Iowa items of crime labor and politics from March news
Burglars loot a Sioux City theatre safe as police pursue leads while Albia mine announces closure for April 1 with 400 jobs at risk. Des Moines opens golf season at Waveland with 240 players. Harrison Township orchestra will broadcast from ISU station. Five held on raids in Webster and Calhoun counties await district grand jury action. Soil erosion demonstrations scheduled April 7 and 8 in Page County. Sioux City mayor and finance chief refuse to comply with Loevrein Brookhart provisions, likely headed to the state supreme court. Death of Termen Knepper, city assessor since January. Carroll court case against Supervisor Augustine continued. Cedar Rapids woman Selma Robovsky dies in car crash. driver in custody. Brookhart hosts six Town City coeds for political instruction. Waterloo merger of Hawkeye Oil and Hawkhe Tank Line announced. new officers named. Waukon attorney D. J. Murphy on bond to appear amid embezzlement and forgery indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
D. J. Murphy
E. F. Pieper
Murphy
Psychopathic Hospital
Town City
Voters Storm Polls In Tight Vinton Mayor Race
Voters flocked to polling places in Vinton to cast ballots for mayor George N. Vvice and councilmen, as early counts suggested a close result. By late afternoon, turnout looked strong with 200 votes at the city hall and 180 at the courthouse, with expectations of a record number voting before the seven o clock close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
George N. Vvice
EA. Buxton
Vinten
Bow Arice
Buxton
Price Council
Lo Wis
Price
AL Thompson
Citizens
CC. I. Donels
Donels
Council
Thompson
Hundred of Folk
Dan Bryan
Iowa Farmers Score New Road Victory in Senate Action
Des Moines March 31 The farm to market roadsmen won a small victory as an amendment to the highway bill was incorporated. The change keeps in law a 122 percent spoil assessment against benefitted districts on the core of federal roads one mile and a half off the primary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Bells and inked knees spark educators’ revolt
Boston, March 30. High school girls known as flappers faced teacher anger as bell garters were banned and inked knee sketches sparked protests. Hudson and Swampscott barred garters while Portland and surrounding districts allowed some self expression until teachers joined to suppress both bells and ink drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Hudson and
Swampscott
Portland
Maine
South Portland
Deering
Forbes Doctor Battle to Save Veteran Leader
Boston reports doctors confer to save Forbes, once a central figure in a major government scandal. He suffered an apoplexy event on visit to a relative, left side impairment, and is under care at a veterans hospital. Authorities note no suicide motive linked to his illness as specialists fight to stabilize him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mar
Col
Hardes RB
Forbes
United States
Voetirans
Gureita
Wosears
Port Leavenworth
Veterans’ Hospital
Vous
Catone Forbes
Prosecutor Attacks Arrest Of Official In Waterloo Case
The Waterloo case centers on a public official accused after the arrest of James Anderson a private liquor investigator from Cook's office. Anderson faces indecent conduct charges tied to a movie theater incident as prosecutors challenge the arrest and underlying discredit claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Mareh An
Aire
Willaip A. Cook
Jhanies Anderson
Cook
Anderson
Muniaeger
Bus Service Suspended After Bankruptcy Filing
Iowa Stan College students walked today as bus service between campus and Ames city was halted after owner operator C A Hutchinson filed for bankruptcy. The suspension disrupted student commutes and prompted alternate transport arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Mar
Iowa
Stan College
C. A. Hutchinson
Wife Beating Incident Ends In Hospital Care
Maul Bading, 25, of Vinton, was taken to the state hospital for the insane at Independence after beating his wife nearly to unconsciousness. Doctors describe him as dangerously unstable when madness seizes him. Mrs. Bading, in a half hysterical account, said her husband attacked her last night without provocation. Reading had previously been confined to Independence by an insanity commission and paroled months later. The couple lives on East Vinton with their eight year old daughter Annit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Times
Maul Bading
Vinton
State Hospital
Independence
Whitfield Runt
Kuding
Reading
Insanity Commission
Firemen Save The Vinton Dwellings
Vinton fire department rushed to a roof blaze at 14a Fast Second Street saving Mrs Mary Likens home. Fire chief Lynch said units arrived within ten seconds of the siren and brought the fire under control in ten minutes using chemicals. damage not exceeding $10. The prior morning firefighters were alerted to a possible fire at the Yeers home at Seearn Street and Sixth Avenue due to smoke in the attic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton News
Vinton Fire Department
Mary Likens
Fast Second Street
Tealuvinacas
Chic Lynch
WD Yerkes
Seearn Street
Sixth Avenue
Chicoes Grein All Laws in New Drop Chicago
Fragmented text appears to reference Chicago market activity with unclear phrasing and multiple garbled terms. Readable bits suggest market deliveries and orders near close, mentioning West and tiree mas elements but no coherent event or names to confirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicoes Grein
