Iowa Labor Convention Sees CIO Influence At 35 Percent Vote
At Sioux City the Iowa State Federation of Labor opened its annual convention amid factional tension. CIO aligned unions controlled over 35 percent of the votes, including miners. If Fred A. Canfield succeeds in blocking CIO delegates seating, Iowa labor ranks may split formally. Candidates to replace J. C. Lewis narrowed to Alf Hjort, Albert A. Couch, Shadle Sticks With A F of L, Ray E. Hughes, and W. J. Gallery, with Molly leaders presiding as speakers and executives. Mrs Ida Griebling won reelection president of the Iowa Women’s Union Label League, with Mrs Daisy White as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
INS
Iowa
Iowa State Federation of Roader
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Fred A. Canfield
Cedar Rapids
William Green
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Canfield
Green
J. C
Shady) Lewis
Des Moines
Lewis
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Alf Hjort
Albia
United Mine Workers of America
A. F. of L
J. C. Lewis
State Federation
Hjort
Albert A. Couch
Typographical Union
A. F
Couch
Shadle
Walter F. Shadle
Carpenters’ Union
Ray E. Hughes
Brotherhood of Railway Mail Clerks
W. J. Gallery
Clinton
Ida Griebling
Mason City
Iowa Women's Union Label League
Daisy White
Child Killed In Crash And Driver Held In Iowa
GRINNELL Clifford See five year old son of Mr and Mrs Joe See of Newburg Iowa is dead in a head on crash at midnight. Victim is accompanied by a severely injured father while other family members escape with bruises. Victor Bennington neighbor is jailed in Jasper county. TOLEDO Estate of Jane Whannell Traer valued at 10000 with heirs Westina Stoakes and Henry Whannell. Fuller Toledo estate dies May 10 1937 valued at 4900 with real estate in Toledo and various assets. husband H W Fuller and daughter Pearl Gates are beneficiaries.
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Grinnell
Clifford See
Joe See
Newburg
See
Victor Bennington
Bennington
Jasper County
Toledo
Jane Whannell
Traer
Westina W. Stoakes
Henry J. Whannell
H. W.fuller
Pearl Gates
Decorah
Esther Christian
Albert G. Christian
Miss Christian
Harold Turpin
Joseph Turpin
Somers
Laverne
Turpin
Hubbard
Elk Creek
Kensett
Ove S. Jacobson
Oscar Jacobson
Alice Foss
A. R. Foss
Jacobson
Spring Grove
Minn
Albert Lovstuen
Nels Lovstuen
Velva Kruse
George Kruse
Frankville
Peter F. Kjerlaug
Waukon
Milton Lovstuen
Mila Mae Kruse
Lovstuen
Emmanuel Lutheran League Hosts League Menu Night
Strawbery Point members of the Emmanuel Lutheran league entertained the Arlington Dundee Oelwein St Sebald Farmersburg and Aurora leagues Sunday evening. The program was given by the local league and was followed by a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel’'s Lutheran League
Arlington
Dundee
Oelwein
St. Sebald
Farmersburg
Aurora
Birthday Celebration at Hopkinton Honors Mrs Tracy
Mr and Mrs Fred E Tracy and many relatives traveled to Hopkinton to visit Mrs Hattie Livingston on Sunday. The gathering honored Mrs Tracy with a birthday due Monday June 7. Others present included Mrs Livingston and family, George Steward, August Schmidt and Vernon Arlington, and Mrs Robert Green and children Sunderland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Fred E. Tracy
Mary E. Tracy
W. MacTaggaret
Howard Steward
Livingston
Fred Tracy
George Steward
August Schmidt
W MacTaggaret
Green
Eastern Iowa children win prizes for Heart Tag day sales
Prizes awarded Monday to four children for their top sales on the Heart Tag day for Volunteers of Manchester. Naida Thacher won first, Marjorie Candler second, Patricia Vivian third, and Marjorie Manson fourth, with other helpers receiving theater tickets. Other items covered include Legion meeting plans in Delaware County, Boy Scout council activities in Belle Plaine, and multiple marriages and obituaries across Decorah, Jesup, Toledo, and Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Naida Thacher
Marjorie Candler
Patricia Vivian
Marjorie Manson
Colesburg
Delaware County Legion
J. Hess
Greeley
Legion Hall
Myrtle M. Sivers
Fourth District
Belle Plaine
Boy Scouts
W. D. Little
J. L. Driscoll
Howard Thruber
Victor Visquain
C. W. Burnham
James Pratt
M. L. Morris
Wallace Snyder
Board of Review
Howard Carroll
Earl Comer
Jack Hix
Lewis Balck
Harold Driscoll
A. C. Walker
JL. Driscoll
E. I. Selden
Jack. Hix
Mr. Miller
Manchester Opens 20000 Dollar Band Shell
The band shell in Thrill Park, Manchester, completed at nearly 20000 and donated by the late Senator R W Tirrill and Mrs Tirrill, opens with a concert by the Manchester Community band. It is one of only two such shells in Iowa, built entirely of architectural concrete with 370 cubic yards of concrete and seventeen tons of steel. The 38 foot stage seats 65 and features dressing rooms, rest rooms, and portable footlights. Architect Norman A Hatton of Cedar Rapids and contractors E B Castle and Sons of Marion led the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mawrchester
