Iowa Column Notes Governor Kraschel Sets Pay Changes
Des Moines January 30 Governor Kraschel says his first assistant G W Kirt ley of Harlan will earn 4500 annually rather than 3000 for the governor s secretary with further office reductions to follow. Secretary Curran says Homer Hush of Essex will receive 4000 instead of 5000 as secretary s assistant.
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Des Moines
N. G. Kraschel
Harlan
G. W. Kirtley
Thomas L. Curran
Agriculture
Homer Hush
Essex
Child Named for President Receives Autographed Photo
Harlan-Nearly two years old Franklin Delano Roosevelt namesake, son of Mr and Mrs Geo Sison, possessed an autographed photo of the President and a letter from the president's private secretary M A Lehand.
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Harlan
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sisgon
Geo. Sison
M. A. Lehand
Osceola County Tax Collections Hit 96 Percent
Osceola county treasurer George B Brunson reports 96 percent of 1936 taxes paid. From a $376,573 levy, receipts reach $359,862 with most residents meeting tax obligations.
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Osceola County
Sibley
George B Brunson
Easy for Driver to Remember License Number
Belmond Norman Cosen, a local produce dealer, recently bought a car formerly owned by Dr. G F McBurney. In applying for 1937 license plates, Cosen received the same number McBurney had in 1956 without any prearrangement.
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Belmond
Norman Cosen
G. F. McBurney
Cosen
McBurney
English Surgeons Visit Iowa City Orthopedic Hospital
Two distinguished surgeons from England and New Zealand inspect the University of Iowa children's orthopedic clinic. Guests of Dr Arthur Steindler and Dr Ald Furlong, they are affiliated with St Thomas Hospital and Palmerston Hospital respectively and are members of the Royal College of Surgeons.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
England
Met
Arthur Steindler
Ald Furlong
London
St. Thomas Hospital
C. 3S. Williams
Palmerston Hospital
New Zealand
Royal College of Surgeons
Farm youth injured in sliding accident at Van Horne
Vinton Myron Hannenwa, 22, of Van Horne, sustained 22 facial stitches after a sliding accident. He reportedly crashed into a fence, breaking his glasses and causing facial injuries.
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Vinton - Myron Hannenwa
van Horne
Young Hindeman
Municipal aims gift month service for January bills
D D E Shranger chairman of the municipal light and water committee announced that all January bills will be canceled if presented before February 10. The plan targets Atlantic Bleettiety users with a month free service as an incentive.
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Atlantic——Bleettiety
Fireman Dies After Leaning From Moving Locomotive
Albia James Pluyzinski a Dublington railroad fireman was killed when he leaned from a moving locomotive at Maxon and struck his head on a water tower. He was hurled from the engine onto nearby tracks and was dead when Engineer E M Ep stopped the train and came back.
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Albia
James Pluyzinski
Dublington
Maxon
Pluyzinski
E. M. Epperson
Girls Begin Hike to Oregon Missing 40 Days
Two Carroll high school girls Ruth Harrison age 4 and June Ecklund age 16 vanished after hitchhiking from Carroll to Banks Oregon for Christmas. Father Fred Harrison notified relatives this week that no word has come from the pair during their forty day disappearance.
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Oregon
Flood Victims Reach Iowa From Indiana
Emmetsburg reports the first flood victims arriving from Evansville Indiana Mrs F H O Halloran and daughter Vivien endured a harrowing trip while the O Hallorans former Emmetsburg residents left Evansville on what rail officials called the last train. About a thousand homeless refugees crowded the station many ill and exposed.
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Emmetsburg
F. H. O'Halloran
Vivien
Evansville
Ind
Omplorans
O'Halloran
Bird refuge planned for 97 acre Union slough tract
A 97 acre tract in Union slough near Bancroft is to be set aside as a bird refuge according to recent word. The project designates the land for conservation and wildlife habitat.