Weedsend Autonomic Mafia Incident Reported Today
In San Francisco Marena a fatality and several serious injuries were reported from a mysterious incident. Authorities described the event as a rare autonomic criminal activity affecting multiple persons, with ongoing investigations and no immediate motive shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Marena
Tony
Husband Pleads Police to Find Missing Family in Cedar Rapids
Perry Newhard asked police to locate his wife two stepchildren and their belongings after returning to a vacant house in Cedar Rapids following a move from Fairfield six weeks earlier. He reported the home sealed and the family absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Maelishman
Hone
Perry Newhard
Newhards
Tera
Fairfield
Newhard
Friendly duel ends fatally in meat market
Sioux City report dated March 30 states Harold Bates, 20, died from knife wounds after a friendly quarrel with a boy friend, Law Nichols. The two youths struggled for a butcher knife when Nichols miscalculated a thrust. Bates’ liver was penetrated. Bates on his death bed exonerated Nichols. no arrest followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Harold Bates
Law Nichols
Mach
Nichols
Bates
Cattle Starve After Prairie Fires Sweep Nebraska
Valentine Nebraska March 30 farmers report prairie fires that burned two and a half million acres of grassland across Nebraska and South Dakota. Cattle across the stricken area are starving for fodder with no feed within 100 miles and ranchers lacking funds to buy hay or grain. The grass may be destroyed for years, and cattlemen see wholesale slaughter as the only option to salvage some value from ruined property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Neb
Nebraska
Sant Dakota
Early Morning Fire Routs Drake Coeds
Firefighters pried open Alpha Sigma sorority house doors after an attic blaze woke Drake University students early morning. More than ninety grass fires were extinguished by Des Moines fire crews as two score coeds fled the building in haste during Sunday but the blaze caused minimal damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Alpha Sigma
Vta
Drake
Iene Sundiav
Family Feud Behind Rancher Death in Colorado
Fort Collins March 30 W C Farmer a wealthy rancher of Wellington north of here is dead The Rio se 85 a neighbor is in jail today charged with the slaying the climax of a family feud that has existed for more than three years Authorities say Rice and a son of Farmer quarreled on a highway yesterday and later the elder Farmer went to Rice s home where he was shot and killed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
Colo
W. C. Farmer
Wellington
Riese
Rice
Prisoners Flee Gell At Toledo
County authorities search for O. M. Hall of Portland Oregon and Jr. R. Smith after they sawed their way out of the county jail last night. A saw furnished by outsiders. Mrs Halaml and her children visited him from Cedar Rapids. Sheriff seeks to locate her for questioning. Stu is said to be daughter of a Calgary Alberta family. Wall was serving time for obtaining money under false pretenses. No charge has been filed against Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
O. M. Hall
Portland
Oregon
Jr. R. Smith
Halaml
Cedar Rapids
Stu
Calgary
Alberut
Wall
Smith
Twelve Die in Chicago Auto Crashes Across Weekend
In Chicago district twelve people died in weekend crashes including a family of six at Gardner crossing and a collision with a Chicago and Allen line train. Other fatalities include Harry Potts and his wife in an Aurora transit accident, plus Stanley Baldwin Carl Grahn and Mark Cook. A separate Sioux City item notes hog yard profits for the year ending March 1 totaling 1860 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar
Mral
Robert Herrop
Fouy
Chicago & Allen Railroad
Gardner
Harry Potts
Meir Meahine
Tillside
Stanley Baldwin
John Paul T Carl Grahn
Mark Cook
Sioux City
Weather outlook for Iown area turns unsettled
Tonight and Tuesday remain mostly overcast with little temperature change. A transition to unsettled conditions is expected by Tuesday night.
Judge weighs sanity trial for Ellingson girl case
In San Francisco Judge Louderback contemplates a sanity trial for Dorothy Ellingson 16, amid defense affidavits and expert reports claiming mental instability. Dr Ball to testify, jury may be impaneled tomorrow. courtroom tension rises as proceedings pause and a possible guilty plea lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mar
Ellingson
Dorothy Ellingson
McGovern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vesh
Albia
Jets
I Money
Des Moines City
Waveland Park Links
Farm Bureau Orchestra
Harrison Township Firm Bureau Orchestra
Boone County
Iowa State College
Minsona
Webster
Calhoun
Jauik
Fort Dodge
Clarinda
Douglas Township
Page County
Gilmimno
J. C. Headington
Loevrein-Brookhart
Hammil
Supreme Court
Linuxity
Carroll
Augustine
Tigh
Elame
Selma Robovsky
Ellis Boulevard
A. S. Larson
Brookhart
Washington
Marehal
Smith W. Brookhart
University of Town
Senator Brookhart
T He Fawkeye Wihuon
University of Minnesota
Iowa City
Witerloo
A. F W. Coward
Hawkeye Oil Company
Black Hawk Oil Company
Cedar ‘Alls
Hawkhe
Cawards
Consolidated Company
W. R B. Caward
H. {. Wurster
Arnce
Iowa Farmers
University of Chattanooma O
Edwin Marlin
Vet’s Bureau
Porbes
Hubby
Tiree Mas
Tirdoer Oryyee
Mile, Fernande
Paris
Drake Coeds
GELL
Tama County
Rochester
N. Y
Louderack
Insam
Dorothy
Bridge of Sighs
Dorothy Elling
Fred P. Clark
Javodon Ball
Tagteside
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!