Montana captures pair in six-state oil station hold ups
Two youths Walter Weston twenty three and Alvin Brumbaugh about nineteen were captured 24 miles southeast of Broadus Montana Sheriff Claude Anderson announced. They were taken to Billings after a gun battle left Andersons son injured and a deputy killed in a crash. Authorities link the pair to hold ups at Hotel Savery Des Moines and gas stations near Primghar Algona and Morgan with an abandoned car found near Broadus.
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Here
Claude Anderson
Walter Weston
Alvin Ralph Brumbaugh
Billings
Anderson
Weston
Powder River Country
Clem Spencer
Eddie O'Donnell
Yellowstone County
Biddle
Des Moines
KR. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Montana
Hotel Savery
Iowa
Primghar
Algona
Morgan
Rackets Payoff Outlawed As Des Moines Reorganizes Police
Des Moines safety commissioner Charles F. Triplett vows no payoff while reorganizing the police department. Tom Pettit becomes chief and aims for honest law enforcement with fair treatment. He pledges to end rackets and racketeering and to curb flagrant liquor violations.
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Des Moines
Public Safety
Charles F. Triplett
Tom Pettit
Independence Men Drowned on Minnesota Fishing Trip
Special to The Gazette. George Dunlap and his uncle Ed Ozias, both of Independence, were drowned when a boat overturned on a lake near Grand Marais Minnesota during a hunting and fishing trip. They left Independence June 19. Ozias was well known locally. Dunlap, 40, was a University of Iowa graduate and worked as a credit man for an Aurora company. He is survived by his wife, his parents, and a brother.
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A. J. Dunlap
Grand Marais
Minn
George Dunlap
Ed Ozias
Ozias
Dunlap
Independence High School
University of Iowa
Aurora
IIL
L. J. Dunlap
Cascade couple tied the knot at St Martin’s church
Bernice E Rol linger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Rollinger and Joseph C Smith of Cascade were married in St Martin s church Wednesday by Rev M J Farrelly. Attendants were Geraldine Rollinger and Vincent J Smith. Organist was Mrs James Donnelly. The couple will reside on a farm south of here.
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Cascade
Bernice E. Rollinger
Nicholas Rollinger
Joseph C. Smith
St. Martin’s Church
M. J. Farrelly
Geraldine Rollinger
Vincent J. Smith
James Donnelly
Jacob Smith
Here
Truck Crash Vapors Four Hundred Bales of Twine Spilled
A trailer truck driven by Howard R. Smith of Luverne swerved to avoid a car and toppled into a tree in Wyoming Ia. on Wednesday night. About four hundred bales of twine spilled from the trailer as Smith, who escaped injury, collided in the yard of Harry Lindsey. The automobile involved was driven by Bernard Boots, about 20, of Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Howard R. Smith
Luverne
Harry Lindsey
Smith
Bernard Boots
Earlville Legion auxiliary elects officers
Mrs Floyd Lax son was elected president of the Earlville American Legion auxiliary with Mrs Della Perkin first vice president and Mrs Addie Hunt second vice president and Mrs Lulu Hunt secretary-treasurer. Florence E Denson of Iowa City and Cloyce Campbell of Iowa City wed at Iowa City First Presbyterian Church in a single ring ceremony. Farm Bureau circle held picnic. Fred Brock reelected president and Kenneth Hotchkiss named nutrition leader. William Huxford, 81, longtime resident, funeral held in Baptist church. survived by four children. Louisa county to receive 37000 for secondary road construction after July 1. Onslow funeral for Reno F Appleby. Helen Bernhardt and Burdette Wold married in Monona. Marengo Knights of Columbus elect officers. Funeral of Ninnian Johnson reported. Fred Prahm injured in hayload accident. Monticello new pastor Rev Glenn McMichael arrives. Barnes City daughter Hilda Rae Dalbey marries Earl B Martin. Frank Benton of Viola funeral announced.
