War On Iowa Bootleggers Targets State Stores
The Iowa liquor commission began checking every sales ticket from its 156 stores to curb resale bootlegging. Chair man B. E. Manley and Commissioners Dick Lane and Andrew Stewart warned store managers to halt lax practices and remove those failing to comply. The bulletin urged vigilance, defending the act as enforcing the liquor control act and protecting families from improper purchases.
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Des Moines
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B. E. Manley
Manley
Dick R. Lane
Andrew Stewart
Man Jey
Town Liquor Control Commission
Lost Nation Church Joins Presbyterians
The Federated church of Lost Nation adopted articles of incorporation affiliating with the Presbyterian church U S A and will be known as Union Presbyterian church of Lost Nation. Morning service at 10 30 featured a sermon by Rev. August Cramer of Cedar Rapids and a picnic dinner. Afternoon sessions included talks by multiple ministers, elections of trustees and elders, and installation and ordination ceremonies. The church voted for Rev W P Nicholas of Wyoming to call as pastor and Rev B J Swede of Salem S D was considered.
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Presbyterian Church
Union Presbyterian Church of
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Cedar Rapids
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H. A. Schmidt
Onslow
Sydney Story
Robert Wazac
Alice Gill
Cramer
Willis Baxter
Princeton
N. J
Trail Blazers
William Busch
Dwight Krumholtz
W. M. Evans
J. C. Clapp
W. H. Cook
Otto Hohn
Albert Dickman
George Dobling
Alvin Mohr
W. R. Smith
Wyoming
B. J. Swede
Salem
S. D
Sigourney Bride Maude Randall Weds Harold Hanson
Miss Maude Lee Randall daughter of Mr and Mrs P Randall of Sigourney married Harold Hanson son of Mr and Mrs P O Hanson Minneapolis in the Randall home Saturday evening. The service was read by Mayor C A Lyons in the presence of local guests. Mrs Hanson plans to continue her Sigourney newspaper work until joining Hanson early next year. A wedding dinner followed at the Greiner home near Richland.
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Maude Lee
P. Randall
Harold Hanson
P. O. Hanson
Minneapolis
Randall
C. A. Lyons
F. E. Knight
Perry
Frankie G. Greiner
Harold Bray
Richland
Hanson
Washington, Ia
Evening Journal
Sigourney News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Thief River Falls
Minn
University of Minnesota
Beck Steel Erection Company
Cedar Rapids
Upholds Sentence Of Ottumwa Slayer
The Iowa supreme court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Franz Jacobsen 29 Ottumwa for the murder of his sweetheart Catherine Leahy 25 in front of an Ottumwa beer parlor on December 1 1936 He was scheduled to die February 24 1938 at the Fort Madison state penitentiary after a jury convicted him of first degree murder and he claimed insanity.
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Des Moines
Franz Jacobsen
Ottumwa
Iowa Supreme Court
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Jacobsen
Catherine Leahy
Wapello County
Law Proposed for Blood Tests in War on Drunk Driving
DES MOINES AP Chief John Hattery of the Iowa highway patrol says if ongoing research confirms the soundness of blood tests to determine intoxication, the next legislature should pass specific laws for such tests. He cites the Townsend case in Waterloo Hampton where blood test results were admitted in evidence as a key step in the campaign against drunk driving.
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Des Moines
John Hattery
Iowa Highway Patrol
Dave Townsend
Waterloo
Hampton
Hattery
Reappoint Shellsburg Van Horne Postmasters
Senator Guy Gillette Iowa received notice of the reappointment of Arthur O. Reinhardt and Edward M. Bratton as postmasters at Van Horne and Shellsburg respectively.
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Washington
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Arthur O. Reinhardt
Edward M. Bratton
van Horne
Shellsburg
Obituary and Local Notices From Mount Vernon Area
Dr. Robert Kepler Davis of Waukegan Ill, 61, a longtime Iowa-educated dentist, dies after pneumonia. Various Iowa towns report school events, 4-H officers, marriages, funerals, church repairs, and community notices across Wilton Junction, La Porte City, Manchester, Rowley, Bertram, North Liberty, Monona, Vinton, and related areas with multiple named individuals and local institutions.
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Mount Vernon
Robert Kepler Davis
Waukegan
Ill
Anson Burge
J. C. Davis
Oelwein
Dental School
University of Iowa
Cornell
Thomas F. Davis
Robert C
Iowa City Woman Loses Appeal In Malpractice Case
Iowa City woman Dorothy Anne Dondore, not an attorney, lost her appeal at the Iowa Supreme Court in a medical malpractice suit she filed as administratrix of her mother Josephine Dondore against Dr. F. J. Rohner. The court found no reversible errors in Johnson County’s directed verdict for the defendant.
