US to Drop Cases Against Samuel Insull
The U S government abandons its federal charges against Samuel Insull former head of a vast utility empire The Attorney General has directed the district attorney to drop the remaining mail fraud cases Insull 75 was holed up in a north side hotel writing a book and reflecting on his past power and downfall He says I am just an old man looking for a job.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
United Press
Homer S. Cummings
State of Mallinois
Dwight H Green
Insull
Green
Northside
Europe
Fire destroys Clinton Curtis Brothers warehouse
A Thursday blaze swept the upper two floors of Curtis Brothers sash and door plant in Clinton, causing about 30000 in damage to the warehouse and its contents. A separate Arlington item notes a business delegation traveling to Ames to push paving action on a heavily trafficked gravel road.
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Clinton
INS
Curtis Brothers Sash and Door Plant
Arlington
Ames
Delegations Expected at Foursquare Convention Session
Delegations from Moline and Minneapolis are to boost attendance at the Foursquare Gospel churches state convention final session tonight, opening Tuesday with Rev Myron M. Sackett in charge. Speakers include Rev William Wildman and Rev Malcolm Hall, with Rev Thomas Anderson sharing China and South America mission work slides and curios.
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Moline
Minneapolis
Foursquare Gospel
Myron M. Sackett
Foursquare
Eastern District
William Wildman
Los Angeles
Syracuse
N. Y
Eastern Seaboard
Malcolm Hall
Minnesota
Thomas Anderson
China
South America
Anderson
William Stevens
Washington, Ia
Warren Koon
Koon
Allamakee Landscape Work Begins Next Week
Allamakee County launches a rural school landscaping program with ten half day meetings at ten schools led by Ames landscape architect J. S. Elmer. Demonstration planting of trees and shrubs plus talks engage teachers, pupils and patrons.
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Gazrt Waukon
Allamakee County
J. S. Elmer
Ames
Elmer
Meeting schedule outlines school planning sessions
The document lists a sequence of planned meetings across multiple townships and schools. April dates specify location and time slots from morning sessions to afternoon sessions in Center township Village Creek Ludlow Han over Waterloo Ridge Jefferson Jef ferson Woodland Post Franklin and related sites.
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Center Township
Village Creek
Ludlow
Bell
Union Prairie
Hanover
Waterloo Ridge
Jefferson
Linton
Woodland
Post
Franklin
Art And Commerce Teachers To Meet At Iowa University
Art and commercial education teachers from across the state will gather at the University of Iowa for their annual convention. Demonstrations include landscape paintings by John F. Carlson and modeling by Anthony Vozek. Sessions feature talks on creative teaching and a report on the Owatonna art project. More than 150 educators expected as the seven conference series ends.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
John F. Carlson
Woodstock
N. Y
Anthony Vozek
Chicago
Elmer Stephan
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Owatonna
Re Elect Fire Co Officers At Waukon
The Pioneer Fire company re elected all officers: Carl Smedsrud chief S H Kiesan assistant chief H J Deeny secretary P J Mahoney treasurer W R Ryan truck captain Otto Hanson hook and ladder foreman. Treasurer reports opera house receipts 5513 47 with other income total gross 6160 30 expenditures 4287 32 note payments 1600 interest and 1000 still due. Balance on hand April 1 116 98.
Hunt For Plant Disease Spores In Stratosphere Next June
The National Geographic Society and the army corps will launch a mission in June to trap living spores of plant diseases and other microscopic life seven to fifteen miles up. A sterile tube with sticky surfaces will capture spores as a parachute-borne sampler descends after the balloon reaches about fifteen miles. The goal is to see if spores survive extreme cold and UV exposure, and how wind currents may spread them globally.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Army Corps
the Geographic Society
Earth
Los Angeles Meat Shops Reopened After Pickets
Police greeted pickets at the Hollenbeck Heights meat strike front as forty butcher shops reopened. Chief James E. Davis said extra officers protected the scene and claimed the anti cost of living protest was controlled by communist leaders.
