ISU Professor William L. Hunter Found Dead in Garage
Prof William L. Hunter 43 head of the industrial arts department at Iowa State College was found dead in his automobile in a garage at his home. Coroner ruled death by his own action. Farewell notes cited ill health. Survived by two daughters. Born March 21 1896 at Dike. He studied at Iowa State Teachers College Columbia Harvard and the University of Iowa. Previously taught at Crawfordsville Bradley and served as associate professor before leading ISU industrial arts. His wife died four years ago.
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Dike
Iowa State Teachers College
Columbia University
Harvard
Phi Delta Kappa
Crawfordsville
Hunter
University of Iowa
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Iowa State College
Parole Grants For 21 Inmates At Iowa Prisons
Twenty one paroles, effective in June, were granted at Fort Madison and Anamosa by the state parole board. Among those released are Jerry Nepoyim and Joe Hadrava, paroled after 1928 bank robbery convictions in Linn and Johnson counties. Nepoyim has 1 year 5 months left, Hadrava 3 years 5 months. Forrest Waitman, from Linn county, is also paroled.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa Mens Reformatory
State Parole Board
Jerry Nepovim
Joe Hadraya
Linn County
Palo
Swisher
Johnson County
Nepoyim
Hadravas
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Forrest Waitman
Ryan St John’s school holds commencement May 28
Ryan St Johns school will hold its commencement on May 28. Graduates include Eleanor Mc Cleer Kathryn Ward Frances Gaffney Donald Houlihan Ber niece Duggan Lorraine Mahoney Doris Ryan Herbert Kennedy and La Verne Mahoney.
Sheriff Loses Car In House Party Theft Incident
Independence report: Buchanan County Sheriff A W Hammelman’s automobile was stolen Sunday at Brandon during a house party at Verle Fulton’s home. Fulton fled upstairs and jumped from a second story window, taking the sheriff’s car. The vehicle was abandoned after wrecking through a barbed wire fence. Verle Fulton’s son was later found near his home.
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Independence
Buchanan County
A. W. Hammelman
Brandon
Verle Fulton
Herbert Buckingham
Fulton
Tama Officers Seek Herman Flowers Again
Tama police pursue Herman Flowers after a larceny case involving four chickens. Melvoy Braye of Toledo, 18, was sentenced to five years in a reformatory after admitting involvement with Flowers in Tama on May 2. Flowers fled, resisted officers, and was later found hiding near Chelsea. a separate escape charge was dropped.
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Toledo
Melvoy
George Braye
Tama
Tama County
L. J. Kirkland
Anamosa
Braye
Herman Flowers
Flowers
Art Pelham
Fred Schultz
Pelham
Chelsea
George H. Struble
Benton County
West Liberty High School to Hold Commencement Ceremony
The West Liberty commencement program is set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium with Dr Earl Harper of the University of Town speaking. Principal Paul Kleine Felter will present the class and Supt Karl C Smith will award diplomas. seniors will also stage the play Spring Fever on Tuesday at 8 p.m featuring Gaylord Wilson Robert Jack John Compton Wanda Weakley Loretta Tipton Bevelyn Kennedy Nean Nauman Margaret Carey Juanita Jack Junior Melick and Fred Steen.
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West Liberty
Earl Harper
School of Fine Arts
University of Town
Paul K Kleinefelter
Karl C. Smith
Gaylord Wilson
Robert Jack
John Compton
Wanda Weakley
Loretta
Home Construction Booms Across Iowa In April
Iowa building permits show 275 new building permits valued at 1,009,760 last month, up from 171 permits for 566,783 in April 1938. Remodeling permits total 515 valued at 144,307, compared with 474 for 131,456 a year earlier, with city by city new dwellings listed for Des Moines Cedar Rapids Sioux City Davenport Waterloo Council Bluffs Dubuque Ottumwa Burlington Mason City Fort Dodge Marshalltown Muscatine Iowa City and Keokuk.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Health
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Davenport
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Burlington
Mason Oily
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Iowa City
Keokuk
Edgewood Sends Twelve Men to U S Defense Service
Edgewood reports twelve locally in U S defense service, split evenly between army and navy. Names include Carl Fisher in Fourteenth Cavalry at Camp McCoy, and Francis Funk, John Woerdehoff, Floyd Madson, Joseph Weil in signals or cavalry at Camp McCoy. Bernard Ackman aboard U S S Maryland. Jack Miller in submarine service. Junior Steele aboard U S West Virginia. Arthur Platt on U S S Mellville. Maurice Hamlett on U S S New Orleans. Joe Parker in navy, among others], most Edgewood High grads.
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Edgewood
Army
Waw
Carl Fisher
Lyle Fisher
Fourteenth Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Fort Des Moines
Lale Fisher
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Joseph Weil
Signal Corps
Bernard Ackman
Will Ackman
U. S S. Maryland
Bremerton
Wash
Jack Miller
W. J. Miller
Navy
U.S . Beaver
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Amelia Earhart
Junior Steele
Guy Steele
U . S. West Virginia
San Pedro
Calif
Arthur Platt
A. G Platt
U. S. S. Mellville
San Diego
Maurice Hamlett
Otley Hamlett
U. S. S. New Orleans
Joe Parker
New York
Edgewood High School
Widow Anna Wilson 75 Dies at Manchester Home
Mrs Anna J Wilson longtime Delaware county resident died Sunday night at her Manchester home of a heart attack. Funeral services led by Rev John J Smith will be at St Marys church Friday at 9 am. Born Anna Julia Quirin she married John C Wilson in 1886. he died in 1917. She leaves twelve children with six survivors: Lloyd P Wilson John Wilson Alta Hanfelt Alice Hanfelt Martin Gienapp Mabel Keith.
