Iowa Supreme Court to Decide on Maximum Felony Penalty
A test case in Fort Madison prompts the Iowa Supreme Court to determine if judges may impose sentences below the maximum for felonies. District Judge Rankin ruled the court can fix sentence length beyond the indeterminate law, prompting an immediate appeal by Assistant Attorney General Lehan T. Ryan. If upheld, many life terms could be reduced to set terms, though past rulings favored maximum penalties.
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Robert M. Cave
Robert H. Keener
Fairfield
Hayes
Attorney General's Office
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Haynes
Cave
Keener
Supreme Court
Anamosa Reformatory
Thirty Second General Assembly
Board of Parole
Legion Air Circus At Iowa City Draws Big Crowd
American Legion officials and police prepare for one of the largest crowds at the Flying Aces air circus at Iowa City airport Sunday. With advance ticket sales strong, no parking will be allowed within a mile and a half of the field except in a designated area for safety. No planes will start over parking zones.
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Gazette
Iowa City
American Legion
Flying Aces Air Circus
Legion
Dundee Couple Wed 61 Years Family Circle Unbroken
Dundee Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Firman, longtime residents, celebrated their sixty first wedding anniversary this week. He is a Civil War veteran and will be 87 on September 19, five days after his wife’s 82nd birthday. They now live in the Marshalltown soldiers home due to health. The couple has two sons and four grandchildren, with the family circle unbroken by death.
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Dundee
J. H. Firman
McGregor Boy Hurt In Tumble Under Wheels Of Truck
Robert Smothers 12, son of Mr and Mrs Grant Smothers, fractured leg when he fell from a vegetable truck driven by Joe Deery on Main Street. He was helping deliver vegetables when struck.
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the Gazette
Robert Smothers
Grant Smothers
Joe Deery
Main Street
Former Iowa Cityan Survives Florida Hurricane Shelter Move
In Miami, Red Cross disaster headquarters report Peter C. Larsen, a former Iowa City resident and Veterans' Camp No. 1 member, survived the storm with heavy casualties in the area and was taken to the transient shelter. Larsen lived in Iowa City eight years before leaving in 1931 to work at Boulder Dam.
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Miami
Fla
Red Cross
Peter C. Larsen
Iowa City
Veterans
Damage Suits Listed On Fayette Docket
Fayette county district court to begin Monday with Judge W L Eichendorf presiding. Sid ney Stahl sues A W Housladen for 2500 damages after a collision near Os sian with a beer truck. Gordon Price sues Housladen for 1000 damages. Mrs Stella Fleming of Little Rock sues Cecil Wittenberg and A G Schlegel for damages from an accident northeast of West Union. Milton Marting sues Frances Wagner and Perry Wagner for 2335 damages and Anna Mishler sues for 1557. Three smaller suits: George Hyde vs Evan Fuller and Paul Pape. Ted Goehring vs M J Simmons for 1000. Elinor Graham vs John O Leary and J P O Leary for 200.
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Fayette County District Court
W. L. Eichendorf
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A. W. Housladen
Ossian
Gordon Price
Stahle
Housladen
Stella Fleming
Little Rock
Ark
Cecil Wittenberg
A. G. Schlegel
West Union
Milton Marting
Perry Wagner
Clermont
Frances Wagner
Anna Mishler
Marting
George Hyde
Evan Fuller
Paul Pape
Ted Goehring
M. J. Simmons
Elinor Graham
John O'Leary
J. P. O’leary
State Agriculture Secretary to Speak at St Mary’s Event
State Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray will address the St Mary’s parish annual celebration in Strawberry Point. Parish women will prepare a chicken dinner. A Monticello kindergarten joins the public school system as part of a week opening with 502 pupils and 104 tuition pupils. New teachers for the upcoming year include Ina Cruise Eloise Miller Belle Markovitz Roy B Moore and Lyle McMullen. Bethel Merrill of Cedar Falls will substitute as principal during Emma Grote’s leave. Robert Spooner serves as office assistant to Superintendent Grimes.
