Editor tightens scrutiny over Davenport home appointment
Frank Miles of the Iowa Legionaires charges Gov Clyde Herring and Harry White with backing a Davenport soldiers' orphans home appointee who lacks Dubuque Legion endorsement. He cites a letter alleging a family connection to a Democratic central committee member and questions the vetting process and motive.
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DES Moines
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaires
Clyde L. Herring
Harry C. White
State Board of Control
Sylvester McCauley
Dubuque
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Miles
McCauley
H. A. Mitchell
Dubuque Legionaire
Democratic Central Committee
State Departments
White
Clyde
Harry
Dubuque Post
Legion
Bill Aims Federal Aid for Dodge Street Bridge Omaha
Plans near completion in Washington to introduce a bill allowing Iowa and Nebraska to use federal road funds to build a free Dodge Street bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs. The measure backs tolls to protect a prior South Omaha bridge investment but requires the Dodge Street span to be free. Governor Cochran and Omaha leaders seek a toll-free outcome.
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Washington
Congress
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri River
Omaha
Council Bluffs
R. L. Cochran
Omaha Council Bluffs
Federal Roads Bureau
E. R. Burke
Charles F. McLaughlin
Dodge Street
South Omaha
PWA
Cochran
Francis P. Matthews
Omaha Chamber of Commerce Committee
Irish Dog Judge Walters Court Companion Peggy The Setter
Special to The Gazette describes Judge C E Walters of Toledo presiding in the Seventeenth Judicial District with his Irish setter Peggy at his side in Marshall Tama and Benton counties Peggy offers silent support and occasional bark during a divorce case while her half sister Patsy waits at home for court visits.
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Walters
Toledo
C. E. Walters
Seventeenth Judicial District
Peggy
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Peg
Judge Walters
Patsy
Two Laundry Workers Injured In Payroll Robbery Attempt
In Des Moines two armed bandits battered two employees at United Laundry and fled in a stolen 1929 Ford after firing shots in the air. Foreman Aaron Kneller and manager Edward Christensen were hospitalized with head injuries and a broken nose as thirty women screamed for help.
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Des Moines
INS
United Laundry
Aaron Kneller
Edward Christensen
Canary with Half Upper Bill Sings Loudly in Oelwein
Fiercy, a 15 year old canary owned by Betty Rath aged 11 in Oelwein, lacks an upper bill yet sings loudly and eats with his lower bill. He drinks water eagerly and is the father of Tempest and Sunshine, two other singing canaries.
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Oelwein
Fiercy
Canary
Betty Rath
Tempest and
Sunshine
Raths
Six Seek Election As Representatives In State Assembly
DES MOINES UP Six men announced plans to seek seats in the next general assembly. Four run on the Republican ballot and two on the Democratic ballot. Names listed include E L Stewart Washington Republican H B Hough Delvei Democrat Frank Hollingson Boone Republican George F Peterson Clarion Republican Harry Bulon Clinton Republican L R Clements Harvey Democrat.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
E. L. Stewart
Washington
H. B. Hough
Delvei
Frank Hollingson Boone
George F. Peterson
Clarion
Harry Bulon
Clinton
L. R. Clements
Harvey
Eddy estate pays state inheritance tax in Des Moines
The estate of Anna M. Eddy of Vinton paid a $947 state inheritance tax on a valuation of $9,475 in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Anna M. Eddy
Vinton
State Homemakers Plan Des Moines Meeting Saturday
Ames reports the annual spring meeting of the State Home Economics association will be held March 28 at Hoyt Sherman Place Des Moines. Mary K Gregg announces morning program begins 9 45 with speakers from Household Finance University of Minnesota and Iowa Child Welfare station. Luncheon speaker Maude Richman Calvert discusses home economics in home and community. Afternoon sessions cover consumer housing and reading texts.
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George D. Stoddard
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Maude Richman Calvert
Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers
Sioux City Woman Quizzed In Lone Hold Up Case
Sioux City police questioned Mertrice Rohwadder 28 in a single handed robbery of taxi driver Ivan Archer and Glenn Liebrecht. The men said a lone woman with a gun demanded cash amounting to 19 dollars. Rohwadder and her husband Vergel Rohwadder 29 were detained for questioning.
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Sioux City
Mertrice Rohwadder
Ivan Archer
Glenn Liebrecht
Odebolt
Vergel Rohwadder
State to Seek Death Penalty for Horton in Poison Plot
County Attorney Roger Warin outlined a murder case in which Floyd Horton 38 a farmer faces capital punishment for a suspected poison plot that killed his wife. More than 40 state witnesses will testify including Anna Johnston Hortons alleged illicit partner who pled guilty. Horton claims his innocence and blames Johnston as the true culprit. trial starts Monday in Judge Homer Fullers court weeks after the Feb. 15 death at the snowbound farm.
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Anna Johnston
Warin
Marie Boysen Wins Louisa County Spelling Bee
Marie Boysen of Washington No 4 rural school won the Louisa county spelling contest in Wapello on Saturday. Thirty three contestants faced a thirty five minute competition spelling 217 words before the champion was named.
