HERRING ACCUSER TRIGGERS NEAR RIOT IN DES MOINES
Virgil Case demanded a delay of the hearing on the gambling charge against Gov. Clyde L. Herring while he also faced subpoena to testify in the O'Connor conspiracy trial. A Des Moines Social Justice club meeting erupted when Case attempted to speak, was tossed into a woman’s lap, and escorted out as the crowd roared.
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Virgil Case
Clyde L. Herring
Mershon
Case
Des Moines Social Justice Club
Edward L. O’connor
Sioux City
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Social Justice Club
Fred Miller
Elma Wood
Miller
Herring
Iowa City
Iowa
Mandamus
Indian children need clothing, Meskwaki ask federal aid
Tama Mesquakie Indians on the Tama reservation protest to the federal government for necessary clothing for school children. They cite the Bureau of Indian Affairs denial and report about 97 children in need. The Mesquakie Student-Parent association sent a letter to Dr Carson Ryan requesting prompt action and offering cooperation.
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Gazette
Tama
Tama Reservation
George Young Bear
Mesquakie
Indian Bureau
Amos Morgan
Horace Poweshiek
Albert Davenport
Percy Bear
George Buffalo
Poweshick County Red Cross Membership Leads Nation
Poweshick county shows the largest 1935 increase in Red Cross membership among towns and counties. At a Des Moines state conference two national officers visited the Grinnell chapter to study local methods, recognizing the county’s active work.
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Gazetts
Grinnell
Poweshick County
Red Cross
Des Moines
L. G Lemsey
Paul P. Meyers
William Laymiller
C A. Fraiser
Frank Talbott
Brooklyn McFarlin
Chai
Clyderman
Montezuma
T H Connell
Deep River
J. W. Jones
Malcom
Otto Schultz
Sheridan
Edna Morgan
Esther Steinert
Stanek Divorce Suit Filed for Cruel Treatment
Frank J. Stanek of Chelsea filed for divorce from Mary J. Stanek on Friday charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple married in 1898.
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Toledo
Frank J. Stanek
Chelsea
Mary J. Stanek
Jury Seated For Edward L O Connor Gambling Trial
A Woodbury county district court jury of five women and seven men has been chosen to hear the gambling conspiracy case against Attorney General Edward L O Connor in Sioux City. Jurors vary in occupation from farmer to auto salesman, with ages 23 to 67, and are kept segregated at the request of the prosecution.
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Truartment
Edward L.o’connor
Woodbury
Sioux City
State Park
Highway Department
Back
A. T. Bentley
Correctionville
John Bowman
Smithland
Charles Willmott
Oto
B. L. Gambs
C. C. Leonard
Sam Raskin
Iowa News in Brief Elberron Local Tuberculin Tests Planned
Multiple town briefs cover school tuberculin testing approved by Tama county boards with Dr. J R Crum administering and parental approval cards returning to Superintendent J G Rogers. Other items note a Methodist conference in Independence, Buchanan County Fair leadership, and local arts and obituaries.
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J. R. Crum
J. G. Rogers
Ruth Walker
Des Moines
Elber
Tama County
Boards of Education
Tama
Gladbrook
Geneseo
Garwin
Dysart
Clutter
Toledo
Montour
Be Ganetta Purchases Grocery, Seeks Postmaster Post
Be Ganetta Herman of Fairbank has purchased the local grocery and applied for postmaster. Across multiple towns, high school plays, legion meetings, and auxiliary activities are reported with a variety of civic and social notes.
