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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
4
Adam Heerdt of Burt died Monday in a hospital after a Friday automobile crash near Blue Earth Minnesota. He and his son Tad were returning from taking Mrs Heerdt to Rochester when the accident occurred. Mrs Heerdt remains seriously ill. Funeral arrangements for Mr Heerdt have not been announced.
Andrew, state superintendent of banking and receiver for the Gerry Gorda State Bank of Clear Lake, requests a $100,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The aim is to pay depositors earlier than the normal handling of failing assets. A meeting is set for July 6 to discuss the matter.
Fragmentary local notice reports residents from Fertile and Wapor near Harcourt involved in a reported kidnapping case in China. Names and precise details are unreadable in the source.
A fragmented notice outlines meetings of the association with references to July dates and attendees. It mentions president and secretary roles and notes agenda items related to goods and classes. The text is garbled but centers on association scheduling and officer mentions.
Morrell Company and Kee Vaux are involved in a court case related to a class action. The parties argue over compliance and damages as the matter proceeds through the legal process.
A fragmented OCR item notes a town meeting in Manan with unusual terms like mamseatites and at 10 m1. The readable words suggest local concern or inquiry about a mysterious incident and a public response. No clear names, dates, or actions emerge beyond the timing.
Iowa figures Clyde Herring and Louis Murphy said a Democratic sub committee accepted in principle a proposal to refinance farmers via direct loans from a government agency. The plan targets foreclosed and threatened farmers with long term, low interest loans and amortization reserves. They urged inflation controls and abolition of the federal farm board for immediate relief.
The Standard Bearer camp of northwest Iowa gathered at the Methodist temple at Lake Okoboji from June 22 to 24. Representatives from the local organization included Miss Mor ing, Marie Hein, Jean Keeten, and others led by Mrs. W. E. Moring. Camp title proposed was JET camp standing for Jesus Sins, Others, and Truth. Additional attendees included Miss Proctor and Miss Lydia Wilks with her adopted daughter Ung Pek Sig, among others, and several fitness and mission activities noted at the camp.
The text discusses numerous home light plants in the state and mentions new revenue sharing. It references earnings and the presence of clones of state produce. The fragmentary material indicates propagation and promotional claims without concrete details.
Arnold's Park report says Spirit Lake and Arnolds Park gain 35 dollars from fines on law violators. John Hartman of Spirit Lake, operator of Eagle boat line at Arnolds Park, paid 95 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. He was arrested by state boat inspector S. H. Leland after a disturbance on Spirit Lake while passengers were aboard. Ray Kinney of Omaha paid 10 dollars after arrest for driving an unlit outboard on West Okoboji. Onnie Bailey of Arnolds Park paid 50 dollars for intoxication. Charles Lutch of Milford paid 99 dollars for disorderly conduct. Elwin Palmer pressed charges and Hartman’s fine was partly suspended. The piece recalls Hartman’s prior legal troubles and a years old sinking incident linked to his business rival.
Miss Leora Sands of Huron South Dakota formerly Mallard became a Tenderfoot Scout by telling a story of a squirrel The event was noted in the Evening Huronite of Huron Sands 643 Idaho Avenue Southeast a member of Titanica Troop led by Captain Mrs C D Dunbar Also mentioned is her move with her mother to Los Angeles California after residing with an aunt in Huron and a year ago leaving Mallard for the new home
W Mahlum a resident of Esther Wilse died after a Sunday riding accident near Humboldt. He sustained internal injuries and later developed fever, an operation was performed but he did not recover. Born in 1842 in Norway he came to the United States at 21, lived in LaCrosse before moving to Estherville with his son Henry where he lived after his wife’s death.
Edward Schumacher, the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Peter Schumacher of Whittemore, was seriously injured when a blank cartridge was fired near his face. Eyeball damage is reported but exact extent and prognosis are not yet determined.
Gee Schacht moves back into his home in the third ward after a spell at Pucshon tes for a pear of tere. He is noted as returning to his residence in Emmetaburg.
James Barber, a Negro, admitted on Tuesday that he fired the shots officers believe killed Clem J. McCarthy, 41, of Fort Dodge. Barber says he fired several loads of buckshot at four men in an automobile who tried to hijack 40 gallons of alcohol near Clare. Authorities doubt McCarthy acted alone and think his companions may have been wounded. they believe the body was left near Fort Dodge, with one or more hijackers possibly dead.
Sunday Very Rey, J.T. Finnegan announced at mass in the Assumption church that warm weather allows men and boys to attend in shirt sleeves and approach the communion rail if they wish. He recalled past hotel and cafe rules requiring coats or sweater bans, noting such rules hurt patronage. He urged good sense in attire for church and social settings.
The annual meeting of all rural and town school boards in the county will be held tomorrow. Directors will hear officers reports elect secretaries and treasurers and review bonds. In districts with newspapers a report should be published. In other districts financial reports must be posted in three conspicuous places. The county board of education will hold a semiannual meeting on the second Monday in August in the County Superintendent's office.
The Daily News of Estherville voices Henry Wallace's remark on Henry Helgen's proposal to buy corn rather than grow it, highlighting the row on the idea and its public reception.
A large Bell family reunion gathered at the J W Bell farm four and a half miles northeast of Emmetsburg. Attendees included Geo Bell and family from West Bend Ed Bell and Milt Bell of Oskaloosa and many relatives from Leola South Dakota Lisbon North Oakots West Bend Pueblo Laurens Graettinger Oklahoma City and Emmetsburg.
