Irregularities Found in Wapello County Treasurers Office
State Auditor McClune reports gross irregularities after the death of C B Warren. Checks without amounts signed by taxpayers were found and no tax receipts issued. Account books show no records since January 1, and the office has been virtually closed pending investigation and a successor.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
McClune
Wapello
C. B. Warren
Ottumwa
Mée- Clune
Manning
Board of Supervisors
Warren
Checkers
Modern Planes For Hawaiian Islands Consider Modern Planes
War department officials weigh assigning new modern aircraft to Hawaiian and overseas defenses after joint maneuvers. Await Major General Hines reports before policy action. War game notes highlight shortage of long range scouting planes in Hawaiian air service squadrons. Congress authorized a large aircraft program, but funds arrive with the new fiscal year.
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Associated Press
Washington
War_ department
Hawaiian
Army Air Service
Hines
Honolulu
Air Service
Congress
Ministers Abolish State Fair Religious Pageant
Des Moines ministers vote to abolish the Iowa state fair religious pageant seen as a Sunday desecration. They aim for stricter blue laws in the next legislature after city officials renamed the event to historical pageant and allowed Legion performances on Sundays.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Des
American Legion
Legion
Elijah
Army Aviator Burned To Death In Philippine Crash
Manila dated report says Lieut John D Barrigar burned to death when his aircraft crashed near Del Carmen Pampanga while searching for three missing artillery soldiers Private John Tabor escaped with minor injuries after being thrown from the plane Tabor aided Barrigar and was seriously burned in the rescue Barrigar a Danish native enlisted in the US Army and served in the air service his father resides in Portland Oregon.
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Associated Press
Manila
John D. Barrigar
del Carmen
Pampanga
John Tabor
Barrigar
Tabor
Denmark
United States Army
Air Service
Portland
Ore
DeMolays Attend Mothers Day Sermon at St Pauls
Rev Edward Hutchinson preached a Mothers Day sermon at St Pauls Church attended by Creston chapter DeMolay members and Masons sponsors. About 70 youths marched from the Masonic temple to the church, many wearing purple and gold capes, with an American flag leading the column. Mothers of Crestmoor Golf Club members were guests at a 4 to 5 pm tea and musical program at the club featuring spring decorations and yellow and white flowers.
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Edward Hutchinson
St. Paul’s Church
Creston
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
St. Paul's
Crestmoor Golf Club
Two Women and Three Men Held After Home Raid
Creston police raided 508 South Pine Street at 12 30 Sunday morning led by Chief W A McKee. Mrs Bess Evans faced a disorderly house charge and a Mrs Kreiger or Crigger an inmate of a disorderly house. All five arrestees were released on their own bond and await trial after arraignment before Mayor M L Burt. dates set for later proceedings. William Baldwin Bill White and L J Hester were present and held for investigation.
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South Pine Street
Creston
W. A. McKee
Bess Evans
Kreiger
Crigger
M. L. Burt
William Baldwin
Bill” White
L. J. Hester
Nebraska
Pine Street
Open Season On Pheasants Cut Short
Waterloo Iowa May 11 Open season on pheasants and eggs in Butler county for a 20 day period began May 1 was ended when W E Albert state game warden learned from his Allison representative that about half of 700 dozen eggs collected last week are partly incubated The law requires eggs with a bounty of 1 per dozen to be in hatchable condition on government farms from which young birds are distributed nationwide
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Butler County
W. E. Albert
Allison
Rum ships off New York give up to blockade
Rum row breaks up as the dry navy tightens the blockade off the Atlantic coast. Some liquor craft vanish or head to sea or home ports while Coast Guard crews observe 38 patrol boats on duty and report fog may aid smugglers before dawn.
