Grattan Murder Case Near Verdict After Confession
The state rests against Marvin T. Grattan 85 a Civil War veteran in Decorah after Sheriff Mike Graf testifies about a an alleged confession. The shooting of Claude Mead happened at the fairgrounds during a dispute over a horse race. The defense awaits its turn claiming Grattan acted to protect his grandson Henry from a pitchfork attack. Shell casings and witness testimony narrow the case toward trial conclusion.
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Decorah—T
Marvin T. Grattan
Mike Graf
Claude Mead
Decorah
Henry
Grattan
Mead
Dr. T. Staho
B. M Graham
Ole Blagsvedt
Robert Seegmiller
Worden Rima
Towa Odd Fellows Install Officers in Iowa
Harley Miller of Osceola was installed as grand patriarch to lead the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Iowa with George B. Phillips of Jefferson named as Miller’s probable successor next October. Other officers include Charles Heninger Sigourney grand senior warden A W Lee Stuart grand junior warden W A Merrim Des Moines grand scribe J D Bernabaet Gladbrook grand treasurer Craig Dunlavy Stoner grand inside sentinel James Cornwall Davenport grand outside sentinel and A Re Mills Osceola grand marshal.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Harley Miller
Osceola
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Iowa
Miller
George B. Phillips
Jefferson
Charles Heninger
Sigourney
A. W. Lee
Stuart
W. ‘A.’ Merrim
Des Moines
J. D. Bernabaet
Gladbrook
Crag
Dunlavy
Stoner
Sentinel
James &. Cornwall
Davenport
Sentinelis
Iowa library officers elected at Chicago meeting
Mary B. Nethercut of Des Moines was elected president of the Town Library Association. Mrs. Evelyn Spencer Bray of Grinnell named vice president, Elizabeth Houck of Vinton treasurer, and Miss Julian Robinson of Des Moines at large. Grundy County supervisors revised the budget, raising levy by 8 mills and adding a quarter mill for TB eradication.
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Chicago
Mary B. Nethercut
Des Moines
Town Library Association
Evelyn Spencer Bray
Grinnell
Elizabeth Houck
Vinton
Julian Robinson
Grundy Center
Board of Supervisors
Grundy County
West Union Visit Highlights California Writer Hitching East
Ardath Atkinson, a Baldwin Park restless novelist with a diary habit, traveled from California to West Union and onward toward New York to seek an eastern publisher for her philosophy novel. She left Baldwin Park home last Saturday noon and aims to reach Chicago to visit friends, then press on to the city of dreams.
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UNION
Atdaths Atkinson
West Union
Baldwin Park
Calif
California
Independence
New York
Chicago
City of Dreams
Miss Atkinson
Floy Wieithorn
Ily
Ardath
Sharon, Pa
Crane Junior College
C. L. Etneot
Begin Building Camp Quarters Near Solon
The Civilian Conservation camp will move from Iowa City to a three acre site on the north edge of Solon along highway 261. Captain FP Turner orders to move soon. About forty CCC men have been there for two weeks. Eight buildings will provide sleeping quarters mess hall kitchen and hospital.
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Solon
Iowa City
FP. T. Turner
C. Cc. C
Roy.Rnider' S
Page Beet
Mill Creek
Amelia Earhart to Speak in Mount Vernon on Thursday
Amelia Earhart arrives by car from Des Moines at 6 p.m. and will address an 8 p.m. session in the Cornell College chapel on "Flying for Fun." She, Mrs. George Palmer Putnam, is noted for her aviation records and role in women’s aeronautics.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Amelia Earhart
Des Moines
Cornell College
Newton Man Heads Iowa Postmasters
Roy H. Bailey of Newton was named president of Iowa post masters as they returned to work. The group pledged to help balance the postal budget with Des Moines chosen as the 1934 convention site and officers Norris Gundeson Fegler Herbert Newton named to key posts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roy H. Bailey
Newton
Charles A. Norris
Eldora
Treasuer
G. E. Gundeson
Forest City
Patience Fegler
Afton
W. E. ‘Herbert
Storm Lake
E. L. Newton
Anita
Riekens D. Riekens Celebrates 101st Birthday in Wellsburg
Riekens D. Riekens observed his 101st birthday at home in Wellsburg with his three sons Richard Jacob and John and daughter Fannie Riekens present for dinner. Born October 17 1832 in Germany he sailed as a mariner for nineteen years before emigrating to the United States in 1866. He has lived in Grundy county Iowa since 1868 and moved to Wellsburg from his farm fifteen years ago. He married Elke Oltmans in 1871. she died in 1881. Despite hearing loss from typhoid fever and limited mobility his health remains good and he enjoys recounting his sailor days.
