Engagement of Eliza Hickok Announced in Cedar Rapids
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hickok announce the engagement of their daughter Eliza Merrill Hickok to Louis D. Burkhalter Jr. The couple plans a late November wedding. Eliza, a 1931 Coe College graduate, writes for The Gazette and is active in Delta Delta Delta, P E O chapter DK, and Cedar Rapids Junior League. Louis is in casualty insurance and surety bonds.
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Charles T. Hickok
Fifth Avenue SE
Eliza Merrill
Louis D. Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter
Crescent Drive
Miss Hickok
Coe College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Burkhalter
Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity
Miss Lathe to speak at Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Miss Nama Lathe head of Cornell College art department at Mount Vernon will address the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club meeting Monday at 2 30 pm at the Hotel Roosevelt. She will give a chalk talk Art of Today with music by Jean Kelly Westinghouse assisted by Ruskin Sandbourne.
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Nama Lathe
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Supper hosts honor Topeka visitors and theatre notes
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dunshee of 1838 Third Avenue SE entertained Friday night for Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ludy of Topeka Kansas visiting their former residence. The Duram Morning Herald lauds Madame Hammer and her daughter Borgny Noreen in The Master Builder with strong praise for White Slow and Goodnow in Dracula and other stage credits.
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Walter Dunshee
Third Avenue SE
Ben Ludy
Topeka
Kan
Madame Hammer
Mrs. Solness
Hilda Wangel
Courtney White
New York
Theater Guild
Margaret Anglin
Otis Skinner
William Hodge
Lenore Ulric
Sidney Slow
Goodman Theater
Maude Adams
Ots Skinner
Edward P. Goodnow
G. P. Baker
Harvard
Copley Theater Players
Boston
Murphy Kraschel And Patterson Make Campaign Speeches
Senator Louis Murphy spoke in Creston denouncing New Deal foes while praising the president. Lieutenant Governor Nels Kraschel urged backing the state administration as tied to the national program. George W. Patterson, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, argued relief is not a campaign issue. In Grinnell, Mary Spencer's Portrait of John Goodfellow won second in a regional art show and will tour Des Moines Library.
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Louis Murphy
Iowa
Creston
Nels Kraschel
Murphy
George W. Patterson
Osage
Grinnell
John Goodfellow
Mary Spencer
Henry York Steiner
Iowa Artists’ Club
Spencer
Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Noell Complimented At Two Affairs
Mr and Mrs James Noell of Bere lin Germany were guests in the city during the summer and were honored at two social events this weekend. They plan to return to Europe in a week and will reside at The Hague Holland upon their return.
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James Noell
Berelin
Germany
Noell
Europe
Grant Wood to Teach Art Criticism at Iowa University
Grant Wood of Cedar Rapids, creator of American Gothic, will lead a new University of Iowa course titled Art Criticism. Ten meetings span October to April with Wood assisting students on works produced between sessions. Wood was appointed associate professor in the graphic and plastic arts department last spring.
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Iowa City
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Daughters of Revolution
University of Iowa
Bruce E. Mahan
Wood
Iowa Liquor Board reports 600 raids across state
Iowa’s liquor control commission sponsored more than 600 raids on illicit liquor establishments. W. W. Akers reported 405 cases went to state and federal courts, with 17 cars seized and 24 stills destroyed including one worth 15 200. The raids capped 1 454 investigations and reveal ongoing bootlegging in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Liquor Control Commission
W. W. Akers
Harold Cooper
Akers
State enforcement program reports noticeable decrease
The report notes a noticeable decrease since the program began. The liquor control administration’s enforcement division comprises 12 men.
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Eport
Liquor Control Administration
Dakota Farmer Describes Abduction to Des Moines
Clyde Boyd a 98 year old South Dakota farmer testified to police that two armed men abducted him in Mitchell SD forced him to drive east for 16 hours to Des Moines. He said he was robbed of 27 dollars and the men left the car and gave no trace.
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Des Moines
Clyde Boyd
South Dakota
Mitchell
S. D
Boyd
South Dakotan
Brooklyn Bank Freed From SF 111 Restrictions
Des Moines AP report says Poweshiek County Savings Bank at Brooklyn will operate under a depositors agreement after release from the restrictions of S. F. 111 announced by State Superintendent D. W. Bates.
