Estate Of Manchester Murder Victim Denied Damages
Iowa supreme court on Tuesday denied the estate of Mabel B. Tracy of Manchester the right to $15,000 in damages from Reginald S. Tracy’s estate. The ruling upholds a lower court finding that a wife cannot sue her husband for injuries from a legal wrong.
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Estate of Manchester
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Mabel B. Tracy
Manchester
Reginald S. Tracy
Bennie Worm
High Tribunal
Supreme Court
Aldrich
Iowa
Tracy
Adolph Berg
Berg
Flossie Fear
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
U S Files Liquor Charges Against Two Sioux City Men
Federal liquor charges were filed in Sioux City against William and James Wilson tavern proprietors after a federal raid. Agents reported eighteen gallons of illegal whisky six quarts of alcohol and gin were seized. The brothers face violation charges linked to a prior raid.
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Sioux City
William and
James Wilson
Mrs. Simmons Set to Speak in Iowa City Monday
Mrs. George B. Simmons of Marshall Missouri a writer for farm magazines and a nationally known Republican speaker will address Iowa City next Monday Republican officials said the site is not yet determined The nationally recognized speaker gained prominence from her Springfield Illinois grass roots conference speech earlier this year
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Iowa City
George B. Simmons
Marshall
Stopping liquor craving with Alcoban advertised
A hospital used prescription medicine for alcohol craving is now sold to the public as Alcoban. It claims to remove liquor craving and boost resistance, with a money back guarantee. Distributed by Western Chemicals, Inc. in Seattle and sold at May's Cut Rate Drug Store for $2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Chemicals, Inc
Holland Bldg
Seattle
Washington
31 College Heads To Attend Friley Inauguration
Representatives from over 150 colleges signaled attendance for the Oct. 7 inauguration of Iowa State College president Charles E. Friley. The ceremony at State gym follows the academic procession and features addresses by William B. Bizzell and Finley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Charles E. Friley
Iowa State College
M. D. Helser
State Gymnasium
William B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
Dr. Finley
George T. Baker
State Board of Education
Memorial Union
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
State Teachers College
Orval R. Latham
Coe College
Harry M. Gage
Drake University
Daniel W. Morehouse
Finley
Clyde L. Herring
Board of Education
Senator Praises New Deal At Manchester
U S Senator George H McGill of Kansas addressed about 200 at the Manchester courthouse praising the banking system and the agricultural program under the present administration. He contrasted pre Roosevelt policy with the AAA and argued incomes for American farmers have risen to the highest since 1929.
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Manchester
U. S
George H. McGill
Kansas
Court House
Francis V. Ellis
McGill
Iowa
Fred Biermann
Roosevelt
Hoover
New York
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Moonlight Not Shown to Harm Sleep or Mind
The statement asserts there is no basis to claim danger in sleeping under moonlight for mental or visual health. It argues that moonlight does not affect the mind or sight in a harmful way.
One Hundred Men Pledged At State Teachers College
Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College reports eighty-one men pledged after three weeks of fraternity activity. Alpha Delta Alpha and Phi Sigma Epsilon led with nineteen pledges each, followed by Xando with seventeen Lambda Gamma Nu sixteen and Alpha Chi Epsilon ten. Pledges include Edward Ferreter Marion Harry Schley Cedar Rapids Louis Breitbach Masonville LeVan Shugart Marion James Lee Kinross Clarence Reimer Guttenberg Wilbur Hamersly South English Rex Decker Hedrick William Bolt Traer August Belinske Oelwein Leo Stroup Wapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Alpha Delta Alpha
Phi Sigma Epsilon
Xanho
Lambda Gamma Nu
Alpha Chi Epsilon
Iowa
Felow
Edward Ferreter
Marion
Harry Schley
Cedar Rapids
Louis Breitbach
Masonville
Xando—LeVan Shugart
James Lee
Kinross
Clarence Reimer
Guttenberg
Wilbur Hamersly
South English
Rex Decker
Hedrick
William Bolt
Traer
August Belinske
Oelwein
Leo Stroup
Wapello
Cornell College Names 52 For A Cappella Choir
Mount Vernon announces 52 students selected from 150 applicants for admission to the Cornell College a cappella choir. Twenty are new this year including Alma Moots Eleanor Gough Vincent Gough and others. existing members listed return. Choir tours Cedar Rapids Marion and eastern Iowa Illinois towns, with last year’s members continuing.
