Iowa Party Leaders Make November Election Forecast
Mitchell predicts Democratic gains in the senate race with Spangler as a key figure while signaling wet plank may be used. He forecasts victories for the Democrats in districts 1 2 4 7 and 8. Republicans outline platform at a national convention.
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Iowa
Mitchell
Henry Field
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Republican State Central Committee
United Press
Friddy
Spangler
Turner
University of Iowa
Ribbon Service Opens Million Dollar Span to Traffic
A new million dollar span officially opened to traffic in a ceremony marking construction completion. Authorities touted improved transit flow and safety as commuters began using the bridge.
Iowa Democrats See Sweep in November Vote Forecast
Democratic leaders in Iowa predict a strong November showing with a U S senator win and victories in the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth House districts plus a possible statehouse gain. Richard F. Mitchell cites primary returns as proof of a statewide swing toward the Democratic ticket.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Democratic State Central Committee
Mitchell
United Press
Itchell
Louis Murphy
M. Jacobsen
Linn County
Gilbert Haugen
Fred Biermann
Police shut three gambling concessions at Wolfe carnival
Local police closed three alleged gambling stands at the Wolfe carnival in Iowa City after a youth reported losing 18 dollars. The owners were released on agreeing to leave town after returning the money.
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Iowa City
Wolfe
West Liberty Woman Burned In Gas Explosion
Mrs. John Heathered of West Liberty suffered burns to her arms face and neck after a gas explosion in the basement while she was dry-cleaning curtains. Authorities believe friction may have ignited flammable vapors.
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West Liberty
West Tetberty
John
Iowa Bar Association Bills Membership Control
The Iowa State Bar Association approved a bill to create a state bar that would license and regulate all Iowa attorneys. It would act as a government unit with disciplinary powers and an annual 7 dollar membership fee, 2 dollars of which go to the state treasury, affecting about 2,500 attorneys.
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Burlington
State Bar Association
Iowa
Iowa State Bar Association
Bar Association
Bar
Association
The
Harvard Law Dean Defines Law Across Three Elements
Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School argued that law has three essential elements. He described a body of decision patterns and rules, the art of legal craft shaping rules for new cases, and an ideal element of received societal ideals guiding judicial action.
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Burlington
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Iowa State Bar Association
Hold Boese Brother On Larceny Charge
Clayton county officials and Milwaukee railroad police arrested William Boese at his home near Postville on a larceny charge. He is brother to Harry Boese who pled guilty to breaking and entering a freight car in Monona. Authorities say evidence links the elder Boese to a two year string of robberies totaling more than five thousand dollars in stolen merchandise from freight cars in Monona and Calmar. He waived to trial before Justice Chinese and was jailed on a $1,000 bond.
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Gazette
Eleader
Clayton County
Milwaukee Railroad
William Boese
Postville
Boese
Harry Boese
Monona
Beese
Anamosa
Elder Boese
Calmar
Justice Chinese
Fayette County Legion Auxiliary meeting draws sixty four
OELWEIN The Fayette county American Legion Auxiliary held its Thursday afternoon session with sixty four members present. State president Mrs Jane Prichard Onawa and past president Mrs Grace Gilbert King West Union spoke. County chairman Mrs Helen Kneeland presided and welcomed guests.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
American Legion Auxiliary
Jane Prichard
Onawa
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
Bernice Rust
Nashua
J. M. Smittle
Waucoma
A. C. Wilson
Helen Kneeland
Clermont
Lorraine Ashby
Seilman
Glen
Ross Catshall
K. F. Wetman
Gordon Birchard
Lloyd Birdsell
Gyne Iee
Grundy taxpayers protest petition calls for tax reform
Grundy Center Grundy county taxpayers vote to circulate a petition urging the governor to call a special session of the legislature to repeal all mandatory tax levies minimum wage scales and gas rates for printing and replace them with a rate aligned to modern times. Leaders Henry Mast Claus Roskamp push a broader movement to curb taxes and tax assessments with property owners urged to withhold half their payments.
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Grundy County
Henry Mast
Claus Rt Roskamp
Minnesota
Center Point’s Oldest Resident Elizabeth Wayne Dies at 90
Center Point reports the death of Elizabeth Cottle Wayne, 90, longtime resident and widow of Hiram Wayne. She died Friday after a fractured hip from a fall, survived by her daughter Edna and niece Florence Wright. Funeral Sunday at 4 at the home, with Rev. Bretnall and Rev. Floyd Maynard officiating. Burial in Center Point cemetery. In Hopkinton, the Fish and Game club released 6,000 trout from the State hatchery into Buck and Plum creeks feeding the Maquoketa River.
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Center Point
Elizabeth Cottle Wayne
Wayne
Illinois
Iowa
Hiram Wayne
G. A. R. Here
Edna
Florence Wright
Woodstock
Bretnall
Floyd Maynard
Center Point Cemetery
Hopkinton
Strawberry Point
Buck Creek
Plum Creek
Maquoketa River
Elkader Man Held on Manslaughter Charge
Ian Gordon Dohrer driver of the car in which Carl Limbeck of McGregor was killed and Arno Schiebelbein fatally injured on Memorial Day was arrested on a county attorney information. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the October grand jury, released on $500 bond. Dohrer survived. Limbeck and Schiebelbein died.
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Elkader
Ian Gordon Dohrer
Carl Limbeck
McGregor
Arno Schieiiebein
Giard
Dohrer
D. E. Gleason
H. V. Dohrer
Schieviebein
Limbeck
Ossian and Schievelbein
Clayton Center
L. T. Sheets Dies at 82 in Minneapolis
Leverett T. Sheets, 82, who joined the Eighth Iowa cavalry at age 13 at the start of the Civil War, died in Minneapolis. He later ran a large stock farm near Vinton, Iowa, for many years after the war.
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Minneapolis
Leverett T. Sheets
Eighth Iowa Cavalry
Vinton
Runyon Divorce Granted in Iowa County Court
Judge R G Popham granted Florence Runyon a divorce from Wesley Runyon in Iowa county district court on Wednesday. Florence receives possession of the household goods. Both parties are forbidden to remarry for one year.
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Marengo
R. G. Popham
Florence Runyon
Williamsburg
Wesley Runyon
District Court
Iowa County
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