Confession Reported in Des Moines Slaying Case
Twenty year old Edward J. Farrant admitted shooting Detective Harry Booton in a Des Moines gun battle and said he and Ray Kinney opened fire as officers approached near a downtown church. Prosecutors plan murder indictments for both men, who allegedly sought loot from a laundry robbery while denying kidnapping charges.
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DES Moines
Edward J. Farrant
Harry Booton
Carl Burkman
Farrant
Ray Kinney
Booton
George Cessna
Burman
Kinney
Pela
Essna
Hessna
Counterfeiter Gets 2 Years In Prison
William B. Franck a former deputy sheriff received two years in Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty in federal court to causing counterfeit garment checks to be printed. Franck and his wife were arrested after a counterfeit disability check was used at a Centerville Indiana filling station. His prior three year sentence was reduced after his claim of eight months already served awaiting trial.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
William B. Franck
Franck
Centerville
Loveran
Counerfeiters
Era Prance
Las Septemb
Francki
Johnson Treasurer Files Amendment In Shortage Case
Iowa City. County Treasurer Charles L. Berry amended his cross petition in district court attesting he deposited 20000 dollars in currency and 6243.30 in checks on January 2 1932 at the First National bank while J W O Meara was at the window. The case seeks an accounting amid a 20000 dollar discrepancy between county records and the bank. The trial begins January 4 in district court.
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Iowa City
First National Bank
Charles L. Berry
J. W. O’meara
Berry
Johnson County
Schedon - Begin
Officers Elected By La Porte City Lodges
La Porte City reports new officers across several fraternal bodies. Pythian Sisters elect N. H. Blanchaine as chief with a slate led by S. W. Foss and L. J. Lamb. Knights of Pythias select Dr. W. F. Christopher as chancellor commander and Welldon Betts as vice-chancellor. Trowel lodge names A. E. Kober as Worshipful Master and C. V. Barnhart as Senior Warden. Odd Fellows install John Cutler as Noble Grand with C. V. Barnhart as Recording Secretary. Thistle Rebekah lodge elevates J. B. Walden to Noble Grand with Ada Narber as Vice Grand.
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G. C. Teeter
Dallas Husman
C. A. Brust
James Robertson
E. W. Kline
Elwyn Gillespie
E. L. Esher
Trowel Lodge No
A. F
A. M
A. E. Kober
C. V. Barnhart
H. R. Halbfass
F. E. Lehman
M. L. Haven
J. H. Goon
Odd Fellows
Noble Grand
John Cutler
Robert Kahler
William Kruse
C. A. Fultz
C. J. Powell
Thistle Rebekah Lodge
J. B. Walden
Ada Narber
Stella Hackett
Henry Bookmeier
Adelle Schaible
Fremont Masonic Officers Elected for Coming Year
The Fremont lodge elected officers for the new year. Worshipful Master N J Lehto, Senior Warden H R Kiahn, Junior Warden James Cousins, Treasurer Kenneth Wilkins, Secretary Glen Tenley, with A M and APF present.
Nine Ames Carroll and Boone Men Indicted in Liquor Ring
federal grand juries in Des Moines and Dubuque indicted nine men from Ames Carroll and Boone tied to a statewide liquor ring. The cases stem from a nine month probe after agents seized 37 gallons of alcohol and 48 pints of bonded liquor on Des Moines outskirts. Indicted in Des Moines were H. E. Chapman L. F. Chapman Harold R Cash Thomas Mosness William Stephenson John Albert Conrad George Day H O Robinson and Ward Platter.
