Holbert Urges Farm Changes as Shush Shush Echoes
Holbert criticizes federal farm policy and trade treaties while urging Iowa voters to consider primaries and governor candidates with agricultural know how. He cites AAA results and Mull's treaties, warning of reduced corn production and rising costs, and notes Canada’s impact on horse and livestock markets.
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Iowa
Henry Wallace
Chicago
Des Moines
Washington
Holbert
AAA
Mull
Lowa
Canada
United States
Wheelock Cummings Buys Mitchell County Bonds
The Wheelock Cummings company of Des Moines bought 350000 worth of Mitchell county primary road refunding bonds at 144 percent interest. The premium paid was 401. Officials said the bonds mature at 50000 per year.
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Wheelock- Cummings Company
Des Moines
Mitchell County
Junior Senior Banquet Planned At La Porte High School
LA PORTE CITY The junior senior banquet will be held at the high school auditorium April 30. The mothers of the juniors will serve the banquet with Mrs. R. T. Paige, Mrs. Harold Brallier, Mrs. Clyde Anton and Mrs. William Turner heading the various committees. The class sponsors are Miss Pauline Fairley and Tom Sharples. The decoration committee is Wallace Mooney, Betty Foss, Robert Hencock, Dale Runyan, food committee Marie Jean Paige, Mark Butschey, Norma Christopher, property committee Vera Burrows, Florence Eastman, Darles Snell, Doris Ingles, reception committee Irwin Foster, Eunice Treese, Oren Hoyt, Betty Anton, Mary Turner, invitation committee Maxine Wilkinson, Betty Monroe, Bonnie Snell, Francis Young, program committee Lee Brallier, Everett Lockhart, Joyce Schaible, Ralph Strohecker, labor committee Garnet Olive, Orville Blough, John Hager, Kenneth Eastman, Lyle Gaide, Marion Lange, Russell Elliott, Russell Miszner, Lewis Neimeyer, Glen Palmer.
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LA Porte City
R. T. Paige
Harold Brallier
Clyde Anton
William Turner
Pauline Fairley
Tom Sharples
Wallace Mooney
Betty Foss
Robert Hencock
Dale Runyan
Marie Jean Paige
Mark Butschey
Norma Christopher
Vera Burrows
Florence Eastman
Darles Snell
Doris Ingles
Irwin Foster
Eunice Treese
Oren Hoyt
Betty Anton
Mary Turner
Maxine Wilkinson
Betty Monroe
Bonnie Snell
Francis Young
Lee Brallier
Everett Lockhart
Joyce Schaible
Ralph Strohecker
Garnet Olive
Orville Blough
John Hager
Kenneth Eastman
Lyle Gaide
Marion Lange
Russell Elliott
Russell Miszner
Lewis
Neimeyer
Glen Palmer
Columbus Junction Veterans Shine In Pre District Declamatory
Columbus Junction took two firsts in the pre district declamatory contest with Dorothy Weber dramatic class and Craig Huston humorous. Sam Gilman Davenport claimed oratorioal first. second places went to Roger Coulson Fort Madison Dor othy Stock Lone Tree and Stanley Kroeger Davenport. Judges were Windigler Abernathy and Larson from Iowa.
