Iowa to shrink bureaus from fifty three to fifteen
Governor-elect Clyde L. Herring of Des Moines announced plans to cut Iowa government roles from fifty three bureaus to fifteen departments when he takes office in January. He said a forty per cent reduction in expenditures would follow the eliminations, after a conference with Senator-elect Louis Murphy. Murphy praised prohibition reform and condemned federal waste, then Murphy prepared a Michigan rest while Herring continued a state government simplification tour.
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Chicago
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Louis Murphy
Herring
Murphy
Michigan
Democrats to Reshuffle Tama County Court House Staff
Special to Thea Gazette reports a political landslide in Tama County Toledo leading to major personnel changes in the court house. Democrats will replace most deputies as Republican officials are ousted, with few positions retained by incumbents such as R. R. Jonnek and C. C. Lambert, and new appointees named for key posts including treasurer, auditor, and recorder.
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Thea Gazette
TRAER
Tama County
Toledo
Hich
R. R. Jonnk
D C
Fms
Grace Withington
Sevel
Agnes Slaboch
S. A. Reet
Court House
Charles Winders
C. 8. Winders
Charles Brandt
L. M. Youngman
Kenneth Krezek
Mike Krezek
Harold Hufford
Gertrude Surface
i.Earl Wolfe
Geneseo Girl Wins Spelling Title Of Tama County Towns
Sara Jean Speer of Geneseo Consolidated School won the Tama County spelling championship held at Clutter under Tama County School Activities Association. Barbara Muetzel of Toledo took second. Geneseo’s Thomas Hild ranked third. Other top finishers included Lee Bredfelt, Reva Lewis, Hazel Struve, June Hyland, Robert Blythe, Betty Burley, Ruth Goette, and Geneseo’s champion had been ninth last year.
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Bprcal
TRAER
Sara Jean Speer
Geneseo Consolidated School
Harold Speer
Geneseo Township
Tama County
Clutter
Tama County School Activities Association
Barbara Muetzel
Toledo
Geneseo
Thomas Hild
Tama
Lee Bredfelt
Buckingham Consolidated
Reva Lewis
Garwin
Hazel Struve
Elberon
June Hyland
Tracy
Robert Blythe
Betty Burley
Ruth Goette
Gladbrook
County Asked To Pay For Glass Broken By Pheasant
J M McFadden of Oelwein claims Buchanan County must cover 6.50 for a new windshield after a pheasant struck his sedan on No 11 five miles north of Independence The claim asks the county auditor to pay for the glass and assigns responsibility to the county for wild birds actions.
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Byeoinl
Independence
J. M. McFadden
Oelwein
Buchanan County
No. 11
Here
Jackson township meeting boosts Linn County Taxpayers League
Special to The Gazette reports about the Coggon opera house gathering where about forty property owners attended. After league plans were outlined, more than half of those present joined the Linn County Taxpayers League.
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Coggon
Jackson Township
Linn County Taxpayers League
Coggon Opera House
Simce
Organizaon
Iowa Governor-Elect Travels to Study State Reorganization
The newly elected Iowa governor was photographed in Chicago during travel to Massachusetts Virginia North Carolina and Georgia to study how state governments are reorganized.
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Iowa
Chicago
Massachusets
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Stewart Murder Trial Nears End In Iowa
CHARITON AP Attorneys opened with the case nearing a verdict as Ralph Stewart faces slaying charges in the death of Mrs. L A Botkin. The defense challenged two confessions as coerced while witnesses testified Stewart was elsewhere at key times. The defense plans to claim the confessions were made to shield Miss Botkin and Mrs Young.
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Fred Burson
Stewart
Batkin
Bete
Secataba
Ted
25 Year Members Of Oelwein O E S To Be Honored
Special to The Gazette details a silver anniversary party for Oelwein Eastern Star members with 25 years or more of service. Irene Bentley and John T. Ridler named oldest worthy matron and patron, with music, dinner, and a following initiatory meeting. Numerous members listed as attendees.
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Oelwein
Eastern Star
Irene Bentley
John T. Ridler
Ridler
H. D. Easton
GB. Ferrell
Parker Young
Wiliam Walker
Emma Scott
Ed Stevens
J. K. Shields
Mattie Grimwood
W. H Plannigan
A. E. Cooley
Clara Craigon
Frank Baker
Mae Burlingham
Fred Ross
Johny Bogert
Henry
J. C. Jepson
$2000 Heart Balm Award In Hawkeye Suit
Mrs. Mary Engelke 47 wins a $2000 judgment against Mrs. Anna Friburg 51 in Judge Carl Reed's court at West Union over alleged affections of her husband Paul Engelke Hawkeye businessman. Jury of ten men and two women deliberated five hours after a two day and a half trial.
