Anamosa Convict Found Dead In Reformatory Shop
The body of Harry King, 38, serving a 35 year term for rope, was found hanging from a steam heating pipe in the Anamosa reformatory machine shop. Officials deem death self-inflicted. An inquest is set for Monday, with funeral plans likely at the reformatory.
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Harry King
Anamosa
Anamosa Reformatory
King
Harry C. White
Iowa Board of Control
J. J. Hayes
Monticello
Marion County
Lfe
Texas
Reformatory
Year-Old Child Killed Near Mother in Sun Blinded Crash
In Villisca a one-year-old, Patricia Mae Wright, was struck by a slow-moving car driven by Mrs. Wayne Smith. Blinded by the evening sun, the driver could not avoid the child as she lay within reach of her mother Ed Wright. The infant died at the hospital from head and internal injuries.
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Villisca
INS
Patricia Mae Wright
Wayne Smith
Ed Wright
Iowa real estate board votes against subsidized housing plan
MASON CITY AP The Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards closed its nineteenth annual convention with plans to amend the real estate license law to divert paid fees to the state to the organization. George E. Walker of Des Moines was elected president for the coming year with officers Hugh Blackwell Allan Beck J M Chamberlain Horace G Hedges and Frank Buckwalter. The board will choose the next convention site. Cedar Rapids attendees included Malcolm V Bolton Frank C Nissen E O Brown and others. The group opposed government subsidized housing and instructed officers to oppose such projects in Iowa.
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Mason City
Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards
Eorge E. Walker
Des Moines
Hugh Blackwell
Council Bluffs
Secetary
Allan F. Beck
J. M. Chamberlain
Horace G. Hedges
Cedar Rapids
Frank Buckwalter
Sioux City
Dwayne Leamer
Davenport
Frank Hilliard
Ottumwa
E. C. Codner
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Malcolm V. Bolton
Frank C. Nissen
E. O. Brown
M. L. Christian
Theodore Christian
William J. Conway
Frank L. Buser
Paul N. Clark
W. Roy Harger
John J. Wagner
Bruce A. West
Oscar H. Lundquist
Five Years For Larceny In Allamakee
William H. Stock of Ludlow township was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison by Judge H. E. Taylor in Allamakee county district court. Stock pled guilty to larceny of domestic fowls from a farmer near Postville. Ralph Jenkins of Waukon was fined 300 dollars and costs and 30 days in the county jail for driving while intoxicated. Jenkins pled guilty and the sentence was suspended on payment of fine and costs, and he was paroled to Sheriff John P. King.
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Waukon
William H. Stock
Ludlow
Fort Madison
H. E. Taylor
Allamakee
Stock
Postville
Ralph Jenkins
Taylor
Jenkins
John P. King
Regional Friends Conference Near West Branch
Three churches including Conservative Friends of West Branch and Friends churches of West Branch and Springdale plan a regional conference at Scattergood School two miles east of West Branch on Saturday and Sunday Sept 18 and 19. Delegates from Nebraska Kansas Illinois and Iowa will attend with speakers from the All World conference in Philadelphia. Herbert Wood head of Woodbrook School in England is expected as keynote speaker.
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West Branch
Friends of West Branch
Friends Churches of
Springdale
Scattergood School
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Iowa
Philadelphia
United States
Herbert Wood
Woodbrook School
England
Iowa City Man Fatally Hurt by Train
Marvin Livermore, 45, of 20 percent College Street Iowa City, fell under a southbound Rock Island passenger train about 12 30 a m Saturday. He worked on Waterloo's new post office project and died at 8 a m in a hospital. He leaves his wife Helen.
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Waterloo
Marvin Livermore
College Street
Iowa City
Rock Island
Livermore
Helen
Carroll County State Legislator Dies From Farm Accident
State Representative A. H. Baumhover, 43, of Carroll county, dies in a hospital after being run over by a binder on his farm. He had a ruptured liver and several broken ribs from the Monday accident and underwent surgery five hours later. Baumhover, a Democrat, was serving his second term and chaired the House dairy and food committee in the last session.
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Carroll
A. H. Baumhover
Carroll County
Here
Baumhover
House
Funeral Held For Hills Rural Mail Carrier Anna Thomann
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph's church in Hills for Anna Thomann born Anna Geret on July 5 1872 in Riverside. She died in Iowa City Wednesday and is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Iowa City. Surviving are Frank Thomann and five children. She served as a rural mail carrier from Hills since 1919 and would have retired August 1.
