Sixteen Building Permits Issued by City Engineer
City engineer I V Ow estine reports sixteen building permits granted since June first. Most permits are for small repairs averaging under $100. Notable items include a $200 addition at 1105 Oak Street and a $325 roof at 508 Woodlawn Avenue. A $2,000 riverfront warehouse project is listed among the approvals.
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Mississippi Valley
Culver
Woodlawn Avenue
G. Wigger
Cherry Street
Robert A. van Dyke
Woodllawn Avenue
Officials Conduct Search for Youth and Stolen Auto
Police and Sheriff Fred B. Nesper stopped numerous cars Monday night and this morning after tips from Buffalo and Tipton. A boy was found in an automobile en route to Muscatine on highway 61 but returned home. A later tip said a car stolen from Tipton was involved, leading to more checks without results.
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Fred B. Nesper
Buffalo
Tipton
Nesper
Highway No. 61
Muscatine
Confession Leads to Recovery of $90,700
Hoover said the kidnap victim identified the Spokane hideout and Washington charges may trigger the death penalty. Waleys were in custody in Salt Lake City while federal extortion complaints were filed in Tacoma. The recovered money, about two feet underground, was found wrapped in a gunny sack.
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Hoover
Spokane
Wash
Tacoma
Waleys
Mahan
State of Washington
United States District Attorney
Salt Lake City
Waler
Character Parts Are Assigned for Play at Grandview
Grandview hosts a home talent production titled A Night in Hollywood at the Grandview high school auditorium. Kings Daughters of Grandview sponsor a six scene play with 75 local participants impersonating Hollywood stars and radio artists led by Howard Sinyder as Mae West and Harry Steinman as Baby Leroy. A School Days segment features Dr Kubrick and a cast of local notables.
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Grandview
Hollywood
Kings Daughters of Grandview
Grandview High School
Howard Sinyder
Mae West
Harry Steinman
Baby Leroy
Wille
Dr. Kubrick
Guy Hardman
Lee Werner
Bob Buster
John McGrew
Mable Hardman
Faith McGill
Leona Green
Zena Buster
Vivian Wiele
Hotel Slayings Stirring Suitor Kill Threat in Room
A hotel clerk recounts a confrontation with a man known as Tony who demanded to see his wife and shot a woman in a hotel room. He fired five rounds at her and continued as she pleaded for mercy before they fled the scene.
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Ter
L‘oy
Met
Jack Williams
Tony
Bennetts Honored at Letts Party
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chapman hosted 38 relatives and friends at their Letts home to honor Mrs. Chapman’s brother and his bride Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bennett. A mock wedding marked the event with blue and white decorations and gifts. Notable guests included August Bricks Bertha Lamp Otto Dickman and several Bennett and Chapman relatives from Davenport Muscatine LeClaire and Letts.
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Paul Chapman
Letts
August Bricks
Bertha Lamp
Otto Dickman
LeClaire
Glen Bennett
Davenport
Gordon Bennett
Roy
Stella Bennett
Ward
Vance Chapman
Lomax Chapman
Barbara Jean
Donald Ray
Iris Smith
Charlotte
Lovely Jacket Dress Pattern Submits Measurements and Price
Pattern from Teachers College Columbia University designed for sizes 14 through 40 bust. Style No. 2752 requires 4 yards of 39 inch material and 1 yard of 35 inch contrasting for size 16. Send 15 cents in stamps or coin with name address and desired size.
W. E. Shew Dies After Months of Illness
W. E. Shew aged 72 of rural route No. 3 died at midnight Monday after months of illness with a complication of ailments. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at George Wittich Funeral Home 210 Cedar Street. Burial in Indian Creek Cemetery southwest of Grandview. He spent most of his life in Louisa County, moved to Muscatine County years ago.
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W. EF. Shew
George Wittich
Cedar Street
Indian Creek Cemetery
Grandview
Mr. Shew
Louisa County
Muscatine County
Daniel Snyder Funeral Arrangements in Grandview
Funeral services for Daniel Snyder of Grandview will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grandview Community church with Rev. O G. Lewis officiating. Burial follows in Grandview cemetery.
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Grandview
Daniel Snyder
Grandview Community Church
O. G. Lewis
Grandview Cemetery
Frances McDermott Dies at 25 in Wilton
Miss Frances McDermott, 25, Wilton nurse at Mercy hospital, died this morning after a period of ill health. Survived by father Michael F. McDermott, sister Mildred, brother Creston, mother deceased in 1932. Funeral Thursday at Zion Lutheran church at 2 p.m. Burial in Oakdale cemetery.
