Record Heat Wave Drenches Iowa As Storms Hit
Scattered storms and a cyclone battered parts of Iowa while a hot spell shattered the June heat record with 111 degrees at Lamont. Four more deaths linked to the heat raise to ten the toll statewide, as cyclonic winds damaged crops and buildings in Scott and Mahaska counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Burlington
Muscatine
Edward Paulsen
Valley Junction
James McVey
Jess Andrew Walker
Bessie Peck
New Liberty
Scott County
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Davenport
Waterloo
Albia
Iowa City
Creston
Lamont
Marshalltown
Weather Bureau
Keosauqua
Mercury
Keokuk
Iowa Falls
Clarinda
Atlantic
Trade Wind Vessel Donated To Decorah Museum
The Norwegian-American museum in Decorah receives the sailing craft Trade Wind. The under twenty six feet long boat sits low in the water, with sleeping quarters under the forward deck and a midship compass. Herman Anderson of Chicago presents the Trade Wind, with installation costs around 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Atlantic Ocean
Herman Anderson
Chicago
Arraignment for larceny of poultry in Dysart case
Tama briefs report Nessler of Dy Sart faces larceny of poultry charges. He waived preliminary hearing and is held for the grand jury on $500 bond. He admitted stealing chickens from H Sheronick’s farm on two occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama—Wilill Nessler
Dy Sart
Court of Justice
T. F. Stoakes
Traer
Raphael R. R. Dvorak
E. O. Harris
Tracr
Nessler
Doris Nessler
Dvorak
H. Sheronick
Dysart
Belle Plaine Pioneer Celebrates 85th Birthday This Day
Belle Plaine observes the 85th birthday of Thomas J Brentlinger newsboy from the Civil War era. Born on a farm near Dayton Ohio he later settled in the Platte valley and North Dakota before taking root in Belle Plaine. His life includes farming, military era work, two marriages, and a large family. Funeral services are listed for Mrs William Hotz of Olin with survivors across several states.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Thomas J Brentlinger
Dayton
Ohio
Andrew
Elizabeth Brentlinger
Dayton Journal
Cincinnati Gazette
Mississippi
Valley of the Platte
North Dakota
Granville
Brentlinger
Rebecca Yount
C. C. Ridenour
Grant Brentlinger
Omaha
William H. Brentlinger
Angeline Sneddon
Kansas City
Harriet Guinn
Prentlinger
Bullet Hole Found in Body on Tracks in Indiana
An inquest was scheduled to decide how an unidentified man died after his mangled body was found on railroad tracks near Booneville Indiana. Coroner L H Deford reported a bullet hole in the head though no bullet was found and a discharged revolver lay nearby. The death could be from gunfire and being thrown from a train, suicide, or accidental fall. A Topeka Kansas envelope in his pocket suggests possible origin.
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Adel
Booneville
L. H. Deford
Redfield
Topeka
Kan
Branch Office Of Children s Home Society Opened
Iowa City welcomed a branch of the Iowa Children s Home society to aid child care across Johnson Linn Scott Jackson Muscatine Jones Clinton and Cedar counties. The society has placed dependent children since 1888 and refers children from the University of Iowa hospital the Salvation Army Maternity home and local welfare agencies. This is the first branch in the state. the central office remains in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Johnson
Linn
Scott
Jackson
Muscatine
Jones
Clinton
Cedar
University of Iowa Hospital
Salvation Army Maternity Home
Des Moines
60 000 Retailers to Pay Sales Tax Des Moines
The state board of assessment and review orders retailers to remit the first quarter two percent retail sales tax on gross receipts. About 60 000 filing blanks were mailed to retailers holding sales permits. The tax targets a $14,150,000 annual income, with the first $3,000,000 dedicated to emergency relief and the rest to curtail property tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Mrs. Scellars Funeral Set For Sunday
West Branch Iowa Mrs Jennie Scellars owner of the Hoover birthplace will be buried in a 2:30 Sunday service at the Methodist church conducted by Rev H M Grant She died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Thursday afternoon Her brother in law John Barr of Rochester died in an Iowa City hospital Thursday afternoon and was buried at Rochester today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Theodore Werner
