Liquor-By-Drink Battle Seen In Iowa House
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa House decisively rejected an early move on liquor by the drink, dumping 52 measures into the wastebasket and delaying action as the session proceeds. Rep. Roan said the plan was ill advised but could be reported out later by the sitting committee. Rep. Souis urged lawmakers to focus on more important legislation, noting whisky access remains easy.
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DES Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
House
LaMar Foster
Phil Roan
Fort Madison
Roy J. Souis
Charles City
Beer bill sparks debate in Iowa legislature
Des Moines reports Senator Howard Baldwin criticizes the house liquor control committee draft as beerless and seeks stricter enforcement of the current beer law. He cites Dubuque County enforcement successes and says local effort should govern compliance while Rep Gallagher defends the bill as a cleanup of beer dives under existing permits.
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Des Moines
INS
Howard Baldwin
Cascade
Iowa House Liquor Control Committee
Senate
House
Baldwin
Dubuque
Hardwins
J P Gallagher
Williamsburg
iWe
Consumpton
Boy Hooks Ride On Car Injured Driver Must Pay Damages
Waterloo district court awarded 13 year old Harry Junior Samuelson $4,750 for injuries from January 6, 1936 after hooking a ride behind Cyrus M. Sherrill’s automobile. Samuelson sought $13,000 for brain injury possibly causing epilepsy, back injuries, and leg and foot damage. Sherrill testified he did not invite the boy and that he heard others shouting behind the car. Samuelson released and collided with Russell Cowin’s car, but Cowin was dismissed per Judge Hasner.
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Waterloo
Harry Junior Samuelson
Cyrus M. Sherrill
Chamberlain Corporation
Sherrill
Russell Cowin
Cowin
R. W. Hasner
Tama Indian Held for Drunk Driving
Jim West Indian was jailed after his car allegedly struck two vehicles. He faced mayor Carnal's court for driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. Putney of Toledo owned the car. West bound over for preliminary hearing with bond set at $500.
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Tama
Jim West
Jim
E C
Carnal
West
Jack Putney
Toledo
Moyer
Dave
Putney
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Crime, Education And Trials
Iowa City prosecutors charge Henry Bush with breaking and entering after an alleged late Monday home invasion. Johnson county farmers receive the first of 647 soil conservation checks totaling over 90000 dollars. Two divorce cases heard in district court seek custody of four children amid alleged cruelty. Iowa City police training program approval urged by Chief Paine. Judge Gaffney places four youths on probation for forgery and break in. Ten University of Town professors cited in Chemical Who's Who 1937 edition alongside the late James M Pearce.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Henry Bush
Bush
Johnson County
James P Gaffney
Catherine Watkins
John Watkins
Marie Kincaid
Cornelius Kincaid
University of Iowa
C. QO. Paine
Paine
James M Pearce
Iowa
University
Edward J. Bartow
George H. Coleman Perry A Bond
Jacob Cornoy
William G. Eversole
Henry A. Mattill
Hubert L. Olin
L. C Radford
Louis Waldbauer
Jack J. Hinman, Jr
Tama County Dentist To Fly His Own Plane
Special to The Gazette. Dr A J Ploog, a Tama County dentist, is likely the first resident to qualify as a licensed pilot. He has been taking flying lessons since fall and has accumulated enough hours to attempt the license. local observers note the achievement and his plans to solo in the near future.
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Tama County
TRAER
Itneom Snow Wal
A J Ploog
Aqne
Charlotte
Ord
Owner of largest Iowa farm dies at 74
Odebolt Iowa reports W P Adams 74 owner of the largest Iowa farm dies in Miami Florida after weeks of illness. He built a 6400 acre Sac county wheat ranch valued for fertile land and no mortgage. He once led First National Bank Odebolt and sat on International Harvester board. His son Robert now manages the farm. He had AAA corn selling loan record of 301320 bushels in 1933.