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Des Moines
INS
Ames, Carroll and Boone
Northern District
Dubuque
Iowa
Prohibition
H. E
L. F. Chapman
Carroll, Ia
Harold R. Cash
Thomas Mosness
Ames
William Stephenson
John Albert Conrad
George Day
H. O. Robinson
Ward Platter
Boone
Wilton Junction Couple Celebrates 66 Years of Marriage
Wilton Junction Mr and Mrs Theodore Port were surprised by relatives on Monday for their sixty six th wedding anniversary A Cedar County wedding decades ago united them Their life together included farming and long Sunday school attendance They have four children seven teen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren Two children survive Dr C Port of Clinton and William Port of Wilton Both are active in community and church affairs
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Wilton Junction
Theodore Port
Washington County Jurors Are Drawn
The Janu ary term of district court opens Jan 3 with Judge D W Hamilton. Grand jurors report Jan 1. petit jurors report Jan 1. Names listed include R J Chorpening Franklin township and many others across Washington County and nearby townships.
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Washington County
Washington
D. W. Hamilton
R. J. Chorpening
Franklin Township
Tom Carter
Clay
Cloyce Dunbar
O. P. Essley
Boyd Humble
Percy Klockenteger
Lime Creek
Charles McKay
Brighton
Harry Pearson
Oregon
Bert Skola
Highland
Clifford Sommers
Richmond
Nick Tines
Dutch Creek
Cornelius Walsh
Iowa
Charles Bartholomew
Jackson
Ethel Burham
Donald Brown
Cecil Brown
William Blum
Charles M. Bickford
Glenn Cuddebeck
Franklin
Hugh S. Davis
Crawford
Grace Evans
Emma Engle
Fred Franklin
Ethel Flynn
Mamie Flynn
Cedar
Thomas R. Gillespie
Olive Godwin
Washington Township
Nick Hahn
Ralph Hoxworth
Bertha Hyde
Fred Krebs
Lee Walton
Earl Wood
G. A. White
Fourth Ward
Frank Wesley
Alice Willams
H. H. White
Ee Wiley
Mail Plane Burns In Forced Landing Near Council Bluffs
A United Air Lines mail plane bound from Chicago to Omaha crashed after a forced landing eight miles east of Council Bluffs. Pilot E B Jeppersen escaped with minor injuries as ice in the carburetor forced the descent. The craft overturned in a creek bed and burned. no passengers were aboard. In Mount Vernon Morris Sanford of Cedar Rapids spoke to local students on Advertising during a business English lecture series led by Prof Clyde Tull.
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Council Bluffs
United Air Lines
E. B. Jeppersen
Here
Jeppersen
Chicago
Omaha
Mount Vernon
Morris Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Tull
Cold Wave Eases as Iowa Warmth Returns
Iowa weather improves with rising temperatures and increasing cloudiness for Tuesday night and Wednesday. Records show Charles City at 10 below zero early Tuesday, Des Moines at one below, Sioux City two below, Dubuque at zero, and Keokuk at twelve above in the afternoon. No precipitation was reported as the state clears except for a cloudy southeast sector.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Iowa
Charles City
Sioux City
Omaha
Dubuque
Keokuk
Impeachment petition awaits action on Justice Letts
The House Judiciary Committee weighed a petition by Jesse C. Duke seeking impeachment of Justice F Dickinson Letts and U S Attorney Leon Rover for alleged falsification of records and obstruction of justice. The panel planned to refer the charges to a subcommittee for inquiry and potential hearings. The case involves Moder et al, liquor-law defendants convicted in Letts's court.
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Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Leon A. Rover
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Letts
Iowa
Jesse C. Duke
Rover
Sumners
Duke
Garner
Adolph R. Moder
Moder
Thomas Crane
James Caparrotta
Rocco Pellicano
Justice Letts
Faville to Take Federal Job after Iowa Supreme Court Term
Fred erick F. Faville will resign from the Iowa supreme court on January 1 and assume the post of master in chancery for the United States district court. Appointed by Judge Charles A. Dewey, Faville will provide legal research and guidance to the federal judge. Also, Lewis S. Levi seeks to sell the Lost Nation bank property to E H Balster for 2500, with a hearing set before Judge C L Ely at Clinton on December 15.