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Journal News Service
Wilton
Frances McDermott
Mercy Hospital
Miss McDermott
Michael F
Marie McDermott
Mildred
Creston
Zion Lutheran Church
Oakdale Cemetery
Declaration of GOP principles at midwestern meeting
A draft declaration of principles for the GOP surfaced at a ten state midwestern meeting. It favors stable money and a gold based system, with agriculture receiving tariff-linked benefits. The resolutions committee cited Governor Lowden on agriculture while avoiding direct critique of the Roosevelt administration.
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Lutions
Congress
Resolutions Committee
Lowden
AAA
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
National party delegates denounce Roosevelt in 1930s convention
The Springfield convention hall roared as Hayes led a declaration of grievances against President Roosevelt. Delegates attacked his “planned economy” and centralized power while urging policies to revive commerce, cut relief rolls, and restore happiness. Simmons urged bipartisan labors, Hurley urged liberal course, Lowden cried save the constitution, and Spangler called Americans to defend institutions.
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Roosevelt
Hayes
Springfield Fair Grounds
Supreme Court
NRA
Robert G. Simmons
Nebraska
Simmons
Coliseum
Patrick J. Hurley
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Freedom of Press Remains Live Issue Despite NRA Setback
Linwood I. Noyes, editor of the Ironwood Globe, tells Inland Daily Press Association that freedom of the press is a live issue after the NRA setback in the Supreme Court. He warns the fight to maintain free rights will continue and may intensify.
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Chicago
NRA
Supreme Court
Linwood I
Stewart Named to State Liquor Board
Stewart is appointed to the Iowa State Liquor Board as its first public appointive official under Governor Herring. The interim choice, nonpartisan and dry, will work with Commissioners Manley and Lane to settle chairmanship and pursue temperance education programs. Stewart will be confirmed by the Senate in the 47th general assembly.
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46Th
General Assembly
Herring
Iowa
Liquor Commission
Stewart
Conard E. Manley
Dick R. Lane
Berto
Commission
Manley
Lane
State Senate
47Th General Assembly
Linnaeus Used Many Names Across His Signatures
The botanist and naturalist Carl Linnaeus signed works under several names including Carl Linne, Carolus Linnaeus Smolan der, Carl von Linne, and Carl Linnaeus. His father was Nils Ingemarsson.
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Linnaeus
Carl Linne
Carolus Linnaeus Smolander
Carl von Linne
Carl Linnaeus
Nils Ingemarsson
Mrs Hahn Dies After Prolonged Illness at 56
Mrs Paulena Hahn 56 wife of Rev Phillip Hahn pastor of Settlement Evangelical church died at home after an extended illness. She suffered a stroke in May 1931 and had been an invalid since. Surviving are her husband a son four daughters a sister two brothers and one grandchild. Funeral held at Presbyterian church today with local ministers officiating. body sent to LeMars Iowa for burial.
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Wilton
Paulena Hahn
Phillip Hahn
Settlement Evangelical Church
Hahn
Evangelical Church
Paulena Therea Huebsch
Andrew and
Augusta Huebsch
Stanton
Lake Wilson
Minn
C. Newton Hahn
Irene Deedrick
Carroll
Grace Hahn
Cedar Falls
Eleanore Wiebel
Lois Ann Hahn
Ella Hahn
William J
George M. Huebsch
Pomona
Calif
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Haenlan
Des Moines
Evangelical Churches
J. W. Gruber
Methodist Church
J. M. Newgard
Grace Reformed Church
LeMars
Staton
Harry Brown
Ed Rexroth
Fred Rost
Harry Hahn
John Hetzler
Albert Koeppen
Meat Supplies for Needy Reduced in County
Officials announced today that twenty cases, about 600 pounds, of canned beef have been cut from the county allotment provided by the state surplus commodity administration. The original 281 cases have been reduced to 261 with no arrival date set. An order for 31 cases of canned mutton remains unfilled though distribution orders for both meats have long been prepared.
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State Surplus Commodity Administration
Divorce Rate in Czecho-Slovakia Reveals Trend
Recent figures show one divorce for every ten marriages in Czecho-Slovakia, indicating a rising trend in marital separations across the country. The data highlight shifting social patterns and potential pressures on families in the period.
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Czecho-Slovakia
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Phillips Holmes
Jane
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Laura I. Baldt, A. M
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
N. Y
Muscatine Journal Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
W. E. Shew
Richelieu
George Arliss
Paramount Pictorial
Late
Fox News
Palace
Bank
Preston Foster
Melvyn Douglas
Lila Lee
Will Rogers
Thomas
Davyenport Hospital
State Liquor Board
Mrs. Hahn
Settlement Church
Ina Mae
Carole Lombard
Lux
Wood Way
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