Iowa to Honor 304 Civil War Vets at Memorial Exercises
Iowa prepares Memorial Day ceremonies honoring 304 Civil War veterans still living in the state. The program includes tributes across Waterloo Davenport Clinton Marshalltown and Des Moines with speakers James Dolliver Guy Gillette and others.
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Iowa
Talleorn
Prairies
W. F. Hathaway
Appomattox
Grand Army of the Republic
Hathaway
Oleg Nelson
Slater
G.A.R
John P. Risley
Des Moines
Guy M. Gillette
Davenport
Average Iowa Civil War veterans age 93 in 1930 record
Iowa G. A. R. headquarters reports the average age of living Civil War veterans as 93. Among 304 veterans, four are 100, one is 88, and nine are 89, with 1861 as the war start.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Davenport Civil War survivor declines Memorial Day parade
John M. Thumm, Davenport's last Civil War veteran, turns 92 in November and rarely leaves home. He may visit his wife's grave over the weekend, criticizes modern low cars, and says he did his part in the War of the Rebellion and dislikes parades.
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Davenport
August Wentz
John M. Thumm
Perfect Attendance Marks St Ambrose Graduate Mary Sullivan
Davenport AP report notes Mary Alice Sullivan completes 16 years of schooling with no absences and only one excused cut. Born in Cedar Rapids, she has lived in Davenport since age three and will graduate from St Ambrose College today. She will be the first St Ambrose graduate to earn a music degree from the college’s new music branch.
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Davenport
Mary Alice Sullivan
St. Ambrose College
Miss Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
Coleman released on bond after murder conviction
Lee Coleman and his wife were convicted of second degree murder in the death of Knoxville Night Marshal Bert Conrey. Coleman, 44, was released from jail on $20,000 bond and granted time to file a motion for a new trial by June 15. Conrey died in Des Moines hospital April 2 from injuries after an March 17 altercation.
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Knoxville
Lee Coleman
Bert Conrey
Peturdis
Norman Hays
Coleman
Conrey
Des Moines
Colemans
Last of Butter Thief Gang Sentenced to Ten-Year Term
Harvey Mighell of Holstein Iowa lost his plea for a new trial in district court and was sentenced by Judge Grover Brown to ten years in Fort Madison penitentiary for taking part in a 1936 Kimballton creamery robbery. He was the fifth and last man sentenced in a butter theft spree that hit twenty one creameries in eighteen towns with losses totaling about $17 000.
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Audubon (Ap
Harvey Mighell
Holstein
Grover Brown
Fort Madison
Kimballton
Mighell
Sales Tax Returns Tie With 1937 Pace in Iowa
Iowa sales tax receipts through May 26 amount to 3 236 960 for January to March, near the 3 206 638 total a year earlier. The 60 966 merchants filed this year versus 58 392 in 1937, with an average return of 53.09 compared to 54.92 last year, a 3 percent gap once adjusted for use tax.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
Roddewig
Plan Nine District Tours Iowa State Campus During June
Nine district tours for farmers and families will visit the Ames campus in June and July. District agents will direct the tours which cover ten to twelve counties each. Dates list nine tour centers from Carroll to Denison with names of directors and visit highlights at the dairy agronomy and livestock farms.
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Plan Nine
Iowa State
AMES
Grant Chapman
Carrol Redfern
Donnellson
A J. Marken
Jefferson
Marion Balkema
Estherville
Donald Groves
Humboldt
Agronomy
Dairy Department
Poultry Arm
Bolt Of Chair Is Iowan Souvenir Of Sino-Jap War
Charles K Carroll of McGregor returning home from China brings back a bolt from his office chair as a souvenir of Shanghai fighting. He described weeks in a warehouse by the Whangpoo river with Chinese workers and a tense encounter with a Japanese officer who relaxed after Carroll used the word baseball.
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Bolt
Gazette
Mcgregor
Charles K. Carroll
China
M. C. Carroll
Shanghai
Carroll
Whangpoo River
Terbe Pticken
Cedar County feud plays out in Tipton courthouse
A long running Cedar County feud is argued in Tipton's courthouse as four county supervisors face suspensions after a grand jury probe. Judge W W Scott presides while J C France prosecutes for the state and E C Halbach defends. The hearing nears week three with testimony over road work, a county farm dairy barn, and a 19000 gallon gasoline shortage.
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Cedar County
Tipton
W. W. Scott
Davenport
J. H. Maurer
Maurer
Storm Center
J. C. France
E. C. Halbach
Clinton
France
Olin Alumni Banquet Celebrates 50th Anniversary
About 500 guests gathered for the Olin High School fiftieth anniversary banquet. Notables included Miss Hattie Pike of Colorado and Chauncy Houstman president of the alumni association. An historical exhibit and building models preceded the dinner and program.
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Olin
Olin Alumni Association
Olin High School
California
Kansas
South Dakota
Colorado
Missouri
Illinois
Hattie Pike
Chauncy Houstman
Alumni Association
Iowa
Local Farmers Complete Corn Planting Amid Rain Delays
Oelwein reports several farmers finished corn planting last week between showers. Some completed earlier, others expect to work past June first as wet fields slow progress. Quackgrass infestations and cutworms hinder gardens and farm chores amid lingering poor weather.
