Wilson's lead grows to eighteen thousand in Iowa primary
Unofficial returns from 74 of 99 counties show Gov George A Wilson with 163 924 to H R Gross 145 896 and Irving H Knudson 21 288 in the Republican gubernatorial race. Democrat John K Valentine leads Ed Breen 69 699 to 50 311 with two precincts left. Wilson pledges unity for a November victory.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George A. Wilson
H. R. Gross
Wilson
Gross
Irving H. Knudson
Jewell
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
Valentine
Breen
Republican Party
Morrow Loses to Irving Long in State Senate Race
Unofficial returns from the Buchanan Delaware district show H. E. Morrow defeated by Irving D. Long of Manchester in a GOP state senate race. Long led by 314 votes as Morrow, a pastor and former Iowa House member, had pushed liquor and beer local option provisions in previous sessions.
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H. E. Morrow
Irving Long
Des Moines
Iowa
Buchanan-Delaware
Morrow
Irving D. Long
Manchester
Long
B. C. Whitehill
Marshalltown
John Knudson
Marshall County
Whitehill
Boone
John Hattery
Nevada
Iowa Highway Patrol
C. O. Lockinghill
Lansing Priest Celebrates 60th Anniversary Service
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. G. L. Haxmeier marked sixty years as pastor in Lansing Iowa with a solemn high mass and a parish hall banquet for relatives and visiting priests. The celebration was attended by The Most Rev Francis J. Beckman of Dubuque.
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Lansing
Ins
G. L. Haxmeier
Francis J. Beckman
Dubuque
Keystone Couple Celebrates 55th Anniversary
KEYSTONE Mr and Mrs Hans Junge will mark their fifty fifth wedding anniversary Sunday June 16 at home. They were born and married in Germany and moved to this country in 1891. They have seven children two daughters in law and seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren all in the Keystone vicinity.
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Keystone
Hans Junge
Germany
Hans Junge, Jr
William
Carl
Pete
Louis
Herman Albers
William Feuerbach
William Himebauch to celebrate 90th birthday in La Porte City
William Henry Himebauch will celebrate his 90th birthday in La Porte City on Saturday. He was born in Wisconsin and lived in Iowa and Wisconsin until 1891 when he settled permanently in Iowa. He married in 1878 and farmed in the vicinity. His children are George of La Porte City, Fred of Chicago, and Mrs. Will Shannon of Deep River, Minnesota. He spends part of each year at Estherville.
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LA Porte City
William Henry Himebauch
Mr. Himebauch
Wisconsin
Iowa
George
Fred
Chicago
Will Shannon
Deep River
Minn
Estherville
Marion Lions dinner entertains wives at golf club
Marion Lions Club hosted a dinner at the Marion Golf Club with sixty attendees. Richard and Mrs. Jones of Cedar Rapids performed a roller skating exhibition. The club plans a dinner next Tuesday at Palisades lodge with visitors from Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids and Anamosa.
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Lions Club
Marion Golf Club
Richard Jones
Cedar Rapids
Palisades Lodge
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Milwaukee Council approves vacation of street segment
The ordinance to vacate part of Eighth and Seventeenth streets linked to a Milwaukee railroad crossing was read a second time. May building inspector reports 26 permits totaling 13347 dollars. eight permits issued in June. Totals include Marion high school boiler room addition at 15450 and a Lyman root beer stand at 1000. Sacred Heart circle of St Josephs Church met at Mrs Oliver home for rummage planning and refreshments for fifteen women. June birth announced for Marvin and Ruth Fernow of Cedar Rapids at St Luke’s Hospital.
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Marion High School
First Street
L. P. Lyman
Sacred Heart Circle
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
J. P. Oliver
Glenn A. Larkin
Marvin Fernow
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Fernow
Ruth Michel
Marion area residents attend church, picnics and funerals
The Marion community gathers for religious services and social events. Funeral services for Robert S. Oxley were held at Yocom chapel with burial in Oak Shade. many relatives traveled from Cedar Rapids Lisbon Mount Vernon and Springville. A fifteenth wedding anniversary for Arling and Dice was celebrated with a surprise party and gifts.
