Three youths plead guilty to bank robbery in Grundy Center
Ernest McCullough Chester Tippey and Donald Davis pleaded guilty to robbing the Holland bank of 1731 last December Wednesday and were sentenced to 40 40 and 20 years respectively for burglary by electricity. Davis admitted 54 other Iowa robberies while Tippey confessed 29 and McCullough 64 crimes. Davis also confessed to a Dysart hardware store robbery on Sept 2 with $18 in loot.
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Grundy Center
INS
Holland Bank
Ernest McCullough
Greenfield
Anamosa Reformatory
Chester Tippey
Waterloo
Fort Madison
Donald Davis
McCullough
Tippey
Toledo
Dysart
Iowans To Be Isolated For Scarlet Fever Symptoms
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa health department will isolate any person with scarlet fever symptoms starting March 15. Placards will replace 21 day quarantines and stay posted at the home for 21 days from onset. 7,900 cases were reported last year.
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DES Moines
State Health Department
Bierring
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Man Arrested for Driving While Intoxicated
L W Callahan of Cedar Rapids held in Iowa City jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Bond set at $500. He was arrested Tuesday afternoon between here and Cedar Rapids after a motor cycle rider Alan Baldwin of Iowa City reported his car had struck him. Baldwin uninjured.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
L. W. Callahan
Cedar Rapids
Callahan
M. G. Swords
Here
Alan Baldwin
Baldwin
Maquoketa Grocer to Acquire Merrero Estate Property
Max Rosenberg of Maquoketa plans to take ownership of the Merrero business building on Main Street and adjacent properties including the Laucream station and Paull implement store. Sale to be conducted by the Merrero estate administrator. Hopkinton Girl Scouts elect officers at Howard House meeting. Leader Jean Thompson Secretary Jeanette Bacon Treasurer Margaret Ward Reporter Betty House. Captain Elizabeth Phillips and lieutenant Miss Thelma Rich named.
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Maquoketa
Max Rosenberg
Merrero
Main Street
B and B
Morning Glory
Charles H. Kaler
Gong Cafe
Olive Street
Laucream
Paull Implement
Merrero Estate
Hopkinton
Girl Scouts of
Howard House
Jean Thompson
Jeanette Bacon
Margaret Ward
Betty House
Elizabeth Phillips
Hopkinton High School
Thelma Rich
Spotty Rescued From Cave After Eleven Days
Emmet Simon led a rescue party that dug through twenty five feet of soil and limestone to free Spotty a five year old fox terrier trapped by a falling rock in Farley. The dog, gaunt but responsive, wagged his tail and drank milk before being reunited with his owner Hilda Simon who cried with relief.
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Dubuque
Spotty
Farley
Emmet Simon
Hilda Simon
Hilda
Simon
Associated Press
Dubuque County
Obituary notices and local events across Iowa towns
Obituaries, marriages, retirements, and public notices from DeWitt Clinton county Traer Cascade Blairstown Oxford Toledo Marengo Tipton in a one week roundup. Notables include John C Reed of DeWitt dying after illness with service details, Elizabeth McQuillen burial at Cascade, Rosanna Louthan funeral in Toledo, and O Halloran retirement in Traer with farm plans along with starling bounty figures in Marengo.
