O Connor Heads Iowa Young Democrats at Cedar Rapids
Charles OConnor of Dubuque was elected president of the Iowa Young Democrats at a Cedar Rapids convention that drew 1500 delegates. Officers include Margaret McNamara Sioux City first vice president and Elinor Brady Cedar Rapids secretary. The group praised the New Deal and Democratic progress for farmers and laborers.
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Davenport
Democrats
Iowa
Charles O'Connor
Dubuque
Martin J. McCarthy, Jr
Gibson Holliday
Des Moines
Margaret McNamara
Sioux City
Thomas Carroll
Decorah
Dwight Schwertly
Missouri Valley
Elinor Brady
Cedar Rapids
Edward Grier
Ottumwa
Edna May Montgomery
Panora
Frank Wickham
Young Democrats
Roosevelt
Wickham
Jake Moore
Harlan
The
Assembly
Ed H. Birmingham
Democratic State Central Committee
Alex Miller
L. O. Ross
Sidney
John H. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Matt D. Cooney
William Welch
Logan
Clair E. Hamilton
Winterset
Clyde L. Herring
New Deal Wrecking Merit System For Jobs Says Linville
Cedar Rapids candidate for the Republican Senate nomination, Guy Linville, accuses the current Democratic administration of wrecking the federal civil service and ignoring the merit system. He claims hundreds of thousands have been hired by Democratic bosses to reward henchmen, with only one in 107 recent hires meeting merit standards. Linville vows to fight the spoils system to the last ditch if elected.
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Maynard
LLP
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
Linville
DeWitt Bride Weds Rock Island Groom in Lutheran Parish
Miss Lois Stevenson daughter of Mr and Mrs James Stevenson DeWitt and Frank Vizard of Rock Island were married Saturday evening in Rock Island at the Lutheran church parsonage with Rev Miller officiating Attendants were Jane Stevenson DeWitt and Berton Nolin Rock Island The bride a 1933 DeWitt High School graduate and former Rock Island beauty parlor employee, and the groom employed by United Service Company, will reside in Rock Island.
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Dewitt
Lois Stevenson
James Stevenson
Frank Vizard
Rock Island
Lutheran Church
Miller
Iane Stevenson
Berton Nolin
DeWitt High School
Wizard
United Service Company
Douglas Ruble
Mount Vernon
Edward Brokel
New Boston
Martin Christensen
West Branch
Joseph Brokel
Ely
Turner
Royal Neighbors
Rebekahs
Presbyterian Church
C. F. Stratton
Central City
Clutier
C. F. Meade
Ripley Congregational Church
Traer
Jack Logan
East Waterloo
Supt
Clark B. Davis
First Presbyterian Church of
Orr
Conesville
Independence
Independence Junior College
First Presbyterian Church
James A. Dew-Brittain
St. James Episcopal Church
Bruce Gates
Waterloo
Eileen Brame
Margaret Cappel
Jean Dennie
Lorraine Leyden
Warren Miller
Maxine Shoemaker
Roberta Fiester
John Flickinger
Warner Frye
Josephine Iekel
Edmund Truitt
Edgewood
Warren
Phyllis Untiecht
Roger Hober
Vivian Mochal
Edward Adam
Davis
West Branch couple marks fifty years of marriage
Mr and Mrs John C Rose celebrated their golden anniversary in West Branch Iowa with a family open house and dinner hosted by their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs J E Larson. The couple born in Ohio and Iowa lived on a farm near Oasis before retiring to West Branch and have four children including William Rose and Mrs Ronald Sears. Local and visiting relatives attended the event.
