White Defends Woodward Hospital Discharges
Harry White chairman of the state board of control defended Woodward State hospital head Dr. A R Schier against grand jury criticism. White testified most dismissals were for inefficiency and two were for theft. He said hospital heads were interviewed and staff quality remains high despite low pay.
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Des Moines
A. R. Schier
Woodward State Hospital
Harry C. White
State Board of Control
Boone County Grand Jury
Board of Control
Schier
White
Frank M. Stevens
Charles Wilson
Woodward
Grand Jury
State Hospital
M. C. Williams
Boone County
Etion
Iowa allocates ton mile tax to counties for highways
The Iowa commerce commission says 18 firms run 302 buses on highways and 231 motor freight carriers operate 2209 trucks and trailers. A $7000 increase in county allocations from ton mile taxes boosts funding for road maintenance and repairs across counties based on miles traveled.
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DES Moines
State Commerce Commission
Iowa
Sig Feehan
Ake
George A.” Huffman
Wednesden
Huffman
Maquoketa CCC camp evacuation and staff shifts
Maquoketa CCC camp completed its evacuation on Monday as Lieut. L R Blair began relocating the company and departed for Clarion to command its camp. Lieut. W C Weir moved to McGregor as camp adjutant. Wilmer Mann named caretaker of camp buildings and an attendant moved into army headquarters. W A Edwards remains as conservationist assisting five year programs. Fred H Larson transferred to Ottumwa as CCC camp superintendent. In Decorah the Town River Lutheran church fund drive seeks 5000 dollars to rebuild after July 3 fire, with Rev Helme as pastor. In Elgin Hugh Howard and Louise Hagedorn married at the Methodist parsonage with Attendants Mr and Mrs Lawrence Howard. couple to reside in Nielsville.
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Maquoketa
CCC
L. R. Blair
Clarion
W. C. Weir
McGregor
Wilmer Mann
An Atender
Army Headquarters
W. A. Edwards
Fred H. Larson
Ottumwa
Decorah
Town River Lutheran
Helme
Elgin
Hugh Howard
Harvey Howard
Nielsville
Wis
Louise Hagedorn
Richard Flagedorn
Methodist Parsonage
J. J. Snyder
Lawrence Howard
Toledo Woman Emma Ebersole Probate Bequests Revealed
Emma S. Ebersole of Toledo files a will and March 12 1937 codicil detailing numerous bequests including sums to Tama relatives and Toledo churches. She plans a memorial library for E C and Emma S Ebersole to be funded by her estate with city acceptance. Luella Warner named executrix to convert property to cash.
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Toledo
Emma S. Ebersole
Otterbein
Dayton
Ohio
Ladies Cemetery Association
Woodlawn
Ebersole
Cecile Smith
Tama
Mildred Robeson
Erma King
Luella Warner
Elbert Smith
Etta Donat
Lew Smith
Forrest King
Ida Smith
Margaret Owen
J. Hursh Owen
Ladies Aid Society
The
First United Brethren Church of
Missionary Society of the First United Brethren Church of Toledo
Warren Robeson
Billie
Richard Smith
Public Library
ER. C
Emma 8
City of
Polk Relief Committee Abolishment Sought in Des Moines
The Polk County board of supervisors moved to abolish the county relief committee and accepted Gov Kraschel’s appointee Fred W. Lehmann Jr as relief coordinator. They propose stripping the committee of relief authority and creating a three member arbitration board to settle policy disputes.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Polk County Board of Supervisors
County Relief Committee
Nelson G. Kraschel
Fred W. Lehmann, Jr
Decorah Couple Elmer Vine and Mabel Allen Wed
Elmer Vine son of Mr and Mrs John Vine of Decorah and Mabel Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs George Allen of Ossian married October 2 at the First Lutheran parsonage in Decorah The Rev Mr Diers officiated Attendants were Mr and Mrs Ed Kibler of Waterloo The couple will reside in Decorah South Bethel Woman's Foreign Missionary society elected officers with Mrs Lloyd Dickinson as president and Mrs Theodore Smith as vice president Mrs George Morgan as secretary and C A Nebergall as treasurer Harry McCroskey named program director for the year
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Decorah
Elmer Vine
John Vine
Mabel Allen
George Allen
Ossian
Diers
First Lutheran
Ed Kibler
Waterloo
Vine
South Bethel
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Lloyd Dickinson
Theodore Smith
George Morgan
C. A. Nebergall
Harry McCroskey
Independence Produce Buys Carmichael Milk Condensing Building
The Independence Produce Company has purchased the Carmichael Milk Condensing plant located east of the Illinois Central station. Company president C. V. Rosenberger says the future use of the building is not yet decided. The Carmichael structure was built by the Carmichael company and is a notable local asset. The Independence firm is described as the largest business enterprise with the largest payroll in Independence.
