Bloodstain Test Awaited In Corwith Murder Probe
Police in Corwith investigate the murder of Bert Anfinson a 47 year old tavern operator struck repeatedly with a blunt instrument. State toxicologist Wilbur Teeters and officials test bloodstains to determine if human or chicken blood. Weider a suspect had his home searched ashes and burned overalls found. his daughter Louise worked at the tavern. No further arrests expected at present per State Agent Paul Gruber and Sheriff Brower.
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INS
Bert Antfinson
Mondastrey
Paul Gruber
Sherif L
Jo Brower
Whthey Wreather
Lux
Frans Weider
Weider
Iowa Cox
de Wilbur J Teeters
Algona Jail
Anfiinson
Louise
Anfinsons
Anfinson
Gruber
Iowa City
Center Point Girl Vows Walker Man in Center Point
Miss Isa Mollenhour daughter of Mrs Maude Mollenhour and Philip Ondler son of Mr and Mrs MM Ondler of Walker married Saturday at the bride’s mother home in Center Point with Rev C Miller officiating Attendants were Miss Eva Mollenhour and Martin Fisher The bride a Center Point high school graduate taught locally for years Ondler works for Standard Oil in Walker where a new home is ready for the couple.
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the Gazette
Centerpoint
Isa Molienhour
Maude Molfienhour
Philip Ondie
Mmm Ondler
Walker
Center Point
C. Miller
Eva Mollenhour
Martin Fisher
Troy Mills
Center Port High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Ondler
Standard Oil Company
Vernon Lions Club Wins Golf Tournament in Muscatine
In Muscatine the Mte. Vernon Lions Club won the team trophy in a Lions club golf tournament held with the state convention. Individual honors went to Jesse Poole of Fort Dodge with an 88, while Mount Vernon club members Judd Dean Dick Barker Fred Young and Al Morrissey earned the team trophy.
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Muscatine
Lions Club
Jesse Poole
Fort Dodge
Mount Vernon Club
Judd Dean
Dick Barker
Fred Young
al Morrissey
Impressive Ceremony Marks Ordination Of Four Trappist Monks
Four Cistercian monks from New Melleray Abbey near Dubuque were ordained priests at St Raphael’s Cathedral by Archbishop Beckman. The four friars—Raphael Stafford Des Moines Vincent Daly New York City Leo Samson Minneapolis and Paschal Konarski Chicago—are joined by seven secular priests ordained that day. All ordination recipients are American born, with prior trades noted in the ceremony.
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St. Raphaels Cathedral
St Benedict
New Mecelleray Abbey
Dubuque
Eagle Grove
Joseph Bernard Murphy
Dougherty
Joseph N Schemmel
Worthington
Here
Raphael
Des Viones
Crissy
Maquoketa High School Graduates Record Largest Class
Maquoketa seniors prepare for commencement with seventy four diplomas marking the largest graduating class in school history. The ceremony lists this year’s cohort led by Milam Rankin as president and includes names across both senior and junior college groups.
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Gazette
Charles Anderson
Archie Bentley
Billy Brady
Velma Burkey
Gladys Caraway
Forrest Clark
Camilla Conery
Vera DeMoss
Ross Davis
Genevieve Dresser
Mildred Evers
Vivian Farmer
Helen Farr
Pauline Fenton
Mary Catherine Fernan
Arthur Fisher
Coralee Frank
Lews Frank
Dorothy Goodenow
Robert Guess
LeRoy Haddick
Rex Harrington
Velma Heneke
Paul Janett
Lilian Johnson
Patricia Joles
Virgil Jones
Kathryn Kingsley
Marion Krause
Jannis Krieble
Maxine Kroltik
Helen Lancaster
Donald Lang
Leon Lewis
Gene McClain
John Miller
Marian Moeller
Gordon Morehead
Maxine Mowers
Mildred Murray
Ralph Murray
Jack Myatt
Thelma Pape
David Parcel
Charles Tubbs
Dorothy Jeanne Turnquist
Helen Turner
Paul Walker
Laurence Wilcox
Lola Wirth
Ruth Woods
John Zirkelbach
Milam Rankin
Mary Swordes
Paul Bauch
Arthur Bowman
Eleanor Bowman
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Walter Broderson
Viva Cassady
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Betty Costa
Virginia Dyer
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Stanley Heinecke
Gaerdolp Hicks
Maxine Holtz
Max Re Hute
Marie Jessen
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Verve
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Pier Vir
Mae Segrel
Arnold Smith
Teephors
Alberta Wise
Ee Vonegar
Helen Woodts
Traer's eighth annual merchants exhibit returns to Traer
Traer revival of the eighth annual merchants exhibit and automobile show opens Tuesday night continuing through Saturday. A 50 by 330 foot tent is set at Second street near the opera house with more than eighty display booths from over fifty merchants manufacturers and organizations. An attendance of about 25 000 is expected if the weather cooperates with total show costs between 4000 and 5000 dollars.