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Hills
Thomann
Irwin Coons
St. Paul
Minn
Paul Thomann
Minneapolis
Harvey Thomann
Iowa City
Giles Thomann
Spring Grove
Lucille Thomann
Charles Knebel
Riverside
The
Rosary Society of
Duck Lodge Now In Wide Open Spaces
McGregor resident Walter F. J. McGregor a former conservation commissioner notes his Mississippi river cottage has been stripped of trees on nearby islands and bayous as the river will flood with the new nine foot channel dam at Lynxville Wisconsin next spring.
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Ineciatte Je Casatte
McGregor
J F. Walter
Town Conservation Commission
Prony
Mississippi
Walter
Winneshiek
Lynxville
Wisconsin
Fifteen Nabbed In Des Moines Raid Fined $7.50 Apiece
DES MOINES AP Des Moines vice crusaders scored a win as fifteen people rounded up in a August 21 gambling raid on the Hollywood club pled guilty in municipal court and were fined seven dollars and fifty cents each. Charges against three others were dismissed as part of a county attorney backed agreement. District Judge Halloran continued October 18 on a writ of injunction against the Mayfair club, with service issues delaying notice to operators.
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DES Moines
Vice Crusaders
Hollywood
Joe Swift
T. Pringle
Clarence Mullaney
Swift
J. J. Halloran
Mayfair Club
Carl A. Burkman
Dredging Rush on Mississippi Faces Hazards
Dredging mud and sand from the upper Mississippi runs 24 hours daily this summer as part of the nine foot channel project from St. Louis to the Twin Cities by 1939. A dredge launch was drawn under a barge near Mc Gregor, drowning the operator in a Sunday night accident.
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Upper Mississippi
St. Louis
Twin Cities
McGregor
Epidemic Delays Opening of Deaf School in Council Bluffs
The Iowa school for the deaf in Council Bluffs remains closed indefinitely due to the infantile paralysis epidemic. Parents will be informed of the tentative reopening date by Superintendent L. E. Berg.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa School For the Deaf
L. E. Berg
Damage suit docket leads Marengo September term
Marengo court docket for the September term lists four damage suits mainly for auto injuries, about twice the recent term caseload, plus a $20,000 death claim from Hans J. Paulson for Harold Paulson. Other actions include a fist and pitchfork assault claim for $4,051.95, car collision injuries for $2,500, and a tractor collision for $1,500. Ten divorces and seventy-nine petitions were filed, revised to about seventy total as some cases settled or withdrawn.
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Marengo
Harold Paulson
Williamsburg
Hans J. Paulson
Bert Hanson
Robert Hanson
Paulson
Hanson
South Amana
John Zillmer
George Berry
Carl Fields
H. N
Hank” Steele
Charles Chehak
Steele
E. L. Smith
E. N. Harman
Hawley Resigns From Iowa University Post
IOWA CITY AP Prof Charles A Hawley resigns as Protestant representative of the school of religion faculty to become dean of the Bible and religion department at the College of the Ozarks in Clarksville Arkansas. He authored several religious books and recently uncovered Whittier letters intended for Whittier College at Salem Iowa.
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Iowa City
Charles A. Hawley
School of Religion
Bible and Religion
College of the Ozarks
Clarksville
Ark
John Greenleaf Whittier
Whittier College
Salem
Herman Meseke 83 Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Herman Meseke 83 longtime Lowden area resident died at St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids at 1045 p m Friday after a week long illness He was born in Germany on October 20 1853 and came to this vicinity as a child Surviving are two sons Henry and William of Lowden funeral arrangements have not been made
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Lowden
Herman Meseke
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Germany
Henry
William
Lowdon
Waukon Judgments Awarded in Allamakee District Court
Judge H E Taylor issued multiple judgments in Allamakee district court affecting numerous parties including Federal Land Bank versus John W Manning for 800 dollars at 6 percent from Feb 1, Herman E Christofferson against J C Thoma for 420 dollars at 8 percent, Mrs John Healy against Clyde Kelley et al for 203 dollars plus 19 dollars in fees and 7 percent interest, and several other rulings. Additional judgments include Cory Stilwell adm against Anton Pratt et al for 103 dollars at 5 percent from March 1, 1934. Cory H Stilwell against Guy Ahlstrom for 213.66 dollars at 6 percent and 20.88 in attorney fees. State banking official D W Bates awarded defaults totaling amounts from multiple defendants and a final large award of 1,228.75 to Waukon State Bank against Otto Kosbau plus interest and fees.