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Oelwein
Allamakee County Considers New Court House
Efforts in Allamakee county seek a public vote on a new limestone court house to replace the old Civil War era structure. The plan proposes federal aid covering 45 percent with winter quarry work for local laborers, and cites neighboring counties pursuing similar projects.
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Allamakee County
Waukon
Jones and Bremer
Allamakee
Buchanan
Howard
Independence
Cresco
Dares Wife To Stab Him Ends In Injury
Dallas Spurgeon a Decker packing plant employee told police he dared his wife to stab him during a family argument. Mrs Spurgeon stabbed him with a sharpened case knife and he was treated at a local hospital.
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Mason City
Dallas
Spurgeon
Decker Packing
Wearin Labels Gillette as Wrong for Roosevelt Tenets
Congressmen Otha D. Wearin campaigns in Anamosa claiming a vote for him sustains the Roosevelt administration and a vote for Guy Gillette opposes Roosevelt principles. He calls himself the logical Roosevelt man and accuses Gillette of backing the reactionary press over court reform ideas. Wearin notes Washington views and recalls a White House visit in 1937. He stresses political, not personal, opposition and appears at the May festival after a late arrival.
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Ganette
Anamosa
Otha D. Wearin
United States
Roosevelt
Guy Gillette
Gillette
Iowa
Washington
Wearin
White House
America
Rep
American Legion
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Primary Tests New Deal Support Amid Farm Vote
The Iowa primary shapes a major test for Roosevelt policy acceptance as five Democrats compete for the senate nomination. Hopkins backs wearin against Gillette, signaling administration hopes of a farm belt endorsement. If no candidate clears 35 percent, a convention may nominate Kraschel as a compromise.
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Washington
Iowa
Farm Belt
Roosevelt
Deep South
Atlantic Coast
Far West
Florida
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Congress
Illinois
Hopkins
Rep
Otha Wearin
Gillette
White House
Bix Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Wearin
Herring
Kraschel
Kraschel Seeks Posts On Iowa Senate Race Replies Awaited From Roosevelt Farley
Des Moines Iowa Governor Kraschel said he had sent telegraphs to President Roosevelt and Democratic National Chairman James A Farley asking their positions on the Gillette Wearin Iowa Senate primary. Hopkins has open support for Wearin. No replies had been received by Saturday night.
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Des Moines
INS
Kraschel
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Iowa
Hopkins
Wearin
Pryor Attacks Hopkins Over Meddling in Iowa Primary
Burlington Iowa AP Pryor former Iowa relief administrator assaults Harry Hopkins WPA head for meddling in the state senate primary supporting Rep Otha Wearin. He says Hopkins statements are likely to influence distressed voters while conceding Edward C Eicher has the right to back a candidate but calls his defense of Hopkins a woeful mistake.
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Burlington
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Iowa
Democratic Senate
J. C. Pryor
Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Pryor
Edward C. Eicher
Eicher
Leaders Silent as Rumors Persist of More Endorsements
Des Moines observers report a push for a united Democratic front as rumors grow of new endorsements in the senatorial primary. GOP critics point to a Democratic party split, while figures like Rep. Ed C. Eicher back Wearin, fueling further speculation.
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Des Moines
United Party
Democratic Party
Guy Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings
Kraschel
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Wearin
Ed C. Eicher
Washington, In
Eicher
United States
Wearin supporters mail photo of Roosevelt with Wearin
Supporters in the Otha Wearin senator race mailed many copies of a picture showing Wearin addressing a Young Democrats meeting at Harpers Ferry with James Roosevelt on his right. An accompanying letter suggests readers read between the lines about the Roosevelts’ meeting prior to the June primaries.
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DES Moines
Otha Wearin
Guy Gillette
Wearin
Harpers Ferry
James Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Iowa Democrats split over Wearin Gillette race and endorsements
The article outlines Democratic divisions among Iowa contenders for the U.S. Senate including Wearin and Gillette with list of backers like E. G. Dunn and W S. Jacobsen and notes possible withdrawals. It discusses neutral stances by Hubert Utterback and Roosevelt's neutrality in the primary and hints at broader party impact in November.
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Associated Press
Carl Dueser
Louis Hansen
Mechanicsville
G. D. Goldsmith
Clarence
John P. Jensen
Near West Liberty
Fred G. Daut
Near Wilton Junction
Allamakee Court House
Nation Watches
Farmer
New Deal
By Kirke L. Simpson
Atterback
Jonn D
E. G. Dunn
W S. Jacobsen
Leo J. Wegman
J. J. Meyers
W. G. Byerhoff
Fort Dodge
Ellsworth Richardson
Eddyville
Hubert Utterback
Gov. Kraschel
E. H. Birmingham
C. W. Storms
George Keller
John H. Mitchell
Robert E. O'Brian
Wegman
Dunn
Jacobsen
Charles Huston
Internal Revenue
J. J. Hughes
National Emergency Council
I. T. Jones
Hughes
NRA
AAA
Wearin Beelieves
Novemeer
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