State Levy Not To Be Entirely Eliminated
DES MOINES AP An Iowa Republican spokesman says Gov George A Wilson will not eliminate the state property tax levy due to the international situation A real estate levy of six million will be trimmed by half despite calls to end it entirely A special session could be needed if war occurs and insurers with large Iowa land holdings push liquidations under state law
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Des Moines
Iowa
George A. Wilson
GOP
H. A. Grantham
Wilson
United States
Grantham
Clutier Man Wins $9128 Verdict in Crash Suit
Frank J. Stodola of Clutier wins a civil damage award of 9128 from Tama county district court jury for injuries from a April 10 1939 collision two miles south of Dysart with a car driven by William Brandt of Dysart. He sought 17943.51.
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Toledo
Frank J. Stodola
Clutier
William Brandt
Dysart
Tama County
Stodola
Bruce Hayes
Dysar
Brandt
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Roy R. Higgins
Milo Arp
Albert Kaufman
Gertrude Franks
Nora Emerson
Margaret Kremenak
Edward Upah
Erma Gaunt
Clista Spears
Hannah Larson
Ruby E. Brubaker
Walter Schrieber
L. F Machacek
F. W. Gessner
Walter Brandt
Adolph Moeller
Hubert Donnelly
John Berry
Harold R. Walden
Paul O'Keefe
John H. Jones
Walter Miller
L. F. Machacek
Leroy Sorensen
Frances Dunlavey
Frank Ash
H. M Barnes
Ernest Kurth
Belle Plaine
Charles Dunlavey
Traer
Joseph Novotny
Frank Stodola
Clutter
J. J. Murphy
Vinton Scouts Earn Eagle and Merit Honors at Court of Honor
Five Vinton youths received Eagle Scout badges from State Public Safety Commissioner Karl Fischer at a Benton county district court of honor held in the Legion hall. Second class awards went to seven Scouts from Troop 42 at Iowa School for the Blind and three from Troop 47, with 33 merit badges awarded by Dr. D H Hibbs. The event was led by C Owen Stookey of the Vinton Lions and featured Scout opening by D Eldon Mackie with Rev Floyd Weed giving the invocation.
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Gazette
Vinton
Karl Fischer
Benton County
Legion Hall
Harold Blocher
John Hilstead
Dale Kaiser
Jack Milroy
Stanley Petersen
Winton
Elvin Adams
Paul Conrad
Howard Ewing
Robert Lee
Harry Fenton
LeRoy Swartz
Elmer Swope
Iowa School For the Blind
Billy Caldwell
Mark Kruse
Don Brickley
L. M. Hayes
D. H. Hibbs
C. Owen Stookey
Vinton Lions Club
Don Boddicker
D. Eldon Mackie
Floyd Weed
John J. Locher, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Marion News Death of Sylvester Leverich at 86
Sylvester P Leverich 86 retired realtor and former Marion city councilman died Monday at 3 30 pm at his daughter Mrs Eugene Simpson's home 302 Seventh Street NE Cedar Rapids after a thirty day illness Born August 20 1853 at West Union son of Chauncey and Matilda Usher Leverich married 1874 in Cedar Rapids to Mary Louise Knight who died in Marion in 1936 Lived at 715 Sixth Avenue for over fifty years and had been with his daughter since 1938 Survived by three daughters Mrs Simpson Mrs R L Bixby Davenport and Mrs Pauline Barros La Crosse Wis and three grandchildren Betty and John Barros La Crosse and Robert McGill Cedar Rapids Funeral services Wednesday at 10 am at Balster and Hall home for funerals with Rev Arthur W Henke Methodist church officiating and burial in Oak Shade cemetery.
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Sylvester P Leverich
Eugene Simpson
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
West Union
Chauncey and
Matilda Usher Leverich
Mary Louise Knight
Marion
Sixth Avenue
Leverich
Marion City
Methodist Church
Simpson
R. L. Bixby
Davenport
Pauline Barros
la Crosse
Wis
Betty
John Barros
Robert McGill
Balster and Hall Home
Arthur W Henke
Oak Shade Cemetery
Citywide Memorial Day Closing Proclamation Issued
Mayor John H Pazour orders all city businesses closed Memorial Day from 10 to 12 during American Legion services in the city park. Mrs. Jacob Kray travels to Cedar Rapids to visit ill Mary Hansen.
