Young Mother Charged With Plotting Robbery Murder
Goldie Pritchard 27 and husband Carl are jailed in Calhoun county charged with first degree murder in the Parker killing of 82 year old John Parker. Police say Goldie inspired the plan to rob Parker and split the loot, with $50 000 estate value cited.
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Rockwell City
Goldie Pritchard
Carl
Calhoun County
John Parker
M. E. Dawson
Carl Pritchard
Robert Avery
Marvin O'Shaughnessy
Parker
Dawson
Pritchard
Avery
O'Shaughnessy
Goldie
Engineering Society Honors Ames Dean
Anson Marston senior dean of engineering at Iowa State college will receive honorary membership from the Iowa Engineering Society in Des Moines on Wednesday. The award marks a feature of the society and comes during its forty-ninth annual meeting in Des Moines.
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Iowa Engineering Society
Des Moines
Anson Marston
Iowa State College
Brothers and wives celebrate long wedding anniversaries
Two brothers Alfred and Russell Miller and their wives who are sisters mark more than fifty years of marriage in a Gazette feature. Born in Illinois the Millers moved to Iowa, married in Handley and Independence, settled near Masonville then Aurora, with families and church roles noted.
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Aurora
Alfred Miller
Russel Miller
Ilinois
Alfred
Adeline Hundley
Russel
Emma Jean Hundley
Iowa
Alfred Millers
Handley
Masonville
Russel Millers
Independence
Earl
Castile
N. Y
Floyd
Oelwein
Dale
Mesdames Miller
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
The
Baptist Church
Stanley Speakers Win Honors At Aurora Meet
The Aurora sub-district declamatory contest at the Aurora school auditorium featured Dundee Stanley and Aurora entrants. Charles Morgan of Stanley won first in oratorical, Myrtle Toczek of Stanley took dramatics, and Jeanette Gibson of Aurora won humorous. Other contestants included Virginia Rummel Lenore Taylor Burdette Gienapp Marjorie and Marian Swales.
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Aurora
Dundee
Stanley
Charles Morgan
Myrtle Toczek
Jeanette Gibson
Virginia Rummel
Iola Gibbs
Lenore Taylor
Burdette Gienapp
Marjorie
Marian Swales
Max Barker
A. Wemple
Frank Barker
Independence
Penetro Nose Drops Promises Fast Cold Relief
An ad touts Penetro Nose Drops as a quick remedy for nasal congestion and chest colds. It claims powerful relief from a potent ephedrine formula, plus a chest application routine with hot cloth, and promotes multiple bottle sizes and harm-free use for children and adults.
Herring Weighs Murphy Move For National Post
Des Moines reports J Ray Murphy of Ida Grove a former American Legion national commander and current state insurance commissioner is center stage in Roosevelt era politics. Herring signals Murphy could be considered for secretary of war if Woodring leaves. The piece notes possible gubernatorial or senatorial paths for Murphy and discusses Krashel Gillette and Herring on cabinet enlargement plans.
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Des Moines
INS
J. Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
American Legion
Clyde
Hi Herring
White House
Murphy
Woodring
Kansas
Towan
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Herring
George H. Dern
Utah
N. G. Kraschel
Kraschel
United States Senate
Guy Gillette
Supreme Court
Mount Vernon Lions Set Minstrel Show for Thursday
The Mount Vernon Lions club will present the Lions Club Minstrels at 8 p.m. Thursday in Cornell chapel with local business men Cornell instructors and outside entertainers. The program features Bee Jones and his Kentubhly Briar Hoppers of Cedar Rapids, several performers from Cornell, an orchestra organized by Huldah Peet, and a cast including Lloyd Oakland D. U. Van Metre and E. E. Morrissey in multiple roles.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Lions Club
Lions Club
Cornell Chapel
Cornell
Albert Franklin Johnson
Cornell Dramatics Department
Lloyd Oakland
Bee Jones
Cedar
Rapids
Lloyd C. Dean
D. U. van Metre
Mammy
E. E
Morrissey
Lloyd
Oakland
Dean
van Metre
Don Gould
Dan McGrew
C. W. Iotsy
