Blood's capture in Hibbing tied to Britt slaying
Earl Blood, 34, captured by a posse in a north woods cabin, awaits Iowa authorities for questioning in the Britt murder of James Zrostlik and related bank robberies. Iowa investigators say Blood, identified by officials, denies knowledge of the slaying while a trio remains sought. The case ties to holdups at Ames, Buffalo Center, Elma, Rockford, Monona, Des Moines, Ackley, and Gilmore City.
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Minn
North Woods
Earl Blood
Iowa
Chester Nacseth
Iowa Bureau of ‘Investigation
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James Zrostick
Britt
Zrostik
Naeseth
Smith
Zrostlik
E. P. Hanson
Garner
Des Moines
Belmond
Zrostlick
Eppo Gremmer
Woden
Grubet
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Chet
James’ Zrostlik
Britt’ Farmer
Gruber
Iowa’ Investigation Bureau
North Iowa
Three Cedar Rapids Men Accused Of Stealing Traps
Special to The Gazette VINTON E R Thomas Bert Usher and Earl Usher all of Cedar Rapids were arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff Jack Franklin and Constable Walter Smith on information filed by Leon Meredith of Benton township who charged the three men with stealing his traps Two traps found in their possession were Meredith s property Hearing set for Monday afternoon before Justice J A Ruhl Thomas posted his shotgun for security others held in jail They brought a boat to Vinton were picked up at the river bridge on the Urbana Shellsburg highway They had several traps and musk rats in the boat according to officers
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Gazette
Vinton
E. R. Thomas
Bert Usher
Earl Usher
Cedar Rapids
Jack Franklin
Walter Smith
Leon Meredith
Benton Township
Meredith
J. A. Ruhl
Thomas
Urbana- Shellsburg
Blind Poet Who Cheered The Sick Ends His Life
OSKALOOSA AP For years Dr James Cournyer a blind osteopath and poet cheered the sick and sad with a rose and original verse. Saturday while ill he killed himself with a gun. Funeral services set for Monday.
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Oskaloosa
James Cournyer
Cournyer
Mary Ward Faints After Mouse Trap Accident
Mrs. Mary Ward aged 82 of Dakota City visiting Humboldt with Mrs. J C Fleming fainted when a mouse trap snapped on a mouse, suffering a fractured hip.
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Humboldt
Mary Ward
Dakota City
J. C. Fleming
Iowa quail hunting open season amid record crop
Iowa hunters face the year’s largest quail crop as a 25 day open season begins across southern and eastern counties. Open areas total about 337 040 acres with many counties listing large game management zones. Shooting allowed 8 am to 4 pm daily with a bag limit of eight birds and a possession limit. hunters must report birds to landowners for conservation review.
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Wapello
Decatur
Ringgold
Davis
van Buren
Monroe
Union
Washington
Jefferson
Henry
Lee
Des Moines
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Clinton
Dares
Tal Talaisand
The
Conservation Commission
Prominent Clarence Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs Conrad Baade pioneer Cedar county residents celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at home in Clarence with about forty relatives at five o clock. They moved from Lowden twenty four years ago and were married November 17 1885. He is a building contractor who helped construct Clarence city hall Ford Motor garage and twenty two local homes. They have two living children Henry of Clinton and Mrs Henry Von Muenster of Lead. Their son Walter died earlier. Mrs Baade enjoys fine needlework quilting and caring for a rock garden.
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Conrad Baade
Cedar County
Baade
Lowden
Germany
New York
Mr. Baade
Fort Wayne
London
Walter
Henry
Ford. Motor Garage
Clinton
Hecht
Henry of
Henry von Muenster
Iead
State tax takings rise in first ten months of 1935
Iowa treasury officials project a year end gain over 1934 with combined gas, cigarette, inheritance and beer taxes totaling 13 909 713 for ten months, up from 13 400 474. Gasoline receipts lead the rise, from 9 755 376 to 10 635 652, while cigarette taxes climb to 1 165 349 and beer to 922 673. Inheritance taxes also grow, from 813 049 to 1 186 079 through November 1.
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Des’ Moines
Leo J. Wegman
Wegman
Truck Driver Held After Tama Crash Injures Woman
Tama Jack Dorman a truck driver was arrested after a highway collision near Tama in which Mrs Louis Novotny Garwin sustained a gash above the left eye needing five stitches. State patrolmen investigated and Dorman was overtaken near Waterloo. police considered charges for failure to stop or report the accident.
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TAMA
Jack ‘ Dorman
Centerville
Janesville
Louis ‘Novotny
Dorman
Phe
Waterloo
Intoc
Mertin
Suit Seeks License Reissue In Driver's License Case
Claude Langford of Burlington filed in district court a suit against the state motor vehicle department secretary of state and the state superintendent seeking a new driver's license. He says his permit was withdrawn after an auto accident he deems unavoidable and that a hearing produced no evidence of fault. The petition asks for costs and license restoration.