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John H Pazour
American Legion
Registrations Reach 144 for Vacation Bible School
The Vacation Bible School sponsored by five area churches totals 144 registrations by Tuesday noon. Departments include 42 junior 26 beginners 29 primary 37 intermediate and 10 in high school. Beginners meet at the Methodist church and primary at the Congregational church. Classes run 9 to 11:30 each weekday except Saturday with beginners excused at 10 a.m.
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Presbyterian
Methodist
Free Methodist
Congregational
Baptist
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Mrs Clara Russell Dead After death in Olin home
The Rev H Livingston reports the death of Mrs Clara Belle Russell 85 Sunday at her son Frank Russell's home in Olin Brief services are set for Wednesday 1230 at Olin and 230 at Maquoketa Free Methodist Church Burial follows in Maquoketa Mrs Russell formerly lived in Marion and belonged to the local church.
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Clara Russell
H. Livingston
The
Free Methodist Church
Clara Belle Russell
Frank Russell
Olin
Maquoketa Free Methodist Church
Maquoketa
Mr. Livingston
Russell
Marion
Birthday Surprise Party for Mrs B L McNeil
Mrs B L McNeil honored her husband on his birthday with a surprise party at their home on 1200 Twelfth Street Monday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs C F Maier, Mr and Mrs O D Timms and son Bruce, Mr and Mrs Edgar Norbohm, Mr and Mrs Karl Karch and daughter Norma, Mr and Mrs George Price of Alburnett, and Mr and Mrs Leo Witchester with Mr and Mrs James Reynolds of Marion.
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B. L. McNeil
Twelfth Street
C. F. Maier
O. D Timms
Bruce
Edgar Norbohm
Karl Karch
Norma
George Price
Alburnett
Leo Witchester
James Reynolds
Marion
Club Closes Season With Dinner and New Member
The Musical Literary club ended its season with a Monday dinner at Miss Ruth Engstrom’s home. New member Mrs. Manx Evans was welcomed as piano solos by Miss Engstrom and Mrs Evans accompanied by Miss Louise Braska and Mrs Dorothy Klumph Robison.
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Musical Literary Club
Ruth Engstrom
Manx Evans
Engstrom
Evans
Louise Braska
Dorothy Klumph Robison
Memorial day parade prep and community notices
Cub Scout pack No 58 members meet at the public library at 10 a.m. Thursday to participate in Memorial day events. The Christian church choir rehearses Wednesday at 8 p.m. after the church night supper. The Entre Nous club celebrated Mrs George M Hibner's seventy fourth birthday with a dessert luncheon Saturday. Several local residents attended. Various residents visited and hosted guests including Mrs H R Meyer of Perry and Mrs Libbie Carver. Memorial day closings affect merchants while many residents travel for family funerals.
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The
Christian Church
Bible School
Cub Scout Pack No 58
George M Hibner
Entre Nous Club
R. Lee Taylor
W. K. Lothian
Fred M. Blakeslee
W. G. Bowen
H Wwerth
E. E. Parsons
James E. Bromwell
Ida McCoy
Morley and Area Obituaries and Notices
Morley death of Clara C Russell at 85 follows lingering illness. Services planned at 12:30 p.m. and Maquoketa burial. Union Memorial services in Alburnett honor twelve World War soldiers and wives. Local students to join State Scholarship contest. Marriage announcement for Alice Marie Harris and Donald Steele. Funeral for Ida Lindley Hotz near Morley. Charles Harting of La Porte City dies. services and survivors listed. American Legion auxiliary raises 69.21 from Poppy Day proceeds.