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Algona
Union Slough
Bancroft
County Legion Group Elects Officers in Washington
Washington county Legion posts met for the first time to form a county legion, electing Dr FE Miller as county commander and naming post commanders, a treasurer and adjutant, with plans for six county meetings yearly and by law drafting. Out‑of‑town visitors included Horace Hurley and several from Iowa City, Kalona, Wellman and Mt. Pleasant. Funeral services for Mrs. J. C. Moothart are announced for 2:30 Sunday at L. A. Jones funeral home in Washington with burial at Kim Grove.
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Washington County Legion
Legion Rooms
Washington
Riverside
A. E. Baldrige
Dale Atkinson
FE. D Miller
Wellman
Fred Downing
Cloyce Stewart
Latimer Davis
Crawfordsville
Ernest Rudolph
Brighton
Sargeant At-Armes
Miller
Kalona
P. L. Etter
Horace Hurley
Iowa City
Russell Jennings
Vietor
J. @. Atkinson
A. U. Stacy
EK. S
Rudolph Both
B. FF
Nichols
Nichola
Muscatine
Fred Neuhaus
W. H. Binder
L. F. Clark
Roy Kallaus
Roberts. Welte
John Robinson
Roy H. Paul
F. N. Gardner
Mark Schafer
McCoy
George W. Koch
T. J. McCabe
W. Ff. Ruler
Mt. Pleasant
J. H. Huston
Olds
J. C. Moothart
L. A
Local League Names Officers in Kossuth County
J. D. Lowe secretary of the Kossuth County Conger Vetion league reports at Washington D C the United States biological survey details.
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United States Biological Survey
Washington, D. C
J. D. Lowe
Weather Hits Game in Iowa
The Iowa state conservation commission warned that snow and ice across the state threaten to halt all hunting for a year. Secretary Logan Blizzard urged steps to provide feed for pheasants, quail, and other game to sustain wildlife during the food shortage.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
Logan
Decorations Go Up At Scott Furniture Window
New window adornments are being installed at the Scott Furniture Company as part of a seasonal display. Workers arrange festive decorations to attract customers and brighten the storefront.
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Scott Furniture Company
Flood relief fund grows with larger county drive
Washington county flood relief totals rise to 1675.70 as workers expect more money after Sunday church offerings. Chairman Roger Sherman notes a $93.65 deposit from American Pearl Button factory employees and Brighton’s fund reaching 120, with widespread county donations continuing into next week.
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Washington County Red Cross
Roger Sherman
American Pearl Button Factory
Sherman
Fred II
Glenn Schwartz
Hazel Siberts
Frances Witthoft
Uim
Walter Sheetz
Myrtia Pearson
W. B. Rittenhouse
Guards Assigned to Watch William H. Jordan
George Struble former sheriff of Washington county, Sheriff Harold M. Putnam and a Johnson county jailer guard William H. Jordan 38, under observation at the psychopathic ward in Iowa City state hospital. Doctors Dr Andrew H Woods and Dr L P Ristine convened to examine his sanity after the Jan 21 killings of Mariel Sayre and Danny Goode. Reports pending expected Monday.
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George Struble
Washington County
William H. Jordan
Washington
State Hospital
Iowa City
Harold M. Putnam
Jordan
Johnson County
Andrew H. Woods
Mariel Sayre
Danny Goode
Woods
Ly. L. P. Ristine
Mt. Pleasant State Hospital For
Special Sanity Commission
Municipal Band Opens 1937 Work in Washington
The Washington municipal band begins its 1937 rehearsals under Milo T. Sorden who moved from Ida Grove to lead the group. Now in its fifth year as a prominent community organization the band aims for another successful season with concerts featuring marches novelties standard classical pieces. Newly elected officers for 1937 include President Daryl Fetters Vice President Donald I. Davis Secretary Lester Muck and directors Milo Steele Jesse Radda Roger Eicher Gene Tucker Tom Gray.
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Washington
Daryl Fetters
Donald I. Davis
Lester Muck
Milo Steele
Jesse Radda
Roger Eicher
Gene Tucker
Tom Gray
To Move Denison Home Tomorrow
Dale Denison, shot in the Jordan incident, will be moved to his home tomorrow. His doctor forbids visitors for safety and recovery, despite a steady improvement. A special nurse will oversee care and an announcement will be made when visits are allowed.
