Iowa Republican Delegation Heads to Convention Caucus
Iowa's 25 member delegation leaves for the national Republican convention with a Monday caucus planned to resume the Eighteenth Amendment debate. The group, led by Sen L J Dickinson and Gov Dan Turner, is mostly dry and will decide its stance on prohibition if raised.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harrison FE. Spangler
State Central Committee
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Dickinson
Dan W. Turner
J. N. Darling
Martha McClure
Mount Pleasant
Edwin Manning
Ottumwa
King Palmer
West Union
Joe Anderson
Thompson
J. A. Nelson
Decorah
J. A. McCoy
Oskaloosa
E. E Bamford
Centerville
Clyde B. Charleton
Glenn E. Whitehead
Perry
Percy Chase
Atlantic
A. N. Ahlgren
Shenandoah
Frank Maher
Fort Dodge
Mary Johnston
Humboldt
Leroy A. Rader
Spencer
C. D. Roseberry
Lemars
New Commander Of Iowa G. A. R. Was Lincoln Bodyguard
Judge Thomas J. Noll of Grinnell elected commander of the Iowa Grand Army of Republic for the coming year. A former bodyguard at Lincoln's funeral, Noll served in the 146th Illinois infantry and later held multiple posts in G A R chapters. He practiced law in several towns and now serves as judge of the Grinnell superior court while maintaining a garden for early potatoes.
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Iowa
President Lincoln
Rinnell
Thomas J. Noll
Lincoln
Noll
Illinois
Co. C
146Th Illinois Infantry
Wilson
Grundy Center
Grinnell
Gordon Granger
Department Council of Administration
Soldiers’ Relief Committee
University of Iowa
Sibley
Traer and Grundy Center
Poweshiek County
Grinnell Superior Court
Des Moines
John E. Noll
Portland
Ore
Benjamin
Suratt
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Til
Couple At Spencers Grove Celebrate 68th Wedding Date
SPENCERS GROVE Mr and Mrs Samuel Brody celebrate their sixty eighth wedding anniversary as Benton County s longest married pair Their life spans from 1844 birth of Mr Brody in a log cabin to a 1864 marriage with Mary Ann Lash They have three children and the active farming work passes to son in law E Culver with Mrs Brody mostly home quilting and resting after hip injury.
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Spencers Grove
Samuel Brody
Benton County
Brady
Mary Ann Lash
Iowa
Indiana
Brody
Pred Fox
Urbana
Clark Brody
Wyoming
FE. Culver
U C T Names Cedar Rapids Officers and Delegates
C C Cartwright of Marshalltown was elected grand counselor of the Iowa United Commercial Travelers at the state convention, succeeding Claude C King of Sioux City. Waterloo chosen as 1933 convention city over Sioux City. delegates to the national in Columbus include King Cartwright and others. auxiliary officers listed with Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa representatives.
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Ottumwa
L AP
C. C. Cartwright
Marshalltown
Iowa United Commercial Travelers
Claude C. King
Sioux City
Waterloo
Columbus
C. C. King
Harry F. Tisher
Cedar Rapids
A. H. Cushman
Keokuk
A. J. Epper
Ada Kelloway
Des Moines
Grand Ae
Estelle E. Clawson
Clinton
Grand Sentinel
Lillian Huntington
Grand Secretreasurer
Letta Sarset
Grand Flag Bracer
Gladys Baker
Oskaloosa
Jessie McGill
Storm Lake
Etta Scott
Richard F. Carne
Zeus Guild of
Iowa
Iowa Baymen
U. C. T. of Iowa
Seek To Revoke Driving License Of Davenport Boy
Davenport authorities will seek to revoke Harold Duprez's driving license after a Buffalo highway head-on crash Thursday night injuring eight people. Deputy Sheriff Peter Dittmer said Duprez showed signs of reckless driving and caused the collision with a car carrying high school students including Charles Doyle.
