Waterloo Man Held on Federal Alcohol Charges
WaterlooLouis J Winkler 28 formerly of Earlville is held in Black Hawk county jail on 5000 bond for possession and transportation of distilled spirits without stamps. He was arrested east of Manchester with a quart bottle and a pint of whisky. Winkler waived preliminary hearing and claims release from Cedar Rapids jail the previous day. He is also bonded 5000 in a separate case tied to a large still explosion at Oxford Junction months earlier.
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Waterloo
Louis J. Winkler
Earlville
Black Hawk County
Winkler
Manchester
U. S
J. E. Dempster
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction
State Board Upholds Right to Cut Des Moines Tax
An attorney general opinion affirmed the state board of assessment and review may reduce Des Moines property tax assessments. City assessor Charles Cook set the value at 130 million dollars, while the board trimmed it by 15 million. Taxpayers may appeal the new assessment to the city council if they wish.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Charles Cook
Board of Review
Bryant Washburn Sues At Muscatine
Bryant Washburn former matinee idol sues at Muscatine for $9,000 in damages against R L Doan claiming a contract for twenty six weeks at 250 dollars a week and that he received only 1,000 dollars for the period in home talent plays.
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Muscatine (Is
Bryant Washburn
Matineedor
R. L. Doan
Washburn
Doan
Davis Appeals For Bar Reinstatement
Walter M. Davis formerly of Iowa City and now of Omaha appealed to the Iowa supreme court for reinstatement to the Iowa bar. He was disbarred April 10 1934 on charges of embezzling funds from clients.
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Des Moines
Walter M. Davis
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Bar
Davis
Omaha
Neb
Trial of Hillman Set for November 22
IDA GROVE I A. Hillman charged with murdering C. C. Watts will face trial in district court on November 22. Hillman, arraigned Thursday, pled not guilty to the charge.
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Hillman
Ida Grove
INS
Albert Hillman
C. C. Watts
Lansing Deanery Centenary Observance Set in Lansing
The Lansing deanery of the Dubuque archdiocese marks its 100th anniversary on Thursday Oct 27 at Lansing Catholic church. Bishop H P Rohlman of Davenport will celebrate a pontifical mass at 10 am with Msgr Haxmeier assisted by county priests. St Patrick's pastor E J McDonald will deliver the sermon. A dinner and afternoon program follow led by Rev E Becker.
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Waukon
Lansing
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Allamakee County
Postville
H P. Rohlman
Davenport
Msgr
Haxmeier
E. J. McDonald
St. Patrick'’s Church
E. Becker
West Ridge Parish
Victor Youth Heads Iowa Teachers Seniors
Wesley Pritchard of Victor was chosen senior class president at Iowa State Teachers college Thursday. Marjorie Hovey of Jesup is secretary treasurer of the class. Beverley Newton of La Porte City was named junior class women's league representative.
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Cedar Falls
J Wesley Pritchard
Victor
Iowa State Teachers College
Marjorie Hovey
Jesup
Beverley Newton
la Porte City
Women's League
Death of Mrs Anastasia Kelly in Sigourney
Mrs Anastasia Kelly mother of Dr John Kelly and Dr R D Kelly died at her Sigourney home on Thursday. Funeral services are set for Saturday morning at St Marys church in Sigourney.
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Sigourney
Anastasia Kelly
John
R D. Kelly
St. Mary's Church
Iowa Guard candidates to take West Point prelim exams
Eleven national guard candidates nominated by Governor Kraschel will undergo preliminary state examinations Monday and Tuesday for entry to West Point next year. One candidate is Private Roger A. Eicher, nephew of Congressman E. C. Encher of Washington.
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Des Moines
INS
National Guard
Kraschel
Iowa
West Point
Roger A. Eicher
E. C. Encher
Washington
Capital Labor Voices at Cornell Forum in Mount Vernon
The fourth annual Cornell Forum in Mount Vernon will feature James L. Donnelly of the Illinois Manufacturers Association and J. W. Williams of the AFL building trades, discussing industry labor public relations and labor’s place in America. Both will speak Tuesday with follow up Q&A sessions.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell Forum
James L. Donnelly
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
J. W. Williams
American Federation of Labor
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Donnelly
Illinois
Mr. Williams
St. Louis
St.Louis
Washington, D. C
Building Trades Department
Federation
Denver
Williams
L.-Cio
William Greene
Labor
American Sun
Grinnell High Hosts Girls Play Day Event
Grinnell High School invites girl athletes from Tama Laurel Newburg and Newton for a Saturday play day at the YWCA and GA. Events include basketball swimming hockey archery ping pong and soccer. Afternoon tea follows at Grinnell College in the women’s quad.
