Guard Lacy Is Held In Cell After Kidnap Plot
Chicago AP reports John Lacy, jailed after a failed Davenport kidnapping plot with Charles Mayo, was placed under guard as Mayo, found dead in his cell, allegedly confessed. Prosecutors prepare to indict Lacy for conspiracy while tracing Lacy’s murky past including forgery and bank robbery in North Dakota and Illinois.
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Charles W Mayo
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Mayo
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Davenport
Grand Jury
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Dakota
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Tinley Park
North Dakota
Coghlan
Adler
Morrison Hotel
Fort Worth
Norman Wvman
Tex Coghlan
Des Moines
Cogh
Mock Trial at Washington High School Public Speaking Class
Pupils from the CWA public speaking classes at Washington High School will stage a mock trial Monday at 7 30 pm in the high school auditorium. Regular court procedure will be followed and the public is invited. Manchester fire causes 5000 damage at Mrs James Green home starting upper story with wind aiding spread.
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CWA
Washington High School
Manchester
James Green
Senate showdown on vets funds near House vote
The Ways and Means Committee tentatively rejected immediate reconsideration of the 2.4 billion soldier bonus bill, clearing the path for a March 12 vote. A separate Senate clash looms over liberalizing veterans benefits including widow and orphan pensions and extended Spanish-American War veteran payments.
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Senate
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Hatfield
W. Va
Shipstead
Minn
572 500 More To Be Cut From Payrolls Of CWA Saturday
Washington UPI The Civil Works Administration begins mass demobilization with about 572 500 workers cut from pay rolls Friday and the total CWA rolls near 3 104 400. Hopkins says a long range plan for relief activities is being developed with federal department heads.
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Washington
Civil Works Army
Civil Works
Hopkins
Drafts Bill To Block Drake Estate Scheme
Assistant Iowa attorney general Walter Maley said his office is drafting a bill to stop any solicitation for funds in the Drake estate scheme linked to Oscar M. Hartzell. The bill would treat the Drake estate solicitations as security sales, bringing them under the state securities commission and naming law enforcement officers to enforce it. Senator M. X. Geske will sponsor in the senate.
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M. X. Geske
Elkader
Senate
Maley
Deaths and Funerals Notices
Death notices report funerals for Mrs. Mary Fenton and infant Leo Melsha with services set for Saturday. Dr. W L Carroll, longtime Dallas pastor and uncle to local residents, died last Sunday night and was buried in St Louis after visiting Cedar Rapids.
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Leo Frank
Leo W. Melsha
First Street
Polansky
August Vojacek
St. John's Cemetery
Dallas
Texas
W. L Carroll
John R. Weber
Mr. Carroll
First Presbyterian Church of
Cedar Rapids
Belle Fountain
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids man pleads not guilty to drunken driving
Albert Jackson of five miles east of Cedar Rapids faced a district court on the drunken driving charge filed by County Attorney G K Thompson after a crash on Highway 30 east of Lisbon at 2 45 a m. He posted a $1 000 bond. Jackson was taken to a Cedar Rapids hospital by Deputy Sheriff Jay Davis. Two Cedar Rapids women in the car were uninjured.
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Adler
Davenport Times
Lacy
Wyman
Bismarck
Valley City
N D
Daniel Gilbert
Jay
Ding) Darling
Des Moines
Albert Jackson
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Jackson
Lisbon
A. B. Clark
Jay Davis
200th Civil Criminal Docket Opened in Linn County Court
The Linn County Clerk of the District Court Edwin W. Lundquist opened the two hundredth civil and criminal docket Friday morning. The earlier milestones note the hundredth docket was started twenty years ago with thirty thousand records across law equity criminal and transcript judgments. Probate records are kept separately. Suit Against Main Dismissed. A Newton C Burnett contract suit against Standard Manufacturing Cedar Rapids W F Main and W F Main doing business as Standard Manufacturing was dismissed with prejudice at costs after settlement.
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Linn County
Edwin W. Lundquist
Main
District Court of
Newton C. Burnett
Standard Manufacturing Company of
Cedar Rapids
W. F Main
W. F. Main
Standard Manufacturing Company
Educator Hammered Wheat Thinsies Free Offer
A promotional ad touts whole wheat Wheat Thinsies praised for minerals and vitamins to boost energy for active children. It promises a free full-size package with a clip coupon, claiming no payment and no obligation, limited by the offer.
Surety Bonds Approved for 14 of 17 School Contracts
The Board of Education approved surety bonds for fourteen of seventeen junior high school addition contracts at a special Friday meeting. Max Mildenstein and Carstens Brothers have not yet complied with bonding. Officials expect a special meeting to finalize the remaining bonds once filed. Work start requires either beginning construction or delivering materials to the site within ten days. Full construction will take several weeks to begin.
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Max Mildenstein
Carstens Brothers
Ackley
Elec
BE. R. Moore
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