Wind Storms Roar Across Iowa Causing 150000 In Damage
A western Iowa tornado–like wind storm damaged farm buildings and crops across Cass Shelby Palo Alto Allamakee Adair Dubuque Ringgold and Polk counties. One farmer was killed by lightning near Waverly and Pearl Island resort south of Dubuque suffered near total destruction.
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Leo Howes
Waukon
Willis Peterson
Des Moines
Ernest Westerndorf
Waverly
Gus
Keuster
Dale
Anita
Cass County
Pearl Island
Dubuque
Prussia
Cass
Shelby
Palo Alto
Allamakee
Adair
Ringgold
Polk County
First official day of summer brings fair weather
Des Moines reports a warm start with temperatures near 99 degrees at Burlington. Rainfall varied across counties from .01 inches at Charles City to .58 at Dubuque, with Des Moines recording .43 inches and several other towns noting small totals.
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Des
Moiies
The
Weather-Bureau
Iowa
Burlington
Charles City
Dubuque
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Lamont
Waterloo
Keokuk
Albia
Iowa City
Gas Price War To Be Discussed By Dealers Tuesday
Iowa oil company officials plan a Des Moines meeting next Tuesday to discuss a gasoline price war that began locally and spread across the state. Most cities have cut one to three cents per gallon, Des Moines reducing medium gasoline to 16.1 cents as the dispute harms some small firms.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Oil Company
Towns Opposing Liquor Stores to Be Surveyed
Des Moines Iowa liquor control commission will survey towns opposing state dispensaries before deciding where to open five more stores after complaints from Clarke and Osceola counties. Washington Iowa had been spared due to protests. Sales in existing stores fell on day two of the state's liquor venture.
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Des Moines
Liquor Control Commission
Thur Einennen
Clarke
Osceola
Washington
Atate
It Is Unwise To Teach Religion To Small Children
Dr. David M. Trout told parents at the child welfare conference in Iowa City that forcing concepts of God on young children under six is unwise. He warned they cannot grasp God as reality and suggested treating early story telling as a game. He also condemned physical punishment as harmful to a child’s development.
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Iowa City
David M. Trout
Michigan
Iowa death notices and local briefs from Manchester area
Mrs. J. D. Bushnell 66 of Delaware county died at her son's home in Manchester after a lingering illness. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the Community church, burial in Rock Prairie. Survived by husband, two sons Wayne and Miles of Manchester, stepson Loren of Oneida, daughter Mrs. Howard Maxwell of Manchester, three brothers Masonville Royal and Peter Saddler. Riverside board of education elected four teachers with raises. Supt. Holt to 1500 dollars. Margaret Jane Griffin to 90, Pauline Reed 80, Opal Gerot 70, Velma Tobin 70. Urbana announces upcoming wedding of Miss Helen A. Davis and F. Theo Fisher at St John’s Dubuque. Tipton’s Winifred Soll to Nyck New York as assistant counselor for New York City Settlement House camp. previously trained in Utah. Iowa City Johnson County Democrats to meet June 30 to elect delegates. convention in Des Moines July 19. Marengo drought note leads to five-day jail terms for two youths caught fishing by hand. Marengo bank receivership settlement of 3200 on 6800 note approved by Judge Gaffney due to lower real estate value and lack of other security.
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J. D. Bushnell
Delaware County
Miles
J. Frank Moore
Rock Prairie
Florence E. Saddler
Jacob and
Martha Saddler
Bremer County
Waverly
Oneida
Wayne C
Miles G
Loren M
Howard Maxwell
Jason
Masonville
Royal
Peter
Floyd, Ia
Riverside
H.T. Holt
Margaret Jane Griffin
Pauline Reed
Opal Gerot
Velma Tobin
Hugh Brody
Tipton
Winifred Soll
Nyck
N. Y
New York City
Miss Soll
Logan
Utah
Iowa City
Johnson County
Des Moines
William R. Hart
Democratic District Judicial
Hart
Marengo
Dale Gilbert
John Septer
R. G. Grobady
A. M. Stover
Jury finds North English man guilty of not reporting accident
A district court jury in Iowa City convicted Otto W. Schenk of near North English after ten minutes of deliberation for failing to report an automobile accident involving John Brennan of Iowa City who testified for the prosecution. Judge Harold amerArts will set sentencing.
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Iowa City
Otto W. Schenk
Schenk
John Brennan
Brennan
Harold amerArts
Clayton County Legion Elects New Officers
In McGregor, at the Clayton county Legion convention, officers were elected: Clarence Moser of Siouxport as commander, Floyd Orvis of St. Olaf as vice-commander, Joe Kasper of Guttenberg as adjutant, and C. Tracy of Monona as financial officer. The event included a supper parade and dance, with retiring commander Richard T. O'Brien presiding and remarks from district leaders Thomas Thompson and Herman Thompson.
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Thomas Thompson
Elkader
Fourth District
Herman Thompson
Waukon
British Journalist John Langdon Davies to Speak at Iowa City
Special to The Gazette John Langdon Davies British journalist and author of several popular science volumes will open the University of Iowa summer session round table series next Tuesday He will discuss a phase of education and has contributed to American magazines in the past
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Gazette
Iowa City
John Langdon Davies
University of Iowa
Davies
Epworth League Plans Mother Daughter Banquet
STANWOOD The Epworth league of the Methodist church sponsors a mother daughter banquet in the church dining room Thursday evening. The program lists toastmaster Virginia Butterfield soloist LaVonne Olson Betty Moffat welcome reading Eleanor Schneider Our Mothers Mary Lou Downs Our Daughters Mrs Jerome Wilson reading Evelyn Moreland Why Mothers Get Gray Jeanne Westphal.
