Reckless Driving Cited In Verdict In LaPorte City Crash
A Black Hawk county coroner's jury returned a verdict of reckless driving against Lloyd Benscota 26 of LaPorte City who died in a three car highway crash one mile north of LaPorte City The accident killed Geraldine Wade of Carroll Elaine Barger of Cedar Rapids and Rolland Blough of LaPorte City Benscota was driving without lights according to witnesses Blood analysis showed 85 4 milligrams alcohol per 100 cubic centimeters but deemed not enough for intoxication The verdict was announced after testimony from the Walden occupants Derifield and others and early scene reports by local officials.
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Laporte City
Black Hawk County
Lloyd Benscota
Geraldine Wade
Carroll
Elaine Barger
Cedar Rapids
Rolland Blough
Here
Sidney Smith
Cecil Gates
M. H. Taylor
Harry Beacock
J . Walden
Benscota
Walden Machine
Miss Barger
Margaret Wood
Imogene Wade
Wartburg College
Richardson
Celebrate 55th Anniversary of Strawbery Point couple
Celebrate 55th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Otdoerfer at Strawberry Point with family and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Max O Jahr. Born dates and places noted for both, longtime area farmers moved to Strawberry Point in 1915. Children include Sigmund, Mrs. August Druecker, Herman, Mrs. John Frederick, and Mrs. Arthur Manson. Sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. The couple belong to Emanuel's Lutheran Church.
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Strawberry Point
George Otdoerfer
Max O. Jahr
Mr. Otdoerfer
Monroe County
Clayton County
Otdoerfer
Wilhelmina Nodurft
Plattsville
Wis
Otdeerfers
Sigmund Otdoerfer
August Druecker
Herman Otdoerfer
John Frederick
Arlington
Arthur Manson
Independence
Emanuel’s Lutheran Church
New Bishop Advises Pastors to Preach as They Please
In his first appearance as head of the Iowa South Dakota Methodist area Bishop J Ralph Magee assured ministers they may preach as they choose He spoke to about 1000 church members at the First Methodist Church Des Moines noting he would not remove a preacher for his preaching saying I m deaf in that car and in my other car I ll tell you I m deaf in that car too.
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Des Moines
Iowa
South Dakota
J. Ralph Magee
Iowa-South Dakota
Magee
First Methodist Church
Veteran Belle Plaine Railroad Man Retires
George Youum of Belle Plaine, a North Western railroad employee for 47 years, retires at 63 due to ill health. He spent 39 years as locomotive engineer, born in Belle Plaine, started at the roundhouse, became engine crew call boy in 1892, fireman in 1895, and worked between Clinton and Boone as engineer.
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Belle Plaine
George Youum
North Western Railroad
Roundhouse
Clinton
Boone
Nice Catch Waterloo Man Reels 72 Fish In One Cast
AP reports Frank Bond of Waterloo hauled 72 fish from the Cedar River in a single late Monday cast. He hooked a minnow bucket, creating an unusual river fishing moment that drew attention.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Frank Bond
Estate of William C. Keith Dyr Sart Death Probate Record
Probate inventory in Tama county district court shows William C. Keith of Dysart died May 1 1939 leaving estate valued at 28148.74 with debts 20770. His widow Elizabeth Keith and four sons Kenneth Gordon Wayne Keith of Dysart and Paul Keith of Mesa Arizona are heirs.
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Toledo
William C. Keith
Dysart
Tama County District Court
Elizabeth Keith
Kenneth
Gordon
Wayne Keith
Paul Keith
Mesa, Ariz
Grinnell area notes on funeral and paving plans
Funeral services were held Sunday for G. S. Lannom 85 who died Saturday at his daughter Mrs Mary Lannom West home. Survived by wife two sons G S Lannom II and Commander J R Lannom US Navy. city council weighs black top paving by WPA labor with materials paid by property owners. Decorah couple Lyle Bentley and Beba Ovestrud wed at Decorah Lutheran church parsonage June 2 with attendants Vernon Kyseth and Mildred Ovestrud. couple to live near Ridgeway.