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Columbus Junction
Dorothy Weber
Craig Huston
Sam Gilman
Davenport
Roger Coulson
Fort Madison
Dorothy Stock
Lone Tree
Stanley Kroeger
Don Windigler
Elton Abernathy
Orvin Larson
University of Iowa
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Grants and Commencement
Special to The Gazette reports WPA aid totaling 36595 is sought to build 26 miles of farm to market roads in Johnson County with costs estimated at 89708 and completion in about 100 days. The University of Iowa anticipates 1000 degree applications before April 2 ahead of June 6 commencement and a five day program. Carlton Bowen has been elected president of Michigan Association of Road Commissioners and Engineers. Iowa elites gather for a meet of college presidents with notable attendees and a dinner hosted by the Iowa City Elks with Chief Justice Carl Stiger and guests.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
WPA
Johnson County
Board of Supervisors
Dan J. Peters
University of Iowa
HC. Doreas
Carl T. Bowen
College of Engineering
Michigan Association of Road Commissioners and Engineers
Eugene A Gilmore
Rufus H. Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh
W. S. Learned
New York City
Charles E. Griffith
Newark
N. J
Iowa Association of College Presidents
Carl B. Stiger
Toledo
Iowa
Iowa City Elks Lodge
Supreme Court
John E. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Wiley B. Rutledge
University College of Law
Harold D Evans
James P. Gaffney
Elks
Will J. Hayek
William Hart
F. B. Olsen
Kenneth Dunlop
Edward Rate
School Board Reelects Zimmer as President and Moeller as Secretary
Following the annual school election the board of education reelected Dr H W L Zimmer president and Ervin Moeller secretary. Committees were named and the board will meet April 4 to discuss teachers contracts.
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Dysart
Board of Education
H W. L. Zimmer
Ervin Moeller
Hold Des Moines Man For Slaying During Dice Game
Carroll Iowa AP Jack Daggs 44 Des Moines waiter held without bond after arraignment on first degree murder in the Feb 18 1937 dice game slaying of Earl Heider. Daggs arrested in Des Moines Monday and waived to the grand jury after arraignment. Richard Persing 31 awaits trial on a similar charge. indicted last November.
Judgment Settled in Ossian Car Crash Case
Elmer Gipp of Ossian withdrew his appeal from a jury award of 7500 to Louise Swenson who lost her left arm in a collision. The insurance company pays 4250 and the Gipp car was sold for 455, totaling 4705. A separate state case for failure to stop and aid will go to trial next Monday before Judge W L Eichendorf.
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Decorah
Elmer Gipp
Ossian
Louise Swenson
Gipp
W. L. Eichendorf
Fires Destroy Hundreds of Farm Chicks and Homes
Reports from several towns detail a major farm fire near Newhall burning 300 chicks with 100 saved as authorities say a short circuit started the blaze. Nearby structures at the George Werning farm were saved with no insurance. In Waukon, Frank Stanton farm fire destroyed house and multiple buildings with $7,500 loss. no livestock perished. Washington county hosts safety council meeting led by George Mohr. 300 members, one auto death in six months. Center Point Boy Scout troop to receive badges March 29 in Cedar Rapids. Tama funeral for William F. Cummings. West Liberty election features two tickets for mayor and council.
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Traer
Wmrs
Eli Axon
Goldfield
Tracer
James Philp
Weizels
Scotts
Axons
Riverside
A. E. Baldridge
Washington
C. S Cummings
Citizens
People's Ticket
Stewart
William Knebel
Joseph Paillioter
R. I. Marner
John Moss
Ralph Kloppfer
George Waldschmidt
William O'Loughlin
F. W Schnoebelen
Alphonse Libenguth
Knebel
Tipton
Paul F. Hill
Ruth Swanton
Home Economics
County Board of Supervisors
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Ira Oats
R. S. Johnston
W. C. Davis
Harry Hants
J. H. Rodruck
Dale Orris
George Sellers
W. A. Williams
Fredonia
J. W. Lee
Newhall
George Werning
Here
Waukon
Frank Stanton
Stanton
A. Claire Dewey
Henry-Washington County
Dewey
Elkport
John Henry Morstman
Horstman
Elkport Cemetery
George Mohr
Washington County Safety Council
J. L. Fry
Kalona
R. Ho Mahin
Ainsworth
Paul Snakenberg
Paul R. Horak
Treasury
Washington County
Patrick Payne
Omaha
Inter State
Iowa State Safety Council
Iowa State Highway Patrol
Center Point
McKinley School
Cedar Rapids
Leslie Liabo
Charles Woods
David Brownwell
Ivan Newland
Robert Woods
Pierce
Gerald Heefner
Deitz Newland
A. B. Pierce
TAMA
William F. Cummings
Yuma
Rock Island
Mr. Cummings
Railway Express
Leo B. Cummings
West Liberty
Andrew Guthrie
S. A. Buckman
C. W. Burkhart
H. O. Grandjean
Peoples
W. B. Jayne
F. T. Lawton
Jess H. Swart
Ed Sullivan
John Boden
M. A. Sander
Irwin Mosher
Fred Watters
R. P. Evans
Oelwein Man Sues City and Officers for Tear Gas Injuries
Donald Morrison aged 21 of Oelwein sues the city of Oelwein and officers Harold Finders and Ben Doty seeking 38000 dollars alleging loss of sight and other injuries from a tear gas gun.
