No Prosecution Planned By State For Tama Gas Blast
Fire Marshal J. Vincent Pyle ruled the Tama Gamble store explosion stemmed from improper installation of gas equipment. Rubber tubing and an inside regulator violated law since July 5. No charges against operator Joe Zeman due to his injuries and uncertain prior installation. Three people died: Lester Haas, Hug McDonald, and Mrs. Lyle Mooney. The marshal declared a statewide action against such hazards in business properties and outlined penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
J. Vincent Pyle
Gamble
Tama
Pyle
Joe Zeman
Zeman
Hazard
Lester Haas
Elberon
Hug McDonald
Toledo
Lyle Mooney
Gamble Tire and Hardware Store
Marshal Pyle
A. Lubberden
Cliff Hill
Hill
Mrs Dan Shine And Lenox Arraigned For Murder
Mrs Dan Shine and Lenox facing first degree murder charges in the Dan Shine farm dispute near Littleport. They were arraigned before Judge W L Eichendorf with time to plead. W W Davidson named as attorney. Lenox 18 planned to marry the widow. several co defendants to be arraigned later. ELBERON wedding and Columbus Junction barn struck by lightning also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boedal
the Gazette
Eleader
Dan Shine
Maynard Lenox
Littleport
W. L. Eichendorf
W. W. Davidson
Elkader
Lenox
East Dubuque
Iowa brief captures town notices and obituaries across counties
Special to The Gazette report lists elected officers for Lions clubs in Marquette and other towns. It covers district conventions, new state wild life federation units, and multiple funeral and wedding notices with details on speakers, attendees, and surviving relatives.
Clinton War Vets Challenge Clinton City Attorney Appointment
World War I veterans Ben F. Martinson M. L. Sutton and W. E. Purcell contest the Clinton Iowa city attorney appointment of E Stanley Mayer. Judge D W Jackson ruled the soldier preference law does not apply to the post citing a strictly confidential relationship. The plaintiffs plan appeal to the Iowa supreme court for review.
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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
Mayer
Iowa
Jackson
Convict Hero Paroled After Aiding Guard Attack
Des Moines AP report says Martin Norton of Anamosa, who helped defend a guard during an attack by a fellow inmate, has been paroled to the Sunshine Mission in Cedar Rapids under Rev. Frank Ward.
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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 the guest of honor at a Tuesday celebration for her eightieth birthday. About sixty relatives and friends attended a picnic dinner. The Rev Arnold Thalacker spoke, noting her role as a charter member of Castle Grove Lutheran Church. She arrived in the area over sixty years ago and nine of her ten children were living, eight at the gathering.
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Monticello
Marie Heiken
Castle Grove Township
Arnold Thalacher
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Heiken
Albert Heiken
Mr. Majors
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
Ben Behrends, Jr
Redecorate Wheatland Church For Anniversary
Redecoration of St. Pauls Reformed church in Wheatland is completed for the seventy fifth anniversary celebration. A July 4 picnic at Alex park opens the events with services July 5 and a multi month observance featuring speakers from Nebraska Wisconsin Oregon and Illinois at various dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Alex Park
Charles Reidesel
Norfolk
Neb
William Beckman
Plymouth
Wis
B. Fresenberg
Hillesboro
Ore
John Gaterman
William Bollman
Elkhart Lake
J. F. Rolfe
Rock Island
III
Elmer Hommeghausen
Indianapolis
Re-election expected for Judge Gaffney in Iowa County
Iowa City The Republican and Democratic district judicial conventions will be held at the Iowa county courthouse in Marengo on July 2. Delegates from Johnson and Iowa counties will be chosen June 27. The conventions will nominate a candidate for the seat held by James P. Gaffney Democrat, elected in 1932, and indications point to his re nomination by both parties.
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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 young people from 50 Congregational Christian churches gathered in Grinnell for the second annual Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship convention on the Grinnell College campus. Leaders from Chicago and Iowa officials addressed sessions and training for nine associational camps expected to reach at least 1,000 denomination youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Delegates Named for Lutheran Convention from Hawkeye Area
Delegates from the Minnesota district of the American Lutheran church were elected here Wednesday for the national convention in San Antonio. Named to the Oct. 9 to 21 gathering include E. D. Kraemer of Hawkeye Iowa as a delegate. layman delegate Grant Lauer of Eldorado Iowa.
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St.-Paul
Minnesota
American Lutheran Church
San Antonio
E. D. Kraemer
Hawkeye
Grant Lauer
Eldorado
Shellsburg Farmer And Son Injured In Crash
Shellsburg reports George Pagan and his son were severely injured when Pagan lost control of a newly purchased car and crashed into a ditch near the Charles Hatfield farm while en route to their home two miles north of Shellsburg. They were taken to the hospital at Vinton. the vehicle suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsburg
George Pagan
Charles Hatfield
Vinton
Horse Killed as Car Crashes on Highway Near High Amana
A horse owned by the Middle Amana farm department was struck and killed when a car carrying Clarence Hardy and Gotlieb Albrecht of High Amana left the road Tuesday evening. The men were cut by flying glass and the car front was wrecked after the horse escaped a broken fence and wandered onto the highway.
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High Amana
Middle Amana
Clarence Hardy
Gotlieb Albrecht
High
Cedar Rapids
Iowa income tax returns rise to 136 719 by May 12
Des Moines AP reports Iowa individual income tax returns up to May 12 reached 136 719, up from 123 190 a year earlier. John K. Valentine, chairman of the state board, notes gains in both full paid and part paid returns, with totals climbing from 107 521 to 117 837 and from 15 669 to 18 882, respectively.