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Dewitt
John C. Reed
Clinton County
John
Here
Ireland
Margaret Bulger
Sugar Creek
William
Charles Hunter
Thomas Guinan
Mary Gonzaga
Mount Pleasant
Elbert Marcil
Carrie Reed
Omaha
St. Patrick’s Church
Villa Nova
Father DeCoursey
Villa Nova Cemetery
Walker
Susan Laughlin
Gordon Smith
Walker Cemetery
Susan Elizabeth Crain
West Liberty
Charles
Sarah Crain
Linn County
Will Laughlin
Lillian Crain
Cedar Rapids
Henry
Mansfield
Fayette
Edgar
Rowley Traer
John Halloran
North Western Section
O'Halloran
North Western
Belle Plaine
What Cheer
Traer
Poweshiek County
O’halloran
Donald
Odd
Rebekah
Cascade
Elizabeth McQuillen
Jones County
M. J. Farrelly
St. Martin’s Church
John McQuillen
James Moundson
Roger Freet
Ronald Ruff
Roger Ruff
Tommy Gibbs
Robert Scudder
Blairstown
Lydia Groff
Annie Groff
Henry W. Dill
Union
Vinton
E. A. Sabin
Arthur Dill
Cedar County to Pick Petit Jurors for March Term
Cedar county will open its March term Monday March 21 with Judge C J Haas presiding This marks his first appearance since appointment following Judge Atherton B Clark's death The grand jury will meet opening day and petit jurors report March 28 Readable list includes Robert Armstrong Tipton Jesse Bauman Clarence Elmer Bixler Clarence Thomas Brennan Tipton Dorothy Byrne Mechanicsville Eva Carpenter Mechanicsville Jennie Chamness West Branch and others across Tipton Clarence Durant Wilton Junction Mechanicsville West Branch and nearby towns
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Tipton
Cedar County
C. J. Haas
Marion
Haas
Atherton B. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Robert Armstrong
Jesse Bauman
Clarence
Elmer Bixler
Thomas Brennan
Dorothy Byrne
Mechanicsville
Eva Carpenter
Jennie Chamness
West Branch
Gladys Christee
L. E. Conrad
Bennett
Rose Coppess
Stanwood
Ed Dauber
Harry Dodds, Jr
M. C. Wells
Pearl Buck
Winifred Fitzpatrick
Elmer Ford
Harry Groth
LaVanche Hamilton
A. H. Hansen
Herman Hansen
West Liberty
Clyde Harbit
John Hintz
Lee Howard
Arnold Huber
Pearl Kadera
West
Lisbon
Bessie McGee
Norwin Martens
J. A. Miller
Henry Nissen
Wilton Junction
Melvin Pearson
Pearl Perkins
Pauline Petersen
Lowden
Lillian Ripson
Willard Russell
G. A. Sechler
Homer Smith
Frank Stelzer
Sadie Stout
J. H. Swift
Raymond West
Donald Woods
Lois Woods
Theater goes dark as power cuts during Mason City show
A 45 minute blackout during You Can’t Take It With You left Mason City theatergoers in darkness while cast members used flashlights to continue in semi darkness. A. H. Searle suffered a heart attack during the outage and was hospitalized. Power officials worked to determine the cause.
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Mason City
A. H. Searle
Light Company
West Liberty Legion Post Receives $1000 Gift for HQ Debt
The Kimberley endowment fund presented a $1000 check to the West Liberty American Legion post to help pay the debt from buying and redecorating its building for headquarters. Wilson Kimberley and Harry F. Lewis attended a post event for fifty business leaders who aided in the project. Only $300 of the debt remains. The fund is tied to the family of Wilson Kimberley and to Senator D. W. Kimberley. This marks the second gift to West Liberty from the fund after funds for a municipal pool and park.
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West Liberty
Kimberley
American Legion Post
Wilson Kimberley
Harry F. Lewis
Pennsylvania
D. W. Kimberley
Davenport
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Lectures and Events
English historian Philip Guedalla to lecture on March of Freedom at Iowa Union. Wesley Players pledge twelve University of Town students. Big Ten art show at Iowa Union kicks off May 15 with works from all member schools. English student Albert Williams to discuss US peace problems in intercollegiate tournament. Iowa entries also in women’s division.
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Methodist Society
University of Town
Ray Abel
Cedar Rapids
Virginia Bay
Asbury
New Baden
Robert Gaskill
Des Moines
Corinne Hastings
Paton
Jeanne Miller
Conway
George Moon
Helen Pederson
Iowa City
Carl Ortmeyer
Charles City
Betty Rugen
Glenview
Marguerite Schrader
Mitchell
Robert Smith
Big Ten
Iowa Union
England
United States
University of Iowa
Albert Williams
Liverpool
Iowa
Mary Jane Showers
Dorothea Pierce
Beaumont
Tex
Betty la Pryor
Burlington
Marvin Hansen
Dixon
George Hill
Robbins Fischer
Turin
Loren Hickerson
John Barnes
Lamoni
Hazleton Couple Marries in Cedar Falls Ceremony
Miss Goldie Shupe daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Shupe Hazleton and Ralph Whallon Wolcott N D were married Sunday in Cedar Falls The ceremony was read by C G Ainsworth Cedar Rapids After the wedding they returned to the bride parents home for a wedding dinner served Fifteen guests attended the ceremony.
