Night Watchman Fights Two Robbers in OsKaloosa Clothing Raid
Night Marshal Owen Crispin fired six shots at two gunmen during a 3 a.m. attempt at the John Sunstrum clothing store. The duo looted heavy clothing before fleeing, leaving the loot behind as police scoured the town. A Minnesota-plate car was held on suspicion. no arrests reported.
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Oskaloosa
INS
Iowa
Owen Crispin
John Sunstrum
Crispin
Homer Little
J. F. Hook
Minnesota
Hook
Estherville
Three Nebraskans linked to Iowa robbery case
Iowa investigators report the arrest of Clifford Ogden Norman Ogden and Carl Dickinson for the Glenwood clothing store robbery. Ogden and Dickinson confessed to involvement in other robberies, with all three suspects hauled to Falls City for questioning.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Nebraska
Glenwood
State Bureau of Investigation
Clifford Ogden
Rule
Neb
Carl Dickinson
Falls City
William Zelinsky
S. V. Cooney
Kansas City
Norman Ogden
Rulo
Glen Schmidt
Dickinson
Schmidt
Sioux City Defeats Civic Center Bond Proposal
Sioux City voters rejected a plan to issue 1.25 million dollars in bonds for a civic center including city hall auditorium and exposition hall. The tally was 4 216 for and 3 819 against, short of the 4 821 required for passage.
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Sioux City
Celebrate Golden Wedding for Calamus Couple
Calamus residents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anderson marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a reception and family dinner. They wed Oct 14, 1886, and after living in Grand Mound and a farm near Calamus now reside there. The couple has six children Howard Charles and Mrs Lester Eden of Calamus, Mrs Floyd Brooks of Welton, Mrs Curtis Figley of Lawton, and Raymond of Pine Bluff Ark, plus three grandchildren. A dinner honoring them was hosted by the Kvindher red Lutheran Ladies Aid and Mission Workers.
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Calamus
Henry Anderson
Cynthia Hayes
Grand Mound
Mrs. Anderson
Howard
Charles
Lester Eden
Floyd Brooks
Welton
Curtis Figley
Lawton
Raymond
Pine Bluff
Ark
The
Ladies Aid Society and
Mission Workers of the
Kvindherred Lutheran Church
Anderson
IOWA CITY SCHOOL CAFE ROBBED OF 200
Two or more robbers pried open the high school safe at Iowa City to steal about 200 dollars from ticket sales locker fees and other funds. Entrance came through a west window with two doors damaged but the hinges remained, gloves left no fingerprints.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
W. E. Beck
Geggs
Cedar Rapids Man Appeals Drunk Driving Sentence
Robert De Bont of Cedar Rapids filed an appeal with the state supreme court after a Benton county district court sentenced him to three years in the state penitentiary for third drunken driving offense. He was arrested December 24, 1935, retried May 27 after a prior retrial, and barred from driving for one year post term.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Robert de Bont
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
State
DeBont
B. O. Tankersley
Charles Hughes
Tipton Junior College to Present The Late Christopher Bean
Rehearsals are under way for Tipton junior college play The Late Christopher Bean to be staged in the school auditorium Tuesday evening Oct 20. The cast includes Glen Stoltenberg Margaret Moffit Marjorie McLain Bette Norris Arlene Hamilton Paul Chapman Harvey Rutenbeck Clarence Stoltenberg and Melvin Owen. Miss Lorna D Bates directs.
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Tipton
Tipton Junior College
Christopher Bean
Glen Stoltenberg
Margaret Moffit
Marjorie McLain
Bette Norris
Arlene Hamilton
Paul Chapman
Harvey Rutenbeck
Clarence Stoltenberg
Melvin Owen
No Nomination Made For Short Term On Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa parties and the secretary of state's office disclosed a vacancy will be filled by write-in for a short term on the state supreme court. No statewide campaign has begun for the vacancy held by Judge Stiger, with full-term nominees chosen by both parties for other terms.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
High Court
Richard F. Mitchell
Ed A. Sager
Carl B. Stger
E. G. Albert
W. L. Bliss
T. G. Garfield
Stiger
Leon Powers
Baldwin School Head Responds to Strikers Over Program
Baldwin high school students strike for fifth day protesting the elimination of basketball from extracurriculars as the school board cites economy. Superintendent Rollins sent a letter to parents defending the program, stating there is mathematics staff, a qualified English teacher, basketball coaching history, and approval as a manual training instructor.
