Omaha Day Raids Net a Big Grist
Omaha reports a major bootleg raid operation led by parole officer Robert Samardick nears completion. More than 200 arrested, about 140 under bonds, with around 400000 dollars in liquor seized considered part of the operation’s scope. Brunson says the raids show Omaha cleanup backing and questions involvement of higher prohibitions authorities.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert Samardick
South
Barnardick
Brunson
Sioux City
G. A. Brunson
Prohibition Onas
Iowa-Ne-South Dakota
Robert Sumardick
Prohibition
Samardick
J. M. Doran
Tri-State
Riis
Employment in Iowa Falls Off November 1931
Des Moines reports Iowa industrial employment dropped 41.3 percent in November from October as general reductions hit manufacturing. For 100 firms, 88 operated. food products showed no net change, and several sectors posted gains while textiles, lumber, leather, stone and clay, and railroad shops declined. Urick notes overall conditions improved over October and may continue to do so despite the drop.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. L. Urick
Urick
Tewa
Man Declared Dead on River Boat Job Mix Up
Davenport Iowa wife reports her husband Joseph Heffron was believed dead after a body found hanging in a Sioux City warehouse. Authorities now say the dead man is likely Thomas Kelly, a laborer who had recently lived in Davenport and had connections to Heffron via a note he kept with him.
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Davenport
Sioux City
Joseph Heffron
Thomas Kelly
Heffron
Kelly
McEvoy to Face Serious Charge After Washington Incident
B H McEvoy faces a hearing on drunken driving and possession of immoral articles after a Monday arrest by Deputy S L Guthrie following a collision with Ficken Furniture & Rug truck near Wilton. N V Arwyl paid a $5 fine for intoxication. Both men from Washington Ta were held on $700 bonds.
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B. H. McEvoy
J. C. Coster
S. L. Guthrie
N. V. Arwyl
McEvoy
Justice Coster
Washington Ta
Washington
Ficken Furniture & Rug Company
Wilton
Miss Stolzenau Named Assistant Pastor in Kansas City
Miss Lillian Stolzenau former secretary of the Muscatine Welfare association will go to Kansas City Mo to join the First Baptist church branch as assistant pastor. She completed a course at the Baptist Women's Training school and recently visited relatives in Muscatine.
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Lillian Stolzenau
Muscatine Welfare Association
Kansas City
First Baptist Church
Miss Stolzenau
Baptist Women’s Training School
Muscatine
County Board Purchases Two Patrol Graders
The board of supervisors ordered two new patrol graders for county roads at 4.7 percent cost. A used Caterpillar tractor was traded in to complete the purchase. Warrant checks were completed and claims are being allowed as the session concludes.
September Valuation and Permits Highlight Municipal Record
The report notes $61,572 in valuation and permits issued during September. For January through October, inclusive, the city recorded 2 loss of 204 permits and $5,068,076 in valuation of improvements in the same period in 1926.
Iowa News Notes roundup and local actions across Des Moines
Aggregated AP items report college football status at Still college and a skating association formation in Des Moines with Dexter as president. Other notes cover IRS headquarters move effort to Des Moines, road funding debates and a Jefferson highway paving election. A Des Moines man faced a 10 year sentence for counterfeit coin crimes while a warehouse death is ruled suicide. A dramatic school fire in Illinois and a Mo burglary fire fatality are also noted.
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Des Moines
International Skating Association
Iowa State Skating Association
Charles Dexter
E. J. Brucher
Waterloo
Charles Sessions
Davenport
Pete Welsh
D. Y. French
JURY APPEALS NEW TRIAL FOR JOHN WILBERS
Walter Maley attorney filed for a new trial for John Wilbers who was convicted last week of operating a still. His appeal includes fifteen affidavits from witnesses of the hearings. City notes in Dubuque report the resignation of C E ness accepted by the city council with a successor to be named. Cedar Rapids probate details show A N Palmer estate of about one million dollars with widow as chief beneficiary and various charitable bequests from the Palmer interests and Cedar Rapids Business College.
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Walter Maley
John Wilbers
Dubuque
C. E. Ness
Cedar Rapids
A. N. Palmer
New York
A. N. Palmer Company
Cedar Rapids Business College
Chicago
Carpenter Em ma Imogene Carpenter funeral services announced
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Imogene Carpenter will be held at her son's home, 1158 New Hampshire street, at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday led by Rev. C. W. Hempstead. The body then goes to Lewis Jones Funeral Home in Washington Iowa for 2:30 p.m. services with Rev. Willard Wyle. Burial will be in Washington. Mrs. Carpenter lived in Washington 40 years and Muscatine eight months. two daughters survive, including Mrs. W. H. Meyers of Alberta, Canada.