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Floyd Laxson
Della Perkin
Addie Hunt
Lulu Hunt
Earlville American Legion Auxiliary
Oxford
Florence E. Denson
Iowa City
Robert Denson
Cloyce Campbell
E. R. Campbell
Iowa City First Presbyterian Church
Ilion T. Jones
Farm Bureau Friendly Circle
Fred Brock
Kenneth Hotchkiss
William Huxford
Oskaloosa
Baptist Church
John D. Brower
Osceola
Huxford
Walter
Lansing, Mich
George
Onslow
Reno F. Appleby
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Hopkinton
Frank Schroeder
Howard Willison
Wilson Briggs
Floyd Chatterton
E. K. Peters
Isaac Edwards
Lee Hanson
Pete Schiadetzky
Carroll Bickford
Appleby
Helen Kozart Appleby
ST. Olaf
Helen Bernhardt
Clarence Bernhardt
Monona
Burdette Wold
Andrew D. Wold
Monona Methodist Church
Harley W. Farnham
Ruth Bernhardt
Bill Meyer
Wold
Monona High School
Farmersburg High School
Elkader Junior College
Marengo
Marengo Knights of Ee
L. M
E. Roll
M. G. McGivern
Joe A Jr
Cording
Z. “McGurk
Ty. A. Keffler
Lawrence P. Plotz
Lawrence Martin
Earl Godevuter
Boyd Sanford
P. A. McGivern
John T. Lohrer
Ninnian Johnson
Centerville
Miss Johnson
Albia
Rowley
Fred Prahm
Here
Barnes City
John Dalbey
Hilda Rae
Earl B. Martin
San Diego
Calif
Iowa City News Briefs highlights local civic appointments
Gus A. Pusateri of Iowa City was reappointed district deputy of the ninth Iowa district of the Knights of Columbus by Dr. D. L. Rater of Ottumwa. C. C. Ries of Iowa City was named chairman of the state program committee. Elias Bruce Fackler, 65, died of a heart attack on a downtown street. Silas Webb of Iowa City was fined 300 dollars for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The court suspended half the fine. County Attorney E. A. Baldwin moves to condemn an automobile David Brubaker of Cedar Rapids is charged with illegal liquor possession. Hearing set for Aug. 9. Brubaker also faces additional charges.
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Gus A. Pusateri
Iowa
Knights of Columbus
D. L. Rater
Ottumwa
C. C. Ries
Elias Bruce Fackler
Johnson County
Maurine Fetig
Phyllis Fackler
Silas Webb
Harold D. Evans
E. A. Baldwin
David Brubaker
Cedar Rapids
Brubaker
Heat Persists Amid Heavy Rains Across Iowa State
Iowa endured a heat wave despite thundershowers and heavy rains. Damage reported near Hills Iowa City area included two cows killed on the Arthur Petry farm, damaged truck gardens, and lightning fuses blown on the Rock Island railroad. Rain totals ranged from 1.15 to 2.45 inches across several towns. The Des Moines river was expected to rise four feet by Saturday but no flooding was foreseen. Partly cloudy skies with showers were forecast for the south and west, with cooler temps in the northwest on Saturday.
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INS
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Hills
Iowa City
Arthur Petry
Rock Island
Des Moines River
Early Pioneer Samuel Megonigle Dies in Buchanan County
Samuel S. Megonigle 91 longtime Independence area resident died at his daughter's home in Byron township after a two week illness. He was born March 31, 1850 east of Independence and lived in Byron township most of his life. Survived by eleven children, thirty grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Swan funeral home with burial in Wilson Cemetery.
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Samuel Shephard Megonigle
Buchanan County
Carl Rathbun
Byron Township
Mr. Megonigle
Hamilton
Mary Megonigle
Jemima McBride
Marshall Walton
Alex Rasmussen
Arthur Schafer
Pittsfield
Mass
Clay Megonigle
Kan
Paul Megonigle
Dubuque
Alvi Megonigle
Bart Megonigle
Waterloo
Gail Megonigle
McDonald
Kenneth Megonigle
Aurora
Edward Megonigle
Swan Funeral Home
Frank Schrader
Presbyterian Church
Onslow
Wilson Cemetery
Oelwein Man Involved In Fatal Auto Accident
Homer Winchel a 75 year old Cedar Falls fruit gardener died in Marshalltown hospital from injuries after his pickup overturned six miles north of Marshalltown following a sideswipe with a car driven by Frank Rizzo of Oelwein A passenger Mrs LeRoy Siefer of Marshalltown was cut in the crash
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Homer Winchel
Cedar Falls
Here
Frank Rizzo
Oelwein
LeRoy Siefer
Janesville Named for Jane Barrick Founder’s Wife
Janesville was named for Jane Barrick wife of John T. Barrick the town's original settler. It was the first town laid out in oan county and was settled in the early period near Waverly.
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Janesville
Jane Barrick
John T. Barrick
Waverly
Oan County
Robert Frost Urges Immediate Effect in Poetry
Special to The Gezette Iowa City Robert Frost told a large university summer session audience at Iowa Union that poetry must produce an immediate tonal impact. He argued against delayed punch and said imagination voices the art of writing. He noted poets write to be heard in vocal imagination and stressed tone as a key stylistic achievement.
