Confessed Attacker Alderson Sentenced in Maynard Market Robbery
Robert W. Alderson, 18, farm hand of Arlington, signed a confession admitting the assault on Ray Lockwood the Maynard merchant. He pled guilty to assault with intent to rob and received five years at Anamosa reformatory, to be taken Monday. Alderson also confessed to stealing hogs and clothing, entering a filling station and a commission company, after being arrested in Oelwein. He was found hiding under the grand stand at the fairground following a jail toilet room escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Robert W. Alderson
Arlington
Ray Lockwood
Maynard Merchant
Anamosa Reformatory
Alderson
Commission
Oelwein
Fort Dodge Doctor Admits Utility Payoff to Silence
Dr. John Wesley Kime, 82, alleged Fort Dodge Gas and Electric paid him 24000 to stay quiet. He said his truce with the utility had expired and he may speak. An audit into the subsidiary United Light and Power was ordered by the city council following Mulroney’s demand and a contract copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
INS
Fort Dodge Gas and Electric Company
John Wesley Kime
Kime
United Light and Power Company
Fayette Schoolmasters Club elects officers in Maynard
Fayette County Schoolmasters' club held its annual officer election Thursday in Maynard. Officers named: President Burton North, Arlington. Vice President C. D. Hileman, Maynard. Secretary L. G. Meyer, West Union. County Superintendent, L. G. Meyer. Treasurer Marvin T. Nedland, West Union. Fayette County High School Athletic Conference also chose officers: President William J. Edgar, Stanley. Vice President Owen Olson, Hawkeye. Secretary and Treasurer G. B. Ferrell, Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette County Schoolmasters’ Club
Maynard
Burton North
Arlington
C. D. Hileman
L. G Meyer
Marvin T. Nedland
Fayette County High School Athletic Conference
William J. Edgar
Stanley
Owen Olson
Hawkeye
G. B. Ferrell
Oelwein
Iowa City Orchestra Earns Superior Rating in Contest
In Columbus, Ohio, high school orchestras competed in the national contest. Classes graded five divisions with Iowa City, Iowa in Class B achieving a Division 2 superior rating. No specific winner names announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Iowa City
Pella Tulip Festival Extended Through Next Week
The organizing committee in Pella decided to extend the colorful tulip festival through the coming week. The extension follows Saturday discussions by the festival panel and aims to give visitors more time to enjoy the blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PELLA
Clarence eighth grade class to present program in picnic day
The Clarence community hosts an annual picnic and eighth grade commencement Thursday with seventeen pupils. Honor students Evelyn Stock and Robert Joslin lead a day of events from 10 am invocations to diplomas at noon, plus student performances and a 2 pm baseball game between Clarence and Oxford Junction high teams. Dysart hosts a separate home economics and manual training exhibit Tuesday with an evening style show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Evelyn Stock
Robert Joslin
Eileen Rutherford
Rev. K. Fauth
Cornet
Keith Russell
Darling
Kathryn Crist
Lily Winey
Leota Goldsmith
George Sheldon
Elizabeth Ru
Dysart
Dysart High School
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight June Flower Show And Local Items
