Grahl Urged to Decline Prison Warden Post
Adjutant General Charles Grahl disclosed he has been urged by Iowa National Guard leaders to decline appointment as Fort Madison penitentiary warden to stay in his current post. Governor Clyde Herring said guards urged Grahl to remain adjutant general for his valued service. Grahl has not yet withdrawn but may follow the consensus of officials. Warden position pays 2400 yearly plus house and board. adjutant general earns 3000 yearly with summer Camp Dodge housing.
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Des Moines
Charles Grahl
Iowa National Guard
Fort Madison
Clyde Herring
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
Grah
Board of Control
Adjutant General's Post
Camp Dodge
Fitchner Wills Lands to Sons
Otto Fritchner left the bulk of his estate to sons William O. Fitchner and Henry C. Fitchner in a will filed for probate on April 26 1933. The Montpelier township farm goes to William with 1800 due to Henry, Sweetland township farm to Henry, 500 to Otto Henry Fitchner and 50 to Laura Schroeder. Each son must settle debts to the estate and the remainder is split equally. a contest triggers a 50 penalty and loss of balance to the other. Executors are the two sons.
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William O. Fitchner
Henry C. Fitchner
Otto Fritchner
Fitchner
William C. Fitchner
Montpelier Township
Sweetland Township
William Fitchner
Otto Henry Fitchner
Laura Schroeder
Rock Island
Illinois Dairymen Demand Increase and Strike Plans
Kane county dairy farmers vote to demand higher milk prices and plan to withhold supply from Chicago if $2.21 per hundredweight is not met by Sept. 1. State Rep. Frank A. McCarthy accuses dealers of exploiting farmers and shipping milk long distances while citing surplus locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Ill
Kane County
Washington
Chicago
Frank A. McCarthy
Tailoring Firms Face Suit Over Accounts
The Kahn Tailoring Co sues Muscatine Tailoring Co and two individuals for 294.23 in a civil action over an alleged account. A separate suit brought by J. M. Roth against A. C. Aye for 41 on a merchandise account was settled and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kahn Tailoring Company
Muscatine
J. M. Roth
Roth Service Station
A. C. Aye
West Liberty People Visit Relatives Across Iowa
West Liberty residents and relatives visit family in Iowa City Des Moines Winfield and Chicago. The group includes Mrs Hoar and two Birmingham sons visiting Nichola and Anderson kin while other locals attend fairs and social events.
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West Liberty
Friend Hoar
Birmingham
Ala
J. S. Nichola
Hoar
W. C Anderson
Wayne Nichols
Iowa City
Bert Phillips
Alice
Truro
Phillip
R. P. Evans
Ernest Romaine
Iowa Falls
Mark Nichols
Atlantic
Ivan Noland
Doris Connelly
Kansas City
Maude Connelly
Paul Scott
Creston College
Jess Scott
Willard Watters
Des Moines
Watters
Winfield
Watter
N. B. Vickers
Drumheller
Can
Detroit
Amos Whitacre
J. L. Peters
Ivan Peters
Patricia
Tucson
Ariz
Carroll Priess and Sons
Chicago
John Klinert
Dorothy
Alfred Selness
Huston
Tex
Mable
Minn
Vis
Two Husbands File Cruelty Ground Divorce Suits
Two divorce actions filed for the September term allege cruelty. Paul Jennett married in Rock Island on August 1 1981 and separated August 7 1933. Glen V Jennett sues Mildred Jennett, married July 30 1931 in Muscatine and separated October 5 1931, alleging cruelty and name calling.
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District Court
Paul
Rock Island
Glen V. Jennett
Mildred Jennett
Muscatine
Plane Rips Roof Off of Automobile in Aberdeen Crash
An air circus plane flying upside down struck a motor car in Aberdeen Scotland Sunday. The roof was ripped off the auto and the plane crashed in a river but the pilot and car occupants escaped injury. The weekend tally included 23 deaths and many injuries.
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London
Aberdeen
Scotland
American Contractor Dies in Russia at National Hotel
Warren A. Bechtel aged 61 of San Francisco head of six contracting firms building the Boulder dam died unexpectedly at the National hotel in Moscow from an overdose of insulin taken on doctor orders. He had come to Russia to view the Dnieprostroy dam and planned to depart Tuesday. Mrs Bechtel was notified in Vienna.
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Moscow
Warren A. Bechtel
San Francisco
Boulder Dam
National Hotel
Dnieprostroy
Advance in Food Prices Slows Down
Labor department survey of 51 cities shows overall food prices rose 8 percent from June 15 to July 15 but only 2 percent in August. Retail grocery prices back to February 1932 levels and 18 percent above April lows. Of 42 commodities, 32 higher, 8 lower, 2 unchanged.