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Iowa City
Iowa Union
Robert Frost
New England
Teacher Seeks Damages From School Over Injury in Iowa Case
Evelyn Whitney, 19, seeks compensation from a rural school district after her left eye was cut when glasses were broken by a toy tractor wheel fragment thrown by a pupil. Deputy state industrial commissioner Ralph V. Woodcock noted the case may hinge on whether a country school teacher is a public official, which would bar damages.
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Waverly
Ralph V. Woodcock
Des Moines
Iowa
Evelyn Whitney
Wwk
Radio Commentators Must Learn To Avoid Hysteria
Iowa City reports Louis Wirth of the University of Chicago urged educators at a state speech conference that commentators should not inflame public opinion. He warned the radio can become a propaganda tool in crises and urged the push for accurate news dissemination.
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Iowa City
Louis Wirth
Department of Sociology
University of Chicago
Iowa
Wirth
Oneida School Superintendent Walter Oldham Resigns
Walter R. Oldham resigns as Oneida superintendent effective immediately after eight years with the district. He will join the Corn Belt Farm Dailies in Omaha as editorial staff for the Omaha Daily Journal Stockman, and he and his wife and daughter move there Friday.
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Walter R. Oldham
Oldham
Corn Belt Farm
Omaha
Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman
Taxpayers Urged to Be Government Conscious in Federal Affairs
Estes Park Colorado AP reports Joe L. Long executive secretary of the Iowa Taxpayers association urged a general consciousness of federal activities. He called for inspiring leadership at a conference to mobilize taxpayers for public spirited action and warned against wholesale federal job cuts without broad citizen protection.
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Estes Park
Colo
Joe L. Long
Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Congress
Showboat Reappears on Upper Mississippi at McGregor
The Dixie Queen, a showboat, entertained McGregor with tunes like Here Comes the Showboat and Old Kentucky Home, the first to visit upper river towns since 1927. Captain Al Cooper, owner, has forty years in showboats. The Dixie Queen will tour to Prairie du Chien and Minneapolis for melodrama performances at the Aquatennial July 12-20.
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Gazette
McGregor
Massa
Kentucky
Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
al Cooper
Majestic
Bryant
Ohio River
St. Louis
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Minneapolis
Des Moines Firm Wins $19 500 Contract for License Certificate Holders
The Iowa executive council awarded W. Pagee Manufacturing of Des Moines a $19 500 contract to supply 1 000 000 auto registration certificate holders at one per 1 000. Five manufacturers bid, with the firm previously securing the contract at $1 50 per 1 000.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Executive Council
W. P.agee Manufacturing Company
Grand Mound Rodeo Parade Weekend Opens With Speech
Grand Mound hosts its annual rodeo celebration sponsored by the American Legion and the Commercial club. Parades are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday with a Sunday program at 1 30 p m. Lieut governor B B Hickenlooper will deliver the talk.
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Grand Mound
The
American Legion
Commercial Club
B. B. Hickenlooper
Women’s Club Grants Iowa Scholarship to Chilean Student
The Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs awards a one year study grant in Iowa to Jenny Contesse Piato of Chile. She will pursue a master’s in physical education at the University of Iowa. The federation has a fund of about 1900 dollars after setting aside 800 dollars for the current year.
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Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa
Jenny Contesse Piato
Chile
Piato
University of Iowa
Josephine Stalnaker
Luther Stalnaker
Drake University
University of Santiago
the Federation
Nancy Carpenter Weds Allan Neustel in Center Point
Nancy Carpenter of Center Point married Allan Neustel of Regen North Dakota in a home ceremony read by Rev. M. D. Swisher. The bride wore white lace with attendants Erma Elgin and Donald Jordan. The Neustels will live on a farm near Central City.
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Nancy Center
O. W. Carpenter
Central City
Allan Neustel
Regen
N. D
M. D. Swisher
Erma Elgin
Center Paint
Donald Jordan
Neustel
Alburnett High School
Regan
First Presentation Of Operetta Night Shades At U S U
Fayette reports the premiere of Night Shades a modern fantasy operetta by Professor Everett Hendricks at Upper Iowa University. The group combines university summer school operetta students public school music and local singers with a cast including Basil Rowland Duane Knos Wanda Brause Betty Cass Connie Brion Viola Caldwell Ted Johnson and others.
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Upper Iowa University
Basil Rowland
Duane Knos
Wanda Brause
Betty Cass
Connie Brion
Viola Caldwell
Ted Johnson
Gene Wooldridge
Bob Cass
Beatrice Hoeane
Wayne
Funeral services for Robert Boke aged 65
Funeral services were held Friday at the Methodist church in Williamsburg for Robert Boke a retired blacksmith age 65. A native of Louisa county he formerly operated a shop at Millersburg and his son Harold resides in Cedar Rapids.
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Robert Boke
Louisa County
Millersburg
Harold
Cedar Rapids
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