Legionaire rails at Iowa State on military training stance
An Iowa Legionaire editorial criticizes the Iowa State Student for opposing mandatory military training at colleges. It argues taxpayers deserve input on policy and warns that opposition could weaken state defense, citing Libby and groups shaping 1937 legislature debates.
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DES Moines
Iowa Legionaire
Iowa State
Iowa State College
Legionaire
Frederick Libby
National Council For Prevention of War
Iowa
League Against
Iowa Committee On
Des Moines Peace Council
General Assembly
Manchester High School Coach Resigns After Six Years
Manchester athletic coach and science teacher Sherman J. Tollefson has handed in his resignation to Superintendent Bangs and school board member Lawman. He will fulfill his present contract and may leave the city as plans remain unsettled.
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Manchester
Sherman J. Tollefson
Manchester High School
C. W. Bangs
E. F. Lawman
Tollefson
Petit Jurors Called for Keokuk County April Term
Sigourney in Keokuk County Iowa the April term petit jurors report April 20 on a panel including Gus Adrian Marie Follma Arthur Wallerich Ollie Lyle C Allen Gladys Bever Edgar Davis Orison Fuller Lena Loos Harley Dickson Hedrick Marcella Adrian James K Evans F N Flander Wm P Greiner John Keifer Dora Treir Keota A J Bryant Henry Bensmiller Evans Archie Harras Mrs Frank Jackson Ethel Lamb C D Lemon Lucy Smith Mrs L H Seaba Daisy Utterback Sigourney W W Coofman Ralph Miller Mrs Vic Lafourek South English O E Coffman Kinross Grace Edmondson Thornburg W G Fridley Ellis Morrison Keswick Thomas Griggs James Hamilton Jr P J Ritter What Cheer Victor Holzworth Frank Lillig Hildred Harken Mrs Frank Mayer Ed Northup Leo Oswalt Richland Calvin Lip pard Jim Rhea John Scott Delta Harry Riddle Gibson Mary Morgan Henry Mumm Elmer Reese Webster. The grand jury reports April 13.
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W. G. Fridley
Ellis Morrison
Keswick
Thomas Griggs
James Hamilton, Jr
P. J. Ritter
What Cheer
Victor Holzworth
Frank Lillig
Harper
Hildred Harken
Frank Mayer
Ed Northup
Leo Oswalt
Richland
Calvin Lippard
Jim Rhea
John Scott
Delta
Harry Riddle
Gibson
Mary Morgan
Henry Mumm
Elmer Reese
Webster
Maquoketa Reports On County Christmas Seal Drive
Mrs. C. R. By land of Bellevue reports Jackson county has collected 755 dollars with Miles not yet reporting. County share funds health work. Rural schools led by Charles F. Martin turned in 351.72. Maquoketa 188.43. Monmouth 11.03. Baldwin 12.05. Other towns Bellevue Preston Sabula Andrew Lamotte included.
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Maquoketa
C. R. Byland
Bellevue
Jackson County
Charles F. Martin
Don Cox
Monmouth
E. R. Wilson
Baldwin
F. G. McKinley
Preston
Sabula
Andrew
Lamotte
Monticello school board elects Stimson president
The Monticello public schools board organizes for the year with F. E. Stim son elected president. New committees include School house and janitor, school supplies, school grounds and equipment, and finance led by Dr. C. G. Thomas, Dr. O. E. York, Tom Shover, and Leigh Clark.
Conesville Pupil Wins Muscatine Spelling Bee
Mary Elizabeth McKee daughter of Mr and Mrs J Kelly McKee seventh grade student at Conesville won the Muscatine county spelling contest held in Muscatine on Saturday. Pauline Dodd and Clarence Buckman eighth grade students here took fifth and nineteenth respectively under teacher Mrs Ruby Wagner.
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Gazette
Conesville
Mary Elizabeth McKee
J. Kelly McKee
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Pauline Dodd
Clarence Buckman
Ruby Wagner
Highway toll rises to 72 in Iowa fatal week
Eleven people died in Iowa last week in automobile crashes, lifting the yearly highway death toll to 72. The hardest night, Saturday, saw four deaths near Honey Creek and Mason City, with multiple other fatalities across Cedar Rapids Sioux City Durant Des Moines and adjacent communities.
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Iowa
Honey Creek
Mason City
W. B. Johnson
Claude E. Cecil
A. L. Claussen
Corliss Hunt
Logan
John Winter
Salvation Army
S. E. Goddard
Cedar Rapids
Oscar Hoffman
Omaha
Sioux City
Charles Roseborrough
Waverly
Rock Island
Clarksville
Leon
Clarence Leemaker
Lamont
Whilma Woltmann
Durant
Des Moines
Ivor Alien
WPA
Iowa County jurors drawn for April term at Marengo
Petit jurors for the Iowa county district court April term were drawn Saturday in Marengo. Listed are twenty eight residents including Ross Hall, Maurice Poulson, Ella Disterhoff, Adelaide Whitehead, Esther Goerder, Rex Foster, H. Schweibert, J. H. Sandersfield, and others from Williamsburg, Deep River, Amana, Victor, Parnell, Homestead, and surrounding towns.
