Relief for Iowa families reaches fifty five thousand
Des Moines report by the State Emergency Relief Committee shows 55,519 Iowa families on county rolls in May. Based on an average of 4.1 persons per family the total served is about 227,627. Excludes widow's pension, blind pension, Soldiers' pensions, and transients. Data aid Lieut. Gov. Kraschel in public works planning. Kraschel vows to employ every man who wants work before fall.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Emergency Relief Committee, Inc
E. H. Mulock
State Committee
Mulock
N. G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Waterloo Lineman Killed by Live Wire
Herman Knaack a 42 year old lineman for the Iowa Public Service company was fatally electrocuted early Sunday while repairing storm damage northeast of Waterloo He came in contact with a high tension line He is survived by his widow and four daughters.
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Waterloo
Herman Knaack
Iowa Public Service Company
Iowa City Driver Hurt in Warming Up Trials
Vernon Mc Combs of Iowa City wrecked his car during the warming up trials of an automobile race in Hamilton Vernon Mc Combs suffered a broken knee and cuts about the head in the Sunday accident
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Hamilton, O
Vernon McCombs
Iowa City
Stockton Elevator Manager Injured In Grain Pit Fall
Stockton Farmers Grain Elevator Co. manager Emil Paarman dislocated his shoulder after falling into the grain pit Friday. Dr. Mechtenberg of Durant attended. Paarman reports 40 truckloads of corn and grain delivered to the local elevator Friday.
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Stockton
Emil Paarman
Stockton Farmers Grain Elevator Co
Mechtenberg
Durant
Paarman
Ed Grimm
Lila
Floyd Irwin
M. McKinney
E. Carlyle
Muscatine
Davenport
J. H. Broders
Alvina Dage
Clarence Broders
Jackie
Leroy Broders
Broders
Margaret Glaser
Sunbury
Adolph Dage
Hans Lamp
A. Frey
Richard Cole
Wilton
George Finck
Herman Buck
Walter Anderson
Lester Kuelper
Jerry
Mrs. Henry Nichols Former Lone Tree Resident Dies
Mrs. Henry Nichols died in San Francisco on June 19. Surviving are three children, Martha, Paul, and Ross, two brothers James H. Lutz and Frank, and several nieces and nephews. Her husband had died a few months earlier.
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Lone Tree
Frank Lutz
Henry Nichols
San Francisco
Nichols
Rachel Lutz
Martha
Colorado Springs
Paul
Washington, D. C
Ross
James H. Lutz
Iowa City
Frank
George W. Rayner
G. C. Fountain
Liberty Street
Muscatine
S. Lysle Duncan
S. K. Slemmons
Scott Township
J. C. Fuhrmeister
Madison Township
North Liberty
J. T. Winborn
Sharon
Dewey Swanson
Oxford
W. S. Peterson
Iowa State College
Lois
Gretchen Doerreg
Moline
Davenport
Paul Fichtner
Gertrude Fichtner
Melo Smid
Oak Park
Illinois
Elsie Smid
R. D. Petsel
Priscilla Club
Dorothy Kilbourne
Josephine Sherburne
Ross Rayner
Y Book Club
Y Hall
Ethel Musser
May Musser
Joy Neal
Mildred Posten
Irene Statler
Laurel Angelsberg
Ottumway
Smart cotton patterns offer easy wear for summer
Chane Adams promotes Anne Adams sewing patterns with easy to make designs in stripes prints and dots. Pattern 1504 sizes 14 through 40 requires 3 1 8 yards of fabric size 16. Catalog and pattern cost fifteen cents each or twenty five cents together.
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Anne Adams
Eure
Move to Release Frozen Deposits in Iowa Banks
Federal officials plan a conference with Governor Herring and Bank Commissioner Bates to draft a plan to make 60 to 70 million dollars available to depositors in closed Iowa banks and those under senate file 111. Ambiguity in Iowa law on writing down mortgage and deposit values is the main obstacle as revaluation of farm lands in Wisconsin proceeds to refinance mortgages and pay deposits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Dennis P. Hogan
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Herring
Bates
Wisconsin
Hogan
Omaha
Washington, D. C
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Morgenthau
Washington
Credit Administration
Oskaloosa Mayor says chief to stay on job after murder charge
Oskaloosa Mayor George Burdock announced Chief of Police Howard Allgood charged with murder in the shooting of Gerald Blackwood will remain on duty. In Des Moines H H Crenshaw announced a drive against realtors using the free lot plan. Denison Judge Homer A Fuller to hear Thursday arguments in a restraint suit over Farm Bureau funds. Villisca doctors say Rueben Shipley’s stomach will be sent to Iowa City for further testing after autopsy. Chariton Ivan Sullivan who escaped from the county jail remains at large.
