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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
6
Spencer report says a well dressed man about 23 held up Carter the Spencer store auditor at 2 a.m. near Des Moines, pocketing $400, then fled in Carter’s car 200 miles. Carter, lent a ride by a passerby, reported the theft from Des Moines to Spencer.
The Iowa district Luther League held a large convention at Forest City the last of the week. R Targeson was chosen president H M Normand Cresco vice president Miss J Enid Hanson Forest City secretary and Orlando Wamberg Ralfe treasurer. Delegates came from a distance to attend.
Interlaken Park announces a two day free Fourth of July festival on Sunday and Monday July 3 and 4 featuring Randle's Revue Musical Nelsons and Britt Marching Band with fireworks over Hall Lake both nights. Rides shows concessions swimming and camping available with inexpensive cottage or inn accommodations. Admission is free to all.
Marion Bruce notes the Iowa delegation to the national Republican convention largely aligned with the party majority apart from Governor Turner and Joe Anderson. He argues farm relief and national policy will not change with this delegation, urging readers to draw their own conclusions.
Marion Bruce notes the convention spent days on the booze issue while economic plans were drafted in Washington. He argues Hoover favored his own platform over prohibitionists, and that both planks reflected wet concessions despite widespread hunger and economic worry.
The Iowa Falls Citizen denounces Dick for offering little beyond higher farm product tariffs while labeling Dickinson supporters as zealots, demagogues, socialists, and communists. Senator Dickinson praised those seeking solutions to economic troubles.
The Iowa delegation to the Republican convention backed farmers by voting to sidetrack the farm issue in favor of addressing the booze question. The move reflects state party strategy during the convention.
The News-Herald reports on reactions to an address by Ding Darling at the Republican National Convention in Chicago last week. The paper notes interest in what Darling said about New Jersey and the reception of his remarks amid the event.
The body of W. E. Katter of Garner was found early Saturday at his father’s farm seven miles southeast of town. He left Friday afternoon to visit a dumping round for car parts and was believed to have stopped the truck on a decline and was crushed between the truck box and a tree while trying to set the brakes, dying about an hour after leaving.
Mallard residents and visitors attend social events, church activities, and regional gatherings. Attendees include Rev Bounds and son Howard, Raymond Lowe, Marthe Gehtt, Bessie Hunt, and many others across Buffalo Center, Emmetsburg, Algona, Laurens, and Mason City with Epworth League sub district meet results and community shows noted.
The copy mentions a family reunion at Clare attended by Miss Estalen Leuer and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Everett Leuer and the Fogartys, with Leo Micko returning to St Paul after visiting his sister Mrs A Weinholzer for two weeks.
Curlew Iowa notes detail Mrs Ed Taylor finally returning home from a Minnesota hospital where she healed from injuries in an auto crash including a cracked hip and multiple broken bones. The item lists local relatives visiting and a long stream of community activities and callers in Curlew and surrounding towns.
Grundy Center Governor Turner fought to join the resolutions committee at the Republican national convention but was defeated. J N Darling, a veteran cartoonist, won the Iowa seat on the committee. The Iowa delegation may be the first Republican group to go wet on liquor.
June 25 Iowa item notes numerous callers at Algona area homes. A ten pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Geo Slagle. Several residents travel to Rochester Minnesota and Des Moines for personal matters while church groups plan a Methodist aid meeting.
Floyd Hatch and his son Clyde are under quarantine for smallpox. Dren were business callers in town Friday evening. Roy Johnson visited friends at Okoboji earlier in the week.
Governor Dan Turner blasted the Iowa Republican convention resolution process as outrageous during a Farm Bureau picnic in Spencer. He pressed to expand currency through the Federal Reserve, urged support for farmers, and criticized the liquor question amid economic distress and talks with Eugene Meyers on relief for corn belts.
A political discussion urges a square deal for agriculture and broader reconstruction. It argues for a policy to address a small eight percent surplus affecting world prices, criticizing banks insurers and railroads for being favored so far while proposing an equalization fee to support farmers and improve prices.
The Presentation Academy of Whittemore alumni held its annual banquet at the Kermore hotel Monday evening last week. Speakers included Leonard Loebach for the alumni and Joseph Loebach for the senior class, joined by Revs. William Vest and William Hyland of Cherokee and John Hyland. Officers elected: Edward Farrell president, Marcela Fandel vice president, Peter Nellis secretary, Zita McDonnell treasurer.
Estherville resident C. H. Howard, who lived in Estherville for more than 30 years, died Friday at age 70. He is survived by his widow.
A local auto shop announces another 20 percent reduction in labor charges and invites customers to visit for expert mechanical service at Hart Norton Chevrolet.
A two day free celebration takes place at Interlaken Park on Sunday and Monday July 3 and 4. The event features free acts a band concerts and fireworks both days with dancing after noon and in the evening July 4. Ben Son's Recording Band of Chicago will perform on July 4.
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