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Stanwood
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Virginia Butterfield
LaVonne Olson
Betty Moffat
Reading
Eleanor Schneider
Tipton Attorney C. C. Boling Dies at 66
Prominent Cedar county lawyer C. C. Boling died at his Tipton home following a two year illness. He was born August 28, 1867 in Holmes county Ohio and practiced in Tipton since 1894. He served as Tipton city attorney for eight years and Cedar county attorney for six, chaired the Red Cross drive in World War I, and died surrounded by family. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal church Friday at 3 p.m.
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Co. C. Boling
Cedar County
Holmes County
Ohio
John N. Boling
Harriet Hayman Boling
Sixteenth
Ohio Infantry
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Boling
Northwestern University
Robert G. Cousins
American Red Cross
Edith Hill
Mary Kathleen Boling
John Boling
E. H.anthony
Stanwood
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. C. Jerrel
Tipton Masonic Cemetery
C Y P U Plan National Conference Trip
Members of the Reformed Presbyterian church C Y P U met at R J McNeill home to plan attendance at the national conference at Winona Lake August 3 to 12. Participants include Ruth Beth Helen McGlade Bernice Edgar Isabelle Edgar Grace Marjorie Allen Thomas Edgar William Paul Ferguson Robert Foster McNeill Raymond Joseph Thomas Tibbitts and Donald Dunlap. They will travel by bus with a stop at the World's Fair.
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Hopkinton
Reformed Presbyterian Church
R. J. McNeill
Winona Lake
Ruth
Beth
Helen McGlade
Bernice Edgar
Isabelle Edgar
Grace
Marjorie Allen
Thomas Edgar
William
Paul Ferguson
Robert
Foster McNeill
Raymond Joseph
Thomas Tibbitts
Donald Dunlap
Paroled Man Returns to Prison for Meals and Shelter
Charles Mitchell, 33, who had been released last April from the Iowa State Reformatory, voluntarily returned to prison to serve the final year of a five year sentence for stealing 100 bushels of corn. He appealed to the parole board stating he could not find work and did not want to steal. He received commitment papers and train fare from Des Moines.
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Anamosa
Charles Mitchell
Iowa State Reformatory
Mitchell
State Parole Board
Ca “Tt
Des Moines
Lillian Hacker Weds Rev W M Stock at Blairstown
Miss Lillian Hacker and the Rev William W M Stock united in marriage at St Martin's Evangelical Lutheran church south of Watkins. The bride wore a white satin gown with lace and carried pale pink roses. Attendants included maid of honor Helen Hacker and bridesmaid Eileen Vogt. The groom is pastor of St Martin's church. reception followed for 60 guests. The couple plan to reside at St Martin's parsonage after July 15.
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Blairstown
Lillian Hacker
William W.M. Stock
St.Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Watkins
Helen E. Hacker
Eileen N. Vogt
Theodore Rottman
Marengo Lutheran Church
Kenneth Hacker
Eleanor Hacker
Dean’ Kimm
R. P. Young
Victor
Lohengrin
Wayne Ebert
William Hacker
Blairstown-Marengo
Stock
John Stock
Hoffman, Minn
St. Martin’s Church
Minnesota
St. Martin's Parsonage
Iowa Presbyterian synod ends meeting with antiwar pledge
The Iowa Presbyterian synod voted to continue support for Parsons Buena Vista Lenox and Coe colleges and Dubuque University while shifting home mission work to the state level. An assessment of 40 cents per member will fund the new missions program as leaders Edward Linsay Lyle Cassatt Gilbert Vorhees Walter Barlow and Archibald C. Car dle were chosen to oversee the fund. The body adopted a resolution against aggressive warfare binding members not to bear arms beyond borders and urged abolition of private munition manufacture with government takeover where needed.
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RED Oak
INS
Iowa
Iowa Presbyterian Synod
Parsons
Buena Vista
Lenox
Coe Colleges
Dubuque University
National
State
Edward Linsay
Davenport
Lyle Cassatt
Clarinda
Gilbert Vorhees
Fairfield
Walter Barlow
Ames
Archibald Cardle
Burlington
Swiss Chemist Develops Thin Metal Film To Strengthen Money
A Swiss chemist has devised a process to coat paper currency with an ultrathin metal layer to enhance durability. The method aims to extend the lifespan of banknotes by protecting them from wear and tear without altering their appearance or texture.
Bergan Installed as Bishop of Des Moines Diocese
The Most Rev Gerald T Bergan formerly of Peoria was installed as bishop of the Des Moines Catholic diocese by Archbishop Francis J Beckman of Dubuque in St Ambrose cathedral. Attended by twelve bishops and all priests of the diocese, with ceremonies presided by Beckman. Bergan arrived by special train with clergy and lay supporters to a large welcome and succeeds the late Bishop T W Drumm.
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Des Moines
Gerald T. Bergan
Peoria
Francis J
Herman Stier
St. Gabriel's Monastery
Michael B. Schlitz
Panama
Beckman
Bergan
Thoussands
T. W. Drumm
Jolas Recital at Mr. Vernon Friday Night
Concert pianist Jacques Jolas continues his summer recital series at Cornell chapel in Mount Vernon Friday at 8 p.m. He is dean of the University of Louisville music school and teaches at the Cornell college summer colony for the fourth year. The program includes works by Bonstin, Beethoven, and Scherzo Intermezzo selections.
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Mount Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Cornell
Teresa Carreno
Paris
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