Iowan Slain As He Fires On Officers
Avoca Iowa. Robert Moore 60, WPA laborer, shot at Sheriff, town marshal and deputy while resisting entry to inspect his four children for smallpox. The officers returned fire. Moore was killed. Marshal George Baker severely wounded, hospitalized in fair condition. health officer Dr C Huntley cited a state warrant to enter for exam and quarantine. Moore lived in Avoca for about 30 years. his widow and five to fifteen year old children survive.
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Avoca
Robert Moore
WPA
Pottawattamie County
Joe Perry
George Baker
Harry Eckhardt
C Huntley
Moore
Baker
Eckhardt
Omearshal
Council Bluffs
Huntley
Moores
Iowa
Sixteen Bands to Play in Postville Festival on May 22
Sixteen bands from four counties will perform at a Postville festival on May 22 with afternoon practice and an evening concert. Participating schools include El kader Hawkeye Volga City Cler mont Lansing McGregor Garna ville Elgin Farmersburg Monone na West Union Fayette Water ville Waukon Decorah Postville. The massed bands will be conducted by directors in a program featuring selections such as His Honor Princess of India American Boy American Patrol Night in June Trojan Prince On the Mall Stars and Stripes. The event marks the first of its kind with bands from Winneshick Fayette Clayton and Ramaker counties.
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Cravette Postville
Elkader
Hawkeye
Volga City
Clermont
Lansing McGregor Garnaville
Elgin Farmersburg
Monoena West Union Fayette Waterville
Waukon
Decorah Postville
Harold Halverson
No Fishing Signs Posted On Part Of Maquoketa River
Reading confirms fishing restrictions along a section of the Maquoketa River as posted signs indicate closures. The Gazette notes the measure applies to certain stretches while nearby areas remain open.
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Maquoketa River
Funeral Services For Aged Sherrill's Mound Woman
Iowa City briefs report funeral plans for an elderly Sherrill's Mound resident with services in Oxford on Thursday. Coroners investigate Clyde Simpkins death after his truck was struck at an Oxford railroad crossing earlier in the week. Survivors include two sons.
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Eune Laua Uuane
Clyde Simpkins
Oxford
Johnsen
Osdaes
Woon Leeper
Urbana High School to Stage The Antics of Andries
The Urbana high senior class presents The Antics of Andries directed by Wiss June Rorf at the Legion hall Tuesday evening May 18. Leads are Keith Elwick and Wonfred W Wyckoff with Leland Hanson Vanita Ferguson Dell Ferguson and others in the cast.
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Urbana
Urbana High School
Andries
Legion Hall
Wiss
June Rorf
Keith Elwick
Wonfred W Wyckoff
Leland Hanson
Vanita Ferguson
Dell Ferguson
Margaret Cook Luce Duffield
Robert Ford
Frerett Uilfield
Doris el- Mick
Leutence Hillead Orville
Hauser
Lowell Schelfhase
Salesman Held In Jail At Sigourney
A Chicago vacuum cleaner salesman bound over to bond by Major Hague on a false pretenses charge. He allegedly sold reconditioned units, collected for attachments not delivered, and awaits Hancock County Guthrie Center and Winfield authorities. Bond set at 1000 dollars. he failed to post.
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Sigoquanfy
Hague
Chicago
Major
Hancock County
Guthrie Center
Winfield
Tornadoes Strike Northern Iowa Cause Damage and Injuries
Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit northern Iowa, injuring Pete Sheffield who was trapped in a collapsing barn near Clarion and breaking a leg. Belmond, Clarion, and Roland experienced heavy damage with livestock losses and a damaged grandstand at Erickson park. Weather reports noted strong winds near Omaha and scattered rain across the state with a high of 80 degrees in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Belmond
Clarion
Roland
Pete Sheffield
Ralph Thayer
Erickson Park
Weather Bureau
Omaha
Stackenm
Town Falls
Dubuque
Charles City Atlante
Columbus Seniors Present Class Play in Auditorium
Miss Marjorie Reaney will lead the senior class play Guess Aga into be presented Wednesday evening at the Columbus high school auditorium under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Pollock. Cast includes Duarv Bitting Thomas McWilliam Alden Bebb Margaret Weber Wilma Dicks Isabelle Given Dale Wasson Clinton Green Jean Gentyler Max Bhiven Dorothy Dean Duncan Ruth Moran and LaVerne Leonhard.
