Charles E Hearst Farm Bureau Leader Dies at 66
Charles E Hearst longtime Iowa Farm Bureau president died after heart disease struck at his Cedar Falls home. The Cedar Falls native and former Black Hawk county head had served in state and national farm relief efforts, and his career spanned roles from dairy program work to cooperative leadership. Funeral set for Wednesday at First Congregational church.
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Cedar Falls
INS
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
Iowa State Teachers College
Old Corn Belt Committee
Washington
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Hearst
Black Hawk
National Livestock Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation of
Katherine Schell
Montezuma
First Congregational Church
Floyd Reeve
Jury Picks to Try Elkader Attorney on Manslaughter Charge
Elkader IA August shooting case moves to jury selection for Thomas Thomsen, attorney and Elkader Fair secretary, charged with killing Jimmy Jacobson 25 at the fair. Thomsen says he fired to scare intruders after police were called to a gate where spectators tried to crash in.
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Elkader (Is
Thomas Thomsen
Elkader Fair Association
Jimmy Jacobson
Thomsen
Jacobson
Three Convicts Escape From Iowa Prison Farm
Three inmates escaped from the Fort Madison prison farm in Iowa. Ed Porter slipped away Sunday, stole a car, and fled westward. the car was found in Leon Indiana. Fred A Bergren and Roy Milton escaped Monday morning. Porter, Bergren, and Milton had sentences ranging from 10 years for auto theft to forgery.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Ed Porter
Leon
Porter
Cass County
Atlantic
Fred A. Bergren
Roy Milton
Milton
Cherokee County
Cherokee
Bergren
Des Moines
Wild Life School Dates Set for August Session
The local directors of the Wildlife School designate August 3 to 15 for this year's session with R. D. Noble continuing as director after three years as secretary.
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McGregor
The
Wild Life School
R. D. Noble
Iowa Auto Death Toll Rises With Week’s Fatalities
Seven people died in Iowa auto accidents last week raising the 1936 highway toll to 58. Victims include 13 year old William Stevenson at Knoxville in a two car crash and 16 year old Velma King struck in Clinton by a car driven by 22 year old Chris Ahrens. Also killed were 43 year old Robert R. Hayes of Memphis Missouri 14 year old Lyle Pugh of Cedar Rapids 14 year old Martyn Halvorson of Lakota 37 year old Carleton Whiting of Rochester Minnesota and Richard Watson of Indianola.
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Associated Press
Iowa
William Stevenson
Knoxville
Velma King
Clinton
Chris Ahrens
Robert R. Hayes
Memphis
Lyle Pugh
S. U. S. To Start May 1 On $60,000 Improvement Work
Iowa City drills into a $60,000 remodeling program at the University of Iowa starting May 1. State funds from Comptroller Murtagh finance changes in the physics building the west side athletic field and repair of steam and water lines. No new construction is planned.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cc. B. Murtagh
University
Eugene A. Gilmore
West Side
Mission changes at Immaculate Conception parish Iowa Falls
The Rev. John Hartigan of Immaculate Conception church is reassigned by the archbishop to St. Mark's congregation in Iowa Falls. He will be succeeded here by the Rev. T. J. Norris of Iowa Falls. Hartigan's farewell mass was Sunday. He founded St. Francis orphanage in Dubuque and served several pastorates before coming here five years ago.
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Iowa Falls
Nellie McLaughlin
Dubuque
Stanwood
Charles A. Sisler
Geology Department
University of Iowa
Homalonotus
Iowa
Indiana
van Horne
Donald Kerkman
Rose Thompson
Jess Kerkman
John Nelson
Legion Hall
Osborne O’brien
Emma Engelking
E. C. Cornelius
Delbert Duncalf
Fred
Yrv
Johanna Hausman
E. J. Woltersdorf
E. E. Cranston
Floyd
Frank
E. W. Conrad
Glen
H. C. Kerkman
Otto Streitner
F. E. Young
A. W
Wilbur Garbers
L. E
Rozella Peiper
Lorrayn
Colette
Veronica Kelly
Clara Reinhardt
Marion
Betty Woltersdorf
Svadel
June Hagen
Jeane Hoke
Irene
Frances Garbers
Donna Cranston
Anna Geiken
Geraldine Young
Rachel Thompson
Margaret Barron
Vera Kerkman
A. H. Claussen
Dorothy
Springville
Ethel Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Harold Grovert
Newhall
Oscar Olsen
Vinton
Iver Johnson
Harry Koopman
Keystone
West Liberty
West Liberty Community Players
Byron B. Boyd
WSUI
Ivan Luse
Dorothy Heatherington
Bernetta Rowland
Margaret Hise
L. A. Royal
Iowa City
Paul Anger
Leslie Steen
Robert Stafford
Treadwell Robertson
Conesville
Baker
Leta Jordan
Zoe Hathaway
Columbus Junction
H. L. Kulp
Columbus City
Frank Stone
William McConahay
E. E. Huff
Elmer Todd
C. F. Walkington
W. C. Davis
R. S. Johnston
Kalona
Sol Ropp
Democratic Caucus
Muscatine
W. T. Grigg
Leo Jehls
H. F. Lewis
Earl
Fredonia
Walter
Pearl
Robert Evans
Flora Smith
Charles Blake
Methodist
W. A. Bloomquist
Cedar Bethel Cemetery
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Lyman Wood
Hazel Morrow
Ruth Thomas
Harold Young
Dean Thomas
Grundy Center
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Alex Miller
H. K. Wilson
Forrest R. Meyers
Woman’s Club
T. E. Evans
Ruth Goodenow
Mount Vernon Names Woman Postmaster
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Iowa will have a woman postmaster. B M Jacobsen announced he recommends Mrs Byrd Clark for immediate appointment to succeed Postmaster David H Mueller whose term expired February 24. He chose Mrs Clark from three eligibles certified by the civil service commission A B Eyestone and Jasper W Bloom were the other two.
