Erwin Convicted Of Extortion Against Iowa Seed Merchant
Lyle Erwin, 42, a vacuum cleaner peddler, was convicted on three counts of attempted extortion of Earl E. May, a Shenandoah seed dealer. He faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Prosecutors said three blackmail letters demanding $6,000 supported the case. defense argued lack of direct evidence. Erwin was captured June 21 near Council Bluffs after agents staged a dummy package. he claimed to be an innocent hitchhiker.
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Omaha
Lyle Erwin
Earl E. May
Shenandoah
Erwin
Aslateral Court 3
Cefenss
Aciesi
Mts
E. C. Epperson
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Hard Luck Pursues Family At Oelwein
Family misfortunes haunt the Cooks of Oelwein as injuries and illness strike relatives. Sam Cook Jr., hospitalized with a brain concussion from a rag falling in a store. William Cook Jr., age 15, lost part of a finger in a school accident. Telegrapher Al Goak was injured by a pole, later sent home from hospital. Isabel Cook underwent emergency appendicitis surgery. Mrs. Cook died of pneumonia in January.
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Oelw
William F. Cook
Cook
Sam
Oelwein Hospital
William, Jr
al Goak
Great’ Western
Atkins Senior Class To Present Comedy Dotty and Daffy
Atkins high school to present the senior class play Dotty and Daffy at the band hall. Performances are scheduled for Thursday and Friday evenings with cast including Lanza Schminko, Travers, Sipser, Lensch, Beatty, Koehn, Rassole, Krug and others.
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Atkins
Ganette Atkins
Dotty and Daffy
Atkins Band Hall
Cme
Rales Nasal
Liu Lan Schminke
Bag Pas
Patr
Nios Travers
Tatar
Sipser
Luna
Gider
Charles Lensch
Rentz Simmer
Keith Beatty
Georgy Fopemeasen
Leota Koehn
Stelyn Rassole
Edward Krug
Rastaened
Theater Owners To Investigate Delay In Film Releases
The Allied Theater Owners of Iowa and Nebraska voted a 50000 budget to study why exhibitors are refused timely pictures now on the market. Producers withhold releases, delaying screenings in some communities. A Nov 22 meeting will outline the plan. E O Ellsworth was elected president. Lester F Martin named acting secretary treasurer.
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E. O. Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Lester F. Martin
Nevada
Hills Couple Marks 50th Anniversary with Large Family
Special to The Gazette Hills Mr and Mrs Charles Nelson Smith celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home. They married on November 12 1884 two miles west of Hill. Eleven children attended with grandchildren and relatives including two sisters of Mrs Smith Mrs Ida Rappenkamp and Mrs Philip Michel. Present were Rev F A Kottenstette and family members from Hills Iowa City Oakdale Lincoln and Hills Milling Co owners Charles and Lincoln Smith.
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Hills
Charles Nelson Smith
Celia Gross
Vincent Gross
Charles Smith
Gregory Gross
Hill
Missouri
Smith
Ida Rappenkamp
Philip Michel
F. A. Kottenstette
Maude Loney
Ruth Philip
Gretchen Berridge
Iowa City
Wanda Kupka
Mary Droll
Zeta Schnebelen
Fay Wrede
Judge Smith
Oakdale
Cecil
Lincoln
Charles
Hills Milling Company
Claudia Gray
Ruth Adams
Mildred Blanchard
Marjorie Burgin
Donald Rankin
Charles Boland
Gerene Baldridge
Marvin Snyder
Howard Marquardt
Edgar Norhurft
Raynelle Hebron
Charles Ivory
Hopkinton
Harry Cook
Gladwin Dighton
Ringbearer
Patricia Senneff
Veil Bearer
Dorothy Cook
Helen Dighton
Reorganization urged for Republican Party in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports State Senator Garritt E Rolofs urged reorganizing the Republican Party along progressive lines after recent election results. He says the party must adopt a living program addressing social and economic issues or risk losing future relevance. The call includes establishing a permanent Des Moines headquarters and embracing leaders who can shape policy.
