Roosevelt is Elected by a Large Margin in Nation
Roosevelt wins re election with broad margins across states and counties. The tally shows 623 electoral votes to 8 for Landon, with majorities in Pennsylvania and New York, strong Southern support, and Iowa carried by 76,000. Local races in Marion County shift county offices, Bousquet defeats Galvin for treasurer, Kad ing tops Miller for attorney, and several supervisors and clerical posts change hands.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
WHO
H. R. Gross
Roosevelt
London
Maine
Vermont
Pennsylvania
New York State
South
Gov
Landon
Kraschel
Republican
Iowa
Herring
Dickinson
Gillette
Berry Halden
Kenneth F. Baldridge
Bloomfield
Thurston
Dowell
Harry B. Dunlap
Marion County
D. D. Galvin
L. F. Bousquet
Pella
Miller
Clarence Kading
Clements
Rees
Roberts
Lundy
Monroe Co
Frank Clark
M. A
Chick) Barnes
Board of Supervisors
Jerry Speed
Pella City
Bousquet
Knoxville
Lake Prairie
Galvin
Wilhelmina Wilkes
Recorder
Wilkes
Grundman
Remy
Paarde Cooper
White Way Auto Co expands garage space with addition
White Way Auto Co enlarges its building at the southeast corner by a 40 by 43 foot hollow tile addition to meet rising repair work. The project adds three more mechanics as Leon Wielaard notes the surge in business and expectations of further growth this year.
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White Way Auto CO
Leon Wielaard
Liberty School Names Its 20 Pupils and History
The Liberty Corner school near Pella lists 20 enrolled scholars by grade including Johnny Van Zee Carl Wayne Miemstra and Joyce Kuiken among first graders and Nel lie De Jong in eighth grade. It notes seven years ago enrollment at 27, former teacher Miss Lois Grandin and long standing school history with remodeling, land ownership, and generations of families who attended or taught there.
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Liberty Corner
Pella
Johnny van Zee
Carl Wayne Miemstra
Joyce Kuiken
Robert Gosselink
Gerald de Jong
Celia van Zee
Luella Menninga
Secon
Gerald Boguards
Effie de Jong
Howard Gosselink
Elma Rus
Gerald van Andel
Delbert Kuiken
Betty Kool
Frank de Jong
Liberty Corner School
South Porterville
Flint Ridge School
A. M. van Zee
Gerrit de Jong
William Waardhuizen
Lois Grandin
Art van Zee
George Starkenburg
Mary
Henry Groenenboom
Alex Starkenburg
Los Angeles
Otto van Speren
van Speren
van Zee
Var Dught
Fennema
Henrietta
Minie Gaass
Lulu
Bulah Stuff
Margaret Wynia
James Klyn
Marie Vander Hart
Dena’ Ver Steeg
High School To Present Huckleberry Finn Detective
A local high school will stage Huckleberry Finn Detective, a sequel to the popular Huckleberry Finn play. The single cast promises strong audience interest and a story full of townwide interference. Await forthcoming dates and ticket prices.
Family in Auto Crash Saturday Night Near Otley
Mr and Mrs Wayne Mortimore and two children Marilyn and Roger of Otley were visiting Miss Imogene Combs when a fogbound collision east of Otley on highway 163 occurred before midnight. Roger was cut above the right eye but all other occupants escaped serious harm. A left fender was torn from both cars and a wheel damaged. Mrs Mortimore, thrown against the windshield, broke the glass yet remained uninjured while the baby’s head was grazed by flying shards. The injured child was taken to Pella for treatment.
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Wayne Mortimore
Marilyn
Roger
Otley
Pella
Fire at Pool Hall Monday Noon
The city fire department rushed to the pool hall on the west side of the public square at noon Monday to fight a basement fire. The blaze was confined to the basement with little damage and was quickly extinguished.
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Pool Hall
Public Square
Rolscreen Products Popular In Cuba
Senor Hector Norabuena in Havana reports Pella Rolscreens and Pella Blinds installed in prominent buildings including General Electric Co offices and the residences of Dr Antonio Larrea Cristobal Diaz and Jorge S Castelcira. He says the product is well known and well regarded in Havana. The Pella Coffee Shop exterior has been refreshed as part of the Hotel Pella Job.
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Norabuena
Havana
Senor Norabuena
General Electric Co
Antonio Larrea
Cristobal Diaz
Jorge S. Castelcira
Poila Rosscreen
Cuba
Pella Coffee Shop
Pella
Pella Firms Urged to Close for Armistice Day
Next Wednesday, Nov. 11, Armistice Day, is honored with a request from the Pella Chamber of Commerce for all business houses to close. The move allows employees and owners to celebrate the event when possible, per Hugo W. Kuyper, secretary.
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Pella
Baby's body found in suitcase beside road
A newborn girl, about hours old and weighing seven pounds, was discovered in a locked black suitcase half a mile south of Kellogg on Highway 224. A 10-year-old saw the suitcase, which police believe was discarded from a moving car. Authorities seek the infant's parents. an autopsy is planned to confirm breathing at birth.
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Kellogg
Highway 224
Loui Benson
Willard Benson
Scoville
Ernest Carlson
O. G. Braley
Montgomery Ward
Newton
McMurray
Demonstration Of Oliver Tractor A Great Success
The Oliver tractor demonstration by White Way Auto Co at Will Vor Meer farm east of town drew farmers Tuesday. The Oliver 70 pulled three 14 inch plows seven inches deep at over four miles an hour. White Way Auto Co says the tractor is efficient economical and does more work with less coal and invites farmers to visit.
