Missouri Valley Flood Recedes and Fire of Fever Fears
Floodwaters receded in southwest Iowa as about 600 families were displaced. Health officials dispatched Dr. Carl F. Jordan to lead typhoid precautions while warning against using surface well water. Refugees, aided by the Salvation Army and Red Cross, faced crowded quarters as rail service and local roads remained disrupted.
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Missouri Valley
Iowa
Missouri River
State Health Department
Carl F. Jordan
Health Department
Des Moines
W. R. Mark
Harrison County Red Cross
St. Louis
North Western Railroad
Boyer Territory
Omaha Salvation Army
Mondamin
Blasting Ice on Iowa River Near University
Prof. E T Mavis warns flood danger from Iowa River as warm weather and rains threaten a rapid water release from ground moisture. University workers blasted the ice near the dam, using nearly two tons of dynamite to create a channel. An ice jam could threaten theater and arts buildings and a new flood wall on the riverfront campus.
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Iowa City
Iowa River
E. T. Mavis
University of Iowa Hydraulics Engineering Department
Mavis
Iowa
University Dam
University Grounds
University Theater
New River Front
University of Iowa
Nominate 14 For Six Directors Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Fourteen nominees were announced for six board seats on the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. Ballots will be mailed this week and voting closes next Tuesday. The list includes Charles A. Beckman C A Bowman Graham M Dean Harold L Hands Dr Harry R Jenkinson W J Harter Philip D Ketelsen J J Mac Namara Everett Means Ray L Short Albert B Sidwell Ben S Summerwill Clarence M Updegraff A A West. Nominees were chosen from about 150 members.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Beckman
C. A. Bowman
Graham M. Dean
Harold L. Hands
Harry R. Jenkinson
W. J. Harter
Philip D. Ketelsen
J. J. MacNamara
Everett Means
Ray L. Short
Albert B. Sidwell
Ben S. Summerwill
Clarence M. Updegraff
A. A. West
Walter Maley's Father Is Dead
Joseph Severine Maley aged 73 died at 5 30 a m Thursday at his Waterloo home after a cerebral hemorrhage last Friday He had a two year illness from heart and kidney ailments Surviving are his widow and three sons Albert J Dubuque Walter F Des Moines and Dr J J Pierre S D and three daughters Jessie Winifred and Loretta all of Waterloo
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Waterloo
Joseph Severine Maley
Walter F. Maley
Attornney
Iowa
Albert J
Dubuque
Walter F
Des Moines
J. J
Pierre, S. D
Jessie
Winifred
Loretta
Coulter Rites Held For Local Resident
Francis M. Coulter, 60, died Tuesday at the Thurston farm northwest of LaPorte City where he had lived for thirty years. Born in Williston Kentucky, he will be buried in Illinois after funeral services in Keosauqua Iowa.
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Laporte City
Francis M. Coulter
Thurston Farm
Williston
Keosauqua
Illinois
Gillette declares for re election to Congress
Congressman Guy M. Gillette of Cherokee announced his candidacy for re election in a letter to the secretary of state requesting nomination papers for the democratic congressional nomination in the ninth district. The move ends rumors he might pursue the democratic senatorial nomination against Gov. Clyde L. Herring, Hubert Utterback, and Samuel Whiting.
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Des Moines
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Alex Miller
Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Hubert Utterback
Samuel Whiting
Vinton Superintendent Resigns Ahead of Time
W. T. Weems, Vinton public schools superintendent since 1931, submitted his resignation to the board effective July 1. The board accepted it though his contract runs another year, with Weems retiring from school work temporarily due to disabilities from wartime injuries. He plans to join his wife and baby on a farm near Des Moines.
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Vinton
W. T. Weems
Board of Education
Weems
Des Moines
Traer Man Indicted in Larceny of Domestic Animals
Tama county grand jury indicted Don Hines of Traer on larceny of domestic animals. Judge Tankersley issued a bench warrant with bond set at 1000 dollars. Hines had previously posted 500 dollars. He and accomplices allegedly stole two hogs from the Henry Lieh farm last November. officers recovered some meat at his home. He recently faced a liquor charge in Black Hawk county.
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Toledo
Tama County
Don Hines
Traer
B. O. Tankersley
Hines
Liberty
Henry Lieh
Black Hawk County
Commandant Whitehill Seeks State Senate Nomination
B C Whitehill, retiring April 1 after twenty years as commandant of the Iowa Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state senator from Marshall County. He campaigns on economy and tax reduction.
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Marshalltown
B. C. Whitehill
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshall County
State declamatory prelim draws three towns
A three‑school prelim held at Quasqueton featured contestants from Quasqueton Winthrop and Brandon. Winthrop's Robert Schacherer won oratorical first with Quasqueton's Bonnie Reed taking dramatic honors and Brandon's Frank Demaree winning humorous. Cyril Franck Quasqueton was second in oratorical, Janet Taylor Winthrop third in humorous, and Howard Griffin Winthrop second in humorous with other placements listed.
