Second Storm Floods Northeast Iowa Railways and Roads
Heavy rains across northeast Iowa wash Turkey river banks at Elkader Eldorado and Elgin. Rock Island and Milwaukee rail lines suffer washouts with bridges and tracks moved. Trains delayed. full service expected by Thursday night. Cattle killed by lightning. McGregor and surrounding areas hit by torrential downpours.
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Iowa
Turkey River
Elkader
Clayton County
Eldorado
Elgin
Fayette County
Rock Island
Brainard
Decorah
Clermont
Cedar Rapids
West Union
Milwaukee
St. Olaf
Pony Creek
McGregor
Clayton
Lonerock
Wis
Marquette
Say Magill Creek
Olive Eggen
Michael McCormick
La Porte City Woman Named Grand Marshal of Kappa Phi
Miss Rupprich daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Rupprich of La Porte City has been elected grand marshal of the Kappa Phi council meeting alternate summers in vacation spots. The society with over 200 members meets this year for its 25th anniversary at Sylvan Lake Black Hills South Dakota. A feature is a new song book compiled by Miss Rupprich with songs by members including her own compositions.
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LA Porte City
Noma Rupprich
Collingdale
Charles Rupprich
Kappa Phi Council
Sylvan Lake
Black Hills
S. D
Rupprich
Miss Rupprich
Davis to Attend 70th Class Anniversary at Cornell
Mrs. Ellen Rigby Davis of New Brunswick New Jersey age 90 will fly to Ithaca for the 1871 class reunion at commencement in June. The only other surviving classmate is John W Cory of Spencer. She comes with her daughter Mrs John W Bearslee wife of the New Brunswick seminary president. Her precepts include being useful and reading 5 to 20 pages of French daily while she recently took up Spanish. Her Mount Vernon home has long hosted Cornell students. The Rigby family has sent more than 100 students to the Mount Vernon school in 75 years.
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Mount Vernon
Ellen Rigby Davis
New Brunswick
N. J
Cornell
John W. Cory
Spencer
Davis
Rigby
Mount Vernon School
Rainfall Sweeps Iowa With Varied Totals Across Towns
Light to moderate rainfall covered Iowa with Fort Dodge at 1.30 inches and Charles City at .95. Clarinda .84 Decorah .80 Burlington and Carroll .63 Iowa Falls .61 Creston .46. High winds damaged structures near Webster City and Ogden blowing a bin a quarter mile and toppling trees disrupting lines.
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Des Moines
Fns
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Clarinda
Decorah
Burlington
Carroll
Iowa Falls
Creston
Webster City
Ogden
Highview
Christian Hess Dies at 70 Native Of Amana
Christian Hess 70 a lifelong Amana resident died Tuesday after a lingering illness He worked many years in the local store He is survived by two sons Carl of Des Moines Henry of Amana and a granddaughter Marilyn His wife died in 1936 Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Amana Community church and burial will be in the Amana cemetery
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Amana
Christian Hess
Carl
Des Moines
Henry
Marilyn
Amana Community Church
Swindlers Connected With Numerous Cases
Ottumwa officers identify two alleged confidence men as Frank C. Syrek and Norman Semple after victims from Davenport Cedar Rapids and other cities accuse them of multiple swindles. Federal and local authorities seek extradition for Walter Anderson of Chicago as part of a midwestern gang operation using a handkerchief switch to extract cash from depositors.
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Ottumwa
Middlewest
Frank C. Syrek
Providence
R. I
Norman Semple
Cochranville
Penn
Walter Anderson
Chicago
Iowa
Grover Caster
Anderson
Monmouth
Semple
William Blunk
Davenport
Forrest Wilson
Syrek
Hidgon
E. J. Stremming
Iowa City News Briefs: Theatre honors and city actions
Cedar Rapids residents Mary Weaver and Florence Healy join the National Collegiate Players. Iowa City awards include purple mask honors for eight students and two professors, plus a council protest over an Iowa City Light and Power substation. Fire damage assessed at $10,000 as restoration compliance looms. Louis Shulman becomes permanent acting city attorney after Schloegel resignation.
