Minor party votes in Iowa total about 15000
Norman Thomas led nonmajor party presidential votes with 12 719, followed by Jacob Coxey 649 William Upshaw 1179 and William Moster 459. State totals show Hoover and party candidates with large margins, and a statewide vote count reaching about 7 262 for presidential and 597 416 for governor with various allocations for other offices.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Jacob Coxey
Farmer-Laborite
William Upshaw
William 2. Moster
Hoover
Fest
McCrillis
Harrop
Hunter
Ferring
Soasts
Herring
Long
Conard
Baker
Hammond
Patton
Man Found Fatally Hurt On Highway In Davis City
Tom Baker a 65 year old man was found fatally injured on a highway near Davis City Iowa. He was struck by an automobile and died. Clarence McDaniel 23 of Lashoun was taken into custody as driver of the car and three companions suffered cuts and bruises. Sheriff J Leon Leeper Decatur county said Baker was walking in the road when hit and thrown against the windshield by the impact.
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Davis City
INS
Tom Baker
Baker
Here
Clarence McDaniel
Lashoun
McDaniel
J. Leon Leeper
Decatur County
McKeown Fails to Raise Bond Pending Appeal
Friends and relatives of Dr. Albert G. McKeown, convicted of killing his mother Rhoda McKeown in Muscatine Indiana, could not furnish 30000 bail to secure his release pending appeal before the state supreme court. He was sentenced to 12 to 20 years in the state penitentiary.
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Seattle
Albert G. McKeown
Rhoda McKeown
Muscatine
State Supreme Court
McKeown
Fingerprints Point Slain Bandit to Grinnell Man
Phoenix police announced that fingerprints identified the slain bandit as J. M. Hockenbury of Grinnell Ta with aliases. Kenneth Hockenbury an Nashville attorney was due to arrive late Saturday to identify the body and confirm kinship with the deceased, believed to be his brother Hackenbury.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Kenneth Hockenbury
Nashville
George Hamann 79 Durant Resident Dies
Durant police report the death of George Hamann a well known resident aged 79 and father of George L Hamann assistant cashier at Union Savings Bank and Trust Davenport. He had been in failing health for a year and died Friday night in Durant.
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Durant
George Hamann
George L. Hamann
Union Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Davenport
Hamann
Blind teacher travels and teaches beyond sight
Adeline Taylor profiles Bess Eleanor Arthaud at the State School for the Blind in Vinton. The sightless educator travels, writes, teaches, and inspires her students, turning detours into paths to achievement while praising life, learning, and travel as powerful tools for growth.
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Bess Arthaud
Iowa
State School For the Blind
Vinton
Bess Eleanor Arthaud
Chareacter
Montana
Miss Arthaud
Expert Says Coin Murder Shell Not From Suspect Gun
Davenport AP. State attorneys cross examined Prof. J. H. Mathews ballistics expert as the trial of Louis Spridgen for the shotgun killing of Nick Coin neared its end. Prosecution challenged his findings on shells near the scene and their link to Spridgen's gun while defense fought limits on testimony. The court adjourned to Monday with a Tuesday jury verdict possible after closings and instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Spridgen’s
Four February Conferences For Iowa Teachers At Iowa U
Special to The Cazetts Iowa City Iowa extended education program will run four weekends in February at the University of Iowa drawing over 600 teachers. History teachers from Iowa high schools open Feb 3 4 followed by Latin and Greek Feb 10 11 English Feb 17 18 and modern languages Feb 24 25. The purpose is to help teachers keep current in their fields without expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa City Agrees 12000 Dollar Water Bill Cut
Iowa City council after months of talks accepts a counter proposal from Iowa Water Service for a 12000 dollar reduction in the annual gross revenue of the utility. Earlier requests had sought 18000 and 14000 dollar cuts based on a city appraisal of the company’s property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Water Service Company
Ingleside Club Of Mount Vernon Golden Jubilee Event
Ingleside club of Mount Vernon celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with guest night in College hall. Founded 1885 as Mount Vernon Literary and Social Circle, the women’s group meets for cultural programs and welfare work, with two new members this fall.