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West
G. S. Lannom II
Grinnell
J R. Lannom
United States Navy
Charles R Rowe
Methodist Church
WPA
Homer Lowrey
Clyde Connelly
Decorah
Lyle Bentley
Guy Bentley
Ridgeway
Beba Ovestrud
Clarence Ovestrud
Canton
Minn
O. Glesne
Decorah Lutheran Church
Vernon Kyseth
Mildred Ovestrud
Tama
William F Ebersole
Tama County
Ralph Sadler
William PF. Ebersole
John
Kate Johnston Ebersole
Toledo
Eva Lambert
Ebersole
Woodlawn
Maquoketa
L. C. Schroeder
F. D. Kelsey
F. E. Ellis
Public Library Board
John W Jordan
John B. Harrison
Troy Mills
Edgewood
Ed Hatfield
Austin B. Eberle
Congregational Church
Sidney J. Tyrrell
Honey Creek Township
Delaware County
Nathan Hatfield
Sophia Windsor Hatfield
Upper Town University
Ira Hatfield
Martin Hatfield
Near Edgewood
ST. W. Hatfield
Minneapolis
Putnam Hatfield
Manchester
WB. Hatfield
Canada
Otis Hatfield
New Jersey
Marquette
St. Mary's Church
McGregor
Louis S. Hunter
Harper's Ferry
Rachel Hunter
R. A. Sayre
Harry Taylor
Jack Tiurley
Dorothy
Elkader
Leonard
Stanley
Monona
Roy
James Hunter
North Branch
Bert Hunter
Seattle
Rose Loomis
Scotts Bluff
Neb. Castalia
Zion Lutheran Church
Charles Ginapp
Ellendale
Mechanicsville
Henry Edward Krumvroy
Joseph Kohl
Jones County
Adam
Lydia Krumroy
Hazel Hill
Busch-Dennis Post
American Legion
Bert Humbert
Cedar Rapids
Dave Minish
Iowa City
Ira Hempy
Arthur Vanderbilt
Frank
Kenneth
Methodist
R. H. Supplec
Rose Hill
Legion
Calmar
Torkel Ramberg
Henry Johnson
S. N. Sageen
Mason City
Frank Congdon
Hans
Gilnora
N. D
Knut Hamre
Hamre
Cora Knutson
Echo
Andrew Knutson
Alice Louise
Lilly Marie
Corrine
Miller
Clifford
Robert Knutson
Reider Severson
Louis Weis
Lewiston
Haasson Benson
Flint
Mich
Earl Winterfield
Cairo
Eugene Edenburn
Franklin
More Rain Falls In Southern And Western Iowa Counties
Light showers fell Monday night in southern and western Iowa. The weather bureau predicted more local thundershowers with little change in temperature. Highs reached 92 in Omaha, with 61 in Inwood and Decorah. Heaviest rainfall was 0.73 inch at Albia. Burlington, Davenport, Keokuk and Sioux City reported up to about half an inch. Eastern Iowa had scattered clouds. the west was mostly clear.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Omaha
Inwood
Decorah
Albia
Burlington
Davenport
Keokulk
Sioux City
Presbyterians Name Bransby Moderator at Synod
The Rev C. Carson Bransby of Council Bluffs was elected moderator of the Iowa Presbyterian church at the synod's fifty-eighth annual meeting. The Rev F. W. Eastwood of Washington was his predecessor. Fred M Hood of Sioux City and the Rev Paul E Parker of Audubon were named temporary clerks. The 88 year old Rev William M Evans of Cedar Rapids attended as the oldest former state moderator. Second-day attendance reached 300 as committees reported.
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Synod
Iowa liquor profits set yearly high at 2.5 million
The Iowa liquor control commission said its liquor store profits transmitted to the state general fund reached 2.5 million for the fiscal year ending next Friday, the largest yearly transfer on record. A 400 thousand dollar addition was announced, with totals surpassing prior records. Also cited were 1939 gasoline tax collections to June 24 totaling 7,593,421, a record for a six month period.
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DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
W.G. C Barley
Iowa
Decorah death and multiple funeral notices across towns
The Eastern Iowa News dispatch reports the death of Mrs Knut Hamre of Decorah with funeral services and burial planned. Louis L Siegele of McGregor age 78 dies after illness. Charles Dvorak of Chelsea funeral details. Thomas Reaney of Waterloo and others noted with service times, places, and survivors across Monticello, Dysart, and surrounding communities.
