Rains Bring Temp Swing and Frost Warnings in North Iowa
Des Moines reports a wet stretch with showers statewide then clearing in the west. Temperatures ran seven degrees above normal, highs reached 86 at Keokuk and 34 at Sioux City, while frost warnings were issued for northern Iowa as rainfall totals reached up to two inches in places.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Keokuk
Sioux City
Indianola
Alta
Estherville
Waterloo
Winterset
Pocahontas
Marshalltown
Tracy
Waukee
Osceola
Sac City
Cherokee
Creston
Mount Ayr
Rail detours Route Zephyr trains after washout near LaCrosse
A Burlington washout six miles south of LaCrosse Wisconsin forced Zephyr trains to detour via Milwaukee and McGregor to Dubuque. Six hundred feet of Burlington double track with a 16 foot deep roadway washout. No trains expected to run until Tuesday afternoon.
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the Gazette
Mcgregor
Burlington
LaCrosse
Wis
Towa
Milwaukee Railroad
Dubuque
River Hills
Delegates From Seven States Meet For Iowa City Sessions
Delegates from seven surrounding states gathered in Iowa City for the University of Iowa second annual short course and meeting of the Iowa Laundry Association. L. A. Bradley, manager of the University laundry service, said the three day event aims to deepen knowledge in washroom chemistry textiles and motion and time study principles. Leaders include F J Lammers Richard Pohliman Gilbert Choquette Gene Hawk and Glenn Wilson among others.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Laundry Association
L. A. Bradley
University
F. J. Lammers
Richard Pohliman
Davenport
Gilbert Choquette
Gene Hawk
Glenn Wilson
Des Moines
Robert Camp
Student Traffic Patrol Trial At Ames
Ames AP reports a student traffic patrol will be tried at Iowa State College this fall with junior and senior students directing pedestrians and vehicles at four busy campus intersections on Lincoln highway. Officers wear blue uniforms white gloves and belts and may issue tickets.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Lincoln Highway
Retail Jewelers Choose Officers at 35th Convention
At the 35th annual convention in Waterloo on Tuesday, officials were elected for the Town Retail Jewelers association. Clifford Collins of Waterloo became vice-president, William Joseph of Des Moines was re elected secretary treasurer, and retiring president Grant Dudgeon of Ames joined the board along with Mark Spacina Marshalltown M E Riley Oskaloosa Wallace Boyson Cedar Rapids Ike Fulks Iowa City and H C Kirkberg Fort Dodge.
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Waterloo
Woodbury
Newton
Town Retail Jewelers Association
Clifford Collins
William Joseph
Des Moines
Grant Dudgeon
Ames
Mark Swacina
Marshalltown
M. E. Riley
Oskaloosa
Wallace Boyson
Cedar Rapids
Ike Fulks
Iowa City
H. C. Kirkberg
Fort Dodge
George Rollins
F. A. Morton
Tipton
Cedar County District Court
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
H. C. Ring
Monona
Monona High School
Pat Rogers
Milton Klima
Lorraine Moses
Harold Wienke
Duane Lange
Irene Wickersheim
Kendall Benzing
Eilene Marting
Robert Drahn
Wallace Farnham
Lowden
John Balster
William Balster
Pancraft Crossing
Highway 30
Balster
Dale Jorgenson
Marvin Gottschal
Staff Shifts Reported at Sac and Fox Reservation
The Gazette notes personnel changes at the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation in Tama and the Toledo sanatorium. H W Benedict and wife transferred to Second Mesa Day School Toreva Arizona, replaced by James E Mick from Ute Mountain Colorado. Mrs Mick to teach. Tansye Cleary moved to Pine Ridge South Dakota. Robert Mitchell and wife move to Fort Sill Oklahoma to join army CCC construction. CCC work may end after October 31. Maxine Fordham moves to Red Cross army service at Fort Meade South Dakota.