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Des Moines
Sepublican State Central Committee
Garritt E. Roelofs
Sioux Center
Republican Party
Ruth Jones keeps five year Sunday school session record
Ruth Jones aged 13 daughter of Mrs Nettie Jones of Wyoming has not missed a Wyoming Methodist Episcopal Sunday school session for five years a local church record She received honorable mention Sunday and now works for a Bible to be awarded to attendees who stay for church six consecutive months starting October 1
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Wyoming
Ruth Jones
Nettie Jones
Wyoming Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Ruth
Penningroth farewell reception parts in Tipton Iowa
Red Oak Grove church group hosted a farewell for Rev Louis Penningroth and family at the Challis home. Dinner, games, and singing followed. a gift was presented. They plan to move to Davenport where Penningroth will pastor Mt Ida Presbyterian Church.
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Tipton
Red Oak Grove
Louis P. Penningroth
H Ray Challis
Carl Metzner
State relief fund to be increased, says Gov Herring
Gov Clyde L Herring urged a higher state appropriation to keep federal funds flowing. He hinted at seeking at least 5 million dollars, up from 3 million set aside last session. Current funding exceeds 1 million transferred to relief, with 300 thousand monthly to FERA. details to follow from FERA in Washington.
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Des Moines
INS
General Assembly
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
FERA
Excelsior Springs
Midwest
Washington
Iowa
Mekota Spent $229 During Campaign
Des Moines AP reports Joseph Mekota spent 229.12 on his Democratic bid for district judge in Linn, Jones, and Cedar counties, the highest among 53 campaign expenditures filed with Secretary of State Mrs. Alex Miller. Other entries include Democrats Carl Stiger and Joe Flynn among others and Republicans R W Hasner and Frank Klees. Oelwein Dramatic club to stage The Late Christopher Bean at senior high Nov 23 with cast listed.
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Des Moines
Joseph Mekota
Linn
Jones
Cedar Counties
Alex Miller
Carl B. Stiger
Toledo
Joe Flynn
Decorah
LeRoy S. Mercer
Iowa City
O. K. Dick
Iowa Falls
R. W. Hasner
Independence
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
W. L. Eichendorf
McGregor
Frank Klees
Waukon
E. O. Ellsworth
Oelwein
Christopher Bean
Sidney Howard
Zella William
Robert Anderson
Betty Crowe
Ida Mae Carlson
Dorothy Grant
Jamie Davis
Robert Kenyon
Charles Harper
Oklahoma City U President Dies in St Louis Hotel
Dr. Walter Scott Athern, 62, president of Oklahoma City University and former Jowan, died Tuesday night in a St Louis hotel after a heart attack. Athern, a noted religious educator and author, was born in Marengo Iowa on July 25 1872 and studied at Drake University University of Iowa University of Chicago and Columbia University.
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ST. Louis
Walter Scott Athern
Oklahoma City University
Jowan
Athern
Marengo
Drake University
University of Iowa
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Jury Completes Selection In Paul Hake Murder Trial
Special to The Gazette Wapello The trial of Paul Hake charged with murdering Oakville farmer Martin Wolz began with jury selection Tuesday. Jurors named include Mabel Baker Joe Daniel Harry Biggerstaff Mary Boyd Fay Foster A Mecklenburg Mrs Walter Rice P F Benson Paul Hardin Mrs W C Upson Madge O Neil Mrs R M Baird. County Attorney D N Johnson opened. testimony started Wednesday. Hake is the last of the trio. Eddie Tallent is serving life at Fort Madison and Tony Thompson awaits execution October 28, 1935. E R Hicklin and W O Weaver counsel for Hake.
