Hart Named Ringleader in Iowa Butter Theft Ring
Des Moines AP Glen Schmidt Iowa division chief announced the arrest of George Shorty Hart in Sioux City as the suspected ringleader in a series of Iowa butter robberies. Four suspects including Hart will be charged in four counties with breaking and entering.
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Des Moines
Glen Schmidt
Iowa Investigation Bureau
George “Shorty
Hart
Sioux City
Iowa
Schmidt
L. C. Fitzpatrick
Mapleton
Chickasaw
Ionia
Algona
Wesley
C. E. Wright
Franz Harvey
Omaha
Neb
Franklin
Union
Hampton
Harvey Mighell
Audubon County
Holstein
Paul Gruber
Mighell
Gruber
Hay
Don Ryan
al Haight
State Highway Patrol
Hanley Sentenced to Thirty Days for Abusing Mother
Gerald Hanley 41 found guilty of abusing his mother Mrs Kathleen Hanley. Proposals for ten and twenty days were rejected. Magistrate Malbin ordered a 30 day term.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Gerald Hanley
Kathleen Hanley
Malbin
Hanley
Bank Manager Returns Home To Theft Suspect Bath Evidence
Willoughby Ohio L R Adams a bank manager found six suits a hat a watch and a suitcase stolen from his residence after a trip to Canada. He also discovered evidence the thief had bathed in his home.
Levinson Demonstrates Two Fish on One Hook
Sarasota report describes J. E. Levinson proving a tale by catching two fish on a single hook. He explained the sequence with a fish first striking the hook, then another mackeral biting the dangling hook, illustrating the unusual catch.
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Sarasota
Fla
J. E. Levinson
Levinson
Saddle theft reported in Dillon by deputy's prank call
A telephone call to Sheriff J. A. McCollum from a man claiming to be deputy Jim Burt said somebody stole his saddle. The sheriff assigned Burt to the case and investigated the unusual report in Dillon Montana.
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Dillon
Mont
J. A. McCollum
Jim Burt
McCollum
Burt
Hen reaches 300 points in Tarleton contest dies after laying egg
Five minutes after laying egg No. 312 in under 11 months, hen No. 126 choked at John Tarleton poultry farm. She set a U S record as the only fowl to hit 300 points in 10 months and led the competition before a post mortem found a corn fragment in her windpipe.
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Stephenville
Tex
John Tarleton
United States
Six Firms Bid On Municipal Coal Supplies
Six companies submitted bids to provide coal for city fire stations parks and the city barn. Bids list prices for Iowa Illinois Indiana and Kentucky coal with lump sizes ranging from six inch to four by six inch and vary from about 5.14 to 6.79 per ton. The council opened bids Thursday and will review them for accuracy.
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John Ireland Coal Company
Iowa
Kenwood Park Fuel Company
Fulton County
Illinois
Saline County
Pike County
Indiana
W. G. Block Company
Riverside Fuel Company
Kentucky
Black Chief Coal Company
City Fuel Company
Nine Traffic Violation Cases In Police Court
Six persons pled guilty in police court to parking violations and paid $1 and costs, while three pled guilty to speeding. H. J. Cosgrove Jr paid $10 and costs for speeding. Lester Cach and Tom West pled guilty to speeding and are serving time. Others fined $1 and costs for parking include Victor Young, Hazel McCray, Clara Downing, and W J Shick for various infractions.
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H. J. Cosgrove, Jr
First Avenue E
Lester Cach
Twenty-third Avenue
C Street
Tom West
N Street
Victor Young
Davenport
Hazel McCray
Second Avenue SE
Clara Downing
D Avenue NW
W. J. Shick
Local drivers charged for missing rear lights in city sweep
Avenue NW, Louis Binko, 622 First Street SW, and D. L. Hibben, 103 Fifth Avenue SW, were cited on charges of parking without a rear light in a city enforcement sweep.