Barbara Brice
Cornell Coed
Tama
Philip Tunnicliff
Moline
E. E. Morrissey
G. L. Hill
A. J. Rogers
D. A. van Metre
Huldah Peet
Cornell Music
Joe McCoy
Durant
Charles Hokonson
Geneva
Loren Helberg
Newton
Kenneth Hammer
Morrison
Clyde St. Clair
Vinton
Jack Peterson
Ottumwa
Herbert Osincup
Waverly
Lawrence Goodrick
Hazleton
Dick Barker
C. E. Hedges
W. G. Rowley
F. A. Bauman
Walt Gray
F. A. Young
P. W. Peterson
L. C. West
H. R. Johnston
F. F. Ebersole
R. A. Nelson
J. B. Culbertson
Fifteen Gilchrist children hit by scarlet fever in Pocahontas
In Pocahontas, the James Gilchrist family reports fifteen of its sixteen children ill with scarlet fever mirroring last year's mumps record. Mrs. Gilchrist tends to all the sick while James Gilchrist works for the county road commission and is related to Congressman Fred C. Gilchrist of Laurens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
James Gilchrist
Gilchrists
Iowa City News Briefs
WPA workers drain Iowa City airport to shed surface water after snow melt. Mary Kerr begins as supervisor of University Hospital orthopedics ward after nursing training and posts in New York and Englewood. Iowa Daily News Paper Mechanical conference set for June 21-22 with 250 attendees. Iowa River flood risk deemed low by hydraulics engineers despite a foot rise. Arthur Ensminger, 40, Johnson County resident, dies of pneumonia. funeral held. Johnson County music festival site undetermined after Legion building fire. Iowa City public schools spring vacation March 19-29. university elementary March 24-30. St Mary’s and St Patrick’s parochial schools March 24-30.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
WPA
Mary Kerr
Washington
University Hospital
Iowa Nurses’ School
Miss Kerr
New York
Englewood
N. J
Iowa Daily Newspaper
Iowa Daily
Illinois
Ea. C. Funk
Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa Institute of Hydraulics
Arthur Ensminger
Johnson County
Mount Pleasant
Albert W. Ensminger
Alta Carlson
American Legion
University
University High School
St. Mary's
St. Patrick’s
Belle Plaine Scouts Plan Court Of Honor
A Boy Scout court of honor will be held at the high school Thursday. Wallace F. Snyder Victor Visquain and Morgan L. Morris lead the event with awards for first aid and certificates for standard and advanced courses to many named scouts and scouters. The highest advancement is Star for George Lewis and Jack Tidball.
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Belle Plaine
Wallace F. Snyder
Victor Visquain
Morgan L. Morris
N. Harold West
Cedar Rapids
al Luckritz
Richard Miller
Edith Newland
James Pratt
Ruth West
Marion Yavorsky
Monzetta Marsteller
Hilda Marsden
Evelyn Mansfield
Leona Merkel
Helen Ogburn
Edith Kurth
Fred Peiper
Lloyd Rutland
Frances Snitkay
Alice Firkins
Edrie Adams
Wayne Conrad
Ernestine Gaskell
Earl Comer
Garland Lamb
Jack Hix
Harriett Brand
Cecelia Comer
Josephine Brand
Harold Driscoll
Addy Firkins
Thelma Gaskell
Margaret Hult
Elizabeth Jannotta
Paul Groszkruger
E. L. Wheeler
J. S. Visquain
Carlos Tippie
Red Cross
Joan Burrows
Kathryn Maxson
Winifred Miller
Jean Newland
Mary Smith
Court of Honor
George Lewis
Jack Tidball
Norman Snell
William Riley
Wendell Prichard
George Deerr
Vernon Tesar
Melvin Fisher
Russell Pettit
Trelys Prichard
Milton Heller
Wendell Snyder
Twelve Teams Compete in Iowa Forensic Tournament
The University of Iowa hosts its annual forensics tourney next Friday and Saturday with twelve college teams from nine states, including Notre Dame Texas and Kansas. Five rounds of debate will address the minimum wage and maximum hours in industry with two-man teams on each side. Denver Minnesota South Dakota Chicago Texas Kansas West Virginia Creighton Carleton Iowa and Iowa State Teachers enter.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Notre Dame
Texas
Kansas
Congress
Denver
Minnesota
South Dakota
Chicago
West Virginia
Creighton
Carleton
Iowa
WaukOn Co-Operative names officers and board
Henry Fissum was elected president by the Waukon Co-Operative association board. Louis Sherman is vice president and Ed Schoentahl secretary treasurer. Other directors include Fred Straate and Oscar Sorum.