Iowa City announces the fifteenth annual community flower show set for June 8 inviting amateur growers within 25 miles. Junk dealers Sam Markovitz and A Mason fined 100 each for buying junk from boys without parental consent. judge suspends 95 of each fine. International banquet for University of Iowa foreign members and Negro forum planned. Miss Lilia Monsanto to speak. About 1,500 homestead tax credit applications filed locally. Stolen truck found four miles northeast of Town City loaded with corn. County school superintendent salary debate set after election. salary may range 1800 to 3000 with 12 nominees. About 1000 residents yet to claim repealed Iowa old age pension tax refund. 2200 residents already paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa City Women’s Club Today
Sam Markovitz
A. Mason
American Legion
University of Iowa
Negro Forum
Youth Fellowship of the Christian Church
Lilia Monsanto
Panama Canal Zone
August Vermance
County Board of Supervisors
W. N. Leeper
Iowa
Johnson County
Blind School To Graduate Fifteen In Iowa
A class of fifteen will graduate from the Iowa School for the Blind in Vinton this year. Commencement events run May 23 to May 28 with a baccalaureate by Rev. J. Wesley Peterson, class day, a play Lena Rivers, and graduation exercises.Students: Jean Bales W Martin Bokirk Edna Bourne Merlin Eggers Leo Hedger June Hughes Ethel Livesay Mary Matson W Graham Porter Cleo Pyle Virgil Smith James Tanner Irma Walling Richard Zimmerman. Officers: Jean Bales president Ruth Walling vice president June Hughes secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Iowa School For the
J. Wesley Peterson
United Brethren Church
Lena Rivers
Jean Bales
W. Martin Bokirk
Edna Mae Bourne
Merlin A. Eggers
Leo Elsworth Hedger
June Evelyn Hughes
Ethel A. Livesay
Mary Weeks Matson
W. Graham Porter
Cleo Pyle
Virgil E. Smith
James E. Tanner
Irma Ruth Walling
Richard E. Zimmerman
Ruth Walling
June Hughes
Center Junction Commencement Brings Eighth Grade Diploma Hope
Center Junction holds graduation in the school gym with Clark Beems of Cedar Rapids as speaker. Eighth graders Dorothy Husman, Richard Antons, and Raymond Antons receive diplomas. seniors Jean McNeilly and Robert Hansen win citizenship medals. multiple awards announced by Supt. Beall. In Winthrop, classes take an all-day trip and baccalaureate set for Sunday. seniors host juniors Monday at Backbone State Park. first cap and gown year noted. Mount Vernon hosts a stag breakfast to open the golf season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Clark Beems
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Husman
Richard
Raymond Antons
Jean McNeilly
Robert Hansen
Donna
Donald Driebelbis
Harry James
A. Alyea
Betty Lou McDonald
W. Scarcliff
Wyoming
American Legion
R. E. Beall
Don Driebelbis
Marcella Otten
Jack Stingley
Helen Himebaugh
Luella Seehusen
Harold Alyea
Chris Petersen
Roy Martin
Dick Thompson
Donna Driebelbis
Mabel Otten
Audra Serbousek
Winthrop
J. L. Byrne
St. Patrick's Church
Backbone State Park
Adam's
F. K. Bennett
Dayton Winter
Robert Allyn
Donna Arnold
Marie Cook
Lucile Callan
Rita Gaffney
Howard Griffin
David Hamilton
Donald Hindal
Clifford Jack
Marjorie Miller
Norma Miller
Shirley Peck
Belden Peterson
Marion Postel
Maurice Reed
Barbara Ross
Dale Rose
Robert Ryan Wesley Stanford
Loretta Short
Jesse Statson
Jean Walton
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Country Club
Couple Freed of Murder Charges in Iowa Robbery Case
Carl and Goldie Prichard were dismissed of murder charges after the prosecutor requested the case be dropped. Judge M. B. Hutchison freed them following testimony issues, allowing a reunion with their three children and plans to resume home life. Two accomplices remain serving life terms in Fort Madison penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
Carl
Goldie Prichard
M. B. Hutchison
John Parker
A. J. Braginton
Prichards
Hutchison
Abe Rummel
Women's Reformatory
Marvin O’ Shaughnessy
Robert Avery
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Rural Franklin teachers and pupils host Cedar Valley picnic
