Ames Conference to Launch Four-Point Highway Safety Plan
Ames hosts a four day highway safety conference from June 29 to July 2 at Iowa State College under the joint sponsorship of the college and the Iowa State Safety Council. State officials, safety experts, lawmakers and law enforcement will discuss driver education, driver testing, news media roles, and safety teaching in homes and schools. Separate groups will tackle rural and urban issues including speed control, enforcement, car inspection and spot maps. Principal speakers include Earl J. Reeder of Chicago and Maxwell Halsey of Harvard, with officials like Gov. Clyde Herring and Sheriff H. T. Wagner on the program. Motion picture training films will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Iowa State Safety Council
Earl J. Reeder
Chicago
National Safety Council
Maxwell Halsey
Bureau of Traffic Research
Harvard University
T. R. Perry
Phil Damon
Town Highway Commission
Sam Stiegerwal
Story County
H. T. Wagner
Black Hawk County
P. C. Taff
College
John Valentine
Centerville
Irving Knudson
Ellsworth
R. G. Moore
Dunlap
E. P. Laughlin
Imogene
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
John Hattery
W. H. Cameron
Burton Marsh
American Automobile Association
Washington
W. S. Rupe
Carl Higdon
Ottumwa
State Policemen’s Associa
Named School Supt at West Union
R. W. Esslinger, superintendent of schools at Jesup for five years, was elected superintendent of schools at West Union Wednesday night. He will succeed L. A. Steger who is entering business at Waterloo. Reports from leaders of four discussion groups municipal rural commercial and enforcement will close the sessions. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Esslinger
Jesup
West Union
L. A. Steger
Waterloo
Tion
Harry Nestle
State Department of the American Legion
Herman Koch
Sioux City
Iowa Truckers Association
ISU Receives 1000 Grant for Highway Safety Psychology
Iowa State College president Charles E. Finley announced a $1000 grant from the American Automobile Association to study highway safety psychology. Dr. A. R. Lauer will lead research to develop tests predicting accident risk and to compile data for safety education. Last summer he tested 1014 commercial drivers across eight states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
INS
American Automobile Association
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
A. R. Lauer
Drake estate promoter Hartzell in hospital for mental evaluation
An inquiry by Sheriff C F Keeling shows federal officials placed Oscar M Hartzell, Drake estate promoter, in a Springfield Missouri hospital for defective delinquents to determine his mental makeup. Hartzell, convicted in 1933 of swindling thousands through the Drake estate scheme, was sentenced to 10 years at Leavenworth. Federal officials sought verification of his claim to have been elected Polk County sheriff in 1910 but blocked by political skullduggery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. F. Keeling
Oscar M. Hartzell
Springfield
Sioux City
Drake
Hartzell
Leavenworth
Kaw
Polk County
Man Fractures Hip After Bicycle Accident in Marengo
Fred Goodman, custodian at the Iowa county courthouse in Marengo, suffered a fractured hip when his bicycle hit sand and he was thrown. He is hospitalized at Mercy in Iowa City and likely will stay about two weeks. His son Gerald has taken over courthouse duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa County
Fred Goodman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Gerald
Arrest of Schmuck gang member in Chicago capture
Iowa officials report Gail Schmuck, 24, fugitive in the Schmuck brothers clothing store robbery gang, captured by Chicago police in a stolen car with two others. Identification by fingerprints confirmed his identity. he admitted being the suspect. Schmuck escaped from Hamilton county jail in 1935 and faced trials for Stanhope and related store robberies totaling over 70 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Glen Schmidt
Iowa
Gail Schmuck
Schmuck Brothers
Chicago
Schmuck
Schmidt
Schm
Neb
John
Glenn Schmuck
Fort Madison
Glenn
Jefferson
Earl Chisholm
Troy Hainer
Walter Kier
Webster City
112 Rural Pupils Get Diplomas At Jones Graduation
Special to The Gazette Monticello The rural schools of Jones county held eighth grade graduation Friday 112 graduates received diplomas from county superintendent Nellie V Morey Miss Harriet Cunningham gave the graduation address The list includes graduates from numerous townships led by Cass Castle Greenfield Washington and Madison with names across many townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Harriet Cunningham
