County Residents to Go to Polls Monday to Nominate
Muscatine county set for a light June primary with 93 candidates on the ballot. Polls open 7 a.m. in Muscatine city and 8 a.m. countywide, closing at 8 p.m. Absent ballots number about 125 as campaigning winds down.
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Muscatine
GOP
C. P. Hanley
F. A. Latchaw
Wilton
Vernon J. Oostendorp
Republican Congressional Post
Herman Lord
W. A. Hudler
Lord
John N. Calhoun
van Buren County
Kenneth Coder
Muscatine County
U. S
Clyde L. Herring
Hubert Utterbach
Samuel D. Whiting
Norman Baker
Smith W. Brookhart
George
Municipal Light Board
Municipal Levee Commission
Bloomquist to Speak at Rites
Memorial services will be held at Columbus City cemetery at 11 a.m. Saturday with Rev. W. A. Bloomquist delivering the address. The Columbus Junction band will play and the Welch male quartet will sing two selections. E. H. Wiegner leads “America” singing, Rev. C. S. Ramsdale gives the invocation, and Rev. R. M. Chord offers the benediction. Jack Huston and Ruth Weber perform “In Flanders Field” with F. J. Pine directing the firing squad and Eugene Myers and Warren May sounding taps.
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Columbus Junction
W. A. Bloomquist
Columbus City Cemetery
Welch
E. H. Wiegner
America
C. S. Ramsdale
R. M. Chord
Jack Huston
Ruth Weber
Flanders Field
F. J. Pine
Eugene Myers
Warren May
Simple to Sew Dress With Cape for Summer Wear
An Asst. Professor at Teachers College Columbia University introduces a sleeveless dress with a square neckline and detachable cape for summer wear. The pattern No. 2995 fits sizes 14 to 18 and bust 36 to 40 inches, with material estimates and price details for pattern and book.
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Teachers College
Columbia University New York
N.Y
Knoxville Man Kills Ex Wife in Cafe Shooting
Arthur Sloat 45 shot and killed his former wife in a Knoxville Iowa cafe kitchen about 4 PM. No inquest will be held per Marion County Coroner F M Roberts who called it murder by self. Station attendant Charles White faced a warning before retreating for a gun. both bodies lay dead upon his return.
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Knoxville
Arthur Sloat
Marion County
F. M. Roberts
Sloat
Patriotic Program by Auxiliary Memorial Event at Church
The Ladies' auxiliary of the Presbyterian church presented a Memorial Program during their Thursday meeting in the church parlors. The program opened with The Old Red White and Blue, featured vocal and piano solos by Frances Kelly Florence Maurer Naomi Britton, a Memorial Day Air violin piece by S M Kiser, and readings by M M Harding and Homer Ochiltree. The group closed with The Battle Hymn of the Republic and refreshments were served by a social committee.
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Wilton
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
The
Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Frances Kelly
Florence Maurer
Naomi Britton
Ames
S. M. Kiser
Emma Holzhauer
M. M. Harding
Homer Ochiltree
Harding
Theodore Hillyer
Jens Hansen
Chris Hauschilds
Lena Hibner
H. J. Hudler
Walter Kiser
Charles Kelly
H. R. Maurer
Meyers Elected Head of Battery C for Year
Newton J. Meyers of Muscatine was elected president of Battery C at the 15th annual reunion held at Mackabee hall. Die trich Sick becomes executive committee member as Meyers succeeds him. Officers include Nick Jacobs Maquoketa vice president Ray Bloom secretary and Warren Allen treasurer with Bloom reelected secretary. Seventy five members attended with delegations from Wapello and surrounding towns.
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Newton J. Meyers
Muscatine
Battery C
Maccabee Hall
Meyers
Dietrich Sick
Sick
Nick Jacobs
Maquoketa
Ray Bloom
Warren Allen
Bloom
Battery
Wapello
Ed Roach
J. J. Kern
Chicago
Roach
O. W. Mull
Cedar Rapids
Jake van Tryffe
Harry Bomke
Ray Grimm
C. S. Narvis
Driveway Project Nears Completion at Presbyterian Church
Construction of a new twenty five man driveways sponsored by the Christian Fellowship class of the Presbyterian church advances today. Workers laid a ten foot wide path from Highway No 6 to the rear alley with church women serving lunch. Additional gravel parking space is being prepared on the north lawn as part of church improvements including interior redecorations and new choir vestments.
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Wilton
Christian Fellowship
Presbyterian Church
H. F. Schnack
Peter Daut
Wilbur Hendrix
Homer Ochiltree
L. A. Ford
West Liberty Shriners to Attend Cedar Rapids Celebration
A delegation of about 15 West Liberty Masons is to depart this afternoon for Cedar Rapids to join the 50th anniversary Shrine celebration. Shriners from across the state converge for the fiftieth year observance and a class of 50 candidates will be initiated.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
West Liberty Masons
Cedar Rapids
Kittenball Meeting Aims to Spark Local Play
Liberty hosts a kittenball gathering to gauge interest as the season begins. No firm plans were set, with a follow up meeting planned for a larger turnout. Officers W W Watters H F Lewis and directors Mike Sullivan Leonard Hendricks Everett Nay led the session. Field repairs and pole upkeep are noted for a potential softball schedule.
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Journal News Service
West Liberty
Kittenball Association
W. W. Watters
H. F. Lewis
Mike Sullivan
Leonard Hendricks
Everett Nay
Iowa Attorney Welch Led Graft Case and State Liquor Bill Drafting
Mr Welch, lifelong Harrison County lawyer and Democrat supporter, aided in drafting a Des Moines bill in March 1935 to authorize liquor sales under strict limits. He led the initial prosecutions in the Sioux City Graft Case indictments charging Havner with private payments, prompting the Iowa Supreme Court to rule that prosecutors before grand juries may not accept private compensation.
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Mr. Welch
Harrison County
Iowa
State Senate
Welch
Des Moines
Sioux City
Havner
Towa Supreme Court
Towa
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