Iowa Supreme Court Rules Governor Privileged In Libel Appeal
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a Polk County ruling denying Lehan T. Ryan damages from Governor George A. Wilson in a libel suit. The court found the governor acted within official duties and that the report he released was a privileged public document, absolving harm from inaccuracies in the bank receivership investigation report.
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Wilson
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Polk County District Court
Lehan T. Ryan
George A. Wilson
Ryan
State Banking Department
Expert on Farm Problems Dead
Clifford V. Gregory 58 associate publisher of Wallaces' Farmer and Chicago Federal Reserve director died at 5 05 am Tuesday in Methodist hospital after an appendectomy He was a noted speaker on agricultural questions and had been slated to address parity legislation before the Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention Gregory also led the Wisconsin Agriculturist and Farmer and served as Farm Foundation trustee Born October 1883 in Mason City he studied at Iowa State College and taught agricultural journalism before guiding Prairie Farmer in Chicago and later becoming associate publisher of Wallaces' Farmer and the Iowa Homestead
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Wallaces’ Farmer
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Methodist Hospital
Gregory
Iowa Farm Bureau. Federation
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Wis
Farm Foundation of Chicago
Mason City
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Prairie Farmer
Chicago
Iowa Homestead
State Officials To Be Summoned In Oakdale Probe
IOWA CITY The Johnson county grand jury will begin hearings Wednesday in the Oakdale sanatorium liquor case. Prosecutor Edward F. Rate said Dr. McCreery, a sanatorium board member, and Dr. J. H. Peck, superintendent, will be questioned, along with Warden Foss Davis of the Anamosa reformatory. Convicts Robert Mathews, Steve Lepovitz, and Joe Yeager will also be questioned.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Grand Jury
Oakdale Sanatorium
Edward F. Rate
McCreery
J. H. Peck
Foss Davis
Anamosa Reformatory
Robert Mathews
Steve Lepovitz
Joe Yeager
Rate
Clemens-Daudel Rites Set in Kirksville Missouri
Mr and Mrs Leon Clemens of Oelwein announce the marriage engagement of their daughter Vivian of Davenport to Gale Daudel son of Mrs Blanche Reitz of Davenport. The wedding is planned for December 2 in Kirksville Missouri.
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Leonard Clemens
Vivian
Davenport
Gale Daudel
Blanche Reitz
Kirksville, Mo
Funeral Wednesday For 4 Killed In Auto Train Crash
Funeral services are set for Joseph W. Novak and his wife Mary and their two children Richard and Margaret who died when their auto was struck by a train near Clutter. Two days of rites are planned in Tama and Clutier with multiple local clergy and fraternal groups participating. The family's graves will be in St. Vaclav cemetery, and Rosary services precede the funeral. The Novak children and relatives are named among survivors, with details of additional siblings and in-laws listed.
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Joseph W. Novak
Mary
Richard
Margaret
Clutter
Mason Chapel
Immaculate Conception Church
Clutier
Thomas Vopatek
Clutier Immaculate Conception Church
W. F. Panek
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Chelsea
A. W. Chihak
St. Mary's Church
Vining
V H. Hlubek
Garwin
Novak
Catholic Order of Foresters
K. D. Lodge
St. Vaclav Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
Vopatek
Toledo
Bernard
Donald
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Oelwein
John Cohn
Sacred Heart Church
E. J. O'Hagan
Woodlawn
Parnell
St. Joseph’s Church
Catherine
Davenport
Raymond Greiner
Keota
June
Cedar Rapids
Betty
Patty
Francis
Edwin
Cincinnati
James
Manchester
Shelly Funeral Home
P. Shaffer
John Provan
Delaware County
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Oakland
Cemetey
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Washington, D. C
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Riverside
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Washington Hospital
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Monmouth
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Here
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Grand Mound
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A M. Merritt
Montour
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John M
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Louise Bailey
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Marian R. Speake
Oxford Junction
Oxford Junction School
David Matruder
Clara Ann Rouse
Eleanor Kolarik
Robert Powelka
Richard Beranels
Betty Starr
Ruth Ganfield
Olin
Phi Beta Kappa Elects 24 at Iowa
IOWA CITY AP Prof H A Thornton announces 24 University of Iowa students elected to Phi Beta Kappa. New members will be initiated Dec 2. Named Iowans include Edith Becker Melbourne Elizabeth Bonnell Eldridge Mary Briggs Council Bluffs Sylvia Bucksbaum Marshalltown Robert Chase Fort Dodge Guy Daniels Iowa City Marvin Deupree Woodbine Helen Foss Missouri Valley Lela Galloway Fort Dodge Ernest Kurth LeClaire Lewis Lapham Charles City Florence Leaf Denison Mary Loss Marshalltown James Robertson Waterloo David Sayre Ames Edward Stauffer Odebolt Sadie Taxer Sioux City Helen Zastrow Charles City.