Dorothy Blanchard and Kenneth Ruggl es wed in Manchester
Mr and Mrs Charles Blanchard of Manchester announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy to Kenneth P Ruggles son of Mr and Mrs Ruggles of Ames The Rev William T Padden pastor of Fort Dodge First Presbyterian church read the service Saturday evening with the bride’s parents present Dorothy a Cornell College graduate taught in Clarion Ruggles a graduates of Iowa State College in engineering They will spend July in a college at Twin Lakes then reside in Fort Dodge.
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Brandon
Brandon Board of Education
F QO
Gates
Harold Zobel
Shady Grove
Bert Gray
Maynard
Irene Haas
Andrew J. Haas
Lloyd C. Bartholomew
Dubuque
Bartholomew
Maynard High School
University of
West Union
Esther Schweinefus
Donald Stoessel
James Ho Roche
Holy Name
Mary Cashen
Charles Miller
Bbnde
Charles Schwemerus
Castalia
Postvileugh School
Weert Union
Cate
Harold Millwright
Stoessel
Albert T Stoessel
Ottumwa
Iowa State College
Drake University
Stocssel Oil Company
Chicago
South English
Maxine Gifford
Gifford
Des Moines
Glen Lauffer
Mary V. Lauffer
Preroz
Endeavor
Calmar
Michiel Gilmartin
Ireland
Vermont
Milwaukee Railroad
Monticello
William Frodbaski
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Mr. Podhaski
F. J. Podhaski
Podhaski
Blanche Ryan
John Fannon
Agnes Fessler
Richard Funk
Marjorie Funke
LeRoy McQuillen
Donald Mormon
Phoebe Rhines
Omar Fortman
Mary Colettine
Mary Ellen
Saint Rose Convent
la Crosse
Wis
Manchester
Charles Blanchard
Dorothy
Kenneth P. Ruggles
Ruggles
Ames
William T. Padden
First Presbyterian Church of
Fort Dodge
Cornell College
Clarion
Lows State College
Twin Lakes
Iowa City News Briefs Lynchings and Lectures Hit Centennial Year
Local notes report a lynching in Iowa City during the Centennial celebration, described with humor as the work of a whisker club. An educational yearbook edited by Maude McBroom is among 60 outstanding books for 1938, with 15 Iowa graduates and Ernest Horn contributing. Josephine Johnson, Pulitzer winner, will speak at the university writers workshop, while Albert Wiggam discusses a summer lecture on Old Capitol’s west lawn.
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Sprusl
Iowa City
Iowa City Whisker Club
Maude McBroom
University of Town
Iowa
Ernest Horn
Josephine Johnson
University Writers’ Workshop
Albert Edward Wiggam
Old Capitol
Hogan Confirmed as Monticello Postmaster
Washington AP reports Mark Hogan was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to serve as postmaster at Monticello Ta.
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Washington (Ap
Mark Hogan
Senate
Monticello
Maquoketa beer permit group seeks license cut and price limits
Ten of twelve class B beer permit holders in Maquoketa petitioned Monday for a 100 dollar cut in the annual license fee to 200 dollars citing falling beer sales and more permits since the 200 dollar raise four years ago. Eight permits expire June 30 and an ordinance amendment would be required. Council questioned revenue loss of about 1200 dollars and possible raises by tax devices, and debated minimum price proposals to bar sale of beer, including 15 cents per bottle and 10 cents per glass, with a nonconforming holder pressed to join. Montezuma marriage notice: Elizabeth Ann Fish and Harry Knoblock to wed June 16 in Toledo Presbyterian parsonage.
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Maquoketa
Cis
Montezuma
Elizabeth Ann Fish
W. C Fish
Harry Knoblock
Marshalltown
Presbyterian
Toledo
Funeral for Hoover couple draws Lisbon crowds
Lisbon packed for the funeral of Clyde and Mrs Hoover shot in their home last Thursday night. The Federated church overflowed, with services by Rev Gaylord Hamilton and Rev Hugh Robinson. Flowers, music, and a large pallbearer turnout marked the mass service as Harry Aches, 47, son in law of the Hoovers, faces murder accusations.