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Des Moines
Poweshiek County Savings Bank
Brooklyn
D. W. Bates
Dr Joseph Gray To Address Mt Vernon Church Conference
Dr Joseph M M Gray chancellor of the American University Washington DC will address the Mt Vernon Cornell college forum conference for church leaders Sunday Oct 21 and deliver the keynote Monday Oct 22 on A World for Prophets The noted pulpit orator has led major Methodism pastorates including Central Methodist Detroit Elm Park Scranton Grand Avenue Kansas City and Hamline Washington He authored The Contemporary Christ and is regarded for balanced modern views
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Joseph M. M. Gray
The
American University
Washington, D. C
Assembly On
Cornell Homecoming Plans Set for October 20
Mount Vernon reports 1934 Cornell homecoming slated for Saturday October 20 with a Friday pep meeting at the Cornell chapel and a homecoming dance in the gymnasium. Alumni C Club and student senate organizers lead the events including breakfasts luncheons a soph-fresh scrap and a morning alumni chapel meeting. In the afternoon the Purple hosts Coe in the homecoming football game followed by a Cornell speech department production in the chapel.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Walter Gray
Coe
Cornell Speech Department
Trusteeship Declared Illegal In Carson Estate Case
Judge Harold D. Evans ruled Saturday that Davenport Bank Trust Co trusteeship over the $300,000 George Carson estate is illegal for lack of Scott county jurisdiction. Celia Carson and U S Fidelity and Guarantee Co. were executors and trustees. assets held by the Davenport bank to be delivered to Johnson county court clerk.
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Iowa City
Davenport, Ia
Evans
Davenport Bank
Johnson County
Costs of Iowa sales tax division reach 41227
Expenses of the state board of assessment and review for setting up and operating the retail sales tax division through Aug 31 totaled 41 227.55 dollars. Chairman J. Ray Murphy noted the figure equals 1.57 percent of sales tax receipts totaling 2 621 803.14 dollars to Aug 31.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
J. Ray Murphy
Murphy
Highway Board to Take Bids on Paving and Grading
The state highway commission will accept bids next Tuesday for 2 019 miles of paving in Lucas and Polk counties plus several grading graveling and bridge projects. Paving includes 0 904 miles in Lucas county on No 14 Chariton and 1 115 miles of No 6 in Des Moines.
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AMES
State Highway Commission
Lucas
Polk
Lucas County
Chariton
Des Moines
Goldfield
Humboldt
Wright
Trial Monday For Alleged Swindler Of Clear Lake
James H. Laughlin of Minneapolis faces trial Monday October 15 after a Clear Lake couple accused him of swindling $6,700 in a confidence game last April. He remained jailed Saturday with bail set at $25,000.
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Clear Lake
Fort Dodge
INS
James H. Laughlin
Minneapolis Minn
H. H. Remore
Laughlin
Bell
Pleasant Ridge school reports perfect dental record
Wyoming area reports the first Jones county school with a 100 percent dental perfect record. Miss Ruth Hannahs of Monmouth teaches nine pupils including Bobby Fishwild Donald Heasty Jean Huffman Richard Eichhorn Gene Denniston Emme Jean Broderson Lois Huffman Leah Fas Huffman and Bonime Denniston.
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Wyoming
Pleasant Ridge
Jones County
Ruth Hannahs
Monmouth
Bobby Fishwild
Donald Heasty
Jean Huffman
Richard Eichhorn
Gene Denniston
Emme Jean Broderson
Lois Huffman
Leah Fas Huffman
Bonime Denniston
80 Year Old Cooper Shop Near Clermont Still Stands
A three story brick cooper shop dating from about 80 years ago sits along U.S. Highway 18 near Clermont. The Governor Larrabee mill provided flour barrels crafted by hand by 25 to 50 workers in the 1850s and 1860s. Barrels were assembled from timber locally milled and conveyed via overhead wires to the mill across the road.
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Clermont
Larrabee
Iowa Game Attracts Cedar Rapids Fans In Chicago
Cedar Rapids residents traveled to Chicago for the Iowa vs Northwestern Big Ten football game at YCHE Stadium. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Jordan and many others from SE Cedar Rapids, planning a few days in the city, with some heading to St. Louis for World Series weekend events.
