. Wenng
Ottumwa
Burlington
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Mason City
Council Bluffs
State Service
Wenig
Refunds On Auto Licenses Issued In 94 Counties
DES MOINES AP Complet ing its checking in 94 counties the state motor vehicle department Friday has issued 233 650 refunds on 1934 automobile licenses the value of which was 747 581 50 Lew Wallace department superintendent estimated that completion of the check in the other five counties will bring the total number to about 250 000 and the total amount of the refunds to about 760 000 Refunds resulted from enactment of a bill at the special legislative session reducing that part of the registration fee based on the car's value after the third registration. Refunds in some of the completed counties were Polk 41 523 Scott 26 360 Linn 23 182 Black Hawk 18 256 Jasper 14 407 Dubuque 14 285 Poweshiek 5 895.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Lew Wallace
Polk
Scott
Linn
Black Hawk
Jasper
Dubuque
Poweshiek
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Dewey Ealy
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Betty Shirley
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Tama Street
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Iowa News
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Floyd E. Pratt
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Marie Meyer
Robert Porteous
Ludwina Wulfekuhle
Gertrude Emerson
America
E. L. Ritter
Delaware Township
Jessie MM .O Parker
George Duffey
Margaret Sands
LaVerne Beecher
Calamus
Calamus Rush School
Lester Marron
Wilbur Dosland
Rae St. John
Clarence
Lou Brink
Miss Brink
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Taft
Wilson
Maud Brink
Brink Sisters
C. BE. Martzahn
Vern Freeman
Alice Cosgriff
Marjorie Hecht
Toledo
Alex Miller
Martin Birrer
Droll
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St. Aloysius School
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Lois Beevar
Vincent Bullerman
Joseph Emerson
Lavonne Emerson
Clouel Frana
Lawrence Frana
Raphael Giesing
Marian Hennessy
Margaret Hosting
Seraphia Huber
Edward Humpal
Wilma Kudina
Charles Schissel
Dorothy Schindwein
Jack Sobolik
Miriam Uher
Raymond Uhlenhake
Virginia Uhlenhake
Cyril Zwiebohmer
Iona Zwiebohmer
Clermont
W. H
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Donald Hanson
Chrystal Miller
G. H. Hackmann
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Marshalltown
E. Q. Eckler
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Lester Kuhner
LaRee Allom
Sheridan Cemetery
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Jerry Dee
Frank D Wolcott
Lee Corns
Fred Dolash
Lester Borisky
Montour
Edgewood
Adolph Anderson
Ferdinand Reinhart
Savanna
Anderson
F. J. Schultz
Reinhart
Wilma Schultz
Rachel Ebersole
Joseph F Koester
Haverhill
H. A Wilberding
Helen Neurath
Edward Kopel
Haverhill. Mrs. Koester Is the Youngest Daughter of Mr and Mrs. WF Ebersole
Toledo High School
Grant No. 9
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Milwaukee Railroad
Scheever's Grove
F. H. Maenchow
South Clinton
London Community Band
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Denver
Erna Graening
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Fred J. Orth
Waverly
Kotex
Wondersoft
Lady Esther
Haskel
Magnesia
Skee Be
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Hall-Ekfelt
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