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Wellsburg
Riekens
D. Riekens
Richard
Jacob
John
Fannie Riekens
Germany
America
Grundy County
Iowa
Elke Oltmans
Conway’s Embezzlement Trial Postponed to November
J M Conway former auditor at the state reformatory faces an embezzlement case postponed to the district court term opening Nov 2. Prosecutors and defense agreed to delay after a July arrest and a report showing $13 645 47 missing from 1927 to 1931. He pled not guilty and is free on a $10 000 bond.
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Gazette
Anamosa
J. M. Conway
State Reformatory
District Court
Marvin Levien
Conway
Attorney General's Office
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Clyde Herring
Leysen
Rumors Persist Of Cedar County Man Declared Dead
Tipton N Finch steward of the Cedar county home denies reports of his death here Tuesday afternoon. Rumors about his death have circulated for years, dating to World War I when his mother received official notification. Earlier, as city marshal, he was believed dead after a sewer rescue but revived. He tearfully declared the rumors are getting on his nerves.
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Tipton
N. A Finch
Cedar County
Finch
Rural Mail Men Of Second District Convene Saturday
Maquoketa Iowa Second district of the National Rural Letter Carriers association will meet Saturday afternoon. A picnic supper and program of talks and entertainment follow the session with an expected attendance of 150 to 250. The women’s auxiliary meets concurrently. District covers Linn Jones Dubuque Jackson Clinton and Scott counties. John Suthers Maquoketa is general chairman. John Thompson Sabula is Jackson county president.
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Maquoketa
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Linn
Jones
Dubuque
Jackson
Clinton
Scot
Iowa in Brief Reports From Wapello Mount Vernon and More
Mrs Ruth Stephens celebrated her eighty fifth birthday with eight of her children present except Lydia Graville of Randolph Wis. Jerry Hunt of Guttenberg, a Rotary official, visited Mount Vernon as did talks by Dean Albion R King. Clark Jacks recovering from injuries after a car crash near Earlville. H F Beech sold Elkport store stock to Lawrence L Waterman. NRA drive in Sigourney ended with 90 percent signing. Nama Lathe spoke in Tipton and Olin. lectures planned in Walker and Rochester. Installation of officers at Tama American Legion Auxiliary. Vinton council fixes fire department at twenty four members. Pearl Morrissey sues for damages in Iowa City cafe fall. Prof C F Littell appointed state lecturer for Iowa. Karl Fischer takes over George G Luckey post in Vinton. intensified membership drive. Velma Cooper and June Welton wed at Toledo. Frances Shonka and Joseph Pint wed in Independence. Z F Mills retired Tama agent honored in Toledo. W Mahood funeral set in La Porte City. Eighteen contractors to grade primary No 93. 84 men assigned to Northern Reemployment. Harold Maasch, 15, escaped serious injury when knocked down by a bull near Vinton.
