Political row over Davenport orphans home appointment
Frank Miles, Iowa Legionaire editor, questions Clyde Ring and Harry White about Sylvester McCauley’s appointment as superintendent of the Davenport Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home. Miles cites Democratic connections and Legion posts in Davenport and Dubuque, alleging endorsements and political influence affected the selection. He laments the veteran-in-charge omission and notes a possible noncandidate appointment.
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Frank Mung
Iowa Legionaire
Miblic
Clyde Ring
Hatey C. White
Sylvester McCauley
Fy. Orphans
Dav
Miles
Clyde
Harry
Panbotaimnell
Davenoldiers’ Orphans
Pque
Canary Named Fiercy Sings Despite Upper Billless Beak
A 15-year-old navy owned by Betty Rath is described as a bold singer despite lacking an upper bill. Fiercy feeds with his lower bill and enjoys water, earning notice as a standout in the Rath family’s trio of vocal animals.
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Fiercy
Navy
Betty Rath
Elwein
Tempest
Sunshine
Raths
Six men announce bid for state assembly seats
DES MOINES UP six men announced plans to run for the next state pen al assembly. Four seek republican nominations and two seek democratic. The candidates listed include E L Stewart Washington republican H B Hough Wween democrat Frank Holywarth Boone republican George F Peterson Clarion republican Harry Bulon Clinton republican L R Clements Har dem
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Des Moines
E. L. Stewart
Washton
H. B. Hough
Wwein
Frank Holysworth
Boone
Orge F. Peterson
Clarion
Reblican
Harry Bulon
Clinton
Ublican
L. R. Clements
Har
Elites pay inheritance tax on valued estate
Anna M Eddy of Vinton paid $947 state inheritance tax on an estate valued at $9,475. The payment was reported from Des Moines.
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Mdes Moines
Anna M Eddy
Vinton
Bill to use federal road funds for Omaha Council Bluffs bridge
Plans nearly complete in Washington to introduce a bill authorizing Iowa and Nebraska to use federal road funds to build a Missouri River bridge at Dodge Street Omaha. The measure would require the Dodge Street bridge to be free while tolls may be used to protect the government investment in the nearby South Omaha bridge.
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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
State Homemakers Plan Des Moines Meeting Saturday
AMES The annual spring meeting of the State Home Economics association will be held March 28 at Hoyt Sherman Place Des Moines. Mrs Mary K Gregg announced Saturday that speakers include Bernice Dodge on better buymanship Ivor Spafford on Home Economics in a Re organized Educational Program and George D Stoddard on Personality Problems of the Teacher. Maude Richman Calvert will speak at luncheon on Home Economics Functioning in Home and Community. The afternoon will feature round table discussions on consumer housing and new texts in home economics.
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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 Holdup Of Two Men
Sioux City police questioned 28 year old Mrs Mertrice Rohwadder after a single woman robbed taxi drivers Ivan Archer and Glenn Liebrecht. The pair surrendered $19. Police detained her husband Vergel Ronwadder 29 for questioning.
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Sioux City
Mertrice Rohwadder
Ivan Archer
Glenn Liebrecht
Odebolt
Vergel Ronwadder
Irish Dog Judge Watches Court in Toledo Story
Special to The Gazette reports Judge GC E Walters of Toledo presides in the Seventeenth district court with his Irish setter Peggy by his side in Marshall Tama and Benton counties Peggy calmly observes cases while Patsy, Peggy s half sister, causes more mischief at home Peggy barked during a heated divorce trial indicating her silent influence on the courtroom ambiance
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Walters
Toledo
Gazette
Oledo
GC. E. Walters
Seventeenth Judicial District
Peggy
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Patsy
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 15000 damage suit against Reginald Tracy for wrongful death. They seek substitution of Bern ie Worm as defendant since Tracy was hanged in 1935 for murder. Fear, the partner of Tracy, remains in custody. Berg, a hired killer, is at large.
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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 the Iowa employment service he is listed in Who's Who and American Men of Science with fourteen years of university study and degrees in biology chemistry and psychology. He described himself as a biochemist a research chemist bacteriologist botanist zoologist and psychologist and said he is mechanically inclined with training to repair scientific instruments.
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Waterloo
Who’s Who
American Men of Science
Iowa Employment Service
Marengo Youth Leads Band Aboard Normandie Trip
Marengo youth Vette Kell will take his dance band to Europe this summer to entertain passengers on the steamship Normandie. The group, chosen among top college orchestras, sails June 17. Kell is a Marengo High School graduate now at the University of Iowa.