Anamosa
Nellie V. Morey
Cass Township
Donald Fairbanks
Michael Whalen
Donald Gray
Milo Duke
Merlin Finn
Margaret Frasher
Castle Grove
Wilma Bartels
Robert Dietaker
Carol Cartano
Richard Tjaden
Paul Casper
Lowell White
Lowell
Roberta Helgens
Leona Sanford
Laura Kike
Elda Buol
Elenore Cooper
Russell Etten
Ruth Reuter
Kathryn Wilson
Madison
Ora Mae Andrews
Oxford
Evelyn Blizek
Mazei Meade
Lester Turner
Wyoming
Arnold Lazare
Agnes Petersen
Fred Petersen
Louis Petersen
Dorothy Kleeman
Iowa News In Brief Volume from Volga City to Jesup
Volga City hosts a marriage of Evelyn White to Harry Reynolds as the couple will reside on a farm near Volga City. Tama county ministers elect C E Luce to lead the association while L P Krome and F C Patterson serve as officers. Iowa City honors Dean Wiley B Rutledge as 118 seniors graduate from the high school. Monticello burials mark the Obituary of Mrs John Hoult with a large survivor list. To see a twin service for W T Markee in Toledo. Elberon and Van Horne marriages join Ruby Brunsen and Charles Bochmann. Delmar notes Saint Christopher highway safety drive by Rev H M Staunton. Earlville reports twelve communicants for first holy communion. Jesup tutor Miss Mary Elizabeth Butler sails Canal Zone for summer. returns to Boulder in autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga City
Evelyn White
Harry Reynolds
West Union
Sidney White
Harrry Reynolds
Volga High School
Earlville
St. Joseph’s
Joseph Carton
William Gibbs
Lawrence Greiner
John Kroeger
Vincent Haas
John Tegeler
Floyd Wulfekuhle
Marie Konzen
Berneice Teleger
Eleanor Spersflage
Elizabeth Haas
Anita Kaiser
Jesup
Mary Elizabeth Butler
Canal Zone
Miss Butler
Balboa Heights
Frank Butler
Iowa
Boulder
Colo
Butler
Decorah
Iowa farmer pays nine direct taxes in five months
The Iowa Daily Press Bureau reports a typical Iowa farmer paid 132 in nine direct tax classes through May 1936, averaging 26.40 monthly and about one dollar per day. May box score lists 1.51 in sales taxes and 3.10 in gasoline taxes for a farmer with 187 acres in eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
the Gazette
All-State Band Formation At Iowa City Festival Winners
Iowa City officials announce the creation of an all state high school band from the state festival winners. Prof Charles B Righter says the band will train at the University of Iowa during the second summer session from July 20 to August 20. An orchestra of over seventy pieces will rehearse in the first term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles B. Righter
University of Iowa
Foster Renominated From Cedar County
TIPTON La Mar Foster from Cedar county was renominated at the primary by a large margin. A Des Moines desk report notes he was later listed among defeated legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
la Mar
Alumni Return for Record Iowa City Reunions
Iowa City saw a record 1136 University of Iowa alumni attend class reunions during commencement week. Alumni registered from 27 states and five foreign countries, with 31 members of the class of 1886 returning to receive gold medals for their 50th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bruce E. Mahan
Cornell Prepares For Alumni Day
Mount Vernon events mark Cornell college alumni day with sixteen class reunions including anniversaries for classes of 86 11 and 26. Senator L J Dickinson to receive LL D. Addie Collin Gilruth to be honored at a 6 pm banquet with toastmaster C W Cottingham and welcome by Rubee J Pearse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
L. J. Dickinson
Board of Trustees
Pfeiffer Hall
Cornell Literary Societies
H. J. Burgstahler
Addie Collin Gilruth
Evanston
Ill
Jessie Rigby
Cornell
C. W. Cottingham
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Cottingham
Cornell Alumni Association
Rubee J. Pearse
Raleigh
N. C
Eldon Coffman
Burgstahler
Edward Weismiller
Appleton, Wis
Red Tape Strains WPA Engineers Lose Jobs in Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs three WPA engineers were dismissed over red tape as state investigators found missing or incorrect job summaries. The probe, led by A E Michel, cited no financial irregularities and approved ongoing projects including Abraham Lincoln high school athletic field. More dismissals possible as reports must be complete for upcoming WPA program transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Works Progress Administration
Council Bluffs
WPA
L. S. Hill
Missouri River
A. E. Michel
Abraham Lincoln High School
Michel
Hill
Emery Petty
Pottawattamie County
Fifth District
