Iowa Legalizes 3.2% Beer After Weeks of Debate
Des Moines reports the House 87 to 50 and Senate 31 to 10 approved 3.2 percent beer legalization. The vote drew the largest gallery in years as wets and drys packed the Capitol. Sale begins April 24 under rules: three permit classes, age limits, Sunday ban, and prohibitions on in cars. Premises must be within town limits and licenses bond ranges $1,000 to $5,000 depending on class.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Iowa
State House
Beatty Bennett tax cut becomes law after long battle
The Beatty Bennett bill, introduced in January, reduces all taxes 25 percent originally, then settled at a 20 percent cut for 1934. After protracted debates in the Senate and House and a conference committee, the measure passed with a 57 to 50 vote and awaits operative status after the governor signed it. Exemptions include state and county levies, poor relief, soldiers bonus, bonds, and interest. The measure follows a prior 20 percent real estate valuation reduction by the state board of assessment and review.
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General Assembly
Senate
House
State Board of Assessment and Review
Friends of
Deficiency Judgment Law Attracts Attention In Assembly
The latest measure targets deficiency judgments by retroactively barring collection for two years and then outlawing them after five. It applies to既 issued judgments. Other bills curb future issuances. A separate effort to cut Highway Commission Engineer Fred White’s salary from 9000 to 4000 per year failed in the House.
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General Assembly
Highway Commission
Fred White
House
Delegation Pushes Corn Alcohol Plan in Des Moines
Sixty men from twenty seven Iowa towns met at a Des Moines hotel last Tuesday to renew efforts for industrial corn alcohol to use surplus corn. Spencer Chamber leader Leo Dalley and Judge Leverein of Spencer urged a bill legalizing 10 percent alcohol in gasoline as motor fuel, aiming at regional interest.
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Des Moines
Acchol
Art Beatty Robbed of New 1933 Chevrolet Sedan
Two armed men seized a new 1933 Chevrolet from Art Beatty and drove off with it while Mrs Beatty, their children, and neighbors watched. Deputy Twite and Officer Danielson pursued the vehicles toward Spirit Lake, with sightings along Main street and Lincoln Thirteenth streets. The car was fully insured.
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Art Beatty
Bixby Yard
Mr. Bixby
Charles Beatty
Mrs. Beatty
Mrs. Bixby
Schenck
Mr. Beatty
Charles
Emiet Twite
Chris Danielson
Spirit Lake Town
Bright
Main Street
Bemis House
Thirteenth Street
Lincoln
Thirteenth
Beatty
Twite
Spirit Lake Road
Nebraska Iowa act to restore corn market proposal
Nebraska pledged to begin legislation as soon as Iowa adopts a similar measure. G A Brock of Peoria Illinois and others predicted states like South Dakota would follow to restore the 300,000,000 bushels corn market lost due to shift from horses to motor transportation. The delegation met Gov Herring at the State House Tuesday, who agreed to back the bill and mobilize support to move it through the late session.
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Nebraska
Iowa
G. A. Brock
Peoria
Illinois
South Dakota
State House
City to Have 3 2 Beer Soon
Estherville ready for 3.2 beer after council review this evening. Four applications pending including Howard Street’s People case, Gardston Hotel, Gardston Drug Store, and Recreation Club. Revenue concerns limit licenses with a $125 fee. rules permit purchase for on premises or certain venues with licenses. Mr and Mrs C L Deming Iowa City guests, winter south, will stay through summer.
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Estherville
Minnesota
Howard Sreet
Gardston Hotel
Gardston Drug Store
Recreation Club
E-Rmr
C. L. Deming
Charles
Iowa City
Deming
E. Deming
John Osgood
South
New Orleans
Why three brass balls over a pawnbroker’s door
The article explains that a pawnbroker displays three brass balls to reflect the Lombard origin of pawn shops. It traces the symbol to Italian bankers in England, the Lombards, with the Medici of Florence as the great emblematic family. The brass balls derive from pill signs once borne on their shields.
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England
The
Medici of
Florence
Estherville Junior College to Stage Three One Acts and Operetta
Estherville Junior College will present four short works on April 24 in Roosevelt Auditorium. Directors include Miss Gertrude Dudley and Miss Dorothy Latchem with Earl Josten. The program features Heid and She Said, The Slave With Two Faces, and the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Trial by Jury. Casts include Caryl Jennings, Margaret Tweet, Richard Turner, Marybelle Nicholson, and many others with production crews led by Vance Hilliard and Miriam B. Lynn.