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Mount Vernon
B. M. Jacobsen
Post Office Department
Byrd Clark
David H. Mueller
Jacobsen
Clark
Civil Service Commission
A. B. Eyestone
Jasper W. Bloom
Farmer Near Death From Shotgun Wound
Manchester Frank Hogan a 65 year old Milo township farmer living near the Bay church is in a critical condition at the People's hospital in Independence from a shotgun wound. He was alone when shot while hunting near the home of Charles Downs and crawled through a fence before Downs found him and took him to the Downs home where a physician was summoned. Hogan was later rushed to Independence.
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Manchester
Frank Hogan
Milo
Bay Church
People’s Hospital
Independence
Hogan
Charles Downs
Downs
Arrest Alleges Corn Thief Near Wheatland
John Keith, a farmer near Wheatland, was arrested Saturday night on a charge of stealing seventeen sacks of corn from Conrad Bicknese’s crib southwest of Wheatland. Emil Witte saw a car by the crib and alerted the Wheatland marshal. Keith fled but was captured as he drove away. Keith pled not guilty at arraignment in the mayor’s office and was turned over to Clinton County officers.
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Wheatland
John Keith
Conrad Bicknese
Emil Witte
Bicknese
Keith
Clinton County
Dog Hero Arouses Family From Gas Danger
In Waterloo AP report Zipper an 18 month old Boston terrier barked to wake the Koch family after gas exposure. Two sons Paul 11 and Stanley 8 were revived by firemen with an inhalator. John W Koch chairs the playground commission.
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Zipper
Boston
John W. Koch
Paul
Stanley
Koch
Playground Commission
Tipton Farmer Rescues Family From Farmhouse Blaze
Raymond Wehde saved his wife and children from a fire at their farm home near Tipton but firefighters could not stop the blaze and the new structure burned to the ground.
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Tipton (Ap
Raymond Wehde
Judge Willett Birthdayed at 90 in G A R Honors
Judge J W Willett grandly marked his ninetieth birthday at home in Des Moines with family and visiting leaders of Iowa patriotic groups. A three tiered cake from the Daughters of Union Veterans and a second from the Sons of Union Veterans highlighted the tributes, with telegrams and flowers pouring in from national and local G A R and SUVC organizations. Attending notables included Oley Nelson and John Risley among others from Des Moines Newton Marengo Waterloo and Iowa Falls.
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J. W. Willett
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa
National Organization of the Daughters of Union Veterans of
Sons of Union Veterans
Marcelle McCartney
Oley Nelson
Slater
John P. Risley
Des Moines
John F. Baker
Baker
Newton
W. F. Hathaway
Department Council
Grenville M. Dodge Camp
Sons
Union Veterans of
Glee W. Hathaway
Grenville M. Dodge
Bert Wanamaker
Julia Wanamaker
Daughters of Union Veterans
Marengo
Katharine R. A. Flood
Fred F. Hall
Hall
Iowa Falls
Minnie G. Snyder
Lorna V. Schwarz
Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary
Floyd Schwarz
Nellie Cessford
Auxiliary of Sons of Union Veterans
Julia S. Kesler
Bess Brady
Mabelle Rickhoff
Union Veterans
C. C. Rickhoff
Waterloo
May Walker
Ruth Bagenstos
N. W. Entwisle
Iowa G. A. R
Slater, Ia
James W. Willett
Iowa WPA Will Fund Farm Roads and Water Systems
Washington, D C The Iowa Works Progress Administration allocates 2 182 634 dollars for farm to market roads and permanent improvements representing four fifths of total WPA spending in Iowa Harry L Hopkins WPA administrator announced the breakdown shows art and education projects receive 20 percent while public works include water and sewage systems parks and playgrounds street and alley work and bridges and viaducts the report lists project counts costs and percentages across categories with roads receiving substantial funding
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Iowa Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Federal
Iowa
Hopkins
Asea
Correction on Mount Vernon school election sponsors
The Gazette corrected a report stating the rally was arranged by Harry Gilliland and John Kyle supporters. The event was arranged by Maud Peet and Ed Smith sponsors for directors. It was open with supporters of both tickets present.