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Iowa
Second Street
Tracr
Tracr Opera House
Strikers Reject Des Moines Laundry Offer
Des Moines laundry strike enters its eighth week with nine plants occupied by sitdown workers and four closed. Two worker groups rejected a peace plan by the Des Moines Laundry association after a conference called by Gov Kraschel. About 300 employees met while owners attended a second meeting and upheld the rejection before returning to the plants.
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Palo Girl Weds Shellsburg Man in Marion Baptist Parsonage
Mrs Gerald Bull formerly Miss Ethel Packingham daughter of Mr and Mrs H Packingham of Palo and Earl Bull of Shellsburg are the couple. The wedding took place Saturday in the Baptist parsonage at Marion and the couple will live on a farm near Palo.
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Bull
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Shellsburg
State Prisoners Cost Twenty Dollars Monthly at Fort Madison
The April report for Fort Madison state penitentiary shows 1,520 convicts cost the state 20.78 each for the month, including 18 cents daily for food. Total expenditures were 31,602.25 with significant food and supply usage such as 17,000 pounds beef and 42,000 pounds potatoes.
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Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Red Oak Firms Consolidate Adjoining Jewelry Stores
Red Oak with 5500 residents has three jewelry shops run by George P. Cole Will Mello and J W Coon. The stores now occupy adjoining buildings after Mellon moved between the other two. Mellon quips about adding a Main Entrance sign.
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INS
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Will Mello
J. W. Coon
Mellon
Farmer Killed Trimming Tree Near Stone City
Special to The Gazette reports George Lochr, a farmer near Stone City, was fatally injured when a falling limb crushed his chest while trimming trees. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church with Rev. D. M. Beggs officiating. Surviving are his wife and three sons. He was born near Morley.
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George Lochr
Stone City
Congregational Church
D. M. Beggs
Morley
Pickpockets Target Lisbon Alumni Banquet
At the Lisbon high school alumni banquet about 200 attendees left the auditorium when pickpockets mingled in the crowd. T. M. Lee reported his billfold with $31 and miscellaneous items stolen after returning home. Similar pickpocket reports followed a recent Elgin commencement event. LOWDEN- Dr. F L Rabe 85 health physician died Sunday after brief illness. Survived by wife and one daughter.
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T. M. Lee
Elgin
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Central City Girl and Springville Man Wed at Mount Vernon
Miss Gladys Hindman daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Hindman of Central City and Kenneth McShane son of Mrs Effie McShane of Springville were married Sunday at the Methodist church in Mount Vernon with Rev W G Rowley officiating. The couple’s attendants were Mr and Mrs John Dixon of Marion. The bride wore deep rose celanese crepe with gray accessories. Mrs Dixon wore blue accessories. Mrs McShane is a Springville high school graduate from 1931 and has worked at Petersen Baking. Mr McShane is a 1927 graduate and has worked with Cedar Rapids Co op Dairy for five years. They plan to live near Springville after June 1.
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Clayton Farmer Killed by Tractor in Sperry Township
Charles Dehrer a 62 year old Sperry township farmer and Volga creamer y director died instantly Sunday when a tractor he was repairing slipped into gear and backed over him. He is survived by his wife and five children. Funeral services set for Tuesday afternoon.
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William P. Young of Whittier Dies at 78
William P. Young, a lifelong Whittier resident, died Sunday evening at the Wilson Emmons home in What Cheer at age 78. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. in the Whittier reading house.
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