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New York
Associated Presse
Atlantic Seaboard
Cape Ann
Massachusetts
Cape May
New Jersey
W. W. E. Jacobs
Coast Guard
Coastguard
Former Mason City Educator Dead
Herbert Quick, once principal of Garhéem grade school in Mason City, has died. Local printer Charles Millan hailed him as the best teacher he ever had. Sisters Catherine McMillan and Helen Dillon await funeral plans from Columbia Ohio. burial may be in Syracuse New York or Mason City. Quick later began law practice in Sioux City after leaving Mason City in 1890.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Herbert Quick
Garhéem
Charles Millan
Catherine McMillan
Helen Dillon
Columbia O
Lopez-Frazier Identification Suit Postponed
Minneapolis May 11 Trial of the Lopez-Frazier identification case was set for 10 a m Thursday by Judge Josaph W Molyneaux in federal district court. Delays occurred due to late witness arrivals delaying today’s proceedings. Arthur Lopez-Frazier aims to prove he is Arthur Frazier, a World War II veteran listed as killed in action in France. Rev and Mrs Frazier of Winner South Dakota plan to testify that he is their son.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
Josaph W Molyneaux
Federal District Court
Lopez-Frazier
Arthur Frazier
France
Mrs Frazier
Winner, S. D
High School Girl Dies After Poisoning
Loretta Weaver 17, a high school student from five miles north of Anamosa, died in Mercy hospital after swallowing poison. She had argued with her mother Mrs Charles Weaver over late hours after an outing with her sweetheart.
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Associated Press
Anamosa
Loretta Weaver
Charles Weaver
Mercy Hospital
Weaver
Here
Elm Street crossing fire ends with no damage found
Fire department responded to a burning storage box at Elm street railroad crossing at 5 15 Saturday evening. The box held lanterns and caused no damage. A Corning resident pled guilty to intoxication and was fined 15 dollars plus costs after arraignment in Mayor Burt's court.
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Elm Street
Corning
M. L. Burt
Riffian Attacks Increasing In Force
Reports from Tetuan Morocco on May 11 say Riffian forces are increasing in force against French troops in French Morocco. French airplanes and northern front groups are reinforced with artillery as Abd El Krim concentrates best forces, seeks aid from tribes, and touts pan Islamic and soviet links. British Foreign Secretary Chamberlain told Parliament Britain will not intervene, citing it as France’s domestic issue.
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Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
French Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
London
Great Britain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
France
Waukon Lawyer Declared Insane
Waukon lawyer and capitalist Dennis J. Murphy has been declared insane by the Iowa City commission and committed to the state hospital for the insane. Papers have been sent to Independence for hospital approval while a forgery trial in Cresco is set to open next Monday. county officials await further word.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Allamakee
Iowa City
Independence
Dennis J. Murphy
Waukon
State Hospital For
District Court
Murphy
University Hospital
E. F. Pieper
Cresco
Tate Trial Postponed Until June Fifteenth
The murder by poison of Jodie Herrington last Septem ber led to the postponement of the Tate case to June 15. Robert Tate and Ruby Herrington Tate are charged with administering poison to Herrington in Johnston City Illinois. Investigators noted stomach poison findings and the couple confessed to giving successive poison doses after Herrington's funeral.
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Associated Press
Marion
Robert Tate
Ruby Herrington Tate
Herrington
Tate
George Galligan
Creston Baseball Club Dominates Cromwell 16 to 2
The Creston team routed Cromwell 16 to 2 on Cromwell’s field as Bish Bischoff led with three hits and six innings pitched while Clyde Hill and Captain Mike Augustine produced key hits. Carl Conrad finished with three scoreless innings and the club, managed by Leo Kelly, eyes more games as fans flock to see the standout lineup.
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Franklin
Jefferson School
Jefferson Diamond
David Huntington
Peter Carlson
Creston
Cromwell
J. F. “Bish” Bischoff
Tingley
Carl Conrad
Clyde Hill
Carlson
Mike Augustine
Gidley
Hie Credi
Leo Kelly
Maryville
Sam Dubin
Bedford
Desert
Kelly
AB. R. H
Poa Coleman
Sentene Augustine
Dan OE
Ras Carlson
Hin
Bapho
Esse Welcher
Dorey
Pitts
Miller
Seoctine
Rhodes
Bmgs Gee
Mabicg
Mallin
Kilgore
Herring
Coen White
Coleman
Augustine
Doray
Bischoff
Conrad
Sullivan
Mullin
Gullivan
Coen
Last Rites For Mrs. C E Hull Held In Leon
Funeral services for Mrs. C E Hull who died last Wednesday in Rochester Minnesota were conducted at 2 pm Sunday at her Leon home with burial in Leon cemetery. Local attendees included Mr and Mrs Harry Rex Mr and Mrs Clarence Coen Judge and Mrs Ray Maxwell Mr and Mrs Arthur Glick Dr George F Wagoner Mr and Mrs Leon Morrison and Mr and Mrs Alfred Shanahan.