Franklin township educators and families spent an all day picnic at Cedar Valley marking the school year. Lois Able Inez Litts Loretta Worrell Helen Slater Grace Beebe led the event with a noon basket lunch and a program from each school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Franklin Township
Cedar Valley
Lois Able
Inez Litts
Loretta Worrell
Helen Slater
Grace Beebe
Riverside
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Hall
Leon Bulger
Cecil Delaney
Edward Dunn
William Kallaus
Kenneth Kinsey
Elmo Kron
Elmer Metz
Omer Rummelhart
Francis Ruth
Maynard Schneider
Bernard Thomann
Edwin Waldschmidt
Alvin Yegry
James Yeggy
Dorothy Brophy
Helen Colbert
Marjorie Cole
Betty Fesler
Kathleen Knobel
Aileen Kron
Joanne Leeney
Margaret Libenguth
Frances O'Conner
Esta Pailliotet
Mary Jane Quinn
Elaine Rummelhart
Dolores
Dorothy Schnoebelen
Rita Stransky
Wilma Swenka
Vera Thomann
Teresa Waldschmidt
Hopkinton
Troop 30
Hopkinton Boy Scouts
American Legion Hall
Mesdames
Robert Gearhart
Iowa City
Dubuque
Calamus
Margaret Koster
H. J. Sheldahl
Grand Mound
Kathryn Anderson
Margery Riley
Fern Rock
Donald Nelson
Jack Campbell
Ivan Bumann
Melva Joyce Langbehn
Alice Mae Anderson
the Rev. L. A
Wappin' Wharf shines at Roosevelt High play
A large audience at Roosevelt Senior High watched Wappin' Wharf in the school auditorium. Betsy and Red Joe, pirates and a lighthouse plot, reveal royal blood, with Darlin' Mary Ann Neilsen delivering an outstanding performance. Cast featured Kos, Fjellman, Schuknecht, Hermsen, Trueblood, Smrchek, Benson, Hensley, Ryerson, Carlson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wappin
Roosevelt Senior High School
Devon
Betsy
Red Joe
Little Thieves den
Little Betsy
Darlin
Mary Ann Neilsen
Charles Kos
Carl Fjellman
Lloyd Schuknecht
Bernard Hermsen
Lorraine Trueblood
Mary Smrchek
John Benson
William Hensley
Carl Ryerson
Ray Carlson
James King
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Muscatine Youth Heads Iowa Future Farmers of America
Claude Gifford of Muscatine was elected president of the Iowa Association of the Future Farmers of America at the closing session of the high school agricultural congress at Iowa State College. Other officers included Wayne Swanson of Clarinda as secretary and Fred Sievers of Audubon as reporter. District presidents named were Stewart Elson Waukee Lyle Miller Forest City Donald Robinson Iowa Falls Loral Hullinger Leon and Howard Coffin Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Claude Gifford
Muscatine
Iowa Association of the Future Farmers of America
Pilot Says Day Of Commercial Sea Hops Here
New York reports the first regular commercial transatlantic flight completed by pilots from Eastern Airlines. The crew, flying low due to fuel and weather, logged instrument navigation and a foggy approach over Boston before landing at Floyd Bennett field. They stress the trip was a business mission not a stunt and plan to resume regular routes after rest.
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New York
John T. Lambie
Ireland
Squantum
Mass
Floyd Bennett Field
Boston
Floyd Bennett
Atlantic
Lambie
Eastern Airlines
Great American Airlines
Atlantic Ocean
Ocean Flyers
Boy Hit By Car Injures Lip and Chin
Robert Johnston, 6, was struck by a car driven by William A. Miller at Fourth Avenue and Twelfth Street SE at 5:45 p.m. He suffered a lacerated lip and chin and was taken to Mercy hospital. His sister, present at the scene, was not hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnston
Twelfth Street
William A. Miller
Thirty-fifth Streeg
Fourth Avenue
Johnston
Miller
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa High School to stage Minick drama May 20
