Bank bandit in chief questioned on Britt farmer slaying
Thomas J. Runyon, 30, of Bethel Minnesota, arrested at Wichita, Kansas, is held for Sioux City on robbery charges and questioned about the Britt farmer James Zrostick slaying. He may face ten more robberies as investigators compare his description with the gunmen who killed Zrostick.
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Des Moines
W. W. Akers
Iowa Investigation Bureau
Thomas J. Runyon
Bethel
Mann
Wichita
Kan
Morningside State Bank
Sioux City
James Zrostick
Britt Farmer
Akers
Paul Gruber
Joe Perry
Council Bluffs
Runy
Rees Graham
Zrostick
Zrostlik
North Iowa
Runyon
Iowa
Minnesota
Morningside
Florida
Mrs. A. M. Friend of Independence Dies at 27
Mrs. A M Friend of Independence died at 5 p m Sunday in an Oelwein hospital after an emergency operation. Formerly Maxine Scheutte she was a lifelong Independence resident and a graduate of Independence Junior College and Cornell College. She married Dr. Friend in 1933. Surviving are her parents her husband and grandmother Mrs Ella Truax. Funeral services are planned Wednesday afternoon with Rev Floyd H Weed officiating.
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Independence
A. M. Friend
Friend
Oelwein
Maxine Scheutte
Independence Junior College
Cornell College
A. J. Scheutte
Ella Truax
O. E. S. and
Methodist Church
Floyd H. Weed
Mother And Child Burned To Death In Orange City Fire
Mrs. Garrett Pals, 25, and her 5-year-old son died in a home fire caused by a gasoline stove explosion just outside the west limits of Orange City. The husband escaped with a 1-year-old baby and was badly burned. the infant had only slight burns. The blaze started at 7:30 as Mrs. Pals prepared breakfast.
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Orange City
Garrett Pals
Pals
Joe Yeisley 95 lifelong Linn County resident dies
Joe Yeisley a 95 year old lifelong Linn County resident died Sunday morning after a four week illness He was born on a farm four miles north of Mount Vernon homesteaded from government in 1839 and remained in the Yeisley family He lived in Mount Vernon 21 years was a member of the I O O F lodge He is survived by two sisters Miss May Yeisley Mount Vernon Mrs Sam Johnston Nashua and two brothers J F E Mount Vernon and George Springville He never married Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Neff chapel with burial at Mount Zion cemetery
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Mount Vernon
Joe Yeisley
Linn County
Here
Yeisley
I. O. O. F. Lodge
May Yeisley
Sam Johnston
Nashua
George
Springville
Neff
Mount Zion Cemetery
Clermont and West Union Win Declamatory Honors
Clermont and West Union took first places in the preliminary state declamatory contest held Friday. In oratorical division West Union's Frank Bauder won top honors with Robert Kohler of Elgin second. Clermont's Marjorie Olson led the dramatic group, with Betty Joyce Gilbert of Osian second. In humorous division Ednah MacKamm of West Union placed first, Verla Gunderson of Clermont second. Judges were Miss Adams Miss Brazelton and Mr Leavy of Decorah. High school girls sextette Gretchen Rolfs Loretta Belschner Verla Gunderson provided music.
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Clermont
West Union
Frank Bauder
Robert Kohler
Elgin
Marjorie Olson
Betty Joyce Gilbert
Ossian
Ednah Mac Kamm
Verla Gunderson
Miss Adams
Miss Brazelton
Mr. Leavy
Decorah
Gretchen Rolfs
Loretta Belschner
Delta High Declamatory Contest Winners
Friday night at Delta High School Helen Leathers of Delta won first in humorous class. Rosemary Strohman of Sigourney took second. In oratorical Warren Simpkins of Rose Hill was first with Doris Lambert of Sigourney second. In dramatic division Betty Jane Shafer of Sigourney led and Jean Jacobs of Delta was second.
