Farmers' interests group backs pro New Deal candidates
Harold J. Teachout leads a Iowa state wide farmers committee formed to support candidates favoring the agricultural program and oppose malicious political activity. Members include J J Boatman Verne Wendell Charles Lamb Ed Lawler Robert Clark L Mellrath Gale McClean Donald Price and Homer Hush. The panel will identify supporters of agriculture and rally behind them.
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Des Moines
INS
Harold J. Teachout
Farragut
Teachout
J. J. Boatman
Montezuma
Verne Wendell
Lush
Grand Jury Probe Opens in Washington County
In Washington County the grand jury session stretches into a long preparatory period as County Attorney Richard A. Thwart notes it will run into next Tuesday, with no count of indictments yet returned. Several matters are under investigation without formal charges at this time.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington Quality Grand Jury
Richard A.thwart
Waukon Woman Awarded 11600 in Auto Injury Suit
A district court jury awarded Mrs Myrtie Nonen 28 Waukon 11600 in damages against Jewel Tea Co and Gerald Harris truck driver for injuries from an auto collision east of Mason City on December 27 1937. The suit sought 20000 in damages.
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Mason City
Myrtie Nonen
Waukon
Jewel Tea Company
Gerald Harris
Fayette Defeats Bond Issue For School Building
Fayette voters rejected a proposed 50 000 bond issue for a new school building by 259 to 205. The result reflects local concern over funding and school needs in the community.
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Fayette
Fayette (Ap
Installed Head Of Belle Plaine Rainbow Girls
Miss Beverly Peterman was installed as worthy advisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic hall in Belle Plaine. Eight girls formed a flowered aisle as she received a white Bible from her parents and the Rainbow order. other officers were named and installed by Cathrine Hereik and team.
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Belle Plaine
Beverly Peterman
George Peterman
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Miss Peterman
Rainbow Order
Evelyn Hecht
Charity
Arlene Smith
Hope
Thais Bernsstorf
Faith
Marion
Marian Seifker
Jean Newland
Jane Isle
Webbles Funeral To Be Held At Wheatland
Emil Webbles 60 Iowa investment banker died Wednesday in Milwaukee His relatives say funeral services will be held Saturday in Wheatland his birthplace Webbles was found unconscious by his brother and died three hours later Post mortem in Milwaukee did not reveal a cause and requires microscopic exam to determine results later Webbles had lived in Des Moines since 1935 after moving from Burlington Illinois Feb 1935.
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Des Moines
Emil Webbles
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wheatland
Webbles
W. F. Webbles
L. J. van Hecke
Burlington
Allamakee County OKs Courthouse Bond Issue
Allamakee County voters approved a $105000 bond issue for a new courthouse in a special election. The plan will match a $99000 federal grant. Only three of twenty one precincts opposed the measure: Lansing New Albin and Waterloo.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Lansing
Iowa
New Albin
Waterloo
Benton County seeks federal grant for rock road program
The Benton County Board of Supervisors applied for a 47000 PWA grant to fund a rock crushing and road surfacing project covering 41 miles of secondary highways with an estimated total cost of 100000. If approved the project would run as a relief effort across fall winter and spring involving 20 workers at Rupp quarry and later shifts at Highpoint quarry in East Vinton.
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Vinton
Benton County Board of Supervisors
PWA
Rupp
Urbana
Highpoint
East Vinton
McGregor Field Day Expected to Draw Thousands
McGregor Booster club prepares for a Sunday field day on the Charles Carroll farm two miles south of town. John Sheridan says shooters from Iowa and firearm factories will demonstrate. Events include fly casting, archery, trap shoot, rifle and pistol demos, dog show, coon and fox trials, horseshoes, and knife throwing.
