Des Moines Mourns Mayor Dwight Lewis in Funeral Service
Des Moines set to honor Mayor Dwight N. Lewis 68 with a Wednesday service after his sudden heart attack death. He taught Sunday school for 41 years at Central Church of Christ and had a long record in state and local government, with L. P. Love serving as acting mayor until a successor is named.
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Central Church of Christ
Oskaloosa
Congress
Joseph H. Allen
Drake University Law Department
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Commerce
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
Finance
L. P. Love
Monticello Couple Married 57 Years
Special to The Gazette Monticello Mr and Mrs George W Keith marked their fifty seventh wedding anniversary at their daughter Mrs Clara Dunlaps home in Manchester Their 1881 Manchester wedding began a long life on four farms in Hazel Green township retired in 1917 and settled in Monticello They are parents of four: Clara Dunlap Delhi B F Keith Monticello and Bess Dickey Masonville plus five grandsons five granddaughters and one great grandchild Beverly Talbot of Iowa ity
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George W. Keith
Clara Dunlap
Manchester
Mr. Keith
Hazel Green Township
B. F. Keith
Delhi
Bess Dickey
R. H. Dunlap
Masonville
Beverly Talbot
Iowa
Ity
Mortar Board Elects Ten Members At UI
Ten University of Iowa junior women were named as Mortar Board members for 1938 39. The ceremony, held near President Gilmore's home, announced the nine Iowa City honorees plus Barbara Mueller Davenport Jane Norman Keokuk Jane Hart Des Moines Marjorie Moburg Geneseo IL Harriet Ludens Morrison IN and Phyllis Wassam who becomes president as she had the most votes. The group adjourned to Iowa Union for formal initiation.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
Lown
Eugene A. Gilmore
Marion Whinnery
Barbara Lillick
Betty Holt
Phyllis Wassam
Mildred Fitzgerald
Barbara Mueller
Davenport
Jane Norman
Keokuk
Jane Hart
Des Moines
Marjorie Moburg
Geneseo
Harriet Ludens
Morrison, IN
Miss Wassam
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Mortar Board
Iowa Union
Bliss Announces Candidacy for Supreme Court Justice
W L Bliss of Senneff Bliss and Senneff announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for town supreme court justice. Bliss served on the supreme court bench from Sept 26 1932 to Dec 6 1932 following Gov Dan Turner’s appointment to fill Justice Grimm’s vacancy. The state judicial convention in Des Moines will decide the candidates as terms of four current justices expire this year.
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Mason City
W. L. Bliss
Senneff
Oldest Resident Of Mechanicsville Dead
Mechanicsville mourns as Robert A Bardue 89 the town's oldest resident dies after a long illness. Born May 23 1848 in Mercer county Pennsylvania he came west with his parents at age two and settled near Mechanicsville. He married Sarah Margaret West in 1888 and lived on the farm until 1918 before moving to town. Surviving are two sisters Sadie Cowan and Mrs James A Dorman Portland Oregon. Services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at the Presbyterian church.
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Robert A. Bardue
Mercer County
Robert
Mary Bardue
Sarah Margaret West
Tipton
Presbyterian Church
Sadie Cowan
James A. Dorman
Portland
Ore
Former Iowa Pilot Named Chief Commander for Atlantic Clippers
Capt Harold E Gray, a native of Guttenberg and veteran Pan American aviator, will serve as flight commander of Atlantic Clipper operations between America and Europe. At 32 he has logged over a million flight miles and earlier led the first experimental transatlantic clipper flight. He trained in the army air corps, studied aeronautical engineering, and has flown routes from Texas to Panama and between the Philippines and China.
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Army Air Corps
Brooksfield
University of Detroit
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Marine Division
Caribbean
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Philippines
China
Two Men Arrested for Iowa City Company Robbery
Two Rock Island cab drivers LeRoy Cook and Roscoe Neighbors confessed to breaking and entering at Shulman Coal in Iowa City. They were arrested in Rock Island and returned to Iowa City. They admitted cashing $15 checks at Smith's cafe and the Academy, plus two $12 checks in Rock Island. They are jailed awaiting forgery and burglary charges.
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Roscoe Neighbors
Bender
Smith’s Cafe
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Patrolman Jennings in Critical Condition in Ottumwa
Herbert W. Jennings 33 a Manchester area highway patrolman now in Ottumwa hospital with double pneumonia. Previously transferred from Manchester last fall he fell ill with streptococcus during a visit home and was briefly discharged before a relapse left him unconscious and in an oxygen tent.
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Herbert W. Jennings
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Manchester Friends Sunday
Meads Of Manchester Observe Anniversary
Twenty four relatives attended the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Mead in Manchester. Mr. Mead, 74, longtime Delaware county supervisor, and Mrs. Mead, 72, celebrate 50 years of marriage at the family farm they have operated for generations.
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Frank A. Mead
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Delaware County
Annual Public School Exhibit At Strawberry Point
The Strawberry Point exhibit showcased work from all grades and several junior and senior high departments in the gym. A third grade play, a one act by freshmen, and musical numbers were performed in the senior high auditorium.
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Strawberry Point
State Board Probes Center Point Case
The Iowa High School Athletic Association inquiry involves Center Point after Linn County barred the town from county activities for a year over a sitdown strike. Supt. Shupp and executive secretary Brown said a hearing for Center Point is expected in Des Moines before any decision.