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Mount Vernon
Harold Baltz
Conservatory of Music
Cornell College
Cornell
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa
Illinois
Alma Moots
Eleanor Gough
Vincent Gough
Sara Manda Hiller
Kilduff
Margaret
Blairstown
Keith Fate
Fargo
N. D
Genevieve Greenwood
Geneseo
Fred Putnam
Brookfield
Faith Burgstahler
Charles Fisher
Huldah Peet
Elizabeth Bryant
Robert Bennett
Margaret Hedges
Velma Hill
Frances Keeler
Tom Nelson
Durant
Grace Fowler
Oak Park
Ill
Arla Collis
Rosa Lee Osburn
River Forest
Alice Barker
Creston
Pauline Miller
Charles City
Lois Reitzel
Sterling
Irene Peterson
Gilman
Marilyn Ross
Chicago
Jack Winston
Hinsdale
Mary Foster
Algona
Francis Glenn
Nina Trump
Polo
June Mathison
Story City
Richard Wessling
Midge Owen
Osage
William Cook
Waterloo
Wendall Vander Bie
Lime Springs
Chester Webb
Stockton
Rochard Moore
Tipton
Margaret Handel
Mason City
Duane Crossley
Northwood
Pioneer Iowa matriarch Harriet Hodgin Crew dies at 80
Mrs. O. K. Crew aged 80 died at her West Union home after a life spanning Linn and Keokuk counties then Independence. Born Harriet Elizabeth Hodgin in Ohio on March 17 1856 she married O. K. Crew in 1875 and with eight children survives S. S. Bark ley J. C. Heald Hubert Pierce M L Whit cher Ray Crew Edward and Cecil Crew. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the family home and Independence chapel with burial in Independence.
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West Union
O. K. Crew
Ohio
Iowa
Linn County
Harriet Elizabeth Hodgin
Crew
Springville
Keokuk County
Independence
Maude Walden
S. S. Barkley
Greeley
Colo
J. C. Heald
Eugene
Ore
Hubert Pierce
Sac City
M. L. Whitcher
Ray Crew
Quasqueton
Sacrificial slaughter of animals in Confucian worship cited
A report notes sixty two thousand animals are slaughtered annually in sacrificial worship to Confucius in China, highlighting a traditional ritual practice and its scale.
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China
Fire damages Racine cigar store in downtown Iowa City
Fire starting in basement of the Racine cigar store No. 1 in the center of Iowa City's business district caused about $20,000 in damage. Firemen gained control in two hours as smoke-filled conditions affected nearby shops. Fire losses were split with $14,000 claimed by Fred Racine for his merchandise and building and $6,000 split among adjacent stores Hawkeye shoe repair Willard dress shop and Domby shoe store.
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Iowa City
Racine Cigar Store
Fred Racine
Domby Shoe
Mental patients exceed college graduates in Iowa
Des Moines AP report notes last year 10,746 average daily mental hospital patients in Iowa and 3,915 new admissions. Colonel H Edmund Bullis cites 57 percent of Iowa hospital beds occupied by mental patients and argues for treatment over stigma.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. Edmund Bullis
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Bullis
American Medical Association
University of Iowa to Host 23rd Education Conference
Iowa City will host the University of Iowa’s twenty third annual conference on administration and supervision starting next Thursday. More than 400 executives are expected. Lectures cover Iowa School Financial Reorganization Improving the Small High School and The Distribution of High School Instruction Reading and Learning. Lecturers include Dean Melvin H. Haggerty, Dean Ernest O. Melby, K O Broady and Prof Ben D Wood. Demonstrations in experimental schools will occur during the two day sessions.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Melvin H. Haggerty
University of Minnesota
Ernest O. Melby
Northwestern
K. O. Broady
University of Nebraska
Ben D
Let Contract For Springville Paving
The Haegg Construction company of Cedar Rapids won the Springville street paving bid at a public letting Saturday. The $19,526.74 bid was below the estimate, prompting a request to widen the project from 18 to 20 feet by a change of specifications with PWA. Work to begin by Oct. 1.
