Pair of Montana capture ends Iowa oil station holdup spree
Two youths Walter Weston and Alvin Brumbaugh, wanted in five states for bank and gas station robberies, were captured 24 miles southeast of Broadus Montana after a large search. A patrol plane crash near Biddle killed Pilot Clem Spencer and Deputy Eddie O'Donnell during the manhunt.
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Mont
Here
Claude Anderson
Walter Weston
Alvin Ralph Brumbaugh
Billings
Anderson
Weston
Claude, Jr
Powder River Country
Clem Spencer
Eddie O'Donnell
Yellowstone County
Biddle
Des Moines Police Shake Up Aims At End Of Rackets
Des Moines safety commissioner Charles F. Trittlett vows no payoff as the police department is reorganized. Tom Pettit, named chief, promises honest law enforcement and equal treatment with a pledge to end rackets and special favors while allowing liquor sale only where not flagrantly violated.
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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 on June 19. Dunlap, 40, was born and raised there and recently worked as a credit man for an Aurora IH concern. He is survived by his wife, his parents, and a brother L. J. Dunlap.
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Independence
A. J. Dunlap
Grand Marais
Minn
George Dunlap
Ed Ozias
Ozias
Dunlap
Independence High School
University of Iowa
Aurora
L. J. Dunlap
Cascade Couple Wed at St Martin s Church
Bernice E Roll linger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Rollinger and Joseph C Smith of Cascade married in St Martin s church on Wednesday by Rev M J Farrelly. Attendants were Geraldine Rollinger and Vincent J Smith. Organist was Mrs James Donnelly. They will reside on a farm south of Cascade.
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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
Barnes City
John Dalbey
Hilda Rae
Earl B. Martin
San Diego
Calif
Ora. Martin
Belle Plaine
Eastern Iowa notes and county obituaries in Gazette
East central Iowa round up includes Earlville auxiliary officers elected Florence E Denson wed Cloyce Campbell in Iowa City wedding South English Farm Bureau picnic and officers, William Huxford funeral at 81, Louisa county road funds 37000, Onslow funeral Reno Appleby, Monona wedding Helen Bernhardt Burdette Wold, Marengo Knights officers, Centerville teacher Ninnian Johnson services, Colson leads Marengo Knights, Fred Prahm injured, McGregor USO chairs, Volga City Everette Schaefer wedding, Monticello pastor McMichael, Barnes City Hilda Dalbey Earl Martin, Viola Frank Benton funeral.
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ST. Olaf
Helen Bernhardt
Clarence Bernhardt
Monona
Burdette Wold
Andrew D. Wold
Monona Methodist Church
Harley W. Farnham
Ruth Bernhardt
Bill Meyer
Farmersburg High School
Elkader Junior College
Marengo
Marengo Knights of Columbus
L. M. Colson
Elec
Joe Petrzelka
W. E. Carroll
M. G. McGivern
Centerville
Albia
Rowley
Fred Prahm
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Community Appointments and Tragedy
Iowa City notes report Gus A. Pusateri named district deputy of the ninth Iowa district Knights of Columbus by Dr D L Rater of Ottumwa. C C Ries of Iowa City named chairman of the state program committee. Elias Bruce Fackler, 65, dies of heart attack on a downtown street. Survived by widow and two daughters. Silas Webb fined $300 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. half the fine suspended. County Attorney E A Baldwin seeks condemnation of an automobile. David Brubaker of Cedar Rapids charged with illegal liquor possession and other counts. hearing set for Aug 9. Brubaker also faces operating a…
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Iowa City
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 As Iowa Faces Heavy Rains And Damage
Des Moines reports heat in the high 90s despite thundershowers and gusty winds across Iowa. Damaging winds flattened corn in Carroll County, two cows died on the Arthur Petry farm, rail line wires sparked from lightning, with rainfall totals exceeding an inch in multiple cities. Des Moines river levels are rising but no flood threat is expected. Cooler weather forecast for the northwest with scattered showers Friday night and Saturday.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Davenport
Inwood
Carroll County
Hills
Iowa City
Arthur Petry
Rock Island
Des Moines River
Samuel S Megonigle 91 Early Pioneer In Buchanan County Dies
Samuel S Megonigle aged 91 longtime Independence area resident died at his daughter’s home in Byron township after two week illness. He was born March 31, 1850 on a farm near Independence and lived in Byron township most of his life. Surviving are eleven children twenty seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm at Swan funeral home with burial in Wilson cemetery.
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William Huxford
Oskaloosa
Baptist Church
John D. Brower
Osceola
Huxford
Waller
Lansing
Mich
George
Flint
Arthur Farrand
Pella
Independence
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
Celwein Man Involved In Fatal Auto Accident
Homer Winchel, 75, a Cedar Falls fruit grower, died in a Marshalltown hospital from injuries after his pickup overturned following a sideswipe north of town. Passenger Mrs. LeRoy Siefer of Marshalltown was injured and Frank Rizzo of Oelwein drove the other vehicle.
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Marshalltown
Homer Winchel
Cedar Falls
Here
Frank Rizzo
Oecelwein
LeRoy Siefer
Janesville Named for Jane Barrick Settler’s Wife
Janesville was named for Jane Barrick, wife of the town’s founder John T. Barrick. The community sits on a Cedar River rise east bank south of Waverly and was the first town laid out in Coromer County. It began settlement in the early period.