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DES Moines
Iowa
John K. Valentine
State Board of Assessment and Review
Giant fossil cephalopod found near McGregor Iowa
WPA workers unearthed a large oval cephalopod fossil nearly ten feet long in a quarry near McGregor. It is among the largest of its kind, with scale lines visible and a measurements from head to tail. The specimen is sent to Iowa State College for study and dates to 480 to 590 million years ago during a vast primordial sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Iowa
WPA
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Towa State College
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Oldest Wilton Junction resident to observe 94th birthday
Wilton Junction Mrs Annie E Jewell the town's oldest resident will celebrate her ninety fourth birthday Friday. She married Aaron V Jewell in 1863 and has lived in the area since then. Born June 12 1842 in Mold Wales she crossed the Atlantic in 1846 with his family and settled in Louisa County. Her father Rev David Knowles preached the first Welsh sermon west of the Mississippi as a minister of the First Congregational Church.
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W. A. Geiger
Kelso
Dewitt
June Litscher
John Litscher
Princeton
Robert McDonald
Clarence McDonald
Moline
W. A. Tillberg
J. H. Wallace
Rock Island
DeWitt High School
McDonald Homestead
Vinton
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
Mich
Mildred Stowe
Cutler City
Ore
Howard Spray
Dubuque
Harry
Madison
Wis
Karl F. Weltner
Hale
Davenport
Tipton
Winona Wooder
Here
Glenn Rowley
Mount Vernon
Delahook
Stanwood
O. J. Felter
Olin
Jarrell
Virginia Butterfield
Ida Wood
Duane Moffit
Mount Auburn
Noble Grand Association
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
Wilton Junction
Annie E. Jewell
Wilton
Aaron V. Jewell
Child Welfare Conference Opens Tuesday at S U S
Iowa City hosts the tenth annual child welfare and parent education conference starting Tuesday with about 1000 parents and experts. Prominent educators head the program on Education for Family Life, including Floyd Allport of Syracuse, Hughes Mearns of New York University, Bruce Robinson of New Jersey, and Hornell Hart of Hartford. Hart is noted as the first to receive a PhD in child welfare here in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Floyd Allport
Syracuse University
Hughes Mearns
New York University
Bruce Robinson
New Jersey
Hornell Hart
Hartford, Conn
Theological Seminary
Hart
East Iowa road project bids announced by state highway commission
The state highway commission named low bidders on 38 eastern Iowa road projects. Awards require approval from the Omaha federal roads office. Bids include Benton county overhead bridges by George W. Condon company for 12 283 dollars and other projects in Fayette Johnson and Dubuque with prices ranging from about 8 771 to 33 720 dollars.
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Fayette
Milwaukee Railway
Fisco Company
Garber
Johnson
Rock Island Crossing
George W. Condon Company
Dubuque
Cascade North
Iowa Road Building Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Marengo
Benton County Line
Tama
Gladbrook
Keokuk
Keswick
Concrete Materials Corporation
Waterloo
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Little Brown
Nashua
William Kent
Sylvia G. Strachota
Edward J. Benda
Louis E. Strachota
Frank J. Strachota
Elberon High School
Charles Benda
Chelsea
Columbus Junction
James Snyder
Iowa News
Marquette
Lions Club
Burke Hotel
S. F. Krohn
John O'Brien
Ralph Bente
Charles Hinsch
D. J. Herron
George Harrington
Martin E. Courant
Alaska
Columbus
Tama County
Iowa Wild Life Federation
Fred Wehrhan
Traer
Carl Wieland
George Struble, Jr
Irvin Moeller
Dysart
Toledo and
Traer Lions Clubs
Legion Hall
Poland
Italy
Jugoslavia
England
Portugal
France
Roumania
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Margaret Siggins
Esther Dvorak
Mary Carol Plattenberger
Genevieve Snyder
Lucile Eyestone
Norma Jean Thomassen
Faye Rogers
Betty Longerbeam
Marian Fisher
Louise Dvorak
Leora Foster
Betty Ryerson
Patricia Mitchell
Jacqueline Nichols
Elizabeth Wolfe
Helen Culbertson
Mildred Fisher
Helen Schroeder
Dana Wilcox
Sigourney
West Cemetery
W. W. Stirlen
Muscatine
Masonic Lodge
Stirlen
Delta
Keokuk County Medical Association
Billy
Brainard
Belle ’Stirlen
Methodist
J. E. Marietta
Long Beach
Calif
Mr. Marietta
Evergreen Cemetery
C. H. DeAcres
Los Angeles
Sumner
Calmar
Marie Bina
Frank Bina
Chester A
St. Aloysius Church
Joseph Vollmecke
Francis Bina
Francis Kuhn
M. Remegia
Albert
Clarence Bina
Mary Ellen Overdier
Mary Ann Soukup
Geraldine Kuhn
Manvius Bina
Aemiter
S.S.S
S.S. Co
Expect
Judge Gaffney
Hawkeye Man
Shellburg
Kneip Markets
Lake Superior
Lake
Ist St. NE
Daisy Brand
Nic
Braunschweiger
Sunlite
Bour
Sheffield
Elmdale
Kirk
Castile
Meo
Cookie Sole
Kellogg’s
Central Park
E. Ave
Dial
College Grocery
13Th St
Eaton’s Food Market
Ist Ave
U. L. Gerdl
2Nd Ave
Highland Grocery
13Th St. NW
Indra’s Food Market
Oakland Ave
Jensen Brothers
Henry Jensen
K St. SW
Ladies’ Home Journal
Kool-Aid
Morton
Buck Rogers
Jerry Klinsky
B Ave
W. G. Konecny
4Th Ave
Miller’s Select Foods
3Rd Ave
Mieneck Bros
Surry’s Food Market
8Th Ave
Troyak Bros
5Th St
Zachar Bros
12Th Ave
Vavra Bros
16Th Ave
Wilton Jct
S.U.S
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