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Springville
Haegg Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Howard R. Green
PWA
Covington Plans Community Day Celebration
Covington church women announce a community day this Saturday with events starting at 11 a.m. A stunt program opens the schedule followed by an ox roast and chicken dinner at noon. The 4 H girls band from Alburnett performs at 1 p.m. and Rev. Lee Crippen gives the address.
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Gazette
Covington
Alburnett
Lee Crippen
Atalissa Holds First Homecoming Saturday
Atalissa hosts its first homecoming on Saturday Oct. 3 with events including a kittenball tournament arranged by Dale Smith of the school. A band concert old time dance and a fiddlers contest are featured. Democratic speakers appear in the afternoon and Republicans in the evening. Royal Neighbors serve dinner and supper at their new headquarters.
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Atalissa
Dale Smith
Jury Heard Suit Over Auto Collision Near Atkins
A jury was impaneled in district court at Vinton to hear Bernard Rieder of near Norway vs Farmers Stores Inc of Minneapolis. The case seeks 750 in damages from a collision two miles southeast of Atkins involving a Rieder car and a company truck. Judge C E Walters presided with plaintiffs Chester Eller and J W Tobin and defense attorneys Don Barnes and Ed Wadsworth. Jurors include Cecelia Wehrman Luzerne Etta Trego Vinton Karl Gerhold Atkins Wayne Saunders Vinton Alice C Park Belle Plaine John Peterson Mount Auburn Joseph A Schulte Norway Lynn Burrell Center Point Jennie Conklin Belle Plaine Genevieve Barron Van Horne Archie Martin Garrison Ruth Craig Belle Plaine.
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Vinton
Bernard Rieder
Near Norway
Farmers Stores, Inc
Minneapolis
Rieder
Atkins
C. E. Walters
Toledo
Chester Eller
Des Moines
J. W. Tobin
Don Barnes
Ed Wadsworth
Cedar Rapids
Cecelia Wehrman
Luzerne
Etta Trego
Karl Gerhold
Wayne Saunders
Alice C. Park
Belle Plaine
John Peterson
Mount Auburn
Joseph A. Schulte
Norway
Lynn Burrell
Center Point
Jennie Conklin
Genevieve Barron
van Horne
Archie Martin
Garrison
Ruth Craig
Waukon to Celebrate Corn Day on October 8
Waukon business leaders approve Corn Day events for October 8 with Frank Graham elected president and Al P. Hummel as secretary treasurer. An executive committee and multiple chairmen are named to organize finance, parade, corn queen, advertising, dances, decorations, music, show, milk, entertainment, parking, and rest room facilities.
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Gazett Waukon
Waukon
Frank Graham
al P. Hummel
Ludvig Larson
E. A. Leschensky
P. D. Cord
M. C. Stoneburg
Frank Hausman
Leonard Herman
N. E. Roggensack
Don Klinkee
Albert S. Tousley
J. J. Arnold
Charles Lane
Nathan Hale
Lou Hanson
Walter Joy
Prof. Grathe
Fred O'Riley
Supt
B. K. Orr
W. R
Manchester Dentists Convene. Nesler Elected President
Dr. William Nesler of Dubuque was named president of the Dubuque District Dental Society at a Manchester meeting Monday afternoon. About one hundred members attended with representation from seven counties. The event included a golf tournament, banquets, and talks by Dr. Henry Bach of Milwaukee and Dr. R. Volland of Iowa City on “In days.”
