Missouri Valley Flood Recedes and 600 Families Homeless
Swollen Missouri Valley floodwaters receded slowly as 600 families were displaced across southwest Iowa. Health officials dispatched a Des Moines team to prevent typhoid outbreaks while warning against using surface well water. Rail service impaired by washed-out tracks, refugees housed in makeshift quarters, and relief supplies arriving as the river system slowly tightened its grip.
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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
Nominate 14 For Six Directors Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Fourteen nominees for six board seats at the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce were announced. Ballots will be mailed to members this week with voting due by next Tuesday. Nominees include 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 Updegraf A A West.
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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 5
S. Summerwill
Clarence M. Updegraff
A. A. West
Maley's Father Walter Severine Maley Dies in Waterloo
Joseph Severine Maley 73 father of Walter F. Maley first assistant attorney general of Town died at 5 30 am Thursday at his Waterloo home after a cerebral hemorrhage suffered last Friday He had heart and kidney ailments for two years Surviving are his widow three sons Albert J Dubuque Walter F Des Moines and Dr J J Pierre S D and three daughters Jessie Winifred Loretta all of Waterloo
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Waterloo
Joseph Severine Maley
Walter F. Maley
Town
Albert J
Dubuque
Walter F
Des Moines
J. J
Pierre, S. D
Coulter Dies at 60 in Thurston Farm Home
Francis M. Coulter aged 60 died Tuesday at the Thurston farm northwest of LaPorte City where he had lived for thirty years. He was born in Williston. Funeral services will be held in Keosauqua, Iowa, with burial in Illinois.
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Laporte City
Francis M.coulter
Thurston Farm
Williston
Keosauqua
Tlinois
Ice blast on Iowa River risks flood near campus
Prof. E T Mavis warns that warm weather or rain could trigger floods as water remains in the ground despite melt. University workers blasted ice near the dam with two tons of dynamite to create a channel, signaling danger to Theater and Fine Arts buildings and the new riverfront flood wall.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
E. T. Mavis
University of Iowa Hydraulics Engineering Department
Mavis
Iowa River
University Dam
University Grounds
University Theater
New River Front
University of Iowa
Gillette Declares Re Election Candidacy in Ninth District
Des Moines reports Representative Guy M. Gillette of Cherokee filed for nomination papers to seek the Democratic congressional nomination in Iowa's ninth district. The move ends rumors he would run for the Democratic senatorial nomination against Gov. Clyde L. Herring, Hubert Utterback, and Samuel Whiting, who already announced.
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Des Moines
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Alex Miller
Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Hubert Utterback
Samuel Whiting
Vinton Superintendent Of Schools Quits Post
VINTON W T Weems superintendent of Vinton public schools since 1931 submitted his resignation to the board effective July 1. The board accepted the resignation though his contract runs another year. Weems retires temporarily due to disabilities from a World War I wound and will join his wife and child at their farm near Des Moines.
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Vinton
W. T. Weems
Board of Education
Weems
Des Moines
Traer Man Indicted On Charge Of Larceny
Tama county grand jury indicted Don Hines of Traer on larceny of domestic animals. Judge Tankersley set bond at 1000 dollars. he previously posted 500. Authorities alleged he and others stole two hogs from Henry Lieh farm last November with meat recovered at his home. He faced a prior 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 Announces Senate Bid
B C Whitehill, retiring April 1 as commandant of the Iowa Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown after twenty years of service, 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
Preliminary state declamatory contest held at Quasqueton
A three school meet at Quasqueton saw winners across categories. Winthrop’s Robert Schacherer won oratorical, Quasqueton’s Bonnie Reed took dramatic honors, and Brandon’s Frank Demaree won humorous. Cyril Franck and Janet Taylor placed in their events, with Howard Griffin and Junior Franck also among top finishers.
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Brandon
Quasqueton
Winthrop
Robert Schacherer
Bonnie Reed
Frank Demaree
Cyril Franck
Harry Horak
Bennett School Hosts Declamatory Contest
A preliminary declamatory contest was held at Bennett with entrants from Durant Davenport Wheatland and Bennett schools. Winners included Oratorical first Don Krambeck and second Ralph Hering. Dramatic first Albert Baxter. Humorous first Wanda Lee Carter. Judges were Louise Olsen Hild and W B Hammer.
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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 Randalia and Hawkeye also competing. Clara Nelson and Robert Kamm were West Union firsts, Frances Edmonds the Randalia first. Second place went to Clair Claxton, Horace Hoover, and Ruth Arthur. Randalia judges were Margaret Meyer Wilma Trumbull and Gladys Lynum of Postville.
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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 Cuts Or Transfers
Des Moines AP says about 13 000 Iowa WPA workers may lose jobs or be reassigned as Washington trims Iowa WPA from 35 000 to around 22 000. L. S. Hill notes nearly 3 000 ex WPA workers have joined private industry and expects this drift to quicken.
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WPA
Iowa
DES Moines
L. S. Hill
Washington
Arthur Wenger dies at 42 in Rubio home
Arthur Wenger age 42 son of S B Wenger died Tuesday at his sister Mrs Earl Morgan's Rubio home where he was taken Sunday noon. Funeral services were held from the Baptist church Thursday led by Rev P J Blosser with assistance from Rev Mr Dillon. He is survived by his father S B Wenger a sister Mrs Earl Morgan and a brother Clark Wenger of South English.
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Arthur Wenger
S. B. Wenger
Earl Morgan
Rubio
Baptist Church
P. J. Blosser
Dillon
Clark Wenger
PAYS 5 CENT DEBT AFTER FIFTY YEARS TO DECORAH
In 1886 Luther college student E. O. Giere bought a cellar for 25 cents at the Ben Bear store in Decorah promising to pay 5 cents after Christmas vacation. He never returned, but last week an elderly man collected the debt after Giere, now head of a Minneapolis clinic, visited Decorah.
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Gazette
Decorah
E. O. Giere
Luther College
Ben Bear
Giere
Minneapolis
Oxford Wins Two Firsts In Declamatory Meet
Winners in the preliminary state declamatory contest at West Branch include Oxford Mechanicsville Sharon Center and West Branch high schools. Emory Windram of Oxford took oratorical honors Margaret Schrader of Oxford won dramatic and Robert Lee Jensen of West Branch captured humorous category judged by Harry Barnes of the state university.
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West Branch
Mechanicsville
Oxford
Sharon Center
Emory Windram
Margaret Schrader
Robert Lee Jensen
Harry Barnes
The
State University
West Liberty Veteran Charley Regnier Turns 91
West Liberty observes the 91st birthday of Charley Regnier the towns last Civil War veteran at his Clay Street home. A Ohio native born in Point Harmer now West Marionetta, he enlisted at 17 in the First Light Ohio Artillery and later served in the regular army before illness led to discharge in 1863.
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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
Winter Cold Wave Strikes Iowa Briefly
A cold wave spreads across Iowa with subzero readings expected in the north and tens below in places. Forecasters warn winter not over as temperatures dip overnight though skies stay clear. Charles City reports 14 above for the station low as all readings fall to freezing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles City
Weather Bureau
Auto Crash injures three in Grinnell area
Mrs. Ivan Noland and her niece Miss Mary Connelly are bedridden after a Sunday night car accident near Grinnell. Both were taken to Town City hospital for x rays. Mrs. Noland sustains a fractured pelvic bone while Connelly has a badly sprained back and Mr. Noland several broken ribs.
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West Liberty
Ivan Noland
Mary Connelly
Grinnell
Town City
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