Ickes Presses Quick Action On Public Works Fund
Iowa and other states face pressure from Secretary Ickes to speed the $400 million public works fund for highways to create immediate employment. Gov. Herring notes Iowa has only half of its $10 million grant approved and urges faster action as projects and post office work await funding.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ickes
Herring
State Highway Department
Public Works Office
Washington
Public Works Administration
Ickes Tead
Federal Road Bureau
Omaha
Resumption of Coal Mining in Appanoose and Wayne Counties
Nearly all coal mines in Appanoose and Wayne counties resumed operations after six months of idleness tied to a wage dispute. A new contract passed 9 to 1, setting pay at 38 134 dollars per ton for pick men and 82 cents for machine loaders, according to Frank Wilson of Albia, president of the United Mine Workers local district.
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DES Moines
Appanoose
Wayne Counties
Frank Wilson
Albia
Mine Workers of America
Earlville Girl Injuries in Manchester Crash
Irma Hant aged 17 of Earlville sustained a severely fractured left arm and other injuries when two cars collided on Hunt Street between Earlville and Far-ville. Ruby Mores of Water ford was driver of the other vehicle. Fre Brooks of Hampton was unhurt.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Irma Hant
Earwille
Herister Viaasa
Farville
Ruby Mores
Farsoe
Diiser
Fre Brooks
Hampon
Cedar County Rural Teachers Club Opens Season
Thirty rural teachers gathered at the Cedar County court house Saturday for the first meeting of the year. J Edwin Gray of West Branch was chosen as delegate to the state teachers convention in Des Moines November 3 and 4 with Kenneth Cook of Tipton as alternate. Stoltenberg Brothers of Tipton played saxophone duets and Miss Dorothy Burroughs of Tipton gave a reading. The next meeting is set for November 11 at the court house.
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Tyipton
Cedar County Rural Teachers Club
Court House
J. Edwin Gray
West Branch
Des Moines
Kenneth Cook
Tipton
Stoltenberg Brothers
Dorothy Burroughs
Riverside Sorosis Study Club Joins Federation
The Sorosis Study club of Riverside gains admission to the Federation of Women's Clubs of Town, the first Riverside group to receive national recognition. Mrs William Gren serves as president.
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Riverside
Sorosis Study Club of
Federation of Women's Clubs of Town
Wiliam Gren
Sorosis Club
Girl foils bandit near Oelwein during lunch outing
Mrs Donna Clothier of Fayette confronted a bandit aiming to rob a sandwich shop near Oelwein while out with friends after a dance. Her husband Richard Clothier wrestled with the robber who fled, leaving behind a loaded gun and a car. The weapon discharged during the scuffle, some shot piercing Clothier's trousers but causing no injury.
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Oelwein
Donna Clothier
Fayette
Richard Clothier
Clothier
Olin Consolidated High Elects Leaders by Class
Presidents and sponsors for the four class years at Olin Consolidated High School have been announced. Seniors sponsor Miss Paula Reinking with president Robert Swartzell. juniors sponsor Miss Ruth McConnell with president Donald Gerdes. sophomores sponsor Ezra Jansen with president Maren Phillips. freshmen sponsor Miss Eleanor Blarkley with president Maxine Berry.
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OLIN
Olin Consolidated High School
Paula Reinking
Robert Swartzell
Ruth McConnell
Donald Gerdes
Ezra Jansen
Maren Phillips
Eleanor Blarkley
Maxine Berry
Epworth Leaguers Attend Cedar Rapids Fall Rally
Two hundred Epworth League members from 13 chapters gathered in Garrison for the Cedar Rapids district fall rally. Rev. Arthur J Nie led worship and spoke on league structure while district officers presented department programs. Marshalltown won the spring rally bid. about 300 attended the evening service. Representatives came from Beaman Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Center Point Dysart Garrison Marshalltown Norway Tama Toledo Urbana and Vinton.
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Garrison
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Arthur J Nie
Norway Methodist Church
League
Nie
Lloyd Lamoreous
Marshalltown
Josephine Slecter
Toledo
Peter Ridenour
Isabelle Butterfield
Tama
Beverlee Clemmer
Belle Plaine
Edwin Maynard
Center Point
Hugh Stuntz
South America
Stuntz
F R. Maynard
Belle Plaine Young Men's Quartet
Tama Sunday School
Norway
A. W. Henke
Beaman
Brandon
Dysart
Urbana
Vinton
Funeral notes and local briefs across Tama county
Funeral services were held for La Verne Culbertson in Tama with the Inter-State Power manager obituary noting surviving wife Doris and four children. Other items include Jones county salt pork distribution, Bertram plays, Cascade wedding, Vinton and Independence obituaries, and local civic events with multiple named residents and churches.
