Gillette Seeks Senate Seat Backed by Labor Endorsement
Iowa endorsement from William Green of the American Federation of Labor backs Democrat Guy M Gillette for reelection to the U S Senate. Krashnel faces Wilson for governor as 800000 voters prepare Nov 8 ballot across five parties and independents.
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Des Moines
INS
Guy M Gillette
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A. A. Couch
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Iowa
United States Senate
Green
Nelson G. Kraschel
United States
Guy VM. Gillette
Lester J. Dickinson
Senate
George A. Wilson
Gillette
Supreme Court
Dickinson
Kraschel
Wilson
Funeral for William Kummer in Conroy
Funeral services were held Friday for William Kummer 70 who died Wednesday from burns suffered in a highway accident near South Amana en route to an Iowa Homecoming game. Burial was in Conroy cemetery. He was born in South Amana lived in Conroy, married Anna Wichan in 1899 and is survived by three children, a brother, and two sisters.
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Conroy
William Kummer
University Hospital
Iowa City
South Amana
E. Hempl
Kummer
Sioux City
Iowa
Highway 6
Anna Wichan
Emma Bauch
Homestead
Bertha Tibbin
Marengo
George Kummer
George
Carolina Kummer
Mount Pleasant
Mary Zodomer
Salina
Kan
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight Local Obits and Events
Funeral services for Vincent Rouner 75 will be 2 p m Saturday at Oathout chapel. Surviving children include three Iowa City sons and a daughter. Also burial for Mrs Susanne Sunier widow of jeweler A Sunier held at Oakland cemetery. Johnson county husking contest entries scarce with three listed. University of Iowa reps Loren Hickerson and George Hill to debate Oxford and Cambridge on Nov 15 advocating US Britain alliance.
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Iowa City
Vincent Rouner
Rouner
Newport Township
Charles Grissell
Joseph
John
Phillip
John Rouner
Ray Amdenstock
Solon
Johnson County
American Legion
Kenneth M. Dunlop
Ted Specht
Oxford
P. J. Ryan
Carmi Cantrell
Lone Tree
Susanne Sunier
Des Moines
Oakland Cemetery
Sunier
A. Sunier
Theodore Sunier
Salt Lake City
Charles Sunier
California
Arthur Sunier
Rochester
N. Y
Fannie Sunier
Cleveland
Bertha Sunier
Lucy Sunier
Lydia Sunier
Chicago
Emmett Gardner
William Spratt
Harry C. Brenneman
Fremont
Raymond Kile
Lincoln
Will Warren
Farmers Business Men
Town City
C. O. Ingersoll
Chamber of Commerce
Dale West
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sigourney
Iowa
Luke Wittetoe
Wilbur A. Cooke
F. R. Jugenheimer
Dexter Sexton
George M. McShane
Waterloo
Iowa Druggists Association
A. E. Thomas
D. Ralph Clark
New York
J. G. Hanna
Burlington
R. A. Kuever
University of Iowa
Royal Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
Harry H. Schultz
St. Paul
Minn
D. W. Eckenborn
Oskaloosa
Center Point
James H. Beverly
Luce
William T Giles 83 Manchester Sexton Dies After Long Service
William T Giles longtime Manchester cemetery sexton died at 83 after a lasting illness. Born February 20 1855 in England he came to Iowa in 1871 and served the Manchester Cemetery Co for 56 years digging the first grave in the Catholic cemetery. He was never married with surviving cousin Mrs Susan Edwards sister Mrs Thomas Kent and brother John Giles. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 pm at the Methodist church with Masonic graveside rites at Oakland cemetery.
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Manchester
William T Giles
Thomas P. Shaffer
Oakland Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Giles
Joseph John Giles
Aspley Heath
Woburn
England
William Giles
Iowa
Manchester Cemetery Company
Oakland ,Cemetery
Fred Giles
Mr. Giles
Susan Edwards
Thomas Kent
John Giles
Holdrege
Neb
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Methodist Church
Towa University Law Freshman Dies At Ames
Ames AP report says 22 year old Robert Richey, University of Iowa freshman law student, died at his home in Ames Thursday night. He is the son of H W Richey, horticulture professor at Iowa State College. Burial set for Iowa State College cemetery Saturday.
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Ames
Robert Richey
University of Iowa
H. W Richey
Iowa State College
Local notes honor golden wedding couple and marryings
A roundup from Eastern Iowa reports Mr and Mrs John Thede of Martelle were celebrated for their silver anniversary at Mechan icville with about thirty relatives. Independence notes Ruth Nelson and LeRoy Mumford wed at First Methodist Church, both moving to Oelwein. Monmouth records A E Wyrick 88 dies after a short illness, survived by four children. Maquoketa burial for William A Storm, with services in Harrison funeral home. Grinnell hospital preserves ACS approval. Clarence hosts two act operetta rehearsal of The Sunbonnet Girl.