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Gazette Grinnell
Y W. CA
Grinnell High School
Tama
Laurel
Newburg
Newton
Grinnell College
Funeral for 93 Year Old Woman Held in Victor
Funeral services were held from the Congregational church in Victor for Mrs. Will Border 93 with Rev C W Hempstead in charge She was born Priscilla Jane Abbott and married William H Border in 1871 He died in 1931 Surviving are two children Mrs Clyde Coats of Los Angeles and Byron B Border of Victor DECORAH Band Mothers Club plans winter fundraiser to purchase uniforms for the high school band to support a major activity this season
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Victor
Will Border
C W Hempstead
Mitchelville
Border
Priscilla Jane Abbott
William H Border
Clyde Coats
Los Angeles
California
Byron B. Border
Decorah
Decorah Band Mothers’ Club
Atkins-A Missionary Anniversary Service at Church
A praise service marks the hundredth anniversary of the Presbyterian foreign mission work at the Atkins Pleasant Hill church. William B Lyons, missionary to Korea, will speak. Light refreshments and a silver missionary offering will be taken.
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Atkins
Presbyterian Church
Atkins-Pleasant Hill
William B Lyons
Korea
Drumm, Maquoketa Man, Heads UI Freshman Pharmacy Class
Frederick F Drumm of Maquoketa is named president of the University of Iowa freshman pharmacy class.
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Iowa City
Frederick F Drumm
Maquoketa
University of Iowa
Iowa Industrial Employment Falls in September
Iowa's September industrial employment dropped 2.3 percent from August while remaining 4.6 percent above September 1936. Hours declined from 45.6 to 44.2 per week. losses concentrated in food and iron and steel products. Building activity rose 41.8 percent year to date with permits up 11.8 percent. Burlington Waterloo Dubuque and Mason City posted double digit gains in building value.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Burlington
Waterloo
Dubuque
Mason City
Suttons Battle Over Separate Maintenance In Court
In Vinton Charles B Sutton 82 files a cross petition for divorce from Margaret Sutton after she sued for separate maintenance in May. They married Sept 25 1930 and lived together until June 28 1936. He alleges continual nagging demands for money and that she plans to spend their savings before government monthly payments begin. He owns a Belle Plaine home and rents rooms for income. Lawyers Nichols Nichols Milroy of Vinton represent him. Tobin Tobin and Tobin of Vinton represent her.
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Brecial
The
Gazette
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Charles B. Sutton
Margaret Sutton
Suttons
Sutton
Townsend
Nichols, Nichols and Milroy of
Tobin, Tobin and Tobin of
Mrs William Hendryx Dies At Center Point
Mrs William H Hendryx 81 died after a ten month illness at Center Point. Born Mary Amanda Arnett she was married sixty three years. Survived by husband a daughter Maude Bliss Cedar Rapids and three sons Harry H Hendryx Port Arthur Tex Seth and Tom A Hendryx Center Point. Funeral set 2 p m Sunday at Methodist church conducted by Rev F C Bretnall Walker and Rev James De La Hook Center Point. Burial in Center Point. Body at Dennison Betty chapel with friends to view.
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Gazette
Center Point
William H. Hendryx
Mary Amanda Arnett
Hendryx
Maude Bliss
Cedar Rapids
Harry H. Hendryx
Port Arthur
Tex
Seth
Tom A. Hendryx
Methodist Church
F. C. Bretnall
Walker
James de la Hook
Dennison-Beatty
Kalona Woman Named to Iowa Baptist Executive Committee
Mrs. C. F. Willis of Kalona was named to the executive committee at the Iowa Baptist convention during the closing banquet Thursday night in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
C. F. Willis
Kalona
Iowa Baptist Convention
Daley to Lead Iowa Band as First Coed Drum Major
Mary Ellen Daley of Cedar Rapids will be the University of Iowa’s first coed drum major for the Hawkeye band at the Iowa Wisconsin game in Madison. The 104 piece band plus Scottish bagpipe corps travel Friday night. Prof. Charles Righter directs the massed bands with four drum majors including Wellstead as head.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Mary Ellen Daley
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Madison
University Band
Badger
Charles B. Righter
Iowa
Wisconsin
Miss Daley
Paul Wagner
Harley Wellstead
Ottumwa
Paul Clemmenson
Atlantic
Wellstead
Duck Hunters Flock To McGregor By Hundreds
Hundreds of Iowa duck hunters have gathered in McGregor since the season opened last Saturday. Most hunt seven to ten miles upriver around Waukon Junction, while some blinds are south of town in the Sny Magill bottoms. Local sportsmen say the season is not as good as last year and emphasize pond knowledge for success.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Iowa
Waukon Junction
Sny Magill
Mississippi River Refuge
Iowa U Hosts Foundrymen Convention At University Of Iowa
The second annual conference of Iowa foundry men will be held at the University of Iowa October 29 and 30. Sponsored by the university College of Engineering and three local and national foundry associations, the event features speakers from French Hecht Co Davenport Frank Foundry Moline American Foundrymen Assn and Deering Co. Detroit and Iowa State College. Arthur V. O'Brien heads local arrangements with Prof. Huber Croft announcing the speaker list.
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Iowa City
Iowa Foundrymen
University of Iowa
University’s College of Engineering
Quad-City
North Iowa
National Group
John Ploehn
Hecht Company
Davennport
A. E. Hageboeck
Frank Foundry Corporation
Moline
H. Bornstein
American Foundrymen’s Association
Deering Company
H. W. Dietert
Detroit
H. L. Daasch
Iowa State College
Arthur V. O’brien
Iowa Engineering College
Huber O. Croft
Train Name Honors Area Of McGregor Marquette
The Milwaukee company's new fast afternoon train to Chicago running through Marquette from Mason City is named the Marquette. The name honors Father Marquette who first glimpsed the Mississippi in 1673. After weeks of passenger suggestions Marquette was selected from hundreds of submissions.