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Waukon
Henry Fissum
Waukon Co-Operative Association
Louis Sherman
Ed. Schoentahl
Fred Straate
Oscar Sorum
Iowa County Board Chairman Weds Victor Woman
Frank Owen a 77 year old Iowa county board of supervisors chairman married Lillian E. Miller a 75 year old Victor widow in Victor. The ceremony was by Rev. Daniel J. Pritchard with Ada Rathjen in attendance. The couple will live in Victor until Mr Owen vacates a North English house.
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Gerette
Marengo
Frank Owen
Iowa County
Victor
Owen
Odd Fellows Of Ely To Cut Wood For Crippled Brothers
Ely lodge No 581 of the Odd Fellows will hold a wood cutting bee Friday on the farm of crippled brothers Jerry and Joe Smreck. Both men are ill one is about 50 and crippled from birth the other injured in an accident ten years ago. Members bring their own tools and lunch.
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Ely
Ely Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
Jerry
Joe Smreck
LaPorte Teacher Dies After Convulsion
Miss Erma Davis 32 normal training teacher at LaPorte City High School died Wednesday morning from a nervous convulsion. She attended a basketball game Tuesday night and, after retiring, her roommates heard heavy breathing at 5:30 a.m. She died at 7:30 a.m. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis Davis of near Marengo and had taught three years. Surviving: parents a brother Verlyn and three sisters. She was a Phi Gamma Mu member and a Cedar Falls Methodist.
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Thes Gazette
Laporte City
Erma Davis
Davis
Willis Davis
Marengo
Williamsburg High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Verlyn
John Arp
Williamsburg
Nelda
Iowa City
Verna
Phi Gamma Mu Sorority
Cedar Falls
Methodist Church
Oelwein Alpha Gamma Alpha Initiates Five Members
Gerald Arrington Jack Bovis John Cotman Don Gosch and Eldon Tweet were inducted into the Oelwein chapter of Alpha Gamma Alpha an honorary high school mathematical society on Monday evening.
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Oelwein
Gerald Arrington
Jack Bovis
John Cotman
Don Gosch
Eldon Tweet
Alpha Gamma Alpha
Honorary
High School Mathematical Society
Iowa Professor Earns Paris Eighth Congress Honor
Prof Norman C Meier of the University of Iowa art staff will contribute to the Paris August program of the Es thetics congress as the sole American professor in art research. He will present a paper on the manual and visual art abilities of children, gaining national recognition at the university over the past decade. The Paris meeting will be attended by renowned art authorities, ensuring a wide international audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Norman C. Meier
University of Iowa
Paris
Meier
Prof. Meier
Largest Swiss cheese factory found in Antigo Wisconsin
The world's biggest Swiss cheese factory is situated in Antigo Wisconsin rather than in Switzerland, surprising locals and dairy industry observers with its scale and output.
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Antigo
Wis
Switzerland
New Panty Sets in Wool With and Without Suspenders
Advertisement notes many new and becoming panty sets in styles with or without suspenders. All wool construction and perfectly finished. Available in sizes 2 to 5.
West Union Citizens' Club Elects Officers
Dr. H. S. Wright was elected president of the West Union Citizens' club at the annual meeting Monday. R. F. Estey is vice president E. R. Ballard secretary and C. W. Grimes treasurer. The executive committee includes Lorenz E. Schatz C. H. Elsheimer and N. C. Hermann.
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West Union
H. S. Wright
West Union Citizens’ Club
R. F. Estey
E. R. Ballard
C. W. Grimes
Lorenz E. Schatz
C. H. Elsheimer
N. C. Hermann
William Hitch
Joyce Stichler
Robert Granger
Ednah May Kamm
Virginia Robinson
Frank Bauder
M. J Molumby
Robert Spies
Democratic Victory Dinner Expected to Raise About 7000
Des Moines reports Frank Comfort, chairman, estimates the Democratic Victory Dinner will bring in about $7,000. Speakers will include Senator Hugo Black and Frank O Connor of Omaha, general agent of the farm credit administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frank Comfort
Hugo Black
Ala
Frank O’connor
Omaha
Farm Credit Administration
Produce market manager assaulted in Manchester
Raymond Burns, manager of the city produce market, said he was attacked Sunday evening while walking from his West Manchester home to the business district. He was knocked unconscious and his wallet, containing $73, was taken by the assailant.
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Manchester
Raymond Burns
Burns
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