Crash Kills Monticello Youth In Early Morning Collision
Robert Schneider 27 of Monticello died from a fractured skull after a Sunday night head on crash on highway 38 north of Monticello. Three others were injured including 15 year old Maxine Bader and 19 year old Leslie Leggett. The Meyer car driven by its owner collided with a second unnamed car. Wright, about 20, was involved in a prior fight and was hospitalized. Police described Schneider’s car as traveling at high speed. Funeral arrangements are pending Goettsch chapel.
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Monticello
Robert Schneider
Ike Schneider
Highway 38
John Meyer
William Wright
Meyer
Leslie Leggett
Irvin Leggett
Scotch Grove
Maxine Bader
Joe Bader
Schneider
Sand Spring
Miss Bader
Leggett
Senneider
John McDonald Hospital
Charles F. Fels
Henry Eichhorn
Clarence Day
Fels
Monticello Hospital
Francis Winans
Ed Meyer
Ryan
Ruth Dreisbelbis
Center Junction
Erma
Clinton
Edna Flubiger
Louis
Lauren
Phillip
Phyllis
Carol
Marvin
Kenneth
Richland Township
Goettsch Chapel
William Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Des Moines
William Henderson
Oskaloosa
Paul Casteline
Henderson
Casteline
Ron Collins
Carl Burkett
Burkett
Collins
Fatal Collision Near Monticello Claims One Life
Robert Schneider aged 27 of Monticello was killed and three others injured in a head on crash near Monticello Sunday. The right side car was a 1941 model driven by John Meyer. The left car’s driver was not identified by Monday noon. A wedding event note mentions Gipp marriage and procession details with Attendants Herbert Barlow and a Green Parrot cafe dinner in Decorah.
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Robert Schneider
Monticello
John Meyer
Schneider
Gipp
Herman Gipp
Decorah
William T. Hwexom
Herbert Barlow
Green Parrot Cafe
Fred Gipp
Death notices for Mrs. Judson Perkins and C. E. Brown
Riverside community mourns Mrs. Judson T. Perkins wife of Rev. Judson T. Perkins died at Mercy hospital Muscatine after six weeks illness Funeral services were held at Musserville church South Muscatine circuit The Rev Perkins served Riverside Kalona 1935 37 C E Brown 65 died after surgery in Cedar Rapids hospital Born Oct 7 1875 he married Mary Simmons Feb 12 1901 They had six children and survived by wife and many relatives including siblings and brothers with roots in Iowa counties and nearby towns
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C. B. Wassom
Kansas City
Ada Gower
Sarnecing Handley
Odell
Decorah
Albert S. Ramstad
Madison Lutheran Church
Martinus
Mr. Ramstad
Hatton
N. D
Tena Olson
Tom Olson
Oline
Thomas
Ole Ramstad
John
Alfred
Alma Howden
Traer
Elmer T. Young
Grant Township
William Young
North Tama
Jean McDowell
Clayton
Wallace
Robert
Java State College
Eleanor
DeWitt
Rotha Slagel
Flannigan
Young
Dave
Reinbeck
Lincoln
Waterloo
William
Portland
Ore
J. Provan
W. Simbt
St. Paul
Minn
Trucr United Presbyterian Church
C. G. McKnight
Buckingham Cemetery
Washington
Russell Leffler
Daryl Leffler
Crawfordsville
Ira Frank Leffler
Vinton
Addison Clayton
Highland
Vinton Hospital
Vinton Hotel
Howard Dickson
Riverside
Judson T. Perkins
Riverside Trinity Methodist Church
Mercy Hospital
Muscatine
Musserville
South Muscatine
Perkins
Riverside-Kalona
Marengo
C. E. Brown
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s Church
Msgr
W. E. Carroll
Mr. Brown
Cone Township
Iowa County
Mary Florence Simmons
C. A. Shaull
Blairstown
Ed L. Eichle
Ladora
James G. Honn
Ralph Walters
Watkins
Glen
Mark
Mary 5
Elliott
Aberdeen
W. E. Brown
L. M. Brown
Frank
Malcom
The
Spotlight
Carmen Cummings
Faye Gross
Chester Wiley
Robert Moyer
Dwight Davis
Lyle Meldrem
Iver Davis
Betty Wolfe
Mavin Dayton
Bob Batlisberger
Jean Brewer
Lois McKeag
Evelyn Dee
June van Willigan
Ella May Cummings
Dorothy Hicks
Edith Reany
Harry Camp
Yipton
Tipton Eastern Star
Williamsburg
Charles Harris
St. Ambrose College
Stanley
Dorothy L. Campbell
Will Campbell
Fayette
William F. Sims
W. C. Sims
Fairbank
F. O. Hillman
Inez Campbell
Delbert Sims
Marian
Sara Campbell
Mable Campbell
Sims
Stanley High School
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Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Sumner High School
Sims Farm
Wellman
Albert Walton
Walton
James Mellvain
Mellvain
Fairview Church
John Walton
Illinois
Iowa
Green Valley
Waltons
Quaife To Conduct Hog Confab In Johnson County
A Johnson county hog production meeting is set for Oct 6 at 1 p.m. County Agent Emmett Gardner announced. E L Quaife, Ames extension hog specialist, will address expanding production to meet government pork demand and economical feeds for fall pigs.