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Cocci
Gate Nchester
William Nesler
Dubuque
Donald J. Goen
Manchester
M. R. Kadesky
Henry Willits
Glen-Charles
D. J. Goen
Henry Boos
Minneapolis
C. L. Veach
Bellevue
J. C
Waukon
R. Volland
Iowa City
Amelia Earhart Putnam to Speak in Grinnell on Aviation Ad ventures
Amelia Earhart Putnam, famed for the 1928 transatlantic flight as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, will address an audience at Herrick chapel in Grinnell on October 13 on "Aviation Ad ventures."
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Grinnell
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Herrick Chapel
Security Salesman Indicted in Marengo
C G Baker of Des Moines indicted by the Iowa county grand jury on selling unregistered securities. He allegedly recruited truck drivers for motion picture film delivery routes taking three percent of profits from a $300 investment. Contracts signed in Cedar Rapids Marengo Ottumwa Williamsburg and Des Moines. Baker formerly traffic manager for the Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce.
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Marengo
C. G. Baker
Des Moines
Iowa County Grand Jury
Secretary of State
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Williamsburg
Baker
Benton County
Robert Calvert
Elmer Miller
North English
Pick Up Jesup Youth On Bad Check Charges
TIPTON Mearl Fear 23 of Jesup employed as a farm hand was arrested at Independence and returned to Tipton to answer bad check charges. Fear allegedly passed checks in Cedar Muscatine and Jones counties and forged the name of his former employer Will Penningroth on Cedar county checks totaling about 100 dollars. No charge filed yet for those checks. another former employer filed larceny charges.
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Tipton
Mearl Fear
Jesup
Independence
Fear
Cedar
Muscatine
Jones Counties
Cedar County
Fears
Will Penningroth
No Relief From Relief Load In Sight For Iowa
Des Moines reports a high relief and government work load expected this winter, with at least 50 000 Iowans dependent on aid across IERA WPA PWA and drought relief. Officials say no relief increase is anticipated despite previous peaks near 65 000, while old age pensions add about 30 000 recipients.
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Des Moines
INS
IERA
WPA
PWA
Iowa
Works Progress Administration
Highway Commission
Two Montezuma Doctors Arrested in Narcotics Sweep
In a nationwide narcotics crackdown, two Montezuma physicians Dr. E. B. Williams and Dr. J. Lee Taylor were arrested by Deputy Marshal Charles Andes of Des Moines. They posted $1,500 bonds and appeared before a U S commissioner in Ottumwa on charges of dispensing narcotics outside proper practice and failing to maintain complete records.
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Montezuma
INS
Federal
Treasury Department
E. B. Williams
J. Lee Taylor
Charles Andes
Des Moines
United States
Ottumwa
Three Benton men jailed for theft at Atkins tool house
Three Benton county men broke into a Milwaukee railroad tool house in Atkins last spring and stole fourteen brass car journals. George Goodwin received five years at Fort Madison on grand larceny. Leo Goodwin got five years at Anamosa reformatory. Eldred Anderson drew six months with time served. all prior record hints at further trouble. They allegedly sold the brass to a Cedar Rapids junk dealer for ten dollars.
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Gazette
Vinton
Benton County
Milwaukee
Atkins
C. E. Walters
Toledo
George Goodwin
Fort Madison
Leo Goodwin
Anamosa Reformatory
Eldred Anderson
Goodwins
Cedar Rapids
Marriage Announcement Anna Belle Wiest to Walter Heineman
Mr and Mrs E S Wiest announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Belle to Walter Heineman on September 19 at Marshalltown in the Church of Christ manse officiated by Rev Dennis. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Dick Meech of Marshalltown. The couple will reside at the Heineman farm northwest of town later in October.
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Mount Auburn
E. S. Wiest
Anna Belle
Walter Heineman
Marshalltown
Dennis
Church of Christ
Dick Meech
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Mrs. Simmons
Senet
Mays Tea Room
Second
John Woelich
Friley
Cornellians
Dentists’ Convention
For
LUX
White Gold
L. A. Lower, Jeweler
Third Street
General Electric
General Air Conditioning Corporation
Third Avenue SE
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