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White Way Auto Co
Will Vor Meer
Showing of New Chevrolet Nov 7
In an advertisement on page 7 the White Way Auto Co announces the showing of the new 1987 Chevrolet line at their Place of business on Saturday Nov 7. The public is invited to call and see the car and take a ride. Harold Sack has bought the residence on West Washington Street, now occupied by Mr and Mrs Chester Smith, from Home For the Aged and will continue to live there.
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White Way Auto Co
Harold Sack
West Washington Street
Chester Smith
As Smith
Governors Race In Iowa Still Undecided After Polls Close
Four hours after polls closed in Monroe and Marion counties the governor race between Nelson Kraschel and Geo A Nelson remained neck and neck with Kraschel about five hundred votes behind. Early tallies showed Kraschel briefly ahead by ten thousand. State senate race in Monroe Marion counties saw Roberts lead Lundy in Marion by 679 and Monroe by 908 with one precinct unopened. U S Senate results showed Herring ahead by 45,000 over Dickinson while Gillette led Halden by 60,000.
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Tr Onty
Nelson Kraschel
Geo. A. Nelson
Iowa
Kraschel
Monroe
Marion
F. M. Roberts
Hugh Lundy
Roberts
Marion County
Lundy
Monroe County
U. S
Herring
Dickinson
Gillette
Halden
New Modern Oven Installed at Korn-Sybenga Bakery
The Korn-Sybenga bakery owned by John and Bob Rouwenhorst installed a Hub bard oven replacing the nine year old unit. The thermo static controlled oven includes electric lights at both ends and six revolving trays with a 220 loaf plus buns and cookies capacity, one third larger than the old model shipped to Cody Wye. A Century dough breaker was added to ensure gas distribution and include a safety device to reduce danger.
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Korn-Sybenga
John
Bob Rouwenhorst
Cody
Wye
Ulrich to Attend Ford Convention in Detroit
John Ulrich head of the local Ford agency will leave Thursday afternoon for a Ford dealers convention in Detroit Michigan where 8000 dealers will gather for a preview of the 1937 Ford. Iowa dealers will ride a special 18 car Pullman train from Des Moines and for the first time in 33 years Henry Ford sponsors such a trip. Ulrich expects to return Sunday evening.
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John Ulrich
Ford Automobile Agency
Ford Dealers
Detroit
Michigan
Ford
Ulrich
Iowa
Des Moines
Henry Ford
CCC Worker Killed in Bus Car Collision
In dense fog eight miles east of Des Moines, Harley Lewis 21 and his companion Pa Campbell 22 were in a head on crash between a car driven by Lewis and a bus. Campbell was critically injured while Lewis died in the crash.
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Harley Lewis
Valley Junction
CCC
Inntan
Pa Campbell
Lewis
Des Moines
Headon
94th Birthday for M De Reus in Home For the Aged
M De Reus of the Home For the Aged will celebrate his 94th birthday on December 9. Residents and neighbors are asked to mark the date and extend best wishes.
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M. de Reus
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Lake Prairie Township
Garner
Tanden
Siyde i
Herry Halden Roe
N. G Kraschel
Geo. Wilson _R Hoan
John Valentine
Gral
W. C. Edson
Wood R
Auditor of State Co
W. Storms
Frank Hanson
Treasurer of State
Leo Wegman
Frank Williams
Gener John Mitchel
Harold Davidson
Secretary of Agriculture
Hos. Curran
Bliss
Garfield
Terry Dunlap
Cas C. Dowell
Hugh W. Lundy
L. R. Clements
Clerk of Court
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Xemy
Wellons
Shendman
Nieburg
Evans
McClure
Speed
Slabaugh
Clark
Barnes
RAT Justice of the Peace
Ryne Vander Ploeg
J. Vander Syde
F. A. Calhoun
John van Hemert
Tere T. Kamerick
Trust
Termi W. Mathes
Knox
Ini St Herring
Jer Gillette
Halden R Nor
Wilson Kraschel
Valentine D . Edson
Absbiilee
Henry Wood
Storms
Hanson A .Surer
St Werton
Williams
Gen Mitchell
Davidson
Treasu
Curran D . Galvin
Benson
Supreme Court
Mitchell Ae
Wellens
Sager
Sher Albert
Ridth Camaver
Ey Dunlap
Rading
Peed
Ices Slobaugh
Paardekooper
Loynachan
Barnet
Liberty Corner School Group
Gerald Bogaards
Ripelink
Colin van Zee
Luella Mei Middlerow
Gerald Vie Weyne
Hiemstra
Jaak Row
Miles Clara Consett
Helene Goselink
Dorothy Ver Dught
Nellie de Jong
Lena van 1
Paternella van Zes
Andel
Betty Koola
Liberty School
Clara Gosselink
Bogaard
Chronicle
No. 163
Arie Bogard
Fultz
Effie Stubenrauch
Bert van Vark
Ida LeCocq
George Ver Steeg
Perth
Election Board
Lake
Wm. Mathes
John R. van Gorp
M. T. Kamerick
Gene
Senor Hector
Or Hector Norabuens
Ask Stores
Baby
Oliver
Wilson
Korn- Sybenga
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