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Quaife
Johnson
Iowa City
Johnson County
Emmett Gardner
E. L. Quaife
Ames
Keokuk County Farm Bureau to Meet October 28
SIGOURNEY October 28 has been set for the Keokuk county Farm Bureau annual meeting. Mrs Raymond Sayre state chairman of the Farm Bureau women’s committee will speak. Resolutions committee members are Noel Montz Sam Brower Henry Boeyink Lynn Brower and Earl Vollmer. There are more than a hundred species of food fish in Alaska.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Farm Bureau
Raymond Sayre
Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Noel Montz
Sam Brower
Henry Boeyink
Lynn Brower
Earl Vollmer
Alaska
Monticello Librarian Resigns for Muskegon Heights Post
Miss Ann Malnar, longtime Monticello public library librarian, resigns to become librarian of Muskegon Heights High School in Michigan, starting October 6. The Monticello region also notes officer installations for DeMolay and student elections at What Cheer High School, plus local marriages and anniversaries.
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Monticello
Ann Malnar
Monticello Public
National 4-H Holstein Champions Named
Virginia Dostal of Ludlow Massachusetts and William Wailes of Milliken Colorado win 1940 national Holstein Friesian 4-H calf club titles as announced by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America in Brattleboro Vermont. Dostal, an eight year 4-H member with twenty projects including dairy, and Wailes, with five years in dairy clubs, also directed a large Holstein herd and served as a Colorado Holstein-Friesian director.
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Brattleboro
Massachusetts
Colorado
Holstein-Friesian Association of Colorado
SCS Seeds River Levee Area To Prevent Erosion
In Drury district across from Muscatine the Mississippi levee two miles was seeded with sweet clover alfalfa timothy and brome to curb repairs. The area smoothed this summer by Oakville soil camp and seeded under James Hart supervision aims for permanent pasture or hay with wildlife cover.
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Wapello
Mississippi River
Drury
Muscatine
Copperas Creek
F. E. Eickelberger
Soil Conservation
Oakville
James Hart
Soil Conservation Agronomist
Soil Conservation Service
Russell Griffith
SCS
Five Iowans Die In Weekend Crashes
Weekend Iowa crashes killed five people including Bob Schneider 27 of Monticello Elwood Ferguson 26 of Emmetsburg and Richard Bahlson 16 of Rockford. Franklin Rieck 43 Bondurant Nels Stern 67 Sioux City and Carl Noss 16 were injured or dead with additional deaths near Luray Missouri and Keokuk hospitals.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Bob Schneider
Isaac Schneider
Monticello
Elwood Ferguson
Emmetsburg
Richard Bahlson
Rockford
Franklin Rieck
Bondurant
Nels Stern
Sioux City
Rieck
Des Moines
Clarence Rieck
Franklin
David Beams
Lincoln
Neb
Ferguson
Hans Jensen
Leo Jannsen
William Jannsen
Dorothy Jannsen
Hermine Schultz
Hoppleton
Bahlson
Carl Noss
Stern
Luray
Keokuk
Omar Powers
Arbella
Francis Crandall
George Ewing
Gorin
Virgil Brown
Vets Seek Rename Lindbergh Street to Victory Drive
United Spanish war veterans in Council Bluffs urge changing Lindbergh drive to Victory drive to protest Charles A. Lindbergh’s America First stance. Three families on the block-long street oppose the cam paign with residents noting patriotism can exist without overreacting to the issue.
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Council Bluffs
John Matherley
Charles A. Lindbergh
G. W Kirn
Man Dies Of Heart Attack Aboard Train
W F Hubert aged 68 of Sheboygan Wisconsin former president of Lakeshire Marty Cheese company Plymouth Wisconsin was found dead Monday aboard a Santa Fe train arriving at Fort Madison. Death attributed to a heart attack. He was traveling with his wife from San Francisco to Sheboygan.