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Iowa City
Mary Weaver
Florence Healy
Cedar Rapids
National Collegiate Players Organization
University of Iowa
Lois Tallman
Clark Kaney
Owa City
Bess Whitcomb
William Coder
Hunter D. Sellman
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Chiren
J. Leon Leeper
Harold Monk
J. J. Clark
Louis Shulman
Gene A. Schloegel
Mysterious shootings strike Cresco and Waukon
Police report a Cresco telephone operator shot in the leg around midnight Monday in a case resembling a separate attack on Waukon high school student Jean Richter, 15, who was shot near her home after a commencement event. Investigations underway by Allamakee and Howard county officers.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Cresco
Miss Kinstrey
Jean Richter
G. B. Richter
Howard County
Obituary: Mrs Nellie Berry Center Point Area Resident
Mrs Nellie Louisa Berry 65 widow of James Berry died at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids Tuesday night She lived in Center Point Urbana and Walker area since marriage Sept 25 1890 She is survived by four children Inez Haines Brandon Oro McQuitty and Leland Berry Walker Maxine Chamberlain Center Point a brother Charles Waddle Vinton a sister Matilda Terby Center Point and nine grandchildren Funeral at Center Point Christian Church 2 30 p m Thursday Rev M D Swisher officiating burial Urbana
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Center Point
Nellie Louisa Berry
James Berry
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Urbana
Walker
Berry
Inez Haines
Brandon
Oro McQuitty
Leland Berry
Maxine Chamberlain
Charles Waddle
Vinton
Matilda Terby
Christian Church
M. D. Swisher
First Toledo Home Grants 12th Grade Diploma
Attorney General Rankin spoke to 23 eighth grade students and one twelfth grader at the State Juvenile Home in Toledo. Joseph Kintz earned the home’s first ever twelfth grade diploma, after previously completing the last two high school years at Toledo Public School. The home plans to expand to a four year high school.
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Toledo
John M. Rankin
Joseph Kintz
Two Dysart Buildings Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed two Main Street structures in Dysart on Tuesday evening. Geyer's restaurant owned by Mrs Pearl Seebach and a Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn warehouse owned by Earl Kessler burned. no occupants were inside. Firemen under Chief Orrie Wilmore fought flames. loss estimated at 2500 dollars with insurance.
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The
Gazette
Dysart
Geyer
Pearl Seebach
Ed Schnell
Pioneer
Hybrid Seed Corn Company
Earl Kessler
John Keen
Orrie Wilmore
Kessler
Havre Farmer Given 5 Years For Hog Stealing
Nyle Bailey a 20 year old Havre farmer was sentenced by Judge P J Siegers to up to five years in the state prison at Fort Madison after pleading guilty to larceny of hogs. Bailey was arrested on a complaint by Wilbur Schantz of Crawfordsville whom Bailey had worked for. Previously he had been given a suspended five year sentence in the men's reformatory at Anamosa for fur theft from a local garage.
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Gazette
Washington
Nyle Bailey
Havre
Farmer
P J. Siegers
Fort Madison
Bailey
Wilbur Schantz
Crawfordsville
Anamosa
Memorial Day Exercises in Hopkinton Cemetery
At 10 30 a m the Rev David deBest of the Presbyterian church will deliver the address Music by the school band Marie Metcalf will play cornet and Mrs Raymond Sires will read Taps to be sounded by the American Legion honor guard
Tipton Youth Drowns Near Vinton in Cedar River
William Conley 21 of Tipton drowned in the Cedar River two miles east of Vinton while swimming with youths. Frank King 17 attempted a rescue but failed as Conley exhausted. companions included Lewis Hanson 16 Marvin Wiese 16 and Lyle Burkhart 15. Divers recovered the body after a canoe search, marking the first local drowning in years at the popular swimming spot.