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Washington
Labor Department
Deal Boy Reported Improving After Fractured Skull
West Liberty reports 8 year old Robert Deal son of Mr and Mrs Vance Deal improving after suffering a fractured skull Friday when kicked by a horse. He is listed as a patient at Mercy hospital Iowa City.
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West Liberty
Robert Deal
Vance Deal
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
McGurn Faces Kidnapping Quiz In Chicago War on Crime
Federal authorities move to quiz Jack McGurn a top public enemy in the John Factor kidnapping case. Chicago police say 25 more suspects will be turned over to federal officials. warrants issued for numerous hoodlums as Chief Shoemaker notes more arrests. McGurn was arrested during the Western Open at Olympia Fields.
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Chicago
Jack McGurn
John Factor
William Shoemaker
Melvin H. Purvis
Federal Department of Justice
Thomas A. Green
Shoemaker
McGurn
Olympia Fields Country Club
Incomplete Weather Report Fragments Noted
A fragment from a weather summary notes that creases reached 46 of 51 reporting cities amid broader climate data.
Parents Conclude Body Not Their Missing Son Arthur
The Friedman family learned the identified body in the county morgue is not their 15 year old son Arthur who disappeared two weeks ago. Police had notified them the corpse lay unclaimed and may be Arthur but the family later confirmed the youth was killed in a fall from a building and the deceased is someone else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrow
Portal Joy
Harry Friedman
Arthur
Friedman
War Hero and Grid Coach Frank Cavanaugh Critically Ill
Major Frank W. Cavanaugh, famed World War I hero and football coach, lay critically ill at his Marshfield home after a rapid decline through the night following a recent operation. He was not expected to live through the day.
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Marshfield
Mass
Frank W. Cavanaugh
Fitchner Service Held Saturday at Hoffman Chapel
Final rites for Otto Fitchner, longtime Muscatine County resident since 1855, were at Hoffman Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included August Pantel and others. singers and flower attendants listed. Out of town attendees hailed from Rock Island Davenport and Fulton Illinois with several family members present.
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Otto Fitchner
Muscatine County
Hoffman
Greenwood Cemetery
August Pantel
Charles Holtz
Fred Dangz
Will Drewes
August Kemper
George Breil
Fred Crow
Esther Pantel
Myrtle Pantel
Fred Baer
Vernon Halling
Fred Halling
Will Savera
Wilma McGavoc
Harry Lewig
Carl Schroeder
Rock Island
Staffelbach
Hazel
Orendorff
Lucy
Davenport
Alvin Orendorff
Leon Staffelbach
Leon
Lll
Frank Sardam
Fulton, Ill
Atilea Smith
Ex Clinton Deputy Named Anamosa State Reformatory Deputy Warden
Anamosa Iowa Warden W H Fraser announces the appointment of Langdon Clinton county former deputy sheriff and state justice investigator as deputy warden at the Iowa state men's reformatory Langdon will assume duties soon keeping his prior investigator role inapplicable in the text
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Anamosa
C. A. Langdon
Clinton
Clinton County
State Department of Justice
Iowa State Men’s Reformatory
W. H. Fraser
Langdon
Road Jobs Booked in Iowa
Des Moines reports a federal public works highway program will fund 238 projects across 99 Iowa counties. About 828 miles of highways will be covered with 5.192 million on 78 projects, 459.5 miles of federal highways in 62 counties, 2.525 million on 81 projects, 54.6 miles of federal extensions in 67 counties, and 2.578 million on 79 projects for 313.9 miles of secondary roads. Paving, grading and bridge work and gravel spreading account for the rest, totaling 10 million and approved by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Public Works
Hans Pfund
National Reemployment Service
State Highway Commission
Re-Employment Service
Langdon Named New Warden Following Ireland Death
Langdon, with Pennsylvania prison experience, will become warden after F. L. Brinacombe’s interim tenure since Warden C. H. Ireland’s death earlier this summer. Langdon is 55 years old and to take effect upon release from state job.
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F. L. Brinacombe
C. H. Ireland
Langdon
Pennsylvania
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Illinois
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George Clark
MEA Service Inc
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West Liberty News
Bertha Mosher
Ontario
Calif
George Schafer
Lakeworth
Fla
M. Hunter
Wapello
Schafer
Gretchen Schafer
Annete
Hunter
Grinnell College
Walter Paul
Glen Jennett
New
Russia
Re Lee
Magnus
Model Laundry
E. Fourth St
Quiz
U. S
Factor
Hoffman Chapel
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Ean Mae
A. M. Wilkins
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
W. Niedernhofer
Newark
TWA
Wilkins
Mae
A. M. Willkins
Air-Mail
Air Mail
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