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Marengo
Iowa County District Court
Fred Boland
Will Bowman
Ross Hall
Maurice Poulson
H. W. Romberg
Louise Yates
Alex Moynihan
J. R. Wallace
George Maas
Williamsburg
W. H. Bauer
Leta Brown
Marion Carter
Onel Carder
Eddie Grimm
T. V. Baher
Leo Wagner
North English
John H. Hunzelman
Ladora
C. C. Dillin
Deep River
Martin Dickel
Middle
Esther Goerder
Amana
Rex Foster
Mary Refer
Edith Rauch
H. F. Schweibert
Victor
Charles Hanley
T. F. Hannon
H. C. Wade
Parnell
J. Henry Sandersfield
Homestead
Joe Murtha
Beer in Half Gallon Bottles Exceeds Four Percent Alcohol
Des Moines tests by the Des Moines college of pharmacy show most beers sold in half gallon bottles exceed four percent alcohol by weight, with one expensive brand at 4.34 percent. The tests were led by Prof. J Earle Galloway and conducted by senior students.
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DES Moines
Des Moines College of Pharmacy
J. Earle Galloway
Galloway
CCC Credited With Cutting Anamosa Prisoner Count
Des Moines reports the civilian conservation corps camps reduced Anamosa state reformatory inmates by 18 percent since January 1933. From 1,460 inmates at the peak, numbers fell to 1,200 as CCC work provided employment. Fort Madison prison meanwhile rose to about 1,526 inmates.
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Des Moines
INS
Civilian Conservation Corps
Anamosa State Reformatory
E. H. Felton
State Board of Control
Anamosa
CCC
Felton
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Monona Youth Wounds Self in Marquette Incident
Robert Silverman 21 of Monona shot himself in the forehead outside the Blue Casino cafe at Marquette Saturday night in an alleged death by own action attempt. He was treated at McGregor Hospital then moved to Monona and later to Postville Hospital. son of J. Silverman, a Monona used car dealer.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Robert Silverman
Monona
Blue Casino
Marquette
McGregor Hospital
Postville
J. Silverman
Heavy load ban on Buchan an county roads in frost melt
A ban limits loaded trucks to four tons on Buchan an county roads as ground frost and melting snow soften the surfaces. Quicksand holes are reported on graveled sections near the area.
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Brandon
Buchanan County
Rain and Cold Weather Forecast for Iowa
Spring rains saturate Iowa with over two inches in multiple towns. no flood threat noted though additional heavy rain is forecast. Colder air could bring snow flurries in the northwest. gusty storms and dust winds affect southern areas as temps rise with green grass returns. Charles City 2.24 inches, Guthrie Center 2.30, Van Meter 1.68, Winterset 1.48, Jefferson 1.12, Perry 1.06, Boone 1.00, Des Moines 0.96, Council Bluffs 0.76, Davenport 0.16, Keokuk 0.04, Dubuque 0.01.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles City
Guthrie Center
Winterset
Jefferson
Perry
Boone
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Keokuk
Dubuque
Shenandoah
Mary Jane Mills 90 Tama resident dies after stroke
Mrs Mary Jane Mills aged 90 long time Tama resident died Friday at her son Frank Mills home after a stroke Born February 13 1846 near Marion she taught school attended Cornell college and married O H Mills April 12 1868 The couple lived in Travis City Michigan then Tama She lived in Morristown Tennessee with daughter and later cared for in Tama Surviving include a daughter three sons fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral services held Monday at Harrison funeral home with Rev W O Eckler in charge Burial in Oak Hill cemetery
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Monticello
Board of Education of
The
Monticello Public Schools
F. E. Stimson
O. E. York
Tom Shover
Leigh Clark
C. G. Thomas
Elberon
Charles Murray
Hubert Kinner
George Dunning
Charles Novak
Sylvia Kucera
Ruth Kalina
Steve Postolka
Emil Kucera
Washington
Isabelle Davis
Charles Grayson
Catherine Jane Hull
Jane
Miss Davis
C. O. Davis
Lincoln
Grayson
Ed Grayson
Tipton
William A. Baxter, Jr
Red Cross
Cedar County
Ray A. Potter
Porter
Scotch Grove
W. B. Clark
Ruth Clark
John Otten
Mable Otten
Lewis Wright
James
Selena
Marcella
Pauline
Joyce
Mary Ann Otten
Alice Clark
Ruth Craig
Esther Sinclair
Jesup
Audrey Herring
Mechanicsville
Kenneth Cook
C. E. Cook
Guthrie Center
Theodore F. Arnold
Casey
Cook
Iowa Gate Teachers College
Bedford
Elgin
Postville
Harpers Ferry
Lawler
West Union
Lansing
Randalia
Helen Muehlenthaler
Helen Wegner
Decorah
Eugene A. Headington
Burr Oak Methodist Church
A. C. Prust
Burr Oak Cemetery
Nellie May Masters
Burr Oak Township
Charles Masters
Clifford
Philadelphia
Victor
James Wade
Frank Perry
Tama
Mary Jane Mills
Frank W. Mills
Mary Jane Stinson
Seth and
Elizabeth Stinson
Marion
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
O. H. Mills
Travis City
Mich
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington and Sigourney Triumph in Subdistrict Music Contest
Washington won class A with a superior rating and Sigourney took class B honors at the sub district music contest held Saturday in Washington. Results include top rankings across brass ensemble piano solo soprano and various vocal groups with multiple towns noted among judges.