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Mcgregor
McGregor Booster Club
John Sheridan
Iowa
Charles Carroll
Jim Mat Barron
Mason City
Lieut. C Churchill
Wyoming Voters OK Bond for PWA Auditorium Gym
The Wyoming independent school district approved a $19 800 bond for an auditorium gym by a 254 to 95 vote. The project will receive a $16 200 PWA grant and construction will start immediately, according to officials.
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Wyoming
Wyoming Independent School District
PWA
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local Elections and Events
Dale West elected president of the Iowa City Board of Fire Underwriters Ralph L Parsons vice president and Sam Whiting Jr secretary. George Glick injured in car collision with Col Elton L Titus. Elks host open house Oct 8 for Homecoming weekend. duck dinner Oct 12 and Halloween cabaret Oct 31 with Roger Graham band. Funeral services for Frank Brogla 71 held in West Liberty survivors listed. Debaters from Oxford and Cambridge to visit for 15th annual international debate against Iowa. schedule opens in November with UK alliance topic: that the United States should form an alliance with Great Britain.
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Iowa City
Dale West
Iowa City Board of Fire
Ralph L. Parsons
Sam Whiting Jr
George Glick
Elton L. Titus
Glick
Louis Glick
Iowa City Elks Club
University of Iowa
Jesse Ward
Roger Graham
Frank Brogla
West Liberty
Brogla
Will Brogla
Edith Rogers
Robert Burger
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Towans
Iowa
A. C. Baird
United States
Great Britain
North Liberty Pioneer Observes 91st Birthday
In North Liberty Mrs Mary M Green marked her 91st birthday with a small family gathering. She is the widow of Civil War veteran Samuel Green and has lived in the area 85 years. Her three brothers James Grove Forest F Grove and Sam Grove joined the celebration along with several relatives from Humboldt Grant's Pass Waterloo Iowa City and North Liberty.
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North Liberty
Mary M. Green
Green
Samuel Green
James Grove
Humboldt
Forest F. Grove
Grant’s Pass
Ore
Sam Grove
John Green
Jennie Evans
Arthur Price
Waterloo
J. W. Green
Ruth
William H. Green
Iowa City
Luther College Enrollment Reaches All Time High
Decorah Luther College reports a record enrollment with 450 students registered and projections of 460 or more by year end. Freshmen total 156, sophomores 111, juniors 74, seniors 89, and women’s enrollment has grown about 30 percent to 125.
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Decorah
D A Willis Dead Pioneer of Muscatine Pearl Button Field
D D Willis 80 longtime Muscatine pearl button pioneer who started in 1897 what became Pennant Pearl Button Co died at home. Survived by son R S Willis and daughter Mrs Helen W Perkins. Funeral set for Sunday afternoon.
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D. A. Willis
Muscatine
D. D. Willis
Pennant Pearl Button Company
R. S. Willis
Helen W. Perkins
New York
WPA Projects Authorized for 418 Jobs Across Iowa
State Administrator George J. Keller announced nine teen WPA projects to hire 418 men from other ongoing jobs. Projects include University of Iowa grounds work in Iowa City with a shelter house plan, Cedar Falls recreation facilities, street improvement, Muscatine county home renovations, and Lisbon school grounds improvements, totaling about $193 326 in WPA funds with $74 585 pledged locally.
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DES Moines
George J. Keller
Works Progress Administration
Keller
WPA
Iowa
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Muscatine County
Lisbon
Union schoolhouse to be dedicated Sunday
The new Union schoolhouse replaces the one burned last year during a Christmas program and will be dedicated with a Sunday program.
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North Englisi
Union
Couple Thought They Were Poor Farm Owners in Indiana
An 80 year old Indiana farm couple Mr and Mrs Jess McKee were found nearly starving on their 200 acre farm near Conway Bedford. Health officials discovered burlap clothing more than 50 years old. Despite believing themselves penniless they were assessed last year for 2000 in monies and credits. Guardians may be appointed as county officials intervene.