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Gazette
Wapello
Paul Hake
Martin Wolz
Oakville
Mabel Baker
Joe Daniel
Harry Biggerstaff
Mary Boyd
Fay Foster
A. Mecklenburg
Walter Rice
P. F. Benson
Paul Hardin
W. C. Upson
Madge O'Neil
R. M. Baird
D. N. Johnson
Hake
Eddie Tallent
Fort Madison
Tony Thompson
E.R. Hicklin
Armis tice day banquet in Tipton Legion hall hosts 100
The annual Armis tice day banquet was held in the Tipton Legion hall Monday evening with seating for about one hundred. After dinner the program featured a tap dance by Robert and Eloise Gillam, readings including The Flag by Jean Alice Marquis, a piano duet by Marilyn and Richard Moon, another reading The Poppy Field by Genevieve Carl, and a one act play A Child in the House by Community Players directed by Ora Hayes. Cast included Mrs. Dallas, Mrs. Lynch, Helen Witmer, Evelyn Hamiel and Eva McLain.
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Tipton
Legion Hall
George Fraseur
Robert
Eloise Gillam
Reading
Jean Alice Marquis
Marilyn
Richard Moon
Genevieve Carl
Ora Hayes
Don Dallas
Mary Lynch
Helen Witmer
Evelyn Hamiel
Eva McLain
Jury Impaneled for Anna Brauer V Paul Ruprecht Case
Tipton county district court convened for the November term with a petit jury impaneled to hear the action of Anna Brauer versus Paul Ruprecht of London. Mrs Brauer is represented by J C France with defense attorneys O D Reed of Des Moines and Marion C Hamiel of Tipton. The remaining jurors were dismissed until Thursday morning.
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Tipton
Cedar County District Court
Anna Brauer
Paul Ruprecht
London
J. C. France
Artist Lucy Bower of Cedar County Dies in Paris
American artist Lucy Scott Bower, 70, was found unconscious in her Paris apartment and died at Broussais hospital after a gas heater released unlit fumes. Born in Rochester Indiana near Tipton, she married John Munroe Bower of Portland in 1890 and exhibited widely in New York, London, Paris, and several U.S. galleries.
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Paris
INS
Lucy Scott Bower
Broussais Hospital
Lucy Scott Bower Daughter of Cedar County Pioneers
Lucy Scott Bower born in Rochester in 1864 to Mr and Mrs James Scott early Cedar county settlers. She studied art at Cedar County grade schools then New York School of Art and Julian Academy in Paris. Her husband John Bower of Portland Oregon died in 1912.
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Tipton, Ia
INS
Lucy Scott Bower
Rochester
Here
James Scott
Cedar County
New York School of Art
Julian Academy
Paris
John Bower
Portland
Ore
Funeral rites for Mrs Emma McMichael in Montour
Funeral services for Mrs Emma McMichael were held Monday at the Montour church with Rev S C Bretnall of Marion and Rev J A Caskey of Montour officiating. Born Emma Spickler April 17 1859 in Indian Village Township Tama County she married Robert E McMichael December 25 1877. They lived on a farm near here until moving to Montour about 25 years ago. After her husband’s death in 1927 she lived with a daughter Mrs Frank Richardson at whose Gowrie home she died Saturday after a lingering illness. Surviving children are Mrs Richardson Mrs W G Dobson of Montes j and William McMichael of Perry.
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Jones County
Center Junction
Davenport
Emergency Relief Committee
Manchester
Mary Lacke
George Wild
George Finney
Leona Sawyer
Central City
Walter Lacke
Harold and
Herbert
Ryan
Mamie Lacke
Faye
Lacke
Epsom
New Hampshire
Charles A. Locke
Walter
Mamie
Mount Vernon
Upper
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Charles R. Keyes
Cornell
Cornell Science Club
Law
Keyes
State Historical Society
Bertram
Methodist Church
J. Bruce Eyestone
America
Jean and
Ruth Minish
Pauline Wetzel
Flanders Field
Iva Mae Wetzel
A. R. Minish
Floyd Kitchen
Amos Berry
Jean Minish
Mary Anderson
Greeley
Gertrude Cornwell Batterton
William Cornwell
Gertrude Cornwell
Edward Batterton
Effie Fisher
Lucille Toomer
Farley
Eva May
William
Robert
Benjie
Victor
Colesburg
Strawberry Point
Opal Hucker
Lillian Mortimer
Montour
Emma McMichael
S. C. Bretnall
Marion
J. A. Caskey
Mce Michael
Emma Spickler
Indian Village
Tama County
Robert E. McMichael
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