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Oxford
O. M. Albright
Ethelyn
Donald Hanarahan
Wilfred Hanarahan
Iowa City
St. Patrick’s Church
Father Riely
Harriett
Joe Hanarahan
Lois
Margaret Keating
St. Patrick's School
Monmouth
Toledo
Rosanna Louthan
Dillman Smith
Des Moines
Woodlawn
Hazleton
Goldie Shupe
Carl Shupe
Ralph Whallon
Wolcott
Cedar Falls
C. G. Ainsworth
Cedar Rapids
Drowning Victims Buried in Center Point
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Donald Wayne Hunter five son of Mr and Mrs Fred Hunter. Services will be held Thursday afternoon for Lester Dorwin Butterfield six son of Mr and Mrs Dorwin S Butterfield. The boys drowned late Monday after breaking through soft ice on Grubbs creek near the Hunter home.
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Center Point
Donald Wayne Hunter
Fred Hunter
Lester Dorwin Butterfield
Dorwin S. Butterfield
Grubbs’ Creek
Hunter Home
Bandit Suspect Returned From Wisconsin to Face Court in Maquoketa
Sheriff Leo Heinecke and County Attorney Arthur Janssen went to Sparta Wisconsin to bring back Roy Stevens about 42, wanted on a robbery with aggravation charge. Stevens had earlier been arrested for carrying concealed weapons in Wisconsin. Fingerprints sent to the FBI confirmed he was the 1936 Clinton Iowa bottle company salesman robbery suspect.
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Maquoketa
Leo Heinecke
Arthur F. Janssen
Sparta
Wis
Roy Stevens
Stevens
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Paul Sievers
Iowa
Clinton
Heinecke
Sievers
Green Island
Sabula
Extradition Waiver Signals Return for Charge
Heinecke reported that Stevens waived extradition Tuesday afternoon and is prepared to return to face the charge in this jurisdiction. Washington dispatches confirm the transfer process is underway.
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Washington
Heinecke
Stevens
Eastern Iowa Students Honored At Iowa State Phi Kappa Phi
Ames notes eighty three seniors elected to the Iowa State Phi Kappa Phi chapter for high academic achievement. Eastern Iowa selections include Hilda Von Spehren Mechanicsville Doris E Young Cedar Rapids Donald C Arp Marion Leo F Byrnes Waukon Emil H Jebe La Porte City D Gale Johnson Walker and Arlene E Baumhoefner Cedar Rapids.
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Ames —F
Iowa State College
Phi Kappa Phi
Iowa
Hilda von Spehren
Mechanicsville
Doris E. Young
Cedar Rapids
Donald C. Arp
Marion
Leo F. Byrnes
Waukon
Emil H. Jebe
la Porte City
D. Gale Johnson
Walker
Arlene E. Baumhoefner
Miss Abbie M. Howard Seeks Reelection as Delaware Recorder
Delaware county recorder Miss Abbie M. Howard announced Tuesday she will run again on the Republican ticket.
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Manchester
Abbie M. Howard
Delaware County
Tax Returns Show Good 1937 Business
Iowa tax data indicate strong 1937 business health with state income tax receipts totaling 349,516 on 9,807 returns through Feb 28, 8.1 percent above last year. Sales and automobile use taxes reached 3,927,714 for the Christmas quarter, a 4.5 percent rise, with delinquent accounts expected to push sales tax past 4,000,000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
Roddewig
Norway Motorist Fined $500 for Drunk Driving
Emil Beck of Norway pled guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge L. J. Kirkland in district court. He was fined $500 and paid it. Beck was arrested several days earlier by State Highway Patrolman John Henderson.
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Toledo
Emil Beck
Norway
L. J. Kirkland
Beck
John Hendrickson
Complete visual check and I point exam for glasses
An optometry notice from Dr. B. E. Sanford offering a complete visual check and thorough I point examination to ensure accurate glasses fitting and balanced visual function. Office is Suite 403 Cedar Rapids Sav. Bank Bide. phone 2-1452.
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B. E. Sanford
Cedar Rapids
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