Flood Strain Hits Iowa Towns and Farmlands Hard
Storms push rivers toward flood stages across Iowa. Boone river rises toward 13 feet, Webster City and Modale flood as corn fields become lakes. More than 50 farms inundated, hail pelts near Council Bluffs Manawa. Observers warn of continued rises after 5 inches of rain.
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Missouri
Council Bluffs
Boone
Webster City
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Iowa
Decorah
Clermont
Turkey
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Modale
Manawa
Council Offs
Frank Bonebright
White Fox
Brewer
Grandeur Of Mississippi Draws Iowa Motorists To Scenic Drift
Travel feature notes the Mississippi River region around McGregor Dubuque and the Pictured Rocks canyon as a scenic drive within Iowa. Highlights include Pike's Peak bluff rising 540 feet, boat trips on the river, Eagle Point park views, Dubuque street railway, and historic churches from 1834 plus a U.S. fish hatchery.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
McGregor
Marquette
Joliet
Father of Waters
Mississippi
Berg
Dubuque
Eagle Point Park
Mental hygiene emphasized at child welfare meet
Iowa City hosts the sixth annual conference on child development and parent education with about 500 local attendees and many out of state visitors. Free registration, multiple lectures and round tables address mental hygiene sex education diet and parenting skills led by noted experts from national committees and universities.
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Gazette
Iowa City
May Pardee Youtz
Eighty Year Old Elmwood Landmark Demolished at Mt Vernon
An historic Mount Vernon property known as Elmwood, long tied to Cornell and local families, was demolished after a two month teardown. The three story box like structure had grown from a one story cottage with 25 rooms at its peak. Ownership passed through Van Sant, Miller, Hill and others before Alma Merwin Bissing of College Station Texas ordered its destruction in February.
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Corney
Martha Keyes
Charles R. Keyes
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Merwin
van Sant
Elmwood
Horace A. Miller
H. A. Miller
Corneil
Millers
Wallace Moore
Otis H. Moore
South Bethel
Alison Moore
M. W. Hill
Alma Merwin Bissing
College Station
Tex
Prominent Men To Address Child Welfare Conference
Dr. Fred E Moore of Des Moines chairs the Iowa White House child health panel and will speak Wednesday afternoon at the University of Iowa child development conference. Dr Karl de Schweinitz of Philadelphia leads two sex education round tables and will lecture Wednesday at 8 pm on Your Child in a Changing World broadcast by WSUI.
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Fred E. Moore
Ee Ee Ae
Karl de Schweinitz
University of Iowa
Moore
Des Moines
Medical Service
Iowa
White House
de Schweinitz
Philadelphia
Community Council
WSUI
West Liberty Storm Strikes Town Causing Uprooted Trees
A fierce Friday night storm in West Liberty uprooted many trees and damaged farm buildings and the Cedar Valley church two miles south. Lightning darkened streets, telephones were mostly out, and a windblown tree collapsed a car at the church while hail damaged crops and a windmill fell at a nearby farm.
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West Liberty
Muscatine
Cedar Valley
Guy Flater
W. A. McMann
McMann
H. D. Phillips
Scott McMann
Open Door Theme At Luther League Convention
Forest City Iowa AP The Open Door will be the theme of the annual Iowa district Luther League convention set for June 24 to 26 The program will include Rev H Rasmussen Des Moines Rev K N S Roe Decorah Rev G S Natwick Sioux City and Rev Joshua Oden Chicago Sunday afternoon by union Carlo A Sperati director and Rev J W Yiviaker Northwood president
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Forest City
Iowa
Luther League
H. Rasmussen
Des Moines
Rhev. K. N
J. W. Yivisaker
Northwood
Construction Of Roads Opens Work To 4,000 In May
SIOUX CITY AP Federal construction and river work highway operations and park and resort projects reduced unemployment in Iowa Taggart state director of employment in his monthly report Saturday erections of federal structures in various cities and work on the Arenes river engaged many men highway construction offered employment to about 4 000 workers and parks and summer resorts absorbed a large number of idle persons
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Sioux City
Iownerg Taggart
Arenes River
Iowa sees 10,000 more cars registered in May
DES MOINES AP report shows Iowa car registrations rose from 642,373 in April to 653,798 in May with roughly 10,000 more automobiles registered by June 1. Stevens, Iowa Motor Department superintendent, notes the May total and compares month to month growth.