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West Branch
John C. Rose
Iowa City
J. E. Larson
Rose
Ohio
Iowa
Ida Robertson
Oasis
J. C. Bumgardner
St. Paul
Minn
William Rose
Ronald Sears
Cedar Rapids
Larson
Albert Westcott
Anna Aldeman
Henry Ruppert
Williamsburg
Stellapolis Lodge
Frank W. Tomasek
Grand Lodge of Iowa
John V. Gannaway
Grinnell
Frank Owen
North English
Tomasek
Will R. Long
Stanwood teachers re-elected with pay raises in Stanwood Iowa
The Stanwood consolidated school re-elected staff for next year with salary increases for L. F. Ricks superintendent Guy Bateman principal George Thom son coach Anna Mae Snouffer English P Raider home economics Hilda Rogers junior high Elva Rigby sixth grade Hildred Finson fifth grade Mildred Nauman fourth grade Ida Mae Anderson second grade Winifred Robbie third grade A first grade teacher not yet hired.
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Stanwood
Stanwood Consolidated School
L. F. Ricks
Guy Bateman
George Thomson
Anna Mae Snouffer
P. Raider
Hilda Rogers
Elva Rigby
Hildred Finson
Mildred Nauman
Ida Mae Anderson
Winifred Robbie
Baldwin
Jeanette Griffin
F. E. Mastin
Gage
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
F. G. McKinley
J. E. Reaney
H. Lee Huston
E. W. McWilliams
P. J. Crail
K. M. Arington
F. J. Pine
H. S. Church
T. A. Lewis
J. E. Henson
H. M. Duncan
F. C. Spaethe
Fay
Frank Mraz
Louise Brokel
Lester Phillips
Frank Brokel
Ely
Joe A. Brokel
Liston
Greeley Senior Cast Chooses Millionaire Leads
The Greeley high school senior class selects Helen Hough and Lorraine Digman for the leading roles in the play Millionaire. Cast includes Jean Chase Kenneth Cunningham Frank Ferguson Victor Robert Dow Walter Brady Luyverl Nichols and Dorothy Martin with Burton Beyers directing and Burton Culbertson as stage manager.
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the Gazette
Greeley
Helen¢e Hough
Lorraine Digman
Jean Chase
Kenneth Cunningham
Frank Ferguson
Victor Robert Dow
Walter Brady
Luyverl Nichols
Dorothy Martin
Burton H. Beyers
Burton Culbertson
Lum accuses Iowa State faculty of being communists
Elmour D. Lum of Wahpeton North Dakota vice president general for the North Mississippi district of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution says half the Iowa State college Ames faculty are communists in his annual report to the societies forty seventh congress. He adds that the North Dakota agricultural college conditions are not much different and cites the University of North Dakota and University of Minnesota campuses as hotbeds of communism.
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Portland
Elmour D. Lum
Wahpeton
N. D
North Mississippi
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Iowa State College
Ames
Lum
Agricultural College of
North Dakota
Minnesota
Warn Liquor Stores Of Long Holiday Closure
Notices posted in all Iowa liquor stores warn customers of a long holiday closure. Vending stations will be closed Saturday May 30 for Memorial Day and Sunday and Monday June 1 for primary election day.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Legal Liquor
Body Of Baby Found On Dump In Iowa City
Johnson county coroner Dr. George Maresh announced there would be no arrests after the discovery at the city dump. A man sought by police was found and questioned and identified as the infant's father. The baby was stillborn.
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Iowa City
George Maresh
Johnson County
Maresh
Record Mississippi flood at McGregor sets spring high-water mark
The Mississippi River reached 13.5 feet at McGregor on Sunday after over ten weeks of high water, a spring record only equalled once since records began, last matched in 1903 across March to May.
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Mcgregor
Mississippi
Funeral Services for Robert R. Speers in Oxford
Funeral services for 52 year old Robert R. Speers were held at the Methodist church with Rev. Giles V. Wilson presiding. Speers died in Colfax after medical treatment, having spent his life in Iowa and Johnson counties. He was manager of the Farmers Shipping and Supply company. Survived by his widow and son James of Iowa City.
