Confession in Torture Murder Ties Two Youths to Crime
State bureau of investigation announced a solution to the torture murder of John E. Parker, a 70 year old Rockwell City recluse. Marvin A. O Shaughnessy alias Irish Hogan of Fort Dodge is held for first degree murder. Robert Aney alias Kraft of Rockwell City is at large. The suspects, both ex-convicts, admitted involvement after fingerprints on a trunk near the victim were linked to the case. Avery remains at large. The August 26 killing involved beating and binding the farmer. the trio allegedly stole 4.80 and a watch.
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Des Moines
INS
John E. Parker
Rockwell City
State Bureau of Investigation
Marvin A. O’shaughnessy
Irish Hogan
Fort Dodge
Robert Aney
Kraft
Rockwellity
O’shaughnessy
Glen Schmidt
State Bureau
Avery
St. Paul
Helen Meisinger
Volved Avery
Schmidt
State Reformatory
Anamosa
University of Iowa enrollments rise in dentistry and nursing
Special to The Gazette from Iowa City reports final registrar figures show dentistry up by 22 students to 191 and nursing increasing to 256 from 237. Pharmacy stays level while the law college dips by three to 240 as compared with last year.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dentistry
Nursing
Pharmacy
Midaw School
Dentistry College
School of Nursing
School of Pharmacy
Law College
Washington Couple Observes Anniversary
Washington Mr. and Mrs. George F. Wallace celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a dinner at the Congress hotel and an open house. Fifty years after their wedding on September 26, 1886, twenty five of the seventy five wedding guests attended.
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Gazette
Washington
Ian
George F. Wallace
Congress Hotel
Wallace
Mary Jane Henderson
J. H. Henderson
Henderson
Clarence Walker
Ainsworth
Mac Wallace
Clara Wallace
Miss Samuelson
University of Iowa
Frank Cook Leads Iowa County Gop Volunteer Group
Marengo announces Frank Cook will head the Iowa county Republican volunteers with Dorothy Pugh as secretary. The group aims to grow from about 125 members and plans to name a vice president for each township within the county.
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Marengo
Frank Cook
Iowa County
Republican Volunteers
Dorothy Pugh
Divorce actions filed in district court October term
Three new divorce suits are in Manchester district court. Mrs. W. H. Guess seeks decree and property transfers from her former dentist husband now in Cedar Rapids, with monthly alimony and custody details. Blanche Barnd Stock seeks custody of four of nine children from William Charles Stock. Harold F. Puffet sues Eileen Evans Puffet for divorce and seeks custody of their one year old son.
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Manchester
W. H. Guess
Cedar Rapids
Guess
Earlville
Stanley Klaus
Blanche Barnd Stock
William Charlestock
Harold F. Puffet
Pee
Eileen Evans Puffet
500 Expected At Iowa City Chamber Reorganization Dinner
More than fifty teams canvassed the business district and campus as plans formed to entertain at least 500 people at the chamber of commerce reorganization dinner in Iowa City next Monday evening. Jay J. McNamara will preside and James E. Gheen of New York City will be the principal speaker.
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Iowa City
Chamber of Commerce
Jay J. McNamara
James E. Gheen
New York
N. Y
Iowa City seeks farmer aid in power plant battle
Mayor Thomas E. Martin and Iowa City officials plan to enlist 700 farmers from the Rural Electrification cooperative to back a municipal electric light plant. The city offers farmers 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour, cheaper than the rival 6 cent bid, and cites legal challenges to the project. An expected $200,000 federal loan for lines awaits approval in Washington.
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Iowa City
Thomas E. Martin
Rural Electrification Co-Operative
Edward A. Opfell
RFC
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Co-Operative Association
REC
REA
Opfell
Washington, D. C
Siegel Appeals to Highest Court Over Man Slaughter Conviction
Sioux City man Joe Siegel, freed on bond for more than two years, asks the U S Supreme Court to review an Iowa court denial of a new trial in the Glenn Gross death at Valley Gardens nightclub. He alleges juror coercion and improper telephonic contact during the trial. Siegel, already under a liquor injunction, was recently arrested in a whisky raid at the New Deal confectionery allegedly run by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Joe Siegel
Maurice E. Rawlings
United States Supreme Court
Iowa
Glenn Gross
Valley Gardens
Siegel
New Deal
Cornell Banquet At Conference Tonight
Karl Andrist new Cornell faculty violinist will perform a group of pieces at the Cornell banquet in Marshalltown tied to the Upper Iowa Conference of the Methodist church. He will be accompanied by Prof. Harold Baltz of the Cornell Conservatory as Bishop G Bremley Oxnam delivers the keynote address. The program is hosted by Cornell President H J Burgstahler with planned participation from Dr Frank Cole Dr Frank Brooks Dr C C Bacon and Genevieve Greenwood among others. Faith Burgstahler will sing two soprano solos accompanied by Baltz.
