Iowa Supreme Court Orders Removal Of Ottumwa Officials
The Iowa Supreme Court ordered removal of Mayor Edwin C. Manning and two Ottumwa city commissioners for alleged budget act violations and related acts. The ruling voided earlier findings of unconstitutionality and noted the actions did not prove moral turpitude. Removal cannot take effect until terms end, as re elections had occurred.
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WL. Disbrow
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Ince
King
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Otwa
Get
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Wakefield
Xhat Manning
Supreme Court
Disbrow
Davies
Dave
Taha
Alienation suit of cousins on trial at Marengo
Special to The Gazette. I Marengo Trial in Uthoff alienation of affections suit began after jury paneling. Plaintiff Charles E Uthoff seeks 25000 damages from cousin Benjamin Uthoff for gifts to his wife and prompting her to dances. He alleges wife left him after Oct 2 1934 visit to Edward Hines Veterans Hospital. Marengo jury seated with Ivo Baldwin Leo Cash Alice Gode Kenneth Kolosik Frank Koehn Boyd Netser Kermith Rhoades Harold Reiss Clarence Schmidt E Vogt Earl Van. Attorneys named. District Judge Harold D Evans presiding.
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Marengo
Uthoff
Charles E. Uthoff
Benjamin
Edward Hines
Ladora
I Frank Koehn
Victor
Boyd Netser
Parnell
Kermith W. Rhoades
Harold Reiss
North ‘English
Clarence Schmidt
Homeistead
E. A. Vogt
Homestead
Earl van
Millersburg
B. L. Wick
Cedar Rapids
W. E. Wallace
Williamsburg
David G. Bleakley
R. G. Popham
Harold D. Evans
Mechanicsville Garden Short Course To Be Led By Norman Morris
The Mechanicsville Garden Club sponsors a two day garden short course at the town hall Thursday and Friday. Norman A. Morris, landscape architect for the extension service at Iowa State College, will conduct sessions on planning the home grounds planting special gardens rock gardens pools pergolas sundials and construction problems. A home visit will discuss applying theory and a demonstration plan will be prepared. Hand colored lantern slides will illustrate the program.
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Mechanicsville Garden Club
Norman A. Morris
Extension Service
Iowa State College
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Chelsea Boys Get Six Months For Theft
Walter Ryan and Eric Duncan, both of Chelsea, pled guilty to break in charges in Tama county. Judge Carl B. Stiger sentenced them to 180 days in county jail and fines of 25 dollars plus costs. Stolen items included a gum machine and cash register adding machine valued at 50 dollars. Milroy Braye, 14, admitted involvement as lookout and faces larceny charges. his case was referred to juvenile court.
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Toledo
Walter Ryan
Eric Duncan
Chelsea
Tama County District Court
Carl B. Stiger
Frank Polka
E. O. Harris
Raphael R. R. Dvorak
Albert Ryan
Milroy Braye
Elberon
Ryan
Duncan
Braye
S. A. Brush
Toedo
Observes His Sixtieth Anniversary As Lawyer
In Washington Indiana Colonel C J Wilson observed his sixtieth anniversary as a lawyer after completing the bar in 1875 He studied at the University of Iowa and now shares an office with his son Carlton C Wilson though not fully able to handle his work He still attends court sessions and visits judges having served on governors staffs for thirty years as a Republican and has held city and county offices. Funeral services were held for Elizabeth McKean 80 pioneer resident of Jones county who died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Olin Iowa Burial was at Wyoming cemetery She was born near Onslow the eldest daughter of Louis Maple and married Robert E McKean in 1874 later moving to Waterloo then to live with her children before health declined She is survived by two daughters Mrs W O D Merritt and Mrs M J Munn and a son Hugh C.
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Wyoming
Onslow
Waterloo
W OD. Merritt
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M. J. Munn
Eric
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Yankeytown
Fla
Oppose Chain Store Tax Bill in Senate
In Des Moines Iowa opponents of the Harrington Burlington chain store tax bill held a Monday hearing in the state senate chambers after presenting the opponents case last week. They argued the plan imposes burdens on stores under common management and a gross receipts tax, while reading figures showing many independents vs chains in Iowa.
