Herring Claims Big State Payroll Reductions in 1934 First Half
Gov Herring announced a net payroll savings of 21577665 for the first six months of 1934 versus 1932, citing new departments under the Forts fifth general assembly and noting liquor and sales tax agencies lowered costs. He defended payroll secrecy and defended tax relief measures while criticizing opponents for misrepresenting the fiscal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herring
Spencer
Cisyde
Ame
Sales Tax Commission
Liquor Commission
Werring
E H Mulock
Iowa
Crown Vinton Sweet Corn Day Queen Before Crowd Of 10000
Nearly 12 tons of hot buttered corn were distributed and eaten at the Vinton Sweet Corn day by about 10,000 people. A parade of forty floats opened the event. First prize in the merchants division went to the Vinton Fish and Game club with a float promoting wildlife. First prize in the school division went to a float titled The Wheel of Progress. Royal H Holbrook spoke in the afternoon. Events included kittenball games and a high school band concert followed by an evening dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Vinton Sweet Corn
Vinton
Vinton Fish and Game Club
Royal H Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
Garrison
Mount Auburn
Frances Offt
Winton
Bernice Meyer
Leona Skoog
Laura Bostrom
Eloise Green
Jane Boyer
Ladora Boy Killed When Car Overturns Near Marengo
Wilbur Lenton 15 of Ladora was found dead four and a half miles northeast of Marengo after a car skidded from a hill, pinned him under the running board. His parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Lenton moved from Washington township to a farm near Ladore. No inquest and funeral arrangements not set. He had worked for Joe Dickinson nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Wilbur Lenton
Clarence Lenton
Ladora
Washington County
Meryl Robinson
J F. Voelkel
Wilbur
Washington Township
Mr. Lenton
Joe Dickinson
Elect Officers In Rural Life Society Of M. E. Conference
B A. Davis of Clear Lake was re elected president of the Rural Life Society of the Upper Iowa conference. Oswell Sandbach Decorah Otis Moore Tipton Martin Davis Hansell and George D Gaide Reinbeck named vice presidents E C Allen Central City secretary treasurer. The meeting also heard Dr James M Yard of Evans ton St urge that western civilization fails by Christ teachings due to race prejudice and war dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
B A. Davis
Clear Lake
Rural Life Society
Upper Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oswell Sandbach
Decorah
Otis Moore
Tipton
Martin Davis
Hansell
George D Gaide
Reinbeck
E. C Allen
Central City
James M Yard
Evanston St
The
America
Nye
Morgan
du Pont
Democratic Campaign HQ Opens in Third District Saturday
Waterloo AP The Democratic campaign headquarters will open Saturday in 29 cities and towns across the Third congressional district. District committeeman Leslie H Hughes announced the locations in several counties including Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama, and Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Leslie H Hughes
Cedar Falls
Benton
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Black Hawk
la Porte City
Bremer County
Waverly
Tripoli
Sumner
Butler County
Allison
Parkersburg
Clarksville
New Hartford
Shell Rock Greene
Franklin
Hampton
Sheffield
Grands County
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Ackley
Eldora
Marshalltown
State
Gepe Lara Ce Tama
Traer
Duitt Wright
Ors Belmond
Clarion
Fawr Cire
Court hears testimony in abuse case against Kortum
The witness testifies Kortum admitted intimate acts with Mrs Roth and described being slapped and abused. He faces a potential penalty of ten years to life in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kortum
Intumaeles
Butter Tubs Destroyed In Vinton Trailer Fire
A fire wrecked a Alta Motor Express truck and trailer eight miles south of Vinton injuring two occupants. Nearly 400 tubs of butter were lost though about twenty tubs were saved by the Vinton fire department. The truck and butter were insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Alta Motor Express Company
Alta Ta
Wil Fiebelkorn
Roth Guilty Of Killing Nephew Identified In Trial
The jury found John M Roth guilty of second degree murder in the death of Pete Kortum, 46, who was killed while sleeping at Yeo. The verdict followed hours of testimony and confused recollections from Roth regarding the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth
Logan
John M Roth
Mooy Yates
Pete Kortum
Yeo
Jeer
Tee
Minneapolis Firm Wins Independence Post Office Bid
The Midwest Contracting company of Minneapolis has the bid for the new Independence post office. After contract and bond approval, work must start within 15 days and be completed in 250 days. The construction engineer will visit next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Midwest Contracting Company of
Minneapolis
Independence Leader Thomas Ahearn Dies at 78
Thomas J Ahearn 78 prominent in business and civic affairs died at his Independence home after a weeklong illness Born in Toronto in 1856 he moved to Iowa at age four He owned a meat shop later ran grain and hay business and once owned a gas plant in Jamestown NC He married Anna Kietzbach in 1882 and is survived by his wife a daughter Bessie and a sister Funeral at St John Catholic Church in Independence.