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Yche Stadium
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Northwestern University
Carl F. Jordan
Linden Drive
Don Barnes
Grande Avenue
James Bell
Country Club Parkway
L. H. Stubbs
Mary Stubbs
Woodland Drive
A. W. H. Lenders
Lenders
Wayne J. Foster
Hillcrest Drive
Owen Eliott
Vernon Drive
Senator Frank Byers
Nineteenth Street
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street
Frank Race
Cottage Grove Avenue
Thomas C. Yarnall
Twenty- Fifth Street
Morgan Foster
Washington Avenue
St. Louis
H. Goredon DeLay
Twenty-third Street
Nicholas P. Craemer
Douglas Kirk
Thirty-fourth Street
J. J. Studer
Glenway Drive
Karl K. Koffron
George B. Foster
C Avenue NW
Cameron
Second Avenue
Bt. Louis i
Bribery Probe Aims to Curb Future Attempts
Prosecutors say the case should curb future bribery attempts to influence town officials. Hamilton and Burkman prepare a strong defense for their agent, with several other attempts reported but lacking enough evidence for arrest. Governor Herring praised former Senator White for exposing the bribe attempt.
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Hamilton
Burkman
Chicago
White
Clyde Herring
Pottawattamie Officials Seek Relief Funding Solution
Des Moines Iowa Gov Clyde L Herring Atty Gen Edward L O Connor and state relief officials met with Pottawattamie county delegates to resolve a relief dilemma. County needs 15000 monthly for three months for widows pension farm hospital and rent funds but is at debt limits and federal rules block use of federal money. Governor promised that the county poor cannot be allowed to starve. Delegation included W L Greer E P Schoentgen A L Ingram and L J Flood.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Edward L. O'Connor
Iowa
Pottawattamie County
Attoreney General
Herring
Pottawattamle
W. L. Greer
E. P. Schoentgen
A. L. Ingram
Packing Plants Rally for Towa Relief Program
Seven packing plants in Iowa signed contracts to join the Iowa emergency relief administration to slaughter up to 800 cattle daily. Six plants in Sioux City will handle about 200 head daily, while Frith Packing of Dubuque will process 75 to 100. Other plants in Albia Perry Webster City Town City and Muscatine are contributing operations.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Iowa
Federal Livestock Disposition Commission
Sioux City Packing Company
City Wholesale Company
Mirkin Packing Company
Ivner Brothers
Raskin Packing Company
Smith Bros. Company
Frith Packing Company
Albia
Perry
Webster City
Town City
Muscatine
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Ose
Owen Elliott
Verro Drive
A. Perry West
Lake, Boulevard SE
Robert Cook
Crescent Latrect, SE
Douglass Bennett
Eléanor Taylor
Arthur Collins
Jtoind Eleanor Cook
Igi Bach
Margaret Pratt
Sally Is
Lubergen
Betty Ford
Mary van Vechtey
Shaffer
Susan Ansapie Kaltel
Phyllis Sheehy
Sonny Sheehy
Louise Gase
Aid
Paitela Shackel
Miss Lathe
Woman’s Club
Columbus Junction
William Clark
Chester
Jayne Culver
John Rathbun
Ill
Warren Boobey
Mount
Francis Baker
Lake View
Robert Baker
Elizabeth Bryant
Lester Coleman
Marjorie Coleman
Frances
Drew
Margaret Fussell
Sue Kepler
Robert Rowley
George Smith
Lawrence Travis
Wesley West
Virgilla Williams
Helen Chamberlain
Anamosa
Robert Cline
Blairstown
Ronald Courson
Belmond
Richard Currie
Mason City
Evangeline Dennis
Catherine Echternacht
Marshalltown
Grace Wells
Roselle Park
N. J
Marjorie Williams
Clinton
Winifred Witzigman
Washington
James Yates
Vera Yates
Lisbon
Eleanor Culver
Miriam Morford
Clarion
Montg
Breeding
Strucker
Burlington Railroad
Omaha
Lester Cozard
Lester Orsborn
Bernice
Ceyleeh
Public Instruction
Pressey
Miss Samuelson
Frank
Jean Roush
John Wherry
Billy Reade
Velma Petersen
Betty Jane Levsen
Clair Felker
Robert Pelkey
Verna Hanold
Arthur Holub
Jean Broderson
Wilton
Grace- Reformed ‘Church
Seth
Walter Dunshees
Mrs
Associated Press
Liquor Board
Dakota Farmer
Brooklyn Bank
Joseph Gray
Mt. Vernon
Joseph M, M, Gray
Walter’ Gray
Carson Estate
Pottawattamie
Towa
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