Nine Violent Deaths Listed In Iowa For Labor Day Weekend
Ottumwa man C J Sherwood 47 died when the plane he piloted crashed near the city airport. Freeman McCoy survived with minor injuries. Iowa accidents over Labor Day weekend claimed at least nine lives and injured nine others, with several fatal auto crashes near Denison Des Moines and Adel.
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United Press
C. J. Sherwood
Ottumwa
Freeman McCoy
Gordon Traul
Wapello County
Traul
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce
Denison
John Brabel
Jennie Barnes
Des Moines
Brabel
Rose
Brabels
John
Carl Barnes
James Gavigan
Fifth annual Brown family reunion held in Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine hosted the fifth annual Brown family reunion on Sunday. Present were Mrs. Lester Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hornbane and children Russell and Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. John Grieder and sons Howard and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. John Kent and children Harriet Georgetta Irene and Donna, Glen Brown, Mrs. Charlie Kent and children Claudine and Bobby of Cedar Rapids, and Millan Kent of Montezuma.
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Belle Plaine
Brown
Lester Brown
W. H. Hornbane
Russell
Wayne
John. Grieder
Howard
Richard
John Kent
Harriet
Georgetta
Irene
Donna
Glen Brown
Charlie Kent
Claudine
Bobby
Cedar Rapids
Millan Kent
Montezuma
Troy Mills School Opens After Major Modernization
Special to The Gazette details Troy Mills school expansion nearly doubling in size, cost total to 56151 dollars, with two new wings, flat roof, steam heat, new water system, and upgraded gymnasium. Superintendent O P Stillinger and staff including Chester Wallace, Blanche Norris, Ada Snyder, Ruth Denney, David Fay, Alice Wiley, Thelma Moore named. Athletic field extends toward river. grading and classrooms upgraded. Bus routes listed. construction began December 7.
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O. P. Stillinger
Bellevue
Chester Wallace
Pasadena
Calif
Blanche Norris
Alburnett
Ada Snyder
Iowa City
Ruth Denney
Labelle
David Fay
Troy Mulls
Alice Wiley
Walker
Thelma Moore
Keswick
Ross
Anice
William Shaffer
Har Jin Walton
Harold Shaffer
LaVerne McAfee
Funeral services for Perry Wiley Tomson 68
Funeral services for Perry Wiley Tomson 68 of South Wapello were held Sunday at the Jamison-Dudgeon home with Rev. Lloyd Tennant officiating. Burial was in Wapello cemetery. Surviving are wife Jennie Collings Tomson and children Perry Burl Kelly John and Paul Tomson. The family moved to Wapello five years ago from Illinois.
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Perry Wiley Tomson
South Wapello
Jamison-Dudgeon
Lloyd Ten- Inant
Methodist Church
Fred Outkamp
R. V. Winter
F. M. Bucher
Milton Hunter
George Oakes
William Hazlett
Mr. Tomson
Royalton
Ind
Daniel
Nancy Goodnight Tomson
Jennie Collings
Elmer Thirtyacre
Perry Burl
Kelly
John
Paul Tomson
Illinois
Dysart
Margaret Buchanan
Elza Buchanan
Traer
Ralph Heckroth
Charles Heckroth
Toledo
Frances Davis
Earl Dunlap
Little Brown
Nashua
Mildred
Dale
Ted Morrison
Knowlton Fletcher
William Marion
Clarence Jennings
Columbus City
Mr. Marion
Jackson
Here
Abraham
Rhoda Dixon Marion
Anna Arning
Marion
Fred Morrison
Columbus Junction
Columbus
Junction
Harmon
Washington
Embezzler’s $400 restitution wins suspended sentence
Maquoreta Roy Lloyd, 30, of Belair Maryland, had a five year sentence to the state reformatory at Anamosa suspended by Judge Frank D. Kelsey for good behavior. He offered to repay $400 in advertising revenue from Maquoketa merchants and all costs, including officers to Baltimore. Lloyd, an itinerant artist, came to Jackson county and contracted with Rev P J Friedman to paint church scenery and sell $600 in advertising, but directed checks to himself and left after partial painting.
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Roy Lloyd
Belair
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Frank D. Kelsey
Lloyd
Maquoketa
Baltimore
Jackson County
P. J. Friedman
Springbrook Catholic Church
Question Couple In Muscatine Stabbing Case
Mark Taylor questioned Joe Smith for stabbing 21 year old Eugene McGinnis in Muscatine after an alley encounter sparked by a dispute over a woman in a beer parlor. A woman claiming to be Cecile Gordon was held as a material witness. McGinnis was treated for chest and abdomen wounds.
