Jury Recommends Life For Double Murder Conviction
John Kingery was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Jennie and Letitia Keefer at their farm home near Knoxville. The jury recommended life imprisonment, with Judge E. W Dingwell setting November 12 for sentencing. The women were found charred in the basement after an apparent shooting in the living room and arson attempt. Kingery claimed innocence as jurors spent two days deliberating after receiving the case Tuesday afternoon.
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Knoxville. In
John Kingery
Jennie
Letitia Keefer
Here
E. W Dingwell
Kingery
Divorcee vanishes with 6 year old son in Des Moines
Mrs Trene Hix Meredith recently divorced from Dr L K Meredith disappeared with their son Kenneth after taking his daughters Janet and Kenneth for a ride. Meredith reported the loss and said she sent a letter saying she fled with Kenneth. The divorce allowed visitation with Kenneth and the two adopted children thrice weekly. Funeral services were held for Charles Morton Short, 75, a Brandon pioneer, with his widow and four children surviving.
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Des Moines
Trene Hix Meredith
L. K. Meredith
Kenneth
Meredith
Janet
Richard
Brandon
The
Christian Church
Charles Morton Short
Driver Not Held In Fatal Accident At West Liberty
A coroner's jury ruled L R Reid 39 assistant cashier at People's State Bank died in an automobile collision near West Liberty. Reid was in conversation with R W Brooke when a Detroit driver Mrs L G Gastineau struck the Brooke car, sending Reid to the sidewalk and causing brain hemorrhage from skull fracture. Reid, a CedAr Valley native, is survived by wife Clarinda and two children Bernice and John Age, with his parents and local church affiliations noted.
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West Liberty
L. R. Reid
People's State Bank
W. S. Norton
Reid
R. W. Brooke
West Liberty Shipping Association
L. G. Gastineau
Detroit
Brooke
Mr. Reid
Cedar Valley
Will Reid
Wilton
Davenport
Clarinda Thede of
Bernice
John
Bank
Presbyterian Church
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Petit Jurors Drawn For Court At Anamosa
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Jones County district court November term jurors drawn to report at 10 a m Monday November 23 include Lee Allen Mable Morse Carl Westphal of Wyoming and many Anamosa residents such as Ella Austin Hazel Bobst W J Mitchell Grove E Peet Arthur Boots and John Grant plus jurors from Stone City Monticello Olin Cascade Scotch Grove Amber Monmouth Oxford Junction Onslow Center Junction and Viola.
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Anamosa
District Court
Jones County
Lee Allen
Mable Morse
Carl Westphal
Wyoming
Ella Austin
Hazel Bobst
W. J. Mitchell
Grove E. Peet
Martelle
Henry Bailey
Grace Benedict
Arthur Boots
George Folkers
John Grant
N. A Hanson
A R. Lawrence
Rose McNamara
Clayton Sherrill
B. E. Shifflet
Anna L. Smith
Sadie Wehling
Ed Barnes
Stone City
Michael Breen
Ruth Cropp
Harry Eastwood
John Eiben
E. J. McLeese
Jack Pelly
Thomas Redman
Herman Rickels
D. M. Serbousek
William Lover
Monticello
Arthur Engleking
Howard Mackey
Olin
E. A. Fagan
Cascade
John Hagen
Ben Otten
Scotch Grove
Rhinehart Herren
Amber
Raymond ‘Koppes
Monmouth
Herman
Kranz
E. Lb
Peterson
Charles Straka
Frank Tye
Oxford Junction
Daisy Lyon
Onslow
Peter Schleckty
Clarence
Ed Wild
Viola
E. R. Young
Center Junction
Elmer A Johnson Speaks At Rally In Linn County
Special to The Gazette Central City makes up the scene where Elmer A. Johnson Republican candidate for state representative in Linn county condemns the Depression onset during the war era. He attacks high taxes and calls for real expense cuts before tax relief, contrasts Hoover and Roosevelt programs, and cites Patman Garner and Brookhart bills as costly missteps. The rally features Flow er Phillips presiding, Carl Hendrickson introducing candidates, with Central City High School band and a male quartet.