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Mount Vernon
Harry Gilliland
John Kyle
Columbus Junction Man Returns Home After Stabbing Incident
Des mond Kulp, a patient at Belle Vue Hospital Muscatine for six weeks after a stabbing here Jan. 25, has returned home. The case of James Rice of Columbus Junction linked to the disturbance will go to the April grand jury. Rice was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily injury and posted 300 dollars bond.
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Columbus Junction
Desmond Kulp
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
James Rice
William Wever
Wapello
Rice
Harry L Reed 64 Des Moines Railroad Official Dies of Heart Attack
Harry L Reed 64 longtime Rock Island Railway official dies in Des Moines from a heart attack while his career spanned 33 years with posts including general manager first district and executive general agent in Iowa. He planned last rites in Plattsburg Missouri where Mrs Reed is buried. JR Reed a Washington DC attorney travels from New Jersey for services.
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DES Moines
INS
Rock Island Railroad
Harry L. Reed
Road
Plattsburg, Mo
C. C. Gardner
Reed
Rock Island Road
Kansasity
Iowa
Laughlin Fifty Years of Married Life Observed at Walker
Mr and Mrs Charles Laughlin marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Walker after a marriage in Center Point in 1886 They have lived in Walker forty five years and he once ran a grocery business now connected with a poultry concern A luncheon and program followed with thirty friends attending including Andrew Kuhn Stuart Laird Harry Reiterman Arthur Barry G C Murphey C F Graves Hiram Stankard John Edwards Jerry Hanlon Charles Winner and others from Walker Center Point and nearby communities
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Sue Dodd
Columbia
Wheatland
Adolph Lohse
Alma Endorf
Mr. Lohse
Muhl
Toronto
Lohse
First Trust and Savings Bank
American Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Evelyn Pope
Florence Wehrman
Bernadine Stepanek
Melvin Franklin
Junior Cavalier
Basil Manley
Marshall Dingman
Edith Voetberg
Lou Ann Meede
Ruth McCutcheon
Myrna Justice
Marie Justice
Maxine Kanipe
LaVonne Briggs
Norma Taylor
George Muirhead
John Fleming
Melba Smith
Billy
Fridolf Lundholm
Leo Beranek
Gazette
Walker
Charles Laughlin
Center Point
Harry Reiterman
Arthur Barry
G. C. Murphey
C. F. Graves
Hiram Stankard
John Edwards
Jerry Hanlon
Charles Winner
Lydia Steele
George Spencer
Marshall McCalley
Maude Booth
Ella Booth
Nora Laughlin
Austin Roseberry
Harold Leusen
Betty Leusen
Judge grants divorce in inhuman treatment ruling
Toledo Judge C E Walters grants Lola Fields custody of their child as he dissolves the marriage to Roy Fields of Iowa county from Lola Fields of Richland township on grounds of inhuman treatment.
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Toledo
C. E. Walters
Lola Fields
Richland Township
Roy Fields
Iowa County
Fire destroys 40 cars at Chariton garage
A Chariton fire destroyed 40 automobiles at the Larimer garage owned by William Schriver. Firemen from over 30 volunteers used four hose lines to battle the blaze, with gasoline oil and grease feeding the flames. The two story building housed used cars a paint shop and a repair office on the first floor and new cars on the second, leaving only walls standing.
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Chariton (Ap
Larimer Garage
Beam Motor Company
William Schriver
Chariton
Wapello Couple Observe Their Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Theodore Wilton celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary at a family dinner with twenty four in attendance. They were married at the Ley ley homestead south of Grandview. The couple hosted seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren with out of town guests from Davenport Muscatine and Port Louisa township.
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Gazette
Wapello
Theodore Wilton
Herbert Wilton
Richley
Grandview
Wilton
Famime
Germany
Port Louisa
Esther Nyemaster
Davenport
Herbert
Earl
Jesse Wilton
Merle Wilton
Phyllis
Henry Young
Merle
Jack
John Richley
Muscatine
Two Ladora Men Injured In Separate Accidents
John Hunzleman sustained eight fractures in one hand while trying to start a tractor at Amana when a lever struck him. He was taken to Williamsburg hospital then sent home. Merne Shaull suffered a badly crushed foot when run over by a truck at the Davis oil station.
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John Hunzleman
Amana
Williamsburg
Merne Shaull
Davis Oil Station
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