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Bedford
Bedford Hospital
Jess McKee
Conway
McKees
COGGON Ware Reunion Elects Officers at Legion Hall
The Ware reunion gathered at the Legion hall, Sunday, with sixty five members present. Bert Ellis was elected president, L. A. Hinton vice president, Mrs. Howard Lennox secretary, and Mrs. I. D. Ondler treasurer.
Hampton Man Heads Methodist Laymen
Dallas M. Harrison of Hampton was elected president of the Upper Iowa laymen conference of the Methodist church in Cedar Falls. Fred Repass of Waterloo was elected vice president, with Kermith S. Huhn of Manchester as secretary-treasurer and other delegates named to the merger conference in Kansas City.
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Central City
H. A. McAloon
L. D. Dickey
Marion
Rex Hartsell
Edgar Kerby
Fifth Street
Merton Lewis
Congregational Church
Pollock
Springville
Worley
Wilton
Woman's Republican League
Legion Auxiliary Hall
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Congress
Bertha Hart
Methodist Aid Society
Eva Kearns
Grace Sutter
Florence Sellers
Grinnell
W.O. James
Cedar Falls
Dallas M. Harrison
Hampton
Upper Iowa
Methodist Church
W. A. Lane
Marshalltown
Fred Repass
Waterloo
Harrison
Kermith S. Huhn
Manchester
S. A. Cohagan
Thomas Nicholson
Mount Vernon
Emil Surry
Frank Curried
Mason City
Kansas City
Paul Nagel
Cresco
Floyd Goodrich
L. G. Kurman
Decorah
Decorah Western Union appoints new manager Miss Behlmer
Miss Emma Behlmer, formerly of McGregor, assumed control of the Decorah Western Union office Tuesday, succeeding Mrs. Arnold Strand who resigned. Behlmer had managed the McGregor office until its recent closure.
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Decoran
Emma Behlmer
McGregor
Decorah
Western Union Telegraph Company
Arnold Strand
Miss Behlmer
Western Union Company
P. E. Spclenahan Killed in Iowa City Crash
P. E. McClenahan sixty former state superintendent of public instruction was killed in a head on crash between his car and a truck near Dodgeville Wisconsin He died Thursday and his body was to be returned to Iowa City for burial An inquest was ordered McClenahan lived with his daughter Mrs Roy Ewers and worked as a traveling salesman for a Chicago textbook firm Police said the other driver Lee Hottman of Arena Wisconsin was uninjured Edward Lueck Carver Minnesota was badly cut in the crash
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Iowa City
P. E. McClenahan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dodgeville
Wis
McClenahan
Lee Hottman
Arena
Hottman
Edward Lueck
Carver
Minn
Talk On Freedom Opens Grinnell College Year
Grinnell College began its new year with a convocation led by President John Scholte Nollen who spoke on Freedom. He cited Frank Gary Cooper’s Grinnell experience as evidence that liberal education broadens outlook, fuels vocation choices, and fosters personal growth.
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Grinnell College
Grinnell
John Scholte Nollen
Herrick Chapel
Nollen
Frank
Gary) Cooper
Sigourney Legion Elects James E. Kelley Commander
James E. Kelley has been elected commander of the Sigourney American Legion post succeeding Rex Vernon. Other officers include Harry Klein schmidt as first vice commander, William Fairchild as second vice commander, Johnny Schimmel pfennig as third vice commander, Fred Thorburn adjutant, Harold Loose finance, W. H. Needham historian, and the Rev. C. Hi. Rumbaugh chaplain.
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Sigourney
James E. Kelley
Sigourney American Legion
Rex Vernon
Harry Kleinschmidt
William Fairchild
Johnny Schimmelpfennig
Fred Thorburn
Harold Loose
W. H. Needham
C. Hi. Rumbaugh
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Yong Grand Jury
Washington County
Rainbow Girls
Benton County
McGregor Field
North Liberty Pioneer
Luther
Clinton
Methodist
P. E. Spclenahan
Phillips
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