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Washington
Burlington
Sigourney
Pairfield
Superior
Wellman
Brighton
Esther Masson
Ottumway
Fairfield
Blakesburg
Crawfordsville
Thornburg
Good
Kathryn Beery
Keota
Kalona
Hedrick
Ottumwa
Webster
West Chester
LeRoy Riley
Jesse Earl Miller
Th Superior
Excellent
Mary Ellen Lytle
Belle Rains
Ainsworth
James Owen
Ourney
Sigourney and
Birmingham
Delta
Thornsburg
Sue Perior
West Hiesiens
Elias
Ellent
Es Ester
Prominent Decorah Couple Mark Their Thirty-Eighth Anniversary
Decorah residents celebrate the thirty-eighth wedding anniversary of former Representative Ellis J. Hook and his wife Minnie M. Reed Hook. Hook, born December 5, 1870 in Illinois, taught in Iowa schools before serving as Decorah principal and later county superintendent. He earned a law degree in 1912 and became active in the Republican party. Minnie Reed Hook descends from Winneshiek County pioneers. her grandfather Daniel Reed was the first circuit judge seated in 1852.
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Lost Nation
American Legion Auxiliary
H. A. Gardner
R. W. Rutenbeck
Red Cross
Herman Machande
W. C. Rutenbeck
Emil Boettcher
O. H. Story
Washington
D. B. Thompson
Rock Island Railroad
Kansas City
Addie Kiesey
Billy
Waukon
John Colsch
East Main Street
John H. McCullough
Waukon Liquor Store
Peoples National Bank
Elberon
Elberon High School
Columbus City
Tipton
Fred R. McNeal
Durant Independent School
Cedar County
Barville
Buchanan County
Independence
Kathryn Demaree
Lavonne Stevenson
Virginia King
Pete, Sanders
Junior Gillam
Decorah
Ellis J. Hook
Hook
Tazewell County
Illinois
Iowa
Grundy County
Decorah Institute
Fort Atkinson
Fifth Ward
Law Department
University of Iowa
Republican Party
General Assembly
Minnie M. Reed
Daniel A. Reed
Winneshiek County
Daniel Reed
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Kenneth Williams
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St. Paul’s Reformed Church
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Ellen Wood
Burton Higgon
Eleanor Higgon
Howard Andresen
Eleanor Andresen
Paul Riedesel
LeRoy Brinkman
Ruth Horstman
Evelyn Smith
Jeanette Smith
Gladys Sieble
Harriet Hesse
Bernice Steinke
Mildred Steinke
Clarence
Parent- Teacher Association
George Goodrick
H. H. Crist
Ruth Bailey
Eileen Rutherford
Helen Lane
Leona Diercks
Margaret Davis
Alvina Leaven
Miss Leaven
Julia Kuhn
Eastern Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
Carl Rainville
Margaret Hoagland
Lodge
Evangeline McKnight
Fred Davis
Jean Agnew
Will Agnew
Ella Booth
Nina Ondler
Elsie Wiley
Florence Arnold
Paul Wilson
Harry Schaller
W. A. Skallerup
Stewart Laird
John Edwards
Frank Assmus
Keystone
Dan Christiansen Company
Albertsen
PWA
Hoak Construction Company
Fred Debner
Germany
Garnaville
Debner
D. H. Miller
J. Hueneman
Albert Nagel
John Nagel
Fred Hager
John Fiet
Elkader
Ina Hibbard
Elisha Cook
Bernadine Wingert
Wellington Danielson
Richard Beck
Maxine Holtz
Kenneth Mueller
Fletcher Purinton
Charles Zimmer
Carl Nelson
J. W. Darragh
H. C. Metcalf Company
Robin C. Carewell
Louella Dreyer
George Dreyer
Delmar
George N. Churchill
George S. Churchill
Arthur Janssen
Churchill
Austin A. Hengan
Anamosa High School
Warren Kellogg
Lorrence Shifflett
Robert Bride
Channing Ziegler
William Hines
Frank Tinker
Chicago
Harrison Chapel
Mount Hope Cemetery
Tinker
Helen Tinker
Mortimer
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Depue, Ill
John
Wilmington
Dela
Masonic Lodge
Associated Press
Iowa County
Washington and
West 40Th Street
New York City
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