Rapid City
S. D
Werner
Washington
Rochester
Minn
Anamosa
Monticello
George Timmons
Florence Althen
Hartley Wilkinson
Mechanicsville
Wapello
B. E. Thompson
Frances Louisa Presbury
Wapello Township
Thompson
Lula Menefee
Burlington
Harry Moyer
Audrey Ball
Morning Sun
Rodney
J. W. Baker
E. West
West Chester
Winchester
W Va
Jacob Addison Marker
Elizabeth Johnson Marker
James Wesley Baker
Washington County
Marengo
Iowa County
Bernice Saysell
Kearney
Neb
State Teachers College
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Saysell
Grinnell and
Marion
LA Porte City
Zion Lutheran Church
A. Davgs
Monona
F. Kehren
Bellevue
R. Daugs
Lutheran Brotherhood of Waterloo Trinity Church
Jubilee Men
Roy M. Smith
Arthur Knight
E. H. Stewart
C. C. Hall
Caldwell
National Guards
Iowa
Richland
Ottum
Kathryn Brandan
Dysart
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Walters
Gladbrook
Cincinnati
Vinton
Leonard Henry Lott
Fred H. Miller
Arthur W. Lott
Fort Dodge
M. L. Johnson
Brookings
Walter McClintock
New Orleans
Marion Frances Lott
Longville
Enos P. Lott
Mason City
John Lott
Rockwell City
Lott
United Brethren Church
Lake City
Whittier
Hazel Kennedy
Anderson
Adna Hoge
Archie Post
Jane Reed
Mildred Hartzell
Sybil
Alice Post
Ralph Kinked
Charlie Alden
Robert Williams
Margaret Williams
McQuilkin Organization
Olive Woodley Candel
Clarion
Wayne McQuilkin
Robert Stuart
Waterloo
Kate Fuller
Mildred Giffen
Iowa City
Fuller
Giffen
West Branch
Jennie Scellars
Hoover
H. M. Grant
Scellars
Cedar Rapids
John Barr
Open Campaign To Pave No 11 West Union To Calmar
Paving No 11 between Calmar and West Union becomes a formal campaign with a new permanent organization. H L McCarthy of the Oelwein Chamber of Commerce leads initial steps while Rochester Chamber of Commerce, via E H Schlutgus, backs the effort. A continuous all season highway would connect the Twin Cities to Cedar Rapids Iowa City Davenport and Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
No. 11
Calmar
West Union
H. L. McCarthy
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
E. H. Schlutgus
Mayo Clinic
West Union No. 11
Twin Cities
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Davenport
Keokuk
Two Found Guilty in Torture Robbery Case
Joe Tilger of Whittemore and Leo Besch of near Algona were found guilty of robbery with aggravation for the torture robbery of Mr and Mrs Oscar J Eiseman near Woden on March 15 1933. District Judge P A Beardmore overruled a demurrer and set Tuesday for sentence. The Eisemans lost 7000. two men are already serving 25 year terms and another faces charges.
Cascade Merchants Day Draws Record Crowd
Special to The Gazette Cascade city celebrates its centennial with Merchants Day. A parade led by Monticello merchants Cedar Rapids Drum and Bugle Corps and Cascade Juvenile Band drew hundreds of locals and visitors. Cars filled the streets as crowds gathered early to watch the longest parade yet.
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Gazette
Cascade
Monticello
Cedar Rapids Boys
Legion Park
Drum d:Bugle Corps
Cedar Rapids
Man Kicked by Horse Sustains Injuries Near Here
Homer Bunn, a farmer northwest of here, suffered a broken arm and injuries to a leg after being kicked by a horse while doing chores Thursday afternoon. He had been leading one horse from the barn and passed behind a colt when another horse kicked the first.
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Maynard
Homer Bunn
Here
Bunn
Jump Overcalls in a Disastrous Bridge Hand at Crockford's
In the Masters event at Crockford's New York a player apologized after a failed Jump Overcall. The defense misled, East held four trump tricks, and the hand illustrates risks of Jump Overcalls with a weak long trump suit. North-South and East-West results depended on defense, bidding, and discards, with outcomes ranging from top scores to losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crockford's Club
New York
East
West
North
Natural death verdict in Kubik case closes inquest
Toledo report on the inquest into William Kubik's death finds he died May 23, 1934 of natural causes pneumonia with no contributing factors. The coroner's jury, including Alfred Schuldt P Muirhead and H J Pike, heard testimony from Mrs Kubik Mrs Joe Vilek Jr and others about an alleged May 6 assault by Vilek Jr. Autopsy not required.
