Amore Warm Weather Predicted for Iowa
Weather bureau forecasts warmer conditions for most of Iowa after a spring storm. A low of 49 was recorded at Inwood with central state heavy precipitation, including 1.12 inches at Van Meter and 0.27 at Des Moines. Mitchellville hail damaged three by two miles of crops. a power line was downed. Atlantic reached 95 as Des Moines cooled 19 degrees during the downpour.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Inwood
van Meter
Mitchellville
Atlantic
Average Iowa student spends $1.72 daily at UI
The University of Iowa student budget averages $1.72 per day. A two semester board bill of $180 stands as the largest expense. Tuition totals $98, room $90, and books plus fees and incidents amount to $40.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Dean of Men
Manchester Driver Of Fatal Accident Pays Fine
William H. Carpenter was fined 100 dollars for reckless driving in Justice Brayton's court after a Sunday crash that killed Clarence Sweitzer a local tiler. He said he was going 30 miles an hour and hit crushed rock causing the car to overturn. The court remitted half the fine on paying the first half.
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Specini
Gazette
Manchester
William H. Carpenter
John M. Brayton
Carpenter
Clarence Sweitzer
Historical Society Elects Nine To Board
Nine Iowa City residents were elected to the State Historical Society board of curators at the biennial election Monday afternoon. Elected: Marvin H. Dey, Thomas Ferrell, R. Ho Vel land, Merritt Speidel, R. G. Popham, Burton V. Bridenstine, Harry Jenkins, William RR. Wart, and R. A Fenton. The nine member board includes eight elected and four appointed in alternating years.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
The
State Historical Society
Marvin H. Dey
Thomas Ferrell
R. Ho Velland
Merritt Speidel
R. G. Popham
Burton V. Bridenstine
Harry Jenkins
William RR. Wart
R. A Fenton
Jens Hermansen Dies in Audubon Construction Accident
Jens Hermansen, 60, a long time contractor and builder of Audubon homes, died at Carroll Hospital after falling from a house he was moving. He suffered a skull fracture while lifting wires to guide the demolition or relocation work. He had worked in the city for over 30 years.
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Audubon
INS
Jens Hermansen
Carroll
Maynard Girl Bride of Ames Engineer
A wedding solemnized at the Ingels home joined Miss Anabel Ingels and Roy Helfinstine. The couple, with families present, will live in Ames after September 1. Helfinstine works at the Iowa State Engineering Experiment Station.
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J F. Ingels
Anabel Ingels
Roy Helfinstine
A E Helfinstine
Farrar
Charles Rabenberg
Presbyterian Church
Helen Foster
Washington
Rex Helfinstine
John Ingels
Ingels
Helfinstine
Fayette High School
Town State College
Olin
Iowa State
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
West
Ames
Iowa State Engineering Experiment Station
Victor Bohstedt Dies From Gunshot Wound Near Cedar Falls
Victor Bohstedt 21, formerly of Victor, died Monday night at his Cedar Falls area home from a gunshot wound suffered November 16. He had been in critical condition since, initially claiming a hitchhiker shot him and later saying he accidentally shot himself while reaching for a gun in his car. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs John Bohstedt, a brother Rowland of Des Moines, and a sister Manan at home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Victor Baptist Church conducted by Rev. William Schobert.
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the Gazette
Victor
Howard Bohstedt
Cedar Falls
Fairfax
Cedar Falls Vicinty
John Bohstedt
Rowland
Des Moines
Manan
William Schobert
Victor Baptist Chureh
North English
Clarice Magoon
Clarice Markwell
Preston
Elizabeth Markwell
Charles Henry Magoon
Sigourney
Gertrude Ferris
Scarboro
Leta Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Marie Haubenchild
Ft. Dodge
Alfred Krumml Dies After Brief Illness
Alfred W C Krumml died at Mercy hospital Anamosa after a weeklong illness. Born November 23 1909 six miles southeast Center township he married Christine Hudachek February 28 1933. They lived near Mechanicsville then Bennett. Survived by wife daughter Marcella Christine, mother, sister Lena and brother Ralph. Funeral Thursday at 9 am St Marys Tipton with Father Frenchon officiating. burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Center Township
Henry
Katherine Krumml
Christine Hudachek
Lisbon
Mechanicsville
Bennett Community
St Marys Catholic Church
Tipton
Marcella Christine Ape
Lena
Ralph
St Mars’s Catholic
Father Frenchon
Rose Hill Cemetery
Manchester Clergyman Transferred to Williams
The Rev F W McKinley of St Mary's Manchester has been reassigned to Williams. The local church, under his leadership, maintains one of the largest accounts in the Dubuque dime. Jess Ro Mills pled guilty in Justice court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was bound over to district court on a $1,000 bond after being arrested in a parked car early Sunday.