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Gazette
DELTA
Iin
Delta High School
Helen Leathers
Rosemary Strohman
Sigourney
Warren Simpkins
Rose Hill
Doris Lambert
Betty Jane Shafer
Jean Jacobs
Chicagoan Pleads Guilty To Maquoketa Forgery
William G. Buchanan of Chicago pled guilty in Maquoketa district court to forgery. Judge Frank D. Kelsey sentenced him to one year in the Anamosa reformatory but suspended the term on good behavior and payment of all costs. He allegedly wrote a $50 check on the Maquoketa Bank using the name E. R. Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
William G. Buchanan
Chicago
Frank D. Kelsey
Anamosa Reformatory
Maquoketa Bank and Trust Company
E. R. Harris
Dela ware County Fish and Game Protective set fish fry date
The Manchester group tentatively fixes April 8 or 15 for the annual fish fry of the Dela ware County Fish and Game Protective Association. Officers and committees are named for main address, silverware, table service, dishes, cooking, decorations, prizes, and out of town solicitation, with Oscar A. Hock aday tasked to obtain walleyed pike for 400 meals.
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Manchester
Delaware County Fish and Game Protective Association
Attorney Bolton
Sioux City
Ara L. Sheppard
Wayne A. Hall
John W. Greenley
Dave Fitzpatrick
John McKeag
Oscar A. Hockaday
T. Jay Matthews
Carl R. Anderson
G. H. Gill
Francis E. Fleming
Percy R. Lillibridge
W. A. Hall
A. L. Sheppard
Bradley Lillibridge
Maynard Wendt
Sigourney Woman Katherine Reasonberge Dies at 78
Katherine Reasonberge 78 died Saturday at her sister Mrs. Will Wickenkamp's home in Sigourney. Funeral services were held Monday by Rev. E. K. Schneider. She leaves three sisters Mrs. Wickenkamp Mrs. Sadie Lob singer and Mrs. Lena Elmerdorff, all of Sigourney.
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Sigourney
Katherine Reasonberge
Will Wickenkamp
E. K. Schneider
Wickenkamp
Sadie Lobsinger
Lena Elmerdorff
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Events
Professors Wilbur L. Schramm Frank L. Mott and Dr Clarence Van Epps named judges for private library contest under Iowa Memorial Union board Entries due by April 16 Final payment of a PWA grant for the Iowa City sewage disposal plant 3620000 bond plus interest. state pays 11883375 City will cover rest over 25 years New book The Science of Valuation and Depreciation by E B Kurtz fifth book Eight groups enter second all university sing plus 14 women's groups competición tonight and Wednesday Campaign to educate Iowa City residents on radio interference in cooperation with a bill in the Iowa legislature would grant cities power to regulate interference Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Ruess 64 held at home survivors listed
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Iowa City
Wilbur L. Schramm
Frank L. Mott
Clarence van Epps
College of Medicine
Iowa Memorial Union Board
PWA
Prof. Kurtz
Law Commons
William Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
LeRoy S. Mercer
Biermann Seeks Elimination of Postal Savings System
Rep. Fred Biermann of Iowa introduced a bill in Congress to abolish the U S postal savings system. He argued it harms private banks by diverting deposits and that FDIC guarantees now protect small savers making the system obsolete. He said the government should exit the business immediately.
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Gazette
Washington
Fred Biermann
Iowa
Congress
U. S
Biermann
Postal Savings Banks
Postal Savings System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Six Sigourney Youths Injured in Bridge Crash
Six young people were injured Saturday evening when a car driven by Erwin Se wert 22 Sigourney struck a bridge east of Sigourney on highway 2. Injured were Byrd E Flander face cut Marjorie Flander dislocated shoulder Melvin Flander cut and bruised Myron Flander cut on head Germaine Schmidt broken leg Erwin Se wert leg and face cuts and bruises Verne Vogel not hurt. The car was wrecked and towed from the bridge bannister after Se wert lost control as Ancil Sheaba moved onto the highway from a filling station.
