George Oakes Leads GOP Nomination for Louisa Sheriff
George Oakes the sitting sheriff led the Republican field for Louisa County sheriff with more than double the vote as 16 of 17 precincts reported. J Carson Duncan and H O Meredith were set for party nominations for the 1937 board of supervisors term while Floyd Johnson and George Duncan led nominations for the 1938 term. Mildred Baird led the Republican bid for reordering recorder. Unopposed nominees included H L Davison for treasurer, Francis Bucher for treasurer Democrat, Mrs Jessie Lockwood for recorder, R V Winter for clerk of court, and Fred Cuthamp for county auditor.
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Journal News Service
Wapello
George Oakes
J. Carson Duncan
H. O. Meredith
Board of Supervisors
Floyd Johnson
George Duncan
Mildred Baird
H. L. Davison
Francis Bucher
Jessie Lockwood
R. V. Winter
Fred Cuthamp
A Grandview Matriarch Elizabeth Reed Snyder Dies at 90
Mrs Elizabeth Reed Snyder age 90 died at her Grandview home after a long illness. Born September 7 1846 in Hillsboro Ohio she moved to Iowa as a child. She had one surviving child Carrie Pfeiffer plus a brother Josiah Reed and sister Almeta Buell. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Collins Funeral Home Letts in charge.
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Grandview
Elizabeth Reed Snyder
Elizabeth Reed
Hillsboro
Nelson
Carolyn Reed
Iowa
Leonard Burris
Carrie Pfeiffer
Dan Snyder
Snyder
Josiah Reed
Almeta Buell
Collins Funeral Home
Letts
Ethiopia Split Into Five Parts Under Mussolini Plan
Rome reports Mussolini approved a reorganization of Ethiopia into five administrative divisions with Addis Ababa as capital and a viceroy in charge. Eritrea Asmara Amhara Gondar Galla Sidamo Jimma Harar Somaliland Mogadishu are named capitals. Two consultative bodies will advise the central government as Italian East Africa reorganizes.
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Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Eritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Galla
Sidamo
Jimma
Harar
Somaliland
Mogadiscio
Italian
Italy
Addis Ababa
Italian East Africa
Flames Destroy Barn at Tipton
A lightning strike burned a small barn and machine shed on the George Fraseur farm at the north edge of Tipton. Loss is about $2,000. Wind and rain limited spread to nearby buildings. Neighbor Ed Deardorf alarmed residents and released the Fraseur herd bull. Most machinery was removed without major damage.
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Tipton
George Fraseur
Ed Deardorf
Fraseur
Funeral Services for David Stock Held in Davenport
Funeral services for two year old David Roy Stock of Blue Grass were held at the lounge Mortuary in Davenport with burial in Blue Grass cemetery. He died at Mercy hospital in Davenport after a ten day illness. Surviving are parents seven brothers and five sisters and grandmother Wilhelmina Stock of Germany.
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Blue Grass
David Roy Stock
George Stock
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Bor
Iowa City
Paul
Donald
Robert
Kenneth
Richard
Russell
Lloyd
Maxine
Irene
Betty Jane
Grace
Margie
Wilhelmina Stock
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Joseph L. Schmitt
Runce Chapel
Holy Family Cemetery
Leona
Lucille
Rock Island
Civic Improvement League
John Stramp
Chris K
Two Republicans Lead Race for Justice of Peace Nomination
In Muscatine County two young attorneys Hugh Chance and Lawrence J. Perigo won the Republican nomination for justice of peace. Perigo currently holds one of the township posts and faces a November general election.
Washington Rep. Zioncheck Ordered to Gallinger Hospital
Washington state representative Marion A Zioncheck was ordered committed to Gallinger hospital as of unsound mind after police in Washington DC ordered his arrest on sight following his two visits to the White House offices in a bid to see the president. District officials, including George Allen and Police Superintendent W Brown, coordinated the action as Zioncheck sought his missing bride.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Gallinger Hospital
District of Columbia
Zioncheck
White House
George Allen
W. Brown
Vernon West
Mrs. Landelius Eldest at Lofgren Reunion
Emma Landelius of Muscatine was the oldest attendee at the Lofgren family reunion held Sunday at Crepo Park Burlington. About 60 participated. Also present from Muscatine were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schreurs and family and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schreurs with son Dale.