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Mount Vernon
Karl Andrist
Cornell College
Cornell
Marshalltown
Upper Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Andrist
Harold Baltz
Cornell Conservatory
G. Bremley Oxnam
Omaha
H. J. Burgstahler
Frank Cole
Frank Brooks
C. C. Bacon
Marshalltown Methodist Church
Genevieve Greenwood
Geneseo
Ill
Faith Burgstahler
Doden Buol Nuptials At Zion Lutheran Wayne Township
Miss Mildred Doden daughter of Mr and Mrs John Doden Wayne township wed Raymond Buol son of Mr and Mrs George Buol Monticello at Zion s Lutheran church Wayne township Rev J P Willms officiated in a large gathering Lorene Zimmerman played Lohengrin and attendants were Velma Schofield and Lester Wenger A wedding supper for thirty followed at the bride’s home The couple will reside near Monticello
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Monticello
Mildred Doden
John Doden
Wayne Township
Raymond Buol
George Buol
Zion’s Lutheran Church
J. P. Willms
Lorene Zimmerman
Lohengrin
Velma Schofield
Lester Wenger
First Aurora school paper The Owl is published
The Aurora school paper The Owl debuts with Jean ette Gibson as editor in chief and a staff including Dorothy Maudlin as assistant editor Dorothy Schweitzer as business manager Aurilla Jenkins production manager and Vernon Anderman advertising manager.
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Aurora
Owl
Jeanette Gibson
Dorothy Maudlin
Dorothy Schweitzer
Aurilla Jenkins
Vernon Anderman
Iowa Women Push State Aid for Schools and Welfare
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs approved resolutions urging the state to allocate revenue from the three point tax to public schools and to fund the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station in Iowa City. The measure cites unequal local funding and calls for state subsidies, noting 95 percent of school costs come from local property taxes. The grant from the Rockefeller foundation funds the welfare station, set to end this year. Art prize winners include clubs from George, Webster City, Charles City, and Cedar Rapids with several Des Moines artists among the ten finalists.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Iowa City
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. G. MacMartin
Tama
Federation
Department of Education
Iowa Teachers’ Association
United States
Rockefeller Foundation
George
Webster City
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Traer
Davenport
Velma Rayness
Ames
Louise Anderson
Fort Dodge
Louise Orwig
Fred Hartsook
Dorthea Tomlison
Persis Robertson
Jail Boys Charged With Slugging Pal
Creston police held two youths in jail as suspects in the assault on 52 year old George Henry Karonick in the railroad yards. Karonick says the boys rode with him on a freight train from eastern Iowa and attacked him with a steel rod after he gave them bread and sardines. He plans to identify them again today and recover money from his pocket to fund travel to Red Oak.
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Creston (Ap
Creston
George Henry Karonick
Karonick
Iowa
Red Oak
Clinton Schoolmen Name Calamus Man President
The Clinton county schoolmasters club met with sixty members. Supt. Nels Olson of Calamus was elected president with officers Supt. F W Mona Lyons as vice president and F C Bowersox Clinton as secretary treasurer. Plans for a DeWitt December school board dinner were made with a committee led by Walter Linder DeWitt and W J Yourd Clinton.
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Calamus
Clinton County Schoolmasters Club
Waltin Olson
Eileen Neff
Bernice Lahann
Melba Neff
A. E. Busch
Grand Mound
C. W. Brown
Clinton
Nels Olson
F. W. Mona
Lyons
F. C. Bowersox
DeWitt
Walter Linder
W. J. Yourd
E. E. Ladd
Charlotte
Busch
L. W. Reid
Delmar
L. E. Robertson
Elmira
O. H. Story
E. E. Andrews
Elwood
W. N. Williams
Monticello Elected Officers Share Schoolwide Roles
The Monticello high school elected officers across grades with seniors Royal Rodman as president, Dean Morey as vice president, Lois Kuhns as secretary and treasurer. Juniors chose Robert Wahl president, Kathleen Carlson vice president, Charles Fields secretary and treasurer. Sophomores named George Smith president, Doris Lubben vice president, Vernon Schatz secretary and treasurer. Freshmen selected Shirley Hobart president, Charles Wright vice president, Edna Howell secretary and treasurer. Eighth grade picked Robert Liddy president, Charles Ross secretary and treasurer. Seventh grade elected Venita Shover president, Gene Walker vice president, Ruth Ann Hoag secretary and treasurer.
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Monticello
Royal Rodman
Dean Morey
Lois Kuhns
Robert Wahl
Kathleen Carlson
Charles Fields
George Smith
Doris Lubben
Vernon Schatz
Shirley Hobart
Charles Wright
Edna Howell
Robert Liddy
Lyle Brown Marries Ada Pauline Price at Hopkinton
Justice R E Goss presided at the marriage of Lyle Brown of Hopkinton and Ada Pauline Price of Troy Mills at his home on Thursday evening. The bride is the daughter of Charles and Mrs Price of Troy Mills and the groom is the son of Mrs James Davis of Hopkinton. They plan a brief honeymoon and will live near Buck Creek where Brown farms for H B Sill.