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Des Moines
Dorothy Anne Dondore
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa City
Supreme Court
F.J. Rohner
Josephine Dondore
Trucks Involved In 18 Percent Of Fatal Iowa Crashes
Des Moines AP Horace Tate Iowa motor vehicle commissioner said trucks were linked to 18 percent of fatal highway accidents in the state during the first ten months of the year. There were 397 fatal crashes by November 1, with trucks involved in 73, causing 84 deaths. He noted trucks form 13 percent of Iowa motor vehicles despite their share of fatal crashes.
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DES Moines
Horace Tate
Iowa
Tate
17 Year Old Boy Guilty of First Degree Murder
DES MOINES AP Judge Halloran convicts Warren Bianco 17 of first degree murder in the slaying of Marvin Crane 30 a filling station operator formerly of What Cheer. Sentencing set for Saturday with options death or a life term. Bianco admitted striking Crane with a hammer during the November 3 robbery.
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Des Moines
John J. Halloran
Warren Bianco
Marvin Crane
What Cheer
Bianco
Crane
Fairfax Elevator Leased To Piper Grain And Milling
William Behle of Fairfax leases his elevator to Piper Grain and Milling of Cedar Rapids for one year. Ernest Crowell will run the elevator with policies unchanged. The Behles depart for Kansas City to visit relatives and plan a winter in California after farewell events with colleagues.
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Fairfax
William _ Behle
Piper Grain and Milling Company
Cedar Rapids
Sorlien Manslaughter Trial Set For Next Week
O C Sorlien of Mason City faces a manslaughter trial over the auto crash that killed Dr. C L Drain in June. Also in Iowa City, Mrs Martha Wimer 82 died Sunday with funeral services held, and Mrs Joseph Winters 48 of Oxford died after a long illness with services planned. Judge Gaffney ordered Paul Viers to pay 100 or face 900 days in jail for contempt. Roy Webster of Davenport held on auto theft charges. Loren Hamman and two others fined 25 for intoxication as three large dirt moving machines were driven into a ditch seven miles south of town while transporting equipment.
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O. C. Sorlien
Mason City
Harold D. Evans
Sorlien
C. L. Drain
Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Martha Melissa Wimer
Catholc Chapel
Edwin E. Voigt
Marengo
Wimer
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Vernon B. Tuttle
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Midway City
Calif
Joseph Winters
Oxford
Vivian
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Bobby
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P. J. Ryan
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
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Paul Viers
Neva Viers
Gaffney
Roy Webster
Davenport
Webster
Loren Hamman
Cedar Rapids
Justice of the Peace Courts
J. P. Abrahamson _ Construction company
Des Moines
Here
Hamman
Roscoe Hiatt
Irving Hamman
Shellsburg
Burlington
Enrollment Up In Iowa U. Engineering School
Largest registration rise among University of Iowa units occurs in the college of engineering as registrar reports. Enrollment climbs from 404 in 1936-37 to 422 this semester. All of last year’s graduates have jobs, said Dean Francis M. Dawson. Liberal arts leads, with graduate and commerce following. engineering, medicine, nursing, law, music, dentistry and pharmacy fill other ranks. Law moves ahead of music as seventh, the only shift.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Engineering
Francis M. Dawson
Liberal Arts
Furnished Apartment Rented at 423 8th Ave SE
A furnished apartment at 423 8th Ave SE was rented. The ad indicates the rental was arranged through Gazette Want Ad readers. Call 2-1121 for similar listings.
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8Th Ave. SE
Gazette
Budget law praise and teacher strikes in Iowa meeting
Two budget appeal advocates addressed nearly 300 Iowa Taxpayers association delegates praising lawmakers for bold budget control measures amid teachers lobby opposition. They criticized education costs while asserting the budget appeal law will boost taxpayer protection and efficiency. Reductions under the law were reported in Ames, Cornelia Bluffs, Des Moines and other districts. Maynard wedding notices from Glendale California conclude the segment.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Norman MacDonald
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Association
B. Murtagh
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers Association
Joe Long
Iowa State Taxpayers Association
City of Ames
Cornell Bluffs
Dubuque
Fremont Township
Saylor Center
Here Comes Charlie to be staged at Center Point High School
Center Point High School will present a three act farce Here Comes Charlie in the school auditorium on November 18 at 8 oclock. Leading roles go to Mary Claire Smith and Lloyd Frank with a cast including Kathleen Bromwell Floyd Durow Anna Dean Dennis Willard Clay Dorothea Serveson Robert Holloway Lois Palmer and Virgil Heins under the direction of Miss Sarah Wilkinson.