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Wapello
Ruth Stephens
Lydia Graville
Randolph
Wis
Chester
Robert Utter
J. M. Guthrie
Lillian McLaughlin
Paul
Thelma
George Cocklin
Marguerite
Jesse Stephens
Glen Stephens
Roswell Stephens
Howard Kopp
Richard
Beverly
June
Bobby
Shirley
Merle Stephens
Merline
Ray
Ted
Marion Guthrie
Janice
Vivian Wiele
Barbara
Fred Kallenbarger
Nellie Bishop
Belle Gresham
Lena Wilton
Mount Vernon
Jerry Hunt
Guttenberg
Rotary International
Belle Plaine
Russia
Dean Albion R. King
Baker House
Winton
Clark Jacks
Earlville
Dubuque
Jack
E. E. Heil
Vinton
Hell
Elkport
H. F. Beech
Lawrence L. Waterman
Waterman
Beech
Sigourney
NRA
Joe Arnold
Leo H. Pfaff
Ollie
Thornburg
Nama Lathe
Cornell College
Tipton
Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Church
Olin
Abe
Linn County
Walker
Rochester
Tama
American Legion Auxiliary
Kate Beadle
J. E. Goodwin
Vince Hlavacek
Ralph Bramblett
Charles Kupka
Lulu Kirk
E. E. Ehret
Frank Hanus
Harry Lincox
S. C. Nelson
Ed Youngman
J. C. Overturf
Paul Pagel
H. E. Kauble
Alfred
Guy
Roy Schaffer
George Gordon
Howard Welch
H. K. Swartzbaugh
Dell Smouse
Rutherford Peterson
J. J. Lynch
Cliff Swartzbaugh
R. G. Miller
Ben Bordwell
Charles Dean
C. C. Dulin
Morrissey
C. F. Littell
State of Iowa
Foreign Policy Association of
New York City
Raymond Leslie Buell
Harvard
Columbia
Littell
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Karl W. Fischer
George G. Luckey Post
American Legion
Kenneth Oppelt
Mexerige
Mnich
Joe Omen
Cariton Kn
Menry Schicky
Mie
Harper
Hart
Clyde Miller
E. Filson
Frank ‘Stahr
Jesse Rice
Ray Miller
Ancel Snyder
Pete Treweiler
Clint Burk
John ‘Tobin
Lynn Hart
Russell Hart
Hamilton Tobin
H. H. St. Clair
Toledo
Z. FR. Mills
Tama County
Toledo Commercial Club
Hunnicutt
F.C. McClaskey
C. W. Maplethorpe
Charles A. Gary
Montour
Harry H. Lichty
Tama County Farm Bureau
R. L. Pemberton
Mahood
la Porte City
Lee Page
Waterloo
Harvey
Henry
Lindsey Mahood
Sumner
Fayette
T. L. Sears
E. B. Spencer
Brennan Brothers
Bremer-Payette County
Harold Maasch
Knaack
Harold
Otto Knaack
Iowa Senator Proposes Tax Overhaul In Statewide Address
State Senator Ed Hicklin of Wapella urged drastic changes to Iowa's tax system claiming real estate taxes are prohibitive. He proposed cutting realty taxes by about 50 percent and replacing revenue with a modified transaction tax targeting sales, wages, salaries, and commissions. He estimated $12.1 million from wages and commissions, nearly $5 million from manufacturers and wholesalers, and $9.7 million from retail sales. He spoke at a joint Iowa City Lions and Kiwanis meeting.
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Iowa
Ed Hicklin
Wapella
Senate
Senator Hicklin
Hicklin
Selea
Iowa City Lions
Kiwanis Clubs
Grinnell Plans Flat Yearly Charge to Cut Student Costs
Grinnell College will cut minimum yearly expenses by about 100 by replacing varied fees with a blanket charge starting next fall. Tuition board and room will cost 310 per semester or 620 per year, with simplified scholarship administration and aid available through endowments and jobs.
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Grinnell
INS
Grinnell College
J.S. Nollen
Begin Work On McGregor C C C Camp This Week
Work will start this week on a civilian conservation corps camp in the tourist park at McGregor. The 234 men camp, now at Hokah Minnesota, will be moved to McGregor when ready. Local lumber hardware and supplies will be bought locally and local labor used for construction.
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Mcgregor
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hokah
Minn
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