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Yocom Chapel
Arthur W Henke
Marion Methodist Church
Edward T. Gough
Mount Vernon
Oak Shade Cemetery
C. E. Gordon
A. E. Blinks
George Burns
W. P Secrist
Ed Mullaley
Michael Cira
Will Hoover
Effie Kudick
Burt Neal
Ben Neal
Charles Wickham
John Wickham
Lee Stinger
Eva Floyd
al Floyd
Lizzie Runkle
Kynett
Lisbon
Dot Trump
Iowa City
Harley Ives
Mary
Spencer
Laura Ives
RC. Toms
Frank Oxley
Arling J. Dice
Marion
W. B Carpenter
E E Godwin
Clem Weis
Dice
Frank Plummer
Bess Dice
C. A Wissler
Dave Hindman
Edward Beck
Earl Bell
John Johnson
James E. Cippera
H. C. Berchenbuiter
Kenneth and
Carol
J. J Davis
Jack Davis
L. L. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Funeral for Mrs Edward Minnick in Mount Vernon
Funeral services for Edna Shantz Minnick 64 longtime Mount Vernon resident were held at Neff chapel with Rev Joseph W Gray Jr in charge. Born August 24 1875 she married Edward Minnick in 1892 who died in 1929 leaving four children Harold Roland Ed Pitlik and Helen plus a brother A W Shantz and a half sister Mrs Laura Smith Mecklem. She had been ill since last August and belonged to the Presbyterian church the Past Noble Grands and Hill City Rebekah lodge.
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Mount Vernon
Helen
Cedar Rapids
A. W. Shantz
Stanwood
Laura Smith Mecklem
Everson
Wash
Minnick
Presbyterian Church
Noble Grands
Hill City Rebekah
Paroled waitress linked to window-breaking robberies
Eula Mae Clark, 29, Des Moines, paroled to sister Mrs. C Hood of Vinton after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. A county sanity commissioner urged parole, citing possible kleptomania and an unhappy marriage as factors. Clark expressed confidence she will be all right.
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Des Moines
INS
Eula Mae Clark
C Hood
Vinton
Women’s Reformatory
Frank S. Shankland
Hood
A. S. Price
Clark
Senate Confirms Iowa Postmasters
The Senate confirmed several Iowa postmasters including Council Bluffs Frank H. Garrett Des Moines L S Hill Mount Vernon Byrd S Clark Postville Boies Capper DeWitt Herbert L L Smith Calamus Ellen B Neff Springville Glenn C Boandish Tipton Peter T Belgard Wapello Bernice Herrick Worthington Lester P Sauser Blairstown Rex Q C Mayhew Brooklyn Estelle Coggan Ruth A Hynes Delta Edith M Reed Mechanicsville Frank G Ferguson.
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Senate
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Frank H. Garrett
Des Moines
L. S. Hill
Mount Vernon
Byrd S. Clark
Postville
Boies Capper
DeWitt Herbert LL. Smith
Calamus
Ellen B Neff
Springville
Glenn C Boandish
Tipton
Peter T. Belgard Wapello
Bernice Herrick
Worthington
Lester P Sauser
Blairstown
Rex QC
Mayhew
Brooklyn
Estelle Coe
Norway Girl Becomes Bride Of Marenga Man
Miss Irene Plotz daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Plotz Nor way became the bride of Joseph K LaGrange son of Mrs Mary LaGrange Marenga on Tuesday at St Michaels church Margarets Plotz and Dorothy LaGrange were brides. Best man Lawrence Platz Carl Schumacher was usher Rev William Kunkle officiated The couple will live on the LaGrange farm west of Marengo.
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Norway
Irene Plotz
Frank Plotz
Joseph K. LaGrange
Mary LaGrange
Marenga
St Michaels Church
Margarets Plotz
Dorothy LaGrange
Nards
Lawrence Platz
Carl Schumacher
William Kunkle
LaGrange Farm
Marengo
Collision injures six on Highway 92 near Delta
Two cars nearly demolished in a noon Tuesday crash on Highway 92 north of Delta. John Reinemend of Omaha and Ralph Hartgrave of Delta were driving west and east respectively. Passengers included Mrs D Lund of Meade Nebraska Marian Westerberg of Omaha Ward Nerothin of Aurora Illinois and Hartgrave’s mother.
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DELTA
John Reinemend
Omaha
Ralph Hartgrave
Highway No. 92
Reinemend
D Lund
Meade
Railroad Seeks Hearing On Moscow Dam Plan
Rock Island railroad officials asked the Iowa executive council for a public hearing on the Moscow dam proposed for the Cedar River in Muscatine County. Attorney ABB Howland cited major costs to raise railroad tracks and bridges and urged council action after earlier delays. Last month the council declined to issue a permit to First Iowa Hydro Electric, pending highway commission approval and financial viability.