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Ingleside Club of
Mount Vernon
Ruth G. van Buren
Ingleside Club
College Hall
Harriett J. Cooke
Cornell College
Mary F. Williams
Mount Vernon Literary and Social Circle
Inglenook
Albion R. King
Cornell
Thomas Nicholson
Bishop Nicholson
Shakespeare
W. H Norton
Charles R. Keyes
Nicholas Knight
Horace Alden Miller
Vicki Baum to Speak At Cornell Thursday Night
German novelist Vicki Baum author of Grand Hotel will lecture at Cornell in Mount Vernon on Thursday at 8 PM Looking at Life She tours America this season and is active in German cultural life Her husband is Berlin State Opera conductor Richard Lert.
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Manchuria
Arthaud
Jimmy
James Potter
America
Panama
Miss Arthaud
Washington
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Edward Hungerford
Margaret Sangster
Vicki Baum
Cornell College
Miss Baum
Die Dame
Germany
Sophisticated Woman's Magazine
Grunewald
Berlin
Vienna
Helen Willfur
Kringelein
Lionel Barrymore
Paviova
Richard Lert
Berlin State Opera
Iowa Lawyer Charged in Fraud Scheme in Des Moines
Des Moines attorney Theodore Wall is charged with conspiracy and bribing a public official in a scheme to defraud the state of 3200 dollars through fraudulent gasoline refund returns. Wall’s whereabouts are unknown, with warrants issued by investigators for the state treasurer. The informant says a treasurer’s office employee admitted unlawfully taking 1200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Theodore Wall
Wall
Ray Johnson
Atate
Campaign expense reports filed in Des Moines
Des Moines AP notes candidates in the recent general election filed campaign expense reports with the secretary of state. Supreme court candidate John W. Kintzinger spent 313.40. State representative William R. Sheridan 128.10, Richard Van Egden 71.05, H. N. Hanson 60.70, George Angier 28.50, Frank Choate 62.64, Carl B. Stiger 122.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Supreme Court
John W. Kintzinger
Dubuque
William R. Sheridan
Lee County
Richard* van Egden
Carroll County
H. N. Hanson
Winnebago County
George 8. Angier
Buena Vista County
Frank W. Choate
Mills County
Carl B. Stiger
Tama County
Beems Sentenced to Seven Years for Receiving Stolen Property
Fred Beems aged 65, who had recently been released from the Fort Madison prison, told Warden T. P. Hollowell he would return. On Saturday Judge H. J. Mantz sentenced him to seven years in prison on a charge of receiving stolen property.
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Atlantic, Ia
Fred Beems
Fort Madison
T. P. Hollowell
Study Cost of State Publications Meeting Set
A sub committee of the legislative interim tax reduction committee will analyze the cost of official Iowa publications in a meeting with the Iowa Press Association legislative committee on Monday. Secretary Ed R. Brown announced the plans for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Legislative Interim
Iowa Press Association
Ed R. Brown
Tax Reduction Committee
Cronker Barber Shop Buys Corn For Haircuts
In Stuart Ta Cronker barber shop offered a haircut for two bushels of corn and a shave for a bushel and a half. The local town relies on farming communities with scarce cash and a bumper corn crop.