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Muscatine
Mark Taylor
Joe Smith
Eugene McGinnis
McGinnis
Taylor
Cecile Gordon
Hannibal
Smith
J. J. Fishburn
Fishburn
West Union Legion elects new officers in 1930s post
West Union H A Stolle elected commander with Harley Senior as vice commander M M Coon ey adjutant Lloyd Tope sergeant at arms George Quandt finance officer D R Lynch service officer T A King chaplain W F Johns holdover executive committee Lionel Weston past adjutant and L Dockenstedt new member names from the American Legion post in Belle Plainfe and surrounding notes include wedding notices and obituaries in Tama Dysart Columbus Junction briefs.
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H. A. Stolle
American Legion
Harley Senior
M. M. Cooney
Lloyd Tope
George Quandt
D. R. Lynch
T. A. King
W. F. Johns
Lionel Weston
L. Dockenstedt
Belle Plainfe
Gladys Alberta Walker
J. Irvine Walker
William Logan Jennings
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
St. Louis
Jennings
Walker
Stewart
Tama High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Mr. Stewart
Cedar Falls High School
Waterloo
John Deere Company
Cedar Falls
Records show fewer drinking drivers in July accidents
In July Iowa highway data show about four to five percent of drivers in fatal crashes were obviously drunk while two to three percent of all July accident drivers were drinking. Of 51 fatal crash drivers, 24 not drinking, 11 had been drinking, 16 not stated. Forty-six killed in 41 fatal crashes. 977 killed in 1137 total. Seven months show 227 deaths, 4,843 injuries, versus 255 and 4,997 year ago.
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Des Moines
Motor Vehicle Department
Iowa
Alligator Sighted in Des Moines River Narrows Escape
An 18 inch to two foot alligator was found swimming along the east bank of the Des Moines River near the Grand Avenue Bridge. It vanished when approached for photos and has not reappeared. Locals think it came from Florida and was loosed or escaped, noting Des Moines winters limit its survival.
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Grand Avenue Bridge
Florida
English Teacher Killed in Ladora Accident
Miss Mary Miller a 26 year old English teacher at Ladora High School died when a car she stood beside was pushed toward a gasoline filling station and overturned on a steep hill within Ladora city limits. Coroner E M Mahannah ruled the death accidental and no inquest is planned. Her body was taken to Waterloo where her family lives.
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Sam Lipp
Omaha
Neb
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Lipp
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Abe Foreman
Ladora
L. E. Theiss, Spencer
Jackson
Minn
E. A. Swensen
Sioux Valley
the Gazette
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Waterloo
Ladora High School
Miss Miller
Funeral notices for Uher and Davis and Lost Nation mail change
Funeral services were held for Fransh Uher 79 at St Aloysius Calmar with burial in the same cemetery. Albert M Davis 60 of Cartersville Mont, died and was buried near Strawberry Point after service at Oscar R Davis home. A new star mail route brings Lost Nation three daily services from Chicago Davenport and Milwaukee with Pat McGee driving the routes.
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Fransh Uher
John Hosting
St. Aloysius Church
St. Aloysius Cemetery
Joseph Vollmecke
Jacob Becnar
Frank Moudry
James Sobolik
Frank Kuhn
Louis Meyer
J. F. Korbel
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Barbar Uher
America
Uher
Josephine Chech
Madison
Wis
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Prairie du Chien
Joseph
Bert
Milwaukee
Leander Fisher
Harry Twedell
Rudolph Uher
Austin, Minn
Adolph Uher
Spillville
Charles
John
Frank
John Hasting
Mary Fuka
William
Strawberry Point
Albert M. Davis
Cartersville
Mont
Oscar R. Davis
Carrie V. Lucas
Congregational Church
C. O. Hebron
A. J. Stamp
Charles Blanchard
Bert Blanchard
W. G. Smith
Earl Knight
Joseph W
Margaret Morgan Davis
Upper Iowa University
Edna May Chapman
Red Oak
William D. Davis
Benjamin J. Davis
Edgewood
Mabel Sheppard
Lost Nation
Chicago
Lost
Backstage viva politics in Iowa state reports
A Des Moines correspondent notes a senior official proposes a secret legislative probe into the board of control and fifteen state institutions to uncover reasons and methods behind care for criminals and the unfortunates. Also discusses leases, facility space, and political remarks about party figures and recent liquor enforcement.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Iowa
Cherokee Hospital
Legislative Interim Committee
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Civic Updates
City engineer Fred Gartzke seeks WPA aid to improve the Ralston creek bed from Des Moines street to Kirkwood avenue, adding to 1935 brick paving. Funeral services were held for Mrs. John Wesley Miller in St. Wenceslaus, born Mary Unash of Prague. E F Gerken resigns. Henry Boarts becomes custodian. Also notes Washington nuptials for Mable Monroe and Hubert Lohrer, Reeve golden wedding anniversary in Vinton with long career in municipal services and fraternal orders.