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Gazette
Elmer A. Johnson
Linn County
Johnson
Garrison
United States
McAdoo
Mr. Johnson
Roosevelt
Patman
Garner
Brookhart
Hoover
Flower Phillips
Central City
Carl Hendrickson
Dempsy Jones
James Smith
Dave McCreery
Robert Vesely
Carl Lundquist
G. K. Thompson
W. F. Mitchell
Corning approves municipal power plant plan vote
Corning voters authorize a $160,000 municipal light plant funded from its earnings. In what appeared to be a record vote the measure passed 570 to 446 after a heated council controversy since last spring.
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Corning
New York Playwright Directs Iowa U Play Cherokee Night
Lynn Riggs, New York playwright, directs casting and staging of Cherokee Night for the University of Iowa premiere December 6 7 and 8. The work explores white civilization’s impact on Indians in Oklahoma. Riggs hails from that state.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Lynn Riggs
New York
University of Iowa
Oklahoma Territory
Riggs
One Killed and Two Hurt Near Independence Crash
Theodore Lewis a 45 year old Clinton restaurant proprietor was killed and Mike Kudry of East Moline and Mrs Emery Chasner of Independence were injured in a late Wednesday crash two miles west of Independence on highway 20. Lewis died en route to hospital. Kudry suffered a broken leg and Chasner was bruised. County officers investigated the collision.
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Independence
Theodore Lewis
Clinton
Mike Kudry
East Moline
Emery Chasner
Highway No. 20
Chasners
Kudry
Lewis
Greeley farmer injured by colt fall in barn incident
GREELEY Frank Schilling a farmer near Greeley was badly hurt Tuesday afternoon when a colt reared and fell on him as he tried to halter it. Doctors report pelvic bone fracture along with back and stomach injuries and multiple bruises. TROY MILLS Ownership change at local produce and cream station with sale to Willard Carson.
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Greeley Farmer
Colt
Him
The
Gazette
Greeley
Frank Schilling
Schilling
Troy Mills
Harry Straw
Willard Carson
Strenuous Benton County Campaign Shapes Graft in Vinton
Republican and Democratic heads spark a countywide fight as house to house canvassing begins in Vinton with 2000 tons of American whaling vessels idle. Polls and rallies outline a heavy slate including T J B Robinson in Belle Plaine and Keystone, L J Kirkland and Hugh Mossman in Vinton, Louis Murphy speaking here Monday, A C Willford at Garrison and in Vinton car talks.
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Winton
Benton County
Vinton
T. J. B. Robinson
Belle Plaine
Keystone
Newhall
Harrison Township Hall
L. J Kirkland
Hugh Mossman
Republcan
American Legion Hall
Louis Murphy
U. S
American Legion
Gets Forty Years For Robbing Bank
Guthrie Center Iowa. Dan Abbott received a 40 year penitentiary sentence for robbing the Farmers State Bank of Yale on Oct 21 1931. A district court jury had found him guilty and denied a new trial before Judge Norman Hayes on Wednesday. The Yale bank robbery yielded $4500. Thirteen months and six days are noted regarding hatchling turtle eggs.
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Guthrie Center
INS
Dan Abbott
Farmers State Bank of
Yale
Abbott
Norman Hayes
Three Counties Celebrate Highway 14 Opening
Residents from Marshall Hardin and Grundy counties joined in Marshalltown to celebrate the paving of highway 14 north of the city. A ribbon cutting opened traffic amid parades and band music. Two tons of barbecue 15000 buns and 500 gallons of coffee were served as festivities climax with a pavement dance planned at the courthouse.
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INS
Marshall, Hardin and
Grundy
Highway 14
Here
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