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Alburnett—Union
C. L. Fuller
The
Evangelical Church
Evelyn Price
Leota Boddicker
Laurene Wenger
M. D. Swisher
Christian Church
Lois Frederick
Verle Etzel
Clarence Peterson
D. B. Darlington
Harold Johnson
A. J. Schueler
Dick Hendryx
Elmer Burr
Albert Martin
Frank Frederick
W. E. Stick
John Tritle
Carl R. McCalley
Ohio Man Chosen to Lead Iowa State Aeronautics Dept
Wilbur C. Nelson an aeronautical engineer from Dayton Ohio will head aero nautical instruction in Iowa State college mechanical engineering department replacing Col W A Bevan who resigns after 11 years Nelson a University of Michigan graduate 1937 holds a masters and has worked as stress analyst for Stinson Aircraft and as an assistant engineer for engines with the civil aeronautics authority He will begin Sept 15 and the Bevans plan to move to Mooresville Indiana
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Col Bevan
Iowa Aeronautical Commission
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Iowa
Bevan
Mooresville
Ind
Nelson
University of Michigan
Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Wayne, Mich
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington, DC
Escaped Convict Confesses DeWitt Creamery Break
Clinton county authorities report Jack King, an escaped prisoner from Fort Madison, confessed breaking into Capper's creamery at DeWitt at midnight Sunday. He failed to open the safe and was recaptured at Dyersville Monday and returned to prison.
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Clinton
INS
Clinton County
Jack King
Fort Madison
Capper
DeWitt
King
Dyersville
Land Left To Fayette For Park Foreclosed
Davenport AP June 12 set by Judge W R Maines in Scott county district court for hearing on Earl S Lockwood administrator of Stella Sweet Kemmerer will who asks set aside paragraphs gifting land to Fayette for park purposes The administrator contends the Fayette parcel was foreclosed under a mortgage and the estate no longer holds title.
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Davenport
W. R. Maines
Scott County District Court
Earl S Lockwood
Stella Sweet-Kemmerer
Fayette
Notable Deaths and Local Updates From Iowa Towns
Multiple local items: Gottlob Heiserman, 73, dies at Manchester after long Delaware county life. funeral at home and Lutheran church with burial at Ryan. Melvoy Braye, 19, escapes from Anamosa reformatory with two others, $50 reward offered. Memorial day programs planned in McGregor with Legion sponsorship and readings. Volga City graduates to enter brain derby in Iowa City. Memorial day exercises scheduled in Volga City. Wellman business news as E Bell Jr buys and plans building teardown. Garber hosts church sponsored dinners and social events.
Memorial Day Weather Forecast For Iowa
The Weather Bureau predicted a fair and rather cool Memorial Day across Iowa with fair conditions on Wednesday. Temperatures were about four degrees below normal in the last 24 hours, with Monday highs around 72 in Carroll Inwood and Clarinda and varying rainfall reported in Davenport Waterloo Charles City Dubuque and other areas.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Carroll
Inwood
Clarinda
Davenport
Waterloo
Charles City
Dubuque
Town Falls
Marshalltown
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Final chapel address marks Nollen’s Grinnell presidency end
Dr. John S. Nollen delivered his last chapel address as Grinnell College president before students faculty and friends. He contrasted force with power urging that education should cultivate power used wisely. Robert C Young Oelwein president of the student council led a gift presentation. Nollen will become president emeritus after succession is appointed.