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INS
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa Executive Council
Moscow
Cedar River
Muscatine
Abb Howland
Berry Halden
Executive Council
State Executive Council
First
Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative of
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Tama Indian Girl Contracts Spotted Fever
The first Rocky Mountain spotted fever case of the year appears on the Mesquakie Indian reservation near Tama. Elsie Wanatee, about 24, is hospitalized in serious but improving condition. she had not been immunized when over a hundred Indians received shots recently.
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TAMA
Rocky Mountain
Mesquakie Indian Reservation
Elsie Wanatee
Indian General Hospital
Paralyzed Boy Par dives Cedar River injures
A 16 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Sides of Champlain Wisconsin, suffered back injuries paralyzing his body after diving into the Cedar river. He was taken by ambulance to Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo Tuesday. He swam with his uncle Warren Sides of LaPorte City and several cousins.
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Newell Sides
Harold Sides
Champlain
Wil
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Cedar River
Warren Sides
Rain forecast shifts to central and west Iowa
Clouds over Iowa with showers or thunderstorms expected in central and western counties Thursday. Eastern Iowa cooler tonight. Tuesday highs reached 86 at Davenport. Sioux City reports 6.35 inches in 18 hours, an all time record. Flooding and washouts affect highways and rail lines. Denison airport submerged as Raccoon river floods near Carroll.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Inwood
Mount Ayr
Albia
Iowa Falls
Charles City
Sioux City
Sioux City Gas and Electro Company
Carroll
Ute
Harrison County
State Highways Commission
Denison
Raccoon
Elencor
Grinnell College To Grant Three Honorary Degrees
Grinnell College will confer three honorary degrees at June 10 commencement. President John S Nollen announced the honorees, with 345 seniors to receive bachelor of arts and bachelor of music degrees. Recipients include Glenn Clark of Mar Alester College in St Paul for doctor of literature, Charles Eben Cushman of Iowa Falls for doctor of divinity, and Albert William Merrill, Des Moines superintendent, for doctor of education.
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Grinnell
John S Nollen
Grinnell College
Glenn Clark
Mar- Alester College
St Paul
Charles Eben Cushman
First Congregational Church
Iowa Falls
Albert Wiliam Merril
Des Moines
William E. Silver Elected Commander Of Disabled Vets
William E. Silver of Waterloo was elected state commander of the Disabled American Veterans of Iowa at the final session of the state convention in Oelwein. Other officers chosen include John Wilson Burlington as vice commander Ned Richards Oelwein junior vice commander R E Whelan Cedar Rapids treasurer Hugo Swartz Davenport sergeant at arms Eddie Blegelid Des Moines adjutant Harry Zier Keokuk chaplain and Rose Ranger Keokuk historian. Waterloo will host the 1941 convention with the Coliseeum as the meeting hall.
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Oelwein
William EE. Silver
Waterloo
Disabled American Veterans of
Iowa
John Wilson
Burlington
Ned Richards
R. E Whelan
Cedar Rapids
Hugo Swartz
Davenport
Eddie Blegelid
Des Moines
Harry Zier
Keokuk
Rose Ranger
Colieseum
Johnson County Treasurer W E Smith Dies at 71
W E Smith aged 71 Johnson County treasurer and Republican nominee for a fifth term died in Iowa City after a six week illness. Born in Iowa City he had lived in Johnson County most of his life and served as treasurer since 1932. Surviving are Mrs Smith three daughters and two sons. The vacancy on the Republican ticket will be filled at the county convention.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
W E Smith
Error in Tama supervisor vote prompts recheck
Initial count named Charles Zhorne winner of the Tama county democratic nomination for third district supervisor. A Tuesday recheck showed Blazek 318, Zhorne 314, and Wacha 73, leaving Zhorne defeated. Zhorne is a former Tama supervisor.
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Toledo
Charles Zhorne
Tama
Tama County
William Blazek
Zhorne
Thomas Wacha
Fort Dodge Population Rises by Nearly One Thousand
Census figures released Wednesday show Fort Dodge growing from 21 895 to 22 275 over the last decade, a gain of about 380 residents. The uptick reflects continued growth in the city’s urban area and surrounding county.
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Fort Dodge
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