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Fred Gartzke
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Ralston Creek
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Kirkwood Avenue
Gartzke
John Wesley Miller
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St. Joseph’s
Myron J. Walker
Henry Boarts
Washington
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Edith Monroe
Hubert Lohrer
Julia Lohrer
W. J. Stevens
Irene Hawthorne
Fairfield
Clifford Monroe
Lohrer
Wellman High School
Paris Academy of Beauty
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Williamsburg
Washington Cleaners
Vinton
I. M. Reeve
Springville
Reeve
Municipal Light and Water
Blue Judge
Cyprus
Knights Templar
Order of Eastern Star
P. W. McKevitt
Linn Tops Ten Mile Tax List With $1089.45 Share
Ninety nine Iowa counties shared 32958.21 in ten mile tax money from the state commerce commission last month for highway maintenance by motor carriers. Chairman Harry B. Dunbar announced the allocations led by Polk County at 1668.86, with Pottawattamie Clinton Linn Johnson and Muscatine among other large recipients.
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State Commerce Commission
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The
Commerce Commission
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Clinton
Linn
Johnson
Muscatine
Funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Crow Held at Catholic Church
The funeral for Mrs Elizabeth Crow aged 79 was conducted Saturday at the Catholic church by Rev Orville F Decoursey. She left a brother Charles Brown of Garden City Kansas and an adopted son Ollie Crow of Garden City. Burial followed in the Catholic cemetery.
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Orville F. Decoursey
Body Of Iowa City Man Found Along Highway To Soloy
Iowa City authorities identified the body found on the road between Iowa City and Solo as Tom Quinlan, a farm cattle buyer from Iowa City. Coroner George Callahan said a late post mortem suggested natural causes, with no sign of violence. He noted questions about how the body arrived at the roadside, as it appeared dumped. Quinlan is survived by his wife and three children.
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Solo
Tom Quinta
Hohenschuh
Towa City
George Callaha
Quinlan
Georg Callahan
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Callahan
Heavy Rain Pummels Northwest Iowa Monday
Northwestern Iowa recorded heavy rain Monday morning as unsettled weather continued across the state. Sioux City reported 2.99 inches, Keehi 2.18 inches, and Alta in Buena Vista County about 1.70 inches, with scattered amounts elsewhere. Temperatures ranged from the upper 60s to lower 90s in parts, with forecasts calling for showers and local thunder through Monday night and Tuesday.
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Weather Bureau
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Chekee
Alta
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Amour
Decorah
Dubuque
Marshalltown
West Branch soap derby and tall corn contest report
West Branch business men staged a soap bar derby and a tall corn contest on Sunday. Twenty eight boys entered with Don Hansen winning the derby, Billy Anderson second, and Darrell Roegler third. Winners in the six dance races included Donald Hans, Billy Anderson, Darrell Roeg, Chet Lodge, Warren Jensen, and Floyd Larson. Tall corn judging by T Siler, Walter Reier, F D Wea, and Cleo Byers placed Glenn Ivey first at feet 11% inches, Harvey Pauls second at 13 f 114% inches, James Brothers third at 13 feet 9 inches, Joseph Ruzek fourth at 13 feet inches, and R L How fifth at feet 4 inches. Other entrants included Chris Christensen, Ardell Jacobsen, V Preston, Rachel Beranek, Fra Bohac, Cecil Swart, L L De L Drown, Aage Christensen, Carl Christensen, Lee Doug, Floyd Gruwell, L P Foster, Ly Kemp.
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Warren Jensen
Floyd Larson
T Siler
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F. D Wea
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James Brothers
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R. L. How
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V Preston
Rachel Beranek
Fra Bohac
Cecil Swart
L. L. de L. D. Drown
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Carl Christensen
Lee Doug
Floyd Gruwell
L. P. Foster
Ly Kemp
Natex Herb Medicine Promises Relief in Norway Iowa
Mrs Led Brecht of Norway Iowa reports Natex restore her health after severe constipation gas and back pain. She says improved bowels appetite sleep and energy followed by lasting relief from distress and stiffness. The Natex representative at May Drug Store 215 Second Street SE invites readers to inquire.
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Led Brecht
Norway
Iowa
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