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C. E Hull
Rochester
Minn
Leon
Creston
Harry Rex
Clarence Coen
Ray Maxwell
Arthur Glick
George F. Wagoner
Leon Morrison
Alfred Shanahan
Federal Grand Jury Starts Voespel Investigation
A federal grand jury in Freeport Illinois begins hearing evidence into a large bootlegging ring. Key figures include E W Voelpel former Clinton Iowa preacher and his son Lyman along with James Reily of Fulton. The probe targets a well organized group of prohibition violators.
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Associated
Freeport
E. W. Voelpel
Clinton
Lyman
James Reily
Pulton
Hootberger
Reilly
White
Deounty
Philip H. Ward
Sterling, Ill
Creston High’s Janet Huhn Captures 15 Tennis Championship
Creston high school senior Janet Huhn won the 15 tennis title at a Southwestern Iowa high school girls tournament held at Creston Teona club courts. She defeated Corning 6-2 6-1 in the morning and Osceola 6-4 6-1 in the afternoon, then beat Margaret Boortz 6-1 6-2 for the school championship.
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Janet Huhn
Creston
Osceola
Corning
Creston Teona Club
Miss Edwards
Mias Huhn
Miss Huhn
Margaret Boortz
Kia
Ruth Wilson
Miss Boortz
Iowa
Ruth Horner
Robbins Circus to Visit Creston Parade of Nations
Robbins Brothers four ring circus arrives by train Tuesday morning and sets up at Taylor field east of the gas plant for afternoon and night performances. A noon parade called Parade of Nations will pass through downtown as permits are arranged with Mayor Burt.
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Creston Robbins Brothers
Taylor Field
Cirrcus
M. L. Burt
French Debt Settlement Talks In Progress
Washington reports informal discussions on a French debt settlement are ongoing. The state department confirmed no formal communication has been sent to France and declined to detail recent developments.
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Washington
pMay
State Department
Department
France
Doors of Mason City Bank Closed
Mason City May 11 The door of the City-Commercial Savings Bank bore a notice that the institution had been taken over by the state banking department.
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Associated Press
Mason City
City-Commercial Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Unseasonable Weather Delays Union County Crops
Union county farmers report slow progress on corn and small grains due to cold dry weather. Farmers fear frost damage may be less severe than first feared, with some fruits like apples grapes and some cherries showing resilience while many blossoms were killed.
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L. J. Nicke
Union County Farm Bureau
Union County
Nickle
Mr. Nickle
Bede
Bandits Steal $500 From Bluffs Railway Office
In Council Bluffs Iowa at midnight two young men with blue handkerchiefs over their faces robbed two office men at the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway car barn. They escaped in an auto with about $500 while a safe containing several thousand dollars was left untouched.
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Associated Press
Corncil Bluffs
Omaha and Council
Keokuk Music Supervisor Hayden Suffers Stroke
Keokuk Iowa May 11 P C Hayden supervisor of music in Keokuk public schools for 33 years and first president of the National Music Supervisors Association suffered a stroke of paralysis after an automobile collision near Keokuk He was in a hospital in serious condition with paralysis on the left side following the crash.
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Associated Press
Keokuk
P. C. Hayden
Keokuk Public Schools
National Music Supervisors’ Association
Hayden
Hagen
Creston Singer Heard On Radio Program
Clarence Kientop of 501 South Maple Street performed on a Shenandoah Station radio program Saturday afternoon. The baritone’s clear voice carried across Creston as he sang two numbers and whistled one, accompanied on piano by a blind boy known to local radio listeners.
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Clarence Kientop
South Maple Street
Shenandoah
Mr. Keintop
Shenans Down
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St. Paul's Church
Frank Woodhull
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Homer
C. E. Hull
Federal Grand Jury
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Mason City Bank
Thig County
Bluffs Railway Company
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