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Iowa
Massive Pike Hatchery Output From Spirit Lake
About 60 million pike hatched at the Spirit Lake state hatchery are now in nursery ponds awaiting 14 inch legal size. Spawn collection began April 13, with 512 quarts of eggs—89,600,000 eggs—used to produce the batch. Nearly three years are needed to reach catchable size. Plantings include Diamond Lake 3 million, Welch Lake 1 million, Nashua 150,000, Charles City 150,000, Vinton 150,000, and Fort Dodge 150,000.
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Des Moines
Spirit Lake
State Fish and Game Commission
Diamond Lake
Welch Lake
Nashua
Charles City
Vinton
Fort Dodge
West Liberty Man Breaks Leg in Gravel Motorcycle Crash
Roy Neitge, 30, of West Liberty suffered a broken leg when his motorcycle skidded on loose gravel. He was thrown from a creek bridge on east Springdale road about a mile north of West Liberty. Alberta Hemmingway nearby summoned help and Neitge was taken by ambulance to University Hospital at Town City.
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West Liberty
Roy Neitge
Giant dandelion found on lawn in Newton Iowa
Vaughn Hulse Jr while working on the David Conn lawn uncovered a giant dandelion leaf measuring 23 inches long and four inches wide. He plans to call the blossom when it forms Primo Carnera.
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Newton
Newton, Ia
Vaughn Hulse, Jr
David Conn
Hulse
Chicagoan Awarded $7 500 In 3 Year Old Accident Case
A jury in Fort Dodge awarded a Chicagoan seven thousand five hundred dollars in a three year old accident case. The suit named Rev. P M Dobberstein and Donald Slaven of West Bend as defendants after a truck driven by Slaven with Dobberstein as passenger collided with an auto carrying Miss Helfer near Dubuque.
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Chicagoan
Fort Dodge
United States District Court
P. M. Dobberstein
Donald Slaven
West Bend
Dubuque
Slaven
Father Dobberstein
Grundy Center Man Wins Sweepstakes In Ames Contests
AMES AP Scoring 935 points in a possible 1 000 L W Plager of Grundy Center won top honors in judging contests as part of a short course at Iowa State College He was elected president of an association of Smith Hughes agriculture teachers and livestock breeders at a conference Others named include Glen Hazen Ottumwa and Prof A L Anderson Iowa State College B F Hull Corydon Glen Miller Sac City V M Coulter Indianola J R Pearson Decorah Leonard H Zahn Sigourney Albert Martin Newton Paul B Barger Waterloo Herbert Plambeck Davenport Benetmer Cherie 3 Roger Dee and J Jeker Milo
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Sac City
Vv. M. Coulter
Indianola
J. R. Pearson
Decorah
Leonard H. Zahn
Sigourney
Albert Martin
Newton
Paul B. Barger
Waterloo
Herbert Plambeck
Daven- Be Tmer
Cherie
Rojer Dee
J. Jeker
Milo
Betz-Biome Nuptials Noted in Victor-Ladora Ceremony
The Saturday evening wedding united the daughter of Mrs. Edna Biome of Victor and the son of Mrs. Pearl Betz of Ladora in a ceremony detailed as a notable community event.
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Edna Biome
Victor
Pearl Betz
Ladora
Diamond Anniversary At Wyoming First Presbyterian Church
The Wyoming First Presbyterian Church marks seventy five years since its founding with services today and tomorrow led by Rev. David S. DeBest and Rev. Alfred A. Nickless. Memorial sermon honors Rev. George E. Delavan as early church history recalls incorporation on May 25, 1857 and rebuilding after the original building was destroyed.
