Tama Gas Blast Report Finds Improper Installation
State Fire Marshal J. Vincent Pyle ruled the Tama explosion was caused by improper installation of gas equipment. Rubber tubing and an inside regulator violated law since July 6, with no charges against operator Joe Zeman. Three dead and four buildings wrecked. investigation stresses fire hazard and penalties for future violations.
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DES Moines
INS
J. Vincent Pyle
Gamble
Tama
Pyle
Joe Zeman
Zeman
Lester Haas
Elberon
McDonald
Toledo
Lyle Mooney
Gamble Tire and Hardware
Marshal Pyle
A. Lubberden
Cliff Hill
Hill
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Club and Community Notices
Marquette Lions elect S F Krohn as president and officers for year. Colu mbus Junction Rebekah lodge to hold district convention with welcome by Mrs Ray Littrel and Miss Jessie Lockwood. Toledo Tama county unit of Iowa Wild Life federation formed with officers named. Mount Vernon Fidac tea features pageant on many countries. Sigourney burial services for Dr W W Stirlen announced. Elkader reports dog poisoning epidemic reducing West Elkader dog population. Vinton prepares funeral for Mrs J E Marietta of Indiana born. Vinton hosts PEO picnic for 200+ members from eleven communities. Calmar wedding of Marie Bina to Chester Overdier at St Aloysius. Dewitt marriage of June Litscher to Robert McDonald. Vinton American Legion auxiliary officers elected. Dewitt news of death of Louis T Kelly of Dayton. Maquoketa Hiley Spray dies. funeral set. Hale Epworth Rally planning meeting at Tipton. Mount Auburn Past Noble Grand association event. Oxford Rebekah lodge elects officers. West Liberty H C Gregg dies aged 85, funeral set.
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Columbus Junction
Rebekah
Louisa
Muscatine
Odd Fellows Hall
Ray Littrel
Jessie Lockwood
Wapello
C. E. Lambert
Neva Maxwell
Merle Schabilion
W. E. Gabriel
Vinton
J. E. Marietta
Long Beach
Calif
Mr. Marietta
Evergreen Cemetery
C. H. DeAcres
Los Angeles
Marietta
Alice Barger
Indiana
James Barger
Sumner
Mount Vernon
Calmar
Marie Bina
Frank Bina
Chester A. Overdier
Davenport
St. Aloysius Church
Joseph Vollmecke
Francis Bina
Francis Kuhn
M. Remegia
Albert
Clarence Bina
Mary Ellen Overdier
Mary Ann Soukup
Cedar Rapids
Geraldine Kuhn
Manvius Bina
Minnesota
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Dewitt
June Litscher
John Litscher
Princeton
Robert McDonald
Clarence McDonald
Moline
W. A. Tillberg
J. H. Wallace
Rock Island
DeWitt High School
McDonald Homestead
American Legion Auxiliary
Nina McKevitt
Bernice Struble
Marguerite Hart
John
Virginia City
Nev
Leo
St. Paul
Paul
Chicago
Maquoketa
Hiley Waite Spray
Jackson County
C. Rudebeck
Buckhorn
Plin W. Spray
Mill Rock
Oxford Mills
Crabb Mills
Ozark
Rudebeck
Jennie Landis
Maude Cox
Pontiac
Here
Glenn Rowley
Delahook
Stanwood
O. J. Felter
Olin
Jarrell
Tipton
Virginia Butterfield
Ida Wood
Duane Moffit
Winona Wooder
Hale
Mount Auburn
Noble Grand Association
Noble Grands
H. A. Smalley
Roy Wiest
Ivan Gingrich
Christina Albertsen
H. H. Fagan
M. M. Davis
al Wiese
Elsie Hill
H. J. Schlotfelt
Ralph Struve
Adolph Reinhart
Oxford
L. N. Oakes
Rebekah Lodge
Ruth Stoner
Wilma Taylor
R. R. Rapp
West Liberty
H. C. Gregg
Hanson
Sarah Ann Gregg
Cedar County
Rachel Gates
Downey
West Branch
Bert Gregg
Centerdale
Earl Gregg
Horace A. Larsen
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Mrs Shine and Lenox arraigned in murder case near Littleport
Mrs Shine and Lenox faced first degree murder charges over the death of Dan Shine 60 years old intended to seize his farm near Littleport. Each was granted time to plead with attorney W W Davidson appointed. Lenox, 18, planned to marry the widow. Shine had been wed just a week.
