Iowa Employers Get Old Age Pension Forms in State
Des Moines postmaster L S Hill announced Iowa’s employers of about 300 000 workers received social security blanks to determine eligibility for old age security. Forms delivered by mail carriers begin setting up the Iowa administration with workers to fill in names addresses and birth details for benefits ranging from 10 to 85 dollars monthly dependent on earnings.
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Des Moines
L. S. Hill
Iowa
Hill
Social Security Accounts Begin for 26 Million Workers
The federal government starts the monumental task of creating social security accounts for about 26 million workers. From 45 000 post offices, workers deliver forms to 5 million businesses to collect data for the old age pension program, with taxes set to begin January 1, 1937.
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Washington
Seven Slot Machines Seized At Waterloo
Waterloo police seized seven slot machines, two pinball machines, and thirty three liquor bottles in a raid on the Service Men's club run by the Black Hawk post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Waterloo
Service Men’s Club
Black Hawk Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tipton Businessmen Form Athletic Club
Tipton merchants have formed an athletic club to meet at 7 30 each Monday in the high school gym. The first meeting is this evening and about twenty five businessmen are expected to attend.
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Tipton
Red Cross rolls appoint county and Waukon leaders
Dr E W Hastings named county Red Cross roll call chairman with assistants for Waukon and a roster of county chairmen in many communities. Iowa notices report local events from Waubon to Decorah including school programs and civic meetings.
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Waukon
E. W. Hastings
Red Cross
Allamakee
al Hummel
Roland Kiesau
Frank Teeling
John K. Griebel
O. J. Hager
R. J. Hutchinson
William Leschensky
Clifford Zamzon
Ben Swebakken
J. E. O’brien
Albert S. Tousley
Patrick Gallagher
Farmer near Vinton killed in combine accident
Albert Roy Stewart aged 40 World War II veteran was killed at 1 15 p m Sunday on his farm three miles west of Vinton when caught in a combine power takeoff. His neck was broken and his body bruised as it was whirled. He enlisted in the 340th machine gun company and served fifteen months overseas. A native of Audubon he will be buried there. Surviving are his wife four children and his mother Mrs Isaac Stewart of Mitchell S D. Stewart came to this vicinity from Mitchell in 1935 and was a member of the American Legion.
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Waukon
J. F. Kepler
American Legion Auxiliary
Mesdames Kepler
Edna Hoag
Ralph Ludeking
Herman Thompson
Fred O’riley
Paul Bakke
Francis Teeling
Charles Palmer
Aurora
Bert Hawkins
Oran
Bud Sharpp
Oelwein
George Handley
George Walling
Frank Karnes
Stanley
Keota
Mary Louise Stewart
W. Ray Stewart
John J. Bennison
Dora Bennison
Cedar Falls
Bennison
University of Iowa
Kappa Alpha Pheta Sorority
Sigma Alpha
Brooklyn
Rev. L. L. W. Barnstable
Clinton Ryan
Carol Stone
Harley van Zee
Thomas Roberts
Margaret Carpenter
Lorraine DeWitt
Richard Edelen
Willis Scott
Richard Miller
Irma Ranch
Helen Parks
Willard Seehorn
Marie Cappen
Rollin Ormiston
Kenneth Dieterich
Wallace Lang
Lost Nation
Elizabeth Andersch
Davenport High School
Lila Machande
Sydney Story
Margaret Ales
David Darke
Alice Cressey
Emily Novak
Elwood
Wheatland
Iowa City
Utah State Crippled Children’s Service
Hedwig Trauba
University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
Traer
George Stephen Carlisle
Congregational Church
O. M. Meede
West Union Cemetery
L. H. McComas
Mr. Carlisle
St. Louis
Stephen Carlisle
Polo
Ill
Iowa
Margaret Harper
Carlisle
Masonic Order
R. H. Hild
Cato Lundt
Swaleville
Horace Clark
Arthur Fritz
Makee Township
Minnie Dougherty
Francis Wilkinson
Waterloo
Emma Crisel
Davenport
Churchtown
Conesville
Parent- Teacher Association
Hilda Owen
Helen Norris
Helen Donaldson
Times
Toledo
Frank Drinovsky
E. K. Strom
Dysart
Walnut Grove Products Company
Cass County
Drinovsky
Strom
Vinton
Albert Roy Stewart
Stewart
340Th Machine Gun Company
Audubon
Isaac Stewart
Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell
The
American Legion
Jacques Jolas Shines At Cornell Recital
Jacques Jolas, Juilliard pianist, gave a striking Cornell chapel recital, performing Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Ravel with exceptional technique and expressive range. His New York Town Hall program is set for December 7.
