Hampshire pigs fetch strong prices at Rosedale sale
Fifty five Hampshire swine sold at the Rosedale Farm annual sale brought an average of 91.20 dollars. The top price reached 375 dollars paid to Sie Knobe of Nehawka. In Mount Pleasant a grand jury indicted Paul Riley, 26, on a rape charge, the complaint filed by his wife's sister.
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Hampshire
Fort Dodge
Rosedale
E. R. Hicks
Sie Knobe
Nehawka
Mount Pleasant
Paul Riley
Here
Parole Granted After Waterloo Boarder Shooting
Waterloo 17 year old Russell Bolin paroled to Ralph Winterbottom after serving time for shooting and seriously wounding Floyd Starns, 32, a boarder in the Bolin home.
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Waterloo
Russell Bolin
Eldora Training School
Floyd Starns
Bolin
Ralph Winterbottom
Fire Destroys 100-Year-Old Lange Residence Landmark
Fire swept the Lange residence in Burlington causing several thousand dollars in damage. Four people including Miss Vera Lange and her aunt Miss Agnes Strack with wards Joan Lange age 4 and Eleanor Lange age 7 were forced to flee in night clothing.
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Burlington
Lange
Vera Lange
Agnes Strack
Joan Lange
Eleanor Lange
Son Named After Father Slain by Mrs Skyles
DES MOINES. A son born to Mrs. Virginia Trovato Jones will be named Carl George Jones for the father who was slain five months ago. Jones was fatally shot by Mrs. Ethel Skyles during a dispute over the proceeds of a cashed check.
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Skyles
Des Moines
Virginia Trovato Jones
Carl George Jones
Jones
Ethel Skyles
Polk County’s Last Covered Bridge to Stay as Landmark
An old covered bridge over the North river near Carlisle will remain intact as a landmark while a new steel bridge is built nearby. The structure is Polk county’s only covered bridge and will be preserved even after the replacement.
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Iowa
Carlisle
North River
Polk County
State Car Joins Poultry Building Fleet at Fair Grounds
DES MOINES. A state owned car joined the poultry building fleet at the fair grounds as Charles R. Fischer the new insurance commissioner turned in a Buick sedan formerly driven by Maurice V. Pew whom he replaced.
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Des Moines
Fair Grounds
Charles R. Fischer
Maurice V. Pew
Design Bill to Increase Use of Iowa Mined Coal
DES MOINES The house passed and sent to the governor a bill to raise use of Iowa mined coal. It allows governmental subdivisions to grant nonlow bids if it benefits Iowa coal industry, preventing contracts from going to out of state firms with the lowest bids.
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Iowa
Des Moines
House
Committee Seeks 2500 For 1940 Husking Contest
Des Moines report that the House Agriculture Committee will ask for a 2500 appropriation to finance the 1940 national corn husking contest in Scott county. The bill follows talks between Governor Wilson and Davenport Chamber delegation leader John Danico with conventions director. Wilson and Secretary Thornburg pledged cooperation.
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Des Moines
Scott County
House Agriculture Comittee
Wilson
John Danico
Davenport Chamber of Commerce
Mark Thornburg
Mussolini's Detective Is Shot eee Reveal Final Discharge Issued to Joe Seigel
Kraschel explains he issued a final discharge of a suspended sentence to Joe Seigel, former Sioux City tavern operator, restoring his citizenship rights and removing the obligation to complete the sentence. Seigel had been convicted of manslaughter in the 1934 killing of Glenn Gross at a Sioux City nightclub.
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Mussolini
Joe Seigel
Harlan
Iowa
Nelson G. Kraschel
Sioux City
Seigel
Glenn Gross
Kraschel
State Parole Board
Ainscher
Senate to reopen Joe Siegel case inquiry in Des Moines
Senator A J Shaw announces the judiciary committee will reopen its probe of Joe Siegel. The panel previously reviewed leniency for prisoners under Governor Kraschel and will examine why Siegel received a final discharge rather than a suspended sentence. Maurice Rawlings recalls warning about Siegel’s conduct.
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Des Moines
U.P
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joe Siegel
Kraschel
Seigel
Shae
Maurice Rawlings
Woodbury County
Joe
Rawlings
Personnel changes at 1.8.U. Company announced
Bob Shannon joins Iowa Southern Utility in the commercial department to sell washers vacuum cleaners and gas appliances and will visit Newton to study washing machines then attend Hoover training in Davenport next week. Henry Little named local manager at Columbus Junction overseeing multiple towns and rural lines. Crail transfers from Columbus Junction to Washington division to locate and install 20 proving kitchens outside the city and serve 1 100 rural customers.
