Spangler Calls G. O. P. Convention In Des Moines
Iowa Republicans plan a Des Moines state convention July 19 to select delegates and set a platform. Cedar Rapids hosts the judicial convention July 26 to nominate candidates for state auditor and railroad commissioner and decide presidential electors. Justices Wagner De Graff Faville seek renomination for the supreme court terms expiring this year.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Spangler
State Central Committee
Ray E. Clough
Mason City
H. A. Pierce
Storm Lake
Supreme Court
Henry F. Wagner
Lawrence de Graff
Frederick F. Faville
Evidence Mounts in Keefer Sisters Murder Case
John Kingery, 21, a farm youth held in Knoxville, Iowa, faces possible charges as fingerprint and ballistic expert Harold Gesell ties a .22 rifle to the Keefer sisters killings. Shell marks match the Kingery gun, with X-ray tests planned to check for bullets, while a blood-stained empty money barrel remains in the crime scene.
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Knoxville
INS
John Kingery
Jennie
Letitia Keefer
Harold Gesell
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Des Moines
Keefer
Gesell
Kingery
Nominations Set Across Iowa Districts in Primary Canvass
In DES MOINES AP reports the official canvass shows changes in legislative nominations. Frank H. Stevens wins Democratic nomination in Ringgold Union and Decatur, with a convention needed for Davis Appanoose. Carl Aschenbrenner takes Democratic nomination Marion Monroe. Frederick C. Schadt wins Republican in Johnson Iowa. Republican nominations concluded in Clinton Clinton county W S Rice. Decatur E B Sayler. Delaware E W Williams defeats Lawrence Davis. Monroe H Berry. Polk E A Elliott defeats Ed Brown. Ed Brown defeated as Member Expense Reduction Body.
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Allamakee County
Clinton County
W.S. Rice
Clinton
Decatur
E. B. Sayler
van Wert
Delaware
E. W. Williams
Manchester
Lawrence Davis
Monroe
H. &. Berry
Albia
Polk
E. A. Elliott
Ed Brown
Legislative Committee
Iowa Supreme Court selects justice for ensuing months
Special to The Gazette reports Justice Truman S Stevens of the Iowa supreme court was chosen by fellow justices to preside for the ensuing months.
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Des Moines
Truman S. Stevens
Iowa Supreme Court
Administer Estate Of North English Man Long Missing
Judge Marengo R Popham granted permission for administration of Winnie O Weimer estate. O G Lown named administrator. Weimer, a former North English man, has been absent over seventeen years with no contact from relatives. If living, He would be entitled to funds in the Wapello County district court clerk and a one seventh land interest in Wapello County from Basil Weimer.
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Marengo
R. G. Popham
District Court
Winnie O. Weimer
O. G. Lown
Weimer
Wapello County
Basil Weimer
Doctor Gardner Resigns Iowa Dental Hygiene Post
Dr. Thomas A. Gardner, director of the University of Iowa bureau of dental hygiene, resigns to open a private practice in Omaha. He led corrective efforts for over 100,000 Iowa school children annually and served three and a half years. Dr. C Li Drain will succeed him.
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Iowa City
Thomas A. Gardner
University of Iowa Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Omaha
Iowa
C. Li. Drain
Postville couple Ora Schroeder Ellwood Windhurst wed
Mrs Ora Schroeder and Ellwood Windhurst married by Rev B G Garten at St Pauls Lutheran Tuesday afternoon. Attended by Miss Francis Windhurst and Harold Schroeder. Clara Gordon played the wedding march and Geneva Ohloff sang. Bride is daughter of Mrs Charles Schroeder employed in Dr Kelleher's office. Groom from Union. couple to reside there.
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Postville
Ora Schroeder
Ellwood Windhurst
B. G. Garten
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Francis Windhurst
Harold Schroeder
Clara Gordon
Geneva Ohloff
Charles Schroeder
Dr. Kelleher
Oe Union
Bandit Holds Up Calamus Oil Station on Lincoln Highway
A well dressed, bandit robbed an oil station one mile west of Calamus on the Lincoln highway at 11 a.m. Friday taking about $20. Byron Robley, 17, on duty, reported the masked man who fled on foot into nearby timber. A search was launched.
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Calamus
Lincoln Highway
Byron Robley
George A. Robley
Call For Bids On Two Paving Projects In Iowa
The state highway commission issued bids for two paving jobs. One would surface 16.622 miles on the highway west from Iowa Falls through Hamilton and Hardin counties. The other covers 14.427 miles on Primary 10 east from Goldfield in Wright County.
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AMES
State Highway Commission
Mississippi River
Webster County
Iowa Falls
Hamilton
Hardin
Goldfield
Wright County
Iowa City's Curfew Law To Be Enforced
Iowa City's curfew ordinance will be revived and rigidly enforced after a decade of inactivity. Chief Frank Smith says police will target youths as a cause of petty thefts, with about 15 small-amount thefts reported at local businesses in the last 30 days.
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Iowa City
Frank Smith
Hopkinton Girl Weds Forrest Johnston in Hopkinton Presbyterian
Miss Gladys Marolf of Hopkinton marries Forrest Johnston of Coggon in Hopkinton Presbyterian church on Thursday night. The ceremony was led by Rev. David de Best with Miss Gertrude Reeve and Mrs. M. Reeve performing music. A reception for 160 guests followed. Mrs Johnston is a Hopkinton High School graduate and Lenox College alumna, now a Cedar Rapids teacher. The couple plans a July 10 return from their wedding trip and will settle where Johnston works as a rural mail carrier.