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Ravel
Jolas
Gaspard de la Nuit
Gibet
Muriel Hanford Sues Husband For Profits
Spirit Lake Iowa Mrs Muriel Window Hanford Turnley a former Broadway figure known as Peacock of Broadway sues her third husband Howard Turnley for 10000 claiming he kept profits from Arnolds Park concessions. Suit to be heard when court opens Nov 23 with 5 percent interest from Oct 1 and costs.
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Spirit Lake
INS
Muriel Window Hanford Turnley
Washington Woman Heads Drive For Cancer Control
New York AP reports Mrs. C. W. Mc Laughlin of Washington Iowa is named Iowa state commander of the American Society for the Control of Cancer women field army. The group launches its first educational drive against cancer in the state.
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New York
American Society For the Control of Cancer
C. W. McLaughlin
Washington
Iowa
Women’s Field Army
Utility rate fight clears way for court battle
Central States Electric of Cedar Rapids filed an injunction against the city to invalidate a low rate ordinance. A hearing is set for November 21 in the suit alleging the ordinance forces the utility to operate at a loss and is illegal.
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Missouri Valley
MNS
Central States Electric Company of
Cedar Rapids
Dewitt Bride Weds Henry Yegge at St Josephs Church
Miss Margaret Wulf and Henry Yegge were married Monday morning in St Josephs Catholic Church with Rev Edward Taylor officiating. Eveleen McDermott played the organ Louis Yegge sang. The couple will reside in Harrington apartments after Dec 1 follows a brief wedding trip.
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Charles Crowley
Eugene Wendel
Atalissa Woman Dies at Age 80 in Home
Mrs Herman Ehrich 80 a native of Germany died Sunday at her home. She came to the United States with her parents at age 12. Surviving are her husband and children Edward Ehrich West Liberty Mrs Alvena Kuehl Davenport and Mrs Emma Sanders Atalissa.
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Atalissa
Herman Ehrich
Germany
Edward Ehrich
West Liberty
Alvena Kuehl
Davenport
Emma Sanders
Oelwein Man Heads Foreign War Vets Of Fourth District
At a Fourth district meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Oelwein officers were elected including Commander A F Bellendier and senior vice commander Allen Smith. Delegates from Independence Decorah Mason City and Oelwein attended with National Judge Advocate General Alex Miller presenting the obligation. Newly installed officers of the Oelwein Blaisdell Barnes post were named including Commander Bellendier and adjutant M M Frame.
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Oelwein
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. F. Bellendier
Allen Smith
Independence
Howard Etheridge
Decorah
Harry Dietz
Mason City
Alfred Grinhoug
Cresco
Seba Vail
M. M. Frame
Ed Zimmer
Walter Mull
Alex Miller
Des Moines
E. R. Crane
Cherokee
Locke
Waterloo
Gustafson
Oelwein Blaisdell-Barnes
W. G. Benneger
J. H. Dittmer
George Riley
William Monson
D. W. Shine
Roy Schrack
Gus Schmidt
Speed Iowa City Vote Count By Splitting Wards
Iowa City moves to split four of five wards into two precincts each to reduce election confusion especially in the Fourth and Fifth wards which often report last. Third ward remains unchanged as the smallest.
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Speed
Iowa City
Two Buchanan County Men Jailed For Thefts
Raymond Overman and Hugh McAllen, both on parole, were jailed in Independence on charges of involvement in stealing hogs chickens and other items. A search of McAllen’s Jesup premises recovered a hog and a butchered hog plus tires wheels and auto parts from a theft near Fairbank. Overman admitted involvement. he had prior harness theft conviction and a suspended sentence. McAllen had a Benton county holdup conviction and a prior parole. Overman 18 McAllen 21.