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Manchester
Washington
Jess Ro Mills
4Ti
Mills
Iowa to enroll 1000 CCC applicants in three year plan
Des Moines AP says state CCC supervisor G Miller readied to enroll 1000 applicants aged 17 to 23 under Roosevelt's three year extension. The Iowa quota is 4700, with enrollment from July 1 to July 20, and applicants need not be from relief families.
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DES Moines
G. Miller
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Roosevelt
Miller
Iowa
University of Iowa to Host Law Enforcement Short Course
Iowa City will host the first annual law enforcement short course July 19 to 24 with twelve speakers on eighteen topics. Participants include sheriffs, police, county attorneys and officers, with speakers from the university and federal, state and local agencies.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
Frank R. Peterson
College of Medicine
Wilbur J. Teeters
College of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy, State Toxicologist
Rollin Perkins
College of Law
Col . . Daily
Military Department
Col. Daily
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J. J Hinman
Mason Ladd
Law College
Christian A Ruckmick
L A. Hince
Federal Bureau of Investigation Training School
John Hattery
Lune Highway Patrol
John Mitchell
R W Nebegall
Iowa State Sheriffs Association
Vinton Tax Question Case Goes To Court
The 1934 taxes on the city owned building used as city offices were challenged in district court before Judge B O Tankersley. The city seeks tax exemption claiming rentals funded public services while the county argues the building remains taxable. The case involves 41879 dollars plus interest and advertising costs.
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Vinton
B. O Tankersley
D. W. Bates
Iowa Savings Bank
Tankersley
Winton
Charles J. Kline
Fred A. Schmidt
Schmidt
Kline
District Court
50th Wedding Anniversary At Vinton
Special to The Gazette VINTON Mr and Mrs Charles Urmy of Vinton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner at home They were married in Vinton and have spent most of their married life here except for one year in Missouri Mrs Urmy is 70 and Mr Urmy 74 Their three children Mrs Lucy Clayton Beloit Wis John Urmy Davenport and Charles Urmy also attended The Parkers of Springville joined the guests as they marked their eighteenth wedding anniversary.
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Gazette
Vinton
Charles Army
Missour
Urmy
Mr. Urmy
Lucy Clayton
John Urmy
Beloit
Wis
Charles Urmy
Davenport
Walter Parker
Springville
Wise
Darlene Brenneman Dies At Age Four In Tiffin
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in Iowa City for Darlene Mae Brenneman four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Brenneman of Tiffin who died Monday from inflammation of the bone following a knee fall last Tuesday. She is survived by her parents a brother and grandparents.
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The
Iowa City
Darlene Mae Brenneman
Elmer Brenneman
Tiffin
Maquoketa Calls Special Election for Gas Plant Buy
A special election is scheduled for July 15 in Maquoketa to decide if the city will purchase the Maquoketa Light and Heat gas plant. The vote will determine ownership of the utility asset and its future operation.
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Maquoketa
Local church groups plan Fontana park celebration
Eastern Iowa churches in Aurora Hazleton and Stanley announce a Monday gathering at Fontana park near Hazleton. The report also covers weddings births and obituaries across towns including Postville La Porte City Wadena North English Urbana Volga City Waukon Lost Nation Vinton Maquoketa and Luana with brief notes on marriages deaths and community events.
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Aurora
Hazleton
Fontana Park
Herring Sees Farm Bill Doomed Despite Backing
Des Moines Senator Clyde Herring said the farm bill backed by the American Farm Bureau Federation appears doomed, with opposition from House Agriculture Committee Chair Jones and others over the ever normal granary cost and administration. He planned to return Aug 1 as Congress ends.
