Local News Roundup and Social Notes
W F Salterberg recovers from ten day illness with flu. Fresh eggs sell at 14c per dozen. Reister Bros relocate to Dallas Texas. Mr Irving Weber and son Willis move from Iowa City. Weber, long Sidwell Ice Cream field rep, accepts new post with the Borden company. R R Sidwell of Iowa to succeed him. D S Farrier reports a bluebird sighting Tuesday morning, earlier than usual for this region, with migration timing tied to climate conditions.
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Irving Weber
Willis
Iowa City
Dallas
Texas
Weber
Sidwell Ice Cream Company
Borden Pany
R. R. Sidwell
Iowa
Far rington Welcomes Son At Washington Hospital
At the hospital Mr and Mrs James F Far rington Washington are parents of a son born at 4 45 pm yesterday weighing seven pounds one ounce Dismissed from the hospital yesterday were Mrs Laurence Howell and baby daughter of Crawfordsville Mrs Russell Hampton and son and Mrs Maynard Kallous and daughter all of Washington Mrs Cecelia Bruty was admitted yesterday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Farrington
Washington
Laurence Howell
Crawfordsville
Russell Hampton
Maynard Kallous
Cecelia Bruty
Hand Injured In Gear Incident At Feed Mill
Ralph Gibson suffered a severe injury to his right hand Tuesday when it was caught in a portable feed mill gear. Two fingers were badly mashed and the second finger had to be amputated at the first joint during a work shift.
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Ralph Gibson
Ramseyer's Spring Fries Offerings Highlighted
Ramseyer's Hatchery advertises extra fine quality fries weighing 2 to 3 pounds per sack. Call 238 forRamseyer's Spring Fries selection available in 2012.
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Ramseyer’s Hatchery
Japanese Planes Set Fire To Shanghai In Bomb Raids Many Dead
Chinese dispatches report three raids by Japanese planes on Shanghai causing massive fires and about 3000 casualties. Earlier raid on Ningbo or Ninghsia killed or wounded about 200 civilians as 103 bombs struck the downtown district.
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Shanghai
Zchang
Ningshia
Indict Four Men in Cattle Deal at Fairfield
Fairfield Jefferson county grand jury indicted four men on two counts each for conspiracy and cheating by false pretenses in a cattle deal. Defendants are Frank Stever and A L Newhart of Fairfield Ernest Latta of Batavia and Van Carter of Ottumwa. Bond set at 2000 each. Charges filed by John W Riggs a farm tenant near here owned by Harry I Ball.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
George van Nostrand
Frank Stever
A. L. Newhart
Ernest Latta
Batavia
van Carter
Ottumwa
John W. Riggs
Here
Harry I. Ball
Cardinals Edge Tipton In Final Minute Narrow Loss
Washington junior college Cardinals lose 36 to 35 to Tipton in the state tournament after Keiper puts Washington ahead 35-34 and Tipton’s Hippele hits the winning basket. Bolan led Tipton with 15 points as Albia beat Britt 28-36 in the other morning game.
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Boone
Iowa
Washington
Cardinals
Tipton
Tiptonites
Bolan
Keiper
Hippele
Albia
Britt
Iowa Packing Manager Delays Action on Labor Board Order
Henry J. Nelson of the Iowa Packing company said no action will be taken to disband packing house workers associations until the official copy of the labor relations board order is received.
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Des Moines
Henry J. Nelson
Iowa Packing Company
National Labor Relations Board
Stratton Still Smiles Despite Hunting Accident Loss
Monte Stratton, former White Sox pitcher, smiles in Dallas Texas after a hunting accident cost him a leg. His artificial limb helps him move about almost as well as before near Celeste.
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Monte Stratton
Dallas
Tex
Celeste
White Sox
Iowa State pair in skating ice rescue on river
Karl Beck saved Juanita Mitchell when the ice broke on the Iowa river during a skating outing. Both students at the State University of Iowa, they had gone to the river to pose for pictures to send to a newspaper in Mitchells hometown.
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Iowa City
Karl Beck
Juanita Mitchell
Iowa River
State University of Iowa
Mins Mitchell
Police raid nets 125 men three women at Fort Des Moines
Des Moines liquor squad raided the Log Cabin room on the eleventh floor of Hotel Fort Des Moines arresting 125 men and three women. Officers reported seizure of 10 bottles of liquor blocks, unopened containers, gambling equipment including a chuck-a-luck device, dice, cover cloths, and poker chips along with money.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Fifteen Robins On Lawn At Darrow Home
In Columbus Junction on March 9, Mrs. May Darrow reports the first robins seen in town this year a flock of fifteen perched on her lawn on Wednesday. The Clifford Bozarth family recently moved from Letts. Mrs. Richard Peters, age 84, broke her right hip at home on South Hill Tuesday.
