Effinger Arrested in Death Cult Case Tied to Black Legion
Virgil B. Effinger of Lima Ohio, alleged major general of the Black Legion, was arrested in Michigan on charges of possession of explosive devices and intent to destroy life and property. Authorities say he planned to overthrow the federal government. Guthrie and Dean provided statements linking explosives and robes to Effinger during a Findlater hall visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Virgil B. Effinger
Lima
Black Legion
Michigan
Effinger
Ward Taylor
John Ricca
Ricca
Common Pleas
Gerald W. Groat
Dean
William Guthrie
Dayton Dean
Legion
Russia
United States
Findlater Hall
Guthrie
Arthur Lupp, Jr
Free Methodists Announce Pastoral Appointments
The sixty third annual Free Methodist conference disclosed pastoral moves. J Elliott Hollister moves from South Dakota to Des Moines First Free Methodist. W H McDonald shifts to Knoxville. E W Wallis to Fairview Des Moines. John C Schmidt to Oskaloosa Rose Hill and Pella. John Watterson to Cedar Rapids. R T Fine to Burlington. B C Patrick to Ottumwa. Bruce Myers to Morning Sun and Dixie. H R Eveland to Toddville. Mark Shockey to Waterloo. W J Trimble to Cedar Falls. G F Tackett to Fairfield. Earl Burrows to Oak Grove and Birmingham. B A Monroe to Marion Walker Cedar Ridge and Cedar Bend. J H Grim to Maquoketa and Ironhill.
Home Canning Guide Offers Quick Meal Veggies
Home canning tips spotlight peas beans and corn. Step by step methods cover boiling times pressure canning at 10 to 15 pounds and 240 to 250 degrees with recipes for succotash relish and corn. Readers are urged to send 15 cents for a booklet from The Cedar Rapids Gazette and additional 10 cents for a refrigerator recipes pamphlet.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Home Institute
West 19Th Street
New York
N. Y
Local Folk Vacation at Okoboji and Spirit Lakes
Cedar Rapids residents discover Okoboji and Spirit Lake attractions as more cars and visitors appear at lakes area resorts. Names include Machacek Kolanik and Ma chen families, Schillig family, Stratham family, Miss McLee, Washta family, Jesina group, and Ivins. Several stay at Neptune cottage Rachel's resort Templar park and Orleans cottages.
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Arnolds Park
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Okoboji Lakes
Spirit Lake
Machacek
Kolanik
Fred Machen
Babcock’s Beach
West Okoboji Lake
L. P. Schillig
Lorraine
Jack
L. H. Stratham
Mary Margaret
Rachel’s Resort
Merie L. McLee
Inn Hotel
Manhattan Beach
E. J. Washta
Perimski
Templar Park
Fay A. Jesina
Mary Louise Jesina
Carl L. Jesina
Frank Jesina
E. R. Moore
Audrey Lea Ivins
E. E. Stevens
Orleans
Modern-era Jean Valjean Must Face Oklahoma Extradition
Carlton B. Chilton, a 40 year old Cleveland businessman with a wife and 16 year old son, must return to the Granite reformatory after Gov. E W Marland ordered his extradition following a routine circular revealing his identity. Chilton fled Granite reformatory at age 17 after one year of a two year term for an unpremeditated unarmed bank robbery.
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Lawton
Okla
Jean Valjean
Oklahoma Reformatory
E. W. Marland
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Marland
Fred Cunningham
Charles Laley
State Crime Bureau
Chilton
Fred Hunt
Granite
Reformatory
Cunningham
Granite Reformatory
Birthday games and prizes in Five Hundred evenings
Luana Splies hosts friends for Mr Splies birth anniversary with Five Hundred prizes awarded to McGonigle Schuette and Burt. Louisa Meier entertains Five Hundred club at Bertha Spires home with prizes won by Olvis Davenport and Florence Schuette. Out of town guests include Elmer and Paul Doerring from Andrew Iowa and William Doerring from St Louis. Emmett Schuette hosts birthday gathering with prizes to Bertha Spires, Mary Kurth, William Bugenhagen and Elgie Burt.