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Fort Madison
W. F. Hubert
Sheboygan
Wis
Lakeshire- Marty Cheese Company
Plymouth
Huber
San Francisco
Vinton Struggles to Finish Power Plant Motor
Vinton awaits completion of the municipal power plant with a 1000 horsepower Diesel motor. The generator is ready but 2000 pounds of copper wiring are needed and manufacturers seek a quick priority ruling, though completion may be delayed.
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Vinton
George Reynolds
Cedar Falls Mill Destroyed In Nine Hour Fire
Cedar Falls firefighters fought an all night blaze that destroyed the three story Cedar Falls Mills built around 1870. Damage was estimated at 35000 to 50000 dollars. The origin was undetermined and the cupola collapsed as crews sprayed six water streams. Nearby buildings in the business district suffered damage as well. The mill was owned by Leon Apfel.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Mills
Leon Apfel
Four Hurt When Car Plunges Into Creek Bed Near Vinton
Mr Taschner, his wife, their daughter Helen, and Ray Pollock of Vinton were injured Saturday around 11 pm when his car crashed into a creek bed seven miles southeast of town after a bridge washout. They were treated at Vinton hospital. Mrs Taschner remained hospitalized with a broken jaw and severe injuries.
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Vinton
L. Taschner
Helen
Ray Pollock
Taschner
Vinton Hospital
Backstage in Iowa politics a venting report
Iowa Daily Press Association notes Backstage comments on the state printing board bid for the Iowa educational directory at 1.70 a page, Shenandoah firm delays and farmed out work, a tax commission shakeup rumor, and a wary vital statistics division after a costly birth record inquiry.
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EL Moines
State Printing Board
Iowa Educational Directory
World Publishing Company
Shenandoah
Tom Purcell
Hampton
Walter Sharp
Burlington
Omaha
George A. Wilson
Printing Board
Shenandoah Firm
State Vital Statistics Division
Des Moines Sign Sparks Frank Misimpression On Fatalities
Downtown neon sign reading 11 killed so far this year causes outsiders to think Des Moines aims for a new traffic death record. Mil ler privately says he would be a cinch to win if he enters the republican gubernatorial race. Democratic tensions rise over Herring primary opposition while state executive council discussions suggest a broader political fire.
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Des Moines
Earl G. Miller
Senator Herring
State Executive Council
Iowa Roads May Be Given Hard Shoulders
Des Moines AP reports Ray Murray a WPA official says thousands in Iowa may work on postwar hard surfaced highway shoulders using crushed rock and asphalt top. He cites shoulder safety aiding preventing rollovers and notes WPA has built over 30 thousand rural road miles, 1,170 urban miles, plus bridges, sidewalks and public buildings in its 1935 41 program.
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DES Moines
Ray Murray
Murray
State Highway Commission
WPA
Iowa
Washington Church Centennial Observed October 12 to 14
The First United Presbyterian church of Washington Iowa marks its centennial with events October 12 13 and 14. The anniversary sermon will be delivered October 12 by Dr J M Wishart of Carnegie Pennsylvania and other speakers include Dr J Mills Taylor Dr John Simpson and Dr C A Owen.
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Washington
First United Presbyterian Church
George W. Rudiger
Carolyn Hamilton
H. H McCleery
Fort Sherman
Clarence Logan
Cloyce Stewart
J. M. Wishart
Carnegie, Pa
Church of God
J. Mills Taylor
Philadelphia
Foreign Board of the Church
John Simpson
Oak Park Sl
C A Owen
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Clarence Man Is Found Guilty Of Drunk Driving
A jury in Tipton convicts Alfred Hoffner of Clarence after more than six hours of deliberation in a drunken driving case. A sealed verdict was opened in court by Judge John T. Moffit and sentencing will follow at a later date.
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Waukon
Waukon Equity Cooperative Association
William Sunderman
F. G. Worley
Boscabel
Wis
H. E. Taylor
Sunderman
Worley
Clarence Man
Tipton
Alfred Hoffner
Clarence
Banff Chitles Plank
John T. Moffit
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Knerr DUI Case
After 11 hours of deliberation, a Washington county jury could not decide the fate of Roy Knerr on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge Frank W. Beckles discharged the jury and ordered the case continued to the October term.
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Washington
Washingon
Roy Knerr
Brighton
Keng
Frank W. Beckles
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