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Ray Murray
St. Mary's Parish
Monticello
Ina Cruise
Eloise Miller
Belle Markovitz
Roy B. Moore
Lyle McMullen
Bethel Merrill
Cedar Falls
Emma Grote
Robert Spooner
Grimes
Martelle
Martelle-Morley
Harry Holcomb
Sammie Weaver
Morley Methodist Sunday School
M. L. Hill
Jane Moore
Lucile Embree
Florence Thornhill
Forest United Brethren Sunday School
Glenn Sones
Reading
Mary Louise Yount
W. W. Coverdale
West Union
Here
Nile Morena
Maquoreta
Pipe Line Tappers Get Prison Terms
Marengo Iowa Great Lakes Pipe Line line walkers Cecil Purkey and Leonard Chandler pled guilty and received three year terms. They stay in county jail awaiting grand jury action on other confessions. The grand jury will also hear seven additional cases including driving while intoxicated and desertion charges.
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Great Lakes Pipe Line Company
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Williamsburg
Leonard
Chandler
Iowa City
James P. Gaffney
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Carl Kanke
Victor
York Teacher Holds Iowa County Record
Marie Kelly of York No 9 is the seniority successor to Nellie Nelson in Iowa county classrooms. Kelly, who has 20 years of teaching, now resides in Williamsburg and is part of a 101-teacher roster with 21 new hires.
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Iowa County
Alice DeSpain
Marie Kelly
York No. 9
Nellie Nelson
Cosgrove
Miss Kelly
Williamsburg
Miss Nelson
Helen Wiggins
North English
Gritter School
Keokuk County
Mildred James
Troy No. 5
Marguerite Spratt
Parnell
Boyle
Greene Township
Frank Jones
Maple Grove
Aurora School
Helen Misel
Blairstown
Roberts Williams Thomas Families Hold Reunion in Williamsburg
The elev enth annual reunion of the Roberts Williams Thomas families met at Welsh grove. Officers elected for the coming year were Everett Joseph president Elmer Stahl vice president and Miss Catherine Roberts secretary treasurer. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Thomas and daughter Stella Mr and Mrs Elmer Stahl and children Mrs Fern King and son Mrs Harold Walter and son Billy Mrs Theodore DeWolt Mr and Mrs Morris Thomas and daughter Mrs Wayne Montgomery Mr and Mrs Irwin Roland and family Mr and Mrs Albert Roberts and family Mr and Mrs Sam Roberts and family Mr and Mrs Rex Porter and daughter Mr and Mrs Will Roberts Mrs Sarah Williams Mr and Mrs D M Roberts and Catherine Mr and Mrs Ralph Walters and family Mr and Mrs Arnold Roberts and daughter Mrs Arthur Hurst and daughter Mr and Mrs George Wobrich and daughter Mr and Mrs Sam D Roberts and family Tom Williams Everett Joseph Sam Welsh Robert Owen Thomas Mrs Bert Thomas and daughter Mrs Verlyn Davis and Mrs Jean Freeman.
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Williamsburg
Roberts - Williams- Thomas
Welsh Grove
Everett Joseph
Elmer Stahl
Catherine Roberts
John Thomas
Stella
Fern King
Harold Walter
Billy
Theodore DeWolt
Morris Thomas
Wayne Montgomery
Irwin Roland
Albert Roberts
Sam Roberts
Rex Porter
Will Roberts
Sarah Williams
D. M. Roberts
Catherine
Ralph Walters
Arnold Roberts
Arthur Hurst
George Wobrich
Sam D. Roberts
Tom Williams
Sam Welsh
Robert Owen Thomas
Bert Thomas
Verlyn Davis
Jean Freeman
Plan Iowa G. O. P. Rally Sept. 28 At State Fairgrounds
The Iowa Republican Editorial association will host a statewide rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Sept. 27 and 28. Speaker will be Theodore Christianson former Minnesota governor and current Fifth district congressman. The event focuses on farm parity and farmer concerns ahead of the 1936 election with other GOP leaders anticipated on the program.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Iowa Republican Editorial Association
Theodore Christianson
Minneapolis
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Berry Halden
Chariton News-Leader
Halden
Christianson
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Young Republican Club
Republican Service League
Garrison Man Dies Of Gunshot Wounds
S A Blough 60 died at home in Garrison from a gunshot wound suffered when his pistol discharged while being carried downstairs. Survived by seven children C C Blough Cedar Rapids. Bert Leo and Samuel Blough Garrison. Leva Heddinger Cedar Rapids. Tony Halway and Iva Blough of Garrison. He retired from his farm west of here and was a Church of the Brethren member.