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the Gazette
Sigourney
Erwin Sewert
Highway 2
Byrd E., Flander
Marjorie Flander
Melvin Flander
Myron Flander
Germaine Schmidt
Verne Vogel
Sewert
Ancil Sheaba
Des Moines Coroner Links Acute Alcoholism to Helm Brothers Deaths
Polk county coroner A E Shaw reports that acute alcoholism caused the deaths of Ben Helm 45 and his brother Jess 43. Both men died in a hospital after consuming three quarts of liquor found at a home where they were called to work. Mrs Jess Helm described illness after drinking gin and whisky.
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Des Moines
INS
Polk County
A. E. Shaw
Ben Helm
Jess
Jess Helm
Six Men Hurt In Railroad Wreck Near Alexander Indiana
A wrecking crew labored to realign a snowplow and two locomotives after a Minneapolis and St. Louis train derailed two miles east of Alexander Indiana Sunday night. Six trainmen were injured though none seriously. Injured include Hampton conductor A H Nehring Hampton trainmaster S H Barry and four Hampton workers R T Vanasse A Woods John Sampson and Charles Booth.
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Hampton (Ap
Alexander
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
A. H. Nehring
Hampton
S. H. Barry
Oskaloosa
Hampton Section
R. T. Vanasse
A. Woods
John Sampson
Charles Booth
Iowa Homestead Rebate Estimate For 318 300 Owners
An Iowa planning board report estimates about 318 300 homesteads would share rebates under a homestead tax relief bill. City homesteads averaging 1 461 value would gain about 36 52 each. country homesteads averaging 2 013 would receive about 50 32 each if 10 million dollars is prorated.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Planning Board
Iowa
State Senate
House
West Branch Oxford Share Speech Honors at State Dec
West Branch won one division and Oxford took two in the state declamatory preliminaries held Friday. Oratorical winners were Vincent Harsha of Oxford and Burnetta Thomason of West Branch. Dramatic winners were Margaret Schrader of Oxford and Phyllis Pearson of West Branch. Humorous winners were Wayne Guthrie of West Branch and Rosetta Cerny of Solon. Winners advance to the sub district contest. participating schools included Oxford Solon Mechanicsville and West Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Oxford
Vincent Harsha
Burnetta Thomason
Margaret Schrader
Phyllis Pearson
Wayne Guthrie
Rosetta Cerny
Solon
Mechanicsville
Anamosa Hopkinton Morley Buck Creek in Declamatory Meet
Anamosa Hopkinton Morley Buck Creek and Anamosa high school students competed Friday in a preliminary contest for the state declamatory meet. Robert Smith of Hopkinton won honors in oratorical, Edwins Biggart of Anamosa second, Donna Murphy of Anamosa won dramatic first, June Orr of Buck Creek second, Betty Gray of Anamosa first in humorous, Lois Tallman of Morley second. Judges were Mrs J Wallace Miss Dorothy Ferris and Miss Winifred Schrubbe of Marion high school.
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Anamosa
Hopkinton
Morley
Buck Creek
Robert Smith
Edwins Biggart
Donna Murphy
June Orr
Betty Gray
Lois Tallman
J. Wallace
Dorothy Ferris
Winifred Schrubbe
Marion High School
Johnson Declamatory Contest Sites Named in County
IOWA CITY district sites for the Johnson county declamatory contest were named after a meeting of more than 130 county school teachers. Lone Tree North Liberty Sharon Center and Solon will host the district contests scheduled April 2 to 6 with the finals at the courthouse on April 9.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Lone Tree
North Liberty
Sharon Center
Solon
Court House
Petit Jurors Drawn for Cedar County March Term
Tipton March term district court opens March 22 with Judge Atherton B. Clark presiding. Grand jurors meet then and petit jurors are summoned for March 29 with a long list of names from Tipton, West Branch, Bennett, Clarence, Stanwood, Mechanicsville and surrounding communities.