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Des Moines
State Senate
B. D. Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leonard Simmer
Ottumwa
R. E. Palmer
Ida Grove
Henry Vagts
George, Ia
F. J. Kerr
Postville
Fred Christopher
Bremer County
Vagts
Albert Stone
Avoca
700 Participants In Iowa Festival Of Plays And Oratory
Special to The Gazette in Iowa City more than 700 persons from thirty eight high schools seventeen junior colleges and sixty eight community play houses will compete across eighteen contests through Friday and Saturday. Plays debates oratory extemp speaking and artistic reading are staged on four venues with a new group rating plan to rank casts.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
United States
Alonzo J. Morley
Brigham Young University of Utah
A. Dale Riley
University of Minnesota
Wallace A. Goates
Utah State College
Gertrude E. Johnson
University of Wisconsin
Virgil Geddes
Iowa
Donald Winbigler
April 1 in Des Moines Promises Pranks and Penalties
All Fools Day arrives with widespread reminders of tax deadlines and license renewals in Iowa. State income tax returns delinquent, first quarter sales tax due, corn dog license deadlines, dog licenses delinquent, half year tax penalties, old age pension assessments delinquent, auto and truck license penalties rise, new fishing and hunting licenses go on sale, and city election winners assume duties.
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Nothing But The Truth play slated at Newhall High
Newhall high school juniors present a three act play Nothing But The Truth Friday evening under Miss Faye Bigelow. Cast includes Charles Horwedel Marjorie Tweet Lucille Werning Arnold Hertle Clifford Olson Georganna Stelling Arlene Wilhelm Jeanette Wheeler Albert Meyer Lloyd Larson and Mable Boddicker.
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Newhall
Newhall High School
Faye Bigelow
Charles Horwedel
Marjorie Tweet
Lucille Werning
Arnold Hertle
Clifford Olson
Georganna Stelling
Arlene Wilhelm
Jeanette Wheeler
Albert Meyer
Lloyd Larson
Mable Boddicker
Town Election Results Across Several Cities
Winton Mayor George N. Urice was re elected with 522 votes amid 1,400 total ballots, while George W. Reynolds trailed at 347.Treasurer Ralph Bordewick and assessor W. B. Franklin were re elected. several incumbents and new council members were listed for Toledo Anamosa Maquoketa Decorah Grinnell Waukon Tama Ottumwa Manchester Coralville. In Toledo Dr A A Pacei won mayor with 260 votes. Anamosa approved a municipal band tax. Decorah elected six new council members. Tama elected E C Carnal mayor. Ottumwa mayor Edward Manning won re election by 1 955. Coralville mayor Ed Koser secured an eighteenth term.
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Russell Shreeves
Jennie B. Quinn
Fred Braginton
C. W. Sauer
G. A. Ramsdad
G. W. Kelso
Carl Kouba
E. D. Troxel
Carl Evans
C. J. Kline
W. H. Trimble
D. D. Troxel
Alfred Moelk
Toledo
A. A. Pacei
Morgan
Batcher
M. J. Krezek
Sarah Sime
W. H. Hufford
Joey Vana
C. G. Moore
E. A Donaldson
H. C. Hunnicutt
H. A. Runkle
Anamosa
John Goodman
A. A. Clarke
Lee Lanner
George Zeuch
Robert Deyo
J. A. Hartman
Maquoketa
S. R. Peake
D. A. Joles
W. H. Sims
John Jargo
Guy Anderson
Pierce Mitchell
Ernest W. Gibson
Dale J. Easton
M. W. Joiner
Gene J. Jensen
Decorah
Joseph B. Borlaug
W. F. Baker
J. Linnevold
George A. Baker
Fred Bierman
E. T. Haugen
D. H. Hill
Toleff Johnson
T. E. Kerndt
A, Decker
W. R. Ryan
T. L. Webster
John C. Jacobson
John Colsch
R. R. Jeffries
P. J. Ma
Anna _Jabe
Ray Adair
Claire Cory
W. H. Malin
George Bogle
Alfred O. Guy
E. E. Ehret
Edwin C. Manning
Orval Fullmer
Manchester
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E. G. Dittmer
Charles J. Leeds
T. Jay Matthews
Frank B. Wilson
C. J. Hockaday
Frank A. Lundell
Howard Drew
Archie Lyman
Charles J. McCormick
Shannon B. Chariton
Fred W. Hermann
D. J. Meggenburg
George T. White
Progressive
Thomas
M. Martin
Martin
Coralville
Ed Koser
Koser
Mother and son die within hours in Grundy Center
In Grundy Center Pat rick Mitchell 95 and her son William 61 died within hours of each other at their homes Monday morning. Martin Mitchell had been staying with his brother William who had cancer of the spine. William died at 5 am and Martin found their mother already dead. A daughter Mrs Charles Castle of Britt had stayed with her mother the last month. Double funeral services set for Wednesday at the Catholic church in Grundy Center.