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Gazette
Independence
Thomas J Ahearn
Toronto
Canada
John Ahearn
Iowa
Jamestown
Anna Kietzbach
Odd Fellows
Bessie
Waterloo
John Boland
Yuma
Ariz
St John’s Catholic Church
W T Donohue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Relief Factories Reach Peak Soon In Iowa Program
Iowa emergency relief officials expect beef canning and mattress factories to peak in about a week. Eight mattress plants and fifteen beef plants employ over 1,000 relief laborers to supply relief families. Plants are in Des Moines Davenport Mason City Waterloo Sioux City Council Bluffs Cedar Rapids Iowa City Albia Webster City Muscatine Perry Dubuque Sioux City Pella Marshalltown Harlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Emergency Relief Administration
Relief Administration
Davenport
Mason City
Waterloo
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Albia
Webster City
Muscatine
Perry
Dubuque
Herring Aims to Replicate Brann Win in Iowa Campaign
Governor Clyde Herring said he would not be angry if Senator L. J. Dickinson campaigns against him. He noted Dickinson’s Maine speeches against the New Deal helped Democrat Louis Brann win re election in Maine and expressed confidence in duplicating Brann's feat as Iowa's first Democratic governor to win re election.
South English Homecoming to Feature Kirkpatrick and Turner
South English prepares a homecoming Saturday with speakers Kemper A. Kirkpatrick of St Paul and Dan Turner the gubernatorial candidate. Kirkpatrick speaks at 11 am on The Soul Of The Community drawing on 25 years in agricultural extension and his Minnesota experience. Turner follows at 1 pm.
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Kemper A. Kirkpatrick
St. Paul
Hennepin County
Minnesota
Benton Young Democrats Set To Form Permanent Group
The Benton county young democratic club will finalize its organization at Van Horne Friday at 8 00 p.m. in the Legion hall. Walter Vaughn of Belle Plaine, named chairman at last Thursday’s session, leads the effort toward a permanent structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Young Democratic Club
van Horne
Legion Hall
Walter Vaughn
Carson Estate Hearing Opens in Iowa City Court
A hearing in district court at Iowa City addressed the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. request to compel Davenport Bank and Trust to surrender assets of the George S. Carson estate. Judge Harold D. Evans presided as arguments began Thursday asserting the bank unlawfully holds the estate assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
United States Fadelity and Guaranty Company
Davenport Bank and Trust Company
George S. Carson
Guaranty
Davenport Bank
Carson
Harold D Evans
Survey Under New Small Loan Law Initiated in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports W. D. Bates state banking superintendent completed setup for the 1935 small loan law survey. The survey will determine the after March 1 1935 small loan rate and requires all Iowa loan companies to file annual balance sheets by January 20. SIGOURNEY Rev EF Schneider of Harvard Nebraska accepts St Pauls Evangelical church pastorate effective Oct 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
W. D. Bates
Iowa
Sigourney
EF. K. Schneider
Harvard, Neb
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Fairfield Man Identified as Strip Bandit in North Iowa Robberies
William McPeek 36, Fairfield Iowa, identified by W C Kehe as the strip bandit linked to three north Iowa robberies. McPeek, now in Wisconsin state penitentiary, faces multiple incidents including a Holstein Osage station robbery and a Charles City area theft. Mrs Bertha Schrieber 86, suffered a fractured hip in a Tuesday fall en route to the barn at La Porte City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Iowa
William McPeek
Fairfield
McPeek
Wisconsin State Penitentiary
W. C. Kehe
George Murray
Murray
Joseph Plain
Calico
N. D
Charles City
Osage
LA Porte City
Bertha Schrieber
Louis Schreiber
Accused of Theft from County Home in Washington Iowa
W F Norton former attendant at the Washington county home and his son Milton were jailed as grand jury probes theft from the county home. Arrested in Albia after a safe found on the Norton farm in Van Buren County yielded a truckload of tools and equipment. Norton and his wife had been removed from office two months earlier.
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Washington, Ia
INS
W F. Norton
Washington County
Milton
Albia
Daryl Mathers
Norton
van Buren
Mathers
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Turner
Missouri Valley
Clyde L. Herring
Cio
Dan W Turner
SIS Towml9
Heang Administration
Secord
Otto
Tadee
Elect Officers In Rural Life Society of M. E. Conference
Thomas J. Ahearn
Harry Green
Here
Chicago
Dickinson
South English
Young Democrats
Rinso 11
Rinso
Dexter
Fourday
Fedeho Gamaday
Norge One
Universal Ossistinghouse
Weitldry Andrew Zenith
ABC American
Auty Apen
Automaoe
Arran
Bee
Blackstone Ross
Inderelia
Onlan Decker
Princess Oates
Sonnysuds
Thor
AMOUS
INS Mechines
Grace
Triangle
Cedar Valley
Lamar
Burnette
Pfaffman’s
Coffee Maxwell House
Sanka
ROYAL
Rogers & Son
Bisquick
California
Cranberries
Red
Central Park Grocery
E Ave
Dial
S. G. Courtney
16Th St. SE
G. W. Crorer
St. NE
Eaton's Grocery and Market
Ist Ave
Farmer’s Exchange
Ist
It. B. Gardner
Ave. SE. Nia
Prunes California
Med
Celery
Michigan
Indra
Oakland Ave
Jensen Brothers
1St Ave
Joseph Klinsky
BR Ave
W. G. Konecny
4Th Ave. SE
Troyak Bros
St. St. SE
West Side
Highland Grocery
13Th St. NW
Henry Jensen
St. SW
Mineck Bros
3Rd Ave
Sterling Grocery and Market
F Ave
Surry’s Grocery and Market
Sth
Vavra Bros
16Th Ave
Triangle Stores
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