Iowa Grange endorses one legislative branch at 1934 session
Special to The Caretta Manchester reports the Iowa State Grange’s sixteenth annual session endorses a single legislative branch and condemns the state for liquor legalization. The group approves an agricultural adjustment program for 1935 and selects Newton as next meeting site with J. S. Knight to oversee and leadership changes announced.
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Caretta Manchester
Tashan
Arts. Gee liv
Fas
Robert Lincoln
Ralph Longley
Francis Schmitz
Gannell
Earl Wheatcraft
Colfax
Joe Gill
Strawberry Point
Newton
J. S. Knight
Gale McClene
Wilton Junction
Charles Gharret
Grinnell
Agricultural Committee
R. L. Amsberry
Oneida
C. R. Ratcliff
A. P. Arp
Eldridge
C. P. Kaisand
Peianelli
W. A. Petted
Newon
L BROWN FUNERAL HELD AT SPRINGVILLE
Funeral services were held Sunday for L Brown. The former insurance man from Cedar Rapids and longtime resident of Linn County had been killed in a track accident Tuesday.
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L. Brown
Springville
Bern Silo And Shed Barn On Delmar Farm
Fire destroyed a hay barn a silo and an open shed on Fred Lohmeier's Delmar farm about 3 pm Thursday. Combustion in newly filled hay started the blaze. flames spread to the wood frame, but firefighters prevented spread to other buildings. Insurance on the barn was $2,000 but not sufficient.
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Spertal
Gerena Delmar
Fred Lohmeier
Delmar
Lohmeier
Legion elects officers for coming year at Elberon
The American Legion in Elberon has elected officers for the coming year. Fred Vande Wall was chosen commander with Lewis J. Valenta as vice commander and George Stransky as adjutant and finance officer. F. M. Mandel will serve as service officer, Walter Johnson as chaplain, and J. F. Wamser as sergeant at arms.
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Elberon
American Legion
Fred Vande Wall
Lewis J. Valenta
George Stransky
F. M. Mandel
Walter Johnson
J. F. Wamser
Order Denied Habeas Corpus for Threasher in Iowa
Fred Threasher, a habitual thief sentenced from Independence to Fort Madison, had his freedom denied Friday in a habeas corpus hearing before District Judge John E. Craig. He argued improper charging since the Independence grand jury was in session when the Buchanan County attorney filed information. He was ordered returned to prison.
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Fort Madison
Fred Threasher
Independence
John E. Craig
Threasher
Independence Grand Jury
Buchanan County
Highway Bids to Be Opened October 23
Ames reports highway construction bids to be opened Oct 23 covering grading of 57.5 miles in 13 counties and graveling 54 miles in seven counties. Bridges and culverts planned in 18 counties including Tama and U S 30 west of Belle Plaine. one culvert listed. John Ward McGranahan American Legion post at Newhall elected officers led by Commander John Meland and installed by Jim Milroy.
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Larrabee
Clayton
Tama
U. S. No
Belle Plaine
Newhall
John Ward McGranahan American Legion
John Meland
Fay Davis
Robert Hegewald
Irve Weichman
William Doss
W. J. Connor
Third District
Jim Milroy
Vinton
Mail Route Pioneer Recalls 1904 Start Of Route Four
A retirement celebration recalled Mr Smyth becoming the first to carry mail on route four in 1904. He began with a horse and mail cart on a timber path. Officials at the event included William McCool of Masonville national pioneer club president Fred Neuhaus Victor first district president Van M. Davis Iowa City Johnson county president and Mrs Frank Clear Johnson county auxiliary president.
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Ufa Teat
Dayka Saayih
Renar
Nerica
Axe
Hunt
Waxer
Shiman
T. W Revnatis
Wffin
Alice Seorth
Ska Hess
Anna Meek
William McCool
Masonville
Margaret Jour Brera
Fred Newhaus
Velma Becktalk
Woo
Vich
Smyth
The
Pioneer Club
Fred Neuhaus
Victor
van M. Davis
Iowa City
Johnson County
Frank Clear
Cedar Rapids Chosen For Next Pythian Convention
Mareng o Cedar Rapids was chosen as the next convention site at a district meeting of nearly 500 Pythians here Thursday. Four teen lodges in six counties were represented at the meeting. In general charge of arrangements locally were Frank S. Hite Bruce Royal Arthur Brown and R R Hibbs. On committees were Mrs Elsie Branch Mrs Elizabeth Langlas Mrs Carrie Mercer Mrs Ruth Hite Mrs Clara Attig Mrs Bess Lindsay Mrs Jessie Chantry Mrs Agnes Lindsay Mrs Lydia Jenkins Mrs Cora Waddell Mrs Bess Fesler Olle Denzler Mrs Donna Freeze and Mrs Phoebe Misel.
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Marengo
Cedar Rapids
Frank S. Hite
Bruce Royal
Arthur Brown
R. R. Hibbs
Elsie Branch
Elizabeth Langlas
Carrie Mercer
Ruth Hite
Clara Attig
Bess Lindsay
Jessie Chantry
Iowa U. to Premiere Helen Keller Musical Chant of Darkness
The University of Iowa chorus and orchestra will premiere Chant of Darkness next spring. Prof. Philip G. Clapp of the UI music department set the music for the production in Iowa City.
