Bright sun melts first Iowa snow at polls
Voters across most of Iowa headed to polls despite frigid air as sun brightened the day. Ice coated highways prompted cautions from state patrol, with several towns reporting heavy drifts and several inches of snow in places like Oskaloosa and McGregor.
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Des Moines
INS
Towans
North Central
East Central
Charles City
Davenport
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Albia
John Hattery
State Highway Patrol
Oskaloosa
McGregor
West Union
Rock Island Seeks Clinton Davenport Muscatine Line Purchase
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway asked the ICC for permission to buy the Clinton Davenport and Muscatine line between Davenport and Shaffton for 110000 and to abandon Shaffton to Bennett and Tipton to Elmira segments totaling 50.7 miles. The move would cut Rock Island mileage Clinton to Davenport by about 39 miles and save about 150000, with salvage value of the abandoned line estimated at 100000.
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Rock Island
Clinton
Davenport
Woodbury Sheriff Candidate Named in Damage Action
Forrest M. Olson republican candidate for Woodbury county sheriff was named among four defendants in a $20,000 damage suit filed by Glenn D Houser former deputy under Sheriff William R. Tice. The suit cites a campaign bulletin about Tice and includes Buford Hansen as a defendant alleging beating during a cattle theft confession attempt. Houser seeks $5,000 punitive damages $10,000 for loss of reputation and $5,000 for mental anguish.
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Siouxcity
Forrest M. Olson
Woodbury County
Glenn D Houser
William R. Tice
Olson
Tice
Buford Hansen
Correctionville
Leo Naughton
Houser
F. Price Smith
H. B. Conners
West Union OKs $15,000 Bond for Pool Project
West Union residents approved a 617 to 396 vote authorizing a 15000 bond for a 28000 municipal swimming pool. A 13000 PWA grant is being sought to aid financing. This was the second election after a Sept 29 vote was invalidated on technical grounds.
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West Union
PWA
Townsend Debates In Grinnell Forum On Townsends Plan
In Grinnell on Monday night Dr. Raleigh Stone of the University of Chicago challenged Dr. F E Townsend on whether the Townsend plan would provide national recovery. Townsend argued it would spur prosperity by boosting spending like postwar European loans and the soldiers' bonus, noting a transactions tax's effectiveness in Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Clayton-Delaware C T A Averages 22 1 Butterfat
The Clayton-Delaware Cow Test association reported October results with 331 cows tested. The group average milk production was 426 pounds and butterfat 221 pounds. Top herd was Shirley Phelps with 1109 pounds milk and 38.3 butterfat. single Jersey from Walters and Youngman recorded 1220 pounds milk and 70.8 butterfat.
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Edgewood
Clayton-Delaware
Francis Scott
Shirley Phelps
Strawberry Point
Walters and Youngman
Garber
Loss Of Bonds In Bank Blamed For Wisconsin Slaying
G A Berquist of Ashland was held for questioning in the slaying of John Pettingill a 45 year old insurance dealer shot three times at his Iron River home Monday night Police said the killer demanded bonds he claimed Pettingill's father had taken from him 15 years ago The assailant said he lost the bonds in a bank that is now defunct and Pettingill refused to provide money or bonds leading to the shooting in self defense the killer fired twice with a pistol in the head.
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Iron River
Wis
G. A. Berquist
Ashland
John Pettingill
Hjalmar Frostman
Bayfield County
Berquist
Here
Pettingill
Vatican grants third term for Dominican provincial
The Vatican issued a special dispensation allowing Very Rev. Terence S. McDermott O P former Iowan to serve a third four year term as provincial of the province of St Joseph the eastern province of the Order of Preachers Dominican Fathers.
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New York
Vatican
Terence S. McDermott
O. P
St. Joseph
Order of Preachers
Dominican Fathers
Fort Madison man fatally shot. police probe opened
Paul Fogeland, 26, painter, found dead in his car outside Coroner Walt Clement’s office in Fort Madison. Two bullet wounds to the forehead and a nearby .22 rifle suggest murder. Autopsy found two bullets in Fogeland’s brain. investigators doubt he fired the shots.
