Bank Bandits Hit Sioux Falls and Atchison Banks
Bandits robbed the Security National Bank in Sioux Falls and the Exchange National and Exchange State banks in Atchison, taking about 21 000 at Atchison and 46 000 in Sioux Falls. Police reported a wounded chief, several hostages freed, and notes of possible ties to Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls, SD
Belef
Security National Bank and Trust Company
Exchange National Bank
Atchison, Kan
Melvin L. Sells
Kansas Raiders
Atchison
Sioux Falls
Sells
Exchange National and Exchange
Willard Linville
Ed Iverson
Exchange State Bank
Addie Mattocks
Mary Low
George Wolf
Here
Linville
Sam Overstreet
Hugh Cavanaugh
Ed Mattocks
John Baker
Gertrude Weinmans
Pat Hansen
May Low
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Martial law declared in Estonia amid labor unrest
Berlin reports Estonian authorities banned the Union of Fichters for Liberty and occupied its headquarters after unrest. One hundred leaders were arrested as troops, led by General Laidoner, secured the scene and prevented a coup d etat.
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Berlin
Estonia
Lokal Anzeiger
Union of Fichters For Liberty
Laidoner
Thompson Delays Action On Seizure Of Health Tonic
County Attorney G Eri Thompson defers action after seizure of thirty quarts of Renault tonic with allegedly high alcohol content at United Cigar Co in Cedar Rapids. Deputy Roy Radebaushh and Jay Davis reported the Saturday seizure. await clearer information on state liquor law effective date.
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Eri Thompson
United Cigar Company
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
Sherwis Roy Radebaushh
Jay Davis
Cigar Company
Thompson
David Clabo
Faral
Jonge
Shortening and lengthening noses shown at Temple grid
In Philadelphia and Temple rooms Dr Albert Bricker demonstrated nose shortening on a patient by removing cartilage and stitching. Dr Robert Ridpath showed how to lengthen a nose by grafting abdominal cartilage using two curved instruments. The piece notes the origin of polled Hereford cattle in 1889 on a Kansas farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Temple University
Albert Bricker
Robert Ridpath
Bricker
Rldpath
Kansas
Court House News Bud Jordan Faces Liquor Charge In Linn County
Bud Jordan 55 of 1403 Tenth St SE pled not guilty Monday to maintaining a liquor nuisance in Linn County District Court Judge F O Ellison presiding. A Sunday raid seized over a quart of alcohol and set bond at 1000 dollars. Madonna Burrel 22 was held for investigation.
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Bud Jordan
Tenth Street
Linn County
F O Ellison
Jordan
G. K. Thompson
Madonna Burrel
Man Held On Request From Marquette Sheriff
George Crouch a 38 year old Cedar Rapids man was taken into custody Saturday morning by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon on the request of Sheriff Andrew Lahti of Marquette Michigan An embezzlement warrant for Crouch related to a $500 coal order allegedly obtained in 1930 under a conditional sales contract led to his arrest. He was released Saturday evening on a wired request of Sheriff Lahti to Sheriff Joseph A Petrus The coat was turned over to Petrus and is being returned to Marquette.
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George Crouch
Cedar Rapids
Larry Condon
Andrew Lahti
Marquette
Mich
Lahti
Joseph A. Petrus
Michigan
Crouch
Michigan City
Petrus
Five Divorces Granted By District Judges
Judge H C Ring granted Anna M Lasley a divorce from William F Lasley on felony grounds. Ardell Rummens divorced Ole F Rummens after a felony conviction with custody for three children. Lillian Bickford won a divorce from Roy Bickford and alimony with name restoration. Joseph Wagner was granted a divorce from Florence Wagner for cruel treatment with custody of two children. Henry R Kessler divorced Bernice Kessler for cruelty with custody and support. A partition case awarded shares in Linn county real estate to Holub and Legcett with a prior lien to Joseph Penny. Rinner couple’s breaking and entering case was dismissed for lack of evidence. An attachment suit against M J McFram was dismissed with prejudice.
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H. C. Ring
Anna M. Lasley
William F. Lasley
Lasley
Linn County
Ardell Rummens
Ole F Rummens
A. B Clark
Rummens
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Lillian Bickford
Roy Bickford
Lillian Rice
Kansas City
Ring
Joseph Wagner
Florence Wagner
Henry R. Kessler
Bernice Kessler
Clark
Yolub
F . Ellison
Rosie Holub
Anna Legcett
Albert Fousek
John Holub
Joseph Penny
Insull May Seek Return To Face U S Trial
Samuel Insull, under pressure from Greece, may surrender to U S authorities to face charges tied to the collapse of his Midwest utilities empire. In Chicago federal indictments accuse mail fraud and bankruptcy violations, with state charges and investor lawsuits pending. U S marshals await his arrival at any port.
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Insull
U. S
Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
United States
Legation
New York
Turkey
Roumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Switzerland
Chicago
Dwight G. Green
Green
Wiles Executed for Kidnapping and Slaying Boy in Columbia
Robert H. Wiles, 49, was electrocuted at dawn in the South Carolina State Penitentiary for the kidnapping and murder of Hubbard H. Harris, a Columbia schoolboy. He confessed, took sole responsibility, and died with a hymn on his lips.