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Gazette
Toledo
William Kubik
Alfred J. Schuldt
P. Muirhead
H. J. Pike
Harvey Jones
Emma Kubik
Kubik
Carl B. Stiger
Joseph Vilek, Jr
Joe Vilek, Jr
Yilek
Lester Kubik
Vilek
Frank Vesely
Otter Creek Township
Lester
Dwight Ayres
Keystone
Ayres
John Riha
Knight E. Fee
Kubik Farm
Clayton County Legion Women Elect Officers
Mrs. W. W. Davidson of Elkader was elected chairman of Clayton county American Legion auxiliary units at a meeting in Elkader. Other officers include Vice-chairman Mrs. L. Lake Guttenberg, secretary Mrs. P. R. V. Hommel Elkader, treasurer Grace Orvis St. Olaf, historian Katherine O'Reill McGregor. Clarence Moser commander, Thomas Thomsen district chairman, Mrs. K. Hanson district committeewoman spoke at the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth District Legion
K. Hanson
Auxiliary
Lakes To Gulf Highway Association Organized
DES MOINES AP The United States Highway 65 Lakes to the Gulf Highway association formed to develop and promote a national trunk route from Minneapolis to New Orleans. Lester Milligan elected president, with W. W. Johnson first vice president, K. H. Burmeister second vice president, Alex Fitzhugh secretary, and Paul Beer treasurer.
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Des Moines
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Funay
Iowa
U. S. 65
Lakes
Lester Milligan
Mason City
K. H. Burmeister
Faribault
Minn
Alex Fitzhugh
Paul Beer
Sheriff Sale Notice on Mechanic's Lien Judgment
A sheriff sale notice announces a 1934 Linn County Iowa mechanic's lien judgment in favor of Jake Lampert Yard against Peter P. Ludwick. Real estate at 1371 Twentieth Avenue Southwest Cedar Rapids Lot 171 Aliendale Addition will be sold at public auction on July 16 1934 at 10 00 am in front of the courthouse in Cedar Rapids. Judge Joseph A Petrus signs the notice with deputies Roy Radebaugh and Stiiman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Linn County
Jake Lampert
Iowa
Twentieth Avenue
Cedar Rapides
Aliendale
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Court House
Joseph A Petrus
Stiiman
Roy Radebaugh
Herbert Hogle Family Reunion Draws 39 Members
Thirty nine members of the Herbert Hogle family will hold a reunion Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Lahman in Cedar Rapids. Most will attend except a son in law William Stenner of California. The group includes many Hogle relatives from Iowa and California with a tenth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs DeWitt Hogle celebrated in Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Herbert Hogle
Arthur Lahman
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids
William Stenner
California
C. Allen Hogle
Allen
Jr. Newton
Earl Douglas
Robert
Donald
Elaine
James
Waterloo
Sue Land
Sharon
Santa Monica
Calif
DeWitt Hogle
DeWitt, Jr
Dennis
Santa Maria
Marguerite
Richard
Bruce Warwick
Dorothy
Nancy
Leota
Bryan
Texas
Melvin Haeseler
John
Betty Lou
Grand Mound
0. K. Thompson
Betty Jo
Stanley
Lorain Carley
Gerrald
Kenneth
Hogle
D-Witt Hogle
Mind and Morality Meet Science in Debate
A reader note cites scientists Millikan Compton and Jewett arguing science shapes public rights over individual rights. They claim scientific progress created vast industries and boosted employment, noting the automobile's rise over buggy manufacturing and numerous new sectors such as steel rubber and chemicals.
Intelligence Test Offer From The Gazette
A notice invites readers to test their intelligence with a self addressed stamped envelope and ten cents. Albert Wissam of Cedar Rapids Gazette offers an arrangement with leading psychologists for an intelligence test at exact cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscam
Cole
Addr Albert
Wissam
Ceda Rapids
Self evaluation and college effects in early psychology reports
A report notes that in a study by Dr. Eugene Shen twenty six men rated themselves and twenty five others on eight traits and found most over or underestimates, yet individuals align with others on trait direction. Another study by Dr. Howard Banker links college education to fewer children among graduates, due to intellectual appeal and opportunities beyond marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Shen
Journal of Educational Psychology
A.no
Howard Banker
Eugenics Department
Carnegie Institute
Journal of Heredity
8350 Pounds Smoked Pork To Be Received By Relief Dept
The Linn county relief department will receive 8350 pounds of smoked pork in 167 fifty pound cases Monday. County relief director Miss Cora Jacobs announced Friday. The allocation will be delivered from Wilson and Company plant to John Blaul's Sons warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Relief Department
Cora Jacobs
Wilson and Company
John Blaul's Sons Company
Accused Beater of Landlady Receives 30 Day Sentence
James Northrup 34 held in city jail for intoxication and disturbing the peace on landlady Irene Stribling 1015 Third Street SE. Stribling sentenced to 30 days county jail by Police Court Judge Thomas B. Powell. Stoker 38 of 399 Thirtieth Street NE fined 25 dollars and costs. Ed Sodoma 46 of 1016 Ninth Street SE fined 10 dollars and costs. All arrested Friday evening in a downtown restaurant for profanity and disturbance.