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Gazette
Eleader
Dan Shine
Maynard Lenox
Littleport
W. L. Eichendorf
W. W. Davidson
Elkader
Lenox
East Dubuque
Elberon Couple Wed at Little Brown Church Near Nashua
Miss Sylvia G. Strachota and Edward J. Benda, both of Elberon, were united in marriage by Rev. William Kent at the Little Brown church near Nashua on Wednesday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strachota of Elberon. the groom, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benda of Chelsea. The couple will live on a farm northwest of Elberon.
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Elberon
Little Brown
Nashua
William Kent
Sylvia G. Strachota
Edward J. Benda
Louis E. Strachota
Frank J. Strachota
Elberon High School
Charles Benda
Chelsea
Lightning Strikes Barn Near Columbus Junction
A barn on the James Snyder farm one mile east of Columbus Junction was hit by lightning on Tuesday afternoon, splintering the structure. The loft housed three tons of new alfalfa hay damaged. Local fire company responded.
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Columbus Junction
James Snyder
Clinton War Veterans Challenge City Attorney Appointment
World War I veterans Ben F. Martinson M L Sutton and W E Purcell sue to oust Clinton Iowa city attorney E Stanley Mayer claiming soldier preference law should apply. Judge D W Jackson denied mandamus saying post requires strictly confidential relationship. Plaintiffs to appeal to Iowa supreme court.
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Clinton
Iowa Supreme Court
D. W. Jackson
Clinton County
E. Stanley Mayer
Ben F. Martinson
M. L. Sutton
W. E. Purcell
Iowa
Jackson
Convict Hero Is Given His Parole
Sam Woods of the Iowa parole board said Martin Norton an Anamosa convict who aided a guard during an attack has been paroled to Rev. Frank Ward of the Sunshine Mission in Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Sam Woods
State Parole Board
Martin Norton
Anamosa
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Heiken of Castle Grove Celebrates 80th Birthday
Mrs Marie Heiken of Castle Grove township was feted on her eightieth birthday with a picnic dinner for sixty relatives and friends. The gathering honored a pioneer resident who came here over sixty years ago and included eight of her ten children present along with many Heiken family members from nearby towns.
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Monticello
Marie Heiken
Castle Grove Township
Arnold Thalacher
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Heiken
Albert Heiken
Mardorf
Carl Schoon
Amber
George Heiken
Cass Township
Henry Johnson
George Specht
Anna
Fred
Carl Heiken
John Behrends
John Jacobs
Henry Null
Fred Reuter
Henry Behrends
Will Behrends
Ben Behrends
J. F. Heiken
Arnold Thalacker
Redecorate Wheatland Church For Anniversary
Special to The Gazette Wheatland Redecoration of St. Pauls Reformed church complete for seventy fifth founding anniversary. A July 4 picnic at Alex Park opens the celebration with services on Sunday July 5. Month long observance features speakers from Norfolk Plymouth Hillesboro Rock Island and Indianapolis among others.
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Wheatland
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Alex Park
Charles Reidesel
Norfolk
Neb
William Speckman
Plymouth
Wis
B. Fresenberg
Hillesboro
Ore
John Gaterman
William Bollman
Elkhart Lake
J. F. Rolfe
Rock Island
Elmer Hommeghausen
Indianapolis
Expect Re election Of Judge Gaffney
Iowa County officials announce district judicial conventions for July 2 at the Marengo courthouse. Delegates from Johnson and Iowa counties will be chosen June 27. Both parties are expected to nominate Judge James P. Gaffney for re election, the incumbent since 1932, following a pattern of one Republican and one Democratic judge in recent years.