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Burlington
Claude Langford
State Motor Vehicle Department
Alex Miller
Lewi E. Wallace
Motor Vehicle Department
Benton Legion And Auxiliary Units To Meet In Keystone
Benton county posts of the American Legion and their auxiliaries will meet in a joint session at Turner hall in Keystone on Wednesday evening. R. O. Burrows, Benton county commander, says a large turnout is expected. The program includes a brief business meeting and a full evening of entertainment with Mrs. R. R. Williams of Eldora, state president of the American Legion auxiliary for Iowa, and John W. Gwynne, congressman from the Third Town district as headliners. Entertainment features tap dancing blues singing and a native Hawaiian dance. Before the business session, the commanders of the twelve Legion posts and the presidents of the auxiliaries will dine.
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Keystone
Benton County
American Legion
Turner Hall
R. O. Burrows
R. R. Williams
Eldora
American“Legion
Iowa
John W. Gwynne
Third Town
Delayed Supreme Court Hearing In Graft Case
Des Moines Iowa December full bench session in the Woodbury county graft case has been shifted from December 10 to December 17 to allow the bench more time to write opinions. The delay postpones arguments on the validity of indictments against Assistant Attorney General Walter Maley and thirty other graft defendants.
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J. W. Kintzinger
State Supreme Court
Kintzinger
Woodbury County
Walter Maley
Fifty Transients Prove They Can Settle Down at Iowa
City special report follows University of Iowa NYA students and faculty as they study on campus. The group, mostly freshmen, shows clean cut manners and strong academic performance. Several members win placements in top English and physics groups and one designs a patented garden tool. They travel widely, many having seen Mexico and Cuba, and they receive full NYA support including clothes, housing, food, tuition, and a modest living stipend.
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Roowa
University of Iowa
National’ Youth Administration
Anesota
Manufacturers’ Institute“of
Chicago
University
NYA
Cuba
Mexico
Cornell Accent on Youth at Homecoming premiere
Special to The Gazette Mount Vernon Cornell college presents the Broadway hit Accent on Youth as western stage premiere during homecoming next Saturday evening at 7 15. Carl Weber leads as Stephen Gaye with Harriet Porter and Everett Laughlin starring alongside a full Mount Vernon cast and a noted Cornell summer theater contingent. The production team includes John Ross Winnie and Glenn Low with a large crew, costumes by Jeanhe Maulsby and partners, and lighting and properties crews from Mount Vernon and surrounding towns.
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Columbus Junction
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Summer Theater
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Miss Darling
Constance Root
Minneapolis
Virginia Blanchard
Dubuque
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Clear Lake
Glenn Low
Herbert Kaselow
New York City
Charles Berve
Rochelle, Il
Howard Emerson
Larry Travis
Vincent Gough
Harry Campu
Old Mystic
Conn
Dale Brand
Fort Dodge
Earl Edwards
Westfield
N. J
Willard Bull
Morrison, Il
Sioux City appoints seventh police chief since probe began
Chris Dahl is named Sioux City's seventh police chief since the Woodbury County grand jury probe began, succeeding Maurice Farley who quit to return to the detective division. Dahl, a former locomotive engineer and local vocal soloist, follows a pattern of resignations and removals after Ray C. Todd resigned amid city council secret sessions over alleged payoffs tied to the probe.
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Sioux City
Chris Dahl
Woodbury
Grand Jury
Henry C. Kuhlmann
Dahl
Maurice Farley
Farley
Ray C. Todd
Dr G A Buttrick To Deliver Gates Lectures At Grinnell
Special to The Ganette New York Grinnell College will host Dr G A Buttrick for a three day Gates lectures series Feb 11 12 13 He is a well known author and lecturer who has spoken across the United States The 22nd in the Gates series the talks will examine the social aspects of Christianity The Pilgrim Fellowship conference and Iowa Congregational Christian churches board will hold their annual meetings at Grinnell in conjunction with the lectures.
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Ganette
New York
Gates
Grinnell College
John
Nolien
Presi
Dent of the College
United States
Buttrick
George A. Gates
Grinnell
Pilgrim Fellowship Conference
Towa
Iowa
Man seeks annulling second marriage to Fern Carlton
Osage AP report: Frank Reich seeks annulment of his 15 year marriage to Fern Carlton of Marengo Indiana claiming he was never legally divorced from his first wife whom he says deserted him in 1906. Reich says he learned his first wife did not obtain a divorce.
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Osage
Frank
Reich
Fern Carlton
Marengo
Toledo Man Fined on Trapping Charge
Ray Alston of Toledo appeared at the county jail and told the sheriff to lock him up. He was fined 40 dollars and costs in Justice Hufsfords court on a charge of trapping out of season after officers found four muskrat hides at his home the day before the trapping season opened.
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Gazette
Toledo
Ray Alston
Hufsford
Louie Mulroney Arrests After Signature Incident
Emmetsburg report says Louie Mulroney aged 59 who had recent jail time for drunken driving refused a freshman a signature as an initiation stunt. The following day Storm Lake police arrested him on a bad check charge.
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Louie Mulroney
Louie
Storm Lake
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