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Mechanicsville
Frank G. Johnson
John Thede
Martelle
Independence
Ruth Nelson
J. W. Nelson
LeRoy Mumford
Oelwein
M. E. Mumford
H. H. Dill
Rachael Nelson
Donald Mumford
Monmouth
A. E. Wyrick
Earl of
Maquoketa
William A. Storm
Waterloo
Harrison Funeral Home
Harry D. Green
Mount Hope Cemetery
Storm
Preston
Ella Hansen
Kraschel Links Farm Tenancy Evils to Nationwide Problems
Wilton Iowa governor Kraschel told a Friday audience the farm tenancy system causes about a million tenant farmers to change farms yearly. He praised Town for leading state efforts and urged term leases that share profits, risks, and land improvements while protecting both owner and renter upon dissolution.
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Wilton
Nelson G. Kraschel
America
Kraschel
Cooler Weather In Sight For Weekend
Des Moines Iowa headlines say Friday morning temperatures rose 8 to 14 degrees above normal but the weather bureau forecasts considerably cooler and clear skies for the weekend. Expect near normal readings Friday night and a trend toward cooler fall weather Saturday across the south central and extreme eastern parts. Skies were clear Friday morning with partial clouds in the northwest and no rainfall. Thursday's high reached 82 in Omaha and Friday morning's low was 50 at Charles City.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Omaha
Charles City
75 Year Old Man Seeks Divorce After Short Marriage
R P Dorsey 175 of Shellsburg files in district court for divorce from Eleanor Boat his wife of just over two months alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and that his life is in continual danger. He notes his wife is 21 years old and weighs 175 pounds while he weighs 135 pounds.
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Winton
R. P. Dorsey
Shellsburg
Eleanor Boat
Dorsey
Iowa bids open October 25 for 29 road projects
Iowa highway commission announces bids due Oct. 25 for 29 road projects totaling 18.9 miles of paving, mostly in Ringgold county. The schedule lists paving on Muscatine West Liberty. bridge work on DeWitt area highways. grading on routes 30. maintenance graveling on routes 234 and 220 in Marshall and Iowa counties.
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Ames
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ringgold County
Muscatine
West Liberty
Clinton
DeWitt
Marshall
Iowa
West Amana
Upper South Amana
Grinnell WPA Project to Hire Twelve Men for Parks
Grinnell WPA engineer John E. Wright announced federal authorization for a park improvement project employing twelve men. Beginning Oct 14, workers will remove about eighty dead or storm damaged trees and perform incidental grubbling and grading. The project is funded by $2,055 from federal funds with additional city costs.
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Grinnell
WPA
John E. Wright
Woodward Hospital Cuts Patient Cost Despite Higher Expenses
Des Moines reports state auditor Charles W. Storms shows Woodward Hospital for epileptics and the feeble minded spent 344,143.40 for 1938 with a per inmate cost of 251.20. Inmates rose to 1,370 from 1,298, while salaries and fuel rose and repairs fell.
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Des Moines
INS
State Hospital
Woodward
Charles W. Storms
Storms
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Weekly Newspaper Publishers Attend Iowa U Conference
Dr. F L Mott director of the University of Iowa school of journalism opened the twelfth annual conference for Iowa community weekly publishers in Iowa City. W K Rogers president of the Iowa Press association led sessions on profitable publishing as meetings continue through Saturday afternoon.
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Iowa City
INS
F. L. Mott
University of Iowa
School of Journalism
W. K. Rogers
Mount Pleasant News
Iowa Press Association
Iowa City High Plaques Allow Right Handed Musicians
Iowa City school board on Friday declared no left handed musicians will be featured on plaques for the new high school. Architect John L. Hamilton assured the board he will substitute right handed players for the depicted left handed trumpeter and drummer.
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Iowa City
Iowa City High School
John L. Hamilton
Civil War Veteran Henry B Woore Dies in Waterloo
Henry B Woore 96 Waterloo oldest Civil War veteran died of pneumonia at his home after a weeklong illness. He commanded the Robert Anderson post of the Grand Army of the Republic and served over three years in Virginia and South Carolina. Two Civil War veterans remain in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Henry B. Woore
Black Hawk County
Woore
Robert Anderson
Grand Army of the Republic
Erc
Virginia
South Carolina
Sioux City Strike Still Deadlocked
In Sioux City the Swift and Company meat packing plant strike stays unresolved as both sides refuse further concessions. Two peace talks failed. plant manager E F Kaderabek said the company offered a settlement the union would not accept. Union attorney John Connolly said it would be reviewed by the union executive and members. Picketing continues while the district court injunction is observed.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company
E. F. Kaderabek
John Connolly
Des Moines
District Court
Hickenlooper Attacks WPA Vote Buying in Iowa Speech
Republican candidate B. B. Hickenlooper accused the Works Progress Administration in Iowa of vote buying through temporary jobs. He cited WPA roll increases and declines in 1936 to claim ongoing manipulation and warned of further cuts in November. He urged clarity from the Democratic camp on WPA plans.
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Winterset
Works Progress Administration
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Democratic Brain Trust
Iowa Relief Declines as WPA Rises in September
Iowa relief cases fell 15 percent in September to 13 010 as WPA activity climbed to 33 000. Direct relief served 56 875 people, down from 59 712 in August, per the Iowa Emergency Relief Administration report.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
IERA
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