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Davenport
Harold Duprez
Buffalo Highway
Peter Dittmer
Charles Doyle
Duprez
Rebekah Lodges of Muscatine Louisa Co Meet June 18
The thirty second annual convention of Rebekah lodges of Muscatine and Louisa counties will be held at Grandview June 18. Officers include Fannie Shew president Ella Reed vice president Ollie Thompson secretary Ethel Colgar treasurer. Vice presidents from lodges are Ann Morrison Merle Shhabilion Mary Goldie Griffin Letts Emma Waterhouse Bernice Vetter Lucy Stocke.
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Columbus Junction
Rebekah
Muscatine
Louisa Counties
Grandview
Fannie Shew
Ella Reed
Ollie Thompson
Secre
Ethel Colgar
Dview
Ann Morrison
West Liberty
Merle Shhabilion
Mary — Goldie Griffin
Letts
Emma Waterhouse
Oakville
Bernice Vetter
Lucy Stocke
Increase Of 100 Percent Predicted In Iowa Taxes
Des Moines AP: Internal revenue bureau officials predict a tax collections rise of over 100 percent in Iowa due to budget balancing measures. They estimate $15,000,000 total for the year ending June 30, 1933, up from $6,500,000 this year, with income taxes contributing about $13,000,000 and the rest from admissions, electricity, telephone, telegraph, bank checks, pleasure boats and safety deposit boxes.
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DES Moines
Internal Revenue Bureau
Iowa
Well Known Banker Found Dead In Gas Filled Room
John P. Brockmann 58, assistant cashier at the former American Savings bank and Trust Co, was found dead in the gas filled basement of his Davenport home Friday evening. Coroner J. D. Cantwell ruled accidental suffocation with heart trouble and high blood pressure as contributing factors.
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Davenport
John PD. Brockmann
American Savings Bank and Trust Co
J. D. Cantwell
Crowned Queens at Upper Iowa Pageant
Margaret Madeen of Arlington and June Johnson of Fayette were crowned college and high school queens during Upper Iowa diamond anniversary pageant week. Prizes included Fawcett Oratorical first Marlowe Burke and others, with honorary degrees awarded including Doctor of Science to John Baker of Montclair.
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Gazette
Fayette
Margaret Madeen
Arlington
June Johnson
Upper Iowa
Miss Madeen
College of Liberal Arts
Phi Beta Phi
University Players
Miss Johnson
Fayette School
Fawcett
Marlowe Burke
Fredericksburg
Gaylen Sackville
Oclwein
Holmes
Paul Barthell
Iowa Sons of the Revolution
Zinita Appleton
Edgewood
Clarke- Craig
Beall
Elizabeth Herrling
Wadena
Gertrude Carpenter
Georgia Creamer
Donald Seavey
Ricevi
John Baker
Montclair
N. J
New Head Of Philosophy And Religion Appointed At Cornell
Albion R. King, philosophy instructor at the University of Southern California, will head Cornell college's religion and philosophy department next year. He is an ordained Methodist minister with Kansas and Massachusetts charges, has written on psychology and religion, and is a Phi Beta Kappa member.
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Cornell
Mount Vernon —Albion
R. King
University of Southern California
Cornell College
H. J. Burgstahler
C. V. Jackson
University Strasbourg
Europe
Kansas
Massachusetts
Doctor King
Phi Beta Kappa
Doctor of Divinity to Rev Earl Selden West Union
The list notes a Doctor of Divinity awarded to Rev Earl Selden of West Union and a Bachelor of Science to Dr Herbert Woods of the same area.
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Earl Selden
West Union
Herbert Woods
Damage suit over 1929 Dubuque crash heads to court
In Fort Dodge a $40,000 action and countersuit arise from a collision near Dubuque on August 5, 1929. Miss Marie Helfer of Chicago seeks $15,000 against Rev. P. M. Dobberstein and Donald Slaven. The priest seeks $25,000 alleging Helfer was negligent. Dobberstein lost sight in one eye and sustained other injuries.