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Iowa City
Iowa County
Marengo
Johnson
James P. Gaffney
Gaffney
Harold D. Evans
Grinnell Hosts Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship Conference
More than 275 youths from fifty Congregational Christian churches gathered in Grinnell for the second annual Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship convention on the Grinnell college campus. Leaders from Chicago and Iowa will address sessions as 1,000 youths are expected to participate in nine association camps later this summer.
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Grinnell
Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship
Grinnell College
Margaret Joiner
Congregational Christian Associations of
Iowa
Royal J. Montgomery
Howell D. Davies
Commission On Missions
Harold Kingsley
Chicago
Frank McCulloch
Council For Social Action
Nelson C. Dreier
First Congregational Church of
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota Lutheran delegates named for San Antonio convention
Delegates from the Minnesota district of the American Lutheran church were elected in St Paul. The San Antonio convention runs Oct 9 through 21. Named to the national gathering include E. D. Kraemer of Hawkeye, Iowa. Layman delegates include Grant Lauer of Eldorado, Iowa.
Shellsburg Farmer and Son Injured in Crash
George Sadlon and his son Ed Sadlon were severely injured when the car they were riding in left the road near the Charles Hatfield farm two miles north of Shellsburg. They were taken to the hospital at Vinton. the newly purchased car was badly damaged.
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Shellsburg
George Sadlon
Charles Hatfield
Vinton
Horse Killed as Car Hits Animal in High Amana
A horse on the Middle Amana farm killed after a collision with a car Tuesday evening. Clarence Hardy and Gotlieb Albrecht, both of High, were riding in the car and suffered severe cuts from flying glass. The front of the vehicle was wrecked when the horse bolted onto the highway after breaking through a fence.
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High Amana
Middle Amana
Clarence Hardy
Gotlieb Albrecht
High
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Income Tax Returns Rise to 136719 by May 12
Des Moines AP reports Iowa personal income tax returns filed to May 12 reached 136,719, up from 123,190 a year earlier. Full paid returns totaled 107,521 versus 117,837, while total pair paid returns were 15,669 compared with 18,882 in 1936.
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DES Moines
Iowa
John K. Valentine
State Board of Assessment and Review
Giant cephalopod fossil found near McGregor Iowa
WPA workers unearthed a huge oval cephalopod fossil in a quarry near McGregor. The nearly ten foot long specimen tapers from head to tail and is marked by visible scale lines. It may be the largest fossil of its kind in Iowa, dating from a 480 to 590 million year old salt sea that covered parts of the region.
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Mcgregor
Iowa
WPA
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Iowa State College
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wilton Junction honors 94th birthday of Annie E Jewell
Wilton Junction announces Annie E Jewell the town’s oldest resident will mark her 94th birthday Friday. Born June 12 1842 in Mold Wales she sailed to America in 1846 with four siblings. Her father Rev David Knowles preached the first Welsh sermon west of the Mississippi.
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Wilton Junction
Annie E. Jewell
Wilton
Aaron W. Jewell
Child Welfare Conference Opens Tuesday at S U S
Eastern educators headline the tenth annual child welfare and parent education conference in Iowa City with lectures and round tables. About 1000 parents, child study leaders, and experts attend three days on Education for Family Life led by Floyd Allport Hughes Mearns Bruce Robinson and Hornell Hart.
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Iowa City
Floyd Allport
Syracuse University
Hughes Mearns
New York University
Bruce Robinson
New Jersey
Hornell Hart
Hartford, Conn
Bids Named on Eastern Iowa Road Projects
The state highway commission announced low bidders for 38 eastern Iowa road projects. Contracts await approval after federal routing office review. Notable bids include George W. Condon company on several overpass and bridge tasks and Iowa Road Building company for multiple grading, surfacing, and graveling jobs across Dubuque, Benton, Keokuk, Tama, and nearby counties.
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State Highway Commission
Omaha
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa
Benton County
Atkins
Milwaukee Railway Crossing
George W. Condon Company
Fayette
Fisco Company
Garber
Johnson
Rock Island Crossing
Dubuque
Cascade North
and Wallis
Benton
Iowa County
Iowa Road Building Company
Maines
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