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Center Point
Center Point High School
Charlie
Mary Claire Smith
Lloyd Frank
Kathleen Bromwell
Floyd Durow
Annadean Dennis
Willard Clay
Dorothea Serveson
Robert Holloway
Lois Palmer
Virgil Heins
Sarah Wilkinson
Clarence Couple Observe Their 66th Anniversary
Clarence Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich Helmold both 87 celebrated their sixty six wedding anniversary on Sunday. They came from Germany in 1878 and settled in Iowa later moving to Clarence in 1909. Eight of their twelve children survive and joined them for the day with relatives and friends.
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Dietrich Helmold
Helmold
American
Germany
Iowa
Lena Syring
Louis Helmold
Fred Helmold
Henry Gendelmann
William Conrad
Ernest Conrad
George Bergmann
Otto Helmold
Karl Fauth
Raymond Doermann
Grinnell Students Seek Funds Through Campus Jobs
Grinnell College employed 335 of its 795 students across 35 job types, earning a total $50,000 for the year. Most funds come from college sources with $8,300 from NYA. Work includes an exterminator role to remove campus pests and a Central Agency connecting students to local merchants. Last year earnings were $46,250, with a $4,000 year-over-year increase despite NYA cuts.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
National Youth Administration
NYA
Jurors Drawn in Delaware County for December Term
Special to The Gasette Manchester Forty five trial jurors were named Monday to serve during the December term of Delaware county district court. The term opens December 6. List includes E Annis Manchester Hare Angell Delhi Earl Anderson Manchester Clyde Blount Cogeton Nellie Bond Delaware Harry Carroll Strawberry Point E F Carpenter Earlville Mike Crowley Hopkinton W C Christiansen Delhi John Cuthbertson Masonville Frank Dingman Greedley Roy Emerson Masonville Allie Easterly Manchester A C Gienapp Manchester Hulbert Grapes Delhi Archie Harris Manchester Harold Ingles Greeley Frank Jordison Manchester Alice Jackson Delhi C E Kuhlemann Greeley Ray Kronlage Dyersville Ann Keiser Manchester Katie Kennedy Ryan Oscar Lehman Dundee Ruth Lusk Manchester Ethel Morton Hopkinton Albert E Masterhan Manchester Charles iMersch Masonville Edward Mangold Jr Ryan Edith Orr Hopkinton Frank Parker Greeley Malinda Preston Ryan D S Patterson Ryan Catherine Reeves Manchester Frank Ryan Jr Ryan Frank Rice Greeley Howard Sampson Earlville Ralph Smith Manchester Joe A Scherbring Earlville Ambrose Tauke Dyersville George B Tesmer Manchester Henry Timmer Dyersville Lydia Wendt Ryan Tom Wilson Delhi Ben Warner Ryan
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Delaware County
Dundee
Ruth Lusk
Ethel Morton
Hopkinton
Albert E. Masterhan
Charles iMersch
Masonville
Edward Mangold, Jr
Ryan
Edith Orr
Frank Parker
Greeley
Malinda Preston
D. S. Patterson
Catherine Reeves
Frank Ryan
Frank Rice
Howard Sampson
Earlville
Ralph Smith
Joe A. Scherbring
Ambrose Tauke
Dyersville
George B. Tesmer
Henry Timmer
Lydia Wendt
Tom Wilson
Delhi
Ben Warner
Wheatland to Stage One Act The Dummy at Delmar Contest
Miss Ardis Smith, Wheatland dramatic coach, will present students in a one act play The Dummy at the sub county play contest in Delmar Thursday. Participants include Wendel Lohmann Ralph Martens Warren Hoffman Ruth Bicknese and Mildred Hamdorf.
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Ardis Smith
Wheatland School
Delmar
Wendel Lohmann
Ralph Martens
Warren Hoffman
Ruth Bicknese
Mildred Hamdorf
Former Iowan Confesses Slaying Father in Omaha
OMAHA AP Detectives said Obrey Wolfe 47 confessed to killing his 83 year old father W S Wolfe while he slept at their Omaha home Monday night The son previously stayed at Clarinda state hospital and was being held in the city jail The crime came to light after an undertaker moved the body to Malvern Iowa and bloodstains on the hearse pillow prompted examination Wolfe re enacted the shooting for investigators and a Dr Harry E McGee was notified
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Harry Green
Obrey Wolfe
W. S. Wolfe
Wolfe
Green
Clarinda
Malvern
Wolfes
Harry E. McGee
Rogers
Simpson
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