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Emma Landelius
Muscatine
Lofgren
Crepo Park
Burlington
Harry Schreurs
Kenneth Schreurs
Dale
Milholin cagers edge Atalissa in 14 13 kittenball thriller
Milholin players defeated Atalissa 14 to 13 after twelve innings Sunday afternoon in Atalissa. The win extends Muscatine’s streak following May 24 and a 11 to 3 victory Wednesday at Lutheran. lineup featured Mohnsen Milholin Pilgrim Minton Nollett Nash Campbell Jones Breedlove Anson.
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Muscatine
Atalissa
Milholin
Wilton
Lutheran
Mohnsen
Pilgrim
Minton
Nollett
Nash
Campbell
Jones
Breedlove
Anson
High Prairie Ladies Plan Cedar Side Inn Hostess Event
Mrs William Foster will entertain the Ladies Aid society at Cedar Side Inn cottage on the Cedar river Thursday with Mrs Earl Eichelberger leading devotions on the theme Till We Meet Again A potluck dinner will follow at noon. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ernest Ross and Miss Louise Cadogan from Muscatine.
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High Prairie
William Foster
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cedar Side Inn
Cedar River
Earl Eichelberger
Ernest Ross
Louise Cadogan
Muscatine
Harry Coder
Charles Morgan
Morgan
City Officials Schedule Five Meetings This Week
City Recorder Floyd D. McKinney outlines a busy week for city groups. Tuesday features heavy agenda items for the levee commission finance committee and the municipal board of light and water trustees. The light board meets at 7 50 p m to consider flooring bids at 131 East Third Street and to review rural electrification proposals for line furnishing and other business.
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Floyd D. McKinney
Levee Commission
City Council
Municipal Board of Light and Water Trustees
East Third Street
Letts Residents Entertain Over Memorial Weekend
Memorial day services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church with an address by George C. Wise of Wilton. The event included music by local groups, salutes at the cemetery, and taps. Families hosted out of town guests and several dinners marked the weekend with visits from Muscatine Davenport Burlington and Chicago guests.
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Emory Curtis
Thomas
Evelyn
B. J. McGuire
Muscatine
R. J. Dobbs
Nell Cassabaum
Davenport
Leonard
Marie
Fred Curtis
Columbus Junction
Roy Hill
Burlington
W. E. Zimmerman
Allerton
Nora Armentrout
Olive Henderson
Fay Collins
Marian
Arlene
Faydean
Mary Phillis
John
Lola Collins
Stella Hart
Fred Clifford
John Collins
George Liebbe
Oscar Ross
August Briegle
Montpelier
F. J. Lawson and Son Junior
Des Moines
Fred Cecil
George Bennett
Emmett Turner
Mary Briggs
Oscar Miller
Fredonia
John Lorber
Alice
Donald
Lillian McCleary
Dorothy
New Lennox
Ill
Ella Westphal
Minister and Wife Begin Vacation Trip to Michigan
The Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Hutchison of Walnut Street Baptist church left Sunday afternoon for Muskegon Michigan and other points north. They plan to return to Muscatine about June 20. During their absence fill in by prospective pastors as Hutchison resignation becomes effective in September.
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Elmer Hutchison
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Muskegon
Mich
Muscatine
Mr. Hutchison
Toll rises as Iowa highway deaths reach new high
The death of Mrs. Edward S. Gay, 37, of Des Moines, raises Iowa’s 1936 highway toll to 154. Two other weekend fatalities include Robert Hodgins, 48, Des Moines, and Kristian Larson, 41, Osage, plus James Krogh, 26, Cedar Falls, both killed in separate crashes in Sumner and near Osage.
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Edward S. Gay
Des Moines
Iowa
Gay
Robert Hodgins
Kristian Larson
Osage
James Krogh
Cedar Falls
Krogh
Sumner
Larson
City Council and Civil Service Meet Tonight
The regular semi monthly city council meeting is scheduled. The police and fire civil service commission meeting is set for tonight.
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Police and Fire Civil Service Commission
New Loan Plan Proposed for M. and St. L.
A bond holders plan for reorganizing the Minneapolis and St. Louis rail road seeks a reconstruction loan of 5 million dollars and a private loan of 1 million through the RFC. Philip Roosevelt presented the plan to Chairman Jesse H. Jones, with Senator Shipstead releasing the information.
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Washington
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Reconstruction Corporation
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Philip Roosevelt
New York
Bondholders’ Committee
Senator Shipstead
Labor
Minnesota
Interstate Commerce
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