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Odebolt
W. P. Adams
Iowa
Miami
Fla
Adams
Robert
Sac County
North Dakota
Wheaton
Robert Adams
First National Bank of
International Harvester Company
Chicago
John Q. Adams
John Adams
Continental Olinois National Bank
Federal Agricultural Adjustment
United States
AAA
Henry C Wallace Adams
Vestris
James A Claxton former Fayette Bank president dies at 82
Funeral services were held Thursday for James A Claxton aged 82 former president of the State Bank of Fayette. He resigned recently after serving as director since 1901 born in Amboy New York he moved with his parents to a Fayette area farm in 1863 married Emma Elphick in 1879 they had four children and moved to Fayette in 1916 burial was at Dunham's Grove cemetery led by Rev John P. D Clinton.
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Fayette
James A Claxton
State Bank of
Dunham's Grove
Bessie Wroe
Inglewood
Calif
Robert T
Claxton
Forrest B
Bernice Lieber
Wahpeton
N. D
John PD. Clinton
Dunham's Grove Cemetery
Sprouse and Kemp Lead Conesville Junior Senior Play
Josephine Sprouse and Merle Kemp headline the Conesville junior senior play Susie Steps Out to be staged April 7 directed by Miss Virginia Stauffer. Rehearsals with cast members Max Heither De Etta Abbott Norman Hawkins Viola Buckman Grace Westaway Letha Holladay Jack Jean Harold Buckman Lawrence Yocum John Buser Edith Wolford Frances Ramer Merle Scott under way.
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Specis
The
Gazette
Conesville
Josephine Sprouse
Merle Kemp
Virginia Stauffer
Susie
Max Heither
de Etta Abbott
Norman Hawkins
Viola Buckman
Grace Westaway
Letha Holladay
Jack Jean
Harold Buckman
Lawrence Yocum
Jonn Buser
Edith Wolford
Frances Ramer
Merle Scott
Curtiss Baker To Stand Trial In Marengo April 5
Des Moines man Curtiss G. Baker faces trial in Marengo on securities law violations after Linn county acquittal on a related charge. He allegedly took 150 to 300 dollar payments from Cedar Rapids, Marion, Marengo and Williamsburg residents for unfulfilled movie film delivery routes, totaling about 7000 dollars. Local witnesses include Clarence Simmons of Marengo and Francis Benest of Williamsburg.
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Marengo
Linn
Curtiss G. Baker
Des Moines
Baker
Iowa
Harold B Claypool
Iowa County
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Williamsburg
Linn County
Clarence R. Simmons
Francis Benest
Bus Hits Truck Near Webster Injuries None
A northbound Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa city bus collided with a truck south of Webster around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The report states no injuries and lists Joe Bonner as the bus driver.
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Sigourney
Cedar Rapids-Ottumwa
Webster
Joe Bonner
Iowa Christmas retail sales rise nearly ten percent
Iowa retail business in the 1936 Christmas quarter topped 196.3 million dollars, up from 179 million the year before. Sales tax returns cited a 10 percent gain, with Louis E. Roddewig noting the totals reflect the holiday season performance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
State Board of Assessment and Review
Forty-Nine Plays In Second Section Of Drama Contest
Iowa City hosts the second section of the University of Iowa festival with forty nine plays March 31 to April 3. High school and junior college casts perform in two venues with class B and C plays on Wednesday through Friday and class A and junior college on Saturday. Entries include Franklin Muscatine Chariot Lincoln East Waterloo etc and Washington Tipton Independence Waldorf Muscatine Chariton Creston Bloomfield.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dramatics Arts
Studio Theater
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Chariton
McKinley
East Waterloo
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Belle Plaine
Britt
Postville
New Hampton
Humboldt
Sigourney
Waverly
Valley Junction
Missouri Valley
Wilson
Jesup
Nevada
Panora
Mt. Pleasant
Sumner
Ogden
Lohrville
Wyoming
North English
Winfield
Danville
Carpenter
Lone Tree
Dunkerton
Washington Township
Minburn
Kensett
West Branch
Aplington
Ochevedan
Manilla
Mt. Vernon
Guttenberg
Maynard
Washington
Tipton
Independence
Waukon
Waldorf
Creston
Bloomfield
McGregor CCC camp marks fourth birthday April 4
McGregor hosts a fourteenth anniversary program for the civilian conservation corps camp on Sunday April 4 with a 9 a.m. tour of erosion control projects for Clayton county cooperators and local residents. The day includes a dinner program a sports and entertainment slate trophies on display and a 5 p.m. closing inspection led by Captain Joseph A. Whelan. The McGregor camp roots date to 1933 with origins at Fort Des Moines Hokah and a move to McGregor later that year.