Rev Leo Berger traveled to Emmetsburg on Friday for his sister-in-law Mrs Pred Thacker's funeral and was driving a fine car described as costing 50c. Father Kane, a newly ordained priest for the Bronx City diocese, received a new auto from his mother as a presentation.
Alex Bickwold reports he placed third of 33 bidders for the Fairfield Montana drainage project near the Idaho border. The engineer has not finalized the bid award. Also noted are Montana crops looking promising and a fishing trip by W R O'Brien Cecil Anderson Eric Anderson and M J Conry of Ayrshire to northern Minnesota and southern Canada.
Louis Landsman leads a county crew in Nevada township repairing river bridges in the Mulroney territory. His force of men works under county employment.
The Iowa fish and game commission will meet early in July to name a successor to W. E. Albert of Lansing who died last week. No aspirants have reached the daily press.
Eugene Coxcoran pled guilty to violating the prohibitory law in Mason City and was fined 200 dollars plus costs. He received a three month jail term but was paroled on good behavior due to heart weakness. John Stamon also pled guilty and received the same sentence and parole. The article notes the burden of supporting booze prisoners.
Mrs. B C Boysen of Havelock is home from the Lutheran hospital at Fork Dodge after several weeks of medical treatment. She was a patient for sev veval weeks but is now discharged and back at her residence.
M Brackett of Topeka Kansas says he caught an eight pound walleyed pike in West Okoboji weighing eight pounds and 25 inches long. W A White owner of Crescent Beach hotel reports landing an eight pound walleyed pike a day or two earlier.
The Legion post at Manson secured a five inch English gun the largest calibre used in mobile operations. Donated by the U.S. government the gun was brought from Rock Island arsenal and will be placed on the Legion hall parking area.
C. W. Storck of Sheffield, brother-in-law of A. H. Piper, will open the garage on East Main Street vacated by the Rudy Motor company. Storck will handle Chrysler cars and Piper will move his office into the Storck garage.
William del Valle will return to Gristobel Panama on Saturday after a short visit here. Mrs del Valle and Lou with Miss Aida del Valle will remain until September with Mrs del Valle's parents Mr and Mrs W E G Saunders.
Mr Glenn Harvey and Miss Caro line B Julsebus of Denison wed at the M E parsonage in Emmetsburg with Rev Edward Pruitt officiating. The couple was attended by Mr and Mrs Harry Schroeder and Mr and Mrs Ross Moses of this city. The same day W E Albert was buried in Lansing with funeral attended by local residents.
Leone M Wilcox daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilcox of Lau Tens united in marriage to Ralph H Kauffman son of Mr and Mrs H C Kauffman of Rolfe on Saturday June 1g in Canton South Dakota. The couple are popular young people with many friends offering congratulations.
A state wide safety drive shows a ten percent drop in auto fatalities for the first five months of 1932 with 184 deaths versus 206 last year. Injuries number 2442 and total accidents 5749. City limits account for nearly three quarters of crashes.
At a meeting of union barber shop owners Thursday night at Hotel Kirkwood Des Moines a fixed haircut price was set. The agreed rate is 26 cents and applies to all participating shops.
Mr and Mrs BE J Doyle visited Emmetsburg with their daughter Mrs Margaret Galliger and grandchildren from Aurora Haineis. They toured with Mr and Mrs J P Downs, rels of Mrs Doyle. Doyle spoke highly of Father Coughlin and Senator Couzens, noting Labor ties and charity work.
The Chicago Rock Island railroad depot at Clarion was robbed Sunday night of twenty five dollars in currency. Thieves gained entry by breaking two small windows. Station agent C. B. Story found the theft Monday morning. Money was in a sack concealed in an office desk. two cash drawers remained untouched.
The Dolliver chapter of the Will Dily league cooperates with the Iowa Lake Tuttle Improvement station to stock Tuttle Lake with 412,362 fish including 2400 large northern pike. The action aims to boost fishing in coming years.
J. J. Sullivan of the Graettinger Times accompanied by Attorney Carl Spies in town Saturday evening. Spies recently finished his course in the S U I at Iowa City and Sullivan calls him a talented resourceful young man who has not yet decided where he will locate.
Henry Wallace comments as farmers discuss December corn price in Chicago at 32 cents a bushel, equivalent to about 14 cents on Iowa farms. Some plan to form a cooperative to buy large quantities and plow under forty bushels per acre, while many readers reduce planting. The hedge against Chicago prices may not hold as hoped.
The Iowa supreme court ruled that city waterworks tax funds cannot be used to build other public structures. The decision affirms Judge K R Cook’s injunction in Pottawattamie county district court preventing funds from paying for land and a building for a jail, police department, and courts.
The Emmetsburg Welfare Association met last week to organize summer to winter work. A sewing committee led by Mrs. Gusland and others was elected to make clothing and articles. Residents were urged to can extra produce and donate used cans. The council asked for road work on the west of Medium Lake with grocer credit slips. About $100 from benefit musicals has been collected with similar funds in the treasury. The next meeting is July 19 at 3:00 p.m. at the High School.
V. K. Webster, driving with 4 H club members, reports heavy rain most of the way from Manson to Ames. Gravel roads near Manson were in bad condition.
County agent V. K. Webster reports heavy lice and mite infestations in most flocks. Deane Pendarvis runs the Farm Bureau culling and dipping program urging owners to dip or hire services promptly. Culling non-layers remains essential as profits thin due to low egg prices and careless birds.
The Internal Revenue Service rules that cream checks are not subject to tax. The decision clarifies tax treatment for dairy subsidy payments and related benefits.
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