Audit Reveals $913,640 Shortage At State Reformatory
Auditors traced slips carrying Conway endorsed drafts to Niles and Watters Bank. Only four were credit processed by the reformatory, with $7,320.12 uncredited. Money orders from the same group totaled $909.60 in credits. Fifteen checks from E Cohn and Son of Cedar Rapids ranged from $30 to $836.98, none recorded on books. A $365.60 draft paid for junk left $165.50 unaccounted. Kushner and Co sent three drafts totaling $260.65 $400.03 and $298.44. first two not recorded while all but thirty cents of the third draft were credited.
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Conway
Niles and Watters Bank
Reformatory
Cohn and Son
E. Cohn and Son
Cedar Rapids
Cohn
Anamosa
J. M. Conway
Board of Control
I. B. McGladrey Company
McGladrey
McGladrey Company
Charles H. Ireland
J. N. Baumel
Irregularities in Reformatory Cash Audits Reported
An Iowa reformatory audit covering 1927 to 1931 found nineteen uncredited payments totaling 1706.19 for livestock and state fair items. Only one of ten checks credited. many drafts never appeared on reformatory books, with $300 of a $565.70 check unaccounted.
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Anamosa
Cities Service Oil Company
Northwestern States
Portland Cement Company
Niles and Watters Bank
Reformatory
Conway
Theaters Show Prominent 1930s Casts and Films
At the theaters Jowa presents What Price Innocence with Jean Parker and Willard Mack at Paramount International House features radio and stage stars. State Fair stars Will Rogers Janet Gaynor Lew Ayres and Sally Eilers. Rialto screens Buck Jones in Treason and The Phantom Broadcast with Vivienne Osborne and Gale Patrick. Olympic offers Bring Em Back Alive and Washington Merry Go Round with Lee Tracy and Con stance Cummings.
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Jowa
Jean Parker
Willard Mack
PARAMOUNT _ “International House
Will Rogers
Janet Gaynor
Lew ° Ayres
Sally Eilers
Rialto
Buck Jones
Vivienne Osborne
Gale Patrick
Washington
Lee Tracy
Constance Cummings
Crippled Prisoner Leaps To Death In Courtroom
In Chicago Chief Justice John Pystalski’s court William Henry 22 crippled inmate awaiting arraignment on a stolen auto charge dragged himself from a wheel chair and fell to his death from a fourth story window in front of spectators. Court attaches said he feared facing the judge who had sentenced him years earlier on a similar charge.
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Chicago
John Prystalski
Criminal Court
William Henry
Henry
Temperature Tops 92 In Afternoon Warmth
The article notes Tuesday afternoon reached 92 at 2 30 pm after chilly days. Early temps were 70 at 7 am and 80 at 9 am with 88 at 1 15 pm. Monday’s high was 89 at 2 30 pm and the night low fell to 71. Tuesday’s low was 66 at 6 am.
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Chambers-Inskeep Company
Federal Works Board approves massive jobs program
The cabinet board for public works approved a large construction package worth about 200 million dollars to hire workers. Projects will be reviewed by President Roosevelt before announcement, with Secretary Ickes stating submission for prompt action.
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Washington
Cabinet Board
Roosevelt
Ickes
Donations Continue ForHealth Camp Aid In Cedar Rapids Area
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports donations to the Camp Good Health fund persist after daily appeals closed. Gifts support undernourished children at the camp between Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon. Donors may send contributions to the fund and old wagon donations are still being welcomed for repair and use at the camp.
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Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Gazette
The
Gazette
Will Rogers Comments on Navajo Conference Humor
Will Rogers notes Navajo Indians delegating to drop 25 white office holders to save money, joking about white leadership. He also references a London conference voting to delay meetings, implying more delays. Copyright 1939.
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Santa Monica
Calif
London
Notice of Appointment of Executors in Burnam G. Lyman Estate
Executors Lorraine P. Lyman and Esther Meek Lyman are appointed for Burnam G. Lyman, late of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must pay debts to the executors and claimants file claims with the Linn County Iowa District Court clerk promptly. The notice is dated July 10, 1933.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Burnam G. Lyman
Iowa
Statret Court
Ocean liners may steam to Memphis this year
Ocean freight ers may steam up the Mississippi to Memphis the latter part of 1933 negotiations toward such service are under way A representative of a steamship line has been in communication with A P Fant industrial director of the Chamber of Commerce regarding the project Other interests have signified their intention of establishing ocean freight service to Memphis via the Mississippi if feasible Such a service would cut costs of transferring cotton and other commodities from river barges to ocean going vessels at New Orleans Major W M Hoge acting chief of U S engineers Memphis district said freighters with a 12 to 14 foot draft could clear Memphis for foreign ports Bridges are high enough for freighters The opening of the Great Lakes to Gulf waterways has spurred interest in Memphis ocean freighters Other news mentions Chinese matchmakers buying cottonwood logs in Snohomish county Washington
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Mississippi
A. P. Fant
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
W. M. Hoge
U. S. Engineers
Hoge
Great Lakes
Gulf Waterways
Goodrich Life-Saver tires promise blow-out protection
An advertisement touts Goodrich Safety Silvertowns with Life-Saver Golden Ply that resists heat and prevents blow-outs. It claims three times longer life versus standard tires, skid resistant tread, and even drying action for better road grip, all at no extra cost.
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Goodrich
Silvertown
New Goodrich Silvertown
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