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Grinnell
John Nollen
Grinnell College
Europe
Nollen
Robert C Young Oelwein
Dr Nollen
Samuel Williston Foundation
Iowa City Briefs Franchises and Leases Reported
Iowa City officials grant a 24 year electricity franchise for four miles near Newport with Coralville plant supplying power. The Mouse lodge signs Woolworths for a 20 year 192000 building lease to remodel a former drug store site. Divorce actions include Louis Stevens from Paul Stevens and Maurine Lemley from Dwight Lemley in district court. Johnson County Red Cross contributions total 1028 toward a 1420 quota.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa City Tight and Power Company
Newport
Johnson County
Board of Supervisors
Coralville
Iowa City Mouse Lodge
Woolworth Company
Wagner Construction Company
Louis Stevens
Paul Stevens
Maurine Lemley
Dwight Lemley
Harold D. Evans
District
Red Cross
Automobile Accidents Take Two More Lives
Two Iowa crashes killed two men Monday night. Sidney Edelstein, 51, of Elmhurst, died when his car and a truck collided on the Lincoln highway west of Clinton. Robert Frisby, 55, of Nashua, died when his light truck overturned on highway 218 south of Nashua.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sidney M. Edelstein
Elmhurst
Robert Frisby
Nashua
Jo Edelstein
Lincoln Highway
Clinton
C. S. Petersen
L. E. Bradour
Bradour
Frisby
Des Moines Man Held On Assault Charges At Ames
Thomas Caruso 23 Des Moines CCC worker was held on assault charges after allegedly attacking two Town State College coeds on Highway No 30 bridge near the campus. He attempted to drag one woman. oil station attendant Fred Keigley and Ames attorney Carl Smedal stopped him until police arrived. Caruso allegedly admitted a similar arrest in Des Moines last year and faces arraignment Wednesday.
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AMES
INS
Thomas Caruso
Des Moines CCC
State College
Caruso
College
Fred Keigley
Carl Smedal
W J Cure Caruso
Des Moines
SUI Commencement Begins Wednesday
The 80th annual commencement at the University of Iowa starts Wednesday and runs six days with 20 events. President Eugene A Gilmore will confer degrees for the last time on Monday June 3. Highlights include a supper for 1,100 graduates and the Iowa Minnesota baseball series.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Field House
Eugene A Gilmore
Iowa
Boys Admit Thefts In Grundy County
Grundy Center AP Sheriff G A Mamminga said a youth ring in Grundy county confessed to oil station breakins and farm thefts since New Year. Billy Axtell 15 and Bob Clements a Missouri resident tied to the ring. another member Bud Keller 15 of Reinbeck implicated.
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Grundy Center
G A Mamminga
Grundy County
Billy Axtell
William Axtell
Bob Clements
Missouri
Hoys
Bud" Keller
Reinbeck
Three Iowa County Poll Locations Are Changed
Three polling places in Iowa county have been moved by the boards of trustees. Washington township moves from the Marengo fairground to lower South Amana near the Midway garage. York township relocates from York Center school to a site north of the school on gravel for better access in mud. Ladora shifts from Wagner's feed store to the bank building.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Boards of Trustees
Washington Township
Lower South
Amana
Midway
York Township
York Center
Ladora
Wagner
Bank
Fraudulent Lending Scheme Indictments Extend to Iowa
Investigations into a front money mail fraud scheme tied to Cleveland indictments. Defendants and corporations allegedly solicited advance fees from firms seeking financing, claiming to secure capital via “finders” who arranged brokerage links but failed to deliver funds. Case direction by AAG John Rogge, Postal Inspector Thomas Jervey, and SEC attorneys Clifton Woodrum and Vergil Tacy.
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Washington
Cleveland
Iowa
John Rogge
Thomas Jerveyv
Atlanta
Clifton A. Woodrum, Jr
Vergil W. Tacs
SEC
Tacy
Council Bluffs
Peanut Lodged In Lung Causes Death Of Greeley Child
Funeral services were held for Janice Kruger 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Kruger of near Greeley Iowa who died Sunday in Iowa City hospital from pneumonia after doctors failed to remove a peanut from her lung a week earlier The child was taken to Cedar Rapids then Iowa City and is survived by her parents and a sister.
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The
Gazette
Yale Man Appointed To Cornell History Dept
Dr Robert A Warner of New Haven Conn has been chosen to fill the Cornell college history and political science vacancy during Dr Russell Cooper’s leave. Warner, an instructor at Yale, earned a PhD in 1935 and holds Harvard AB and master's in education. His research includes New Haven Negroes: A Social History.