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Wyoming
First Presbyterian Church
W. P. Nicholas
David S. DeBest
Hopkinton
Alfred A. Nickless
Church of Covenant
Detroit
A. J. Hansen
A. Hansen
Robert Alden
Eloise Inglis
W. P.ee
250 Men Will Be Given Employment On Vets Hospital
H G Christman Jr of the firm building the new million dollar veterans' hospital in Des Moines said Iowa labor and materials will be used in every available place during construction. About 250 men will gain employment, Keen Work will extend over several weeks starting within the next few weeks. The project calls for ten buildings with over a million bricks, paving, 20 000 barrels of cement, and many tons of sand and gravel.
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Des Moines
H. G. Christman, Jr
General Contractors
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa
Christman
Iowa City to host diverse 1932 33 lecture series
University of Iowa announces five speakers for the 1932 33 lecture program. Confirmed participants include Countess Margita Bethlen the wife of Hungary's prime minister E Carlton Baker a veteran U S consular service member to China and Japan and adviser to Chang Tso Lin Daniel Frohman New York theatrical producer Thornton Wilder author and Phil Bhpan English historian.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Benjamin PF. Shambaugh
Countess Margita Bethlen
Hungary
E. Carlton Baker
United States
China
Japan
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Daniel Frohman
New York
Thornton Wilder
Railroad Veterans Meet At Oelwein
The ninth annual convention of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Veterans association convened in Oelwein with officers named including secretary treasurer Dodge and director J J Murphy. P B Vermillion of Kansas City presided. women toured Devil's Backbone State Park, followed by a card and theater party and a church supper.
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Oelwein
Chicago Great Western Measured Veterans Association
Dodge
G. R. Shirk
J. J. Murphy
Aapolis
E. M. Joy
Cutting
Stoe
John Kel
Oclwein
Herbert. Hawks
Council Bluffs
P. B. Vermillion
Kansas City
Elks Home
Devil’s Backbone State Park
E. R. O’brien
L. C
Potter, Oelwein’s oldest Civil War veteran, dies at 93
J W Potter aged 93, Oelwein’s oldest citizen and Civil War veteran, died Saturday at 4 20 a m at his son J L Potter’s home. Born 1838 in Pennsylvania, he moved to Iowa in 1851 and enlisted at Hazleton at 23 with Company C, Twelfth Iowa Infantry. He was captured at Shiloh April 7 1862, paroled in October, and came to Oelwein in 1921 from Fredericksburg. He is survived by his son J L Potter and Harold R Wayne of Oelwein and Mrs William Wagoner of Fredericksburg.
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the Gazette
Oelwein
J. W. Potter
J. L. Potter
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Old Hazleton
Twelfth
Iowa Infantry
Shilo
Prentiss
Fredericksburg
Harold R. Wayne
William Wagoner
Templeton Rye Distillery Raids Net Several Stills
Federal agents raided Templeton area farms seizing a 150 gallon still from Emil Sanders northwest of Manning a 250 gallon still from Anton Spoce and a 100 gallon still from A Beebe water from a hog yard creek used in one still and liquor quantities found at three other nearby farms indicative of illicit distilling activity.
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Des Moines
Templeton
Emil Sanders
Manning
Anton Spoce
A. Beebe
Boulder Dam Grievances Drive Bonus Marchers Protest
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP The Boulder dam march by 84 veterans from Las Vegas and nearby aims at better conditions and bonus pay. They accuse intolerable tunnel work with carbon monoxide danger, substandard meals, and illegal firing of 1,400 men. They seek a hearing with the interior department.