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West Union
Mary Engelke
Anna Friburg
Carl Reed
Paul Engelke
Hawkeye
Powers Collects Election Bet Trousers in Iowa
Floyd Powers confronted Payton Hull outside a post office in Leon Iowa and demanded his trousers under an election bet tied to Franklin D Roosevelt. Hull complied by removing his trousers explaining he wore two pair due to cold weather.
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Leon, Ia
Floyd Powers
Powers
Payton Hull
Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa sorority mother armed after dinner thefts
In Iowa City a sorority house mother keeps a gun in her room after police were notified she would shoot to kill if a man sneaked into the Alpha X Delta house during dinner hour. The 25 dollar theft occurred between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday as the "dinner thief" struck multiple rooms.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Alpha X Delta Sorority
Ballistics Key in Nick Coin Case Defense Focuses on Shell Evidence
Davenport trial opens with Mrs. Jenny Cain recounting the slaying of Nick Coin last May. Defense questions ballistic reports and shell handling, while Walter Schneider testifies he saw a man near Coin’s home two days before the killing.
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Davenport
Louis Spridgen
Nick Coin
Coin
Spridgen
J. D. Cantwell
Walter Schneider
Davenport Carpenter
Schneider
Jennie Cain
Husband slain in liquor war in Tri-Cities
The body of a man was found on a terrace near the home on the morning of May 25. Officers said he was slain, believed to be the result of a liquor war in the Tri-Cities.
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Tri-Cities
Two Louisa County Cases Are Settled
Wapello reports two Louisa County disputes settled out of court. The first concerns W W Williams guardian for Paul Sweitzer and Mark Sweitzer against the state highway commission and Sheriff George Oakes over a $5000 appraisement for land taken for state highway No 61 west of Grand View, settled at $5400. The second, Dr EB Rogers versus P P Hinote B L Moore and Carl Stocke over $5000 from an automobile collision settled for $1500 after trial began. Rogers had previously been awarded the full amount in 1931, but that decision was reversed by the supreme court. the case ended in a hung jury last September. Dr Rogers died May 30 1932.
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Wapello
W. W. Williams
Paul Sweittzer
Mark Sweitzer
State Highway Commission
George Oakes
Grandview
EB. C. Rogers
P. P. Hinote
B. L. Moore
Carl Stocke
Rogers
Supreme Court
TIAH DEVITT TO WED NEW YORK WRITER IN VALENTINE MARRIAGE
Tiah Devitt 23 author of The Aspirin Age announced engagement to Ben Wasson 36 New York writer. The wedding will be on St Valentine’s Day. The Aspirin Age was once banned from the local library. Amber birth anniversary notices honor 93 year old Mrs Sarah Coleman at her son Frank Coleman’s home southeast of Amber.
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Tiah Devitt
New York
Oskaloosa
James A. Devitt
Ben Wasson
St. Valentine's Day
Amber
Sarah Jane Coleman
Frank Coleman
Mattie Brogan
Seattle
George Coleman
Wyoming
Lucy van
Elkton
Minn
Cedar Rapids Boy Appointed Major In Iowa R O T C
Theodore J Maresh of Cedar Rapids named Friday as a major in the R O T C infantry cadet regiment at the University of Iowa He is a senior in the college of commerce and a reserve fullback on the Hawkeye team Other majors include Clyde Hutton and Kenneth Hull with Ted MacDougall leading the engineering corps as lieutenant colonel The new field officers will serve on the military bail committee during the January university social season.
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Iowa City
Theodore J. Maresh
Cedar Rapids
R. O. T. C. Infantry
University of Iowa
Maresh
College of Commerce
Hawkeye
KB Maresh
Third Avenue
Clyde Hutton
Gloversville
N. Y
Infantry
Kenneth O. Hull
Stanton
Alfred Mitchell
Rockford
Franklin Stemple
Macedonia
G. Raymond Nelson
Davenport
Clarence E. Wood
Evanston
Ted MacDougall
Conesville
Eugene Clearman
William A. Benicosa
Pacific Junction
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