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Emma Imogene Carpenter
Harry Carpenter
New Hampshire Street
C. W. Hempstead
Mulford Congregational Church
Lewis Jones
Washington
Willard Wyle
First United Presbyterian Church
Carpenter
Muscatine
W. H. Meyers
Alberta
Canada
Lopez Waives Preliminary Hearing and Is Bound to Grand Jury
Fred Lopez waived a preliminary hearing before Justice J. C. Coster on a charge of maintaining a nuisance. He was bound over to the grand jury in bonds of 500 dollars, which he did not furnish. Lopez was arrested Saturday afternoon after a sheriff raid at his Fairport home where a small quantity of hooch was found.
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Fred Lopez
J. C. Coster
Lopez
Fairport
Defense rests in Lilliendahl murder trial
In Mays Landing New Jersey on December 6 the defense rested its case in the Lilliendahl murder trial. Three score witnesses testified for Mrs Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach who are charged jointly with the murder of her husband Dr A William Lilliendahl on September 15.
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Mays Landing
N.J
Lilliendahl
Margaret _Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
A. William Lilliendahl
Dog Team Carries Physician to Side of Stricken Youth
A dog team from the West Central district of Idaho was summoned to bring a physician to Emmett Boutson of Welser to aid him after a brutal influenza and nervous collapse. Nine feet of snow blocked travel, but championship dogs were used to reach Otte Lake and transport Dr Numbers and Roy Stover toward Thunder Mountain to provide urgent medical care within a critical three day window.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Ed Gardae
Emmett Boutson
Welser
Idaho
Otte Lake
Numbers
Roy Stover
Thunder Mountain
West Central
Iowa Senate backs road bond plan by Shaff
Davenport Iowa December 6 AP Iowa is committed to a 100 million dollar bond program for state roads and the faster the bond is passed the sooner the unified program will proceed J O Schaff state senator from Clinton county told Davenport Rotary Club at the Blackhawk hotel He said a special legislative session could allow a vote next fall if called now. otherwise the question could not go to vote before 1930.
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Davenport
Iowa
J. O. Schaff
Clinton County
Iowa Bus Lines Appeal Wheel Tax Case To Supreme Court
Nine Iowa bus line operators appeal to the Iowa supreme court challenging the wheel tax law after a Polk county district court ruling it constitutional. The Iowa Motor Vehicle association represents the companies in the case.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Polk County
Iowa Motor Vehicle Association
Pythian Sisters Hold Christmas Party At K P Hall
Past chief Hallie A Duffe and others listed as officers and delegates of the Pythian Sisters, with Irene Atkinson and Hallie Ford noted as delegates and alternates, announce a Christmas party for families at the K P hall on December 16 including a gift exchange and Santa Claus. Other local notes report a concert surprise for Mrs George Holshauer, a visit by Frances Forest to Georgia Frymoyer, and various society and club activities in Davenport and nearby towns.
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Hallie
Anne ‘Voight
B. J
We’ Duffe
Irene ‘Atkinson
Ella ‘Ayres
Leuthye
Pauline Kaufman
Emma Holshauer
Hattie Harris
Hallie Ford
Irene Atkinson
Mt. Vernon
Georgia Frymoyer
Clark Brown
Avoca
John Osmers
American Legion Auxiliary
Griffith’s
Knoxville
R. E. Marticke
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames Christina Kelley
Duard Small
Herman Thurston
David Smith
S. A. Jennings
Davenport
Katherine Looney
Albert Nienaber
A. M. Lenker
L. R. Ried
West Liberty
Henry Thede
H. F. Johnson
Davenport Visitors Share Weekend at Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Paul Wacker of Davenport visited over the weekend at Mrs Mary Ayres home. Mrs Kyte Raynor left Sunday afternoon for Chicago for a wedding. Mr and Mrs E J O Donnell and Miss Nelle O Connor of Davenport with Miss Genevieve McCarthy of Audubon were guests at Misses Kate and Mary McNulty home.
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Paul Wacker
Davenport
Mary Ayres
Kyte Raynor
Chicago
Harold Powell
E. J. O’donnell
Nelle O’connor
Genevieve McCarthy
Audubon
Kate
Mary McNulty
Capone claims public benefactor role amid Chicago crackdown
In an interview Capone denies crimes, says he never robbed anyone and that public service is his motto. He argues he supplied legalized liquor and fair games to a city where most people drink and gamble, despite mounting pressure.
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Capone
Fife
Capone Adkded
Chicago
Six Men Injured in Atlanta Freight Wreck
Six men were severely injured and one possibly fatally when a locomotive and twelve cars of an Atlanta Birmingham and Coast freight train derailed near Atlanta after midnight. A fire from gas oil tank cars threatened to destroy the train as flames rose around the wreckage.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
Here
Residents of London rarely cross the Thames
A London survey notes that many residents have never crossed the river, highlighting local habits and movements. The finding points to urban patterns and potential cultural divides within the city.
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London
Thames
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A. Leon
Decatur
Missouri State Line
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Jefferson Highway
Ed Anderson
Burlington
Leavenworth
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Cliff Boyer
Frank Briggs
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Horst & Strikter CO
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Pythian Sisters
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Hansen
Rob Roy
M’colm Mascatine’s Big Department Store
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Richard Arlen
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