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Herman of
Fairbank
Petit Jurors Drawn For Court At Elkader
Thirty five jurors were drawn for the December term of the district court to open December 2 before Judge W L Eichendorf. Names include Ray Anderegg Millville George Bente Boardman Mrs E C Bando w Boardman Albert Baches Volga Lorenz Buckman Boardman George Dickman Garnav ille Frank Feidt Mallory Will Glennon Sperry Kittie Johnson RAT preenGate F L Jarms Mo erred Klinkenberg Farmersburg Marie Kean Mendon second Joseph Kamm Buena Vista George Kleinow Marquette Fred W Lahrs Read John Lenhart Littleport Virgil Meese Littleport E K Mark Marion Irene McPageert Cox Creek E E McNeal F C Neverman Monona John F O'Brien Mendow second H T Olson Grand Meadow Gilbert Peterson Clayton Frank Rodas Volga J T Ryan Sperry Ed Sherman Cass Louis Leeland Broadman Bert Seeman Jefferson Lawrence Schulitz Monona L W Steiert Giard Oscar Thompson Wagner Harold Tangeman Jefferson Harlan Weyant Lodomillo John Enderes Jefferson
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District Court
W. L. Eichendorf
Ray Anderegg
Millville
George Bente
Boardman
E. C. Bandow
Albert Baches
Volga
Lorenz Buckman
George Dickman
Garnaville
Frank Feidt
Mallory
Will Glennon
Sperry
Kittie Johnson
RAT preenGate
F. L. Jarms
Moerred Klinkenberg
Farmersburg
Marie Kean
Mendon
Joseph Kamm
Buena Vista
George Kleinow
Marquette
Fred W.W. Lahrs
Read
John Lenhart
Littleport
Virgil Meese
E. K. Mark
Marion
Irene Mcpageert
Cox Creek
E. E. McNeal
Community Fair Highlights LA Porte City Sixth Year
The sixth annual Community fair in La Porte City runs through Saturday, organized by the high school vocational agriculture department led by E. E. Pearson. Local businesses, professionals, and civic groups donate prizes. exhibits include a notable hobby display with wood carvings by 88 year old H. H. Scott and contributions from Mrs. Effie Scorey of Chicago. Premiums awarded span fruit, baked goods, preserves, rugs, and corn displays with winners named across amateur and professional divisions. Rural schools Big Creek No. 3 and 2 showcase student entries under teachers Hartz, Fleming, and Gomerman.
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High School Vocational Agriculture Department
E. E. Pearson
C. E. Ashley
Main Street
Ashley
H. H. Scott
Effie Scorey
Chicago
Mexico
Manitoba
Grimes
Ray’ Nder
Wood
Jonathan
Henry In
Buff Lemorn
Don_Kline
Rhode Island
Forrest Peck
Roy Yarrow
Muscovey Ducks
Beste Weaterberg
Roy Yarrowe Economiién
William Knip
Moe William St. Clair
Willem Knipp
Dorothy Stevens
George Fell
Neva Me Oods
Mopride
Judee
Mra
Ie ‘Scheibner
Jesse Koker
Wendell Beck
Don Kilne
George Eliott
F. A. Hawkins
Gearne
Helen Hartz
Bruce Center
Kane Fleming
Big Creek
Surrenders On Charge Trapping Out Of Season
Toledo. Ray Alston, 22, appeared at the county jail door and told sheriff's wife he would lock himself in. He had been missing since Saturday when four muskrat hides were found drying at his home. The trapping season opens Nov. 10. He faces a trapping out of season charge and will have a hearing before Justice E M Hufford of Toledo.
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Toledo
Ray Alston
C. Harris
Harris
Alston
Justice E. M. Hufford
Lookin' Lovely school play set for Thursday night
Greeley announces the all school play Lookin' Lovely to be presented in the auditorium Thursday evening. The cast includes Lorrain Digman, Helen Hough, Maxine Amsden, Jean Chase, Garnet Armstrong, Luyverl Nichols, Wilbur Beehm, Buster Nichols, Victor Robert Dow, Robert Slater, Walter Brady, and Richard Holthaus.
Judge Rules Iowa Moratorium Law Unconstitutional
AP reported Judge P. J. Nelson ruled the Iowa moratorium extension law unconstitutional citing Fourteenth Amendment violations and lack of equal protection for secured and unsecured debtors. The case arose from a Dubuque county farm mortgage and foreclosure delay challenge involving Marshal Thomas of the Farm Credit Administration in Omaha.
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Dubuque (Ap
P. J. Nelson
Iowa
Dubuque County
Keota Man Dies After Mule Kicks He Sustains Fatal Injury
Charles Stoutner 55 of Keota died at 4 30 am in Washington county hospital from internal hemorrhages after a mule kicked him in the stomach while he was hitching it to a wagon at his son Bruce Stoutner’s farm northwest of Keota on Friday afternoon. He was a retired farmer and is survived by his widow three sons Keith a law student at Drake Bruce and Marion at home two brothers Frank and Clyde of Keota.
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Keota
Charles Stoutner
Washington County
Bruce Stoutner
Stouther
Keith
Drake
Bruce
Marion
Frank
Clyde
Keota Woman Injured When Car Leaves Sigourney Road
Keota resident suffered a broken nose and other injuries Friday after an automobile driven by her uncle Will Romoser veered into a ditch on Sigourney road. Romoser lost control of the car but was not hurt.
