Des Moines Man Admits Fatal Shooting
Albert Cornwell 54 admitted Tuesday he fatally shot Carl Woxell 52 in the living room of Cornwell's Des Moines home while his ex wife Marie and their daughter Delores watched. Cornwell surrendered at 8 15 a m and a first degree murder charge was planned. motive given as I just got to thinking about Woxell and my wife.
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Tom Watson
Albert Cornwell
Carl Woxell
Juvenile Department
Nick Kirpon
Ralph McKinley
McKinley
Cornwell
Watson
Marie Cornwell
Woxell
Delores
Kansas City
Great Western Railroad
Wexell
Kirpon
Services Held Tuesday For Mrs Adelaide Burge
Funeral services were held in Iowa City for Mrs Adelaide L Burge 70 former dean of women at the University of Iowa. She died Sunday in University hospital after a long illness. Burge served as acting dean from 1920 to 1924 and dean from 1924 to 1942 and was a Phi Beta Kappa member.
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Iowa City
INS
Adelaide L. Burge
University of Iowa
Barn Destroyed by Fire Near Wadena Farm
Fire destroyed the barn on Chet Hall’s farm two miles southwest of Wadena at about 8 p.m. Monday. The origin is undetermined. Sixteen purebred Holstein cows one Holstein bull two work horses and hay and grain were lost. Insurance covered the loss.
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West Union
Chet Hall
Wadena
Farmhand Forgery Arrest Linked to Iowa City Incident
Iowa City county attorney filed forgery charges against Patric Claude Robuck a farmhand from Whitefish Montana. Robuck allegedly passed a bogus 32 payment check to barber Claude Higginsbotham who confronted him on a downtown street and alerted police. Robuck admitted attempting another check then tore it up as he was pursued.
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Oregon Schools Shadow Iowa as Teachers Lure War
Des Moines reports F K Schmidt Eldora superintendent and Iowa State Education Association leader urged immediate passage of major appropriations bills. He warned Iowa teachers are being recruited by Oregon and other states, citing outside ads offering higher salaries and Indiana’s new funding. He called for the 52nd general assembly to act promptly.
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F. K. Schmidt
Eldora Public Schools
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Iowa
Charles F. Martin
ISEA
Iowa City
Oregon
Arnall to Speak at Iowa State April 1
Ellis Arnall former Georgia governor and former attorney general will lecture at Iowa State College on April 1. He is brought by the college lecture committee and has been prominent in Georgia political disputes.
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Iowa State
Ames
Georgia
Iowa State College
Arnall
ISC Graduation Saturday at Ames
Commencement for winter quarter graduates of Iowa State College will be held Saturday morning in Ames. The service marks the close of the present quarter. Classes will resume March 28 with unregistered students reporting for registration the day before.
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Iowa State College
Two Iowans Severely Injured in Auto Crash
ALGONA Iowa two people suffered severe injuries when a car crashed into a bridge near Algona Monday after a brake or light failure. Jack Uhlenhake 20 Whittemore fracturing a left leg Deloris McKenna 20 Livermore sustained severe facial lacerations.
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Algona
INS
Jack Uhlenhake
Car collision injures several on highway near Marcus
One person was injured and several bystanders shaken after a three car crash on highway 5 a mile south of Marcus late Monday. James Bush from Cleghorn, John Bittner, and Marcus were involved. Bush's mother suffered facial injuries.
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State Officials Attend Ward Barnes Funeral
Governor and Mrs. Blue led a list of state dignitaries at the funeral for Ward Barnes 63 editor of the Eagle Grove Eagle. Attending were GOP Chairman Willis York state publicity chief Claude Cook and several Iowa legislators and representatives. Barnes a former Iowa Press Association president and IPA master editor award winner died Saturday at University hospital in Iowa City.
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Eagle Grove
Ward Barnes
Eagle Grove Eagle
Robert D. Blue
Red Oak teen dies after hunting accident
Thomas Le roy Briggs aged 15 of Red Oak died at a city hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen with a .22 rifle during a hunting outing with his cousin Lester Briggs, 14, near the city limits.
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INS
Thomas Leroy Briggs
Lester Briggs
Notice of Will in Linn County District Court
Notice is given in the Linn County District Court that on March 21 at 9 00 a m an instrument named as the last Will and Testament of a deceased person of Cedar Rapids is offered for proof and admission. Clerk Ar R Axmeal presides. Sargent Spangler and Hines are listed as attorneys.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Court Rapids
Iowa
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
Senate Defeats Move to Make Farm-A-Market Road Bill A Special Order
Des Moines Iowa The Iowa senate Monday defeated a bid to make the farm a market road bill a special order for next Monday. The motion carried 28 to 17 but fell five votes short of the two thirds required. Senator Herman Knudson Republican is noted in the report.
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Iowa Senate
Senate
Herman Knudson
Mze
Public Hearing Set on Farm to Market Route Bill
City official Hultman schedules a public hearing for Thursday at 2 30 p m to consider the farm to market road bill and seeks community input on the proposal.
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Senate
Son City
Hultman
School Robbery Reported At Sheldon High
Police search for two robbers who stole 65 dollars from the Sheldon high school safe. The theft was found Monday morning by Johanna Mastbergen secretary in the superintendent’s office. The dial on the safe was knocked off.
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Sheldon
INS
Sheldon High School
Johanna Mastbergen
Irish Shamrock Painted On Old State Capitol
St Patrick's week kickoff sees the Old State Capitol and UI law school covered in green shamrock paint. University maintenance crews cleaned the graffiti. vandals identity remains unknown. Old Capitol serves as the university administration center.
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Iowa City
St. Paterick
State Capitol
University of Iowa Law School
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