Man Killed by Rifle Bullet Near Anamosa
Carl Oltmanns aged 25 near Anamosa died from a rifle round fired by his brother in law Bob Houstman 13. The shot ricocheted after hitting a hard object and struck Oltmanns in the back of the head. Survived by wife, father John Oltmanns, brothers Albert and Emil, and sister Mrs. Marie Capron. The body lay at Smykil funeral home.
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Anamosa
Carl Oltmaras
Near
Frank Harrington
Wyoming
Harrington
Bob Houstman
Oltmann
Oltmanns
John Ol
Iowa Banker Escapes Injury After One-Car Wreck
O A Bailey Parkersburg banker drove into a ditch on highway 20 Wednesday morning. His car and trailer toppled. Bailey walked away unharmed as belongings of his son Robert and family scattered along the road. A wrecker righted the vehicle and it was driven away.
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the Gazette
Manchester
O. A. Bailey
Parkersburg
Highway 20
Bailey
Robert
Chicago
Tama Indians Parade in Des Moines Fourth Holiday Pageant
Tama Indians will join the Hawk Eye Holidays opening parade in Des Moines on July 2 in native costumes with horse drawn equipment. They will set up housekeeping after the parade. Other national groups from Dutch Italians Greeks Japanese and Scandinavians will also appear in native dress and perform numbers in the loop area.
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Des Moines
INS
Pella
Loop
Heart Attack Fatal To Belle Plaine Man
Belle Plaine John Swaford, 69, former yardmaster for the North Western railroad, died Tuesday night from a heart ailment. He belonged to the Mason, Eastern Star, Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges and had served as Odd Fellows financial secretary for over 25 years. Surviving are his wife, a brother Fred, and two sisters Etta McDonald and Carrie Kennedy, all of Belle Plaine. Services will be at Peffer funeral home Friday afternoon.
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Belle Plaine
John Swafford
North Western Railroad
Masonic
Eastern Star
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Lodge
Fred
Etta McDonald
Carrie Kennedy
Peffer
Anti-Picketing Hearing Resumed in Dubuque
The John Deere anti-picketing injunction case against United Farm Equipment and Metals Workers CIO was resumed after the union rejected an interim agreement. The strike at the plant began June 9 when negotiations failed, with about 200 CIO pickets and 1,200 union members involved.
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Dubuque
John Deere Company
United Farm Equipment and Metals Workers
CIO
John Aimers
Howard Baker
Chicago
Chalmers
Seltensiong
Iowa Marriages and Engagements
Marriage notices from several towns list couples wed in churches and chapels across the state. Names include Newhall Virginia Matson and Lawrence Seifert, Anamosa Lois Holmes and Elvin Schwartz, Masonville Mary Vinton and Allyn Blimbin, Decorah Ann Leikvold and Loren Senness, McGregor Betty Johanningmeier and Henry Kleinow, Jr., Marquette Margorie Conklin and Earl Hansen, South Amana Leona Zuber and Richard Ehrman.
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Allen Conklin
Earl Hansen
Elmer Hansen
McGregor
St. Mary’s
South Amana
Leona H. Zuber
William F. Zuber
Richard L. Ehrman
Fred Ehrman
West Amana
Amana
Forgery Suspect Held on $2000 Bond in County Jail
The man named Frank, not related to Jesse, was remanded to the county jail in default of a $2,000 bond on forgery charges after an incident intended to prevent a wreck.
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Waka
Frank
Jesse
Two Trainmen Die in Engine Blast Near Blencoe
A boiler explosion on a North Western through freight near Blencoe Iowa killed two Sioux City men Elkin and Smitts and injured a third. The blast hurled bodies 200 and 150 feet from the locomotive as a 50 car livestock and dressed meats train derailed. Livestock perished and released cattle wandered the countryside.
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Blencoe
INS
North Western
Here
Onawa Hospital
Sioux City
Elkin
Smitts
Chicago
Nursing graduates from Kahler and Columbus schools
Kahler hospital school of nursing Rochester graduates Rosemary Frana and Irene Dolan this month. Houdek will graduate from the Columbus Memorial aes school of nursing this month.
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Calmar
Rosemary Frana
Irene Dolan
Kahler Hospital School of Nursing
Rochester
Houdek
Columbus Memorial Aes School of
Town Meeting Radio Broadcast From Iowa City
A Town Meeting program on the United States loan for European refugees will air at 7:30 p.m. from Iowa City on ABC stations and WSUI, with KRNT Des Moines at 8:30. A. A. Berle Jr and G. Harrison speak for the affirmative, Sen. Elmer Thomas and Omar Ketchum oppose. Dr. Orville Hitchcock moderates. tickets available at the Union.