Earlville St. Josephs School Closes for Summer
The Earlville St Josephs school ends the term Friday with summer vacation and a student program in the auditorium featuring duets songs and playlets. Eighth grade graduates include Elmer Besler Eugene Boge Robert Hunt Joseph Haas Janette Budan Eva Mae Frieburger Virginia Konzen Delores Phillip Alice Spersflage Yvonne Thibadeau and Delores Timmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlville
St. Joseph’s
Elmer Besler
Eugene Boge
Robert Hunt
Joseph Haas
Janette Budan
Eva Mae Frieburger
Virginia Konzen
Delores Phillip
Alice Spersflage
Yvonne Thibadeau
Delores Timmer
Note Found Under German Rifle Wins Secret Message
Fred Shirer of Chariton removed the butt plate from a German rifle picked up in a French dugout and uncovered a blood stained note dated September 28 1918. The note asked the finder to ship the gun to Fred Poole of Jewel City Kansas in exchange for a large reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton, In
INS
Fred Shirer
Chariton
Fred Poole
Jewel City
Kan
Shirer
Poole
Decorah Hosts Iowa Elks State Meeting Activities Begin
Decorah gears up for the Iowa Elks state convention with Floyd Thompson and J Edgar Masters speaking at the high school auditorium. A 36 hole golf event opens Monday with trap shoot, bridge and golf for women, musical programs, picnics, a midnight frolic, and dances on the schedule. The Decorah junior drum corps performs Monday and will join Elks at the Los Angeles national convention. Memorial services Tuesday at 11 by Father F J Frein, followed by ritualistic team contest. A Niagara cave tour is planned Wednesday as officers are elected and a parade with drum corps concludes the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Decorah
Floyd Thompson
Chicago
Grand Theater
Iowa Elks
Los Angeles
F. J. Frein
Niagara Cave
Awards Given Out At Lamont School Program
Lamont program honors handed to Ruth Durham Marl Davidson Floyd Jenks Velma Pagel Macyl Rule Mary Jeanne Rhines Virginia Vanek Nona Goldsmith and Eleanor Nolan for letters in hand athletics to Stanley Jolley Iver Heidt Gerald Rolfe Burdette Barker Melvin Allen Walter Wheaton Cecil Cannon George Fisher Leslie Morehouse Robert True Leslie Seedorf Leon Jenks Marion Whitney Robert Seedorf Reynold Busse Wayne Smith Robert Roys Alfred Kamoss Charles McChesney Allen Remling and Floyd Jenks commercial pins to Reynold Busse Maxine Sullivan Mari Davidson Erma Sommers Viola Dozark Eva Ehler Macyl Rule Raymond Stewart medals to Yula Otterbeck and Maxine Sullivan for poetry reading. Women’s Relief corps prizes to Gertrude Davis and Marcella Reed. Veronica McGraw outstanding senior in scholarship. Walter Wheaton outstanding senior athlete. Nona Goldsmith outstanding senior in outside activities. Commencement held Thursday with invocation by Rev. A. R. Coover. salutatory Melvin Allen. glee selections by girls. valedictory Veronica McGraw. address Samuel S. George. tuba Murray Davidson. honors announced Howard Miller. diplomas presented by Miss Stella G. Taylor. board president J. A. Downer. Names listed of graduating seniors follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veronica McGraw
Walter Wheaton
Nona Goldsmith
A. R. Coover
Masonville
Melvin Allen
Stella G. Taylor
J. A. Downer
Board of Education
Mabel Atkinson
Margorie Bowden
Alma Broers
Reynold Busse
Dorothy Cashen
Robert Cole
Murray Davidson
Murl Davidson
Nelda Dozark
Beryl Dunsmore
Dale Garretson
J. A. Havens
Iver Heidt
Glenn Hoffman
Grundy business man missing after embezzlement charge
Traer resident Traer Ed Pearson who started an implement business in Grundy Center is sought on a 1400 embezzlement charge and desertion after vanishing this week. A warrant for desertion was filed by his wife Betty Brown of Des Moines. Pearson was last seen attempting to borrow money in Traer. his truck was found abandoned in Des Moines. Authorities consider possible mental derangement despite a previously good record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRAER
Ed Pearson
Grundy Center
Massey-Harris Implement Company
Betty Brown
Des Moines
Pearson
Tracr
Charles W. Iosty Pioneer Of Jones County Dies At 89
Charles W. Iosty aged 89 died after a long illness in Mount Vernon. Born April 24 1847 in Melson Prussia he moved with family to Baraboo Wisconsin then to Jones County where most of his life was spent. He retired to Wyoming in 1917 and lived in Des Moines Cedar Rapids before settling in Mount Vernon in 1930. Survived by sons Clifford A. G. C. B. and daughters Mrs F N Beaver and Mrs F D Mason. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 p m Johnston chapel Cedar Memorial Park Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