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W. L. Shupp
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Center Point
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the Gazette
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Gas Tax Receipts Show Continued April Increase
Des Moines reports a $306,993 rise in gasoline tax receipts for April compared to last year. The 3 cent per gallon tax yielded $1,424,510.81, marking the third straight monthly gain and a $555,755 increase over March. Beer taxes and licenses reached $119,205.10, up $45,000 from March but down $3,363 versus April last year.
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Des Moines
INS
Leo J Wegman
Twelve hurt in Emmetsburg collision at intersection
Twelve persons were injured when cars driven by Charles Waldron, an Emmetsburg cafe man, and Oscar Decker, a farmer, collided at an intersection Sunday while two families were en route to church.
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Emmetsburg
Charles Waldron
Oscar Decker
Engineer Dies After Stop At Boone
AP reports 66 year old Engineer George Billmire died of apoplexy moments after stopping the North Western passenger train in Boone. Groceries found beside his body from Council Bluffs suggest he intended to take them home on arrival.
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Boone
North Western
George Billmire
Council Bluffs
Iowa loan case reveals Herring estate foreclosure facts
Des Moines report shows a $46 000 second mortgage on the Ewing apartments settled for 1000 by stipulation with Iowa Loan and Trust Company receivers. Appraisers value notes of Herring Motor at no value due to foreclosure, extinction of the company, and doubtful guarantees by C L Herring. Governor Kraschel and George Wilson pursue fall campaign footing with Wilson touring eastern towns and Cedar Rapids rally plans.
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Ewing
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
George D. Jorgensen
Carl Mesmer
Ed Buckley
Herring Motor Company
Towa Loan and Trust Company
D. W. Bates
C. L. Herring
N. G. Kraschel
George Wilson
Wilson
Davenport
Marengo
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Mount Fossant
Town Officials Distanced From La Follette Third Party
Officials in La Follette area stressed they were not necessarily joining the third party movement. Key figures linked to Gov Kraschel include Bob Burlingame former secretary Byron G Allen and Garritt Roclofs an unemployment compensation actuary.
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Wisconsin
Bob Burlingame
Kraschel
Byron G. Allen
Garritt Roclofs
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Quote and politics swirl in a volatile campaign
Rep Gus Alesch predicts a tough race with a Kraschel aligned opponent while observers question Swift's polling place decision at the Marshalltown Soldiers' Home. Reports allege revived liquor routes and slot machine activity as a crackdown looms amid a quiet primary season and state utility assessments.
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Riverside Public School Juniors Host Senior Banquet
A Riverside commencement feature saw the junior class honor the senior class with a banquet at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Friday. Toast master Miss Phyllis Shalla led speakers including Richard Buchwalter Margaret Jane Griffin Superintendent Howard Holt H C Borup Rheta Herring Dale Burich and Gail Kern.
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Riverside Public School
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis Shalla
Richard Buchwalter
Margaret Jane Griffin
Howard T. Holt
H. C. Borup
Rheta Herring
D Dale Burich
Gail Kern
Traffic Toll Low Again Last Week
AP report notes three traffic fatalities in Town for the week lifting the year to date toll to 122. The week also saw six suicides, two drownings of Muscatine boys, and two drownings in a wading pool. A fatal explosion burned Mr. and Mrs. Will Matheny in Blockton as they tried to light a fire with a cleaning liquid.
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Will Matheny
Blockton
Matheny
Three Waukon youths injured in motorcycle collision
Three Waukon youths were injured when their motorcycle hit the rear of a car backing from a driveway on highway 9 two miles west of Waukon. James Allison, 21, suffered a double fracture of the left leg and head bruises. Charles Anderson, 17, is believed to have pelvic fracture. Ernest Sislind, 22, had minor bruises. Allison was taken to Rochester by ambulance.
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Rochester
Toledo High School Play Stars Anderson and Mohler
Kenneth Anderson and John Henry Mohler headline the senior class play Girl Shy to be staged at the Wieting theater in Toledo on May 3.
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John Henry Mohler
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Wieting Theater
Clarence Play Takes the Lead in New Fires Comedy
Clarence high school presents New Fires a three act comedy Tuesday Kieth Bixler stars as Stephen Santry with Elaine Klatt as his wife Emma Jean Sonnemaker Kathleen Luikart Orville Meyer Henry Hunawardsen Harry Meyer Elizabeth Ann Tucker Donna Kelly Lois Workman James Sawyer Dale Winey Dorothy Bachman La Von Schaaff and Paula Rienking lead the production crew includes Harold Doerman Clarence Miller Milton Behrens Lelan Pruess and Leroy Pruess.
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Clarence
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Kieth Bixler
Stephen Santry
Elaine Klatt
Emma Jean Sonnemaker
Kathleen Luikart
Orville Meyer
Henry Hunawardsen
Harry Meyer
Elizabeth Ann Tucker
Donna Kelly
Lois Workman
James Sawyer
Dale Winey
Dorothy Bachman
la von Schaaff
Paula Rienking
Harold Doerman
Clarence Miller
Milton Behrens
Lelan Pruess
Leroy Pruess
Boy Narrowly Escapes Blast at Des Moines Station
In Des Moines AP report 17 year old Robert Dulany, a Drake University freshman from Mount Ayr, survived a gas air compressor explosion at his employer’s filling station after choosing a chair by an open door. The malfunctioning check valve caused continuous compression. He was hurled 12 feet from the door onto a concrete driveway but uninjured. The blast damaged the station interior.
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