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Gazette
Independence
Raymond Overman
Littletoon
Hugh McAllen
Jesup
McAllen
Rowley
James McDonnell
Fairbank
Overman
Littleton
A. W. Hammelman
Benton County
Vinton
McAla
Name S U S Students To Get Military Honor
IOWA CITY Col. George F N Dailey head of the military department at the state University of Iowa has announced the list of men qualified to receive the military scholastic medal and clasp for the second semester of last year. The students are Dean A Holdiman Marshalltown J Tillford Schwidde Shenandoah Robert S Waples Cedar Rapids Frank W Turner Corning Franklin O Eddy Marengo and Marion F Thorne Salt Lake City Utah. Students who had already won the scholastic medal in a previous semester but who qualified for the clasp only include Charles L Trowbridge Iowa City and Howard L Clark of Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
George F. N. Dailey
State University of Iowa
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Dean A. Holdiman
Marshalltown
J. Tilford Schwidde
Shenandoah
Robert S. Waples
Cedar Rapids
Frank W. Turner
Corning
Franklin O. Eddy
Marengo
Marion F. Thorne
Salt Lake City
Utah
Charles L. Trowbridge
Howard L. Clark
Iowa City Man Heads District I O F Unit
Walter J. Nerod of Iowa City elected president of the southeastern Iowa district Rebekah and Odd Fellows secretary group in Washington a session with over 200 present and 400 at the evening party. Other officers include C. O. Carter of Fairfield vice-president and R. B. McKeown of Burlington secretary treasurer. State officers present were W. A. Merriam senator from Maine grand secretary and Harry Koepp Burlington grand master. Mrs. Caroline Darby Iowa City Rebekah assembly president. Delegations came from Muscatine Ottumwa Burlington Iowa City Keokuk and Fairfield. The beach convention will be in Faire
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Washington
Walter J. Nerod
Iowa City
Iowa
Rebekah and Odd Fellows Secretaries
Burlington
Caroline Darby
Rebekah Assembly
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Fairfield
Two Crashes In Iowa City Area Injure Eight
Police linked two weekend crashes near Oakdale and highway intersections to stolen cars. Eight people injured include Harold Birkness and three others from Iowa State College. two University of Iowa students, Don Clarke and Frances Pollard, suffer serious injuries.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Harold Birkness
Iowa State College
Highway 161
Here
Birkness
Frances Pohlad
Valley Junction
Don Clarke
Alta
Mary Jane Nichols
Chicago
University of Iowa
Monay
Clarke
Miss Nichols
Oakdale
Verle Jameson
Amos Peelvoorde
East Moline
Ill
Maynard C. Flake
Flake
Jack Willard
Jameson
Wilber Hornbeck
Dickinson Spent $4938 In Campaign Aided By Des Moines Publishers
UPI reports Iowa Republican United States Senator Lester J. Dickinson said his failed bid for re election cost 4938 with receipts 4970. The largest single gift was 2500 from the Republican national senatorial committee. Gardner Cowles of Des Moines gave 250, sons John and Gardner Jr 125 each. the Cowles family publishes the Des Moines Register and Tribune. E P Adler of Davenport contributed 125.
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Des Moines
Lester J. Dickinson
Iowa
Republican National Senatorial Committee
Dickinson
Gardner Cowles
John and
Gardner, Jr
Cowles
Des Moines Register
Tribune
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Poison Victim's Widow Wins $3600 Settlement
Lydia Riesland of Dunlap and mother of nine children agrees to a $3,600 settlement in a $50,000 suit over the death of An son Reisland who drank grasshopper poison from a beer bottle. Will Hein admitted keeping the poison and that the bottle was mistaken for a beer bottle by six farmers during threshing.
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LOGAN
INS
Lydia Riesland
Dunlap
Anson Reisland
Will Hein
Riesland
Sam Wilson 84 Dies at Bielke Hotel in Wapello
Sam Wilson died Saturday at the Bielke hotel where he lived. Heart trouble caused his death. Born in Ireland he settled in Galesburg Illinois before moving to Louisa County. He married Florence Payton in 1889 who preceded him in death. Survived by sons James Wilson and Melvin Wilson with William and Samuel predeceased. Services at James Wilson's home with burial in Monmouth Illinois.
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Wapello
Sam Wilson
Bielke
Ireland
America
Galesburg
Till
Louisa County
Florence Payton
William
Samuel
James
Melvin
Des Moines
James Wilson
Monmouth
Buick Dancer and 4 Hurt in Clarence Crash
Evelyn Burns, dancer for Buick Motor Company, and her parents were injured in a 2 a.m. crash in Clarence. Otto Kreinbring, driver of the other car, was arrested for a knee wound and liquor found in his car. Ed Meyer sustained cuts. The Burns planned to return to Chicago once Mrs. Burns could travel.