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Hopkinton
R. E. Goss
Lyle Brown
Ada Pauline Price
Troy Mills
Charles Price
James Davis
Buck Creek
Brown
H. B. Sill
Monona Student Council elects officers for next year
Monona student body selected Eileen Drahn as president Jason Moses as vice president Ramona Schultz as secretary for the coming school year.
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Monona
Eileen Drahn
Jason Moses
Ramona Schultz
Bootlegging Amos and Andy Cited by Iowa City Official
Iowa City Alderman George Bouck accused area beer parlors of bootlegging Amos and Andy by playing their radio program after 10 p.m. The city ordinance bans radios and any music or dancing in beer parlors after that hour. Bouck made the charge while seeking to repeal the beer law.
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Iowa City
Amos and Andy
Gazette
Amos and
Andy
George Bouck
Bouch
Rain Ends Dust Storm Across Iowa as Showers Spread
Rainfell across Iowa halting a brief dust storm and bringing cooler weather. Federal meteorologist Charles D Reed said showers would continue in eastern Iowa Sunday morning with rainfall totals from Keokuk to Davenport and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Inwood
Burlington
Keokuk
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Charles City
Grinnell Woman's Club Announces Yearly Speakers Schedule
Grinnell Woman's Club names speakers for the year. Opening meeting October 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the college Faculty club features guest junior federation, glove maker G S Lannom II. Subsequent talks include Prof J W Charlton, Robert Y Kerr, Prof H W Norris, Mrs Ralph Brooker, Mrs Earl Strong, Prof F L Baumann, and a practical garden meeting led by Mrs D M Cox with plans for a May flower show and handwork display.
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Grinnell
Grinnell Woman’s Club
Wilford Smiley
G. S. Lannom, II
Stewart Library
J. W. Charlton
Woman’s Club Rooms
F. L. Baumann
D. M. Cox
Traer Constable Drops Charge Against Farmer
Traer constable M S Richmond dropped charges of assault and battery and resisting an officer against Steve Drahos northwest of Traer after Drahos agreed to pay a $6.31 judgment plus costs to Wieck brothers, Traer gasoline dealers. Marshal Harry Otter man and Deputy Will Winters aided in subduing Drahos. Charges were suspended as settlement was reached.
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TRAER
M. S. Richmond
Steve Drakos
Richmond
Harry Otterman
Will Winters
Drahos
Wieck Brothers
Youth Collapses After Alleged Attack in Iowa Rail Yards
Donald Kerr of Lakewood Ohio told authorities in El Dorado that he was slugged in the Vinton Iowa railroad yards after hitchhiking from a Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps camp. He collapsed upon arrival in town, suffering a fractured skull, and was hospitalized. Dora Wray Alt dies at North Liberty home aged 80. survived by daughter Edith Ranshaw and stepson Carson Wray. Funeral planned Sunday in Iowa City with Rev A M Smith officiating.
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Eldorado
Donald Kerr
Lakewood
Ohio
Vinton
Kerr
Vermont
Civilian Conservation Corps
North Liberty
Dora Wray Alt
Lee Ranshew
Riverside garage robbed of 39 dollars in unlocked safe
The Glenn Kal laus garage in Riverside was broken into after a back door entry via a broken window. A thief used a jacket to wipe fingerprints and left a scrap iron piece and a bottle of alcohol outside. Sheriff Putnam of Washington was notified.
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Riverside
Glenn Kallaus
Putnam
Washington
Gillette Says Business Better and Safer Now
Gillette of Cherokee Iowa says in Albia that business is much better and safer and citizens are more financially secure than in March 1933. He criticizes Hoover era failures and praises Roosevelt banking policies including the deposit insurance up to 5000 dollars and federal guarantees of deposits.
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Gillette
ALBIA
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
United States
Roosevelt
Dewitt Ladies Society Elects Officers
Mrs. L. A. Seelman was re elected president of the Methodist church Ladies society at the annual meeting this week. Other officers include Vice Presidents Mrs. H. A. Grantham and Mrs. W. C. Bliss recording secretary Mrs. H. A. Adams corresponding secretary Mrs. R. J. Smith and treasurer Mrs. G. M. Smith.
Benton County liquor raids lead to two arrests
Federal, state and county officers raided four Benton County sites Friday and seized alcohol on premises of Hank's Cozy Corner in Blairs Town and in Bruce Township. Henry Bross and Raymond Miller were arrested on illegal possession charges after waiving preliminary hearings. both posted bond.
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Vinton
Benton County
Henry Bross
Hank
Blairstown
Highway 30
Raymond Miller
Bruce Township
J. A. Ruhl
Bond
J. B. Franklin
Fred Rose
Ed Miller
Rube Taylor
Moon
Rails Extended Between Columbus Junction and Muscatine
Steady progress on the Rock Island lines with ten miles completed under foreman John Motzer. Projected finish by October 10, followed by five to six weeks of ballasting. A work train of twenty men distributes track material and gravel. thirty five re-surface the bed. ninety place rails.
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Columbus Junction
Rock Island
Muscatine
John Motzer
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Oscar Wilde
Chicago
Chicago Sunday Tribune
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London
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