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Iowa U
Helen Keller
Iowa City
University of Iowa Chorus
Chant of Darkness
Philip G. Clapp
University of Iowa Music Department
Lutheran minister denounces modernism at Iowa convention
Rev. C C Hein, president of the national council of the American Lutheran church, declares modernism and atheistic communism deadly foes of Christianity as the church opens its biennial convention in Waverly Iowa. He accuses modernism of rejecting core Christian truths and warns that communism hates religion and seeks to erase God. He also questions Roosevelt era debt policy and the cost of prosperity.
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Waverly
Cc. C. Hein
National Council of the American Lutheran Church
Columbus
Hein
Roosevelt
Presbyterian Synod Holds 75th Meeting in 1935
The seventy-fifth annual United Presbyterian synod meeting closed in Newton after selecting Goldfield Iowa as the 1935 convention site. Tarkio College directors named: Rev. D Chalmers Fulton Washington IA Rev. W F Graham Allerton IA J F Weltman Winterset IA. Harvey Barnes Crawfordsville IA and Rev. G E Carnahan St. Charles IA elected to the synod board of trustees.
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St. Charles
Synod Board of Trustees
Stop Mortuary From Opening In Private Home At Iowa City
Judge P Gaffney granted a temporary injunction to block Emily and Faye Smykil from opening a funeral home in a private Iowa City residence citing zoning violation and nuisance concerns. Plaintiffs Lucy Tait Gibson and Prof and Mrs E B Reuter posted a $1000 bond. The ruling noted the morbid nature of funeral activity as incompatible with the residential district.
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Gazette
Iowa City
P. Gaffney
Emily
Faye F. Smykil
Gaffney
Lucy Tait Gibson
E. B. Reuter
R.O.T.C. Engineering Appointments At S.U.S.
Iowa City gains new first lieutenants Gilbert F. Braden and Ingalls S. Bradley in the University of Iowa R.O.T.C. engineering unit. New non commissioned officers include Peter Bruchkes Milton L. Grove Robert F. Matek Clinton Ward Lyle S. Richardson Irving L. Roberts and Emil J. Petranek from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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Canette
Iowa City
University of Iowa Engineering
R.O.T.C
Gilbert F. Braden
Ingalls S. Bradley
Peter Brchkes
Cedar Rapids
Milton L. Grove
Robert F. Matek
Clinton Ward
Lyle S. Richardson
Irving L. Roberts
Emil J. Petranek
Brigham Receives Iowa Best Book Award
Des Moines AP reports Johnson Brigham, Iowa state librarian, won the Iowa Library Association plaque for the year’s outstanding contribution to literature by an Iowa author for his book The Youth of Old Age published last spring.
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Des Moines
Iowa Library Association
Iowa
Johnson Brigham
State
Cornell Students Seek Greater Voice at Mount Vernon
Cornell college students demanded more representation in campus affairs at a mass meeting in the college chapel. They pressed for redeployment of events around homecoming and proposed a cross group committee to study reforms, with early action promised and talks on athletic support.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
College Chapel
H. J. Burgstahler
Association of Women Students
Kraschel Attacks Turner Over Farm Foreclosures
Lieutenant Governor Nels Kraschel charged that former Governor Turner could have saved many farm homes by using the moratorium during the 1932 corn surge. He said Turner’s inaction gave way to Herring’s administration who halted foreclosures by proclamation and a later moratorium to refinance.
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Kraschel
Petit Jurors Drawn For Cedar Co. District Court
Forty jurors were drawn for the Cedar County district court November term to appear November 12. Judge H C Ring of Cedar Rapids will preside. Jurors named include Verne Argo Tipton Ed Becker Clarence Wal ter Benson West Liberty Clar ence Carl Tipton Madell Chamberlain Tipton and many others from Tipton West Branch Clarence Durant and Mechanicsville.
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Cedar County
Durant
Curtis Frymeyer
Wilton Junction
Louis Goldsmith
London
Blanche Handley
Margaret Highly
Floyd Hill
R. E. Hill
Buchanan
William Jurgens
Bennett
Emma Kohler
Clarence
Frank J. Kofron
West Branch
William Roth
Fritz Pruess
Herman Dicht
Merle Long
Thomas Mayer
Dora Michener
Besse Miller
Olin
George Moir
Mechanicsville
Charles Nissen
Dan Oberholzer
Adolph Peters
Walter Randall
Norma Schluter
Lou Smith
Gladys Stotler
Atalissa
Will Valett
Moscow
Minnie Wagner
Helen Walters
Leroy Wiese
George Weller
Thief Steals Demonstrator Ford V-8 in Walker Break-In
A Ford V-8 demonstrator with license 57 19071 was stolen Thursday night from the Earl Fister garage in Walker. A locked car in the same garage was fingerprinted as evidence. a side window breach and minor cash loss were noted. A grain elevator break-in yielded nothing stolen. Deputies Condon and Stanley investigated. possible link to a Wednesday car wreck near Ray Wieser oil station as the town seeks clues.
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Walker
Earl Fister
Larry Condon
Earl Stanley
Cedar Rapids
Gardner and Takes
Ray Wieser
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