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S. A. Blough
C. C. Blough
Cedar Rapids
Bert
Leo
Samuel Blough
Leva Heddinger
Tony Halway
Iva Blough
Blough
Here
Church of the Brethren
Oxford Homecoming Draws About Four Thousand Attendees
About 4,000 people attended the Oxford homecoming celebration with a parade by the Bluebird 4-H girls finishing first and a mule drawn cart second. The afternoon featured an old fiddlers contest won by Frank Tims of Williamsburg and races for boys and girls in multiple age groups. Cosgrove high school defeated Oxford high 5 to 2 in a softball game.
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Oxford
Alexander
Leo McCabe
Frank Tims
Williamsburg
M. S. McMannus
Cosgrove
C. A. Smith
Iowa County
Jack McGillicuddy
Jean Hanley
Velda Sponar
Patricia Hughes
Dick Moore
Anis Burger
Margaret Schrader
Colonel Nowles
Jeanne Irwin
Iowa City
John Stratton
Willie Grabin
Leonard Tomash
Bob Miller
Kathaleen Quinlan
Lucille Allen
Wilma Misel
Alice Goodrich
Russel Mann Ata
Bob James
P. A. White
Local Savings Bank Payouts 20 Percent of Trusteed Portion
The local savings bank paid out 20 percent of its trusteed portion this week leaving 20 percent unpaid of the total 1933 deposits. Slow obligations to the bank enabled this reduction and payout.
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Clarence
Rejected PWA Grants Hinder School Expansion Plans
Washington Riverside and Kalona school boards visited Des Moines to seek reconsideration of PWA requests for auditorium and gym additions. The Kalona district cut its grant after bond votes. Washington district awaits bond passage while PWA officials already rejected the grant.
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Washington, Riverside
Kalona
Des Moines
PWA
Washington, D. C
Centerdale Women Sponsor Fifth Flower Show Awards
The Centerdale Women's Club hosted its fifth annual flower show at Scattergood gym. Judges were Mrs. C. H. Mather of Tipton and Mrs. Floyd Spear of Stanwood. Awards covered categories from bouquets and living rooms to variety, color groups, and single specimens with numerous named winners including Mrs. W. H. Estle, Mrs. H. P. Hartley, Mrs. C. C. Erb, and Mrs. E. Vincent among others.
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West Branch
Centerdale Women’s Club
Scattergood Gymnasium
C. H. Mather
Tipton
Floyd Spear
Stanwood
W. H. Estle
H. P. Hartley
L. W. Heal
M. Vincent
W. H. Erb
Ed Arcingdale
G. S. Irey
All But Two Jackson Towns Asks WPA Aid
Jackson county towns have applied for WPA grants except Miles and Andrew. If approved, projects could provide most unemployment relief this winter, with about 250 workers at peak. Grants include an 18000 school building project for Preston and an 8000 tool and implement house for Maquoketa.
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Jackson County
Miles
Andrew
Preston
Funeral Services for Mrs. Gunderson in Conesville
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Gunderson longtime Conesville resident will be held Sunday at the Methodist church with Rev. H. M. Strong officiating. Born February 3, 1847 in Ockelbo Sweden she came to America in 1869 and married John Gunderson in 1872. Survived by three children six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Michael Quillin
John Plein
Bankston
Pennsylvania
Michael Sweeney
Edward
John
Harper's Ferry
Leonard
Thomas
Brownsville
W. H. Quillin
Dubuque
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P. Reynolds
Conesville
Bessie Gunderson
H. M. Strong
Bessie Erickson
Eric and
Carrie Erickson
Ockelbo
Sweden
America
John Gunderson
Addie Orr
Davenport
Albert Lea
Minn
A. W. Jones
Jonas Swedberg
Marquette
E. C. Schroeder
Decorah
Postville
Goldie Pauline Smith
Forest Hills
Stephen S. Smith
Sigourney
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