The Anamosa senior class presents a three act drama titled Minick at the school auditorium on the evening of May 20. The cast includes Madelin Webster Catherine Mc Crea Beatrice LaBarge Carl Wehling Neal Dougherty George Ellison John O'Deen Julia Du Mont Margaret Smith Ed Marek Robert Conrad Ruth Mann Rowena Gordon Dorothy Miller Frances Shifflett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Anamosa High School
Minick
Madelin Webster
Catherine McCrea
Beatrice LaBarge
Carl Wehling
Neal Dougherty
George Ellison
John O'Deen
Julia DuMont
Margaret Smith
Ed Marek
Robert Conrad
Ruth Mann
Rowena Gordon
Dorothy Miller
Frances Shifflett
McKinley Seniors stage Smilin Through in school show
McKinley High School seniors presented Smilin Through to about 700 Friday night in the school auditorium. Kathleen Jenkins starred as Moonyean Clare with John Cartaret roles by Owen Barry and Thomas Stewart, while Kenneth Wayne was played by Richard Marnette. The senior orchestra under Paul Anthony provided music and Geraldine Green directed assisted by Betty Ringsmuth and Martha Smith-N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley High School
Kathleen Jenkins
Moonyean Clare
Owen Barry
John Cartaret
Moonyean
Thomas Stewart
Owen Harding
John Cabinett
Woodrow Bockhaus
John Carteret
Geanie Trumbull
Kenneth Wayne
Richard Marnette
James McFaddin
Wayne
Peggie Bode
Catherine Auckerman
Maxine Humphreys
Dean Kirkpatrick
Lorena Musgrave
Bob Jordan
Pauline O'Connor
Milton Nemec
Jeanne Larson
Josephine Beadle
Paul Anthony
Bob Arnold
Irene Brooks
Waldo Berger
Hazel Derby
Bob Giltrap
Lois Harris
Darwin Jack
Libbie Jekerle
John Kacere
Celia Krachmer
Irma Kubik
Vernon Laton
Berle Miller
Virginia McLean
Illa Patrick
Geraldine Reams
John Rice
Carita Smith
Ruth Allen
Florence van Winkle
Edward Kopecky
Herbert Penningroth
Miss Geraldine Green
Betty Ringsmuth
Martha Smith
N. D
Merrill Compiles New String of Records with 2nd Flight
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie set multiple aviation records on Atlantic and transatlantic routes. They completed a second round trip in four days, and Merrill became the first pilot to return a plane from Europe without an accident. The flights included Floyd Bennett field to Croydon and back, then Southport to Floyd Bennett field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dick Merrill
Floyd Bennett Field
Merrill
Harry Richman
Atlantic
Jack Lambie
Europe
Aire
Croydon
Southport
England
Bad Check Artist Works Game Here in Iowa City
A man operated in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids using stolen blank checks from Wagner-Connell plumb ing and heating. He cashed checks for 28 dollars and 38 dollars, receiving 13 and 32 dollars in change respectively, signed Harry Miller and Paul Wagner. Authorities describe him as about 30, five feet ten, 150 pounds with a two day beard, wearing a dark suit and dark hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Wagner-Connell Company
Harry Miller
Smulekoff Furniture Company
Miller
Paul Wagner
Smulekoff's
Wagner
Smulekoff
Dysart Graduation Exercises Set for Thursday
Baccalaureate services for the Dysart consolidated school class of thirty six will be held Thursday evening in the school auditorium. Rev Ralph R Hunger of Peace Evangelical Reformed church will deliver the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
West Liberty
Horace A. Larsen
First Presbyterian Church
H. D. Henry
Iowa Wesleyan College
Alumni Association
Dysart
Dysart Consolidated School
Ralph R. Hunger
Peace Evangelical Reformed Church
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Fayette Schoolmasters’ Club
Iowa City Orchestra
Atkins
Atkins High School
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
James P. Gable
Strawberry Point
Gail Armstrong
Verna Kolsto
Dorothy Lensch
Leona Poock
Marlys Rinderknecht
Wilma Rinderknecht
Eileen Schlotterbeck
Joe Barnoske, Jr
Howard Freeman
Louis Gerhold
Robert Guyer
George Krug