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University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
Dysart presents Tune In operetta at school auditorium
The Dysart annual operetta Tune In will be staged Tuesday evening November 25 in the school auditorium. Director Miss Yda Schultz leads a cast including Harold Burhema Bob Wilson Ruby Reinke Lor raine Vaupel Melvin Crane Paul Kindera Don Reed Ruth Huppert Lyle Seebach Bob Reed Bob Braden Colleen Anderson Kathryn Pippert Roma Jean Thompson Bonnie Hendall Margret Mary Barnes Janet Krafke Paul Kvidera and Lloyd Dicken.
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Dysart
Yda Schultz
Harold Burhema
Bob Wilson
Ruby Reinke
Lorraine Vaupel
Melvin Crane
Paul Kindera
Don Reed
Ruth Huppert
Lyle Seebach
Bob Reed
Bob Braden
Colleen Anderson
Kathryn Pippert
Roma Jean Thompson
Bonnie Hendall
Margret Mary Barnes
Janet Krafke
Paul Kvidera
Lloyd Dicken
Youth Arrested For Firing On Hunters
Lavern Tom Thompson, 20, was arrested in West Union on a charge of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury after admitting he shot Derwood Baede, 27, and injuring him in the thigh while Baede and Donald Huffman, 21, hunted on Thompson’s father Vern Thompson’s farm two miles southeast of Alpha. Bail set at 1000 by father. preliminary hearing scheduled.
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Tom) Thompson
Vern Thompson
Thompson
Derwood Baede
Monona
Baede
Donald Huffman
Alpha
Fayette School Presents Pied Piper in Delicate High School Operetta
Fayette high school senior Duane Knos stars as the Pied Piper in The Pied Piper of Hamelin to be staged Friday. Anna Beiswenger and Joseph Cloke arranged the operetta, with Miss Helen Maxwell directing and also serving as pianist. Other leads include Ted Johnson Everett Shafer Everett Faust Earl King Don Shafer Lois Fern Timm and Darlene Zupke. A combined chorus of girls and boys supports as citizens and younger pupils form a children’s chorus.
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Gazette
Don Shafer
Lois Fern Timm
Darlene Zupke
Miss Maxwell
Deaths and funeral services across several Iowa towns
Funeral writings outline obituaries from Oelwein Manchester Riverside Grand Mound La Porte City Olin and surrounding areas. Mrs. John Cohn and Mrs. John Provan are noted among leaders, with survivors listed. William Denny and Elizabeth Donaldson are among others mentioned with service details and burial plans.
Noted Importer Of Horses Dead In San Antonio
Thomas R. Holbert 57 longtime operator of the world’s largest Belgian horse import firm died in San Antonio Texas after an operation six weeks prior. He helped run the family business from 1912 and later owned it. Survivors include his wife daughter Eldred mother two brothers and two sisters cremation planned with ashes sent to Greeley in spring.
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Thomas R. Holbert
San Antonio
Tex
A. B Holbert
Fred
Europe
United States
Holbert
Upper Iowa University
France
Heidelberg
Elmshoim
Germany
Harvard
George Wilson
The
Masons and Shrine
Eldred
Elma D. Holbert
Louis W. Holbert
Manchester
Dan Ryan
San Diego
Paul Caswell
Salina
Calif
Aerial Bombs To Be Made Soon At Burlington Plant
Capt. J. H. Edgerly, commanding officer of the Iowa ordnance plant, said production of aerial bombs will begin this week. The bomb-loading line will be the third production unit in operation, joining lines that produce 81 millimeter trench mortars and 155 millimeter howitzers. A fourth line for aerial bombs is 45 percent complete.