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Oma Dorrence
Will
Romoser
Sigourney Road
Eee
Art
Homestead Woman Files Divorce Suit
Marie Moershel of Homestead files for divorce from William A. Moershel after 90 years of Amana existence. She seeks custody of two daughters and alimony of 50 a month temporary and 30 a month permanent. Married in Cook County Illinois on April 4 1917.
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Amana Society
Marie Moershel
Homestead
William A. Moershel
Moershels
Cooks County
Til
Daniel Ruddy former hotel owner dies in Chicago
CHICAGO AP Daniel Ruddy 79 a former hotel owner died Friday at his daughter Mrs Margaret Klinger home He was born in Syracuse New York Before moving to Chicago a decade ago he operated a hotel at Marquette Indiana Survivors include two sons and two daughters
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Daniel Ruddy
Margaret Klinger
Syracuse
N.Y
Marquette
Injured Worker Loses Fingers at Chapman Lumber
Jesup resident Jesus Ler oy Bahl suffered the loss of his index finger and two joints of the middle finger on his right hand while operating an electric saw at the Chapman Lumber Company office Thursday morning.
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Leroy Bahl
Val Bahl
Chapman Lumber Company
Wapello Boys Pardoned After Larceny Sentences
Governor Clyde Herring pardoned LeRoy Jack Virgil Harvey and Rex Robertson who were sentenced September 27 by Judge Oscar Hale for larceny of twenty sacks of wheat from the George Potter farm east of Wapello. The youths were caught loading the grain into their truck.
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Clyde Herring
LeRoy
Jack
Virgil Harvey
Rex Robertson
Oscar Hale
George
Fruitland
Harry Phillips
Dale Lukenback
Muscatine Island
WPA Approves Buchanan Cedar Works Projects in Iowa
DES MOINES AP Iowa Works Progress Administration approves 22 new projects to aid relief clients, adding 562 jobs for a total of 20,993. Hill reports completion costs at 15.78 million dollars. six earlier projects aid 118 workers. Projects span Buchanan Dubuque Cedar Muscatine Wilton Junction Jackson and include road resurfacing, memorial building renovations, and quarry work with varied allocations.
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Iowa Works Progress Administration
L. S. Hill
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Buchanan County
Hazleton
Fairbank
Perry
Westburg
Jefferson
Dubuque
Cedar
Iowa
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Centar
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Red Oak
Fremont
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Massillon
Linn
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Gower
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Prairie Springs Township
Toledo Board Names County Officials and Staff
The Tama county board of supervisors approved Carrie Hendrickson of Toledo as clerk to County Superintendent B. F. Clark. Clara Seeley was rehired as matron of the courthouse rest room, and Clara Wild with Frank Wild were hired as matron and steward of the county home.
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Carrie Hendrickson
B. F. Clark
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Clara Wild
Frank Wild
Black Hawk county accused of letting contracts illegally
O Z Crowley of the Associated General Contractors of Iowa charges the Black Hawk county board violated state law by dividing road projects into small units to evade public letting rules. The Bergdahl report cites gas accounting irregularities and asks for a taxpayers’ copy.
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O. Z. Crowley
Associated General Contractors of Iowa
Black Hawk
Crowley
Bergdahl
C. V. Kline
Black Hawk Board
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Poyner
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Urges G. O. P. Leaders Meeting Over Proposed Convention
Halden publican state chairman calls county chairmen and vice-chairmen to discuss a pre primary convention to pick candidates for the 1936 campaign. Frank will decide if the convention is held, with county officers to pass judgment. Halden says officials support the plan and seek a public presentation to party members.
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Halden
Frank
Republican State Central Committee
Light Docket Listed In Winneshieh Court
Decorah Iowa November term of district court to be convened by Judge H E Taylor of Waukon. Trial jurors report November 25. Fifty six actions in bar docket with eight state cases twenty three probate and twenty five new cases including two divorces five mortgages foreclosures and seven notes actions. Five liquor related state cases noted. Probate division files include two wills nine final reports and six petitions to sell real estate.
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H. E. Taylor
Waukon
Equity
Most Eligible Bachelors Named at Iowa University Spinsters’ Spree
Thomas Miller of Iowa City Vern Anderson of Des Moines and William Merritt of Fort Dodge were named the university’s most eligible bachelors at the annual spinsters’ spree. The award was presented during the informal party attended by nearly 500 couples, chosen by a sorority committee.
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Thomas Miller
Vern Anderson
Des Moines
William Merritt
Fort Dodge
University of Iowa
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