Ex-Convict Confesses Slaying Oil Station Operator
Allen Wheaton a 19 year old former convict confessed to killing Henry Plummer 38 at an oil station east of Council Bluffs. He said he shot him after robbing him of 18 dollars and dumped the body in a ditch then fled toward Omaha. Wheaton was arrested as detectives watched a car and he later admitted the crime saying I did it. Pottawattamie County Attorney plans to seek the death penalty.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Allen Wheaton
Wheaton
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Omaha
South Dakota State Penitentiary
Sioux Falls
Missouri Valley
Minnesota
Lawrence DeVol
Barker-Karpis
Sioux Rapids
Shenandoah
Nebraska
Iawa
Pottawattamie
Robert Organ
Eastern Iowa Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Obituaries
The Solon American Legion auxiliary elected officers headed by Mildred Umbdenstock. Louisa county road contracts for six miles of grading and resurfacing set for June 18. Funeral for William Scheepers held near Wheatland. Dorothy Boyd wed W Parce Hannan in Reinbeck. Tipton Legion auxiliary reelects officers and plans Cedar county veterans event. Multiple brief notices cover church meetings, baptisms, graduations, and local incidents across towns including Monticello, Ottawa, and Keokuk.
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Bessie Stahle
Emma Meyers
Mary Fiala
Emma Panzer
Frances Ulch
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Philip Price
Fairport
Danny Boyd
Worchester
Ohio
Kahler
Washington, D. C
Fairport, N. Y
Keokuk Rural Pupils Graduate Eighth Grade In Keokuk County
Special to The Gazette. About 100 Keokuk County eighth grade pupils received diplomas at Friday commencement. William Dunlavy gave the address. H McVicker presented diplomas. Names listed by township include Richland, Jackson, Warren Bottorff, Benton and many others with numerous graduates named per town.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
William Dunlavy
H. McVicker
Richland
R. L. Hahn
Dorothy Lankford
Bet Hobbs
Ernest Woods
Marion Bray
Alice Caris
Kenneth Krier
Dean Hill
Jackson
Kenneth Capps
Ralph Zepp
Lucille Ho
Virginia Stein
Georganna Shaw
Myrtle Engle
Ralph McIntosh
Dorothy Snider
Beasley
Mignon Hardest
Frances Yahn
East Lancaster
William Hineshaw
Betty Lou Crouse
Jane Winesaw
Bernadine Seaba
Doylé Vandament
Charles Sheetz
Verla E. Doggett
Elmer Dumont
Arlene Clingan
Gertrude Dumont
Paueline Heisdorffer
Luke Miller
Clear Creek
Odilla
DeWayne Kitzman
Dorothy A. Kitzman
Celia Ann Stakeland
Adams
Kenneth Axmear
Rex E. Hervey
Dale Jones
Melvin Bair
Lester Galbraith
Gene Shacklett
English River
Leslie Calvert
Dale Robinson
Liberty — Newell Gibbons, Jr
Hugh Walsh
Ella Marie Moneaghan
Melvin Weaver
Keith Feckley
Farm Candidate H. J. Leonard Dies In Iowa Accident
Ida county farmer and Republican candidate for state representative H. J. Leonard died in a Holstein hospital from injuries after a hayrack wagon tongue broke on his farm. He was riding the hayrack when the wagon plunged and dragged him, striking him on the head. no witnesses were present.
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Holstein
H. J. Leonard
Ida County
Leonard
Oelwein Man Freed Of Robbery Charge
A jury in Judge H. E. Taylor's court found 19 year old James Darringer not guilty of breaking and entering an oil station in Oelwein. The two day trial ended with the jury out six hours after a five month jail stay for Darringer.
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West Union
H. E. Taylor
James Darringer
Oelwein
Darringer
Eldora Training School
Lcity
Murphy to Honolulu on American Legion visit
Ray Murphy national commander of the American Legion from Ida Grove Iowa stopped at a motion picture studio during a trip to Hawaii en route to Honolulu with his family accompanying him.
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Hollywood
Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
American Legion
Honolulu
Aurora Auxiliary Elects Officers for Coming Year
The American Lion auxiliary met with Mrs. Jph Miller on Wednesday afternoon and elected officers: President Mrs. Earl Quitmeyer, first vice president Mrs. J. F. Loeck, second vice president Mrs. Albert Graves, secretary Mrs. Clarence Parker, treasurer Mrs. Ralph Durfey, chaplain Mrs. Walter Canfield, sergeant-at-arms Mrs. Sterling Brooks, historian Mrs. James Trotter. At the county convention in Winthrop on Thursday, Mrs. J. F. Loeck was chosen chairman and Mrs. Charles Kivell secretary.