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McGregor
Milwaukee Company
Chicago
Marquette
Mason City
Father Marquette
Mississippi
Otolaryngology Group Elects Iowa City Men
At a Chicago convention of the American Academy of Otolaryngology officers were chosen including Dr. Dean T. Lierle of Iowa City as secretary for instruction in otolaryngology and Dr. C. S. O'Brien of Iowa City named to the board of ophthalmology.
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Iowa City
Chicago
American Academy of Otolaryngology
Dean T. Lierle
C. S. O'Brien
Board of Opthalmology
Iowa City briefs funeral and civic notes
Funeral services for Charles F. Clark 58 who died of a heart attack at his shoe repair shop were held at McGovern's with burial in Oakland cemetery. Surviving are his wife three daughters and two sons. Also noted are the opening dinner for the American Legion Ray L. Chopek post membership drive at Moose hall and Carl S. Cone named city census committee chair. Fred E. Gartzke begins as city engineer while Marcus Bach's Light of Ages to open in Chicago as the centennial celebration winds down.
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Iowa City
Charles F. Clark
McGovern
Elmer E. Diercks
Oakland Cemetery
Clark
Washington
Mary F. Clark
Davenport
Helen Clark
Florence Bleeker
Rock Island
Ill
Willard S. Clark
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Ray L. Chopek
American Legion
Moose Hall
Carl S. Cone
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Myron J. Walker
Fred E. Gartzke Friday
Allen Wallen
Gartzke
No Indication Aged Woman Injured On Ambulance Trip
DES MOINES AP state officials announced they were convinced Emma Waisner 72 year old Des Moines widow was not injured en route from the state university hospital to the state hospital. Relatives had urged a police investigation after reports of unconscious arrival and facial abrasions. State board of education secretary M R Pierson said an investigation by hospital administrator Robert Neff found no connection between her condition and the ambulance trip.
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Des Moines
Emma Waisner
State University of Iowa
State Board of Education
State Hospital
Robert Neff
Burglary Ties Iowa Town to Oil Stations Thefts
Rob Hawkeye Store in Tama and Smiths Sinclair station burglarized Thursday morning. Thieves smashed glass, unlocked doors and took oil, gum, knives and a Johnson watch. At Hawkeye Henry Gundacker store safe and a Gus Gundacker shop window were damaged. Police intensified a north Iowa manhunt for a suspected gang linked to Woden and Forest City thefts.
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Gazette
TAMA
S. J. Johnson
E. A. Smith
Johnson
Diamond Station
Smith
Sinclair Station
The
West Union
Henry Gundacker
Hawkeye
Gus Gundacker Shoe
Forest City
North Iowa
Woden
Burt J. Thompson
Iowa Bar Association
Junker
Interstate duck shot legality questioned in Iowa Illinois
Washington AP reports Iowa and Illinois open duck seasons overlapped by seven days causing interstate questions. Hunters puzzled that a legally shot duck in Iowa could be retrieved in Illinois and vice versa. State zones run Oct 9 to Nov 7 in Iowa and Nov 1 to Nov 30 in Illinois with no court cases to date.
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Washington
Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Leopard from Panama makes himself at home in Oelwein
An American leopard ocelot named Joie lives with Herman Bloem in Oelwein after being captured in Panama. The animal roams near the shop, plays like a kitten yet has sharp claws, and is cared for by Miss Marcella Tickner and friends. Joie once escaped and briefly frightened a neighbor’s child.
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Leopard
Panama
Oelwein
Bnecal
Herman Bloem
Jose
Mr. Bloem
United States
Joie
Senda Tae
Season's First Snow Falls In Central Iowa
Des Moines reports Iowa's first snow of the season across central regions including Des Moines and Indianola. Snow covered grass and foliage in Des Moines while streets remained mostly clear. Temperatures dropped to 18 in Webster City and 22 in Charles City Iowa Falls with frost in Shreveport nearby.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Indianola
Webster City
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Avas
Shreveport
Council Bluffs
Charles City
Iowa Falls
Acquit Washington Man Of Statutory Offense
Arthur Anderson 45 of Washington was found not guilty by a jury of seven women and five men. He had been charged with a statutory offense against a Wellman girl.
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The
Gazette
Sigourney
Arthur Anderson
Washington
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Davis Appeals For Bar
Lansing Deanery
Victor Youth
James L, Donnelly
Grinnell High
Husband
William Hendryx
Honor Kalona
Iowa U
Flat Top Gas Range
Third Avenue
Marcus Bach
University of Iowa Dramatic Art Staff
Bach
Chicago Civic
Rob Hawkeye
Tama Oil Stations
Hunt North Iowa Gang
Arch Styles
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Marcella Tickner and
Carter
DR. Doherty
Star Jewelry CO
Second St. SE
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