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Wapello
State Income Tax Payments Show 42 Per Gent Increase
Des Moines report shows Iowa state income tax receipts rising 42 percent from Jan 1 to March 17. Total collected $833,000 vs $585,000 a year ago. 59,047 taxpayers paid compared with 53,542 previously. No penalty for late payment until month end.
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Des Moines
INS
State Tax Board
John K. Valentine
Valentine
Banker And Candy Maker John G Woodward Dies In Council Bluffs
John G Woodward aged 76 founder and president of a famous candy company died at his home in Council Bluffs of heart disease after three days of illness He had lived in the city for 53 years and served as president of the Council Bluffs Savings Bank His widow and son survive He was a prominent resident and led a local business legacy
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Council Bluffs
John G. Woodward
Woodward
Sign of Spring: Four gypsies swindle man for 21 dollars
Red Oak police report four gypsies used a boozy con to cheat a local man out of 21 dollars then fled in a large blue car.
Estate of Mrs Tracy appeals damage suit to Supreme Court
The estate of Mabel B. Tracy of Manchester appeals a Manchester district court ruling dismissing a $15,000 wrongful death suit against Reginald Tracy. They seek substitution of Ben nie Worm as defendant. Tracy was hanged in 1935 for his wife’s murder. Fear, a co-conspirator, is serving a life sentence.
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Des Moines
Mabel B. Tracy
Manchester
Supreme Court
Reginald Tracy
Bennie Worm
Tracy
Worm
Rates Who's Who And Many Degrees But He's Jobless
A Waterloo man told an Iowa employment service office he is listed in Who's Who and the American Men of Science with fourteen years of university study and degrees in multiple fields. He described himself as a biochemist and research chemist among other sciences and claimed mechanical skills to repair scientific instruments.
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Waterloo
Who’s Who
American Men of Science
Iowa Employment Service
Marengo Youth And His Band To Play On Atlantic Liner
Marengo youth Vette Kell will lead his dance band to Europe this summer aboard the steamship Normandie. The group, selected from outstanding college orchestras, will entertain passengers during the transatlantic voyage. Kell, a Marengo high school graduate now at the University of Iowa, sails June 17. band members are pictured.
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Marengo
Vette Kell
Europe
Normandie
Kell
Marengo High School
University of Iowa
Hotel Maid Foils Bridegroom Suicide Attempt in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report says hotel maid Ethel Gans found L A Butts 61 of Carthage Missouri wounded in his room with a wrist cut. He was taken to a hospital where his condition was not serious. Butts, who had a secret marriage to Des Moines beauty operator Ethel Seymour, was released after she declined to press charges and he planned to return to Carthage.
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Des Moines
L. A. Butts
Carthage
Butts
al Pedersen
Ethel Gans
Robert L. Parker
Ethel Seymour
Gulfport
Miss
St. Louis
Iowa Liquor Business To Local Option Urges Grimes
J M Grimes Osceola publisher and 1934 GOP keynote speaker urged Republicans in Bloomfield to end state liquor control and return to local option citing two years of partisan management and clearly visible political organization effects.
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Iowa
Grimes
Bloomfield
J. M. Grimes
Osceola
Spencer Man Presidents North Central Teachers Association
H J Williams of Spencer was elected president of the north central district of the Iowa State Teachers association at the district convention. T J Burns of Rockwell City named vice president and Nettie Price of Lake Mills secretary. R E Nyquist of Mason City re elected treasurer. The district urged support for a teachers retirement fund at the next state legislature. Mrs A E Anderson of Fort Dodge named president of the north central district Parent Teachers association as sessions closed.
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Fort Dodge
H. J. Williams
Spencer
North Central
Iowa State Teachers Association
T. J. Burns
Rockwell City
Nettie Price
Lake Mills
R. E. Nyquist
Mason City
A. E. Anderson
North Central District
Parent- Teachers Association
Traer Republican Women Sponsor Candidates Night
Traer municipal election candidates from both tickets will attend a candidates night hosted by the Traer Republican Women’s club. The Know Your Town program features a panel on election mechanics and town officials led by Agnes Henderson with several club members. Park commission member H. E. Taylor will outline duties and aims, while councilman L. H. Geyer covers lesser known town government aspects.
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TRAER
Traer Republican Women’s Club
Agnes Henderson
H. L. Daniel
A. J. Norton
D. H. Hyland
Ella Clark
H. E. Taylor
Park Commission
L. H. Geyer
Slim
Bride and jailed groom wed before three year Fort Madison sentence
Tom Saunders 29, jailed in Polk County, married Mary Soroka 20 after pleading guilty to common thief charges. The couple wedded in court with Saunders returning to jail for a three year term at Fort Madison, while Soroka pledged to wait.
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Des Moines
Tom Saunders
Polk County
F. S. Shankland
Saunders
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Mary Soroka
Tommy
Sheriff
Oscar Wiseman
F. L. McCarty
Miss Soroka
Man awarded 227 dollars after finding mouse in pop
Paul Anderson of Red Oak received a jury verdict of 227 dollars plus six percent interest dating from June 9, 1935, against Tyler Brothers Co. of Villisca IA. He sought 2,500 dollars after drinking the pop containing the mouse.
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RED Oak
INS
Paul Anderson
Tyler Brothers Company
Villisca
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