Des Moines Oil Station Swindle Suspect Nabbed
Des Moines after a 15 year manhunt a 45 year old Frank Hussey was arrested on charges he bilked Waterloo businessmen of 1600 by leasing oil stations issuing bad checks and selling stock. Detectives say he confessed to leasing stations in many cities and disappearing with the funds. He described how he fled with his wife and three sons when trouble began.
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Des Moines
Frank Hussey
W. T. Wagner
Blackhawk County
Hussey
Waterloo
Oil Company
Burlington Man Tops Iowa C M T C Best Student
Amos W. Dana of Burlington was named best all around student at the citizens military training camp in Des Moines by Col. Edgar A. Sirmyer. Scholarships were awarded to Roger E. Weisman of LeClaire Leroy McFarlan of Cedar Rapids and others with bronze medals and international civilian club medals also presented.
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Des Moines
Amos W. Dana
Burlington
Citizens Military
Edgar A. Sirmyer
Fort Des Moines
Roger E. Weisman
LeClair
Leroy McFarlan
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Francis E. Segelman
St. Joseph
Missouri Military Academy
Roy V. Porter
Otho
Frank W. Hayden
Keokuk
C. B. Roberts
Osceola
William H. Moes
Hal E. Lindfelt
Davenport
Eugene D. Harvey
Clinton
Ardery J. Hughes
Ottumwa
J. N. McAdams
Armstrong
James W. Perry
Florida
Illness Reported Among Muscatine Four-H Girls at State Fair
Reports from the Muscatine County Farm Bureau say most Muscatine county Four-H club girls at the Des Moines state fair have mild cases of poisoning with cramps. Ruth LeFever and Miss Grayce Stevens are not affected. About twenty other state entrants were also ill but not seriously.
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Muscatine
Veterans Aid Receives Linen Shower From Muscatine Auxiliary
The Muscatine auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars chaired by Mrs. Bessie Feustel sent a $25 linen shower to Eaton Rapids Michigan's children's home for children of veterans who served abroad. The home supports families until the children finish high school and also receives future supplies for Knoxville Iowa veterans hospital and Christmas bags for sailors overseas.
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Muscatine
Auxiliary
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Jakeman Family Picnic At Wildcat Den State Park
Mr and Mrs Frank L Jake man and family from Grand Junction Ia visiting relatives were honored guests at a Sunday family picnic at Wildcat Den state park. Attendees included extended Jakeman kin from Montpelier Pleasant Prairie Wilton and Muscatine plus visiting Lucinda Bennett of Muscatine staying with the Andrew Jakeman household.
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Frank L. Jakeman
Grand Junction
Wildcat den State Park
Andrew Jakeman
LeRoy
Ethel
Henrietta
Montpelier
Frank Jakeman
Clifford
Harriett
Evelyn
Harry Jakeman
Maynard
Four Dinner and Bridge Parties At Geneva Golf Club
Four dinner and bridge events are planned at the Geneva Golf and Country club next month starting with a Labor Day party on September 4. Committees led by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tipton handle the Labor Day event with Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Johnson.
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Country Club
Geneva Golf and Country Club
A. R. Tipton
Tipton
H. G. Johnson
L. R. Meee
Arthur Hoffman
George Jackson
J. L. Giesler
W. L. Lane
J. T. Pound
Ida Warfield
Musserville Methodist Ladies Aid Elects Officers
The Musserville Methodist Episcopal church Ladies Aid met Wednesday afternoon in the church hall. Mrs. Fred Hoopes hosted. Officers elected for the new year were Mrs. Aaron James president, Mrs. L. B. Hoopes vice president, Mrs. Claus Schmarje secretary, Mrs. David Foster treasurer, and Mrs. George Springborn assistant treasurer. Buttons were carded during the gathering.
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Musserville Methodist Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred Hoopes
Aaron James
L. B. Hoopes
Claus Schmarje
David Foster
George Springborn
Miss Morris Hosts Birthday Party for Margaret Morris
Margaret Marylin Morris celebrated her fifth birthday at home on Bartlett Street with a party for 12 children. Out of town guest Miss Doris attended the gathering on a Wednesday afternoon.
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Miss Morris
Margaret Marylin Morris
Bartlett Steet
Doris
Healy Indicted Over 10000 Loan and Tax Declares
Martin J. Healy Tammany district leader and former first deputy commissioner faces federal indictment for 1927 income tax return failure and for failing to supply income information. The case centers on a $10,000 loan from Bertha Ewald tied to influence for George F. Ewald’s 1927 magistrate appointment.
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New York
Martin J. Healy
Tammany
Healy
Bertha Ewald
George F. Ewald
Walker
Supreme Court
Thomas Penney, Jr
Hamilton Ward
Enlistee Bond to Serve Four Years in Navy
City news reports Wilbur Bond son of J A Bond re enlisting for four years in the U S Navy and awaiting transport to an Asiatic station after training at Bremerton Washington. Also notes new Ford registration, church services, births, visits, and local social notices.
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Wilbur Bond
J. A. Bond
Portland
Ore
U. S. Navy
Bond
Bremerton
Wash
Resigns Office Because Salary Is Too Small
Roy A. Young will resign as governor of the federal reserve board on Sept. 1 to become governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston at a higher salary. His letter to President Hoover cites the need for a better private banking position and notes his current $12,000 annual pay. He postponed resignation until credit conditions improved and now sees the U S credit structure as easy and strong.
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Washington
Roy A. Young
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Hoover
Boston
Young
Postpones Date for Making Effective New Freight Rates
Washington August 28 AP reports Kathleen G. Tabor of Los Angeles returned home after visiting Mrs. Purcell's brothers J. A. Stortz 2002 Mulberry Avenue and F. C. Stortz of Atalissa.
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Ter
Kathleen G. Tabor
Los Angeles
I C C postpones grain rate revision date to 1931
The interstate commerce commission postponed the effective date of its grain rate revision from October 1 to January 1, 1931. The broad revision for grain rates in the west and for exports was prescribed last July after a year long investigation. Read the ads on Classified Page.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
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Fred Dankert
Louis Angersbach
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Race
English Lutheran Church
John Barger
William Boldt
First Baptist Church
State Park
Jakeman
And
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Grand
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Lillian Carson
Here
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West Second Street
Baraca
Vernon L. Shantz
John R. Richey
Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle
Sixth
Cedar Streets
Joe F. Jacobs
Miller Avenue
Oak Park
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West Suburban Hospital
James Francis
Oregon Street
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San Francisco
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West Sixth Street
A. W. Fryberger
Walnut Street
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Deer River
Minn
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Dakota
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Hotel Grand
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Jewel Shaw
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Elmwood, Ill
Fred Johnson
Washington Street
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Miami
Fla
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Henry Klebe
Wil Klebe
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Anderson
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Clyde
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West Liberty Lodge
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R. B. Huff
Schenck
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Delma Russell
Shirley Kemp
East Seventh Street
Ed Kemp
Muscatine County
Harry K. Fletcher
338Th Field Artillery
L. E. Platt
Monroe Street
J. R. Hanley
East Second Street
Joe R. Hanley
Perry, N. Y
E. E. Williamson
Eugene
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Truman E. Symmonds
Marie E. Paetz
Riverview Park
Horst and Strieter
C. E. Purcell
Hazel
East Second St
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Chambray
Sacko
Legents
Cox and Patent
Goodyear West Oxfords
Iowa Ave
Snyder & Hertzler
Snyder
Cherizler
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