Iowa to survey utility valuations to remove guess work
Des Moines AP The state board of assessment and review aims to finish survey plans by July 15 for a government prompted utility valuation study. Led by Louis E. Roddewig, the plan would use an appraisal engineer and a small team to complete surveys quickly, with results to influence 1939 valuations and taxes for 1940.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Kraschel
Louis E. Roddewig
Davenport
Iowa
Roddewig
Towa
Iowa City News Briefs
Funeral services for Clara Shulthise 53 lifelong Johnson county resident will be held Wednesday at 130 in the Oatholc funeral chapel She died Monday at Mercy hospital after months of illness She lived in Iowa City 22 years Survivors include her mother a sister Etta at home and a brother Lee of Junius S D Dorothy Sutton local Burlington Trailways agent is transferred to Ottumwa Lea F Torrence succeeds her as Burlington agent here Funeral services were held Tuesday at St Wenceslaus church for Vincent Wanning 72 died Sunday at his sister s home Iowa City He is survived by three sisters and two brothers An extortion case targets Charles Gacta of Lone Tree with a note demanding 2000 under kidnap threat A Johnson County conservation group will form to seek state help to place pheasants in local fields Bids for maintenance resurfacing on highway 1 from Iowa City to West Branch will be opened July 6 listing 14754 tons of material for 83 miles of blacktop road
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Johnson County
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Towa City
St Wenceslaus Church
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Frank Look
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Mary Goets
Davenport
James Wonning
Joseph Wonning
Council Bluffs
Don W. McComas
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Lone Tree
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Harry R. Jenkinson
Jenkinson
Johnson County Wildlife Federation and Conservation Association
South English
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N. E. Kaufman
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L. J Powell
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Goshen
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Ram's Attack Fatal in Altoona Farm Yard
Mrs Horace Custer an elderly Altoona farm woman died from a fractured skull in a Des Moines hospital after being butted by a ram in her farm yard last week authorities said.
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Des Moines
Horace Custer
Altoona
Local store sale and family reunion news across towns
Howard L. Gaston bought the Smittkamp economy store in Dysart while F H Smittkamp will run his store in Vinton. In Dysart the Wieben family reunion saw 70 members at Community hall with Peter Wieben 86 the sole survivor of six siblings. Morse reports the marriage of Irma Beranck to Alvin Barnes at St Marys Morse with ceremony led by Rev Diamond followed by breakfast in Iowa City. In Conroy the vacation church school at the Presbyterian church closed with twenty two diplomas awarded.
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Howard L. Gaston
Smittkamp
F. H. Smittkamp
Vinton
Freeman J. Pippert
Pippert
Gladbrook
Gaston
Wieben
Peter C. Wieben
Fort Dodge
Henrietta Jobens
Anna Lorenzen
Minnie Wiecken
Irma Beranck
Frank Beranck
Morse
Alvin Barnes
Andrew Barnes
Cresco
St. Mary's Church of
Martin Diamond
Mildred Sedlacek
Floyd Beraneck
Jefferson Hotel
Iowa City
Barnes
Chambersburg
Conroy
Presbyterian Church
Popham Endorsed For Supreme Court
Republican lawyers of Iowa's Eighth district endorsed R. G. Popham of Iowa City for justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. The meeting in Iowa City urged delegates to the state judicial convention in Des Moines on July 23 to support his candidacy. Popham has served sixteen years as a district court judge in the district that includes Johnson and Iowa counties.
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Eighth Judicial District of Iowa
R. G. Popham
Supreme Court of
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Johnson
Des Moines
Popham
Eighth Judicial District
Dysart men charged in Sieh farm assault dispute
Vern Fox of Dysart fined 100 dollars and costs in Justice Powell's court on assault and battery. Walter Johnson of Dysart held for grand jury on assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm under bond of 500. Informations filed by Henry Schlichting. Alleged to have gone to Henry Sieh farm near Traer for poker. Schlichting armed with rifle, disarmed by Fox and Johnson. Johnson allegedly drew a knife. Schlichting received minor cuts.
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Vern Fox
Dysart
Robert Powell
Walter Johnson
Henry Schlichting
Henry Sieh
Schlichting
Sieh
Fox
Johnson
Wapello Judge Seeks Iowa Supreme Court Nomination
Oscar Hale of Wapello, Twentieth Judicial District judge for Des Moines Henry and Louisa counties, will seek the Republican nomination for Iowa supreme court justice. A Southeast Iowa gathering noted the region has not had a state supreme court justice since 1913, and Hale, who has served 25 years on the district bench, would be the candidate.