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McKinley
Presbyterian Church
A. R. Osborne
Paul Horner
Emma Dorman
Alice Glee
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Commercial Club
Gordman
National Advertising Association
C. B. Jepson
Ray Denniston
Reinbeck
C. C. Crawford
Cascade
Crawford
Morrison, Lincoln, Conrad
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Senate
Lost Nation
Lewis S. Levi
First National Bank
Jenkins and Ales
Riverside
Albert Harr
Hastings
Neb
Klein
Henry Klein
Frank Klein
Pat Brown
Ralph
Dennis Brown
Rock Island
John Klein
Lone Tree
Howard Klein
Hills
Anna Fellman
Blanche
Dorothy Klein
Iowa City
Clancy Hogue
Davenport
Elaine Hervert
Collis
Minn
Lillian Clennin
Fred Klein
Virginia
Albert Klein
William Krotz
Mary Horning
Fred Kucera
Stanley
tThieves
Stanley School
H. J. Nehring
West Union
Aurora
American Lion Auxiliary
Jph Miller
Earl Quitmeyer
J. F. Loeck
Albert Graves
Clarence Parker
Ralph Durfey
Walter Canfield
Sterling Brooks
James Trotter
Winthrop
Charles Kivell
Erskine urges thorough arts and sciences teaching at UI
John Erskine urged the University of Iowa audience to teach arts and liberal studies as vigorously as athletics. He argued colleges under educate in the arts, overemphasize language drills, and lack real history teaching with imagination and guesswork in place of verified acts.
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Iowa City
John Erskine
University of Iowa
America
Butter Heist Hits Crystal Springs Creamery
Audubon Iowa sheriff reports theft of 4100 pounds of butter from the Crystal Springs creamery at Kimballton. The loss includes 300 one pound cubes, six boxes of 90 pounds, and 48 boxes of 68 pound cubes. Containers’ numbers sent to authorities statewide to stop sale.
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Audubon (Ins
Crystal Springs
Kimballton
Fred Clemmensen
Marengo Student Wins State Poetry Contest
Marengo high school student Junius Grant is named winner of the state high school poetry contest sponsored by the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. His poem "A Freak of Nature" describes a spring snow storm from 1935 as part of a descriptive geography English assignment.
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Marengo
Junius Grant
Marengo High School
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
H. E. Colvin
Burial rites for Mrs Honore Donahue held at St Martin's
Mrs Honore Donahue, widow of Bryan Donahue, died at a Dubuque hospital and was buried in St Martin's cemetery in Cascade. She was born Feb 28 1856 in Whitewater township and married Feb 14 1874 at St Martin's church. Surviving: son Frank D. Donahue, daughter Jewel Donahue, daughter Blanch Jodger, sons Lane Donahue and Albert Donahue, grandson and great grandson, brother J P Lane, and other relatives.
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Wheatland
William Scheepers
F. J. Abele
Lowdon
Inland Cemetery
Bennett
Mr. Scheepers
Lost Nation
Lena Heuer
Tipton
Scheepers
August
William
Near Bennett
Gilbert
Anna Hommeghausen
Esther Eserhaute
Herman
Belle Plaine
Congregational Church
Ferdinand Schlantz
John Greider
Vinton Lee
Irving Cemetery
Margueria
Carl Schluntz
Scott County
Benton County
Kane Township
Davenport Business College
Geschen Junge
Cascade
St. Martin’s Cemetery
Honore Donahue
Thomas J. Rooney
Donahue
Dubuque Hospital
Bryan Donahue
St. Martin’s Church
Whitewater Township
Johanna
Patrick Lane
Dubuque
Frank D
Jewel Donahue
Blanch Jodger
Lane Donahue
Los Angeles
Calif
Albert Donahue
Memphis
Slot Machines Seized In County Raid
Wapello Louisa County Sheriff George Oakes with a state agent and two federal agents raided Kingsbury Inn east of Columbus Junction. Twelve quarts of alleged whisky and four fifth bottles of gin with Illinois liquor stamps were confiscated along with slot machines and gambling devices. William Knott, owner, was not present. a warrant for his arrest is held and to be brought before Justice Holliday at Grandview.
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Wapello
Louisa County
George Oakes
Kingsbury Inn
Columbus Junction
William Knott
Justice of the Peace
Holliday
Grandview
Finders Keepers Case In Court Over Lost Money
In Marshalltown Iowa a judge heard a case over a 1933 buried sum of 1314 dollars found by Ida Mae Zornes after a family spat. The money belongs to R. J. Bowen alleging it was his father in law's, with the rightful owner not located. The cash remains in a bank.