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Associated Press
Oskaloosa
George Burdock
Howard Allgood
Gerald Blackwood
Des Moines
H. H. Crenshaw
The
State Real Estate Commission
Denison
Homer A. Fuller
Mount Ayr
Herman C
Fritz W. Blume
Crawford County
Farm Bureau
Villisca
Rueben A. Shipley
Iowa City
Poultry Show Entry Promises Value at Waterloo Congress
County breeders from Muscatine prepare to enter the thirteenth American Poultry Congress tied to the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo October 2 to 8. Prizes total near last year split into three groups for egg and meat producing breeds, with emphasis on practical farm value and educational exhibits for Mississippi Valley readers.
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Muscatine County
American Poultry Congress
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Mississippi Valley
Vesper Program Well Attended by Muscatine Churches
Muscatine churches held a large vesper service Sunday at First Christian Church under Rev. W H Schwiering with sermon and Rev. Murray Haworth leading songs. A special program closed the Daily Vacation Bible School at Mulford Congregational and a union meeting is planned for next Sunday at First Congregational.
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Muscatine
First Christian Church
Jefferson School Field
W. H. Schwiering
Murray Haworth
D. F. Landis
Deeds Recorded Quit Claim In Muscatine Addition
Oscar Orval Davison and others transfer property to Amanda Davison via quit claim deed in the Climer Newell addition to Muscatine.
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Oscar Orval Davison
Amanda Davison
Climer-Newell
Muscatine
Bantam Hen Hatches 12 Quail on Westerman Farm
Mrs. L Westerman and granddaughter Madelin Briggs found a quail killed near their chicken yard before a storm. A bantam hen was placed on the nest and within days twelve healthy quail hatched. The brood, living with the bantam hen, eat and drink together and progress well.
Iowa Historical Atlas Shows Muscatine in 1875 Views
An A. T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of Iowa copies Muscatine as it appeared in 1875. The volume, owned by B. C. Benham, features artists drawings of city views and rural homes, plus extensive state statistics historical and biographical sketches.
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Muscatine
A. T. Andreas
Iowa
B. C. Benham
Iowa Avenue
George Rutherford Dies in Des Moines. Burial Saturday
George Lyle Rutherford age 36 of 753 Nineteenth street Des Moines died last Thursday at Broadlawn hospital after a long illness. He was born in Muscatine son of George S. and Sophia Rutherford and had lived in Des Moines 20 years. He worked as a window trimmer for Younker Brothers Store. Burial was in Des Moines at 2 p.m. Saturday with Muscatine visitors noted including Mrs H Rutherford Mrs Anna Lindle Leroy Lindle and Miss Hattie Kane and Mrs Ralph Fuller of Valley Junction.
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George Lyle Rutherford
Nineteenth Street
Des Moines
Broadlawn Hospital
Rutherford
George S
Sophia Rutherford
Muscatine
Younker Brothers
Frederick
H. Rutherford
Anna Lindle
Leroy Lindle
Hattie Kane
Ralph Fuller
Valley Junction
Holdup At Night Club Leaves Man Critical
William Avis of Council Bluffs was shot while trying to stop a holdup at a local night club. A bartender, Mrs. Fred Christensen, was wounded in the arm as the gunman fired and fled after taking $18.50 from owner J. H. Whitted. Avis remained in critical condition today.
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Council] Bluffs
William Avis
Council Bluffs
Avis
Fred Christensen
J. H. Whitted
Clark's Conduct as Receiver Under Fire
A complaint against E W Clark state insurance commissioner acting as receiver of Royal Union Life Insurance alleges misconduct in handling the affairs of the company. Filed by William R Baker Kansas City attorney for M A Gross of Los Angeles stockholder and plaintiff in a receivership action the suit claims Clark knew the company was insolvent by more than 1 000 000 on December 31 1932 and failed to report it to the attorney general.
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Des Moines
E. W. Clark
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
State Executive Council
William R. Baker
Kansas City
Kas
M. A. Gross
Los Angeles
Clark
Picnic Closes Camp for Boys in Muscatine County
Lawrence Paul placed first and Ted Brockway second in the con tests at the annual Four-H camp for Muscatine county boys which ended at Rotary lodge Sunday. Fifteen boys attended the full camp with a basket dinner for campers and parents. Frank Reed of Des Moines led the contests while county agent Carl Rylander directed the program with local helpers.
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Lawrence Paul
Ted Brockway
Muscatine County
Rotary Lodge
Carl E. Rylander
Frank Reed
Des Moines
Pontzius Injured in Team Accident Near Wapello
Wapello Iowa Pontzius was severely injured and confined to bed after a farm wagon accident Friday afternoon. He was driving a team to a hay rack when the animals panicked and ran away, the tug collapsed and he was thrown under the wagon with a wheel passing over him.
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Wapello
Ed Pontzius
Charles Eversmeyer
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