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Estherville Junior College
Roosevelt Auditorium
Gertrude Dudley
Slave With Two Faces
Frederick Wilson
Verna Grodland
Harriet Osher
Lora Emily Lawrence
Wilbur Mickelson
William Anderson
Curt Lindholm
Henry Hale
Marie Saxton
Lenora Blaeekter
Dorothy Latchem
Earl Josten
Erling Hanson
Eleanor Orvis
Herbert McAffee
Robert Noel
Fred Owen
Earl Olmstead
Wilfred Reed
Robert Nelson
Donald Schultz
Tone
Apr 20 Musicale At Roosevelt Auditorium
A high school music concert at Roosevelt auditorium on Thursday evening features the school band performing Urbana Overture Glow Worm and Light Cavalry Overture. Soloists include soprano UAVohn Bixby tenor Michael Geisen and pianist Miss Marie Robinson. Several vocal ensembles and soloists perform works by Mendelssohn, Ware, Fox, Cook, Schumann, Durand and others. admission is free to the public.
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Roosevelt Auditorium
P.m
Roberts
Lincke
von Suppe
Uavohn Bixby
Mendelssohn
Ware
Michael Geisen
Home
Fox
Marie Robinson
Kathryn Story
Ringleben
Marie Cramer
The
Riviera
Baccalari
Girls’ Glee Club
Cook
Charles Fisher
Grenadiers
Schumann
Mildred Vedder
Durand
Virginia Reid
Thais
Boys’ Glee Club
Scott
Sunshine Valley
Christie
Wilson
Tinker
DeKoven
Easter Cantata at M. E. Church Well Received
A Sunday evening performance of The Seven Last Words of Christ at the Methodist Episcopal church drew a large audience and was well received. Earl Josten directed the cantata with Miss Dorothy M. Latchem on organ. The choir delivered strong musical effect with soloists Grace McClure Axel Carlson Grant Christensen Wayne Huntsinger Leo Brawford Mrs C P Mauck Ruth Dayton. Mayor Whelan announces enforcement of the bicycle sidewalk ban in the business district and urges parental warning. Miss Gertrude Dudy dramatics.
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Christ
Methodist Episcopal Church
Earl Josten
Dorothy M. Latchem
Grace McClure
Axel Carlson
Grant Christensen
Wayne Huntsinger
Leo Brawford
C. P. Mauck
Ruth Dayton
Pioneer woman Mrs A Hanson dies in High Lake township
Mary Bettina Hanson aged 51 wife of Amos Hanson died Good Friday at her High Lake township home after a three year cancer illness. Born March 12 1892 in High Lake she lived all her life in Emmet county. She was married April 6 1915 to Amos Hanson and was a faithful Immanuel Lutheran member. Funeral services were held at Immanuel Lutheran near Wallingford with home services at 1 15 pm and church services at 2 pm led by Rev T Hanson and Rev B Strand assisting Rev Peder Nordsletten. Pail bearers included Lewis Larson Edward Iverson Theodore Hanson Simon Paulson Anson Anson and Lewis Peterson. She is survived by her husband three children Evelyn Ordean and Mirrine her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Olson Ringsted two sisters and five brothers. Two sisters and one brother preceded her in death.
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Mary Bettina Hanson
Amos Hanson
High Lake Township
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Wallingford
Ffteen
T. Hanson
Lakefield
Minn
Strand
Peder Nordsletten
Lewis Larson
Edw. N. Iverson
Theodore Hanson
Simon Paulson
Aanon Asnonson
Lewis Peterson
Lily
S. D
Ed Holmes
Genoa
Colo
Ole Olson
Walnut Grove
James Olson
Lemmon
Andrew Olson
Ringsted
Martin Olson
Armstrong
Attractive Magazine Offer From The Vindicator and Republican
The Vindicator and Republican advertises a clubbing offer combining magazines. The latest ad markets a choice of three higher class magazines for only 25 cents more than the regular subscription rate of the Vindicator and Republican.
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Vindicator
Republican
Two Youths Run Away From Home in Iowa
Robert Paulson fifteen and Floyd Brady fourteen fled from home Sunday and have not been found. They were last seen near Superior walking west. Paulson had been reprimanded by Estherville officers and paroled to Wilbur Thorndyke. Fear of reformatory in Eldora may have driven them away. Father uses sheriffs and radio broadcasts seeking clues. No trace yet.
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Robert Paulson
Cy Paulson
Floyd Brady
Superior
Young Paulson
Estherville
Wilbur Thorndyke
Eldora
Idaho
Insurance Case Retrial After Deadlocked Jury
After a 15 hour deliberation a jury in Emmet county district court was dismissed by Judge Heald and the case about a $2300 farm house insurance claim set for trial in September. The four day matter required 25 extra talesmen to secure the jury. Plaintiff was Andrew Klein with Farmers Mutual and Lightning association of Emmet and adjacent counties as defendants.
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Emmet
Heald
Here
Andrew Klein
Farmers’ Mutual and Lightning Association of
Estherville Students Show Top Attainment In Tests
In Estherville grade schools a month of attainment tests covered eleven subjects. Top scorers include Vernon Wee, Leona Reich, Loren Gipson, Betty Gardiner, Joyce Adams, Raymond Kiefer, Vera Hochstatter, Beverly Christ, Jean Knight, Donald Bryan, Henrietta Meyers, Ruth Jennings, Billy Bennett, Betty Huntsinger and others. Continued on page four.