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Janesville
Jane Barrick
John T. Barrick
Cedar River
Waverly
Coromer County
Robert Frost Emphasizes Tone Over Flashy Content
Robert Frost told a large Iowa City audience that poetry should focus on tone and be readable. He criticized poems driven by publication ambition and argued against unnecessary wildness and hidden meanings, saying poetry should be heard in vocal imagination.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa Union
Robert Frost
New England
New
Frost
Rural Iowa teacher sues for injury damages
Evelyn Whitney, 19, seeks compensation from Lafayette township school No. 4 board after her left eye was cut when a toy tractor wheel broke her glasses. Deputy state industrial commissioner Ralph V. Woodcock indicated this may be the first Iowa case of a country school teacher seeking damages, and whether a rural teacher is a public official could affect her entitlement.
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Waverly
Ralph V. Woodcock
Des Moines
Iowa
Evelyn Whitney
Lafayette Township School No. 4
Woodcock
Radio Commentators Urged to Avoid Hysteria at Iowa Conference
Louis Wirth of the University of Chicago warned at the University of Iowa that commentators act as policy makers during crises. He urged broadcasters to use radio to disseminate accurate news without hysteria as public opinion can turn volatile in wartime.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Louis Wirth
Department of Sociology
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
Wirth
Oneida School Supt Walter Oldham Resigns Position
Walter R. Oldham superintendent of Oneida schools for five years resigns effective immediately. He served eight years in the district, three as principal and coach, and will join the Corn Belt Farm Dailies in Omaha as editorial staff of the Omaha Daily Journal Stockman. The Oldhams depart Friday for their new home in Omaha.
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Oneida
Walter R. Oldham
Oldham
Corn Belt Farm
Omaha
Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman
Taxpayers Told To Be Government Conscious
Estes Park Colorado AP reports Joe L. Long executive secretary of the Iowa Taxpayers association urged a general conscious effort of personal participation in federal affairs. He warned that drastic federal cuts require public spirited leadership and a taxpayer movement to offset bureaucratic self interest and avoid embittered backlash.
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Estes Park
Colo
Joe L. Long
Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Citizens Conference On Governmental Management
Long
Congress
Showboat Returns To McGregor With Classic Tunes
Showboat Dixie Queen, former Mississippi staple, visits McGregor with tunes like Here Comes the Showboat and Old Kentucky Home. Capt Al Cooper, owner, guides the Dixie Queen on a revival tour, one of the few remaining old showboats, after stops in Prairie du Chien and ahead of Minneapolis Aquatennial performances July 12 20.
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Gazette
McGregor
Massa
Kentucky
Mississippi
Upper
al Cooper
Majestic
Bryant
Ohio River
St. Louis
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Minneapolis
Des Moines Firm Wins Contract for License Certificate Holders
The Iowa executive council awarded a $19,500 contract to W. P. Johnson Manufacturing Co. of Des Moines to supply 1,000,000 auto registration certificate holders at a bid of 1.50 per 1,000. Five bidders competed. the firm held the contract last year at 21.50 per 1,000.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Executive Council
W. P. Johnson Manufacturing Company
Grand Mound Rodeo Opens With Legion, Club Sponsorship
Grand Mound's annual rodeo celebration began Friday with sponsorship from the American Legion and the Commercial Club. Parades are slated for Saturday and Sunday with a Sunday program at 1 30 p.m. Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper is scheduled to speak.
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Grand Mound
The
American Legion
Commercial Club
B. B. Hickenlooper
Women’s Club Grants Iowa Study Scholarship
The Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs awarded a one year study scholarship in Iowa to Jenny Contesse Piato of Chile to pursue a master’s in physical education at the University of Iowa. Miss Josephine Stalnaker will study in Santiago, Chile as the American exchange student living with Mr. and Mrs. Pinto. The federation’s fund grew from 800 to about 1,000 dollars.
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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
Senor and
Senora Pinto
Santiago
Federation
Nancy Carpenter Weds Allan Neustel in Center Point
Nancy Carpenter of Central City married Allan Neustel of Regan North Dakota Thursday in a ceremony at the bride's home conducted by Rev M. D Swisher. The couple, both graduates and with lace wedding attire, plan to settle on a farm near Central City with attendants Erma Elgin and Donald Jordan.
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Teachers College
Volga City
Central City
Schaefer
Center Point
Nancy Carpenter
O. W. Carpenter
Allan Neustel
Regan, N D
M. D Swisher
Erma Elgin
Center Paint
Donald Jordan
Neustel
Alburnett High School
Regan
Night Shades operetta to debut at Upper Iowa gym
Fayette hosts the premiere of Night Shades a modern fantasy operetta written by Professor Everett Hendricks for a combined cast from university summer school music groups public school singers voice students and local high school performers A chorus of grade school children will play a prominent role in the July 9 presentation at the Upper Iowa University venue.
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Everett Hendricks
Upper Iowa Gymnasium
University
Hendricks
Upper Iowa University
Basil Rowland
Duane Knos
Wanda Brause
Betty Cass
Connie Brion
Viola Caldwell
Ted Johnson
Gene Wooldridge
Bob Cass
Beatrice Hoehne
Wayne Timm
Funeral services for Robert Boke held at Methodist church
Funeral services for Robert Boke 65 retired blacksmith were held Friday at the Methodist church in Williamsburg. A native of Louisa county he formerly ran a shop at Millersburg. A son Harold resides in Cedar Rapids.
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Williamsburg
Robert Boke
Louisa County
Millersburg
Harold
Cedar Rapids
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