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Fort Dodge
P. M. Dobberstein
West Bend
United States
Marie Helfer
Chicago
Father Dobberstein
Dubuque
Helfer
Donald Slaven
Miss Helfer
Slaven
Anamosa Girl Keeps the GOP Convention Running
Blanche Ann Hunnicut of Anamosa Iowa serves as secretary to Ralph E Williams chair of the Republican national convention arrangements committee. She handles every detail from bunting bills to seating, a key quieting presence at the convention headquarters with prior campaign experience dating to 1928.
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Ruth Cowan
Chicago
Democrats
Blanche Ann Hunnicut
Anamosa
Ralph E. Williams
William
Hunnicut
Republican Party
Northwestern University Law School
James W. Good
Hoover
Des Moines Files List 102 Campaign Expenses
The secretary of state records 102 primary expense accountings. L. J. Kehoe of Wellman, Republican gubernatorial hopeful, spent 13.75. Republican state senate candidates included S. M. Hall 190.05, C. J. Orr 19, J. G. Van Buren 89. Republican state representative bids show C. L. Cole 52.32, E. O. Ellsworth 99.95. Democrat W. H. Gissel of Independence spent 2.75.
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Des Moines
Secretary of State
L. J. Kehoe
Wellman
S. M. Hall
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Orr
Monona
J. G. van Buren
Anamosa
C. L. Cole
Grinnell
E. O. Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
W. H. Gissel
Independence
Aunt Hannah Green Years of Love and Labor Remembered
On her eighty third birthday Aunt Hannah Green recalls a life of waiting for her husband Frank since youth and years of helping family. She describes moving between Oxford Mills and the Kansas City area before settling back near childhood home and enduring bereavement after her husband’s death in 1917 while keeping house and crafting from old horse manes and hay pitched years ago.
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the Gazette
Lin
Hannah Green
Frank Green
Kansas City
Oxford Mills
Green
Donna
Malcom Church to Mark 65th Anniversary in Malcom
Plans underway for June 18 19 celebration of First Presbyterian Church of Malcom founded after Rev A D Chapman organized a Brooklyn group in 1867. History notes growth to 125 members with former pastors including John L Gage G Sumner Baskerville Elmer Aukerman. Events feature a vocal recital Marguerite Lentenegger and remarks by Dr Harry Gage Coe College president.
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Malcom
First Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn
A. D. Chapman
Poweshiek County
Ohio
Mr. Chapman
State Synod
Marguerite Lentenegger
Cornell College School of Music
C. C. Richardson
Eighteen Drum Corps Enter State Legion Meet
Eighteen Iowa drum corps have signified intentions to enter the state drum and bugle contest at the American Legion convention in Fort Dodge August 1 to 3. Participating towns include Gowrie Knoxville Cherokee Mason City Waterloo Sioux City Estherville Spencer Cedar Rapids Iowa City Dubuque and Council Bluffs.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Gowrie
Knoxville
Cherokee
Mason City
Waterloo
Sioux City
Estherville
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Oxford Junction's Last Civil War Vet Harrison Smith
Harrison Smith of Oxford Junction, the last surviving Civil War veteran there, turns ninety on May Day. He enlisted at 19 and served four years and nine months, later staying one year in the Dakota territory at Fort Reno ld. He lived in Oxford Mills, married Eliza Bunn in 1968, and later moved to Oxford Mills with his daughter and son in law Manford and Mrs. Jeffrey. He has five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Oxford Junction
Harrison Smith
Dakota Territory
Ft. Renold
Sioux City
7Th
Iowa Regiment
Co. M
Oxford Mills
Eliza Bunn
Manford Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Foreign War Vets To Hold Their Next Meet At Ft Dodge
DECORAH AP Veterans of Foreign Wars voted to hold the 1933 encampment in Fort Dodge with Cedar Rapids also invited. Milton W. Strickler of Des Moines was elected department commander. Officers named include Senior vice commander L. L. Totten Fort Dodge junior vice commander Denton Gregg Rockwell City quartermaster John Richer Boone judge advocate W J McCullough Cherokee surgeon A F Fritchen Decorah chaplain R R Marken Des Moines.