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Marshalltown
INS
Iowa
B. O. Tankersley
Ida Mae Zornes
R. J. Bowen
Sioux City Man Named President of Restaurant Owners
Roy Stoup of Sioux City was elected president of the Iowa restaurant owners association at the first convention here. Des Moines leader E. L. Beck becomes secretary, Joseph Grant of Des Moines is treasurer. Five vice presidents include Stanley Shane Water loo Mary Alden Clinton Joseph Glenn Sioux City Alex Katos Sioux City and George Whinery Des Moines. Des Moines won the 1937 convention over Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
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Sioux City
Roy Stoup
Iowa Restaurant Owners Association
E. L. Beck
Des Moines
Joseph Grant
Stanley Shane
Waterloo
Mary Alden
Clinton
Joseph Glenn
Alex Katos
George Whinery
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Perry Votes On Municipal Light Plant Plan
Perry will hold a special election on July 9 to decide if the city should erect a municipal light plant. Iowa Electric Light and Power holds a fifteen year franchise for the city. The proposed plant would cost not more than $325 000.
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PERRY
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Reopening Scattergood School Considered
WEST BRANCH The Scattergood seminary east of West Branch hosted a reunion for about 100 Friends after summer commencement. A noon dinner, a Hickory Grove meeting program led by Walter Stanley, and talks by Jessie Bedell and Theodore Standing preceded a business meeting on reopening the school or disposal. No action was taken due to absent committee members.
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West Branch
Scattergood Seminary
Whittier
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa City
Old Hickory Grove
Walter Stanley
Jessie Bedell
Theodore Standing
FERA
Ozark Mountain
Businessman George Hoag Found Dead in Chicago Apartment
George F. Hoag, 60, retired vice-president of Continental Bridge, was found hanging in a closet of his Chicago apartment Friday. Police say he had been in poor health since retirement a month ago and a note to his sisters in Mechanicsville Iowa mentioned life insurance.
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Chicago
George F. Hoag
Continental Bridge Company
Hattie Carpenter
Jessie Hines
Mechanicsville
Marengo Orchestra Heads to New York for Normandie Voyage
Mare n go s Vette Kell and his orchestra members Herbert Miller DeWitt Glenn Skersick Cedar Rapids Douglas Lord Boston and Dan Rodman Fort Dodge sail from Marengo this week to New York to board the Normandie for a transatlantic voyage. The group was chosen last spring as among outstanding college orchestras to perform aboard the ship on its crossings. The Normandie takes three days to cross the ocean and the musicians will spend about three and a half days in Paris before returning.
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Marengo
Vette Kell
Herbert Miller
DeWitt
Glenn Skersick
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Lord
Boston
Mass
Dan Rodman
Fort Dodge
New York
Normandie
Paris
Decorah Farmer Killed by Plow On Road
Peter Surley a 45 year old Decorah war veteran was killed Friday night when his tractor overturns after a low plow blade snagged on the road. He was returning from cultivating on the Harry McCabe farm north of Decorah and is survived by his wife and several children.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Peter Surley
Surley
Harry McCabe
Officers Of Rainbow Girls Of Iowa Named Officers
Burlington Iowa officers named for the next year follow the annual session of the Iowa Grand Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls Des Moines will host next year’s convention Virginia Snyder Centerville is worthy adviser Catherine Spooner Storm Lake associate worthy adviser Helen Vanderbilt Ottumwa treasurer Eloise Renosner Des Moines drill leader Executive committee Mary E Hull Ottumwa secretary Marjorie Dalypool Fort Dodge Mildred Van Every Mason City Ethel Stanton Tama Grand representatives Jean Halber Dubuque Florence Frese Belle Plaine Advent Kent Charles City Dorothy Hayes Albia Betty Perry Davenport Anna Slackman Muscatine Harriet Bey Washington Mary Helen Whetstone Keokuk Dorothy Maxeiier Sioux City Edna Carlson Clinton Mary Jane Mitchell Fort Dodge Nadine Straite Keokuk
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Mildred van Every
Mason City
Ethel Stanton
Tama
Jean Halber
Dubuque
Florence Frese
Belle Plaine
Advent Kent
Charles City
Dorothy Hayes
Albia
Betty Perry
Davenport
Anna Slackman
Muscatine
Harriet Bey
Washington
Mary Helen Whetstone
Keokuk
Dorothy Maxeiier
Sioux City
Edna Carlson
Clinton
Mary Jane Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Nadine Straite
Corpus Christi Services Planned at St Peter and Paul
The Solon parish observes Corpus Christi at St Peter and Paul Catholic church five miles northeast of Solon. Mass begins at 10 a m followed by the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and a dinner.
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Solon
St. Peter’s and Paul’s Catholic Church
Bohemia
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Iowa State College
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