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Oscar Hale
Wapello
Iowa
Des Moines
Henry
Louisa
Iowa Supreme Court
Hale
Supreme Court
W S. Withrow
Mount Pleasant
Withrow
Veteran Morse, 97, Attends Gettysburg Observance
M H Morse, 97, Civil War veteran from Wyoming-M I, will join the seventy fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2 3 and 4. He departed Tuesday afternoon with his grandson’s wife Mrs Clifford Morse accompanying him.
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M I. Morse
Clifford Morse
DeWitt Couple Weds in St Josephs Chapel
Ruth Garrity Davenport daughter of Owen and DeWitt couple marries Walter McGarry Moline son of Margaret McGarry Delmar in St Josephs Catholic church with Rev Loftus officiating. Attendants include Garrity sisters Norma McGarry and Margaret Kaeferstein. ushers and acolytes named.
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Ruth Garriety
Davenport
Owen Garriety
Walter McGarry
Moline
Margaret McGarry
Delmar
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
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Vincent Connell
Camilla Garrity
Norma McGarry
Aledo
Ill
Margaret Kaeferstein
Charles McGarry
Mary Ann Costello
McCausland
Margaret Ann Welsh
New York City
Francis Garrity
Joseph Powers
James Lillis
Long Grove
Raymond Garriety
Clement Goodall
St. Joseph’s High School
East Moline
McGarry
Campion College
Jaloppy Derby Promoter Arrested After Low Turnout
Lloyd Vanness of Decatur II was held for the Buchanan county grand jury on a charge of obtaining money by false pretense after staging a jaloppy derby near Jesup. About 400 spectators paid 25 cents, only two cars started, and a disorderly scene followed until highway patrolmen intervened and detained Vanness.
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L Lloyd Vanness
Decatur, II
Buchanan County Grand Jury
R. C. Turner
Vanness
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Toledo Merchants Raise 3500 for Centennial Project
Toledo merchants have subscribed over 3500 toward the Tama County Iowa Centennial celebration hosted by Toledo. The Toledo Commercial club sponsors the effort with Dr. Knight E. Fee as general chairman, financing the county-wide pageant and parade.
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Toledo
Iowa
Toledo Commercial Club
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W. S. Huyck
E. D. Springer
J. P. Walters
Charles Benesh
Willard F Russell
Virginia Silver
W. O. Beck
C. E. Walters
F C. McClaskey
Harry Rager
Burns M. Byram
Sacred Heart parish marks fiftieth anniversary in La Porte City
In La Porte City, the fiftieth anniversary mass for Sacred Heart Church was celebrated by Rev. Damian Herchenbach of Humphrey Nebraska, followed by a large dinner for about fifty relatives at the Kaufman home. The guest list includes multiple relatives from Nebraska Illinois Minnesota and Iowa, reflecting a strong parish family network.
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Damian ‘Herchenbach
Humphrey
Tenpopolis
Sacred Heart Church
John Kaufman
Damian
William* Herchenbach
Albert German
Charles Sands
Tom Berg
Humphrey, Neb
Peter Hopp
Rockford, Ill
Frank Kaufman
Mendota
Ill
Landolt
Duluth
Pauline
Arthur
W. J. Schmitz
Will Walton
Lee
Henry Schmitz
Fred Kaufman
Jerry
Brandon
Edwin Willworth
Emma Siebel
Eagle Center
Solon
A. J. Felton
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Michalek
Hilda Koenig
Felton
Margaret Gallagher
Postville union meeting on Mount Hosmer in Lansing
A union meeting of Young People's groups from Postville Frankville Waukon and Lansing Presbyterian and Federated churches was held on Mount Hosmer in Lansing Sunday. Rev Joan Fraser Mrs Fred Butler and others led the gathering followed by a 90 person picnic supper and plans for a union meeting next month.
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Waukon
Lansing
Presbyterian and Federated Churches
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Joan Fraser
Fred Butler
Alfred C Crouch
Lloyd Bartholomew
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Decorah Farmer Dies After Car Rolls In Ditch
Decorah rescue crews report Melvin Halvorson a 33 year old farmer living west of Decorah died minutes after his car left the road and overturned while attempting to avoid a team of horses Monday night. He was taken to Decorah hospital where he died five minutes later.
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Gazette
Decorah
Melvin Halvorson
Halvorson
DecOrah Hospital
Manchester Doctor Heads State Board
Dr. H. B. Willard of Manchester was elected chairman of the state board of osteopathic examiners at a meeting in Des Moines. Dr. D. E. Hannan of Perry was named secretary-treasurer, and Dr. C. N. Stryker of Sheldon became examiner.
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H. B. Willard
Manchester
State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
D. E. Hannan
Perry
C. N. Stryker
Sheldon
Democratic State Convention Set for July 27 in Des Moines
E. H. Birmingham announced that the Democratic state central committee moved the Des Moines convention to July 27 from July 28 to avoid conflicts with other events.
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E. H. Birmingham
Democratic State Central Committee
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