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Decorah
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Milton W. Strickler
Des Moines
L. L. Totten
Denton Gregg
Rockwell City
John Richer
Boone
W. J. McCullough
Cherokee
A. F. Fritchen
R. R. Marken
Hawkeye Musician Forms Five-Piece Family Orchestra
Hawkeye educator A. E. Dungey heads a musical family forming a five member home orchestra. The family includes Dungey, his wife, and two daughters aged 11 and 13 with a potential five year old Grace Ellen practicing piano. The daughters Arlene and Frazedell play piano and serve as soloists on violin cello and clarinet in school and family ensembles.
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Hawkeye Musical Family
Hawkeye
A. E. Dungey
Iowa Bandmasters’ Association
Lawler School
Hawkeye High School
Grace Ellen
Dencey
Arlene
Frazeldell
Murder Suspect Returned to Prison in Parole Violation
Albert Lea Iowa authorities seek extradition for Lawrence Bud Joyce in the Edna Shaw murder case while he is held in Minnesota as a parole violator after a Northwood crash. Joyce, recently paroled from a seven year assault sentence, faces extradition and possible charges in Ottumwa. Minneapolis police investigate a possible link to the Aaronson jewelry heist, with Walter Neiman identified as a suspect. Joe Callahan identified as the crash victim. Bob McCarthy held on car larceny charges.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Lawrence
Bud) Joyce
Iowa
Edna Shaw
Ottumwa
Stillwater
Joyce
Northwood
Minnesota
Shaw
Gerald Randol
Minneapolis
Walter Neiman
Skinny” Wilson
Nathan Aar
Anson
New York
Neiman
Des Moines
Aaronson
Joe Callahan
St. Louis
Bob McCarthy
St. Paul
Nine Scholarships Awarded In College Of Law At Iowa U
Outstanding students in the University of Iowa liberal arts college received nine scholarships totaling 1650 to begin study in the college of law. Top awards go to James P. Kelly of LeMars and Herbert Box of Ottumwa at 300 each. Other recipients include Harold Saks of Council Bluffs and Forrest Davidson of Crawfordsville with 200 and 150 respectively. Arie Poldervaart and Arthur Janssen of Maquoketa receive 250, while Merle Johnson of Marshalltown, Murray Spurgin of Beech, each get 150.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts
College of Law
James P. Kelly
LeMars
Herbert Box
Ottumwa
Harold Saks
Countcil Bluffs
Forrest Davidson
Crawfordsville
Oscar Whitebrook
Arie Polder«vaart
Harris
Arthur Janssen
Maquoketa
Merle Johnson
Marshall
Murray Spuregin
Beech
Cornell Alumni Find Less Sulfur Rain In Mount Vernon
Two Cornell graduates Francis Williams and Kenneth Beddow analyzed all rain and snow in Mount Vernon over the year. They report little sulfuric acid in precipitation, suggesting reduced coal burning and a shift to wood as the heating fuel. Dr. Nicholas Knight supervised the work.
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Mount Vernon
Francis Williams
Clinton
Kenneth Beddow
Manchester
Nicholas Knight
Beddow
Brooklyn Student Wins Scholarship to Study in Europe
The Institute of International Education named nineteen American students awarded scholarships in Austria Hungary Italy and Switzerland. Edward G Shadbolt of Brooklyn New York was among those selected to study abroad during the coming year.
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New York
Institute of International Education
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Switzerland
Edward G. Shadbolt
Brooklyn
Towa
Excavators Find Human Skeletons in Sioux City
Four human skeletons and two horse skeletons were uncovered beneath 12 feet of soil at 31st and Court streets in Sioux City. The bones were found by Bernard Walding and a street department crew while clearing the area. workers suspect burial by a landslide or related accident.
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Sioux City
31St
Court Streets
Erning
Berenard Walding
Thirty-first
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Rebekah Lodges
Louisa Co
Albion R. King
University of California
U. S
G.O.P
Aunt Hannah
Malcom Church
Ft. Dodge
Instru
Hazeldell
Iowa U
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