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TAMA
LaVerne F. Culbertson
Harry Warner
W . Eckler
Ben Jones
F .E. Fowler
Culbertson
Bloomington
Wis
Legion
Chicago
Doris Warner
Mr Culbertson
Inter- State Power Company
Rubye LaRue
Billy Dick
Charles Harry
Robert LaVerne
Mae Krobreck
Platte, SD
Anamosa
Jones County
R. F c
Davenport
Bertram
Thomas McDonald
E W McCrackin
C C Berry
Amos Berry
A R Minish
Ruth Hemmer
Carl Heinen Jr
Carl Heinen, Jr
William Hemmer
Bonna Heinen
Dorothy Hemmer
Carl Heinen
Ladies Aid Society
Tillie Kramer
Bernice Berry
Cascade
Alco ¢ Schuck
Clarence C. Jaccer
St. Paul's Church
Worthington
J HH Schilmoeler
L. P. Sauser
Etcene Fieser
Bee
John Schuck
Worthneton
Charles E Taceer
Harper Man Killed in Washington Crash
John Holes worth, 25, of Harper, Iowa, died Sunday when his car struck a railroad signal near the Milwaukee station in Washington.
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Washington, Ia
John Holesworth
Harper, Ia
Milwaukee Station
Washington
Postponement sought in Augustine murder trial
Prosecution and defense in the State versus M. E. Augustine filed requests with County Clerk J. F. Randolph to delay the trial by two weeks. Defense attorney E. A. Baldwin leaned on a Johnson county auto case delaying plan, agreeing to push the start date to October 23. In related notes, Kra mer vs. Bell yielded a sealed verdict, Isaac Griffen won 126 dollars from E. S. Cobb over 460 bushels of corn, and Scott vs. Wolf pending this week. Byron Snodgrass, 17, was hospitalized in Iowa City after a motorcycle crash Sunday. his leg was fractured in two places. The incident involved a newly purchased unlicensed motorcycle owned by Ben Voelkel, 15, who sustained arm and shoulder injuries, and the other vehicle was Nelson Goodman’s car.
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Gasetta Marengo
State
M. E. Augustine
J. F. Randolph
E. A. Baldwin
Johnson County
Kramer Vs. Bell
Isaac Griffen
E. S. Cobb
Marengo
Byron Snodgrass
Iowa City
Ben Voelkel
Nelson Goodman
Victor Post Elects Legion Officers for Victor
Harold E. Smith post of the American Legion in Victor has elected officers for the coming year. Commander Roy Waline. vice commander Verne Ocheltree. adjutant E I Lawton. financial officer J M Dusterhoft. historian Dr F J McCabe. sergeant at arms W R Chittenden. chaplain John Mc Sweeny. The post endorsed John McSweeny for Scoutmaster and pledged support for a Victor Scout group.
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Victor
Harold E. Smith
American Legion
Roy Waline
Verne Ocheltree
E I. Lawton
J. M Dusterhoft
F. J. McCabe
W. R. Chittenden
John McSweeny
West Liberty Girl Suffers Broken Jaw
Miss Fannie Wier aged 20 of West Liberty was taken to University hospital Iowa City with a compound fracture of the lower jaw after an auto accident near the Albert Ruess farm. Howard Nielson, riding with her, escaped injury as their car went into a ditch and was badly wrecked.