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W. J. Splies
Elmer Doerring
Paul
Andrew
William Doerring
St. Louis
Lores Bomberger
Karen
Brighton
Emmett Schuette
Schuette
Bertha Spires
Mary Kurth
William Bugenhagen
Elgie Burt
Men Entombed After Lake Shore Mine Cave-In Near Kirkland Lake
In Kirkland Lake Ontario Draegermen work through debris at the Lake Shore Gold mine to recover two of three miners trapped by a cave-in at the 2700 foot level. Roy Warwick was among the trapped men and was later recovered, while John Bottrell and Jack Morden were believed dead. Relatives learned of the deaths as rescue efforts continued and gates to the mine were closed to outsiders.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Draegermen
Lake Shore Gold Company
John Bottrell
Jack Morden
Roy Warwick
Bottrell
Morden
Warwick
Perth
Moose River
Nova Scotia
Elaine Barrie Sues for 15 650 Auto Accident Damages
Elaine Barrie former friend of John Barrymore sues for 15 650 alleging injuries from a August 7 auto collision. She names driver John Doe Swartzberg and car owner Ida Seerman as defendants claiming careless operation and resulting physical and mental anguish.
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Elaine Barrie
Los Angeles
John Barrymore
John Doe Swartzberg
Ida Seerman
Social clubs honor Emma Hass with birthday party
Wheatland events recount Emma Hass birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Hass Jr with five hundred games at three tables, honors to Mrs. Melvin Dickel Mrs. John Hass Jr and Mrs. Ed Bachus. Various E E and D N clubs held gatherings with bridge and social activities across local households.
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John Hass, Jr
Emma
Melvin Dickel
Ed. Bachus
Norman Guenther
E. E. Club
A. E. McIilvain
William Martens
Burton Hansen
Hoker
D. V. IL
Alfred Ronald
C. Monger
Detroit, Mich
Earl Hoker
Ohio
Cedric van Kirk
Inside Man Identified in California Prison Break Plot
In Folsom California guards seized four smuggled guns and 100 rounds as officials thwart a planned jail uprising. Chester Athens a 52 year old San Francisco killer identified as the inside man in a scheme to blast free convicts. Warden C A Larkin says outside forces directed the plan and a second inmate is implicated. Guard John Atkinson uncovered the tactic when a laundry roll hid a .25 automatic with extra clip. another pistol was strapped to Athens leg. Additional weapons were said to be hidden near the prison and along the railroad line.
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Folsom
Calif
California
Chester Athens
San Francisco
C. A. Larkin
Ayhens
Larkin
John Atkinson
Atkinson
Athens
Firemen Send Apparatus To Battle Barn Fire Near Here
Local firemen were alerted just before 1 a.m. Sunday to a barn on the Sixth Street SW road three miles south of Cedar Rapids, which was burning. Responders dispatched apparatus. no additional details were available.
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Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Two Men Booked for Intoxication in City Jail
Walter Humphrey, 45, of 421 Ninth avenue SW, and Art Livermore, 40, of 702 L street SW, were lodged in the city jail by police at 7 15 p m Saturday and each booked on an intoxication count. The pair was picked up at First street and Fifth avenue SW.
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Walter Humphrey
Ninth Avenue
Art Livermore
L Street
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Social News and Society Events Highlights
Mrs. C E Thomas hosted a 1 o’clock luncheon for Mrs. Harry Anderson from Hempstead L I. The American Legion auxiliary met with Mrs. Grover Lechtenberg Monday evening. Mrs. Peter Wiese led a Wednesday 500 club gathering with high score by Mrs. Anna Ballhorn. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Paulsen hosted Milwaukee guests on a Lincoln Nebraska motor trip. Mary Koepke visited Stewartville Minnesota relatives for a week. Gloria Moss gave an eight girl birthday party at the Schluntz home. St Louis visitors Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heitman spent the weekend with local hosts. Grand Island Nebraska relatives spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs Nick Hennings and Mr Fred Hennings. Loretta and Elizabeth Kloppenberg hosted friends Monday for Mrs Harry Anderson.