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Bob Shannon
Iowa Southern Utility Company
Shannon
Newton
Davenport
Hoover Company
Chicago
Universal Ranges
Little
Junction
Henry Little
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Grandview
Letts, Cotter
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Walles
Mr. Little
Washington
I.8.u
Mrettle
Crail
P. J Crail
L8s.a
Commercial Department
Westinghouse Company
Mr. Crail
Mt. Pleasant
Pardon Document Reveals Unfiled Final Discharge in County Clerk Records
An investigator examined the case after a subject claimed a full pardon. He found the individual carried a final discharge paper in his pocket and had not filed it with the Woodbury county clerk of the district court.
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Woodbury County
Reading Prize Won for 91 Books Read
Billy Frank Nelson of MOBERLY Missouri won a reading prize after reading 91 books last summer. The prize consisted of a book.
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Moberly, Mo
Billy Frank Nelson
Manning Building Burned in Manning Iowa
A three story brick building housing a drug store, grocery and photographic studio burned in Manning Iowa. Six apartment occupants escaped to safety in sub zero weather. The fire started in the basement around 5 30 am and destroyed or damaged several adjacent shops and offices including the Lewis and Reinhold drug store and Council Oak grocery.
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Manning
Iowa
Leo Kerwin
Kenneth Dusenberry
George Brady
Lewis and Reinhold Drug Store
Council Oak
Charles Leyden
Themunicipal
Lewis and Reinhold
Smpire
Kalona Man Receives Ten Year Reformatory Sentence
Emerson Swartzendruber of Kalona was arraigned on breaking and entering charges for the Wehrle filling station theft at Wellman January 26. Judge Siegers ordered a term not to exceed ten years and paroled him to his brother Roy Swartzendruber north of Wellman. The judge will return February 25 for further court business.
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Emerson Swartzendruber
Kalona
P. J. Siegers
Anamosa
Roy Swartzendruber
Wellman
Swartzendruber
Wehrle
Alumni Ticket Sale Started for Washington County Banquet
University of Iowa alumni in Washington County urged to contact town chairmen for tickets to the annual Washington County Iowa alumni banquet next Thursday February 25. Ticket chairmen include Dr E D P Miller Wellman Dr Stephen C Ware Kalona Margaret Griffin Riverside Mrs Earl Monson Crawfordsville Supt Elmer Butterworth Ainsworth and Dr J N Irwin Brighton. The committee will mail notices to alumni outside the county and asks any overlooked alumnus to see their local chairman. The banquet at 7 pm will be at the Presbyterian church with speaker Dr Donald Mallett and the Quadrangle Singers from the University dorms providing a progression.
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University of Iowa
Washington County
Chalarman
Washington County Iowa
E. Dpd. Miller
Wellman
Stephen C. Ware
Kalona
Margaret Griffin
Riverside
Earl Monson
Crawfordsville
Elmer Butterworth
Ainsworth
J. N. Irwin
Brighton
Washington
Presbyterian Church
Donald Mallett
University
Relief Bill Aims to Put Relief Recipients to Work
Iowa House hears a bill to let counties require direct relief recipients to work enough hours on approved projects to earn their aid. Sponsored by Rev H M Knudson of Mason City the measure would pay prevailing wage and apply only if a county adopts the plan, encouraging farm to market roads and weed cutting projects.
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H. M. Knudson
Mason City
Knudson
Plan Inauguration of Wesleyan Head in Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant February 17 Dr Stanley B Niles will be inaugurated as president of Wesleyan College Speakers include University of Iowa President Eugene A Gilmore Limp-60p College Indianola President John Owen Grows Gov George A Wilson will attend a banquet in the evening honoring the new president
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Mt. Pleasant
Stanley B. Niles
Uzutaieg
Tewnesleyan Ecollege
Eugene A Gilmore
University of Iowa
John Owen Grows
Limp- 60P College
Indianola
Niles
George A. Wilson
Concert Spotlight Highlights Varied Musical Selections
The program offers a varied mix of musical selections designed to appeal to all alumni. No alumnus will want to miss this engaging performance.
William Knott dies at 55 in Washington County Hospital
William A. Knott, 55, died about 2:30 PM at Washington County Hospital after heart disease. He owned Kingsbury Inn east of Columbus Junction. Survived by mother Mrs A E Knott, two sons Donald and Russell, daughter Mrs Max Watelrige, brother Jesse. Funeral arrangements by Ritchie Funeral Home.