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Marengo
Vette Kell
Europe
Normandie
Kell
Marengo High School
University of Iowa
State to Seek Death for Horton in Poison Plot Trial
Floyd Horton, 38, farmer, faces the death penalty as prosecutors plan a murder trial starting Monday in Judge Homer Fuller’s court. County Attorney Roger Warin says more than 40 state witnesses will testify, including Mrs. Anna Johnston, Horton’s alleged accomplice who pled guilty and will tell the truth about the poisoning of Horton’s wife on February 15 at their 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 held in Wapello. Thirty-three contestants competed, spelling for thirty-five minutes on 217 words before Boysen was named champion.
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Wapello
Marie Boysen
Washington
Louisa County
Iowans Pay Higher State Income Taxes Early This Year
Iowa’s state tax board reports a 42 percent rise in state income tax payments from Jan 1 to March 17, gathering 833000 versus 585000 last year. Some 59047 taxpayers paid 1935 incomes by March 17, up from 53542. penalties for late payments end after this month.
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DES Moines
INS
State Tax Board
John K. Valentine
Council Bluffs Banker and Candy Maker John G Woodward Dies
John G Woodward 76 founder and president of a candy company dies at his Council Bluffs home after three days of illness. He led the Council Bluffs Savings Bank and had been a prominent local figure for fifty three years. He is survived by his widow and son.
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Council Bluffs
John G. ‘Woodward
Woodward
Sign of Spring Rumor Reported in Red Oak
Police say four gypsies tricked a local man in Red Oak out of 21 dollars and fled in a large blue car, signaling spring’s arrival with a crime report.
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Red Oak
Hotel Maid Beats Off Desperate Bridegroom in Des Moines
Des Moines police report a hotel maid found L A Butts 61 of Carthage Missouri slashing his wrist in a hotel room. Ethel Gans a maid discovered the wounded man and he was taken to a hospital where doctors said his condition was not serious. Butts had been jailed at the request of his bride Mrs Ethel Seymour who said he threatened suicide and that they were secretly married in Gulfport Mississippi three weeks earlier. He was released from jail Friday after his bride declined to file charges.
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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
Osceola publisher and GOP governor candidate J M Grimes urged Republicans in Bloomfield to return liquor control to local option saying the state liquor setup has produced a powerful political organization after two years of partisan control. He referenced his 1934 convention keynote and warned of ongoing consequences.
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Iowa
Grimes
Gazette
Bloomfield
J. M. Grimes
Osceola
Spencer Man Elected President of North Central Teachers
H J Williams of Spencer was elected president of the north central district of the Iowa State Teachers association at the district convention in Fort Dodge. T J Burns of Rockwell City was named vice president and Nettie Price of Lake Mills secretary, with R E Nyquist of Mason City re elected treasurer. The district voted to back a teachers retirement fund at the next state legislative session. Mrs A E Anderson of Fort Dodge was named president of the north central district Parent Teachers association.
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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
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Casts Enter State Contest
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City dramatic groups competed in the Iowa Play Production Festival in Iowa City Friday night. The Cedar Rapids cast from the Woman's Club presented Back of the Yards and the Iowa City Community Players performed The Nursery Maid from Heaven.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Community Players
Woman's Club
Two Laundry Workers Are Injured in Payroll Robbery Bid
Des Moines police report two armed bandits tried a payroll theft at United Laundry Saturday afternoon. Foreman Aaron Kneller was struck and Edward Christensen suffered a broken nose as thirty women screamed. The bandits fled in a stolen 1929 Ford Coach after firing shots in the air.
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Des Moines
INS
United Laundry
Aaron Kneller
Edward Christensen
Kneller
Christensen
Helen Brotes
Service Department
Women To Sponsor Candidates Night In Traer
Traer Republican Women host a candidates night with both tickets’ candidates as guests. A Know Your Town panel led by Agnes Henderson will cover election mechanics and town personnel. Officials H. E. Taylor and L. H. Geyer discuss park duties and 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
Prison wedding seals a three year honeymoon at Fort Madison
Tom Saunders aged 29 married Miss Mary Soroka 20 after pleading guilty to common theft. The couple wed inside Polk county jail with deputies attending. Saunders was then sent back to jail to serve a three year term at Fort Madison penitentiary. he had asked for parole claiming he is his mother's favorite son and that a jail sentence might affect her health.
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Des Moines
Tom Saunders
Polk County
Courts House
Shankland
Saunders
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Mary Soroka
Tommy
Oscar Wiseman
F. L. McCarty
Man Awarded 227 Dollars for Mouse in Pop Bottle
Paul Anderson of Red Oak received a jury verdict totaling 227 dollars with 6 percent interest from June 9 1935 after finding a mouse in a bottle of pop. He sued Tyler Brothers company of Villisca Iowa for 2500 dollars.
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RED Oak
INS
Paul Anderson
Tyler Brothers Company
Villisca
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