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the Gazette
Gladys Marolf
Alfred Marolf
Hopkinton
Forrest Johnston
E. Johnston
Coggon
David de Best
Ada Maley
Davenport
Howard Swindell
Gertrude Reeve
M. Reeve
Phyllis Marolf
Johnston
Hopkinton High School
Lenox College
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Arrest Grinnell Youth On Check Charge at Toledo
Virgil Hasselman 23 of Grinnell was arrested by Deputy J. N Lichty on uttering a forged instrument charge. He allegedly passed a $5 check to Dwight Boat signed by H. B. Ray of Tama for 90 cents at Vana Hokel garage. Bookkeeper Margaret Van Meter alerted authorities. Hasselman was jailed within thirty minutes after cashing the check and bound over to grand jury under $1,000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing.
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Toledo
Virgil Hasselman
Grinnell
J. N Lichty
Hasselman
Dwight Boat
H. B. Ray
Tama
Vana -_ Hokel
Margaret van Meter
Sheriff's Office
E. M. Hufford
Grand Jury
Dismissal Sought In 11 Fraternity Tax Appeals
Iowa district judge H. D. Evans weighs motion from city solicitor J. Hayek to dismiss eleven fraternity tax appeals. Fraternities argue property used for literary scientific charitable benevolent educational athletic and religious purposes qualifies for tax exemption. city contends no district court appeal jurisdiction exists. Wheeler Elliott Shuttleworth and Ingersoll of Cedar Rapids represent the fraternities.
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Iowa
H. D. Evans
J. Hayek
District Court
Wheeler, Elliott, Shuttleworth and
Ingersoll
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming man awarded in cows-hit car damages suit
Floyd N. Supple of Oxford Junction won a damages suit against Newton French of Wyoming after his car struck a herd of cows being driven from a barnyard on highway No. 117. Two cows were injured. French did not claim damages. Jury included Mallicoat, Von Sprecken, Frederick, Mrs. Platner, and Morse.
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Wyoming
Newton French
Floyd N. Supple
Oxford Junction
Highway No. 117
H. J. Johnson
C. W. Mallicoat
Gus von Sprecken
Peter Fredericksen
John von Sprecken
Mary Platner
Clifford Morse
James L. Cave
Glen McLaughlin
Anamosa
Iowa Supreme Court Limits County Road Bond Use
The Iowa supreme court ruled that boards of supervisors cannot create new roads funded by county bonds authorized before highway relocation. The decision reverses a Clay county court ruling in a suit by Louis Scharberg challenging the Spencer to Dickens highway relocation. The court mandates that Clay county roads be improved only with funds from the previously approved bond issue.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Boards of Supervisors
Clay County District Court
Louis Scharberg
Spencer
Dickens
Supreme Court
Spencer-Dickens
Clay County
Prairieburg Bride Weds Cascade Groom at St Josephs
Miss Leona Crowley daughter of Mr and Mrs William Crowley of Prairieburg married Aloysius Kelchen of Cascade at St Josephs church Thursday morning The Rev Stephen J Kucera officiated The couple were attended by Alice McDermott and Clarence J Crowley A wedding breakfast for relatives followed at the bride's parents home The newlyweds will reside on the groom's farm three miles west of Cascade
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Prairieburg
Leona Crowley
William Crowley
Aloysius Kelchen
Cascade
St. Joseph’s Church
Stephen J. Kucera
Alice McDermott
Clarence J. Crowley
Nts
Hanford Denied Rehearing In Alimony Case
Arthur F. Ford Jr. of Sioux City sued for separate maintenance in Woodbury County Court. Judge Robert H. Munger awarded $500 a month. The Iowa Supreme Court denied Ford's appeal, ending the alimony dispute.
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Arthur Hanford
Arthur Ford, Jr
Sioux City
Woodbury
Robert H. Munger
Hanford
Supreme Court
Munger
Hotel Erected In Lisbon About 1855 Will Be Torn Down
A Lisbon hotel built around 1855, long the town’s oldest structure, will be demolished to clear space for a drive in service station. Miller and Hansen, once occupants since 1922, will relocate and remodel the rear lot to stay in business. The Boyd family plans to move to Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Boyd
Miller and Hansen
Cumps Arraigned On Forgery Charge
Andrew G. Cumps former Iowa National Guard adjutant general chief clerk and 1930s congressional hopeful was arraigned on four forgery counts in Des Moines He admitted forging 34 government warrants and passed them to his own use Resources show he was freed on $1000 bond and waived to the grand jury He is 37 married with four children and served in World War I after coming from Brussels.
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Des Moines
Andrew G. Cumps
Adjutant General’s Office
Iowa National Guard
Harry Cooper
Judson E. Piper
U. S
Cumps
United States
Brussels
Anamosa Man Sentenced in District Court
Bob Cartano of Anamosa was sentenced to three months in the county jail on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Judge F. O. Ellison adjourned and planned to reconvene Wednesday.
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Anamosa
Bob Cartano
F. O. Ellison
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