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Estherville
Vernice Wee
Lincoln
Marvin Sorum
Jackson
Leona Reich
Roosevelt
Daniel Boone
Loren Gipson
Lyle Hemphill
McKinley
Darren Meyer
Betty Gardiner
June Rose Golla
Louise Loeschen
Joyce Adams
Milton Davis
Donn Mauck
Audrey Sorenson
Darren Meyers
John Grover
James Kennedy
Janet McTavish
Raymond Kiefer
Darrel
Meyer
Helen Smith
Donald Ammundson
Darrel Meyers
Ist
Joseph Shaw
Wilbur Sunde
Virginia Twite
Catherine Frost
Eileen Frank
Jackon
Earl Weller
Vera Hochstatter
Fern Cook
Betty Sampson
Eldon Williamson
Beverly Christ
Donna Jean Sondrol
Irene Johnson
St. Eldon Williamson
Annabel Goldsberry
Donald Bryan
Donald Lundy
Dick Lesher
Eugene Eike
John Stockdale
Henrietta Meyers
Florence Loeschen
Jean Knight
Irline West
Ruth Jennings
Jean Kennedy
Rooevelt
Billy Bennett
Ruth Willey
Russell Read
Betty Huntsinger
Jack Sanders
Claire Lindholm
Edgar Neu
Roose
Estherville Hosts Grand Lodge Meeting for Odd Fellows
Estherville will host a Grand Lodge meeting on Monday April 24 with a class of 50 from 29 Iowa and Southern Minnesota lodges to receive the Grand Lodge degree. Grand Master Norman D. Smith and Grand Secretary W A Merriam will confer the degree at an afternoon session at the Odd Fellow hall starting at two. A six o'clock dinner will be served by the Rebekah Lodge, followed by lodge work for Third Degree members. Local committee leader is W H Dickinson with Roy Bassett and Chris Jensen assisting. many nearby towns will send representatives.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Odd Fellows
Norman D. Smith
W. A. Merriam
Estherville
Odd Fellow Hall
Rebekah
Grand Lodge
W. H. Dickinson
Roy Bassett
Chris Jensen
Ayrshire
Cylinder
Pocahontas
Fonda
Rolfe
Storm Lake
Sutherland
Paullina
Primghar
Hartley
Havelock
Forest City
Lake Mills
Thompson
Spencer
Dickens
Royal
Spirit Lake
Lake Park
Superior
Dolliver
Ringsted
Armstrong
West Bend
Algona
Swea City
Emmetsburg
Humboldt
Burt
Titonia
Sheldon
Sibley
Harris
Curlew
Ruthven
Fairmont
Jackson
Lakefield
Minn
V.R
Coleman Hospital Opens Under Open Institution Policy
Coleman hospital begins full operation under an open institution model led by J. M. Walden as superintendent and Miss Bénd Holcomb as head nurse. Five patients admitted. doctors from Estherville and surrounding areas may treat patients. The Upper Des Moines Valley Hospital association houses the facility and plans a nurse training school. Charter members total 125, with dues set at one dollar per quarter. Board of five directors oversees affairs: J. E. Stockdale chairman, Morris Zalk secretary, J. E. Wilson, J. P. Koster, and J. M Walden.
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Coleman Hospital
J. M. Walden
Bénd Holcomb
Miss Holcomb
Estherville
Women's Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Upper Des Moines Valley Hospital Association
Iowa
Lst
J. E. Stockdale
Morris Zalk
J. E. Wilson
J. P. Koster
J. M Wolden
Former Estherville Man Dies Suddenly at Burns
Alfred Davis aged 48, son of Mr and Mrs George Davis of Estherville, died suddenly at his Burns Wyoming home Saturday. Cause given as uremic poisoning. He had worked until shortly before death. Surviving are his wife two children George G and Dorothy Irene three sisters Mrs J J Felkey of Halfa Mrs John Goldsberry of Grover Mrs Wooster of Detroit Lakes Minn and a brother Harold of Armstrong. Sisters left for Cheyenne for his funeral.
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Alfred Davis
George Davis
Estherville
Burns
Wyo
Local Groups Endorse Ef forts of Leaders in Emmet County
Heads of three farm groups in Emmet county sent a telegram of commendation to John A. Simpson national president of the Farmers Union now in Washington D C The message praised his handling of the farm bill and expressed gratitude from the Emmet County Farm Union Holiday Association and Council of Defense and their chairmen. A teacher Dorothy Mahlym visited Easter with her parents Henry and Dorothy Mahlym.
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Emmet County
John A. Simpson
Farmers Union
Washington, D. C
Geo. W. Norris
Harry Hornby
Emmet County Farm Union
A. F. Klein
Emmet County Holiday Association
Lloyd Clements
Emmet County Council of Defense
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