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H. E. Taylor
Allamakee
Federal Land Bank
John W. Manning
Herman E. Christofferson
J. C. _ Thoma
Thoma
John Healy
Clyde Kelley
Cory H. Stilwell
Guy Ahlstrom
D. W. Bates
State Superintendent of Banking
John P
King
Carl Salvert
Ed G. Kruger
Harry Kolsrud
Asa Leroy Briar
Alfred Williams
Waukon State Bank
Otto Kosbau
Margaret Benz
Spinner Bros
School Heads Will Meet At Washington
Ottumwa AP report says superintendents and principals from southeastern Iowa high schools will meet at the Washington YMCA on Sept 22 for a 6 pm dinner. They will discuss forming an extracurricular organization to supervise athletics and other school activities across the state.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Southeastern Iowa
Washington
Frank Douma
Ottumwa
Homestead refunds, new bus depot, and local suits in Iowa City
Iowa City residents saw $188 261 in homestead tax rebates announced by County Treasurer W E Smith after state tax commission data. Union bus depot to open with an open house on Sunday. A $4 500 damage suit filed by Ivan Stransky names Yellow Cab and others for injuries in a May 2 crash. A Walker estate accounting case set for next week with Judge D W Jackson. Johnson County judge Harold D Evans disqualified. Only 200 of 1675 poll tax notices paid. remaining bills to be transferred Oct 1. Maxine Snell suit seeks 1279 from Moss and son Kenneth for an automobile collision. Hugh Gunderson named to Iowa University bands post. Wellman invitations issued for Roxie Fry and John Young marriage September 16.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
W. E. Smith
State Tax Commission
Union
Ivan Stransky
Yellow Cab Company
Charles Larkin
H. W. Strickler
Stransky
Strickler
Myron J. Walker
Joseph Walker
D. A. Gilroy
D. W. Jackson
Harold D. Evans
Walker
Grover C. Watson
W. F. Snell
Maxine Snell
C. E. Moss
Kenneth
Kenneth Moss
Hugh Gunderson
University of Wisconsin
Charles B. Righter
University of Iowa
Gunderson
Stadium Singers
Monequa High
Thieves Enter Lost Nation Drug Store In Night Burglary
Burglars broke into Lost Nation drug store Thursday night by removing a window screen and smashing a glass pane. They stole three watches, all the cash in the till, and other items. The intruder appeared small, judging by the narrow opening.
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Lost Nation
Belle Plaine Rainbow Girls Initiate and Elected Officers
At a Belle Plaine Rainbow for Girls meeting six members were initiated and several officers elected. New officers include Nadine Hoff as worthy adviser and Jeanne Bohlman as associate worthy adviser, with Dorothy Fuller as Charity and Margaret Swatosh as Faith.
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Belle Plaine
The
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Freda Betty Hoffman
Phyllis Faith Hoffman
Jean la Donna Rusk
Nelda Jeanne Strachan
Virginia Hinkle
Wava Funk
Nadine Hoff
Jeanne Bohlman
Charity
Dorothy Fuller
Hope
Margaret Swatosh
Faith
Catherine Hereik
Evelyn, Tech
Arlen Smith
Lenox College To Open For 70th Year Monday
Lenox College prepares for its 70th consecutive year with Dean E V Laughlin leading the faculty. Instructors include Mabel Binney in English and history, Pearl M Reeve in music, Anna Laughlin in education and psychology, Esther M Johnston in chemistry, and Walter Slaser in physical education. The 70th year marks the long-running college’s continuity despite textual garbles.
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Ganette
Ian Manden
E. V. Laughlin
Mabel Binney
Hisory
Pearl M. Reeve
Anna Laughlin
Esther M. Johnston
Walter Slaser
Plans Completed For Wellman Fall Frolic
Wellman plans and program for the Fall Frolic are set with a 2 p.m. address by Senator Guy Gillette. Tony Cabooch and his radio entertainers perform free acts, then Wellman faces West Chester in the local grid season opener at 3 p.m. A skit by Cabooch, a Lane concert, and a 9 p.m. dance conclude the evening.
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Guy M Gillette
Tony Cabooch
Wellman
West Chester Eleven
Focal Lane
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