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The
Gazette
West Liberty
Fannie Wier
James Wier
University Hospital
Iowa City
Howard Nielson
Albert Ruess
Here
Nielson
Lockjaw claims life of Vinton girl Pearl Ary age three
Special to The Gazette VINTON Pearl Ary three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Ary died at the local hospital Sunday after a lockjaw attack following a sliver in the foot. The sliver was removed and the wound seemed to heal but Saturday morning her jaws locked and serum treatment failed Funeral arrangements were not complete Sunday afternoon TOLEDO The wills of Dr W E Carpenter Tama and A J Danker Traer filed with the clerk of courts Dr Carpenter leaves his entire estate to widow Ethel F Carpenter Will dated Aug 10 1910 witnessed by Lorah M Carter Lola L Arb and F H Arb Danker leaves entire estate to widow Christine Danker appoints her executrix Will dated July 18 1933 witnessed by M H Broderick and Otto F Moeller
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Hopkinton
E. P Ament
Theodore Ament
Worthington
Rome
Italy
Ament
Immaculate Conception
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Jesse P
Bertram
George D King
Byron Wetzel
Fern
Olive
Iva Mare
Pauline
Floyd Kitchen
Darrell
Doris
Clair Stoneking
Clinton C Berry
Fred Lake
Irma Blazek
Lee M King
Frank Lerner
King
Methodist Church
Clinton C. Berry
West Liberty
Roy Murphy
Town City
Scott
A E Ady
University Hospital
Mount Auburn
Mount Auburn High School
The
Christian Church
Roberta Greenwalt
Frances Struve
Inez Petersen
Ruth Stevenson
Robert Darland
Cecil Stone
Harold Rauhauser
Allen Bell
Crossroads
Bradley Hopper
Floyd Coots
Ervin Wiest
Frank Wiest Lloyd Petersen
John Fishal
Roscoe Albertsen
Webster Latting
Harry Weiser
Helen Primus
Thelma Healy
Delpha Shafer
Mildred Stevanson
Glee Club
Dorothy Dewitt
Independence
William Hutton
Scotland
Brooklyn
P. H. Schrempfer
Charles Hutton
Michael Flynn
New York City
Swan and Leytze
F E Hamlin
First Presbyterian Church
the Gazette
Pearl Ary
Claude Ary
Toledo
W. E. Carpenter
Tama
A. J. Danker
Traer
Carpenter
Ethel F. Carpenter
Lorah M. Carter
Lola L. Arb
F. H. Arb
Christine Danker
M. H. Broderick
Otto F. Moeller
Fletcher Swift Hurt In Collision Near Independence
A double crash five miles north of Independence on highway 11 injures ex Attorney General John Fletcher and ex Assistant AG Oral Swift. Ernest Lichtenstein of Grand Mound is seriously hurt with head injuries. five Torkelson children from Elgin are cut and bruised. The crashes occurred in rain, the first when Torkelson's car hit Swift's without a windshield wiper.
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Independence
John Fletcher
Oral Swift
Des Moines
Ernest Lichtenstein
Grand Mound
C. O. Torkelson
Elgin
Fletcher
Swift
Riverside Methodist Sunday School Elects New Officers
Riverside The Methodist Sunday School elected new officers for the year. Walter Beeranck as Superintendent with Harry Soukup as assistant. Mrs. Harold Cress leads the junior department with Mrs. Edith Price as assistant. Delbert Flynn is secretary with Irma Beranek as assistant secretary. Treasurer Mrs. C. W. Ingram and librarian Frinces Kephart. Mary Bates serves as pianist.
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Riverside
Methodist
Walter Beeranck
Harry Soukup
Harold Cress
Edith Price
Delbert Flynn
Irma Beranek
C. W. Ingram
Frinces Kephart
Mary Bates
Civil War Vets Of Benton County To Convene Tuesday
Benton County Veterans association to meet for the fifty fifth reunion in Vinton with eight veterans expected. Wives and widows invited. eight names listed including Conklin and Ringler. Fry garage serves as reunion HQ and a Methodist church chicken dinner follows. Program in the church auditorium features Rev. Charles G. Fort.
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Garetts
Vinton
Benton County Veterans Association
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ezra Ary
G. W. Ringler
Belle Plaine
George Conklin
Henry Henkle
Garrison
D. N. Lane
Urbana
Joe M. Fisher
George Fullmer
William Maynard
Miles Strawn
Shellsburg
W. A. Vincent
A.M. Stanger
Illinois
Fry Garage
Edith Isbell
Methodist Church
Charles G. Fort
Oxford bank official named cashier at Oxford Trust
F. Hass, acting receiver of the closed Oxford and Tiffin banks, is appointed cashier of the Oxford Trust and Savings Bank and will assume duties on October 15.
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Oxford
F. Hass
Tiffin
Oxford Trust and Savings Bank
Iowa U Student Killed in Crash in Iowa City
Paul H. Miller 21 a University of Iowa junior in liberal arts was killed when a car struck a parked truck and hit a highway sign in the business district Sunday night. Richard Ball the driver was only slightly hurt. Miller was the son of the late Claude Miller former Johnson County attorney.
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Iowa City
Paul H. Miller
University of Iowa
Richard Ball
Miller
College of Liberal Arts
Claude Miller
Johnson County
Lemoyne, Pa
Thomas Tracey Heads Legion At Manchester
Thomas Tracey chosen commander of the American Legion post at Manchester at its annual meeting. L M Jorgenson and Glenn Chapman elected first and second vice presidents respectively. Other officers include Forrest K. Jones adjutant James J. Burs bridge finance officer E J Gootee sergeant at arms and Tom D May mechanic. Installation set for November 2. ANAMOSA County board reduces salaries of two officials Nellie Morey superintendent of public instruction and deputy cut to 1650 and 900 respectively reflecting earlier cuts.
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Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
Nellie Morey
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Bill Terry
Blondy Ryan
Harold Schumacher
Carl Hubbell
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