Cowin Expects Iowa Vote For Prohibition Repeal
Waterloo co chairman R N Cowin said an early county survey shows 57 for repeal 8 against and 34 doubtful. he cited Polk Dubuque Scott Woodbury Linn and Black Hawk as promising for repeal and predicted larger national repeal support in Iowa than county returns suggest with rural farmers also favoring repeal for economic gains.
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Des Moines
R. N. Cowin
Waterloo
Iowa Repeal For Prosperity Committee
Iowa
Cowin
Polk
Dubuque
Scott
Woodbury
Linn
Black Hawk
Tama Youth Elected To Cornell Men's Senate
Richard Tims of Tama and Ralph Smyre of Sterling Ill will be senior members of the Cornell college Men's Senate for next year. Lester Coleman Mount Vernon and Arthur Young Cedar Falls named junior class reps with Robert Johnson Chicago as sophomore member. freshman representative to be chosen next fall.
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Mount Vernon
Richard Tims
Tama
Ralph Smyre
Sterling, Ill
Cornell College
Paul Hickman
Newton
Harold Beard
Dallas Center
Lester Coleman
Arthur Young
Cedar Falls
Robert Johnson
Chicago
Sigourney Churches Offer Two-Week Vacation Bible School
The Protestant churches of Sigourney will host a two week Vacation Bible School starting June 5 at St. Pauls Evangelical Church Church of Christ and Methodist church. All community children are eligible to attend.
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Sigourney
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Church of Christ and
Methodist Church
Iowa birthplace of Buffalo Bill taken down for Cody
Carpenters dismantled the house where William Cody was born in Le Claire Iowa Section by section for transport to Cody Wyoming The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad bought the house and will transplant it to the Wyoming city named for Buffalo Bill
Iowa Fishermen Report Best Season In Years
Iowa lakes and streams opened May 15 and the fish and game department said fishing is better than in years. Record license sales reflect the success with crappies wall-eyed pike northern pike and pickerel caught across the state. Improved trout fishing is noted in many streams with more than 60 percent of trout measured over seven and a half inches.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Fish and Game Department
Black Hawk Lake
Sac County
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Clear Lake
Storm Lake
Partner of BedDow enters guilty plea
In federal court at Sioux City Dale C. Koon a stock salesman pled guilty to five counts of conspiracy to utter forged instruments related to a $17,000 Liberty bond sale connected to the BedDow case. The four remaining forgery and uttering counts against Beddow Heldridge were dismissed on the district attorney's recommendation.
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Bioux City
INS
Frank Beddow
Federal District Court
Dale C. Koon
Koon
Beddow
F. A. Heldridge
National Bank
Gorham
Kan
Federal
Lamont and West Waterloo Tie for Top in Iowa Academic Meet
West Waterloo and Lamont high schools led the Iowa academic meet with five first places each. West Waterloo won more total positions, topping in tenth to twelfth grade English correctness and in American and English literature, while Lamont claimed first in Latin history economics and physics among others.
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Gazette
Iowa City
West Waterloo
Lamont
Iowa
E. F. Lindquist
Jefferson Township High School
Shueyville
Council Bluffs
Hubbard
Jefferson Township
Northwood
Nichols
Battle Creek
Stratford
Denison
Laverne
Oxford
Clermont
Maquoketa
Webster City
Spencer
Tiffin
Luverne
West Wahow
Sameee Seer
Sabety
Eagle Grove
Grundy Center
Marion
Edgewood
Mount Vernon
Abraham Lincoln
Elvira Consolidated
Clinton
Deems Estate Pays $49 200 State Tax in Iowa
The estate of John Francis Deems, former Burlington railroad official, paid $49,200 in Iowa inheritance tax. Deems died November 24 1931 in Burlington. The estate was valued at $1 202 247.24 with a taxable value of $1 160 554.72.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Treasurer's
John Francis Deems
Burlington Railroad
Deems
Burlington
Treasury Department
Iowa High School Honors At Class Day Exercises
Marengo valedictorian Norman Zahrt led the senior class day program with Gretchen Mumby as salutatorian. Other graduates heard addresses on history and prophecy as the orchestra under Richard Bryant played. Awards for football basketball and baseball were announced and girls basketball and dramatic honors noted.