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Independence
Independence Produce Company
H. W. Carmichael
C. V. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Carmichael Company
Illinois Central
Edgewood
Delaware County
Congregational Church
Walter Hutton
Des Moines
Paul Pease
Greeley
William Scanlan
Manchester
Ruth Kalus
Earlville
Louis Skow
T. R. Gray
Ben Holthaus
Colesbury
Louise Mazzei
Kate Dolley
Hopkinton
C. J. Brown
Henry Carrothers
Masonville
Thomas Shaffer
Roy V. Porter
Emmanuel Church
Burial set for W P Herring in Belle Plaine
Funeral services for William P. Herring 79 hotel owner of Belle Plaine will be at Driscoll chapel Thursday at 2 pm. He died at a Rotary club luncheon. Survived by wife Hester two sons Edward and James and other relatives.
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Belle Plaine
William P. Herring
Rotary Club
Driscoll Chapel
E. I. Selden
Christ Methodist Church
William S
Margaret Herring
Mr. Herring
Lester, I. Y
Joe Marino
Seventh Avenue
James
Ida Blossom
Grinnell
Herring
Mary Arnold
Hester van Scoy
Hopelodge
A. F
A. M
St. Bernard Commandery
el Kahir Temple
Edward
Los Angeles
Maude Bardwell
Clinton
Cora Learn
San Diego
Calif
Margaret Davis
Donald Blanche
New Yo City
Rosemary
Jo Ann
Ruth Janet Herring
Barchard Blanche
New Yorkity
Monticello Couple Celebrates 61 Years of Marriage
Monticello couple William H. Lambert and Virginia Smith Lambert mark sixty one years of marriage with a family dinner at their home. Born in Dayton Virginia in 1855 and 1857 the couple moved from Pendleton County West Virginia to Morning Sun then Monticello in 1886. They have seven children five sons in Monticello twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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Monticello
William H. Lambert
Lambert
Dayton
Virginia Smith
Pendleton County
West Virginia
Morning Sun
Mr. Lambert
Alpha
Charles
John
Asa
Ralph
Dedication Planned for Lost Nation High School Gym
A November ceremony will dedicate the new Lost Nation high school gymnasium. The program includes music by the band and glee club, an invocation, talks by Edward Ruggeberg president of the board of education and O H Story superintendent, a community response by M H Dake, and remarks by G E Farley formerly with Preston. County superintendent F C Bowersox will also speak.
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Lost Nation
Edward Ruggeberg
Board of Education
O. H. Story
M. H. Dake
G. E. Farley
Preston
F. C. Bowersox
Solon Community Club Elects J. T. Krob As President
Solon community club voters chose J. T. Krob as president at a Monday meeting. Other officers named include W. F. Uch as vice president Harold W. McKnight as secretary O. E. Markitan as treasurer and a slate of directors headed by Joseph L. Hotka and William McLaughlin.
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Solon Community Club
J. T. Krob
Solon
Community Club
W. F. Uch
Harold W. McKnight
O. E. Markitan
Joseph L. Hotka
William McLaughlin
John Kloubee
Edward Ulch
Joseph A. Marshek
R. P. Chansky
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Local Legal and Personal Matters
City files answer in district court over 11000 in engineering fees for a proposed municipal light plant. Alimony adjustments see Ernest Shalla pay 500 to his ex wife plus 200 monthly. May Lola Brogan and Meta Evans file for divorce on cruelty. Funeral for Herman G Krebs 34 announced with services at St Marys Catholic. Over 400 Iowa schoolmen to attend annual conference at the University of Iowa. Ralph M Barnes publishes Motion and Time Study textbook.
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Iowa City
Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company
Kansas City
Ernest Shalla
Margaret Shalla
Shalla
Lola Brogan
Thomas E. Brogan
Meta Evans
Isaac A. Evans
Herman G. Krebs
St. Mary's Atholic Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Krebs
Riverside
Charles Krebs
Gottlib Krebs
Charles Krebs Fisher
Joan Thielan
Waterloo
Iowa
University of Iowa
W. W. Theisen
Milwaukee
Newton Edwards
Chicago University
J. Duncan Spaeth
University of Kansas
Calmar Family Reunion Brings Jimp Family Back Together
A Calmar gathering at Mr. and Mrs. William Jimp’s home marks the first Jimp family reunion in 31 years. Attendees include John Jimp, Mrs. Schmidt of Gettysburg, Fredrick Jimp of DeSmet, and numerous Jimp relatives from Fort Atkinson, Decorah, and Calmar. Alder Sande sells Marble Rock restaurant to Paul and Mrs. Kittlesby who assume ownership Monday and Sande shifts to Decorah restaurant work.
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Felix Jimp
Edward Hasting
Joseph Bullerman
Decorah
Alder Sande
Marble Rock
Paul Kittlesby
Calmar
Sande
Third Generation to Lead W R C at Williamsburg
Williamsburg The third generation of her family to serve as president of the Williamsburg Women's Relief Corps Miss Mary Scholl presided at a district convention. Her grandmother Mrs Jen nie Ray and her mother Mrs Hattie Scholl were charter members of Reese Lloyd Relief Corps when it organized fifty years ago and both served as president.