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Donald Morrison
Oelwein
Harold Finders
Ben Doty
CIO Files Complaint Against Button Firm
The CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America filed with the National Labor Relations Board a charge against Hawkeye Pearl Button Co of Muscatine Iowa. It alleges Violet Puckett was fired for union activity on April 16 1937 and that the firm interfered with employees rights to organize for bargaining. A hearing was set for April 4 at 30 a.m. in Muscatine city hall.
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Chicago
Cito Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Hawkeye Pearl Button Company
Muscatine
Wagnes
Death of Grant G. Booton Near Toledo
Grant G. Booton of near Toledo dies suddenly Friday afternoon likely from a stroke. A committal service will be held Sunday at Woodlawn cemetery with Rev. T. W. Chisholm presiding. Booton, born May 22 1865 near Sigourney, lived on a farm west of Toledo with his wife Anna Risnex until her death in 1923. They had three children Mable Cleveland Mrs Bedford Latiner of Cedar Rapids and Norace Cedar Rapids. He served as a Methodist pastor in several towns before moving to Toledo in 1933 with later marriage to Viola Tomey.
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Springville
Mattie Deivees Spencer
Whittier
Friends Meeting House
Spencer
Ohio
Streator
Ill
Anna Thomas
Alice Standing
Earlham
Mary Plummer
Joe Deevees
West Branch
Isaac and
Barclay Deevees
Brooklyn
T. R. McGeorge
G. A. Orr
Raymond Anderson
Ellsworth Miller
Darlene Russell
Josephine Kretzingeer
Doris Gates Hoy
Genevieve Johnson
Leo Shuler
Ralf Reading
Dorothy Reimer
Muriel Burton
Florence Price
Agnes Lang
Jola Dehrkoop
Alice Hogan
Bennyhel Kirkpatrick
Anamosa
Frank W. Booth
New Hampshire
Riverside
Booth
Edmond Booth
Anamosa Eureka
Frank Booth
Nebraska School For the Deaf
Robert
Hanover
N. H
Tipton
Robert McClellan
Stanwood
Cedar County
Toledo
Woodlawn
Grant George Booton
T. W. Chisholm
The
Presbyterian Church
Booton
Viola Tomev
Manchester
Colorado
Bootons
Obituary and local notices span DeWitt Postville and Thornburg
Obituary for William C. Kuehn 67 of DeWitt dies after pneumonia at Jane Lamb hospital in Clinton. Survived by Emma Oosterberg wife two daughters Mrs Dieckman Mrs Ryan two sons Ira Lester and 11 grandchildren. funeral at 2 pm Sunday at the DeWitt Methodist church. Also notices of Dravis sale of Postville grocery to J C Flaskerud with possession April 1. Orren Eyrp’s suicide. Mechanicsville band fund drive. funeral for John Weininger near Alice. Thornburg election tickets. South English spelling bee participants with teachers and schools named.
