Ice storm breaks hundreds of poles in Delaware county
A sleet storm damaged telephone telegraph and electric lines across Delaware county with about 200 poles broken and thousands of wires down. Agee of the Eastern Iowa Telephone company estimated losses around 3000 dollars with many poles and poles down countywide. Bell Telephone reported about 600 breaks and Town Electric several thousand dollars in damage. Repairs were expected to take two weeks.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
W. G. Agee
Marengo
Eastern Iowa Telephone and Telegraph Company
Agee
Delaware
Delhi
Hopkinton
Worthington
Ewarsville
Dyersville
Earlville
Ryan
Delaware- Delhi
Here
Bell Telephone Company
Town Electric Company
Oneida
Sand Spring
Sunecy
Riverside Girl Wins Washington County Spelling Contest
Ruth Rice of St. Mary's Riverside won the Washington county spelling contest and will compete in Des Moines for state honors. Teresa Walsh and Helen Meeks also placed in the advanced division, with rural winners Irma Gingerich Leona Miller and Keith Hanan noted in the prefinal rounds. County Superintendent Mrs. Winnie Palmer supervised the event at Riverside.
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Gazette
Washington
Ruth Rice
St. Mary’s School
Riverside
Des Moines
Roger Stannard
Independent School
Clay Township
Miss Rice
Teresa Walsh
St. Mary’s
Helen Meeks
Crawfordsville
Irma Gingerich
Waterloo and Oelwein Musicians Win District Contest Honors
West Waterloo led with the most honors in a sub district music contest that drew 700 students from twenty high schools. East Waterloo and Oelwein shared second with seven firsts each. Postville, Waukon, Garnaville, and others won multiple events. Winners advance to the district contest in Waterloo on April 6 to 8.
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West Waterloo
East Waterloo
Postville
Waukon
Arlington
West Union
Garnaville
Waterloo
Jean Clark
E. Spensley
Fern Wolfe
Lansing
Lawrence Touchne
Leon Strain
Dunkerton
Bill Loomis
Glee Club
Miriam Catlin
Jean Rohlf
Robert Chisholm
Margaret Lilley
Elya Cheney
Dean Reynolds
Flora Lou Cotham
Ted Smith
Fred Peterson
Elmer Bicdford
Marjory Seaburn
Loyal Beman
Randalia
Delpha Day
Stanley
Robert MecChane
T. Sliter
Euhonium
Elvin Ludwig
East Waterlo
Lynn Anderson
Robert Miche
C. Welhe
I. Thorsen
East and
East
Stanley and
Arington
Eighteen vie for Pep Queen at Iowa campus review
Eighteen campus groups enter a Pep Queen contest at the University of Iowa to rule Pi Epsilon Pi's jamboree on April 7. A judging committee will pare the field to ten on Wednesday evening with a final winner to be announced later. Notable contestants include Kath arine Ottesen Davenport Jane Lee Clinton Dorothy Kelleher Iowa City Jean Downing Anamosa Edith Helmer Iowa City Dorothy Shannahan Williamsburg Mary Ann Seamonds Maquoketa Cherie McElhinney Clinton Marian Iwert Columbus Junction.
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University of Iowa
Pi Epsilon Pi
Katharine Ottesen
Davenport
Jane Lee
Clinton
Dorothy Kelleher
Jean Downing
Anamosa
Edith Helmer
Dorothy Shannahan
Williamsburg
Mary Ann Seamonds
Maquoketa
Cherie McElhinney
Marian Iwert
Columbus Junction
Cedar County Offices Report 1932 Cost Decreases
Cedar County's annual financial report shows most offices cut operating costs in 1932 versus 1931. Auditor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Superintendent, Engineer and Coroner costs fell, while Recorder and County Attorney costs rose. attorney expenses linked to the Lenker Moore conspiracy trial and cow war case moving through courts.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Sheriff's
J. W. Lenker
Paul P. Moore
Jones County
State Supreme Court
Bertram Dram Pantomime Highlights Local Church Program
A Bertram Methodist church program featured The Meller Drum mer pantomime with Mrs. F G Anderson and Mrs. Ed Marx guiding division No 1 Ladies Aid. The show included multiple performers and song recitations and ended with a diverse musical cast under Rev J Bruce Eyestone.
Will of May Phillips Indicates $40 000 Estate
Independence March 14. The will filed with the clerk of courts allocates about 40 000 to bequests. Major gifts go to Celia Fox Chicago and Marion Smith Orr Cedar Rapids. Numerous cousins in Canada Ireland and the United States receive varied amounts. executor named Jay Gemmell Independence.
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May Phillips
Independence Public Library
People's Hospital
Maud Newall
Cumber Bridge
Ireland
Charles Phillips
Canada
Louise Lindsay
Buffalo
N. C
Percie Field
Belleview
Celia Fox
Chicago
May McAlpine
Hamilton
Ont
Ethel Walton
St. Catharine
Winnifred Phillips
William Phillips
Kinderley
Irene Gordon
Elsie Gordon
Detroit
Marion Smith Orr
Cedar Rapids
Jay Gemmell
Two Des Moines Women Drowned In Arkansas Flood
Mrs. Mary Ginsberg and Mrs. Gertrude Gottstein, both prominent Des Moines civic figures from wealthy families, drowned when their car was swept from a bridge into 20 feet of flood water near Hot Springs Arkansas. Their son Herman Ginsberg escaped from the front seat and could not save them as the car went into the river.
