Court Upholds Denial Of Pensions For Parents Of Able Children
Iowa supreme court upholds state welfare board power to drop pension recipients with capable children. Reversing Winneshiek county ruling, the court notes board discretion in determining eligibility and investigates cases. The Schnebergers had drawn 13 and 11 dollars monthly. a son, a dentist, earned over 5000 dollars in 1938.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
State
Social Welfare Board
Winneshiek County
Mary
Joseph Schneberger
High Court
Board of Social Welfare
Schneberger
Abramsohn verdict and May term jurors in Iowa City
Judgment of 15150 awarded A Abramsohn by Judge H D Evans in district court against James Lacina Jr for negligent driving that damaged the plaintiff's storefront on Aug 10 1938. May term grand jury panel summoned with names listed. 1940 Iowa City police officers short course set for July 8 to 13 under Prof Rollin Perkins with courses in fingerprinting and photography previous year.
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A S Bane
Penn Township
Henry Durst
Sharon
Paul Kral
Oxford
John Leonard
Scott
Joek Mellecker
Liberty
A. H. Svoboda
Monroe
George Wanek
East Lucas
John Herring
University of Iowa
Rollin Perkins
College of Law
West Union Twins Mark 80th Birthday with Family Party
West Union celebrates the eightieth birthday of twins Clara Nent and W C McCleery. The event at Mr McCleerys home drew their son Harold, daughters Dorothy Frances and Judith Ann of Downers Grove, and relatives. The pair, born Sharon Mercer county Pa, moved to Auburn then West Union, and have long been local residents.
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West Union
Clara Nent
W. C. McCleery
Mr McCleery
Harold McCleery
Dorothy
Frances
Judith Ann
Downers Grove
Kent
Mr. McCleery
Sharon
Mercer County
Clara McCleery
A H Kent
McCleery
Dora Woolf
Lawrence McCleery
St. Louis
Cedar County Officials Face Unopposed Races in Primaries
No opposition in the June primaries for L. C. Hamiel treasurer and A. M. McCormick coroner both Republicans. Hazel Barnes Democrat faces no primary foe. Sheriff candidate slate includes Democrat Wo W Christian and challenger Foster Maxson, plus Republican rivals Hansen Hill Johnson. Multiple districts show incumbents opposed by both parties with several Republican hopefuls and a few unopposed seats.
Durant names in legal notice TBA
Bachus of Bennett and William R Hogan, H C Miller and R W Schiele, all of Durant, are listed among parties in a forthcoming legal or public notice.
National Manufacturers To Meet With Iowa Group May 17
DES MOINES announces a joint meeting of the Iowa Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Manufacturers on May 17. C R Sheaffer of W A Sheaffer Pen chairs the sponsoring committee and will host more than 300 top business leaders. NAM executives Howard Coonley and William B Warner will address the group at the Savery hotel urging support for the industry crusade promoting free private enterprise. Randalia high school annual issued with Dorothy Salisbury’s “The Spotlight of 1939-40” name winning entry.
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Des Moines
Iowa Manufacturers Association
National Association of Manufacturers
C. R. Sheaffer
W. A Sheaffer Pen Company
Howard Coonley
The
NAM
Walworth Company
Wm. B. Warner
McCall Corporation
America
Savery Hotel
Randalia
Randalia High School
Dorothy Salisbury
Rainy May Weather Lifts Iowa Crops Across State
Des Moines AP reports above normal temperatures and widespread rainfall in Iowa. Waterloo led with 1.30 inches, others measured .50 to 1.18 inches as clouds shaded the sun and May highs near 79 with cooler nights.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Carroll
Iowa Falls
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Ames
Alta
Charles City
Cherokee
Burlington
Albia
Forest City
Twenty Seven File For Primary In Buchanan County Race
Special to The Gazette Independence twenty seven Buchanan county office seekers filed nomination papers by closing time on Saturday. Republicans total twenty one and Democrats six with Democrats filing for four offices and Republicans for all but the county treasurer post where John Corcoran Jr is the sole candidate. Incumbents and candidates include J M Gimmel for county auditor A G W Blank and M O Fouts for clerk of court F W Fox and Ross R Hamilton and Frank F Potts for sheriff A W Hammelman and James L McDonnell for recorder John a A Cherney and John B Kramer for attorney PC Heege Nelson L Hersey for coroner Albert C Cox Ralph Catshall Wilbert H Frye George F Stemmons and others for supervisors with party lines listed for terms beginning 1941 and 1942.
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The
Gazette Independence
Buchanan
John Corcoran
J M Gemmel
John B Kramer
Independence
Heege
Nelson L. Hersey
Albert C Cox
Rowley
WE. Schuette
Jesup
George F. Stemmons
Howard Cappel
Ralph Catshall
Hazleton
Wilbert HH. Frye
Pheasant Hunter Jailed By Clue Of 2 Small Feathers
Two small pheasant feathers found after a search led to the arrest of Jay Sparks in the West Union area. Deputy Sheriff Robert G. Archer reported Sparks admitted guilt after the feathers were shown and said he believed he had destroyed the evidence. Sparks pleaded guilty in justice court and received a thirty day jail term and a one year hunting license suspension.
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The
Gazette
West Union
Robert G. Archer
Jay Sparks
Waterloo
Sparks
Archer
Justice Court
Funeral services held for Jack Cummins
Funeral services were conducted for Jack McMahon Cummins 18 son of Ruth and Joseph Cummins of Cedar Falls at Hintz funeral home with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. He died Sunday evening at his uncle and aunt’s home. Surviving are his parents and sister Mary Ellen of Cedar Falls.