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ABC
WSUI
KRNT
Des Moines
United States
L Oan
Rguing
A. A. Berle, Jr
Ant
G. Harrison
U. S
Immigration
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Elmer Thomas D-Okla
Omar B. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Orville Hitchcock
University of Town Speech Department
Postmaster Allen Wise Stricken In Decorah
Decorah postmaster Allen Wise suffered a heart attack Tuesday and is hospitalized in Decorah.
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Decorah
Allen Wise
Decorah Hospital
G A R Groups Name Officers in Iowas Encampment
The annual Iowa department encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied groups closed with officer elections. Officers named include W. N. Hathaway Des Moines as commander and H. L. Young as senior vice commander. other posts went to R. I. Snodgrass, George Clark and several Ladies of the G A R leaders.
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Resolut Oe
Sons of Union Veterans of
Iowa Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Iowa Soldier's
Davenport
Sons of Union Veterans
W. N. Hathaway
Des Moines
Elder
H. L. Young
R. I. Snodgrass
Waterloo
Ceanan
George Clark
G.A.R
Cora von Hosen
Minnie Morton
Blanche Correl
Dubuque
Maiel Johnson
Rush Davenport and Mrs Mary Bingaman Named Chaplain Pair
Rush Davenport and Mrs Mary Bingaman of Waterloo are named as vice president and chaplain respectively in a church or civic ceremony. The announcement highlights their roles and affiliations.
Jane Lubbock Chosen Girls State Delegate
Fairfax Iowa Jane Lub bock has completed Roosevelt high school Cedar Rapids and was chosen to attend Hawkeye Girls State at Grinnell July 23 to 30 by Pekomy unit 572 American Legion auxiliary Fairfax Miss Lubbock is a member of the Junior Senior auxiliary and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley E Lubbock Cedar Rapids route one Mrs Frank Bellow is president elect of Fairfax unit Other officers to be installed July 1 include Vice president Mrs Howard Stienmetz secretary Mrs A A Selzer treasurer Mrs H H Buresh historian Mrs Ed Buresh chaplain Mrs B A Shaw and sergeant at arms Mrs Glenn Smith
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Fairfax
Jane Lub
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Girls State
Grinnell
American Legion Auxiliary of
Lubbock
Seion Auxiliary
Stanley E. Lubbock
Route One
Frank Bellow
Fairfax Unit
Henry Buresh
Howard Stienmetz
A. A. Selzer
H. H. Buresh
Ed Buresh
B. A. Shaw
Glenn Smith
Urbana Legion Post Sends Lee Guernsey to Hawkeye Boys State
At Boys State Ca ahcence Lee Guernsey 16 represents Urbana Legion post at Hawkeye Boys State. son of Mr and Mrs La Mar Guernsey.
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Lee Guern
la Mar Guernsey
Urbana Legion Post
Hawkeye Boys State
Rites in Anamosa for Howard Remley
Howard M. Remley 53 longtime Mason City lawyer and former Anamosa resident died in Bern Anamosa Sept. 22 1893. He held a arts degree from Iowa 1916 and a law degree 1919 and served World War I. He led Cerro Go County Bar Association and was a past exalted ruler of Mason City BPOE. He practiced with Remley Glass since 1919 and survived by two brothers.
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Bern
Anamosa
Howard
University of Iowa
Cerro Go
Iowa Northeast
First Baptist Church of
Remley Family Figures in Local Notices
James E. Remley of Anamosa and Robert G. Remley of Webster City are named alongside four sisters Bertha Elsie Remiley Seattle and Clara R Yenter in a regional obituary or social notice highlighting a prominent local family.
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James E. Remley
Anamosa
Robert G. Remley
Webster City
Bertha
Elsie Remiley
Seattle
Clara R. Yenter
Edward Vorba to Be Ordained for Ministry
Edward Vorba will be ordained to ministry. He graduated from Yale University Divinity School June 9 and earned a fellowship for a year of study at the University of Manchester starting next fall. Vorba, son of Mr and Mrs A F Vorba, is a Traer High School and University of Iowa alumnus.
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the Gazette
Grega
Mason City
Yale University Divinity School
University of Manchester
Orba
Traer High School
University of Iowa
Chicago Theological Seminary
Yale Divinity School
A. F. Vorba
Hickenlooper Praises Senate Chief Clerk on Birthday
Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa lauded John C. Crockett chief clerk of the U S senate on his eighty third birthday. Members applauded for Crockett's more than 40 years of service. Crockett was born in Eidora Iowa.
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Washington
John C. Crockett
U. S. Senate
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Crockett
Eidora
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