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INS
American Farm Bureau Federation
Clyde L. Herring
Washington
Will Riley
L. S
Steve” Hill
Adj
Charles Grahl
Herring
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
House Agricultural Committee
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Biermann
Jones
Texas
Eicher
CIO
A. F. of L
Iowa
Three Day Celebration Planned in Waukon Fairgrounds
A three day celebration will take place at the Waukon fair grounds on July 3 4 and 5. The Clyde Miller Rodeo and Society Horse Show will be the main attraction with midway rides a merry go round and other entertainment. Dances are scheduled for the new pavilion on Saturday and Monday nights.
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Waukon
Clyde Miller Rodeo and Society
Allamakee County
Fire at Sargent and Company Elevator Causes $5000 Damage
Des Moines report says a Monday fire at the Sargent and Company elevator caused about $5,000 in damage. Fire officials attributed the blaze to a slipping conveyor belt.
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Des Moines
Sargent and Company
Dismissed suit over Cedar Rapids auto accident filed by Harold Bryan
In Cedar Rapids the district court dismissed Harold E. Bryan's $140 damage suit against Frank Trokosh after Bryan failed to appear. In Lone Tree Julius A. Dosterhoft fined $10 and costs for reckless driving following a collision four miles north of Lone Tree. Funeral services set for Rose Brady of Johnson County. Johnson County boards to install new fire escapes at the county home to meet state fire safety rules.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold D. Evans
Harold E. Bryan
Frank Trokosh
T. M. Fairchild
Julius A. Dosterhoft
Lone Tree
Dosterhoft
Rose Brady
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Miss Brady
Johnson County
Iowa
Texas
Fred Kriz
Coralville
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
State Board of Fire Underwriters
Hold Man At Marengo After Shooting Fray
Jesse Favis a 17 year old Negro from Chicago was held in Marengo on complaint of two men who rode the Rock Island train between Victor and Marengo. They said he fired at them and stole a dollar bill and a wrist watch. The arrest happened after Yard Man Alec Murdock found him in a box car and Sheriff Milford Engelbert took him into custody. A dollar bill and 32 cartridges were found with him along with a watch and a revolver nearby.
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Jesse Favis
Chicago
Rock Island
Victor and
F. E. Hewitt
Alec Murdock
Milford Engelbert
Wapello Will Divides Estate Among Grandchildren
The will of Mrs. Deborah J. Sandy filed in Louisa county leaves two daughters and a son $1 each. The remainder of land city property and securities is to be divided equally among seventeen grandchildren.
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Deborah J. Sandy
Louisa County
Iowa City taverns extend closing hour to midnight
The Iowa City city council unanimously voted to extend tavern closing hours from 11 30 p m to midnight. The ordinance received all three readings in under fifteen minutes after petitions from sixteen class B dealers.
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Iowa City
Drivers' License Applications Must Be Mailed Sunday
Des Moines final deadline for renewal is July 4. 750000 applications received and over 200000 new licenses to be issued. State motor vehicle superintendent Lew Wallace says applications mailed by midnight Sunday will be compliant. Old licenses valid until new ones issued. August target for completion at 16000 per day. New applicants must pass examination. renewals without timely application also require testing.
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Des Moines
INS
Lew Wallace
Towans
Wallace
Woman Rescued After Four Hours In Cistern
Mrs. Bertha Olson, 84, spent four hours clinging to a cistern filter after her washing machine collapsed the floor. She was rescued by Leroy Knoke 14 and Merle Swaney 17 who heard her cries while searching lawns to mow.
Dorcas Class Names New Officers
Mrs. W. B. Brown is elected president of the Dorcas class with Mrs. Jennie Schaefer as vice president Mrs. Sue Myers as secretary and Mrs. Elias Anderson as treasurer.
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Volga Park
Vesta Davis
Cedar Rapids
Teresa Robinson
Volga
Hazel Gernand
Wadena
Wyoming
W. B. Brown
Jennie Schaefer
Sue Myers
Elias Anderson
Notice of Estate Hearing in Zinn County Iowa District Court
Notice to interested parties of the probate of the will and the probate hearing in Cedar Rapids Iowa for the instrument of the deceased. The hearing will address proof and admission of the will to probate. Attorney Jos. Mekota represents the court.
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Zinn County
District Court
Said County
Ted
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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