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Stuart
Cronker
Iowa Mother's Plea to Free Son From French Legion
An elderly Des Moines mother, Mrs. Mabel D. Bradsford, begs for help to win her son Orval Chenoweth from the French Foreign Legion so he can return home before she dies. Chenoweth, wounded and gassed with the American forces in the Argonne, now serves in Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
French Foreign’ Legion
Ptate
L. J. Dickinson
Mabel” D. Bradsford
Des Moines
Orval Chenoweth
Argonne
Morocco
Foreign Legion
Bel Abbas
Dickinson
Bradsford
John J. M. Mahon
Soldiers Relief Commission
Cedar Rapids Oil Suits Over Gasoline Taxes
State officials filed seven gas tax suits against Iowa firms for $6136.95, seeking tax recovery on gasoline and related products. Petitions mailed to district clerks. J. J. Hess aided. total oil tax actions reach twenty. Defendants and amounts: Independent Oil Creston 1204.24. Wittman Humboldt 936.75. Western Clinton 1416.66. Tones Council Bluffs 934.62. Farmers Boone 464.43. Northwestern Cedar Rapids 703.63. Vegge DeWitt 476.64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
J. J. Hess
Council Bluffs
John Fletcher
Ray Johnson
Independent Oil Company
Creston
Wittman Oil Company
Humboldt
Western Oil Company
Clinton
Tones Service Company
Farmers Commission Company
Boone
Northwestern Oil Company
Cedar Rapids
Vegge Oil Company
DeWitt
Iowa Bars Sale of 309 Bond and Stock Issues
Des Moines AP reports Iowa state securities department cancelled 290,596,373 in securities as unfit for sale between January 1, 1931, and October 1, 1932. Supt. Charles Fischer said 276 issues remain registered while 309 have been cancelled with 26,551,500 canceled in the last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Securities Department
Iowa
Supl
Charles Fischer
Department
Lawmakers Seek Repeal of Five Day Marriage License Law
In Des Moines Iowa legislators plan to repeal the five day marriage license requirement. Senator Clyde L. Topping will sponsor the repeal in the Senate and Alva Humeston plans to introduce a House bill. The measure, debated since the Forty-fourth General Assembly, required a five day wait before license issuance with limited exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Forty-fifth Assembly
Associated Press
House
Senate
Topping
Clyde L. Topping
Burlington
Alva Humeston
Wayne County
Humeston
Forty-fourth General Assembly
George Clearman
Council Bluffs to Seek Scrip for Unemployment Relief
Alderman George Steinberg asks the Council Bluffs city council to authorize a 100000 dollar issue of low mood scrip to pay for unemployment relief. The scrip would be non bonded and repaid from city funds within four years, bearing interest only after 1936 at five percent, with merchants to accept it at face value.
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Council Bluffs
INS
George Steinberg
Steinberg
Auto accidents in Iowa claim 414 lives in ten months
Des Moines AP report shows Iowa accidents from Jan 1 to Nov 1 totaling 11,325 with 414 deaths and 7,094 injuries. The economic loss is estimated at $833,975,000 and 91 pedestrians were killed with 1,210 injured by autos in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Motor Vehicle Department
Sues To Collect On Two Lost Mortgages
Special to The Gazette. Manc hester. Fred L. Darey, a well known retired farmer, sues Edward O. Wolcott, administrator of W. D. McIntosh estate, and heirs over two notes and mortgages. Darey alleges McIntosh gave him a $1,000 note on Jan 22, 1926 secured by a mortgage on lots 4 and 5 of the Iowa Land Company's addition to Manchester, the mortgage recorded but lost. he has a copy from county records. He also claims a $2,280 debt dated May 6, 1927 secured by a mortgage on lots 8, 9 and 10 in Manchester, recorded but the originals disappeared. He seeks a foreclosure decree.
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Manchester
Fred L. Darey
Edward O. Wolcott
W. D. McIntosh
McIntosh
Durey
Iowa Land Company
Darey
Dus Rey
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Storms
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Wegman
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O'Connor
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Faville
DeGraff
Wagner
Bliss
Claussen
Donegan
Kintzinger
Anderson
Mitchell
Utterback
Grinnell
Adeline Taylor
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Africa
Jane
Cascade
Harry Manternach
Gene Cigrand
Cascade Fire Department
Rigby
H. H. Freer
Alice Fellows Rigby
Kate Mason Hogle
May Fairbanks
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Red Cross
George B. Douglas
Eva M. Blue
Luella V. Ninde
Cornell String Quartet
Lucile Indra
Lena
Ruth Pinkerton
Harold W. Baltz
Francis German
Helen Venn
Cornell Conservatory of Music
C. F. Littell
Helen M. Cumming
Nama Lathe
Mark E. Hutchinson
W. S. Ebersole
H. J. Burgstahier
Littell
W. C. Keeler
Alice Rigby
Fairbanks
Carl Stiger
Son
Cedar Rapids Oil Company
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