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Robins
Darrow
Junction
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Mar
May Darrow
Clifford Bozarth
Letts
Richard Peters
South Hill
FE. W. McWilliams
Chicago
Genevieve Fedderson
Louisa County
Oakville
Robert McCarthy
Des Moines
Lee Ogier
John Davis
William
Marsiglitown
Demons Meet Iowa City In District Tourney Opener
Washington faces Iowa City tonight at 9 36 in a district high school tournament first round at the University field house in Iowa City. Coach Kenneth Kimberlin plans to use the same squad from Riverside with Snyder likely at center and Stewart as early replacement.
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Washington
Iowa City
Finke
McLaughlin White
Buckley Snyder
Hiri Macon
Devine Lewis
Lemons
Cardinals
Tipton
University Field House
Kenneth Kimberlin
Riverside
Snyder
Stewart
Marengo
Russ Iitt
Teddy the chuck wagon cook saves the frontier blaze tale
A Western tale recounts Teddy from Three Dauce ranch guiding a burn line with coffee and bacon, only to be miles from camp and return to cold food, prompting his resignation as cook. Texas to Montana frontier era recollections involve Teddy, the punchers, and a blazing fire.
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Eddy Blue
Three Dauce Ranch
Montana
Texas
Teddy
Chuck
Teldy
Western Newspaper Union
Coins and Biblical Allusions Shape Ancient Shekel History
The Detroit Coin Club authority notes bronze shekels first minted at Jerusalem around 132 B C with later gold, silver, copper and potton issues. The silver shekels bore a jeweled chalice, lily and Hebrew for Jerusalem the Holy, with no portraits of people or animals.
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Jerusalem
Detroit Coin Club
Israel
Funeral rites for John Bales held at St Joseph’s Brighton
Funeral services for John Bales were conducted Wednesday at 10 AM in St Joseph’s Catholic Church East Pleasant Plain. Burial followed in Brighton Hillcrest cemetery. Also notes Max Van Winkle’s week home from Rock Island and Charles’s expected leave from the Sigourney CCC camp.
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Rhua Helmick
Brighton
Mar
John Bales
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Brighton Hillcrest
Max van Winkle
Rock Island
Charles
Ccc
Sigourney
Ralph Hoxworth
Hoxworth
Washington
James Curran 64 Dead at Waterloo
Mrs. Anna Hays learned her brother James A Curran 64 of Waterloo died Tuesday Funeral services are set for Saturday at 1 pm in Waterloo Mrs Curran was born and raised in the community and lived here years ago He is survived by his wife six children two sisters and one brother Samuel Albert of Pueblo Colorado
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Anna Hays
James A. Curran
Waterloo
Hayes
Mr. Curran
Hays
Samuel Albert
Pueblo
Colo
Packing Company Ordered to Quit a Company Union
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Iowa Packing Co of Des Moines to disestablish the packing house workers association, ruling it company dominated. The firm with about 470 workers allegedly funded the union campaign with 400 dollars and lent time property and cooperation to the association’s election.
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Washington
Alpy
National Labor Relations Board Today
Iowa Packing Company of
Des Moines
Opera Star Embraces Swing Music in Iowa City
Metropolitan Opera soprano Josephine Antoine visits Iowa City and says she is not a jitterbug but enjoys swing music. She notes the younger generation shows more interest in swing than in opera after her performance with Lawrence Tibbett in Mignon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Josephine Antoine
Metropolitan Opera
State University of Iown
Lawrence Tibbett
Fashionable Muffs Adorn Seventeenth Century Men
Men in the seventeenth century carried muffs across social classes from taverns to courts. They wore muffs around the neck or buttoned to waistcoats with dandies displaying lace, ruffles, and ribbons.
Kalona School Election Set for Monday
Kalona voters will go to the polls Monday March 13 to reelect BF Hesselschwerdt and C KE Hershberger and to decide three new candidates T R James I B Grady and B W Yoder. Local business houses will close at 6:00 PM Thursday to allow attendance at the Kalona Bennet game in Iowa City.
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Ernestine Grady
Kalona
BF. J. Hesselschwerdt
C. KE. Hershberger
T. R. James
I. B. Grady
8. W. Yoder
Iowa City
Dick Frye
Zaba
Chicago
Dennis Michum
A.u.l
Helen Peterseim
Davenport
Wheatley
Duwa
Cadwell Gradys
Funeral services for J. A. Arnold held at L A Jones
Funeral services for J. A. Arnold were held yesterday morning at the L A Jones funeral home with Revs. W. J. Stevens and I. Fredmund in charge. Pallbearers listed include Albert Donovan Ross Pence John Kurtz George Stumpf Joe Wright and Milt Denison.
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J. A. Arnold
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
W. J. Stevens
I. Fredmund
Albert Donovan
Ross Pence
John Kurtz
George Stumpf
Joe Wright
Milt Denison
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John H. Noonan
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Milo Sorden
Daryl Fetters
Parsons College Philharmonic
D F. Mallcon
Lawrence Wilson
Clinton
C. W. Laughlin
Eclipse Lumber Company
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Jake Roth
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the Evening Journal
Ramseyers Spring Fries
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Straleht
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Mason City
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Ellsworth
Yoder
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Bismiller
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2Nd Ave
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