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Dale Denison
Jordan
Denison
Grayson to Move to Davenport in New Post
Charles Grayson longtime Davenport Democrat correspondent moves to Davenport February 8 to become manager in charge of city circulation carrier boy service in towns across southeastern Iowa including Davenport. He will supervise about 400 carrier boys and also assist in the news department. He studied at the University of Iowa and worked with the Daily Iowan. The Graysons reside at 803 North Iowa avenue.
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Charles Grayson
Davenport
Golden Wedding Celebration Graces Shalla Family
Mr and Mrs Ivan Lemley and daughter arrived from Waukesha Wisconsin to join the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Shalla Sr scheduled for Monday.
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Ivan Lemley
Waukesha, Wis
John Shalla
Coon Elected President of Washington County Farmers Mutual
Ira A. Coon of Highland township was elected president of the Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association to succeed the late O C Patterson. Patterson had led the group 25 years and died earlier this month. Coon has served on the board since 1927 and on the executive committee. Kennedy of Washington township will join the executive committee. Dusenbery joins the board to fill Patterson’s long-held seat.
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James J. Benda
Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association Today
Ira A. Coon
Highland Township
O. C. Patterson
Cedar Township
Patterson
Insurance Association
Coon
Sidney Coon
Charles Kennedy
Washington Township
Harry A. Dusenbery
Landa search intensifies in Iowa missing man case
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Highway Patrol joins the hunt for Paul Landa a 41 year old nursery salesman missing from Jewell Iowa blood found on his car cushion at Osceola investigators fear foul play search focuses on culverts between Jewell and Osceola State Bureau of Investigation head W W Akers leads probe and notes concern after sighting with another man in a Jewell restaurant
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Des Moines
Lowa State Highway Patrol
Paul Landa
Protivia
Iowa
Jewell
Osceola
W. W. Akers
State Bureau of Investigation
Birthday cake giveaway at President's ball at Rendezvous
A three tier birthday cake will be given away at the President's birthday ball tonight at the Rendezvous. Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Crull. The dance runs from 9 p m to midnight with Lon Carroll's orchestra from Iowan City providing the music.
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Ake
Lawrence Crull
Lon Carroll
Iowan City
Mary Ellen Lytle Back Home Between Semesters
Mary Ellen Lytle returns from the University of Iowa to spend vacation with her father Merle Lytle, enjoying time at home between terms.
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Mary Ellen Lytle
University of Iowa
Merle Lytle
Test Nears On Lower Mississippi
Nature tests man efforts to control the Mississippi as 100000 troops bolster levees from Cairo to New Orleans. Ohio flood crest pushes toward Cairo. Paducah evacuates 24000, hospitals strained, influenza bites. Engineers say delta levee work holds, peak near 61 feet expected by Wednesday with critical breaches feared near Tiptonville.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Cairo
Ill
Memphis
Tenn
Nature
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Ohio River
Illinois
Kentucky
Paducah
Addison
Tiptonville
Willie E Lewis Dies After Operation at 28
Willie Elroy Lewis, 28, longtime mail carrier between the railway stations and post office, died at 1:30 today at the county hospital from complications after an operation twelve days ago. He is survived by his wife, his mother, Mr and Mrs Elwig Lewis, one brother and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Monday afternoon.
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Willie Elroy Lewis
Elwig Lewis
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Roads Slicker Than Ever Today
Rain and temperatures dipping promise ice on pavement and gravel roads across Washington county. Pedestrians and drivers faced treacherous surfaces as last night and this morning’s precipitation left slick conditions. Snow fell in western counties while rain persisted in the east.
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Washington County
Kew
Dr Bahumil Shimek Dies After Forty Six Year Iowa Faculty Career
Dr Bahumil Shimek longtime State University of Iowa faculty member died at his Iowa City home from heart disease after several days illness. He had served 46 years on the university staff and had recently suffered through influenza at home.
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DR. Shimek
Iowa City
Bahumil Shimek
State University of Iowa
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