Deaths Fannie Stary Widow of Frank G Stary
Mrs. Fannie Stary widow of Frank G Stary died at home 336 Fourteenth Avenue SW at 10 30 a m Thursday born Fanny Chehak in Johnson county October 30 1859 lived in Cedar Rapids all life husband died August 1 1932 survived by four children all Cedar Rapids a brother Wesley Chehak and a sister Agnes Dvorak Swisher body at Barta chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Fannie Stary
Frank G. Stary
Fourteenth Avenue
Fanny Chehak
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Otto Jirsa
Emil P
Reuben
Frank R
Wesley Chehak
Agnes Dvorak
Swisher
Barta Chapel
Mrs Lawrence Spellerberger Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Lawrence Spellerberger 50 of Quasqueton and former Linn county resident died at a local hospital at 5 p m Wednesday after a short illness. She is survived by husband and two brothers E F Delahunty and John M Delahunty of Lexington Nebraska Funeral services will be at Immaculate Conception church Saturday at 9 a m conducted by Msgr John Molloy Burial in Mount Calvary cemetery Friends may call at Monahan chapel.
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Lawrence Spellerberger
Quasqueton
Linn County
E. F. Delahunty
John M. Delahunty
Lexington
Neb
Immaculate Conception
Msgr
John Molloy
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Monahan Chapel
Funeral services for George D. Miller
George D. Miller of Two Harbors Minnesota died in Minneapolis on September 8 after a six weeks illness. Funeral services will be held at his residence 1017 Twenty sixth Street SE at 2 p.m. Friday with burial at Wilton Junction cemetery at 4 p.m. Rev A A Brooks officiates. Friends may call at Turner chapel Thursday evening.
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George D. Miller
Two Harbors
Minn
Minneapolis
Twenty-sixth Street SE
Wilton Junction
A. A. Brooks
Turner Chapel
Iowa City Claim Aliums Threaten WPA Jobs For GOP Supporters
Special to The Gazette reports charges that state Senator Paul Schmidt of Iowa City threatened relief workers who signed Republican pledges to support Landon. Frank Swisher, Johnson County GOP secretary, says Schmidt claimed to identify signers and jeopardize their WPA jobs. Swisher disputes efforts to solicit support from workers on PWA projects.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Paul Schmidt
Landon
Frank Swisher
Johnson County
Republican Central Committee
Schmidt
Swisher
PWA
Des Moines
WPA
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids couples obtain marriage licenses in list
G F Hardman and Dorothy Helen Olmstead of Cedar Rapids. Martin L Hart and Marguerite M Dermody of Cedar Rapids. Edward E Bodenhofer of Cedar Rapids and Eileen Eckey of Hackensack Minnesota. Clifford C Heckroth and Syl via Vesely of Dysart.
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G. F. Hardman
Dorothy Helen Olmstead
Cedar Rapids
Martin L. Hart
Marguerite M. Dermody
Edward E. Bodenhofer
Eileen Eckey
Hackensack, Minn
Clifford C. Heckroth
Sylvia Vesely
Dysart
Suspension of sentence granted by Governor on theft case
Roy Stockburger of Cedar Rapids, 28, released from county jail after serving three months of a one year sentence for a $10 theft from a service garage. Governor Clyde L. Herring suspended the remaining term on state recommendation due to serious illness in Stockburger family. County Attorney G K Thompson and Judge A B Clark endorsed the action and the complainant concurred.
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Clyde L. Herring
Roy Stockburger
Cedar Rapids
Stockburger
Herring
G. K. Thompson
A. B. Clark
Thompson
Assets apportioned in Kanealy and Beezley receivership
Judge H C Ring in Cedar Rapids district court apportioned assets from the Kanealy and Beezley receivership to satisfy claims. Lien creditors receive 1114.32, administration costs 1837.88, and court costs 153.12. Receivership opened October 28, 1935, with Ring deeming the finding a full adjudication of all matters.
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Walter A. Hutchinson
Kanealy and Beezley
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Ring
Receiver seeks highway easement on quarter-section land
D W Bates as receiver for Iowa State Savings Bank asks district court to grant authority to execute an easement to the Iowa State Highway Commission. The easement would run the full length of the quarter section and cover .91 of an acre.