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Oelwein
Jack McMahon Cummins
Hintz
L. W. Hauter
First Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Jack
Ruth
Joseph Cummins
Cedar Falls
Harry Day
Oclwein
Mary Ellen
Monmouth
Hotel Julien
Dubuque
Marjorie Sanderson
Donald Coffin
Supt. Tomlinson
Kenneth Kilby
Virginia City
Toby
M W. A. Hall
Margarite Thompson
Ellen Balster
Eugene Collins
Walter Allen
Milton Snyder
James Hamilton
Maibaums Middle town Mural staged at Iowa City
Maibaums play at University of Iowa theater presents a biting caricature of a Midwest town. A German persecuted young artist and a conformist club woman drive the plot with a hometown wafting of democracy themes and ardent femininity shaping the romantic arc.
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Maibaums
Jlan Witmer
Iowa City
Grant Wood
Middletown
Standpatter
Young America
Richard Maibaum
University of Iowa
Maibaumm
New York
United States
Postville Class Play Leads with Brewer Thoma in Senior Example
Postville High School presents the senior class play Remember the Day with Rose Marie Brewer and Wesley Thoma in leading roles. The cast includes Robert French Paul Gruhn Robert Foels Eric Lubke and many others with Lloyd Everman as stage manager and Pauline Smith directing.
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the Gazette
Postville
Rose Marie Brewer
Wesley Thoma
Robert French
Paul Gruhn
Robert Foels
Eric Lubke
Marjorie Roth
Helen Sander
Duane Kamp
Keith Smith
Marie Meyer
Bernice Oldag
Duane Schroeder
Harold Marion
Maxine Kitls
Violet Schroeder
Harry Olson
Lorayne Jacobs
Lloyd
Frank Ressler Swisher farm worker ends life
Iowa City authorities report Frank Ressler a 58 year old farm worker died by his own action at the Charles Schlueter farm near Swisher. Ressler hanged himself in a hog house while the Schrader couple were away. He was despondent and in poor health for years. He is survived by three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at Polansky chapel Cedar Rapids Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in Hala cemetery.
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Iowa City
Paul Reed
Johnson County
Frank Ressler
Charles Schlueter
Swisher
Ressler
Schrader
Cedir Rapids
Former Anamosa Mayor Joseph Fesin dies at 80
Funeral services are set for Joseph G. Fesin 80 former mayor of Anamosa died at his home Sunday night The service will be at the Methodist church Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev James Delahooke officiating Burial will follow in Riverside cemetery He was born in Fairfield worked 44 years for the Northwestern railroad as a Midland branch fireman from Anamosa to Clinton He married Martha Graft of Olin in 1888 Surviving are three children George Anamosa John Monticello and Mrs Bernice Tirey Terre Haute Ind two brothers John Minneapolis and Thomas Victoria Tex and six grandchildren
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Anamosa
Joseph G . Fesin
Methodist Church
James Delahooke
Riverside Cemetery
Fairfield
Fegan
North Western Railroad
Midland
Clinton
Martha Graft
Olin
Fegian
I. O Qof
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers
George
John
Monticello
Bernice Tirey
Terre Haute
Ind
Minneapolis
Thomas
Victoria
Tex
Thieves Take Cigarets and Cash From Grinnell Venues
Grinnell police report thieves stole about five cartons of cigarets from the Dixie Inn in the town business district. Jerry Miller says the burglars broke a window to enter and left $350 in an unlocked cash register. Separately a Grinnell College bookstore employee found about $40 missing from the library building after Sunday night, with entry believed to come through the library.
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Grinnell
Dixie Inn
Highway
Jerry Miller
Grinnell College
Willkie To Sneak In Des Moines May
Willkie will speak in Des Moines on Friday May 17 as part of the May parade of candidates to Iowa. The New Yorker is seen as a dark horse for the GOP nomination and will address a statewide meeting at Shrine auditorium.
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Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Iowa
Wall
The
New Yorker
Shrine Auditorium
Sixth District
George Olmsted
Thomas E Dewey
Marshalltown
Dhe
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N.Y
GOP
Paul V. McNuit
Young Democrats
Waterloo
James A Farley
Burlington
Wallkie
Commonwealth and Southern
Great Southern Utility
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Winneshirk
High Tribunal
Iowa Social Welfare Board
Morris
Firet
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Tipton
L. C. Hamiel
J. M. Blazek
A. M McCormick
Louis Hansen
Mechanicsville
Virgil Hill
Stanwood
Alvin J. Johnson
Reid L. Hunt
Ray A. Potter
J. H Maurer
Elmer Wilke
Frank Lausen
Ernest Eilers
George L. Fraseur
J. E. Morton
Ed Nebergall
Charles W. Spear
John P Jensen
E. A Gray
Charles Pieper
West Branch
Thomas Crees
Atalissa
Austin Ellyson
George Rochik
Durant
Arthur
Iowa Group
Ues
Annouwncine
Delun-Tone Studebakers
Studebaker
C.I.T
Studebaker Dealers and Roosevelt Hotel
Kadlec Brothers
16Th Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Buchanan County
Clue
Ku Klux Klan
C Mabie
Dorothea Carlson
Henderson Forsythe
University
Mary Elizabeth Windigler
Maibaum
Willkie
Dr. UU
Smith
Star Jewelry CO
Second Street SE
A. Comune
Stnola
Frooucy
Ivory
Lap Ea Ei
de Luxe
People’s
First Ave
Census
Maquoketa
Martinsburg
Delta Eae
Barnes City Sea E Wees
McGregn
Monument Company
Third Avenue
Walter M. Krebs
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