Tirrill
R. W. Tirrill
Manchester Community Bank
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
California
Thrill Park
Maquoketa River
Norman A. Hatton
Cedar Rapids
E. B. Castle and
Belle Plaine Pioneer Mrs Dora Koep Dead at 86
Mrs Dora Koep 86 pioneer resident of Benton County for seventy years died at her Belle Plaine home. Born July 8 1850 in Lauenburg Germany she emigrated with her parents in 1858 arriving after a three week sailing trip. She married Peter F Koep in Davenport Oct 25 1867 and the couple later settled near Belle Plaine. Survived by five children eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p.m. from the home officiated by Rev A C Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Elks Lodges
Decorah Lodge
Court House Square
H. E. Taylor
Waukon
Toddville
Toddville High School
Marjorie Andrews
Myrtle Bowers
Delman Bowers
Bess Rae Deal
Max Deal
James DeWitt
Lloyd Cress
Dorothy Wilson
Meryle Wilson
Calvin Wilson
Frieda Mae Oliphant
Darwin Oliphant
Bernice Waterberry
Glenn Johnson
Leila Waterberry
Don Eveland
Ruby Oliphant
Lloyd Oliphant
Bernita Oliphant
Verne Oliphant
Richard Hagerman
Mildred Olinger
Beatrice Pilistil
George
Calmar
A. I. Jackson
Toledo High School
George Hadacek
Wayne Padley
Ronald Kremenak
Marvel Kensinger
Anamosa
Emma Jane Meade
Charles Corwin
Oxford Mills
Mayflower
Oxford Junction
Meade
Ohio
J. E. Meade
Corwin
Bert
Belle Plaine
Dora Koep
Benton County
Hans
Kathrine Peters Scheel
Dora Scheel
Lauenburg
Germany
Hamburg
America
Davenport
Peter F. Koep
Irving
A. C. Walker
First Congregational Church
Threefold Dilemma Faces Cornell Graduates Says Oxnam
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam told Cornell College graduates that they face a triple choice between defending lies and upholding truth in politics economy and religion. He warned that many defend falsehoods out of ignorance while a few strive for the lighted mind by challenging wrongs and educating others. He urged graduates to back what is right, even at personal cost, and to balance conservation with creation in leadership for better living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Mount Vernon
G. Bromley Oxnam
Omaha
Cornell College
Monay
Concord
Calvin
Copernicus
Oxnam
Goodby
Bishop Oxnam
Hamlet
John Masefield
Solon Homecoming Date Set For August Twelfth
A Solon Community club decision fixes the annual homecoming for Thursday August 12. J A Marshek repeats as chairman with Charles Shimon and Mr Ambdenstock on the general committee. Myron Nalley returns as concession man with Francis Millner as assistant. L L Randall to oversee the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
J. A. Marshek
Charles Shimon
Ambdenstock
Myron Nalley
Francis Millner
L. L. Randall
Man Identified as Harry Lewis Killed by Truck Near Denver
In Denver a man tentatively identified as Harry Lewis of Washington Iowa was killed when a transport truck struck him after the driver Raymond Andrews of Albuquerque New Mexico reported the man jumped in front of the vehicle. A baggage check found letters addressed to Lewis in his bag indicating his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Harry Lewis
Washington
Lewis
E. E. Monzingo
Littleton
Raymond Andrews
Albuquerque
N. M
First White Child of Winneshiek County Remembers Their Farm
Special to The Gazette Castalia Ninety year old Hamilton Campbell Winneshiek county's first white child and son of the county's first settler nears his eighty ninth anniversary on the old Homestead Farm 1848 sign on the barn marks the lineage The article recalls the 1848 migration of the Winnebago Indians and the Military trail that became a highway of immigration to northern Iowa and Minnesota The Campbell homestead witnessed trains cars and roads evolving from prairie wagon days to modern transport The piece ends with a finance note stating only about 25 percent of US auto purchases are cash financed
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Castalia
Hamilton Campbell
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Campbell
Joel Post
Fort Atkinson
Minesota
Campbell Home
Old Homestead Farm
Mr. Campbell
Mississippi
McGregor
Mether
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Armstrong Hall of Fine Arts
E. T. Devine
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W. Webber
Masons
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Frank Cole
Harry Culver
Methodist Church
Mitchell
S. D
Iowa News
Jesup
John Keane
Clare County
Ireland
Dunkerton
Frank P
Chicago
Mary Raphael
P. C
New York City
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A. M. Koster
John M
Richard Keane
San Diego
Calif
Thomas
Effingham
Pat Malloy
Los Angeles
St. Athanasius Catholic Church
Independence
John
Francis
Richard Koster
Joseph Keane
Leona Parizek
Oneida Township
Marion F. Parizek
Florida
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