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Toledo
Sac and Fox
Tama
H. W. Benedict
Sac and Fox Day School
Benedict
Second Mesa Day School
Toreva
Ariz
James E. Mick
Ute Mountain School
Ignacia
Colo
Mick
Tansye Cleary
Pine Ridge
S. D
Robert Mitchell
Fort Sill
Oklo
Mitchell
Army
Maxine M. Fordham
Sanatorium Hospital
American Red Cross Army Service
Fort Mead
Excavation Unearths 19th Century Child Graves in Boone Yard
Workmen tunneling a basement in Boone uncover two gravestones dated 1878 and 1886 bearing children's names. Local elders say it was common for pioneer families to bury children in their yards, reflecting early settlement practices.
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Boone (Ap
Beems Celebrate Golden Wedding in Marengo
Mr and Mrs M T Beem marked fifty years of marriage with an open house at their Marengo home on Eastern Avenue. They were wed in 1881 by Rev E C Brooks. The couple spent 41 of their 50 years in the present residence.
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Marengo
M. T Beem
Beems
E.C Brooks
Eastern Avenue
Marshall T. Beem
Marengo Township
J. C. Beem
Pioneer-Republican
H. Paine
Marengo Herald
Beem
Norway
Mildred Williams
Clarence Williams
Dean M. Allen
Edna Allen
Elmer Valen
Elmer Volz
Wayne Allen
Norway High School
Army
Chicago
Aeronautical University
Dave Bair
Hasty
Charles Hasty
Wilford Utterback
Goodman
Atalissa
Rehbehn-Atkins
Herman Rehbehn
Oelwein
Oelwein Country Club
Oelwein Lodge B.P.O.E
Country Club
The
Elks
Obituaries Across Iowa Mention Henson Messerli and Sauser
Iowa death notices list Louis E Henson of Columbus Junction Minnie Gienapp Chris Messerli of West Union and Frank Mills among others with details of birth, marriage, residence and survivors. Funeral services are noted for several individuals with church and local civic ties across Elkader Cascade West Union and surrounding towns.
Seven jurors impaneled for Johnson County term
The Johnson County district court opened with Judge James P. Gaffney presiding and seven grand jurors impaneled led by foreman A B Castek. The term listed 116 civil cases. Also noted are local moves and military transfers affecting Iowa City including photography studio openings and personnel from the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U S Army.
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Iowa City
Johnson County District Court
James P. Gaffney
Marengo
A B. Castek
Bennett Bahlmer
George Johnson
Tim Kelley, Jr
James P. Meade
J. P. Memler
J. W. Neitderhisar
Gaffney
John Stromsten
Cedar Rapids
Stromsten
Lilia Monsanto
University of Iowa
David Boyd
Lac
Royal Canadian Air Force
Nucton
Nova Scotia
J. D. Boyd
Armel Dyer
Infantry
Fort Benning
University of Iowa Military Department
Kenneth J. Cramsie
Cramsie
Arkansas
12Th Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Gardner Attacks 277 Dollar Per Acre Ankeny Farm Sale
Des Moines AP republican state publicity director Lou Gardner condemned the federal purchase price of 277 dollars an acre for the F. W. Fitch company farm used at the Des Moines ordnance plant in Ankeny. He argued Iowa lands could house such plants for less and noted Lawrence Herring, son of Senator Clyde L. Herring, has joined the plant as an overseer earning 75 dollars weekly.
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Des Moines
Lou Gardner
F. W. Fitch Company
Ankeny
Iowa
Gardner
Lawrence Herring
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa Observation Unit Is Inducted
The 124th observation squadron of the Iowa national guard encamped at Fort Des Moines army post. The air unit of 142 soldiers and 31 officers will depart in about 10 days for Sherman field in Leavenworth Kansas to await a flying field at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Maj. Lester Orcutt of Des Moines leads the squadron.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Fort Des Moines Army Post
Shermanfield
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leonard Wood
Lester Orcutt
Iowan Appointed Second Lieutenant in Air Corps Reserve
Washington AP reports Joseph Preston of Williamsburg Iowa has accepted appointment as a second lieutenant in the air corps reserve, per War Department announcement.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph Preston
Williamsburg
Air Corps Reserve
Chicago Man Dies In Crash Near Montour
Chicago man Hans Arnold Olsen, 23, was killed when a westbound car left Highway 30 near Montour during rain and slippery pavement. Co rider Jack Rautenbush, also of Chicago, suffered a concussion and was taken to Deaconess Hospital in Marshalltown. The crash caused a pole to snap and sparks drew a passerby who found Olsen dead and Rautenbush in a dazed state.
