Hitchcock Scout Unit Renewes Charter Four Years Old
The Hitchcock Boy Scout troop No 16 sponsored by the Methodist church at Hitchcock renews its charter after four years in the Hurog council. Mike Steffen will continue as scout master with two assistants Alex Phillips and Joseph Ole Johnson. Johnson is a long time scout who recently turned 18 and plans to stay in scouting. James E Haromer chairs the troop committee. New efforts include Alpena and Ft Pierre units. Ft Pierre started a new troop with 20 members sponsored by the Episcopal church led by Rev J E Washburn and Rev Conrad H Gesner. The basement room provided by Mrs E Corne serves as troop headquarters.
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3Uron
Methodist
Hitchcock
Hurog Council
Mike Steffen
Alex Phillips
Joseph “Ole” Johnson
Johnson
James E. Haromer
Hitchcock News Leader
David Evans
Alpena
J. E. Washburn
Fred ©. Eggers
Ft. Pierre
FL. Pierre
Man Pays 43 Year Old Shoe Debt in Ireland
In Dundalk Ireland an old man told a shopkeeper he came to settle a five shilling debt from 1881 after leaving for work in England. He said he bought children’s shoes then and returned to Ireland to make payment now.
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Dundalk
Ireland
Fugland
Stores Adopt Credit Policy in Home Owned Stores Meeting
Member stores of Home Owned Stores Inc adopt a uniform credit policy. Credit extended on a business like basis with authorized credit and timely payment tied to customers pay cycles. No charge accounts for those with unpaid balances at other stores. Credit information shared through Associated Retailers office. Policy aimed to lower retail prices by reducing losses from unpaid accounts. Effective January 1, 1930.
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Home Owned Stores, Inc
Home Owned, Inc
Associated Retailers
Credit Bureau
Kentucky's Jennie Mealer Walker becomes Knox County sheriff
In Barbourville Kentucky Knox County elected Mrs Jennie Mealer Walker the county's first woman sheriff for four years The 40 year old mother of six has training as a bookkeeper and stenographer Her husband previously served as chief deputy and her grandfather was sheriff Her pledge Only sober honest and fearless deputies will be employed underscores a decisive win by more than 300 votes over her opponent.
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Barbourville
Kentucky
Knox County
Jennie Lee
Mealer Walker
Walker
Hkavox County
Buzzie
Union Proposes Veterans Agencies Consolidation Plan
Washington December 4 a bill proposed by Chairman Williamson to consolidate all war veterans agencies under the Veterans Bureau with the president directing the effort and transfer of the relief and benefits bureau from the interior department and the national home for disabled veterans. The measure would place about 750 million dollars in annual expenditures under the Veterans Bureau to improve administration, economies, and uniform service to former military and naval members. Williamson said the change would fix inequalities in veteran treatment identified by supporters from South Dakota and others after years of committee consideration.
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Washington
Chairuan Willamsen
House
Interior Deparc
Veterans Bureau
Veterans Durcan
Willamson
South
Catholics to Set Up Earners Banks Nationwide
The National Catholic Welfare Conference social action department plans a nationwide network of Catholic parish credit unions to provide short term personal loans at moderate rates for wage earners. The program aims to extend into 36 states where credit union laws exist, forming cooperative savings and loan societies with capital financed at 5 percent. The article also notes 1928 U.S. locomotives and parts produced were valued at 5,169,676 dollars.
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Washington
Social Action Department
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Catholi Parish Credit Unions
Part Credit Union
Co- Operative Savings and Loan Society
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Fort Pierre
Mellon
Mel‘Yen
Congress
Wais
Prohibition Bureau
Civil Service
Ami
AL Wollmann
Huron
Kitche
A. Jonson
Appoin
United States
Luden’s
Dalkin Stores
Men’s Lumberjacks
Wisconsin S. W
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