Lewis Says He Will Accept Federal Labor Post if Confirmed
J C Lewis president of the Federation of Labor said he would begin work June 1 if his confirmation for a $10 000 federal post as head of the national coal conference is approved He noted several potential successors including A A Couch Walter F Shadle Alf Hjort and Frank Wilson and indicated the federation’s annual convention in Sioux City on June 8 will elect a successor.
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S Moines
INS
J. C
Lewis
Federaion of Labor
Clyde L. Herthat
Enator Herring
Wis
Washington
Herring
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Walter F. Shadle
Cedar Pids
Alf Hjort
Albia
Frank Wilson
Bidion
The
Elkader Court Opens With 38 New Civil Actions
Thirty eight new Civil actions were filed with the district court clerk for the May term opening Monday with Judge W. L. Eichenoff presiding. Filings include six damage suits totaling 517,475.66 six foreclosures totaling 20,829.72 four note suits 9,749.23 two account suits 410.75 two divorce actions two wills two for accounting two set aside deeds one partition suit and one guardianship. Four terminal cases also listed: Schweikerd for breaking and entering, Powell for breaking and entering, Olson for intoxicated driving, and Nir for assault and battery.
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Elkader
W. L. Eichenoff
William 4. Schweikerd
Oscar Iowell
Louis Olson
Lloyd Nir
Cigaret and Beer Taxes Rise in April Collections
Des Moines report shows cigarette tax receipts for April at 132152 up from 126664 a year earlier and $131467 from March. Beer tax receipts reached 121468 in April, higher than 66032 last year, with wholesalers paying 36041 for permits, down from 37288 a year ago.
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Rahm
Hayesville stores and Wilkening Lumber robbed
The Rex Utterback store and the Wilkening Lumber Company in Hayesville were broken into late Friday night or Saturday morning. Forty dollars was taken from the Utterback store, with numerous articles missing from the lumber company. The Ralph Duree car was believed stolen and later found in Oskaloosa. Sigourney High School was also broken into. the safe was opened but nothing of value taken.
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Pecal
Gazette
Sigourney
Rex Utter
Wilkening Wlumber Company
Hayesville G
Utterback
Lumber Company
Ralph Duree
Oskaloosa
Sigourney High School
Congress Seeks Justice for Toledo Air Hero Bruner
Captain Donald L. Bruner of Toledo Iowa, distinguished flying officer, seeks congressional relief after a forced retirement due to spinal nerve disease. A long fought bill, favored by the Senate military affairs committee, would add one year of service and raise his retirement pay.
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Donald L. Bruner
H. L. M. Bruner
Toledo
U. S. Army
Uncle Sam
Congress
Senate
House
Bruner
Flying Corps
Army
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Speaker Foster Praises Killing 807 Bills in Iowa Session
DES MOINES AP Speaker LaMar Foster called the Forty Seventh general assembly’s firing of 807 bills a notable achievement alongside passed measures. He noted the homestead bill as the standout, warned reforms shift costs to consumers, and observed rising influence of groups like homeowners pension seeking teachers independent merchants and restaurants in politics.
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Des Moines
LaMar Foster
Forty-seventh
General Assembly
Foster
Kraschel
Agriculture Dept Revenue Reports Gains in April Iowa
The Iowa department of agriculture reported April receipts from fees licenses and oleo margarine tax total 44669.50. April 1936 receipts were 37743.99, up 6925.51 or 18 percent. Year to date receipts total 192558.77, up from 179374.36 for the same period in 1936, a 7 percent rise. Money collected goes into the state general fund.
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Des‘ Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Bishop Honors Fayette Negro Woman for Mission Work
Special to The Gazette Fayette Iowa the Fayette Negro Miss Susan Collins age 85 honored by Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of Omaha for thirty three years of missionary service in Africa The Fayette and Upper Iowa university celebrate their legacy of foreign mission work with Collins on the honor roll and a church collection sent to Mrs E Stanley Jones for Fayette collegians in foreign missions.