Richard Wehrman
Raymond Keiper
Coggon
Coggon High School
Harry Read
Burnell Kehrli
Ralph du Bois
Gerald Williamson
Raymond Detlefsen
Lorraine Kinley
Center Point
Eletha Dunlap McCall
Lula Belle McGinnis
the Gazette
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Tama County Bar Association
Benton and Marshall Bar Associations
M. W. Wyland
Mr. Hyland
B. Frank Thomas
Williard Russell
Toledo
J. S. Bausch
Gladbrook
P. Thomas
M. H. Bordewick
Colesburg
Wilma Bolsinger
J. C. Bolsinger
Arlington School
Kalona
Board of Education
H. V. Snodgrass
Frank Ralston
Bagley
Jessie Russell
Lorimer
I. R. McCormick
Hay Springs
Neb
Virginia Hibbs
Oskaloosa
Velma Way
Janet Lea
Batavia
Joella Antes
Keota
Ruth Kyle
Cedar Falls
Williamsburg
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mary Jane Shinko
Mary Ann McDonough
Jeanette Ollinger
Alberta Sinn
Mary
Beth Ollinger
James Moneypenny
Stephen Driscoll
James Cash
Father O'Dowd
Kalona High School
The
Christian Church
Paul Fry
Richard Snodgrass
C. E. Clark
Harry Barnes
Paul Snyder
Presbyterian Church
F. J. Wratislaw
William Caldwell
Wratislaw
Benton County
John C
Annis Shaw
Shaw
Big Grove Township
Fred J. Wratislaw
J. C. Shaw
Kenneth Shaw
Waterloo
Horace Shaw
Hudson
Harold Elisart
Alvin Hueter
Elsa Tinderholt
Robert Montagne
Donald Aslaksen
Jeanette Egeland
Kathleen Gunderson
E. J. Johnson
L. J. Radtke
Will
Wayne Greene
Donna Witt
Levert Valland
Marian Boyle
Alfred Trinka
Oxford Junction
Robert Burling
Newell Brink
Watkins
Frank V. Henni
University Hospital
Switzerland
Segelbert
St Patrick's Church
St Michaels
Norway
Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
Dinsdale High School
Dinsdale School
Clara Smith
Marvin Whannel
Wallace Breakenridge
Maurice Bolt
Ethel Speirs
Marian Petersen
Dorothy Bodle
Margaret Kepler
Alburnett
Howard Ellson
A Bellerman
Marian Haines
Alfred Pantry
Muriel Thomas
Maxine Hopker
Lloyd Kratzer
Eugene Stick
A. R. McElwain
Marion
Grace McNeil
Glenna Sue Starry
Beatrice Gerlach
Gertrude Fishel
Dorothy Quaas
Pauline Platner
Betty Mae Flitsch
Bernita Cress
Maquoketa
Paul Ahlers
Maquoketa High School
Newhall
Newhall Consolidated School
John Rosburg
George Ernst
Emma McGranahan
Lester Wheeler
Newhall Boaid
Howard Elson
Martelle
Ressler
McCausland
Janet Reade
Fern Walsh
Kenneth Maeters
Pauline Kyle
Mary Lou Downs
Jessie Boxwell
Elva Hoffman
Newhall — High School
Dr. Bosley
Iowa State Teachers College
Louis Weichman
Supt. Thompson
Marion Risdale
Lucille Pieper
Ruby Boddicker
Betty Wheeler
Billy Werning
Vada Francisco
Viola Weichman
Marcella
Ruby
Maquoreta
Elizabeth Gordon
Amelia Ogden
Minnie Alford
Benton Harbor
Mich
Alford
William C. Gordon
Mary Wicker
California
Lost Nation
Lost Nation High School
Harold Wulf
Lowell Sievers
Donald Andresen
Kenneth Scott
Lee Flemming
John de Vine
David Dahe
Robert Gilroy
Alice Cressey
Muriel Schmidt
Bernice Busch
Anita Busch
Lawrence Busch
Wilbur Pithan
Roy Betts, Jr
Arnold Busch
Myron Sheldon
John Busch
Robert Rutenbeck
Rosalie McAndrew
Irene Woatte
Margaret Ales
Ruth Eleanor Myatt
Mabel Schischat
Elynor Gessner
F. W. Gessner
National School of Education
Evanston
Wauwatosa
Wis
Sam Shaffer
Shaffer
Clarence Abbott
Urbana
Abbott
Wapello
James Harvey
Quincy
Calif
Raymond
Sam Harvey
Missouri
John Hake
James Parrott
Edwardsville
Gertie Blanchard
Chilton
Vina Coleman
Ellington
Conesville
Jackson Giddenstown
Joseph Gray
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church
R. D. Young
Mae Foster
S. N. Merritt
R. A. Nelson
Lloyd Gustafson
Leroy Sipple
L. C. Dean
Elwood Young
Robert Kline
Herbert Lincup
Parker Sandmeyer
Rosa Lee Osburn
Eldon DeCamp
Troy Mills
Fairsbury
John Fay
Charles Roland
Fay
David
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Future Farmers of Iowa
Universal Service
M'Kinley
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