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Des Moines
Frederick F. Faville
Iowa Supreme Court
United States District Court
Faville
Charles A. Dewey
Lost Nation
Lewis S. Levi
First National Bank of
E. H. Balster
C. L. Ely
Clinton
Campaign Spending Totals $108 428 In Iowa Election
Des Moines AP reports a combined campaign outlay of 108 428 12 dollars by candidates and party groups in the November general election. Individual candidates spent 66 909 78 while the Republican state central committee accounted for 23 858 31 and the Democratic central committee 12 346 01. Minor parties spent 5 314 12. State office bids exceeded 10 000, legislative races about 19 000, and congressional races near 20 000.
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Des Moines
G. C. Greenwalt
Republican State Central Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Independence Couple Married Sixty Years
The Independence couple Mr and Mrs Walter Thompson celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary with a dinner hosted by their children attended by forty relatives and friends. Thompson born Ontario May 13 1850 married Flora McDonald December 10 1872 and moved to Byron township in 1876.
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Independence
Walter Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Ontario
Flora McDonald
Byron Township
Louis
George Slemmons
Clyde Merrill
F. E. Hamlin
Will Hood
Tom Broom
John Hamilton
Charles Arnold
Arlington
P. D. Taylor
F. W. Bucher
J. P. Hamilton
Henry Lord
Laura Hearn
Albert Merrill
Winthrop
Braden
Margaret Bick
Lizzie Slemmons
Andrew Wilson
Lewis Thompson
Universal Film Exchange Wins Case for $653 in Iowa Dispute
In Des Moines AP report Universal Film Exchange Inc. is awarded 653 dollars from J E Farley owner of a Waucoma theater who allegedly refused to accept certain film releases. In Oxford Junction Harold G Long is elected chancellor commander of the K of P lodge with Harry Ingwersen and other officers named.
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Des Moines
Universal Film Exchange, Inc
J. E. Farley
Waucoma
Universal Company
Oxford Junction
Harold G. Long
P. Lodge
Harry Ingwersen
George Slouha
James L. Cave
John Stevenson
O. A. Gable
Wit Blizek
Ernest Latore
E. A. Grimwood
Beauties Named From State University Contest
Iowa City Edith Helmer and Iowa City Mary Hanneman led a field of fifteen candidates announced by Earl Cave of New York's Vanities for six top beauties. Runners include Patricia Irish Nevada and Dorothy Zalle Dennison with Mary Evans Osage and Margaret McCulley Omaha among the top contenders. The remaining nine finalists are Betty Whitesley Davenport Jane Dutcher Iowa City Mary Ann Seamonds Maquoketa Bevelyn Westfall West Liberty Mildred Bernick Iowa City Lucille Leslie Jefferson City Mo Mildred Trobaugh Avoca Sylvia Koff Marshalltown and Thelma Peck Ames.
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Iowa City
Earl Caveroll
New York
University of Iown
Edith Helmer
Mary Hanneman
Fort Madison
Patricia Irish
Nevada
Dorothy Zalle
Dennison
Margaret McCulley
Omaha
Mary Evans
Osage
Betty Whitelesey
Davenport
Jane Dutcher
Mary Ann Seamonds
Maquoketa
Bevelyn Westfall
West Liberty
Mildred Bernick
Lucille Leslie
Jefferson City
Mildred Trobaugh
Avoca
Sylvia Koff
Marshalltown
Thelma Peck
Ames
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Ames -Carroll- Boone
Wilton Jct
Kangaroo
Oxfords
Second Avenue SE
F. D. Letts
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. A. Thomson
Chss Ave
Detroit
Michigan
Arate
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Ruth
Hood and
Donna
Long Prairie
Minn
Ivor Rathbun
Margaret Thompson
Waterloo
State University
Bree Allison Hotel
Toyland—Gift Shop
Sears
Radio
Kenmore
Denign
ST Downs Seti Weekly
SU Yeo
Eae
Eee
En Eta
Sturdley
Sears, Roebuck
Third Avenue
Eckey
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