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Council Bluffs
Boulder Dam
Washington
Las Vegas
Nev
North Western
Omaha
H. S. Hatch
Department of the Interior
Iowa Hunters Spend Six Million In Yearly Spend
Iowa hunters spend about 6,041,000 annually on license fees and sporting goods and accessories, per the state fish and game commission. Nine counties report an average of 25 dollars per hunter, with 241,677 licenses issued last year, leading to the commission’s estimate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Fish and Game Commission
Polk
Linn
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Cerro Gordo
Woodbury
Dickinson
Scott
Pottawattamie
Commission
Body Of Dubuque Man Found In City Bay
Police in San Francisco identified a body recovered from the bay as E. F. Beck of Dubuque Iowa. A watch bearing the name and a wallet with a $40 check to Hilda Beck from J. F. Nicker were found with the body, signaling the likely match.
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Dubuque
Bay
San Francisco
E. F. Beck
Hilda Beck
J. FP. Nicker
Primitive sculpture by Cedar farmer in Mahaska county yard
Cedar farmer Lincoln Warner near Cedar in Mahaska county crafts a primitive sculpture in his front yard using red cement bear teeth and a war helmet feather. Fernan Nuhn and Ruth Suckow spotted the work during a state tour and photographed the scene for Edward J. director of The Little Gallery at Cedar Rapids.
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Lincoln Warner
Cedar
Mahaska County
Warner
Fernan Nuhn
Ruth Suckow
Iowa
Edward N
Little Gallery
Cedar Rapids
Tala rico to Appear in Federal Court for Bail Hearing
AP reports Mike Tala rico alleged Davenport bootleg king will attend a Monday bail modification hearing in Des Moines after a federal writ of habeas corpus was signed. The order served on U S Marshal brings him from Davenport for the hearing.
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DES Moines
Mike Talarico
Davenport
Charles A. Sewer
United States
Fred Hird
Ee Eo
Wayne Morse
Talarico
Davpy Np
Woman At Fayette Celebrates Her 90th Birth Anniversary
Mrs Mina Chamberlain turns 90 with family in Fayette Iowa at the home of her daughter Mrs F A Hoyt. Joined by son in law and daughter from Oshkosh Wisconsin and grandson Harold Hoyt from Waukon. Born June 19 1842 in Elgin Illinois the family moved to Iowa in 1855 after a steamboat trip and land purchases.
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Fayette
Mina Chamberlain
F. A. Hoyt
Chamberlain
Hoyt
Maude
G. E. Patterson
R. L. Learn
Oshkosh
Wis
Patterson
Learn
Champerlain
Harold Hoyt
Waukon
Elgin
Ill
Iowa
East Dubuque
Duluth
Lansing
Ludlow Township
Allamakee County
John Rankin
Justice Works Fast In Service Station Hold-up
About an hour after two men robbed the Bob Mapples service station two miles east Brooklyn, John Scott and Ruth Scott of Chicago were nabbed at 4 p.m. by Sheriff Fred Voelker at Marengo. Mrs Mapples was robbed of $4 as the couple fled in a coupe. Sheriff Diegson spread a telephone alert and the pair are held at Montezuma.
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Brooklyn
Bob Mapples
John Scott
Ruth Scott
Chicago
Sheriiff Fred Voelker
Marengo
Montezuma
Monteszuma
Cincinnati Bank Bandit Suspect Is Released On Bond
Lew Small, charged with complicity in the Citizens State Savings bank robbery in Cincinnati, Iowa, was released on $7,500 bond. He lived on a farm near Numa and was in the bank during the robbery offering a $100 bill to be cashed and locked in the vault with officials. Weining of Burlington died by his own hand after the robbery to avoid arrest, and Louis Wolk remains in Fort Madison prison. Weining's body awaits disposition by relatives in Cincinnati.
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Centerville
Lew Small
Citizens State Savings Bank
Cincinnati
Numa
Small
Frank Weining
Burlington
Louis Wolk
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Weining
Luther College to admit women after seventy years
Special to The Gazette reports Luther College in Decorah will admit a limited number of female students this fall. The board of trustees and President Dru H. Preus approved a resolution aligning with church convention support for co education. The trustees expect ratification by church bodies soon.
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Decorah
Luther
Dru
H. Preus
Educa
Church
Aes
Adetion
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