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the Gazette
Tama
Hans Arnold A. Olsen
Chicago
Montour
Jack Rautenbush
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Rautenbush
Jack White
Olsen
Hickenlooper To Address G. O. P. Women's Meeting
Waterloo Iowa hosts the Republican Women’s clubs biennial convention with more than 150 women from 10 northeastern counties expected. Lieut. Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids will be the featured speaker. State president Mrs. P. A. Lainson and state vice-president Mrs. R. R. Roberts are slated to speak.
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Waterloo
Republican Women’s Clubs
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
P. A. Lainson
Council Bluffs
R. R. Roberts
Britt
Clerk Sentenced to Five Years in Hotel Robberies Case
Kenneth Hansen, 24, former JT aMars hotel clerk, received five years in the Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to robbery charges. He allegedly led a gang that robbed hotels in Hampton, Algona, and Le Mars. Two others, Don Kissinger and Tommy Holton, were also under arrest in connection with the thefts.
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Cherokee
R. Goodman
Kenneth Hansen
JT aMars
Anamosa Reformatory
Hansen
Hampton
Algona
le Mars
Don Kissinger
Des Moines
Tommy Holton
Tama District Court selects 85 jurors for October term
The Tama county district court drew 85 names Monday to serve as petit jurors for the October term. Listed are Max Adair Garwin Genola Agena Tama Glen Bailey Montour Clifford Barta Dysart Joe Bata Clutier Mrs Wayne Beck Toledo William Bobinet Chelsea Ralph Butler Montour Fred Cer nin Tama Joe Chervenka Jr Tama Frank Chrudimsky Clutier Marie Cobet Chelsea James L Collins Tama et al.
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Toledo
Tama County District Court
Max Adair
Garwin
Genola Agena
Tama
Glen Bailey
Montour
Clifford Barta
Dysart
Joe Bata
Clutier
Wayne Beck
William Bobinet
Chelsea
Ralph Butler
Fred Cernin
Joe Chervenka, Jr
Frank Chrudimsky
Marie Cobet
James L. Collins
O. L. Corns
Edith Crawford
Traer
Warren Crawford
Mae Cronk
Dorothy Davis
Floyd Davis
Albert Dolash
Mildred Dostal
Aedbert Draper
Buckingham
Julia Dubacek
Vining
George Dutoit
Clarence Dvorak
Dell Fuller
Alice Glass
Gladbrook
Walter Goos
Albert Hach
Clutter
Roy Halverson
Blanche Harlan
Evelyn Harrison
Rose Hartzell
Louise Hayek
Harry B. Heitland
Robert Henry
Walter Hickman
Art Janssen
Tracer
Carl Jensen
Rose Kaufman
Lee Kienzle
Agnes Kolash
Elizabeth Kremenak
Frank Kremenak
Charley Krezek
A. R. Kullmer
Lowell Lacina
Gilman
James Lage
Victor Landayt
Edith Ledvina
James Madison
Clifford Manfall
Herbert Mason
Iona Mason
Leonard Mason
Maud McCowen
Irene McCoy
Martha McEltree
W. B. Neiderman
Mary Nekola
Elberon
Stella Nelson
Emily Novak
Milroy E. Novak
Betty Otterman
John Petra
Charles E. Polka
Hattie Schaffer
Elmer Schoelerman
Iver Shupe
F. A. Soleman
H. A. Sorenson
Louise Sutton
Ella Tomlinson
Charles Uchytil
Gerald Ulich
Frank Wacha
Roy West
Thomas Whannell
D. B. Winterowd
Frank Wild
Freda Womach
George Zeman
Lew Zmolek
Mike Zmolek
Fred Zornig
Farmer Killed Digging Well When Rigging Failes
Boone county farmer John Cryder aged 56 died after being lifted twenty feet by well rigging and dropped. He died en route to a hospital in Ames.
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Boone
John Cryder
Boone County
Ames
Child Victor Faith Struck Twice in Six Months
Davenport reports a 3 year old Victor Faith suffered a leg fracture when a car struck him six months ago and again when a second auto hit him in front of his home on Tuesday both incidents injuring the same leg.