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McGregor
McGregor CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
United States
Clayton County Cooperators’ Association
D. D. Rokusek
R. O. Oestern
W. I. Towle
G. H. Gilmore
Joseph A. Whelan
McGregor High School
Harvey T. Hartmeyer
McGregor Camp
Iowa
Fireworks Ban Is Not In Effect This Year
DES MOINES INS. The legislature passed a bill and Gov Kraschel signed it keeping fireworks allowed this Fourth of July. The ban on sale and use begins January 1 except sparklers which are allowed.
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Des Moines
INS
N. G. Kraschel
Ainsworth Man Dies in Crossing Crash
Roy Moore aged 52, an employee of the state highway commission, was killed when his car was struck by an eastbound Rock Island freight train at a crossing on the east edge of Ainsworth Iowa. The accident occurred during windy rain. Moore’s car was hurled 200 feet and demolished. He leaves a wife Jessie Hunt and two sons Donald and Robert, plus his parents and several siblings.
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Soashington
Roy Moore
State Highway Commission
Rock Island
Ainsworth
Moore
Albert Moore
Defense Coup Blocks Trial Of Sioux City Jeweler
Sioux City prosecutors sought a workaround after a defense coup halted the conspiracy trial of Jeweler W A Ehlerman, accused of helping four gangsters rob his store of 37000 to collect insurance. Ehlerman’s attorney argued the grand jury records were illegally seized, forcing testimony involuntarily, and the trial was postponed from March 29.
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Sioux City
INS
Maurice Rawlings
W. A. Ehlerman
Ehlerman
George Gorder
Local Grocery Listings From City Advertisements
Several street and avenue ads list small grocery and market names with addresses and contact phone numbers. Jensen Brothers, Henry Jensen, Jerry Klinsky, Mess Food Shop, Miller's Select Foods, and others appear with locations on 16th Ave SW, Oakland Ave, 1st Ave NE, K St SW, B Ave NE, 16th St SE, and 3rd Ave SE.
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Vavra Bros
Central Park Grocery
E Ave
College Grocery
13Th St
Eaton’s Food Market
1St Ave
GC. L. Gerdl
2Nd Ave
Gordon Grocery
Marion
Highland Grocery
13Th St. NW
16Th Ave
Oakland Ave
Dial
Jensen Brothers
Henry Jensen
K St
Jerry Klinsky
B Ave
Mess Food Shop
16Th St
Miller’s Select Foods
3Rd Ave
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Roan
Beer Bill
Severa
Beno Tarek
Tarek
Tom Updercraft
Kenmore Food Shop
Ciaresc
SWIFT
Vperow
Tine Wills Bros
Climax Wile Paper
Riverside Farms
Washigton
Shearer Farm
Wren
Tod
James A. Claxton
Fayette Bank
Curtiss Baker
Lear Ne
Matthiessen Grocers Eos
First Avenue
Tee Foods
Graham
America
Good Housekeeping Institute
CCC
G.W.C
G. W.C. Coffee
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Nee Dbe
LUX
Shurfine Beverages
Harge
W.C
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