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William
Martin Mitchell
Martin
Louis
George
Charles Castle
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Mount Vernon Citizens Endorse Rural Roads Plan
Mount Vernon trustees led by J E Bowers Tom Milholm and Emil Biderman endorsed grading and surfacing three miles of road from Palisades road north to No 30. They presented the plan to county supervisors along with three other road petitions including routes from No 30 east of Lisbon to Andrae cemetery and Hoosier lane near Cedar county, plus routes west into Ivanhoe and toward Frank Pitlik corner.
Waterloo Defeats City Hall Project Vote
Waterloo voters rejected a plan to build a $278,000 city hall and auditorium in Lincoln park by more than two to one. Results: 3,090 for and 6,602 against with $199,500 in bonds and a $78,500 grant from the Public Works Administration.
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City of Waterloo
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86 Year Old Walker Man Struck By Measles
Special to The Gazette William Lammers age 86 is recovering here from an attack of the red measles. He makes his home with his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Martin Ploessel.
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Martin Ploessel
Rural mail carrier injured as horse and buggy crash near Maquoketa River
Manchester based rural carrier Everett Leigh ton, on Delaware county route, swapped to a horse and buggy to dodge mud. When the whiffletree broke near Bailey Ford, he was dragged from the rig and suffered a broken rib and other injuries. Driver Joe Moran was unharmed as the horses bolted to Ray Connell’s farm, where one horse was badly cut fleeing a fence.
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Manchester
Everett Leighton
Delaware
Maquoketa River
Bailey Ford
Oba Lyman
Joe Moran
Leighton
Moran
Ray Connell
Municipal Ownership Fails in Boone Vote on Electric Plant
Boone voters defeated a proposal to build an $850,000 electric light plant by 3,441 to 710, blocking municipal ownership. The outcome ends efforts to municipalize electricity provision in Boone.
Oelwein Mourns Anna Oelewein at 65
Anna Oelewein 65, longtime local figure tied to the city’s naming, died Monday of a heart attack. Three sisters survive. Funeral services set for Thursday. Grace Hall of Maynard wed Clarence Nichols of Dunkerton at First Methodist church parsonage in Fairbank on March 21. Officiant Rev. Clarence Oelske. Attendants Dorothy Elliott and Kyle Phillips. The couple plans a home on a Dunkerton area farm two and a half miles northeast.
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Grace Hall
W.F. Hall
Clarence Nichols
J. F. Nichols
Dunkerton
First Methodist Church
Fairbank
Clarence Oelske
Dorothy Elliott
Kyle Phillips
Oelwein
Mrs. Nichols
Kraft Birthday Picnic Near Van Horne
Relatives gathered at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Kraft four miles northeast of Van Horne for a picnic dinner and to honor the birthdays of Mr. Kraft age 58 and his daughter Mrs. John Voght of Vinton who was 32. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kraft of Cedar Rapids and other Kraft relatives plus friends from Newhall Belle Plaine and Vinton.
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Lester Kraft
Elvin Kraft
Clarence Erland
Orin
Earl
Robert Kraft
van Horne
Clutier Plans First Home Talent Play Dotty and Daffy
Plans are made for Clutier to present a three act comedy Dotty and Daffy in Z C B J hall on Easter Sunday April 21. The Clutier 7 C B J drill team hosts the event with Emma Dvorak directing the show.
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Dotty
Daffy
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