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Davenport
Victor Faith
Knoel Cragin Enlists for British Tech Corps
Knoel Cragin, recently accepted for enlistment in the British civilian technical corps, departed Monday night for Montreal Canada to await further orders. From Montreal he expects to be sent to England for service.
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Oelwein
Knoel Cragin
Montreal
Canada
Engand
Federal survey of industry towns starts at Newton
Federal officials began a survey of Newton to assess how withdrawal of raw materials would affect its industrial life. Newton is the first of five single-industry towns to be studied for potential defense priority impacts, including possible unemployment and the plants' defense contracts. Other cities on the list are Meadville Pennsylvania, Evansville Indiana, Mansfield Ohio, and Quincy Illinois.
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Newton
Meadville
Evansville
Ind
Mansfield
Quincy
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West Union Woman Slated For Office In Legion Auxiliary
MILWAUKEE AP Mrs Grace Gilbert King of West Union Ia Tuesday was virtually assured of election as national vice president of the American Legion auxiliary central division. Delegates at the division were attending the national convention and nominated her for the post. Formal balloting will be held Thursday but nomination is tantamount to election.
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Milwaukee
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
American Legion Auxiliary
National American Legion
King
Allamakee Man Is Found Shot Dead
Walter Rieger 53 was found dead in his New Albin home garage Monday at 3 30 p m shot through the heart with a 410 gauge shotgun He had been in ill health Allamakee County Sheriff L J Bulman and Coroner Charles Boyden to meet with a coroner s jury Tuesday Rieger is survived by a son and daughter.
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the Gazette
Waukon
Walter Rieger
New Albin
Rieger
Allamakee
L. J. Bulman
Charles Boyden
Daugher
Sioux City Sets Return Of Illegal Parking Meters
Sioux City council votes to return 500 meters to Mark Time Sales and Graybar Electric three years after installation. Originally 700 meters, 200 were removed in 1939. Meters operated until April 2 1940 when Iowa Supreme Court ruled them illegal. City paid about $17,000 of roughly $25,000 cost. firms held title until payments finished.
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Sioux City
Mark Time Sales Company
Graybar Electric Company
Iowa Supreme Court
Mrs S E Oliver Celebrates 91st Birthday in Belle Plaine
Mrs S E Oliver of Belle Plaine, born Martha Young in 1850, marked her ninety first birthday with a dinner hosted by her daughters Mrs I C Martin and Mrs Glenn Oliver. She has lived her life in Belle Plaine, married S E Oliver in 1872, and outlived her husband who worked as a C and N W switchman. She remains in her own home with four children, five grandchildren, and one great granddaughter.
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Belle Plaine
S. E. Oliver
I. C. Martin
Glenn Oliver
Oliver
Martha Young
Joe
Maria Young
N W
Upper Iowa picks James M. Tinsley as business instructor
Fayette Upper Iowa University announces the selection of James M. Tinsley of Denver as instructor for the coming year in the business administration department. The record lists new and renewed staff assignments across several small Iowa communities and events from Delta to Walther league in Delaware county.
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Fayette
Vivian T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
James M. Tinsley
Denver, Colo
Department of Business Administration
Cyclist Burns as Motorcycle Hits Moving Train in Vinton
VINTON Marion Isbell, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Isbell, was badly burned when his motorcycle struck a moving Rock Island branch train known as The Bumble Bee at 9 50 p m Monday in Vinton. He shielded his head from rain and failed to see the gasoline powered train until impact. The bike caught fire burning the stomach hands and right leg and causing head and face cuts. Isbell was taken by Night Marshal George Briggs to a Vinton hospital where Tuesday his condition was listed as critical.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Marion Isbell
Charles Isbell
Rock Island
Isbell
George Briggs
Vinton Hospital
Civil Service Can't Rule Out Pardoned Felon
Iowa Supreme Court rules a pardoned felon is eligible for civil service employment. Jess F. Slater, 33, sought a Des Moines job as assistant smoke inspector after being pardoned in 1935 for a 1934 auto theft conviction. The court affirmed the district ruling that a pardon removes penalties and disqualifications. three justices dissented.