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Brandon
Quasqueton
Winthrop
Robert Schacherer
Bonnie Reed
Frank Demaree
Cyril Franck
Harry Horak
Bennett School Declamatory Contest Honors Distinct Winners
A Bennett preliminary hosted by Bennett School drew Davenport, Durant, Wheatland and Bennett pupils. In oratory first went to Don Krambeck of Davenport, with Ralph Hering of Durant second and Logan Bolan of Bennett third. Dramatic winner Albert Baxter of Durant, runner Mayme Barenth of Wheatland, and Kathryn Grace of Bennett placed. in humorous: Wanda Lee Carter of Davenport first, Henrietta Weih of Bennett third. Judges were Louise Olsen and Hild of Tipton plus W B Hammer of Mechanicsville.
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Gazette
Bennett
Durant
Davenport
Wheatland
Don Krambeck
Ralph Hering
Logan Bolan
Albert Baxter
Mayme Barenthin
Kathryn Grace
Wanda Lee Carter
Henrietta Weih
Louise Olsen
Tipton
H. Hild
W. B. Hammer
Mechanicsville
West Union Randalia Win Declamatory Honors
West Union won two firsts and one second in the preliminary state declamatory contest at West Union with Hawkeye in competition. Clara Nelson and Robert Kamm won first places for West Union, Frances Edmonds won for Randalia. Second placers were Clair Claxton Horace Hoover and Ruth Arthur. Judges were Margaret Meyer Wilma Trumbull and Gladys Lynum.
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West Union
Randalia
Hawkeye
Clara Nelson
Robert Kamm
Frances Edmonds
Clair Claxton
Horace Hoover
Ruth Arthur
Margaret Meyer
Wilma Trumbull
Gladys Lynum
Postville
13 000 WPA Workers In Iowa Face Job Loss Or Transfers
Des Moines AP reports about 13 000 Iowa WPA workers may lose jobs or be reassigned as the state WPA load is trimmed from 35 000 to around 22 000. L S Hill notes nearly 3 000 former WPA workers already joined private industry and expects more transfers to federal projects.
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WPA
Iowa
DES Moines
L. S. Hill
Washington
Arthur Wenger Dies at 42 in Rubio Area
Arthur Wenger 42 son of S. B. Wenger died Tuesday at his sister Mrs. Earl Morgan’s Rubio home after being brought there Sunday. Funeral at the Baptist church Thursday with Rev. P. J. Blosser and Rev. Dillon presiding. Survived by father S. B. Wenger sister Mrs. Earl Morgan Rubio and brother Clark Wenger South English.
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Arthur Wenger
S. B. Wenger
Earl Morgan
Rubio
Baptist Church
P. J. Blosser
Dillon
Clark Wenger
Five Cent Debt Settled After Fifty Years in Decorah
In December 1886 Luther college student E. O. Giere bought a 25 cent collar at Ben Bear store in Decorah and promised to pay the remaining five cents after vacation. He never returned, but last week an elderly man repaid the debt as Giere, now head of a Minneapolis clinic bearing his name, visited Decorah for the first time since the purchase.
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Gazette
Decorah
E. O. Giere
Luther College
Ben Bear
Giere
Minneapolis
Oxford Wins Two Firsts In Declamatory Meet
West Branch hosted the preliminary state declamatory contest with Mechanicsville, Oxford, Sharon Center and West Branch high schools. Oxford's Emory Windram won in oratorical, Margaret Schrader took dramatic, and Robert Lee Jensen captured humorous, with Harry Barnes of the state university serving as judge.
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West Branch
Mechanicsville
Oxford
Sharon Center
Emory Windram
Margaret Schrader
Robert Lee Jensen
Harry Barnes
The
State University
West Liberty honors its last Civil War veteran on 91st birthday
West Liberty observes Charley Regnier's ninety first birthday at his Clay Street home. A native of Ohio born near Point Harmer, he enlisted at 17 in the First Light Ohio Artillery and later served in the regular army before illness led to discharge in 1863. He settled in West Liberty in 1866 and pursued several businesses before retiring, leaving four children. Family from Omaha and Arden, Del., attended the celebration while another son, Dr. Lou Regnier, could not attend.
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West Liberty
Charley Regnier
Clay Street
Mr. Regnier
Abbie Bowlsby
Lou Bowlsby
Ohio
Point Harmer
Washington County
West Marietta
Light
Ohio Artillery
Union Hotel
Georgetown
Washington
Regnier
Lotus King
Will Davis
Frank Hughes
Omaha
Percy Russell
Arden
Del
Lou Regnier
Winter Returns Briefly As Iowa Faces Cold Wave
A cold front from the north grips Iowa with lows expected near zero in parts and 10 below in the northeast. Forecasters warn winter isn’t over as temperatures should turn upward by Friday afternoon in the north and west. Charles City reports 14 above at dawn.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles City
Weather Bureau
Noland Family Injured in Grinnell Automobile Crash
Mrs. Ivan Noland and her niece Miss Mary Connelly are bedbound after a Sunday night accident near Grinnell. They were taken to Iowa City hospital for X rays with pelvic fractures and a back sprain. Mr. Noland suffered several broken ribs.
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West Liberty
Ivan Noland
Mary Connelly
Grinnell
Iowa City
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