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Dewitt
William C. Kuehn
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Preston
Emma Oosterberg
George Dieckman
William Ryan
Ira
Lester Kuehn
Y Postville
Mechanicsville
Alvin Davidson
Claire Heffelfinger
Siemers
Allen Jackson
Heffelfinger
Alice
John Weininger
Alice Church
Roth
Hubbard
Alice Cemetery
Thornburg
Marvin Kruse
Rudolph Draegert
M. J. Paimatier
Leo Morton
Harlan Moore
C. V. Sydebotham
Wendell Davis
John Galbraith
John McKay
Peter Roth
John Millen
Keith Moorehead
George H. Pendleton
Charles Prices
Charles Leonard
Sigourney
Dorothy Mae Powell
Lois Stansbury
Marian Littl
Franklin School
Keith Pence
Margaret Jaeger
Washington Rural School
Locust Grove
Elizabeth Holsopple
Iowa County Petit Jury Panel Drawn
Fifty jurors were drawn for the April district court term by County Auditor Werner Uhlmann Clerk J F Randolph and County Recorder Roy G Faas. The list includes Ralph Bahr Harts ford Marie Bott Hartford Lottie Bucher English Floyd Cheney English Gerald Collingwood English Isabel Carroll Marengo and many more with the term set to convene April 11 and petit jurors reporting April 25.
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Marengo
Werner Uhlmann
J. F Randolph
Roy G. Faas
Ralph Bahr
Hartsford
Marie Bott
Hartford
Lottie Bucher
Floyd Cheney
Gerald Collingwood
Isabel Carroll
W. F. Clevenger
Otis Clay-pool
Fillmore
H. R Collingwood
Lincoln
Perry W. Dillon
Evin Denzler
Washington
Emma DeMeulenacre
Honey Creek
L. &. Engelbert
Hilton
Lydia Jenkins
Minnie Zillmer
Greene
Petit Jury
Dysart Business Men To Build New Theater
Fifty Dysart Commercial club members completed plans for a modern theater on the J. W. Cory lot. The brick structure will seat 250 plus and cost about 2 1/2 thousand dollars with 5 thousand dollars capital sought. Howard Pollard of Reinbeck may operate the theater under a five year lease.
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Dysart
Commercial Club
J. W. Cory
Howard Pollard
Reinbeck
George Lee
Frank T. Jensen
J. C. Marsan
Carl Wuert
E. E. Dison
Adolph Moeller
K. G. Hix
E E. Dixon
E . Hix
F. T Jensen
Coporation
Dysart Improvement Company
His Talkative Wife Keeps Jim Quiet All Day
Mary Manners notes the contrast between Jim and his wife Della who talks constantly while Jim rarely speaks. The piece highlights how Della fills silences and Jim struggles to get a word in edgewise.
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Jim
Della
Promise of a brighter future and personal growth
A hopeful message encourages embracing the past, shaping a positive life through family support, and recognizing a husband’s kindness. The writer expresses gladness at having played a small role and asks for future progress updates and continued happiness.
How a widow finds companionship through church groups
A 54 year old widow seeks company and is advised to explore large churches and their women’s gatherings for inspiration and social contact. Fraternal organizations and lodges with varied social and civic activities are suggested as paths to meeting congenial companions.
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Miss Manners
South English Election Ballot Features Local Incumbents
Monday election in South English lists mayor J T Claypool versus D D Buchanan for mayor, H W Raplinger for treasurer, C H Claypool for assessor, and council candidates D C Fluckey Charley Keiser Logan Stull A Roland W E Dunn Donald Garrett and C Re Sprague. Center Point funeral for Gerald LaVerne Remer 16 son of Mr Mrs Ross T Remer at Center Point Methodist church Sunday 2:30 p.m. Burial Urbana. Remer died Friday.
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South English
J. T Claypool
D. D. Buchanan
H. W. Raplinger
C. H. Claypool
D. C. Fluckey
Charley Keiser
Logan Stull
A. Roland
W. E. Dunn
Donald Garrett
C. Re Sprague
Center Point
Gerald LaVerne Remer
Ross T. Remer
J. K. Delahooke
Center Point Methodist Church
Urbana
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Normal University
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Malcom High Auditorium
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