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Fort Madison
Paul Fogeland
Walt Clement
Fogeland
Election Seen As Peace Blockade In Sioux City
Reports from Sioux City indicate officials may take aggressive action after the election to settle the Swift Packing strike now six weeks old. National guard troops guard the plant while the National Labor Relations Board holds hearings on unfair labor practices with many witnesses yet to question.
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Sioux City
Swift Packing Company
National Guard
National Labor Relations Board
Lee Loevinger
United Packing House Workers Union
Davenport Father Sees Son Die In Truck Accident
Donald Chatterton, 5, died from injuries after his head was caught between a truck cab and a tree on November 1. The boy was leaning from the cab window as Ora Loving backed up, and his father witnessed the accident.
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Davenport
Donald Chatterton
Ora Loving
Brothers vote opposite tickets in Richland township
In Richland township Ionia County two elderly brothers, John Hall 79 and Amos Hall, voted on Tuesday as they have for 56 years with opposite tickets, John supporting the Democratic line and Amos the Republican. They say they never quarreled over politics and trust in the American way. The Halls, native Iowans, live six miles south of town.
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Ionia
Richland Township
John Hall
Amos
Halls
Here
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Deaths And Cadence
Mrs. J Walter Hotz 57 died after months of illness in Iowa City former Annie Reizenstein. Survivors include her husband two daughters a brother and four half brothers. Services at St Marys Church. Armistice day speakers named for University of Iowa east campus. Funeral held for Edna Chandler 37. burial in Franklin Grove Illinois. Collision damages city bus and car. jail break thwarted by sheriff with inmates accused of planning.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
J. Walter Hotz
Hotz
Annie Reizenstein
Grace Bush
Clifford Bauserman
Charles Reizenstein
Will
George Borstel
Joseph Reizenstein
Hamilton
N. Y
J. E. Reizenstein
St. Mary's Church
John A. Schneider
Johnson County
Frank J. Snider
Sadie Seagrave
Oakdale
O. B. Limpseth
Arthur J Cox
Nell Ellis
Dan Dutcher
C. S. Meardon
Evan Rowland
Legion Post
Mason Ladd
College of Law
William R. Hart
Myron J. Walker
Harry Barnes
Frank J. Mezik
Edna L. Chandler
Franklin Grove
William F. Frauenholz
Shepard
Funeral for Sheriff L A Fry Draws Crowds in Vinton
In Vinton Iowa Benton county residents filled the Methodist church for the funeral of Sheriff Leland A Fry. Services led by Rev Charles G Fort and attended by American Legion pallbearers and sheriffs from surrounding counties. Military escort and firing squad honored the fallen lawman amid a stormy day. Ten Iowa members were among the attendees.
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Vinton
Benton County
Leland A. Fry
Sheriff Fry
Charles G. Fort
Rockford
Highway Patrol and Peace Officers Appear in Report
The article mentions the highway patrol along with a number of other peace officers. It notes their involvement in a public safety matter and references their collective authority without detailing specific actions or outcomes.
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Highway Patrol
Ring Mishap Delays Gilman Rob inson Wedding
Gilman Robinson and Lillian Vaala faced a delay as they humored a prankster ring bearer Marlo Miller aged 6 by shooing away a playful attempt to steal the ring before the marriage ceremony.
Boswell Mirrors Johnson in Loose Clothes and Mannerisms
The biographer James Boswell emulated Samuel Johnson in clothing and conduct, adopting untidy dress and similar mannerisms.
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Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Earl H. Newman Dies at 54 in Des Moines
Des Moines AP Earl H Newman manager of the Postal Telegraph office for 22 years died Monday at his home after six weeks illness. Born in Rockford Illinois he moved to Chicago in 1902 and later came to Des Moines as local manager in 1916.
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Newman
Postal Telegraph Company
Rockfor
Chicago
Des Moines
Earl H
Natex touted as remedy by local man in Marion ad
A Natex advertisement touts the remedy as effective after years of indigestion and constipation. C E Fitzsimmons of Marion testifies the product improved his condition after 30 days of use. The ad invites readers to visit May Cut Rate Drug Store and Natex rep at 215 Second Street SE with mail orders and pricing for one and four week treatments.
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Natex
Second Street SE
C. E. Fitzsimmons
Marion
Iowa
Second Street
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