W. T. Markee
United Brethren Church
Fred Riggs
Miller Memorial United Brethren Church
Des Moines
J. H. Yaggy
M. R. Drury
Woodlawn
Mr. Markee
Otterbein
United Brethren Home For
Thomas
Lucinda Markee
Guernsey County
Ohio
Reedsburg
Wis
Harriet Ann Wheelright
Sadie
Mount Vernon
Charles W. Iosty
Cliffor W. Iosty
Melson
Prussia
Baraboo
Jones County
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Martha Alice Snyder Iosty
Iosty
Methodist Church
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Anamosa
Clifford
A. G
C. B. Iosty
F. N. Beaver
F. D. Mason
Lisbon
Johnston Chapel
Cedar Memorial Park
Decorah Golfer Knocks Gopher at Hill Crest Course
Decorah golfer Bob Linnevold achieved a rare feat by hitting a gopher with a golf ball at Hill Crest. From the second tee his ball vanished over a knoll and did not return to the fairway, prompting Eugene Simonson nearby to inspect and discover the dead gopher beside the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Decorah
Bob Linnevold
Hill Crest Course
Eugene Simonson
Cedar Rapids Leader Elected by Iowa Fire Fighters
The Iowa Fire Fighters association re elected H. C. Schrage of Waterloo as president at the convention in Ottumwa. C. E. Chapelle of Sioux City was chosen first vice president and Melvin C. Thompson of Cedar Rapids the second vice president. The auxiliary named Mrs. Clara Hobel of Cedar Rapids president with Mrs. W. C. Quackenbush of Waterloo as vice president and Mrs. Florence Berens of Des Moines as secretary treasurer, with Mrs. Lydia Tone of Sioux City as trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa Fire Fighters Association
H. C. Schrage
Waterloo
C. E. Chapelle
Sioux City
Melvin C. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Clara Hobel
W. C. Quackenbush
Florence Berens
Des Moines
Lydia Tone
Cornell Art Exhibit Opens at Mount Vernon Campus
Mount Vernon expects a Sunday afternoon showing in Law Memorial building room 19 from 3 to 5. It features Cornell students yearlong works and pieces from the estate of Mrs Blanche Swingley Armstrong 91, donor of a new Fine Arts building, per Miss Nama Lathe art department head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Cornell
Blanche Swingley Armstrong
Alumni Meeting Draws Massive Attendance In Anamosa
ANAMOSA The alumni meeting drew a record crowd as 1 250 graduates are listed with 82 dead. Charles Cash Jr the association’s first president attended to witness the class of 1936 presentation by L W Runkle. Officers elected include Virgil Van Kirk president Marjory O Tool vice president Philo DuFloth secretary Julius Westphal treasurer and Miss Nellie V Morey historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Charles Cash, Jr
L. W. Runkle
Glenn McLaughlin
Keith Heiserman
I. C. Lusk
Albertine Tice Cudworth
Sarah L. Cunningham van Zandt
Ed Lockwood
Leila Littlefield Carpenter
Albert Morey
Nellie V. Morey
William Thomas
Imogene Alderman Cressy
Frank Booth
School For the Deaf
Omaha
Jennie Beardsley
Santa Cruz
Calif
Josephine Jones Freeman
Independence
Milan M. Hitchcock
Berwyn
Ill
Clarence A. Thomas
Mobridge
S. C
States
District of Columbia
China
Paris
France
Canada
Stella Crain
Leona Finn
James E. Remley
Harriet A. Cunningham
Association
Harper Smythe
Virgil van Kirk
Marjory O’tool
Philo DuFloth
Julius Westphal
Springville Band Concert Opens Season
Springville will present its first band concert of the season Saturday evening directed by R. T. Schwab. The concerts are sponsored by the town’s business men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
R. T. Schwab
Also Mentioned on This Page
Drake Estate
Oxfords
Buckskin
Cedar Rapids’ Bargain Shoe Center
2Nd Avenue
Iowa News
C. E. Luce
Tama County
L. P. Krome
Gladbrook
F. C. Patterson
Indian Mission
Mr. Lusted
Dysart
O. T. Meede
F. A. Smith
Wiley B. Rutledge
University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa City High School
Roger Beardsley
Congregational
John Hoult
Clara Hooper
London
England
George
Ann Treheme Hooper
United States
Hoult
Hopkinton
George Hoult
Wayne Township
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Congregational Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Elberon
Ruby Brunnsen
Carl Brunnsen
Charles Bochmann
Felix Bochmann
van Horne
Keystone
Brauer
Brunnsen
Miss Bochmann
Rowland Brunnsen
Iowa U
Foster
Cedar County
Elks
Lamont
Ely Ae Na Ag
Bary Geewind
Lagomarcino-Grape Company
First St. SE
Cefar Rapids
Grundy
Second Street
Anamosa Alumni Meeting
PRI Union
Abe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!