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Gazette
Lisbon
Clyde Hoover
Federated Church
Gaylord Hamilton
Hugh Robinson
Hazel Runkle
Florentine Downing
Daisy Burd
Hoover
William Bohr
Paul Kohl
J. R. Gardner
C. W Carbee John Miller
Charles
Woman Found On Capitol Grounds With Skull Fracture
Des Moines AP report identifies the injured woman as Bessie Marcus a housekeeper from East Des Moines. She was found near the west steps of the Iowa state capitol with a skull fracture after an apparent assault. Fred Bahner a statehouse watchman saw a woman leave the area during the night and later found her in bushes. She was taken to Broadlawns General Hospital where an emergency operation was performed and her condition listed as fair.
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Des Moines
Bessie Marcus
Iowa State Capitol
Fred Bahner
Statehouse
Bahner
Broadlawns General Hospital
Death of George Willams of Chesterton at 76
North English reports the death of George Willams 76 born in North English son of the Rev J L and Nancy Willams. An attorney at Chesterton for forty years he is survived by six children and three sisters Mrs Ida Ferris Ella Mullen of North English and Mrs Belle O'Brien of California.
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Chelsen
Charles Dvorak
Tabak
Theodore Hlubueck
Cedar Rapids
Mike Dvorak
Chelsea
Americian Legion
Elberon
Z Cob
J. Lodge
Tee
Ella Marek
Dysart
Anna
Emma
Frank
Louis
Fred
George Willams
Chesterton
Willams
J L
Nancy Willams
Ida Ferris
Ella Mullen
North English
Belle O'Brien
California
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Arline
American Beauty
Iowa Electric Licktand Power Company
Bransby
A, J Brock
L. G Lemley
Michael Thiel
DeWitt
Vincent Sheridan
Gambril
St. Joseph's Church
Edward A. Taylor
Ethel Thiel
Charles Sheridan
Gaimabril
Iowa News
the Gazette
Glen McMichael
Louis L. Siegele
Siegele
Clara Yeley
Farmersburg Township
Arthur Henkes
Farmersburg
N P Hanson
FL. Bo Hanson
Denver
Columbus Junction
Thomas Reaney
Reanes
Joseph Reaney
America
Elizabeth Parkins
Texas
Orval Huston
Harold Tobey
R. J Reaney
Joseph
William J. Ainsworth
M. J. Blankenhorn
J. W. Poole
Theodore Schroeder
Schroeder
D W Nebel
Star Mail
Webster
Washington - Sigourney
Nebel
Washington
Anamos
Mount Auburn
Vinton High School
Chester Johnson
Glen Gordon
Vinton
Keswick
Grush-Burns
W. L Grush
Orlando Edmondson
Will H. Grush
Falls City
Neb
Hershel Harbaugh
Francis Grush
Ina Dunn
Freeport
Lulu Grush
Garner
Colesburg High School
Joseph White
Elgin
White
Wisconsin
Wadena
Robert J. Howie
Ruth
John D Morris
Sigourney
William A. Whiting
Boone County
Illinois
Della Warren
Presbyterian Church
Hollis Whiting
Crawfordsville
Roy Allen
Harry Turner Washington
Floyd McClellan
Timber Lake
S D
Edward Evans
Brattleboro
Jones Chapel
Foo W. Eastwood
The
AL Evans
Evans
Sun
Little Brown Church
Janks Evans
Reelhford
LaCrosse
Luana
Herbert Klisart
Klisart
Harold
Robert
Bernice
St Martin's Church
Mary Orr
Maurice Neville
Anamosa
M. J. Farrelly
Madlyn Skahit
Harry Neville
Mary Donnelly
Woollynn
Neville
Mroane
John Orr
St Mirvlin’s High School
Clark College
Dorothy Blanchard
Fr. Dodge
K.P. Itigeles
Hogan
Hoovers
Capitol Grounds
H G Fussell
US 216
2Nd Ave
Lowe
Cotun
North Western
C. S.T
Colorado
Council Bluffs
Chilor
J. L. Burgar
First Ave
N. E
B. O. Baker
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