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Vinton
William Conley
Tipton
Cedar River
Frank King
Conley
Lewis Hanson
Marvin Wiese
Lyle Burkhart
Nate Conley
Walter Pale
What Cheer School to Get $38,000 WPA Gym
The What Cheer school board reports a WPA grant of 38 000 dollars toward a 61 000 dollar gymnasium project in What Cheer. Construction will start likely July 1, joining the high school with a monolithic concrete structure and improved heating. The project includes new toilet facilities, boiler, locker rooms, and bleachers, with grades five through eight housed in four new rooms.
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W. B. Dixon
What Cheer
E. N. Murphy
Ottumwa
Washington, D. C
PWA
Federal Works
WPA
Knights of Columbus conclude three day Iowa convention
The Iowa Knights of Columbus finished its three day convention with officers elected for the coming year. D. L. Rater of Ottumwa was reelected deputy, Ray F. Conley of Des Moines secretary, J. L. Mahoney of Farley treasurer, Mike J. Caputo of Marshalltown warden, and Frank W. Less of Cascade advocate.
Dysart Woman Dies After Carbolic Acid Ingestion
Mrs. Harry Dengler 38 of Dysart drank carbolic acid around noon Tuesday. Coroner says no inquest. She bought the acid in Dysart, visited a nearby farm, then drank in a field and died within minutes. Survived by husband and son Martyn 16. Funeral Friday at 2 pm in Dysart with Dysart cemetery burial.
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Tama
A. J. Wentzien
Harry Dengler
Dysart
Schampkohl
Martyn
Denglers
Henry Jansen
Allamakee County cuts food relief for employables
Allamakee County voters adopt relief policy effective June 1 barring food orders for employable men and their families. The county board states farm labor shortage drives the change and WPA workers must accept private employment at prevailing county wages and standards.
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Waukon
Allamakee
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa U Commencement Activities Under Way
The University of Iowa begins its eighty first commencement with 19 events over six days. Virgil M. Hancher presides at his first convocation as president. The schedule includes a supper, a student alumni party, a baseball game with Wisconsin, class reunions, and the Sunday baccalaureate address by Harris Franklin Ball of Evansville.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Virgil M. Hancher
Harris Franklin Ball
Evanston
Stiger Urges War Basis For Red Cross In Toledo
Iowa Supreme Court Justice C B Stiger urged recruiting all women for a full time war basis with the Red Cross at a Toledo Red Cross quota exhibit. The program covered Red Cross origins, Clara Barton, and U S entry into 1881 affiliations, with Tama county band music and local nursing talks.
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Stiger
Red Cross
Toledo
United States
C. B. Stiger
Iowa
Supreme Court
Clara Barton
International Red Cross
Vernon F. Kepford
Tama County
Asa Thomas
Vernon F Kepford
Clara Anderson
Toledo High School
Dick and
Barnie Zmolek
Roger Freet
Ralph Cooper
Ruth Thompson
Phyllis Pace Arends
H. P Giger
Collette Vaughan
Carl Zander
Iowa panel raises secretary Selby salary
The Iowa industrial and defense commission boosted executive secretary Rodney Q. Selby’s pay from 3500 to 4500 dollars annually. Selby travels to Washington frequently and briefed the commission on defense industry site work in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
Rodney Q. Selby
Selby
Washington
Commission
Iowa
Peace Officers Learn Bombing Raid Duties
Iowa sheriffs deputies and police chiefs attended the first of eight FBI district meetings in Council Bluffs. James L. Dalton said up to 1,000 officers may join as topics cover law enforcement roles in large scale bombing raids and examples of bombs and damage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Council Bluffs
James L. Dalton
FBI
Daleton
Dalton
Europe
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Tee
Merlin Miller
Carl M. Higdon
Iowa City News
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Cedar
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Simmons
Hallerfelt
Third Avenue
Allamakee County
Iowa U
Sober’s
Second Street SE
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Nerere
Sparkle
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Coca-Cola Company
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