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Des Moines
Suspreme
Iowa
Lou Ladd
Polk County
Jess F. Slater
Paul Olson
City Civil Service
Slater
Clyde L. Herring
Supreme Court
Bope
Carl B. Stiger
Toledo
Wennerstrum, Bliss
Hale
Tuberculosis conference invites nine county workers in Wapello
Invitations were sent for a September 23 regional conference in Wapello. Iowa Tuberculosis Association officials and Christmas Seal committee members from Clinton Des Moines Henry Jefferson Lee Louisa Muscatine Scott and Washington counties will attend. Dr C K McCarthy will speak on a new approach to case finding in tuberculosis.
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Wapello
Atend
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Tuberculosis Association
Clinton
Des Moines
Henry
Jefferson, Lee
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Washington
C. K. McCarthy
Tuberculosis Associations of
Iowa
State Department of Health
Onslow
Spencerville School
Ed White
Baldwin
Hulda Allen
Vera Fayram
Ben Watten
August Bramer
Alden
Weets
Jones County
Oxford Junction
Emma C. Williams
G. L. Williams
L. Roy Lehman
Robert Bergen
Minneapolis
Frank Ogden
J. F. Haugh
Clinton High School
Business College
Interstate Power Company
Lehman
Grinnell College
Curtis Companies, Inc
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James Farquhar
Emmet Moynihan
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Lillian Brown Beem
Cedar County
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Kansas
Murengo
Relief Corps
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Mary Bruce
Thornburg
D Qo, Brown
Elkhorn
Mrs. M. T. Beem
Columbus Junction
Louis E Henson
Columbus City
Springfield
Minnie Fox
Manchester
Albert C Gienapp
A C. Gienapp
William S Schreiber
Delaware
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Edna I. Voss
Henry Voss
Volga City
Gienapp
Walter
Marian
Ruth
Julius Voss
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chris Messerli
West Union Hospital
Switzerland
America
Wadena
Messerli
Kate Fen
Poull
Vincent
Indianapolis
Gerald
Kansas City
Edwin
Elkader
L. M. Bink
F. X. Sauser
Cascade Township
St. Mary's Church
H.N. Ginter
Nicholas Meyer
Lauser
Leo
Joseph
Theresa
Cascade
Fred Ertl
Val Meyer
Wells
Minn
Joseph Meyer
John Meyer
John Ertl
Antone Helling
Gazette
U. S
IOWAN
Legion Auxiliary
Iowa News
DELTA
John Crew
Price
Charles Price
B. D. Crew
Garnet Dinsmore
LA Porte City
Sam Bryan
le Clair
Aurora
Buffalo Grove
Rex Matteson
C H. Jakway
Hilton Smith
Byrnes Park
Wellood Williams
Ralph Scroggy
Verne Bartholomew
Ross Petrie
Palo
Ladies Aid of
Lincoln Church
Lincoln
Mr. Darby
North English
Crusaders
Pete Lane
Mil
Bennett
Merland Buttolph
Footall
Merland
Hoyt Battolph
George Dubois
Middlefield Township
Masonville
Glen- Charles
Masonic and
Eastern Star Lodges
Winthrop
Dubois
R L Allender
Max Dubois
John L. Hunt
Delhi
R. M. Deming
Nellie Hale
Louisa County Selective Service Board
Louisa County
Wapello High School
Rex Schafer
Vernon Maxson
Marjorie Rockafellow
Neal McLean
Jack Schneider
Max Stineman
Quentin Schneider
Ralph Stone
Leonard Colson
Bob Maine
Marilyn McClurkin
Helen Wiederrecht
Janet Christie
Bob Knopp
Virginia McElhinney
Bertha Crow
E. E. Osborne
Easy Mixers
Methodist Church
Marjorie Jack
Stanley Creswell
Marion Schafer
Walther League
Marian Maurer
Marjorie Milroy
Melva Milroy
Velma Harder
Louis Guetzko
William Harder
Dale Wendt
Gene Guetzko
Haarlem
Civil Service
Silvertown
Goodrich
Silvertown J Stores
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