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C. E. Thomas
Harry Anderson
Hempstead
L. I
American Legion Auxiliary
Grover Lechtenberg
Peter Wiese
Anna Ballhorn
Magdalina Paulsen
Hans Paulsen
Herman Paulsen
Milwaukee
Lincoln
Mary Koepke
Stewartville
Minn
Gloria Moss
Schluntz
Carl Heitman
St. Louis
Herman Heitman
Nick Hennings
Fred Hennings
Grand Island
Local Women Election Results At Wilton Junction Meeting
At a Methodist Ladies aid society meeting in Wilton Junction officers for the year were elected led by President Lela Badger and Vice President Nola Rorick. Plans were set to serve lunch at the fall festival.
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Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
F. W. Laucamp
Blanche Summers
Laura Fulton
Alice Weatherly
Lela Badger
Nola Rorick
S. Leslie Torrence
Herbert Herr
Jessie Duffe
Cheschamay
Rotary Lodge
Staley’s Lake
Gerald Stoffel
Harold Woodhouse
Louis Gill
Presbyterian Church
Marcia Wise
G. G. Leith
Tabor
Wise
Tabor College
W. Egger
H. Beck
Davenport
H. C. Ophirsen
O. Hoffman
Muscatine
William McSwiggen
Tipton
St. Mary’s
Frymeyer
Sunset Park
Washington
Forest Frymoyer
Cora Beard
Neal Frymoyer
Blanche Kelley
Grace Reformed Church
McKee Cousins Host Picnic at Leander McKee Clubhouse
A Leander McKee clubhouse gathering at Conelake drew the McKee cousins and many guests from Jones, Lansing, Columbus Junction, and nearby areas. Attendees included Loyal Houck Harold and the Merediths Frances and Walter, Eben and family, Eva McKee, J K McKee and Mary Elizabeth, and Leander McKee, plus others in extended Hesseltine and Miller circles. The Hesseltine family reunion followed at the Miller home with guests L S Hesseltine and Walter Nordyke and others.
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McKee
Leander McKee
Conelake
Loyal Houck
Harold
Lansing
Mich
Walter
Frances Meredith
Eben Williams
Brandt
Columbus Junction
I. F. Everett
L. D. Buser
Austin Bebb
Forest Bebb
Una
Alden Bebb
Family Names in Washington Muscatine Area
A list of residents including Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Strum and others from Washington Muscatine and Columbus Junction is provided, noting several couples and their children. The names include Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cuddleback and family, Mrs. Jack Kupka, Bobby and Phyllis Hesseltine, Gladys Schenkel, Johnnie and LeRoy Hesseltine, Harold McCullough and Gaylord and Dorothy, Clair Hesseltine, Billy and Larry, Tracy Miller, Harry, Dora, and Priscilla.
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Ton
A. R. Strum
Glen Cuddleback
Jack Kupka
Washington
Robert Hesseltine
Bobby
Phyllis
Columbus Junction
Gladys Schenkel
Johnnie
LeRoy
Muscatine
Harold McCullough
Gaylord
Dorothy
Clair Hesseltine
Billy
Larry
Tracy Miller
Harry
Dora
Priscilla
Marriage Announcements From West Branch for Isabel Sayles and Miss Kendall
Isabel Janet Sayles of Chicago and Duane Swanson of Moroco, Indiana, wed Aug. 1 in Oak Park with Dr. John Thompson officiating. Elizabeth Kendall of Ottumwa married Harry Holland of West Branch in Iowa City on Aug. 8 with Dr. Sylvester E. Ellis officiating.
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A. C. Sayles
Isabel Janet
Chicago
Duane Swanson
Morocco
Ind
Oak Park
Ill
John Thompson
Paul Nopar
West Branch
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Uhican
Free Methodists
Iowa Lakes
Luana
Wheatland
OMASH
Keystone
Wilton Junction
Conesville
Fritz Clemmensen
Lebanon
Floyd Hoffman
Cora Gray
Hamilton, NL
Clara Hoffman
Rockford, al
L. R. Hoffman
Lee
Glenn Hoffman
Alan
Burdette Hoffman
Lubergers
Luberger
Grand Rapids
Martha Washington
The
Luberger Company
Cha
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