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Columbia
S. C
Robert H. Wiles
State Penitentiary
Hubbard H. Harris
Linn Red Cross distributed 17500 garments in Linn county
The Linn county Red Cross reported 17500 garments distributed to the needy last winter made from government cotton. In Cedar Rapids 12718 garments went to 1245 families and 1150 infant garments were given to the Public Health Nursing Association for home distribution.
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Linn County Red Cross
Helen Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Public Health Nursing Association
Home For
Laura Walker
Kirkham Sentenced to Ten Years for Earlville Robbery
Lester Kirkham 33 pleaded guilty to robbery in the Earlville Nick Konzen service station case. Judge George W. Wood sentenced him to ten years at Fort Madison. Kirkham to be moved there Tuesday. Konzen reported $43 in cash and a tank of gas stolen at gunpoint. he fired shots at the getaway car. Kirkham claimed to be a salesman and lived near Hopkinton with Ivan Harnish. Canada has a larger population than Australia.
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Manchester
T Lester Kirkham
Hopkinton
Nick Konzen
Earlville
George W. Wood
Fort Madison
Kirkham
Francis Flemming
Konzen
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Ivan Harnish
Senate Defeats NRA Act as Solons Adjourn
The Iowa Senate rejected an NRA act aiming to place state enforcement behind federal codes for intrastate business. Debate included efforts to delay until prewar ag prices, with Governor Herring warning of federal retaliation for noncooperation.
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Oenate
NRA
Solons
Sen. E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
Hicklin
Knudson
Iowa
Patterson
Secretary of State
Bureaucrat's knowledge rivals business owners says Averill
George R. Averill, publisher, argues that a government bureaucrat should know more about a business than its owner would. This remark frames bureaucratic competence as essential to understanding private enterprise.
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PRS
George R. Averill
Moore Sadowsky And Penningroth Win School Election
President E. R. Moore and Joseph Sadowsky incumbents plus Charles Penningroth former city attorney win three year terms on the board of education. H. H. Hoadley elected to a one year unexpired term. O. A. Kearney defeats Otto F. Hanzlik for school treasurer. 4,405 votes cast. Moore wins with about 75 percent. Sadowsky second with 2,418 votes. Penningroth third with 1,640 votes. Winton girls basketball play day at Grinnell college includes sixteen players.
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E. R. Moore
Joseph Sadowsky
Charles Penningroth
Board of Education
H. H. Hoadley
Arthur Hurtt
Hurt
O. A. Kearney
Otto F. Hanzlik
Moore
Sadowsky
Frank Kanak
Kanak
Penningroth
Hoadley
J. E. Johnson
Stanley Stookey
William McCall
Abe Bass
Harry Cristy
Cedar Rapids National Bank claims notice
The Cedar Rapids National Bank in Cedar Rapids Iowa asks all creditors to present their claims to Receiver Robert B Cook with proof within three months from February 2 1934 or they may be disallowed. Comptroller J F T O Connors initials.
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Treasury Department
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Robert 8. Cook
J. F. T. O'Connor
Iowa farm debt relief push backed by bankers officials
The Cedar Rapids meeting heard Bates urge bankers to cooperate with the governor’s farm debt concili ation policy and help settle farm mortgages. Anderson outlined two paths including local debtor creditor talks and possible rehabilitation loans through the Federal Land Bank in Omaha or time extensions with loan freezing. Manion described land appraisals at the Omaha Land Bank amid insurers’ support for fact gathering and debtor contact.
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Bates
Greene
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Anderson
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Leo B. Manion
Omaha Land Bank
Waples
Murray
Howard Henderson
United States
Two Minor Breakins Staged Over Week End
Petty thieves staged two breakins over the weekend. At the Sanitary Construction and Supply company on 315 Sixth avenue SE a padlocked door was forced and an old pair of white accused rubbers and a blow torch were taken. The Cherry Burrell company garage at 325 Tenth avenue SE was entered and a truck license plate 57 529 was stolen.
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Sanitary Construction and Supply Company
Sixth Avenue SE
Cherry-Burrell Company
Tenth Avenue SE
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Willie Willis
Court House News
Marquette, Mich
H C Ring
E. F. Heinze
Heinze Electric Company
Standard Accident Insurance Company
G S Lightner
Rinner
Charles H Rinner
Elsie Rinner
F. O Ellison
Rinners
Emma Vaughn
Seventh Avenue
FR Biddick
M J McFran
A.B. Cuark
Wiles
Irving Jaffee
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Ursay
Wabc-Columbia
Linn Red Cross
Canada
Australia
Herring
U. S. “Club
Senate
House
Winton
Grinnell College
Mary Wagner
Hazel Spicher
Dorothy Crisman
Garlyne Brody
Ethel Mayhew
Catherine Edwards
Jane Ellis
Charlene Swartzbaugh
Ruth Eggleston
Harriet McAndrews
Mildred Porter
Dorothy Manahan
Virginia Luckey
Eleanor Jack
Lee Brody
Mayme McAnews
Rotary of Agriculture
David Bates
Merritt Greene
Marshalltown
F. S. Waples
Midland Mortgage Company
John W. Grout
Detroit, Mich
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