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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1934
Page
1
A broad review traces Germany’s dictatorial drift under Hitler, Mussolini, and the Vatican’s stance on Klausener’s death. It notes warnings of violence, fear of red radicals, and speculation on postwar power struggles, while touching Kipling’s Recessional and Roosevelt era debates.
Tripoli defeated Waverly 8 to 2 in a Valley League game at Waverly. Readlyn topped Shell Rock 6 to 2, Sumner beat Nashua 2 to 0. Next Sunday Nashua visits Waverly. Shell Rock goes to Tripoli. Readlyn hosts Sumner. Pet. 700 600 400 300. Simpson homered four times with a single and sacrifice in a standout day for Readlyn’s offense.
Readlyn defeated Shell Rock 6 to 2 in Cedar Valley league play. Readlyn catcher Thran and Schumacher each had two hits while Savage went 3-for-3 for Shell Rock. Readlyn built a three-run second inning and added two more in the third, aided by an error and timely hits. Batteries: Wittenberg with Matthias, Bellis and Gambiani.
Sumner 2 Nashua 0 as Sumner held to three hits by Wilson. Three in third inning gave Sumner the 2 to 0 win. both teams played errorless ball. Bulgren allowed eight Nashua hits and received strong fielding support. Batteries Bulgren Wilharm for Nashua Wilson Strike.
Ed Rosenthal drove to Leroy Minnesota for the Fourth. In the evening he returned home with his wife Mrs. Rosenthal and their son Doug las who had visited at the Speer home since Monday. Their daughters Shirley and Gloria stayed for a two week visit with relatives.
Bremer county selects August Krueger and Emma Frank and Richard Stephenson to the old age pension commission. Krueger is a Democrat, Frank a Republican, with overseer Stephenson serving by law. Applications open after July 15 with pensions starting next November. The county board serves without pay but may claim necessary travel expenses. An investigator will be appointed by the state commission to assist.
Bremer county drought relief records show Certificate No 100 issued by County Agent D D Offringa at Waverly on July 10. The action covers 1 274 tons of hay shipped since June 4 with 92 carloads of alfalfa and the rest upland prairie hay from Nebraska and Kansas. The drought rate cuts more than 3 per ton on average, saving local farmers about 4 000 dollars. The drought relief rates extended from July 5 to August 4.
Mr and Mrs H H Bunger left Friday July 6 for Chicago where they visited her sisters Mrs Johnson and Mrs D A Krick. From Chicago they were joined by Mr and Mrs D A Krick for a month long tour visiting Niagara Falls the Atlantic seaboard Canada Pennsylvania Washington D C and New York with a stop in Pennsylvania to visit Mr Krick's mother.
The Congregational Ladies Aid will host an ice cream social on the church lawn Friday evening July 18. Ice cream with cake will be 10c and 1bc. Ice cream cones will also be sold at Kittenball Park.
Henry Hilmer of Waterloo visited Monday to buy Tripoli corn for his store and called on friends, while Miss Dorothy Sommer spent the summer with her grandfather C. G. Schwein and joined a Nashua outing. Several families, trips to Manchester and Spring Fountain, and birthday celebrations are noted among Waterloo and area residents.
Mr and Mrs R A Grover announce the marriage of their daughter Vivian to Leslie Hagedorn son of Mr and Mrs L C Hagedorn of the locality. The ceremony occurred in Preston Minnesota on June 18 1983 with Rev Gae de officiating. Vivian is a Frederika high school graduate class of 1931 and helped in her father's general store. Leslie was educated in the rural school near his home in Chickasaw county and Frederika high, now farming on his father's Frederika area farm. The couple now reside in Frederika town.
Five carloads of alfalfa will be shipped to Waverly in the coming days for distribution to farmers who applied for feed. Harry Hagemann, chairman of the county emergency relief committee, announced the plan. Arrangements were made to purchase 1,000 bushels of corn from Bremer Elevator. Distribution of 1,000 bushels of corn bought from Roach Bros. of Plainfield was completed last week, going to about 50 farmers who signed contracts to work on relief projects. Over 80 farmers have applied for feed at the county relief office in the Broadie drug store building.
A. H. Panzer, local shipper, moved 103 head of reactors from the dairy herds Sunday morning. consignments list Ed Bunger 3, Wm Heideman 14, Otto Buls 2, Ferdinand Carstensen 7, Dick Kirchhoff 4, Chas Kirchhoff 35, August Kelling 19, Ernest Schumacher 4, Chas Prestien 15. Cattle shipped to Chicago.
New cases filed in district court include J L Heideman versus unknown claimants of frontal lots 7 and 8 in block 12 Denver Iowa as a quiet title action. Bergen Lumber Co versus Fred Schild and wife seeks foreclosure of a $1 502 25 claim. Farmers Savings Bank Bremer versus Carl Rasmussen and Sons et al asserts a $1 901 11 note and foreclosure of a chattel mortgage.
The Bremer county board of supervisors last week proposed a 1935 budget estimating a tax levy of 176380, down from 199500 in 1934 and 198750 in 1933. No emergency or secondary road levies are proposed, while the county poor fund rises to 32900 from 17500.
The seventh annual Winning relatives reunion took place on Sunday July 8 at Denver City Park with eighty five attendees from Alpha Hawkeye Sumner Buck Creek Denver Waterloo and Tripoli. Guests from Forreston Illinois and Ida Grove Iowa joined the gathering which featured a picnic dinner and supper along with afternoon visiting and games.
Fred Dohrman Sr of this city celebrated his 88th birthday on Thursday July 5 as family from Crane Creek Grove Hill and a granddaughter Mrs Alfred Boeckman joined him for an anniversary supper. Despite his age he remains active reading and enjoys fishing.
Mr and Mrs W H Meier entertained Miss Veryl Sturch and Werner Sell at a 6 pm dinner Thursday evening at the cabin of Dr and Mrs E C Claus northeast of town.
George W. Beebe 86 a Civil War veteran died at his son’s home Friday July 29 after months of illness. Born August 9 1847 in Pittsburg New York he enlisted in 1862 and served with Brackett’s Minnesota Cavalry mustered out 1866. He is survived by two sons a daughter a sister seven grandsons and two granddaughters. Funeral services were held at Kaiser Funeral Home with Veterans of Foreign Wars assistance and burial in Harlington cemetery.
Mrs Winnie Kneeland former city resident now serving in India gave a July 5 address at the local Methodist church. She has spent six years in foreign missions and is not on furlough. Kneeland is sister to Quaife Nichols of Plainfield and cousin of Mrs Floyd Smith here. Her mother died young and she was raised by Harriett Pratt. During the Twelfth Judicial Convention at Charles City last week J Y Hazlett was reelected chairman for the thirty first year with nearly 150 delegates present. Three slot machines were seized at the tourist cafe run by H H Rhine in a sheriff raid last Monday night. Possession of slot machines carries a fine from 50 to 300 dollars.
Donald Disetler of this city suffered a serious eye injury in an automobile accident last Tuesday while returning from Dubuque with H. E. Yarcho. A broken towing chain shattered the back window, striking Disetler in the eye. He received medical care at Independence and was later taken to the university hospital at Iowa City where removal of the injured eye is anticipated.
Robbers struck Thompson filling station on west Bremer avenue last Saturday around 10:30. They demanded cash from Melvin Mundt, took about 16 dollars from the till, searched Mundt, seized his money, then struck him and locked him in a back room. They left in a car two blocks away. police were notified but no suspects yet. Steve Brayton appointed to city council (Continued on page 8).
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