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Gazette
Baldwin
Baldwin High School
F. E. Rollins
Cascade hosts tri county women Democrats gathering
A Cascade theater hall hosts a Saturday meeting of the tri county Democratic women. Mrs. June Fickle of Washington addresses delegates from Dubuque Jones and Jackson counties.
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Gazette
Cascade
Cascade Theater Hall
June Fickle
Washington, D. C
Dubuque
Jones
Jackson Counties
Child Fractures Leg After Tractor Fall Near Mount Vernon
Doris Stinger four year old daughter of F W Stinger Mount Vernon suffered a fractured left leg Tuesday afternoon after falling from a tractor her father was driving. The child was taken to St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids where she is confined.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Doris Stinger
F. W. Stinger
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Independence youths held for string of burglaries
The Buchanan county sheriff and deputies rounded up six Independence area youths aged 17 to 21 after they confessed to involvement in thirteen thefts. The group including Earl Barker and Joe Barker admitted breaking into groceries stores, a drug store, a hardware shop, filling stations, a beer parlor, a house trailer, and freight cars last August and recently. All suspects are jailed awaiting preliminary hearing.
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Independence
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
A. W. Hammelman
James McDonnell
Buchanan County
Earl Barker
Joe Barker
Billy Pates
Elmer Cooper
Delmar Gray
Hubert Meister
Jesup
Barker
Harvey Hall’ Grocery
Frank Klumpar
Lyle Smith
J. H. Dannenbrink Dry Goods
Ingamel’s
Stanley
Taylor’s
Winthrop
DeVoogt
Silka Hardware
Hazleton
Fairbank
Illinois Central
Manchester
Sentence Men From Linn Center Jct For Drunk Driving
Bernard Freed of Linn county pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was fined 300 dollars with 200 dollars due plus costs suspended on good behavior. Oscar Hanson of near Center Junction was found guilty by jury and fined 300 dollars with a one year jail term suspended on good behavior. Peacock v Lawrence dismissed. All jurors dismissed for the remainder of September term.
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Anamosa
Bernard Freed
Linn County
Atherton B. Clark
Oscar Hanson
Near Center Junction
Peacock Vs. Lawrence
Cornell Preachers' Kids Elect Officers
Mount Vernon Augmented by several new members the P. K. club of Cornell college elected officers Sunday Clare Hewitt of Kirkland Ill was elected president Edith Garver of Thornton secretary-treasurer and Althea Goodrick of Hazleton social chairman with Robert Putnam of Rochelle Ill as her assistant New members include Margaret Chalke Osage Wesley Elston Orion Ill Eleanor Gough Marion Richard Grumman Springfield Ill Spencer Hancock Blue Island Ill Sara Manda Hiller Kilduff Ben Hoover Chicago NL Helen James Nora Springs Helen Jerrell DeWitt Homer Ortmeyer Estherville Robert Putnam Rochelle Ill Arleta Smith Springfield Dorothy Smith West Liberty Ruth Sanderlin Sibley Elizabeth Swaney Libertyville Ill James Taylor Chicago NL and Kathleen Wilson Savanna Ill Besides the seventeen members now this year forty seven P. E.'s of last year are still in school.
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Mount Vernon
P. K
Cornell College
Clare Hewitt
Kirkland, Ill
Edith Garver
Thornton
Althea Goodrick
Hazleton
Robert Putnam
Rochelle
Ill
Margaret Chalke
Osage
Wesley Elston
Orion
James Taylor
Chicago, NL
Kathleen Wilson
Savanna, Ill
Independence Plans Swimming Pool Under New Start
Independence moves ahead with a pool project after City Attorney Leo Molloy states a court ruling on budget spending does not apply. A swimming pool committee will hire an engineer to prepare plans and specifications as the federal 55 percent grant awaits council action.