Deep Caverns Open on Marquette Farm Project
Gerald and Tea Mielke and partners plan to open underground caverns on the Otto Mielke farm west of Marquette. Electric lines are laid and a winding stairway will be built. They aim to reveal the caverns to the public in June, describing a 29 by 12 foot chamber with a 60 foot ceiling and connected passages.
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Speralta
Gazette
Marquette
Gerald
Tea Mielke
Paul Jane
Fred Elet
Otto Mielke
Iowas
Gerald Mietke
Gersald
Uis
Goaleas
Sean Erefeen
Tata
Weber
Wyoming seniors stage Finger Prints play Friday
Special to The Gazette. Dorothy Rohwedder Henry Petersen and John Wehrers star in the senior class play Finger Prints to be presented in the Wyoming Opera House Friday.
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The
Gazette
Wyoming
Dorothy Rohwedder
Henry Petersen
John Wherrs
Wyoming Opera House
Fly-By-Night Real Estate Swindlers Target Iowa
Des Moines officials warn of fly-by-night real estate salesmen returning to Iowa after a two year gap. They pose as agents for out of state firms, seek an advance listing fee, then vanish. Officials urge police vigilance and note upcoming licensing training by state boards to counter the scam.
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Des Moines
API
Hhu Crenshaw
Iowa
Real Estate Commission
Crenshaw
Lowa Association of Real Estate Boards
Highway patrolman makes an arrest during a haircut
Special to T Gaze reports Tama state Foodway Patrolman Claver 6 Bot stopped a crime in the middle of a barber visit on Main Street. Flowers and others fled as officers pursued, leading to a driver being sentenced to ten days for diving while intoxicated. Patrolman Day and Waver Cabal returned to the barber shop after leaving city hall.
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Tama - State Foodway
Claver
Ralf
Pleo
Tina
Mount Vernon Orchestra Advances to National Contest
The Mount Vernon High School twenty eight piece orchestra earned a superior at the state music contest and will travel to Columbus for the national contest. Students including Robert Bisant with his baritone instrumental number performed well and the group planned meetings to coordinate travel and participation.
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Sprey
Mount Vernon
Columbus
Braup
Chase Bedet
Popotiers Oo
Robert Bisant
Mevt
Default entered against Gaughen in Edgewood bank case
The case Community Savings Bank of Edgewood versus M J Gaughen City National Bank of Clinton W A Anderson Allen R Thurn and Western Surety Company was continued to the fall term. All defendants appeared except Gaughen former cashier of Edgewood bank. Default will be entered against Gaughen whose whereabouts are unknown.
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Edgewood
Community Savings Bank of
M J Gaughen
City National Bank of
Clinton
W. A. Anderson
Allen R. Thurn
Clinton Bank
Gaughen
Western Surety Company of
Sioux Falls
Edgewood Bank
Iowa City Youths Arraigned in Country Club Breakin
Gail and Francis Pooler remained in the county jail while Dennis O’Brien, free on $1000 bond, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. O’Brien faced an information charging breaking and entering. district court will hear similar charges against all three youths.
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Iowa City
Gail
Francis Pooler
Cedar Rapids
Funeral Held for Ella Fuller in Independence
Ella Fuller 83 died at her son Charles home after a Sunday stroke. Funeral services were set for Wednesday at Charles home, led by Rev James A Dew-Brittain of St James Episcopal. Burial in Mt Hope cemetery. Born Ela Jane Fowler January 14 1854 in North Gilford Connecticut. Moved to Monticello New York at 17 and married Lafayette Fuller August 20 1874. Lived in Monticello Savannah Illinois and Independence for 35 years. Survived by sister Miss Hattie Fowler son Charles and three grandchildren.