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D. W. Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank
Iowa State Highway Commission
Highway 161 Widening Plans Near Cedar Rapids
The highway commission seeks the strip for widening of Highway No. 161 south of Cedar Rapids. The consideration is listed as 254 dollars. Judge H. C. Ring set a hearing on the application for September 17 at a.m.
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Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Onslow Oil Station Robbed in Overnight Break-In
Jones County officials investigated a Wednesday night break-in at the Standard Oil bulk station owned by Howard Willison. Thieves pried the door lock, took a five gallon cylinder oil can, an empty five gallon can refilled at the site, and twenty gallons of gasoline from an outside Jones County barrel. No clues on suspects.
Births in area announce multiple newborns
Born to Virgil and wife in Toddville a daughter weighs one and a half pounds. A son was born to Roy L. Kessler at 816 D avenue NW at St Luke's on September 9. Daughters born to Orlin Hann of Marion and George Ross of Mechanicsville on September 8. A son arrived for Paul Beach of Marion on September 9 at St Luke's. G R Wells of 1265 Second Avenue SE reports a son on September 8 at St Luke's. Clifford Stone of 195 Thirteenth Street SW adds a son born September 10 at Mercy hospital.
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Virgil Newman
Toddville
Daugher
Roy L. Kessler
D Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Orlin Hann
Marion
George Ross
Mechanicsville
Paul Beach
G. R. Wells
Second Avenue SE
Clifford Stone
Thirteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Belle Plaine Couple Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Belle Plaine observes the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William McElroy with a family gathering. The couple, ages 76 and 71, married Sept. 8, 1886 in Belle Plaine. They have ten children seven living and twenty grandchildren plus six great grandchildren. The ceremony included baptisms for grandchildren Max Alex and Eleanor McElroy.
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Belle Plaine
William McElroy
Thelma Shadle
Harold Miller, Jr
Max Alex McElroy
Eleanor McElroy
James McElroy
Vinton Lee
First Congregational Church
Roett Sanderson
McElroy
Mr. McElroy
Lincoln
Matilda McElroy
Blairstown
Elisa McCleren
Peter and
Mary McCleren
Kill Green
Ireland
America
Charles H. Bissell
Congregational Church
North Western Railway Company
Lincoln McElroy
James Mcllrath
C. Adams
Mason City
H. J. Miller
John McElroy
Boone
Will McElroy
Clinton
Mrs Rohde Speech Planned in Decorah on Sept 28
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde is set to speak in Decorah on September 28 as part of a speaking engagement. The event highlights Rohde's visit and indicates local anticipation for her address.
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Rohde
Decorah
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Ahrends Permitted To Transfer Beer License In City
John F. Ahrends formerly operator of a beer parlor at 57 Sixteenth Avenue SW was granted permission by the city council on Thursday to transfer his permit to 227 Fourteenth Avenue SE. The absence of Public Safety Commissioner W. Benesh at Mason City for the annual convention caused the council to table Steve Varvar’s dance permit request for the Twelfth Avenue tavern.
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John F. Ahrends
Sixteenth Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
Public Safety
W. Benesh
Mason City
Iowa Bate Association of Police
Steve Varvar
New Disease Names Silice Volcanokoniosis
A newly coined term pneumonoultramicroscopic silice volcanokoniosis describes a lung disease caused by inhaling volcanic silica dust.
Esperanto gains footing in Austria and Japan tops numbers
In Vienna 60 000 Austrians and 15 000 Viennese understand Esperanto with 150 policemen 80 street car employes and 130 railway conductors among them. Japan has the most Esperantists, followed by Sweden Holland Spain and Austria among continental countries.
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Vienna
International
Japan
Internal remedy Hemroid offered for piles relief
Advert explains piles stem from poor blood circulation in the lower bowel and promotes an internal medicine, Hemroid by Dr J S Leonhardt, as the cure. It claims external treatments fail and offers a money back guarantee through MAY DRUG CO and druggists.
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J. S. Leonhardt
MAY Drug CO
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G.O.P
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Onslow
Ahrends
Varvaris
American Tobacco Company
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