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Independence
Independence Pwa
Leo Molloy
Horace Kelley
Aviatrix Campaigner Plans Iowa City Stop
F B Olson Iowa City Democratic chairman says Mrs Phoebe Omlie will add Iowa City to her air tour promoting President Roosevelt. She arrives Sunday afternoon from Council Bluffs after a New York起 start and travels over 10 000 miles. She will not speak in Iowa City Olson notes.
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Iowa City
F. B. Olson
Democratic
Iowa
Phoebe Omlie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Council Bluffs
New York
Omlie
Olson
Indian stabbing affray sparks manhunt in Durant
Tipton Sheriff W. W. Christian pursued John Youngblood, an Oklahoma Indian laborer, after a stabbing at Durant near midnight. Fred Allen, a seed corn plant foreman, was stabbed four times with a dangerous wound to the chest and additional injuries in the back and arm. Youngblood allegedly intoxicated damaged furniture, fled trying to board a bus for Davenport without paying, and escaped on foot.
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Tipton
W. W. Christian
Durant
Fred Allen
Wallace
John Youngblood
Allen
Youngblood
Claus Schlichting
Davenport
Community Hall Project At Traer Considered
Traer committees were appointed at the Traer Commercial club meeting to study a proposed community hall. The hall would host the annual merchants exhibit and auto show. A record crowd of 90 attended with Leon Dailey of Spencer as principal speaker. committees to report next meeting.
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TRAER
Traer Commercial Club
Leon Dailey
Spencer
Lowden High to Present Bashful Mr. Bobbs
The Lowden junior class stages a three act play Bashful Mr. Bobbs directed by Miss Mary Brezo Friday night Oct 23 in the school auditorium Florence Freese and Wilbert Stolte lead the cast followed by Marian Licht Edwin Kroemer Ruth Barnes Leon Mensing Gertrude Stolte Lydia Buck Leroy Kreinbring Viola Ruchotzki and Marian Jorgenson
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Gazette
Lowden
Lowden High School
Mr. Bobbs
Mary Brezo
Florence Freese
Wilbert Stolte
Marian Licht
Edwin Kroemer
Ruth Barnes
Leon Mensing
Gertrude Stolte
Lydia Buck
Leroy Kreinbring
Viola Ruchotzki
Marian Jorgenson
Claims Filed Against Walker Estate in Iowa City
Johnson county clerk reports claims totaling 64100 filed against the estate of the late Henry G Walker in Iowa City. Included is a 604.57 claim for unpaid income tax and delinquent interest by Charles D Huston, United States Internal Revenue director.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Henry G. Walker
Charles D. Huston
United States Internal Revenue Director
Yeggs Rob Morley Post Office of $40
Morley post office robbed early Wednesday with a safe blown open and about 40 dollars taken. Hotel occupants heard a blast at 3 45 am saw a flashlight and a man outside before the robbers fled toward the south in a car. Only a few stamps were taken and no fingerprints were found by Jones county officers.
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The
Gazette
Morley
Yeggs
Jones County
Iekel Elected Commander Of Buchanan County Legion
George C. Iekel was elected commander at the Buchanan County American Legion annual meeting in Independence. C. M. Holmes Hazleton gave the principal address on Americanism. New officers include Leo Hoffman vice commander and Dr Loeck finance officer adjutant. Armistice Day program set for Hazleton November 12 with Frank Miles delivering address.
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Independence
George C. Iekel
Buchanan County American Legion
C. M. Holmes
Hazleton
Leo Hoffman
Dr. Loeck
Aurora
Thomas Tracy
Manchester
Frank Miles
Des Moines
Iowa Legionaire
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Night Marshal
Civic Center
Mrs. Henry Anderson
Lamb’s Wool
Killian Company
Iowa Supreme Court
Baldwin School
Tri-County
Independence Boys
Linn
Center
Cornell Preachers
First Ave. E
Aviatrix
Deek Indian
Walker Estate
Buchanan Legionaires
Lincoln- Zepayer
Lincoln Motor Company
Lincoln
Universal Credit Company
Rude Auto Company
Second Avenue SE
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