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Columbus Junction
William A. Knott
Washington County Hospital
Knott
A. E B. Knott
Here
Ritchie Funeral
Mr. Knott
A. E. Knott
Kingsbury Inn
Donald
Omaha
Nebr
Russell
Texas
Max Watelrige
Jesse
Broadgate, Electrical Contractor, Dies in Washington
Frank L. Broadgate aged 61 died today at his home 602 North Second Avenue after a prolonged illness. Born Castalia Iowa June 18 1875 he and wife Minnie lived in Washington thirty years. He was an electrical contractor with funeral services at Sherman’s Funeral Home and burial planned in Spencer.
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Frank L. Broadgate
North Second Avenue
Sherman
Spencer
Mr. Broadgate
Castalia
Iowa
B Broadgate
Minnie McConnell
Washington
Birney Family Reunites in Cedar Rapids Visit
Mrs Earl Birney of Cedar Rapids and relatives including Mrs Rey mer Meyer and Norma Meyer spent Wednesday with friends and kin. The Meyer family has visited Cedar Rapids since Monday while Earl Birney remains confined for several weeks with a broken toe.
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Earl Birney
Cedar Rapids
Reymer Meyer
Meyer
Norma
Bigion
Minn
Homer Birney
James
H. Co. Finney
Mabel
W. I. Hill
Mrs. Hill
Edward Wolf Found Dead in Excelsior Springs Hotel
James Edward Wolf 72, retired rural mail carrier, was found dead in his bed at the Martin hotel in Excelsior Springs Missouri. He had been in the Springs two weeks and likely died of a heart attack last night. Funeral mass at St James Catholic Church Monday at 9:30 a.m. with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Rosary at Jones Funeral Chapel Sunday at 7 p.m. He was born October 2 1866 in Davenport Iowa and lived much of life in Washington. Survived by siblings Frank, Luella, Oscar, Mary, Albert, Clara. a sister Anna died last year. He never married.
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James Edward Wolf
Martin Hotel
Excelsior Springs
St. James Catholic Burely
Henry J. Corcoran
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones Funeral
P.m
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Davenport
Iowa
Joseph
Elizabeth Rottmeyer Wolf
Germany
Chicago
Wolf
St. James Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Frank Wolf
Luella Waldschmidt
Oscar Wolf
Mary Beliel
Albert C. Wolf
Clara Shorley
Anna Wolf
Ambassador to Germany Briefs Senate Committee On Europe
Ambassador Hugh Wilson told the Senate Military Affairs Committee his views on the European situation but insisted on secrecy. He demanded clerks be dismissed before testifying, providing only a general picture of the issue.
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Washington
Hugh Wilson
Germany
Senate
Wilson
Premier Mussolini narrowly escapes assassination in Rome
A mentally unbalanced man shot Mussolini's private detective outside the premier's Rome residence as he prepared to leave for his office. The detective was wounded, the assailant arrested, and authorities kept names secret amid pope funeral and papal election news.
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Rome
Mussolini
Mussolinis
Wau
Pope Pius
Government Moves to Valencia Today
Madrid reports the government announces a relocation to Valencia with Premier Juan Negrin and ministers of justice education and labor traveling there this morning.
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Valencia
Madrid
Juan Negrin
Justice, Education
Labor
Quebec Insane Asylum Burned in February Fire
Fire destroyed the Beauport asylum in Quebec after militia evacuated 1,797 patients into -16 degree temperatures. The blaze raged from the east wing and was declared under control by early today, with damage estimated at 1.6 million dollars.
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Quebec
Canada
Beauport
Eincer A m
Guthrie Family Returns After Sense of Loss in Moline
Mr and Mrs Densmore Guthrie and their daughter Mary Jean go home to Moline Illinois after visiting for the death of Mrs A J Rankin. Miss Guthrie studies at McMurray College Jacksonville TX and will stay the weekend with her parents. Lloyd Augustine hosts a pitch oche party with Howard Hazen Maynard Kallous William Kyle G M Humble and Charles Crone attending. High scores were Mrs Crone for women and Mr Humble for men.
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Lloyd Augustine
Howard Hazen
Maynard Kallous
William D. Kyle
G. M. Humble
Charles Crone
Crone
Refusal to Answer Questions Cited as Useful Abroad
A source quotes a figure who refused to answer many questions claiming that providing information to foreign interests might be impetred to usefully aid abroad. The remark reflects concerns over information sharing and national interests.
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Philadelphia
New York
High Court
Dean Wiley Rutledge
United States Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
Iowa University Law School
U. Company
U. S
Tommy Clark
United States
Seneca Falls
Ings
Tommy
William Knott
Stocumbs
Heart Albne
F. L. Broadgate
Edward Wolf
Senate Committee
Premier
Beauport Insane Hospital
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