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Mount Vernon
Robert A Warner
New Haven. Conn
Cornell College
Russell Cooper
Warner
Yale University
Harvard
New Haven
Yale Press
Cooper
North Central Association of Coleges and
Memorial Day cemetery decorations organized by local veterans
Columbus leaders and veterans groups coordinate Memorial Day cemetery decorations. American Legion post Columbus City chairs the effort with volunteers including J J Robertson of Tennessee J D Bebb Conesville J D Darrow H F Church Indian Creek H P Edemondson Sandy Grove Mrs Hene rietta Salomon Cara W O Jones Cambrian among others assisting.
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Columbus
American Legion Post
Columbus City
J Robertson
Tennessee
J. D Bebb
Conesville
J. D Darrow
Church
Indian Creek
P Edemondson
Sandy Grove
Henerietta Salomon
Cara
W.O Jones
Cambrian
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WJ. L. Roberts
Perry
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Bill Thomas
Gerald Thomas
Hutton
Charles A. Engel
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Minneapolis
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Marion Choral Club
Grace Meloney
Fern Waffle Thomas
Goudy
Nyall Holdtite
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Ivanhoe Club
Don Wolfe
A. E. Miller
Heart of Midlothian
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Fred J. Lang
Fifth Avenue
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Rosa Reiter
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Mary Hansen
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Ill
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Janet
Newton
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Frank
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H. P. Kline
Alvin Kline
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Arlene
Harry
Creston
Elbert. Kline
Ruth
Laurel
Arlene Kline
Townsend Club No. 2
Memorial
Cornelian Club
F. E. Stimson
Frank Shively
Joseph Sazana
Joseph, Jr
Milwaukee
Mr. Shively
R. O. Shively
Mrs Shively
Walford
Guy W. Miler
Camden, Tenn
Melvin Gallatin
C W. Biggs
E. L. Potter
Glenn Potter
Mrs
Elmer Rouse
Elmer Hollingsworth
3Rd Ave. SE
H. R Meyer
Libbie Carver
Webster City
Thelma Mae Claude
Franklin Crawford
Frankie
Wayne Frakes
Charlotte
Melvin Frakes
Crawford
R L. Bixby
S. P Leverich
J. T. Galtiven
Oswald Nelson
Universal Crusher Company
Morley
Clara Cunningham Russell
Frank C Russell
Spragueville
California
Delmar
Frank C
L. B
Radcliffe
Hilda Lyman
Alburnett High School
Town City
Carl Lang
Edwin Harris
Alice Marie
Donald Steele
Willis Steele
Ida Lindley Hotz
John Hotz
Anamosa
Center Chapel
Samuel Weaver
Hotz
Amanda Voorhies
William
Orpha Hotz
Elizabeth McCleary
George
Lindley
Ulysses
Wisconsin
LA Porte City
Charles Harting
Jubilee Church
W. F. Domres
Harting
Spring Creek Township
Christina Hoppe
Herman Weltzin
Alvin Hebel
Walter Harting
Jesup
Arthur Luloff
Otto Weltzin
Carl Hebel
Herbert Harting
Oscar Harting
Verne Harting
Acob Loeb
Lutheran Church
Jubilee
American Legion Auxiliary
Gertrude Esher
Veterans Hospital
Ohio
Iowa State College Aeronautics Dept
DeWitt Creamery
Manchester
Gottlob Jacob Heiserman
Delaware County
Dale Turner
Spring Branch Fish Hatchery
W A’ Adix
Ryan
Mr. Heiserman
Wittenberg
Germany
Lauretta
Henry Wendling
Melvoy G. Braye
Cherokee
Braye
Clyde C. Callinan
Ottumwa
Floyd Beesen
Mcgregor
McGregor Post
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
William Minney
Flanders Field
Mary Walter
William Goltz
J. Franklin Parsons
Volga City
Daniel Potter
Duane O'Brien
R. P. Nelson
Wellman — E,. Bell, Jr
Keith Adams
Main Street
Garber
St. Michael’s Church
St. John's
John S. Nollen
Krebs Monument Company
Third Avenue
Walter M. Krebs
Dial
SUI
Greeley
Yale
Cornell History Dept
U.S.A
Leo
Hach Brothers Company
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