Contractors Refuse Bids On City Assessment Sewer Contract
Local contractors again offered no bids for the Johnson Avenue NW sewer project amid a dispute over payment methods. They demand bonds rather than certificates, claiming banks will accept bonds at par, while the council warns of liability under certificates and shelves the project. Observers fear a halt to special assessment work until tax sales resume and collections improve.
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Johnson Avenue NW
Eighteenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Johnson Avenue
First Avenue
Harry S. Johnson
Frank Hahn
Hahn
Johnson
Fugitive Slayers Reported Seen In West Virginia Mountains
Police checked reports that Robert Mais and Walter Leganza, escaped gangsters, were spotted in southern West Virginia mountains after three new holdups. Officers aimed to trap them near Bluefield by river roads and mountain passes as the trio fled. In Richmond, Elizabeth Mais learned William A. Toot had died, a new casualty in the gang’s crime wave.
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Richmond
Robert Mais
Walter Leganza
West Virginia
Bluefield
Vauatioss
Secon
Elizabeth Mais
William A. Toot
Nanother
Mars
Leganza
Big George” Phillips
Tri-State
American films and jazz ban footbinding in China
U S commercial attache Julian Arnold reports in Washington that American movies and jazz have spurred the decline of footbinding in China. He cites rapid disappearance of the ancient practice as Chinese women seek greater freedom of movement and enjoy Western styles, including dance.
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China
Washington
Julian Arnold
U. S
Shanghai
Arnold
Wyoming High School Elects Junior Class Officers
The junior class at the local high school elected officers on Wednesday with Ronald Holtz as president Richard Rohwedder as vice president Maxine Cook as secretary-treasurer and Miss Gladys Sleichter as sponsor Guy Linville Cedar Rapids attorney addressed a Republican rally at Memorial Hall Tuesday E A Grimwood of Oxford Junction presided and Clyde Barker of Anamosa led music A dinner for eighty was served by the Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid division.
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Wyoming
Ronald Holtz
Richard Rohwedder
Maxine Cook
Gladys Sleichter
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Hall
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Clyde Barker
Anamosa
Methodist Episcopal Ladies _Aid society
New Jersey Maps Found in Hauptmann Trunk
District Attorney Samuel J. Foley said investigators found road maps of the Sourland Mountain area in New Jersey in Bruno Hauptmann's trunk. He noted Hauptmann could reproduce Jersey sections from memory and had an English German dictionary matching some ransom note words. Foley also cited maps covering Gay Head Elizabeth Island Martha's Vineyard and other locales as evidence he fished in those areas and prepared for the kidnapping case.
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New York
Samuel J. Foley
Bruno Hauptmann
Sourland Mountain
New Jersey
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Foley
Hauptmann
Hopewell
N. J
Jersey
Bronx
Gay Head
Buzzard’s Bay
Elizabeth Island
Martha's Vineyard
New England
Germany
New York Police Department
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Vienna
Kamenz
Bautzen
Berndt
Dresden
Foil Plot To Kidnap Wheeling Heiress To Be Married Saturday
Betty Bloch 24 daughter of Bloch Brothers Tobacco in Wheeling was targeted in a kidnapping conspiracy. Harry Thornton and Thurman Bowen admitted plans to abduct her for 25000 dollars ransom as she prepares to wed Saturday. In Wyoming, town bans peddler canvassing without a doctor’s health certificate to curb contagions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Betty Bloch
Department of Justice
Harry Thornton
Haberdashery
Thurman Bowen
J. J. Waters
Pittsburgh
Miss Bloch
Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company
Wyoming
Real Estate Transfers In Cedar Rapids and Marion
Real estate transfers listed include Harold G and W J Monilaw to E D Monilaw with Bever Park additions Cedar Rapids. William Rupp and wife to Mary M Sargent with multiple parcels in sections 26 25 35 35 near Marion. Clarence J Rundel exr to E D Monilaw exr deed interest in Bever Park adds. Henry J Stick to D W Bates receiver of Commercial Laws Bank Marion. S Clifford Keyes to Simmer Oil Corp with easement for side track. Fred Waddington admr to E D Monilaw, int in Bever Park parcels. Clara Gould to Anna J Brote markle cemetery deed. Abbie A Allison to George F Allison Kingston title and value.
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Harold G
W. J. Monilaw
E. D. Monilaw
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
James Monilaw
Valcon
William Rupp
Mary M. Sargent
Clarence J. Rundel
Belle Knowlton
James Manilaw
Henry J. Stick
W. Bates
Bank
Marion
Bailey
Bailey's
S. Clifford Keyes
Simmer Oil Corp
Fred Waddington
Admr
Lena Waddington
Clara Gould
Anna J
Brotemarkle Cem
Add Oak Shade Cemetery
Val Con
Abbie A Allison
George F. Allson
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White Eagle
DIAL
First Street
Alfred L. Lyman
North Western
C & N Way
Chicago
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Hauptmann Trunk
Alaska
Santos
Third Ave
Fourth Ave
Dozar
Pillsbury’s Harvest Time
Fom
Kellogg's
Sixteenth Ave
6Th St
Coggon
Iowa
Folger’s
Japan
Adar
Isplente
Hershey
Hershey's
Michigan
Sunkist
Carload
Color Books
Idaho
Florida
Jonathan
Apples
S. NO
Red River
Ohio
M.J.B. Jr
Tim
Ivory Stamp Club
Coleman
Kellogg’s Pepi
Lic
Omar
Seminole
Delonte
del Monte
Brandon
Bel Monte
Frank White
Killian's Cooking School
Bride
Maeker
Maxwell House Show Boat
Maxwell House Coffee
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