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Tipton
District Court
Atherton B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Glen Agne
Darrell Atkins
Selma Bachus
Bennett
William Brammell
Clarence
W. E. Caldwell
Stanwood
John R. Casad, Jr
Alice Cobb
Charles Conrad
London
Mattie Cook
Durant
Myrtie C. DeForest
Mechanicsville
Stella DeForest
West Liberty
Lloyd Dickinson
Wilton Junction
Henry Edler
Marl Elijah
Harold Eves
Lillian Farmer
West Branch
G. S. Findlay
Stanwood; Mrs. Louis Friday, Tipton
J. E. Gerber
Irvin Griesbach
Effie Gruwell
Louis Hamdorf
Massillon
Nellie Hamilton
Parl Hamilton
Paul Hartwig
Catherine Hass
Carl Hersch
R. E. Hill
Buchanan
Laura Jacobs
Downey
Clara Kemmann
Mary Koch
Corinda Korthaus
Werner Kruckenberg
Hilda Lamp
Sylvia Levien
Winifred McKibben
Sadie Merritt
C. S. Miller
F. C. Miller
Winifred Miller
Alberta Nichol
Frances Norris
Meta Richmann
Lowdon
W. S. Ripley
LeRoy Thurness
C. F. Thoms
Nellie Trump
Anna Vaughan
Cyril Witmer
Carrie Williams
Robert Witmer
Moscow
Paul Wright
Highway Fatality Toll Reaches Sixty Seven in Iowa
Iowa's 1937 highway fatality toll rose to 67 for the week, with 23 violent deaths. Among the victims were John Mitchell 83 of Charles City and Robert Foster 60 of Mystic, plus several others in automobile crashes and various other fatal incidents.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Mitchell
Charles City
Robert Foster
Mystic
Centerville
Bruce Sutherland
Nevada
Bert Wilder
Strawberry Point
Leland Kouitz
Marion Champ
Fairfield
Robert McCulmn
Pasadena
Calif
Candidate Crowder Attacks Iowa City Primaries
M L Crowder 23 year old University of Iowa candidate for mayor calls Iowa City primaries a silly farce. He left the Democratic ticket to run independently and argues the main issue is municipal ownership of light and power facilities rather than party lines.
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Iowa City
M. L. Crowder
University of Iowa
Crowder
Strawstack murder suspect sent back to California
Clarence Gift, 37, a lettuce field worker, was returned to California after being released for lack of evidence in the Carlisle straw stack murder case. Authorities resumed the search for the real killer as Gift defended his innocence and his estranged wife linked him to the crime. The victim remains unidentified, with a theory the girl came from Omaha.
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Des Moines
Clarence Gift
California
Carlisle
Gift
Warren County
Indianola
Boone
Berkley Wilson
Wilson
Salinas
Calif
Kansas City
Omaha
Northwestern Iowa Bird Resources Above Normal
Carl Hinkel man, state conservation officer, reports more quail and pheasants in Northwestern Iowa this year with the birds in excellent condition after winter. The CCC camp, Maquoketa valley Izaak Walton league chapter, and state game department join to build shelters and provide feed. He notes thousands of pounds of fish perished in floods as they were frozen in ice and swept from streams.
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Maquoketa
Carl Hinkelman
CCC
Maquoketa Valley
Izaak Walton League
State Game Department
William O Coast Dies at Iowa City
William O Coast former Iowa state legislator and prominent Iowa City businessman died of a heart attack at his home. After graduating from the University of Iowa in 1906 he joined Coast and Sons later Coast's. He helped enact measures for the children's hospital and the college of commerce and led local civic groups. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal church.
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Iowa
William O. Coast
Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
Coast and Sons
Coast's
Children’s Hospital
College of Commerce
Preston C. Coast
Mr. Coast
Trinity Episcopal Church
Silas D. Houston of Coggon Dies at 67
Silas D. Houston 67, retired farmer of Coggon, died Sunday from a stroke last fall. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Presbyterian church with Rev. I. F. Hayenga officiating. Body in state 1 to 2:30. Survived by widow Elizabeth Joslyn, a son Sam of Independence, a daughter Pauline Killinger of Cedar Rapids, three brothers Ross, Everett, Perry, and a sister Ida Sargent.
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Coggon
Silas D. Houston
Presbyterian Church
I. F. Hayenga
Shellsburg
Elizabeth Joslyn
Sam
Independence
Pauline Killinger
Cedar Rapids
Ross
Everett
Nebraska
Perry
Coggan
Ida Sargent
Lancaster
Calif
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