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Des Moines
INS
Mary Ginsberg
Gertrude Gottstein
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Ark
Herman Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Former Pella Banker Faces New Trial Deadline
J. H. Van Vitet, ex Pella banker, has until April 1 to file for a new trial after a jury convicted him Saturday of filing false reports to the state banking superintendent. If no motion is filed, he will be summoned for sentence.
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Knoxville
ULP
J. H. van Vitet
Pella
State Superintendent of Banking
Clermont Folk Car Skids on Ice Injuring Five
A car skidded on an icy highway near here injuring Mr and Mrs Peter Knudsbig of Clermont and David Darsee of North Dakota Saturday night. Knudsbig lost several fingers, his wife suffered fractured ribs, Darsee broke a hip and a leg. Their son and Knudsbig's brother Arthur were uninjured. The Knudsbigs work on the Yellow River state highway project nearby. The party was en route from Clermont. All injured are at Mc Gregor hospital.
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Peter Knudsbig
Clermont
David Darsee
North Dakota
Here
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Darsee
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Board Won’t Pay 25000 for Iowa U Bldg Site
George T. Baker, president of the state board of education, said the board would abandon buying the Melvin Fitzgerald property as the University of Iowa fine arts building site if forced to pay 25000. An appraisal valued the lot at 5000 and a jury set 25000 as a compromise. The site lies north of Memorial Union along the Iowa river.
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George T. Baker
Davenport
State Board of Education
Melvin Fitzgerald
University of Iowa Fine Arts
Johnson County
Fitzgerald
District Court
University
Memorial Union
Iowa River
Jailed For Failure To Pay Wife Alimony
Iowa City Joe L Slezak will stay in Johnson county jail until he pays the clerk of district court 75 dollars for his wife and 25 dollars toward her attorney fees in a separate maintenance action. Judge James P Gaffney found him in contempt for failing to pay alimony after Judge H D Evans ordered 10 dollars weekly temporary support last November.
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Iowa City
Joe L. Slezak
Johnson County
District Court
Slezak
James P. Gaffney
H. D. Evans
Gaffney
World War Vet Seeks Road Patrol Job Under Preference Law
Hans Fuglsang, a Maquoketa area farmer and World War II veteran, files mandamus in Jackson County District Court to compel the county supervisors to appoint him road patrolman, a position previously awarded to George Hannahs. He previously served as patrolman in Clinton County before moving to Jackson County seven years ago.
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Hans Fuglsang
Jackson County
George Hannahs
Hannahs
Board of Supervisors
Clinton County
Cascade Narrow Gauge Rail Line Abandonment Planned
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Monday announced a certificate to permit the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to abandon 35.7 miles of narrow gauge branch line from its Bellevue main line to Cascade Iowa.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
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Uncle Noah’s Will Leaves Church $1000, Waits for Interest
Claude Callan’s Poor Pa notes Uncle Noah plans a $1000 bequest to the church in his will. He jokes he won’t mind if the church uses some of the money while he cannot earn interest on it.
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Noah
Fire Truck Aids Operation At City Hospital
When Dubuque lost power a fire engine lit the hospital operating room with searchlights as Dr. removed the appendix from Ray Slacht 13 son of a city fireman.
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INS
Gov Herring To Address Ames Meeting Friday
Gov Clyde L Herring will speak at a joint luncheon of the Iowa Association of Economists and Sociologists the Iowa Political Science Association and the Iowa Historical Association at Iowa State College Friday. The three groups meet on campus Friday and Saturday with sessions on economic and political upheaval and topics from farm leases to social issues. Here in addition, Mercator is credited with applying the name America to the western world in 1541.
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Clyde L. Herring
Iowa Association of Economists and Sociologists
Iowa Political Science Association
Iowa Historical Association
Iowa State College
Iowa State
J. W. Gannaway
Grinnell College
G. R. Davies
University of Iowa
Irving B. Richman
Muscatine
R. W. Nelson
Iowa
Heavy Snow Blankets Iowa Halting Spring Advance
A vast snowstorm covered Iowa with deep drifts across the northeast with Mason City at 15 inches and Charles City at seven inches. Snowplows fought drifts. highways were slick and travel hazardous as cold snaps persisted across the state.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles City
Son City
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Mason City
Weather Bureau
Keokuk
Debaters Triumph at State Forensic Association Meet
John Fletcher college won the men's debate title and Simpson college captured the women's title at the state public speaking tournament of the Forensic Association of Town colleges in Cedar Falls. The event concluded after a four day session Saturday night.
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Cedar Falls
John Fletcher College
Simpson College
Forensic Association of Town Colleges
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