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Los Angeles
Hollenbeck Heights
James E. Davis
United Conference
General Strike Planned Across Mexico by Labor Confederation
The General Confederation of Workers and Peasants with over 40,000 members votes to call a nation wide general strike. If labor disputes remain unresolved, a formal strike call is expected to be issued within days.
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Mexico
D. F
General Confederation of Workers and Peasants
Romance Ends In Tragic Leap Of Meadville Actress
New York police report 21 year old Betty Hamilton, stage and screen actress from Meadville Pennsylvania, leapt from an eleventh story hotel room near Radio City. She died en route to Polyclinic hospital after a prior suicide attempt within 24 hours. Engagement to Fred Levy had been announced and later called off after a quarrel with manager Bud Pollard. Hamilton had returned to New York last December after years abroad with acting credits.
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New York
INS
Betty Hamilton
Meadville
Chicago
Little Hotel
Radio City
Polyclinic Hospital
Bud Pollard
Miss Hamilton
Fred Levy
South
Pollard
Universal Films
George E. Hamilton
Keystone View Company
England
Treatment for Brights Disease Reported at Conference
A kidney extract claiming to treat Brights disease, once incurable, was unveiled at a Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting in Detroit. Brights disease ranks among the top US killers, with acute cases potentially fatal within months and chronic cases often ending in about two years.
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Detroit
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
United States
Gly-Cas Restores Mr. Crow From Rheumatism in Waterloo
Mr. C. B. Crow of 201 Cottage Grove Ave Waterloo Iowa reports crippling rheumatism ended by Gly-Cas He says the remedy improved stomach and bowels and allowed better sleep after prior failures The product is sold at Thrifty Drug Store Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Mr. Crow
C. B. Crow
Cottage Grove Ave
Waterloo
Iowa
Thrifty Drug Store
1St St
3Rd Ave SE
Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts Plan Fourth Annual First Aid Contest
Sixteen Cedar Rapids area council Scout troops will compete in the fourth annual first aid contest at Benjamin Franklin junior high gym Friday at 7 30 p.m. Each team has four Scouts and an alternate. past champions cannot compete. The winner gets a year with the John Stuart trophy and gold medals for each team member. The runner-up receives a bronze Scout trophy. third place gets a streamer. Chester Johnson chairs the event with Dr R K Keech referee and K E Cornell chief of judges.
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Cedar Rapids
Benjamin Franklin
Chester Johnson
Independent Druggists’ Association
R. K. Keech
K. E. Cornell
E. M. Pin
Public invite to event with no admission charge
A public invitation announces a forthcoming event with timer and Thomas Hardiman as scorer. The public is invited to attend and there will be no admission charge.
Tama Powwow Officers Named for TwoYear Term
The Mesquakie Indians selected officers and a committee to run the annual powwow. Elected for two years are President Willie Poweshiek Vice President Amos Morgan Secretary Columbus Keahna and Treasurer Robert Waseshuk. The committee includes Sam Slick Harry Lincoln Frank Earl George Black Cloud Billy Jones Bill Leaf Lowman Kapayou Frank Mitchell Young Bear George Ward Jim Poweshiek and Oliver Lincoln.
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Tama
Do. H. Chuck
Willie Poweshiek
Amos Morgan
Columbus Keahna
Robert Waseshuk
Sam Slick
Harry Lincoln
Frank Earl
George Black Cloud
Billy Jones
Bill Leaf
Lowman Kapayou
Frank Mitchell
Young Bear
George Ward
Jim, Poweshiek
Oliver Lincoln
Five Held in Iowa Coal Mine Payroll Robbery Case
Five men were detained in Albia tied to a $5,800 payroll theft at Smoky Hollow Coal Mine. A suspect, Ned Warner, 22, was wounded fleeing. Suspects include Bruno Marvell of Knoxville and others from Chicago and nearby areas as officers recover the loot after a gunfight with the bandits.
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Albia
Smoky Hollow Coal Mine Company
Hiteman
Ned Warner
North Riverside
Tul
Can
Bruno Marvell
Knoxville
Leonard
John Evans
Monroe County
James Marvino
George Schindler
Mike Bara
Chicago, I
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