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Gazett Independence
Ella Fuller
Charles
James A Dew-Brittain
St James Episcopal Church
Mt Hope Cemetery
Ela Jane Fowler
North Gilford
Conn
Monticello
LaFayette Fuller
Savannah
Hattie Fowler
Complete Plans At Iowa U Governor's Day
Iowa City expects about 1400 University of Iowa ROTC members to pass in review before Governor Nelson G Krasche and staff during Governor's Day ceremonies Saturday. The day ends with regimentals and a memorial union luncheon for guests including governors and military cadets.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Koystren
Gerald Ade
Ron Laren
Award Contract For Road 21 Into Dysart
The state highway commission awarded a contract in Benton and Tama counties for 19.587 miles of highway 21 from highway 30 north to Dysart to Concrete Materials Company of Waterloo for $48.13 million.
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Dysart
Amesap
Tnaitite
Weane
Benton
Tame Counties
Highway 30
Dyesart
Concrete Materials Company of Waterloo
Decorah Weather Destroys Barn Amid 0.79 Inch Rain, Wind
Rainfall of 0.79 inch and strong winds struck Decorah Tuesday night. The Vernon Duxbury farm north of town reported considerable damage to the barn due to the gusts.
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Decorai Decorah
Decorah
Vernon Duxbury Farm
Here
Road pleas dominate Linn county supervisors session
Debates over a $200 claim by Louis Blazey center the session as the board weighs alleged 1913 road widening to 66 feet in 1936 and a 13 foot strip taken from his Clinton township land with no compensation. The board also hears petitions on road improvements and county office space costs.
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Linn County
Louis Blazey
Cedar Rapids
Clinton Township
Blazey
Manavers
W. H Behrens
Behrens
Reverend Cedarholm Urges Souls Over Worldly Gain
The Rev Hilmore Cedarholm preached at Sunshine Mission urging believers to prioritize the soul over wealth. He warned that seeking only this life leaves one empty, and noted even small temptations can block heaven while presenting his glasses music method and a duet performance with Wesley Eagan Moran Jr at the piano.
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Hilmore Cedarholm
Sunshine Mission
Mr Cedarholm
Cedarholm
Jesus
Mr. Cedarholm
Wesley Eagan George Moran Jr
W. E. Fisher
Marion
Johnson County Cannot Buy Juvenile Home Land
DES MOINES AP The Iowa attorney general ruled that Johnson County may not purchase property for a juvenile home. County options were to buy a home for 9500 dollars, but state law bans purchasing for such use in counties under 40 000 population. Harold Westermark cited rented quarters already being used.
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Des Moines
Attorney Generals Office
Iowa
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Harold Westermark
Maccabees Name Supreme Delegates At Iowa Convention
The Iowa Maccabee convention opened at the Roosevelt hotel with 65 officers and delegates and an equal number of visitors. Homer Gardner of Des Moines and Charles Kjar of Council Bluffs were elected supreme representatives with E A Evans and James L Buck named alternates. Burgin was reelected state commander with officers listed. The event featured installations, ritual demonstrations, a luncheon by Charles L. Biggs, and an entertainment night at Moose hall. Tadpoles can be made to turn into frogs by feeding them thyroid tissue.
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Maccabee
Roosevelt Hotel
Supreme
Homer Gardner
Des Moines
Charles Kjar
Council Bluffs
E. A “Jack” Evans
Cedar Rapids
James L. Buck
Detroit
Society
S S Burgin
James L Buck
Jack” Evans
Betty Ervin
Newton
Esther L. Kelly
Fort Dodge
Nelle Burnham
Atlantic
C J Sills
Ames
Sentinel
Esther Smith
Manchester
Edna Kosgard
Davenport
S. 5S
Burgin
Charles L. Biggs
Roosevelt
Joe Rall
San Antonio
Tex
Ball
W. S Willard
Cedar Falls
A M — Hawkins
Red Oak
J. C Mitchell
Clinton
King Thompson
Clara Kuns
Maccabees
Moose Hall
Linn
Ioway Hive
Cedar Rapids Hive
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