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Oxford
Robert R. Speers
Methodist Church
Giles V. Wilson
Mr. Speers
Colfax
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Speers
Farmers Shipping and Supply Company
James
Iowa City
Coffer Dam Breaks At Guttenberg Flood Damages Construction
A coffer dam under the Mississippi river at Guttenberg broke during a spring crest, flooding four acres inside with thirty feet of water. McCarthy Construction faces an estimated loss of 40 000 to 50 000 dollars as 45 foot sheet piling is replaced with 60 foot piling and a new coffer dam will take about three weeks to complete.
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Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Coffer
Coffer Dam
McCarthy Construction Company
Beer Permit Board Ends Year Without Veto Power
The state Beer Permit Board finished its first year without overruling local actions to revoke tavern licenses. It cancelled 63 licenses, issued 5 575 permits at 3 dollars each, and saw most revocations handled locally without formal hearings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
E. F. Rahm
State Beer Department
Rahm
Leroy A. Rader
Rader
Eldora Man Guilty Of Poisoning Relatives
Eldora is found guilty of attempting to kill his mother in law and father in law by poisoning them with strychnine. William Ulrich, 40, was convicted by a jury of three women and nine men after he mixed strychnine with sugar placed in their tea. The victims, Mr and Mrs Luke Aswegan, fell ill but recovered. The offense carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
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Eldora
INS
William Ulrich
Ulrich
Luke Aswegan
Arrest Husband of Mrs Merrigan On Robbery Charges
Des Moines police arrested A. E. Adamson 29 in connection with a series of holdup robberies in the past two weeks. Adamson married Ruth Merrigan, widow of Donald Merrigan killed by club operator Dewey Berlovich who is serving a life term. Two other men are held.
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Des Moines
A. E. Adamson
Adamson
Ruth Merrigan
Donald Merrigan
Dewey Berlovich
Berlovich
Ely Twins Win Scholastic Honors in 1936 Class
Twin brothers Robert and Norbert Krob of Ely have been named valedictorian and salutatorian of Ely High School’s 1936 graduates. Robert carries a 94.4 average and Norbert 94.2. Commencement exercises are set for Thursday evening.
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Ely
Norbert
Robert Krob
F. J. Krob
Ely High School
Robert
Dickinson Campaigning For Three Jobs Sparks Iowa Rally
Perry Iowa United States senator hopeful L. J. Dickinson is labeled a triple threat by Mayor Edwin Manning of Ottumwa who accuses Dickinson of seeking three offices at once president, vice president and senator. Manning spoke at a rally criticizing Dickinson as traveling to all forty eight states while neglecting Iowa's ninety nine counties.
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Dickinson
Iowa
King's Heralds elect officers for next term in South English
The King's Heralds met Saturday and elected officers for the next term. Helen Jean Radebaugh became president, Mary Elizabeth Jaeger vice president, Dorothy Mae Powell secretary treasurer, Lois Stansbury reporter, and Betty Raplinger pianist.
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King’s Heralds
Helen Jean Radebaugh
Mary Elizabeth Jaeger
Dorothy Mae Powell
Lois Stansbury
Betty Raplinger
Ninth suspect nabbed in Shine murder case
Manchester man Sam Cornwell aged about 55 was arrested and held for questioning in the Dan Shine murder near Littleport. State agents, county officials, and the sheriff questioned Cornwell, a relative of the Hines family, as the ninth arrest in the case.
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Manchester
Sam Cornwell
Delaware County
Dan Shine
Littleport
Don Ryan
Shenandoah
Frank Brady
Davenport
A. H. Borman
L. J. Palas
Clayton County
Cornwell
Hines
Shine
Canvases Of Cedar Rapids Artists In Chicago Exhibition
Four Iowa painters from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines entered in a Chicago no jury show that awaits a venue. A department store refused space over a group of nudes, but the four Cedar Rapids and Des Moines artists escaped that controversy.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Criss Glasell
Howard Johnson
Robert White
Harry D. Jones
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Iowa State
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May Drug Company
Rz Sree
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Diud
Merck
Spohn
Newton’s Veterinary
Bickmore
American Serum Co
Krank
Hills Bros. Coffee
Carbolineum
Sanka
Allen
Scholl
Peterman’s
Caan Haat
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