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Marengo
Norman Zahrt
Gretchen Mumby
Margaret Jacobs
Ramona Wilson
Marian Langlas
Will
Ernest Friederichsen
Richard Bryant
Supt
J. H Shipton
Lyle Dye
Delbert Brown
Daniel Fesler
Stanley Graves
Wilbur Slaymaker
Robert Beilstein
Kenneth Moore
Kenneth Smith
Harold Reynolds
James Riley
Cedric Simmons
Joe Bartusek
Arthur Zimmerman
Julien Bartusek
David Carlton
Julian Bartusek
Lyle Sabin
Jack Rowland
Maurice Hogan
Bruce Schumann
Jane DeSpain
Luella Rouse
Richard Brown
Charles Hummer
Glee Club
Winifred Kelch
Belle Plaine
I.co. O.F. Hall
Sincere Rebekah Lodge
Naomi Hillman
Marie Penrose
Nadine Benner
Jane la Dage
Mary Ann Lester
Eleanor Humes
Rebecca Schubert
Amanda Rossway
Doretha Ringler
Henry Janss
Forestry Camps Approved At Backbone Keosauqua And Custer
President Roosevelt and Robert Fechner approve forestry camp locations at Backbone and Keosauqua state parks in Iowa and at Custer state park in South Dakota. Iowa’s first federal conservation corps of eighty seven men leaves Fort Des Moines for Albia to start erosion control and reforestation work under State Forester B. MacDonald.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Fechner
Keosauqua
Backbone State Parks
Iowa
Custer State Park
South Dakota
Des Moines
Federal Conservation Corps
Fort Des Moines
Albia
State Forester
I B. MacDonald
Iowa State Colege
Albila
M. B Crandall
P. E. Newport
The
Medical Reserve
R. B. Huckstep
W. P. Burns
J. E. Taylor
Harry W. Jones
Towa
Spring Is Theme Of Cornell Husk Edition
The May edition of the Husk Cornell college literary magazine released on campus features lavender cover art by Alma Broulck Clutter and May themed content. Undergrad writers include Margaret Chamberlin Alice Maher Genevieve Paul Jewell Bothwell Tull Winifred Mayne and Beatrice Smith with art by Beatrice Smith and poetry by Charlotte Radcliff.
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Mount Vernon
Husk
Cornell College
English Club
Alma Broulck
Mich
Kathryn Fenstermacher
Red Wing
Minn
Gertrude Herrick
Ada
Ohio
Marjorie Holmes Mighell
San Juan
Tex
Frank Wilson
Denver
Colo
Robbers Get 28 At Two Garrison Stores
Garrison police reported no trace of two robbers who escaped with 28 dollars from Farmers Mercantile and O Wenner hardware stores Tuesday night. They entered via a basement window, cut through a door and removed an iron bar to access the main rooms. Wendell Merchant hid cash, limiting loss. no merchandise was stolen.
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Garrison
Farmers Mercantile Company
O. Wenner Hardware
Mercantile
Wendell Merchant
Wenner
Safe Stolen From Lowa Woman By Five Bandits
A safe taken from Mrs. Henry Steuven’s home near Boyden was found near Sioux Falls after five bandits three men and two women bound and gagged the victim. The $40 inside the safe is missing. Separately a man named John Kruse was pressured to drink formaldehyde during a demand for money at his farm. He is expected to recover. In Mount Auburn Memorial Day services led by the American Legion and Auxiliary will feature a program at the Methodist church after a cemetery march past 10 o'clock.
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Vinton Lee
Harold Miller
Albert Sullivan
Donald Gatrell
Arnold Vratny
Mr. Gatrell
Lauretta England
Flanders Field
Margaret Yavorsky
Nelson Anderson
Twelfth Street
Tenth Avenue
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles E. Hughes
R. O. Burrows
Charles Bistricky
Carrie LaCage
Christ Methodist Church
T. N. Neilson
Ruth Craig
Boyden
Henry Steuven
Sioux Falls
S. C
John Kruse
Mount Auburn
Iowa Auto Registrations Drop 66 102 From 1932
Iowa motor vehicle records show 1933 registrations 66 102 fewer than 1932. Lew Wallace, state superintendent, announced on Thursday that May 1 totals reached 508 083 versus 574 185 last year. Most counties declined including Woodbury 2 868 Potta watamie 2 100 Scott 1 757 Linn 1 869 Black Hawk 1 678 and Dubuque 1 350.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wallace
Woodbury County
Pottawattamie
Scott
Linn
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Memorial Day Program Shifts to 10 30 A M at High School
Williamsburg outlines this year's Memorial Day schedule with a 10:30 a.m. assembly in the high school auditorium. Judge Harold D. Evans delivers the principal address, James McCabe reads Gettysburg, and the Community band provides music before the Woman's Relief Corps conducts veterans services.
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Williamsburg
Harold D. Evans
Lincoln
James McCabe
Woman's Relief Corps
Hughes Declines Senate Bid Favoring W W Wilson
Belle Plaine attorney Charles E Hughes announces he cannot leave his law practice to run for the state senate seat. He endorses W Walter Wilson of Traer, a three term former state representative, for the nomination. Democrats are urging Mike Hyland of Traer to accept their nomination. Senator Harry C White of Vinton, a Democrat, has resigned to join the board of control.
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Belle Plaine
Benton
Tama
Senate
Harry C. White
Vinton
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
W. Walter Wilson
Traer
House of Representatives
Mike Hyland
Senator White
Board of Control
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Cornell Husk
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