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Manchester
Anna J Wilson
Delaware County
John J Smith
St Mary's Church
Anna Julia Quirin
John C. Wilson
Wilson
Lloyd P
John Wilson
Alta Hanfelt
Alice Hanfelt
Martin Gienapp
Strawberry Point
Mabel Keith
Earlville
Marion High seniors take boat trip to Lynxville locks
Seventy Marion High School seniors travel Monday from Marion with faculty members Lyle N Warren and Cliff O Johnson aboard the Chief Black Hawk for a Mississippi River excursion to the Lynxville locks and a visit to the Villa Louis at Prairie du Chien. They tour Backbone State Park on the return, with a prime dinner served during the river passage.
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Marion High School
Lyle N Warren
Cliff O. Johnson
McGregor
Black Hawk
Mississippi River
Lynxville
Villa Louis
Prairie du Chie
W W Lary
Harley Ives
Glenn McGowan
Charles
Richard Schaeffer
Emmett Famed
Marion
Ray Jiruska
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
Donald Beadle
Transportation Committee
Backbone State Park
Governor approves dredging projects in two Iowa lakes
Gov George A Wilson approved dredging of North Twin lakes in Calhoun, while rejecting the full Storm lake program but allowing restricted dredging there. Deans from Iowa State College and the University of Iowa advised limiting Storm lake work to 94 thousand dollars over two years. Total North Twin lakes plan costs 39.5 thousand dollars with 22 thousand already appropriated for year one.
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DES Moines
INS
George A Wilson
North Twin Lakes
Calhoun County
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Gov. Wilson
Anson Marston
Iowa State College
F M . Dawson
University of Iowa
Stormlake
The
Conservation Commission
Deans
Twin Lakes
Memorial Day Service and Poppy Day Planned
Alburnett hosts a Memorial Day service in the school auditorium Sunday at 11 am with committees from local churches for decoration music and organization. Ely Legion auxiliary presents a poppy day program at the Legion hall Friday evening featuring readings music and speeches. Ossian Andrew Nelson a farmer on the Emma Enga farm killed himself with a shotgun late Sunday night due to despondency after his wife’s death last year.
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Alburnett
Frank Price
Daisy Millard
W Higgins
Fred Dietert
R. Hendryx
Laurene Wenger
C. Dunlap
Orlena Powers
Harry Wenger
C. L. Fuller
The
Evangelical Church
Ely—St. Quentin
Farmers seek white collar jobs in Iowa tax board
Des Moines AP report notes Dirt Farmer Fred W Nelson of Nevada, appointed to the Iowa tax commission, receives hundreds of applications for white collar posts from fellow farmers and former farmers. Other party appointments, like Curls for liquor board, also draw applicants. both commissions set to switch to GOP control July 1.
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Des Moines
Fred W Nelson
Nevada
Iowa Tax Commission
Nelson
George A Wilson
Tax Board
Tax Commission
C. F Green
Sioux City
David L. Murrow
Green
R. Curls
Knoxville
Liquor Board
Calmar Couple Observe Fiftieth Anniversary
Calmar Mr and Mrs John Tlageman of Military township celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with about 200 guests at their home. Married at St Mary's church Festina by Father August Sauter they settled near Ossian and moved in 1911 to their present home. They have fourteen children, twelve living, and thirty-two grandchildren.
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Calmar
Mro
John Tlageman
Military Township
St Mary's Church
Festina
August Sauter
Ossian
Fred
Fort Atkinson
Philip
Nick
Frank Smoch
Anton Bahr
Clem Bahr
Roman Ott
Barbara
Joseph
Victoria
Agnes
John
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Local Trials and Events
A jury was impaneled in the Mess versus Iowa state highway commission suit over a $2,500 land condemnation. Merrill Cooper is jailed on drunken driving charges. University of Iowa exams run this week with commencement June 5. Iowa photographers attend a July short course at the university. Eugene A Gilmore leads Iowa to New York for the sports flag dedication on June 23. Prof Beth Wellman receives a leave of absence to teach at Northwestern in the summer session.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Highway Commission
J L Beer
John Beranek
Nellie W Briggs
August Grothe
Margaret Fxers
Libbie Kadera
Esther Keppler
Louise Lamsen
George F Memler
James Murphy
Edward Smahel
H W Strickler
Moss’ Land
Merrill Cooper
Town City
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Towa
University At
Eugene A Gilmore
University — of Iowa
Lowius Scottish Highlanders
New York
State Board of Education
Beth Wellman
University of Java
Wellman
Northwestern University
Reverse ruling on homestead credits in Des Moines
AP reports that Iowa will deny homestead tax credits for buyers who acquire property after June 1 and file after that date. Only purchases before June 11 with timely filings qualify for the credit on next year’s taxes. The ruling aligns with a June 1 filing deadline and covers future administration, while a prior ruling is overturned. Alburnett notes a new county building for road supplies and winter equipment completed on Main Street.
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DES Moines
John Mulroney
C . Green
State Tax Commission
NS. Genung
Alburnett—A
Alburnett
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