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Africa
Susan Collins
G. Bromley Oxnam
Omaha
Upper Iowa University
Dakotas
Chicago
Foreign Service
Methodist Church
J. D. Clinton
Fayette Methodist Church
Susan
Twelve Ounce Baby: Fight For Life Reaches One Month
Charles Peter Johnston, born 30 ounces at 6 15 am March 30, has survived thirty days in an Albia hospital incubator. Doctors note progress from red skin to healthier color and opening eyes. He may leave the incubator within a month as guardian K C Crabb handles finances and WPA work continues with parents.
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Albia
CINS
Charles Peter Johnston
R. A. Smith
Charles
Henry Johnston
Johnston
K. C. Crabb
Crabb
Man Near Death After Grinnell Auto crash
Martin Kux a 56 year old Cleveland salesman lay near death in a Grinnell area hospital after an auto truck crash seven miles northeast of Grinnell Friday night. The crash involved his car driven by Chester Kause 21 and a cattle truck driven by A E Ahrens. Kause claimed the cattle truck stalled and he could not stop as he came over a hill.
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the Gazette
Grinnell
Martin Kux
Cleveland
Kux
Chester Kause
A. E. Ahrens
Gilman
Kause
Ahrens
Elkport Couple Celebrate Their 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hafner of Elkport observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary with open house from 2 to 4 p.m. They married May 3, 1887 in Dubuque. He ran a meat business in Dubuque until 1900 then moved to Elkport. retired in 1923. Born in Bavaria he is 74, she was born in Dubuque 74. They have a son Robert Hafner in Elkport and a daughter Mrs. C Krieg of West Haven, plus four grandchildren.
Gypsies Take $9 From Postville Man in Rural Scuffle
A band of gypsies traveling in cars with Oregon Indiana and Nebraska plates were stopped by Sheriff George Harris between Calmar and Decorah. Carl Reincke of Postville said he was robbed of $90 by a woman. he identified her but did not prosecute after receiving $20 to settle.
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Decorah
Oregon
Indiana
Nebraska
George Harris
Calmar
Carl Reincke
Postville
Reincke
Former FCA cashier jailed for embezzlement in Omaha
Elmer Kelson of Council Bluffs former cashier of the Farm Credit Administration was sentenced to eighteen months in prison by Federal Judge J A Donohoe for embezzling more than 7000 dollars. He disappeared after the theft and later claimed he walked from New York state to Omaha to surrender. Upon arrival his feet were sticking out of his shoes, supporting his account.
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Omaha
Elmer Kelson
Council Bluffs
Farm Credit Administration
J. A. Donohoe
Kelson
New York State
Cornell College May Music Festival Features 100th Concert
Mount Vernon hosts the Cornell College May Music festival May 6 7 and 8 directed by Prof. Harold W. Baltz to mark the Chicago Symphony Orchestra hundredth festival appearance in Mount Vernon. Soloists include Olive June Lacey William Miller Ruth Pinkerton and Francis German with Bach B Minor Mass and Beethoven Symphony No 7 on the program.
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Cornell College
Harold W. Baltz
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock
Johann Sebastian Bach
Symphony Orchestra
Cornell Oratorio Society
Olive June Lacey
William Miller
Chicago
Ruth Pinkerton
Francis German
Cornell Conservatory
Miss Lacey
Cornell
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Middle West
Miller
Chicago Symphony
Evanston North Shore
Charles H
John Charles Thomas
Hans Lange
Frank Mannheimer
London
Kraschel Names Scholes to Unemployment Commission
Governor Kraschel appoints Walter Scholes of Council Bluffs to a four year term on the unemployment compensation commission despite a senate rejection. Scholes, labor union president, joins Peter Kies and Claude Stanley as the three members. Kies represents the public and Stanley represents business. The commission oversees unemployment compensation law and Scholes’ appointment faces future senate confirmation. Kraschel defends the choice, noting Scholes was organized labor’s first choice.
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General Assembly
Peter J. Kies
Dubuque
Claude Stanley
Corning
Senate
Nee
Forty-seventh Assembly
Kraschel
Scholes
Rural Fire Engine for Sigourney Delivered for Farm Aid
The Sigourney fire department under chief Rollo Conklin bought a new rural fire engine funded by local farmers in the Sigourney vicinity. The city will maintain the truck, and it will be used in emergencies only.
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Sigourney
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