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Williamsburg
Williamsburg Women’s Relief Corps
Mary Scholl
Jennie Ray
Hattie Scholl
Reese Lloyd Relief Corps
Couple At Thornburg Celebrate Anniversary
Thornburg resident Elmer Briggs and his wife quietly observed their fifty fifth wedding anniversary on Monday. Mrs. Briggs born February 18 1858 in Oskaloosa and Mr. Briggs born July 6 1861 in Harrison county Ohio. They married in New Sharon and spent nearly all their married life in the local community except six years in the west for Mrs. Briggs health.
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Thornburg
Elmer Briggs
Briggs
Nancy Smith
Oskaloosa
Mr. Briggs
Harrison County
Ohio
New Sharon
L. R. Briggs
West
Committees named by American Legion auxiliary leaders
Mrs Genevieve Kremer led the group meeting at Mrs Viola Kelly home assisted by Mrs Mary Wiederrecht. Appointed chairs include Finance Mary Wiederrecht Membership Margaret Hinderman Edith Kelly Americanism and national defense Myrtle Erwin Rehabilitation Flossier Daily Child welfare Grace Oakes Community service Marjorie Pettis Publicity and radio Berniece Herrick Poppy Elma Syphrit Fidac Clara Deppey Legislation Irene Hicklin Music Lucille Brown Junior activities Hinderman Elsie Morledge. Kremer and Wiederrecht elected delegates to the Keokuk district convention October 19 with alternates Mildred Hook and Bernice Herrick.
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Wapello
Genevieve Kremer
American Legion Auxiliary
Viola Kelly
Mary Wiederrecht
Margaret Hinderman
Edith Kelly
Myrtle Erwin
Flossier Daily
Grace Oakes
Marjorie Pettis
Berniece Herrick
Elma Syphrit
Fidac
Clara Deppey
Irene Hicklin
Lucille Brown
Hinderman
Elsie Morledge
Kremer
Keokuk
Mildred Hook
Doctor's Alcoban liquor habit cure advertised
A doctor's prescription for alcalol is promoted as Alcoban a non habit forming remedy that can be taken with liquor tea coffee or food to curb cravings and restore health. The ad claims many lives saved and offers a money back guarantee with sales through Mav's Cut Rate Drug Store and other druggists.
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Mav
Alcoban
Iowa business outlook improves with farm gains
Improvements in agricultural conditions give Iowa a reasonably favorable business outlook. Prof. George R. Davies of the University of Iowa said the better farm situation should offset weaker national trends. Employment in 250 firms fell one percent in August but remained eight percent above last August, with payrolls twenty four percent higher than a year earlier.
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Iowa City
Iowa
George R. Davies
University of Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
Davies
Orient
Polident Promises Easy Clean for False Teeth
Dental science touts a simple method to clean plates and removable bridges by soaking in water with Polident powder. Stains and deposits dissolve visibly as Polident, made by Werner Laboratories, is claimed harmless and approved by Good Housekeeping. A long-lasting supply costs about 30 cents at drug stores.
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Werner Laboratories
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Resinol
Fairfield
Iowa Daily Press
Wesley King
Kirksville
Charles Clark
Memphis
James Wall
Edina
Emma Ebersole
Polk Relief Committee
Iowa News
Mount Vernon
Presbyterian Missions
Joseph W. Gray
Hugh Robinson
Lisbon
Gray
Martin Ahrens
Lahore
India
Olin
Walter McCormick
McCormick
Grace Vernon
Marion
Pete Sieveka
Dee Vrooman
Willard McCormick
Annalee McCormick
Virgil Vernon
E. T. Jansen
Charles Ballou
Don Vrooman
Lloyd Dutro
Jay McCormick
Eileen John A McCormick
Wylf Peck
Cornell College
Wayne Wilmarth
Wheatland
Miles Knight
Mews Senate
Don Anderson
Wilmette
Wayne Barber
Freeport
Ill
Bob Swenson
Senate
Waukon
Nathan A. Ford
Nathan Ford
J. L. Bresnahan
Marie
Pleasant View Academy
Ottawa
Luther College
Snow
Bradley Auto Service
Congregational Iowa Pilgrim Fellowship
Helen Farr
Joe Jenkins
Ruth Moyle
Charlotte Joiner
Betty McNerney
Marian Bowman
Davenport
Lp.f
Oelwein
Guthrie Drug Store
Marengo
Town
Alice DeSpain
North Pilot School
Delaware
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Leonard Manson
Harry Malmgren
Robert Yelden
Bendit Johnson
Lillian Johnson
Mildred Johnson
Verna Johnson
Verna Swanson
Frank G Carlson
Cedar Rapds
Wheatland School
Cha
Ardis Smith
Maxine Rothbart
Howard Andreson
Lorraine Witte
Kenneth Figley
Mildred Horstman
Paul Riedesel
Louise Schnieder
Raymond Smith
Robert Stankee
Oline Kageman
Ruth Angerer
Ruth Dennie
Laverne Pingle
Paul Limebaugh
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Neip Markets
DIAL
W. P. Herring
Chultz
3Rd Ave
Belles Co
Ine DuBels
Ford Hopkins CO
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