Floyd Officers Sued Over Killing Melvin Stoecker
In Charles City Iowa a damage suit seeks 26000 for the death of Melvin Stoecker after a May 19 1933 shooting by deputies near Ninth Street and South Grand Avenue. The petition names Sheriff W D Cutler Deputy James A Cutler and others as defendants with sureties. The estate seeks 25000 for Melvin and 5000 400 and 19500 against several sureties and officers.
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Charles City
Aug. S
Alloney
W. G. Henke
Chris Hauger
W. D. Cutler
Melvin Stoecker
S. Cutler
Cutler
John’ Broeckar
Ve. V
D. Cutler
C. G. Gray
G. F. Heitz
Ralph Johnson
Ninth Street
South Grand Avenue
Nashua
Sherrf Cutler
Melvin O. Stoacker
James A. Cutler
E. C. Moody
W. S. Cutler
Mason City
Waterloo
Stoecker
Towa Publishers Open Four Regional Meetings in Illinois
Burlington editors convene the first of four sectional meetings starting tomorrow for a three day gathering of Towa Press Association members from dailies and weeklies. Open to editors and publishers regardless of association ties. Remaining meetings: Creston August 17-18, Spirit Lake August 23-24 and 26, Decorah September 7-8.
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Burlington
Towa Press Association
The
Press Association
Creston
Spirit Lake
Decorah
Robbed Hair Feud Rages at Sac City
In Sac City Iowa on August 8 a hair style feud erupts between girls who still wear long hair and those who cut or robbed their hair. The city press has been flooded with letters from supporters on both sides explaining their stance and motives.
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Sac City
Bobbed Hair Fad Widens Beyond Age Boundaries
The bobbed hair trend has spread widely here with matronly gray haired women joining the fashion. The scene reflects a broader shift in local style as shorter cuts gain popularity across ages and looks.
Exira Family Warned to Leave Town in Note
An anonymous note signed K K K was received by Mr and Mrs Dude Lowers of Des Moines. The letter warned the Exira family to depart, with the Board of Control and a Rockwell City parole board referenced during a week of hearings on reformatory parole requests by women.
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EXIRA
Extra
Mir
Dude” Lowers
Des Moines
Family Toll Board of Control
Sant
Rockwell City
Jealous Letter Warns Family. Handwriting Suspected Female
A threatening letter, likely written by a woman, was turned over to local authorities for investigation. The note targets the family identified as BLS] thera and remains unexplained, with no known basis for the threat.
Reformatories Take Parole Duties From Board to Rockwell City
The text notes a change in law when the women’s reformatory was created, transferring parole duties from the board of parole to the board of control at Rockwell City.
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Women's Reformatory
Separate
Reformatory For Women
Rockwell City
Board of Control
Board of Parole
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Floyd
Melvin
Citizens Gas and Electric Company
Towa Publishers
G. L. Stainbrook
Dafayette
la Porte City
W. H. Ross
L. & J. Bidg
Carl
Bickley, M. D
Leavitt and Johnson
Reformatory
Mens Fashion Shop
Panamas
LOT NO
Palm Beach
Nainsook Athletic Union
Val. Ius
Dalal Drug Stores
Phelps
Anheuser-Busch
ST. Louis
Nature
Science
National Organization of
Altstadt & Langlas Baking CO
Alggnmald
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