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James Northrup
Irene Stribling
Third Street
Thomas B. Powell
Northrup
Stribling
M. B. Stoker
Thirtieth Street
Ed Sodoma
Ninth Street
Palmer of Vinton Heads Blind School Teachers
F E Palmer of Vinton Indiana was elected president of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind at its thirty second biennial convention. Plans for Washington July Fourth are limited to Wellman others feature golf and softball tournaments with a day long program including a baseball game kittenball balloon ascension parachute leap and dance Speakers Ed Hicklin Wapello Republican candidate for Congress and M X Geske McGregor Democratic senator will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
INS
F. E. Palmer
Vinton
American Association of Instructors of the Blind
Washington
Washington County
Wellman
Troop F
113Th Cavalry
Ed Hicklin
Wapello
Congress
M. X. Geske, McGregor
Houle Family Farewell Noted at Masonic Hall
Ma sonic and Eastern Star members hosted a farewell reception for Mr and Mrs H L Houle at the Masonic hall on Tuesday. Houle, seven years as local superintendent, will lead an insurance agency in Marion territory and relocate to Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic
Eastern Star
H. L. Houle
Masonic Hall
Houle
Marion
Central City
Blowup Of First Love Affair Turns Lucky Day For Joe
Dear Miss Manners column and readers discuss romance misfires, blondes, and ideal husbands. Joe's heartbreak with his first love leads to Gladys's rebound, seen as fortunate and transformative for his outlook, while readers weigh blonde stereotypes and share marriage happiness notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Gladys
Miss Manners
Happy Wife
Elephants Star In Barnett Brothers Circus Break
Crowds beat the heat by attending the Barnett Brothers circus last night. Elephants stole the show with the baby Della and veteran captain Alice performing feats while the rest of the troupe, including horses and riders, did tricks. A dog act, wire walkers, trapeze artists and clowns rounded out the program on a difficult field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett Brothers Circus
Della
Alice
Harry Carey
Moving Picture Cowboy
Perforce
Indian Day Observed By Scouts At Waubeek
Indian day for the second time was observed at the Boy Scout camp in Waubeek with sixty nine campers and ten staff acting as Indians in the Hiawatha ritual. Eleven campers earned Indian names after passing the strength ordeal and three to five years service. Twenty three second year campers passed the goodwill test and carved totem poles. Thirty five campers completed the black drink ordeal and the silence requirements.
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John Hutch
Imperial Eagle
John Hay
Philip Klass
Thunder Moon
George Baker
Rain God
Donald Dougherty
Strong Heart
Carl Flierman
Silver Fox
Glen Hruska
Mighty Hunter
Laurance Mortensen
Oga Anderson
Iron Horse
Richard Sampson
Fire Eyes
Walter Dennis
Devil Dancer
Anamosa Woman Fractures Hip After Home Fall
Mrs. Joe Fegan suffered a fractured hip Thursday afternoon after falling down the basement stairs at her Anamosa home. She was not discovered until her husband returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Joe Fegan
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Raymond
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Stiger
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Winthrop
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H. R. Householder
Minnesota
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Riley
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Lloyd Attlg
Decorah Gun Club
W. A. Wegner
A. C. Bishop
H. Ruble
Oxford Junction
Vacation Bible School
Legion Grounds
Robert Benischek
Lorraine Benischek
Margy Stowers
Elaine Lasack
Lilian Bizek
Joseph Rieley
M. Felicia
M. Bernada
Mount Mercy Academy of
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F. L. Harrington
John von Sprecken
A. A. Vaughn
George Miller
Hattie Myers
Dorcas
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Sue Myers
Kate Anderson
Tama
Edward Moravec
Lake Cherry
Billy Kriegel
Walter Kriegel
Elkader
Clayton County
Elkader Public Junior College
J. Dale Welsch
Olin
William Hotz
Lloyd Dutro
Sarah M. Simmons
Icy Dean
Hale
Nora Coleman
Ida Wooder
Dora Remington
Herma
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Children’s Home Society
Josephine Culbertson
Okie
Clayton County Legion
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Palmer
Mary Manners
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