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the Gazette
Clarence — Evelyn Burns
Buick Motor Company
Cedar Rapids
Jimmy Burns
Otto Kreinbring
Ed Meyer
Miss Burns
Burns
Chicago
Tipton
Daviness
Kreinbring
H. J. Klatt
Two Cedar Falls Boys Killed In Train Crossing
Des Moines reports say Iowa auto deaths totaling 450 for the year after weekend crashes. Harm Wildebuer and Vernon Larsen, both 23 and 19 from Cedar Falls, died when their car was hit by a Rock Island train in Waterloo. Newell Houghton, 70, of Woodbine died by his own action after stalling for a train on the North Western line.
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INS
Iowa Safety Organization
Harm Wildebuer
Cedar Falls
Vernon Larsen
Newell Houghton
Woodbine
Rock Island
Waterloo
Harrison County
Houghton
North Western Railroad
Missouri Valley
Leeper elected president of Dad's Day association
Succeeding Dr. George Crow of Burlington Leo R. Leeper of Waterloo is the new president of the Dad's Day association. Leeper was elected Saturday night at the annual Dad's day dinner. F. C. Waples of Cedar Rapids was named vice president and C. W. Lavery of Atlantic was chosen secretary.
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Iowa City
George Crow
Burlington
Leo R. Leeper
Waterloo
Dad’s Day Association
Leeper
F. C .Waples
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Lavery
Atlantic
Funeral services planned for Edson E Stacy of Anamosa
Edson Eugene Stacy former Anamosa resident and longtime state secretary of the Y M C A in Indianapolis died Friday at his home. He is survived by his wife two children a brother and a sister. Burial is set at Riverside cemetery beside his first wife Martha Fischer Stacy with services at Smykil chapel Anamosa.
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Edson Eugene Stacy
Indianapolis
J. S. Stacey
William
Idaho
A. G. Heginian
Riverside Cemetery
Martha Fischer Stacy
Smykil
Stacy
Grinnell College
Keota Couple Hurt In Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Morris Jr of Keota were seriously injured when their car hit a gravel pile two miles north of Richland and overturned. Morris suffered crushed vertebrae and paralysis, and one ear was nearly severed. Mrs. Morris broke her leg. They were taken to Washington hospital from the Danville return trip. Morris owns a local hardware store and Mrs Wickham of Cedar Rapids is a daughter.
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Gazette
Keota
T. A. Morris, Jr
Richland
D. D. Wickham
Cedar Rapids
Winthrop Couple To Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary
Winthrop Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucher, wintering in Pasadena, Calif., will mark their fiftieth anniversary with a dinner hosted by their son Harold M. Bucher, affiliated with a Pasadena bonding firm. Mr. Bucher retired in 1892 after twenty eight years as a rural mail carrier from the local post office.
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C. W. Bucher
Winthrop
Pasadena
Calif
Harold M. Bucher
Olin Junior Class To Present Play Tuesday
The Olin high school juniors will present "Mystery at Midnight" Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. Lead roles include Analee McCormick and Dick Mershon with a supporting cast of Barbara Cary Alma Cary Cloyd Parker Rathburne Wentworth Eugene Sievers Mrs Wentworth Energine Washington Lettie Flanders Oscar Jansen and others. Director is Miss Haesemeyer.
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the Gazette
OLIN
Olin High School
Analee McCormick
Dick Mershon
Dick Lawrence
Barbara Cary
Alma Cary
Phillis Barker
Cloyd Parker
Arno Lawson
Rathburne Wentworth
Eugene Sievers
Bernard Schenke family reunion held in Colesburg
The Bernard Schenke family reunion took place in Colesburg on Sunday. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schenke and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kreuger and Greely relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schenke, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schenke and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schenke and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tucker of Colesburg.
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Bernard Schenke
Fred Schenke
Fred Kreuger
Greely
Joe Schenke
Ben Schenke
Roy Schenke
Albert Tucker
Scotch Grove School Program Lights Up Wednesday Evening
A program at Rocky Ridge school Scotch Grove No 8 features guitar and piano accordion music taught by Minnie Husmann. The event begins at 8 o clock Wednesday evening.
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Rocky Ridge
Scotch Grove No
Minnie Husmann
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