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Burlington
J. H. Edgerly
Iowa Ordnance Plant
No Slackers: Glowing Civil War Era Record at Cornell
Mt. Vernon Iowa feature on Dr. William Harmon Norton praising Cornell college students during the Civil War. He cited absence of disloyalists and praise for war aims, naming alumni who returned in leadership roles and an honor roll planned for Cornell’s founders and builders. The event opened with prayers and scripture reading.
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Iowa
William Harmon Norton
Cornell College
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Norton
Russell Cole
John Akers
James E. Harlan
J. B. Atbronk
Cornell Board of Trustees
E. B. Soper
Harry Rood
Rufus Parsons
Curtis
Ward
Wilcox
John B Magee
Cornell
George B. Bowman
Richard W. Keeler
Samuel M Fellows
Iowa Conference Seminary
William Fletcher King
Susan E. Hale
Henry A Collin
F. C Witzigman
Oelwein
Arthur Young
Dubuque
Fall Festival feeds Solon crowds at St Marys auditorium
About 1,300 people attended the Solon Fall Festival at St Marys auditorium on Sunday November 16. A chicken supper ran 4 to 7 pm. Games and bingo plus other concessions entertained attendees. The Young Ladies sodality sold quilt chances won by Mrs Kate Cilek and a 21 pound ham won by James Havlik. Door prizes were awarded to a list of twelve winners including Mrs Nel Zenishek Mrs J J Kessler and Clarence OBrien. Committees led by Mesdames Stahle and Shima and Rev M J Diamond accompanied by Joseph Marshek organized the event.
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St. Mary’s Auditorium
St. Mary's Parish
Sodality
Kate Cilek
James Havlik
Stanley Zenisek
Nel Zenishek
J. J. Kessler
Marcella Broulik
Rosetta Cerny
Cecil Peters
J. M. Vishsel
Dorothy Huff
James Benter
Oleis
Iowa City
Clarence O'Brien
Robert Debruyne
Herman Stahle
Joseph Shima
M. J. Diamond
Joseph Marshek
Mississippi Play Debut At Iowa University Stage
University of Iowa theater unveils Mississippi a raw drama set among river folk. Sara Sherman Pryor wrote the piece drawing on Cairo flood experiences. Barbara Hudson Gerald Giles lead strong performances as Mom and Pop with standout lighting and sound in a notable second act rescue scene.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Sara Sherman Pryor
Grinnell College Dramatic Department
Pryor
Cairo
Arnold S Gillette
Barbara Hudson
Gerald Giles
Mom
Pop
Red Crossers
Marianna Davenport
Sylvia Bader
Julien Benjamin
Tatro-Stee Wedding at West Clermont Church
Miss Hazel Tatro, daughter of Mrs Mary Tatro of Clermont, married Harlan Stee, son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Stee of Castalia, in a Saturday ceremony at West Clermont church conducted by Rev. Mr. Ramsey. Attendants were Andree Tatro and Roy Tatro. A church shower and reception followed. Mrs Bilden played the organ and soloists were Mrs Nanfred Sand and Rev. Mr. Ramsey. The couple will reside in Castalia.
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Hazel Tatro
Mary Tatro
Clermont
Harlan Stee
Melvin Stee
West Clermont
Mr. Ramsey
Andree Tatro
Roy Tatro
Bilden
Nanfred Sand
Ramsey
Castaha
Offensive Action Best Method Says Mai Eliot
Major George Fielding Eliot, military expert, told a Iowa City audience that Hitler’s defeat is inevitable due to Nazi miscalculations. He warned invasion would follow if the seas are not controlled and urged offensive action as the fastest path to victory. He urged concentrating efforts, a one at a time strategy, and speeding American production above maximum efficiency to outmatch Germany.
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Iowa City
Hitler
George Fielding Eliot
Atlantic
United States
Eliot
Far East
Japan
Germany
Robbery Strikes Oskaloosa College Office
A safe and a desk in the office of Dr C. W Butler president of John Fletcher college were robbed of 650 dollars over the weekend Ma haska County Sheriff F. C. Van Gernderen said Tuesday.
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Oskaloosa
C. W Butler
John Fletcher College
Mahaska County
F. C. van Gernderen
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