Oman bank embezzler sentenced tied to Iowa City case
Iowa bank examiners criticized settlements in the Johnson County Savings Bank receivership at Iowa City, led by Ben S. Summerwill. They found 37 settlements without court orders or department approval and questioned interest payments. The audit, requested by Governor Wilson, covered notes totaling 2,972 dollars in a case involving Edward J. Hradek and noted missing security on a bill of sale for personal property.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ben S. Summerwill
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City
Summerwill
J. R. Drake
George A. Wilson
Banking Department
C. V. Adams
Clarence Piehl
D. W. Bates
Frank D. Johnson
State Auditor’s
Fred Everett
Edward J. Hradek
Hradek
Whitmore
Iowa City Savings Bank
Simmons Motor Company
Simmons
Bates
Summerwilll
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Home Owners Loan
L. A. Andrew, Jr., and Company of
Chicago
West Liberty Bank
Chesley Palmer Receives Honorary Doctorate at Upper Iowa Inauguration
Chesley R. Palmer head of Cluett Peabody and longtime merchandising executive was awarded the honorary Doctor of Science degree during Upper Iowa University inaugural ceremonies in Fayette. The West Union High School graduate and former Bronxville resident rose through Chicago and Seattle to become company president.
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Vivian T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Julia
Ella Smith
Greenville
Upper Iowa U. Inauguration
Chesley Palmer
Cluett-Peabody Co
Chesley R. Palmer
Strawberry Point
West Union High School
Upper Iowa
Cluett-Peabody Company
United States
W. C Mongold
J. Ralph Magee
Des Moines
John B. Magee
Cornell College
Palmer
H R Palmer
Hawkeye
Davenport
Chicago
Cluett-Peabody
Kansas City
West Coast
Seattle
Troy
N. Y
New York City
Bronxville
West Union
King R. Palmer
State Board of Social Welfare
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Des Moines Man Heads Mayo Alumni Association
Des Moines physician Lester D Powell succeeds Julius H P Gauss of Indianapolis as president of the Mayo Foundation alumni association at the closing of the twenty first annual meeting in Rochester Minnesota. First vice president named P P Vinson of Richmond Virginia. Advisory board members elected include J Robert Phillips Houston Texas George V Lynch Oshkosh Wisconsin Paul A Ferrier Pasadena California and Wallace Yater Washington DC.
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Minn
Lester D., Powell
Des Moines
Julius H. P. Gauss
Indianapolis
The
Mayo Foundation
P. P. Vinson
Richmond
Vat
J. Robert Phillips
Houston
Texas
George V. Lynch
Oshkosh
Wis
Paul A. Ferrier
College Editors Vow War on Propaganda at Peace Fight
Five hundred college editors wrapped up a Des Moines convention with a pledge to oppose propaganda at home equal to the push to enter war. Drake University editor Tick Kline urged a self relying democracy and a war of the college press against propaganda from all sides.
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Des Moines
INS
America
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
Tick Kline
Drake ‘University Edior
Kline
Man Purchases Iowa City Bank Building in Cedar Rapids Sale
Iowa City bank receivership actions concluded on Saturday with Judge Harold D. Evans approving the sale of the receivership building to Beryl R. Averill of Cedar Rapids for 26000. Averill, a salesman with George R. Liddle Co., resides at 2011 Park Avenue SE. Harry Abbott of Iowa City withdrew objections to asset settlement, noting a new examiner J R Drake now in charge. Drake is authorized to settle remaining assets including 26336 in real estate mortgages and 528000 in bills receivable.
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Iowa City
Savings Bank
Harold D. Evans
Beryl R. Averill
Cedar Rapids
Averill
George R. Liddle Company
Park Avenue SE
Con
Harry Abbott
J R. Drake
Ben S. Summerwill
Evans
Drake
Cross Burned Behind Des Moines Fire Station
A 10 foot cross was burned Friday night behind the Central fire station in Des Moines. Firemen extinguished the blaze with chemicals from the station. The only damage was a smudge on a drill tower where the cross leaned.
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Des Moines
Adah Connelly Given Six Year Term and 1000 Dollar Fine
Adah Connelly, 45, former Ottumwa bank teller, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $1,000 on 17 counts for embezzling $188,000 from Union Bank and Trust. Sentences run concurrently. She wept and lashed at photographers after verdict. her attorney asked leniency citing extenuating circumstances.
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Des Moines
Adah Connelly
Union Bank and Trust Company of
Ottumwa
Miss Connelly
Charles A. Dewey
Sene Tence
Thomas F. Bray
John Morrell
Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rules Executive Council Can Not Order Tax Refunds
Iowa attorney general advised the State Executive Council it lacks power to grant use tax refunds. The council had sought clarity after the Iowa State Tax Commission recommended refunding levies from rural electric facilities construction. The opinion concerns council power, not the legality of refunds already authorized or canceled.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
Attorney General's Office
Offender Freed and Hired by Victim in Davenport Court
In Scott county district court on Saturday John Schroeder and his wife refused to press assault charges against 19 year old John Erickson after an attempted robbery against Mrs. Schroeder on October 9. Schroeder then offered Erickson a job starting Monday as an assistant and will pay him 3 to 4 dollars a day.
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Davenport
Scott County
John Schroeder
John Erickson
Davenport Y
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