New Consumers Wholesale Supply to Open in Muscatine
Minneapolis based Consumers Wholesale Supply plans a Muscatine store at 313 East Second Street with a direct from farmer buying policy. The chain operates 190 stores in 60 cities, hires 579, and reports 7.09 million in annual sales. Local managers and sales staff will be employed. The shop will offer groceries, meats, and vegetables and is one of 30 new branches slated for the region. An opening sale dates will be announced Friday.
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Consumers Wholesale Supply Company of
Minneapolis
Muscatine
East Second Street
Slight Temperature Change With Snow Predicted Thursday
A near freezing morning in Muscatine dropped to 25 degrees at 7 o clock with ice on streets. Rain of .35 inch Tuesday plus .32 inch earlier left lingering ice though some areas saw water on sidewalks as a brief thaw began. Snow is forecast for Thursday in central and eastern areas, with no major temperature shift expected. the river read six feet, down three inches since Tuesday.
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Muscatine
Y M C A Notes State Convention Travel
Ben L. Gallaher general secretary of the Y M C A will travel to Cedar Rapids tomorrow for the state convention of general secretaries. Rev. Leland Lesher spoke on The Right Standards of Living at the Hi Y club meeting. Jackson Lincoln Pioneer clubs meet at the Y M C A tonight and McKinley Pioneer club met there last night.
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Ben L. Gallaher
Cedar Rapids
Leland Lesher
Hi-Y
Jackson and
Lincoln Pioneer Clubs
McKinley Pioneer Club
Association
Three Income Tax Information Forms Now Available
Three forms of information returns for individuals or corporations are now available at the office of H R Naumann deputy collector of internal revenue on the top floor of the courthouse. Forms include No 1957 dividend payments to shareholders with $500 or more. No 1099 report of income payments of $1 500 or more to a single person or $3 500 to a married person. and No 1096 annual information return summarizing reports for 1926.
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H. R. Naumann
Internal Revenue
Court House
Better Speech Week Observed By National Federation
The week of February 29 to February 26 has been named Better Speech week by the National Federation of Women’s Clubs. The Better American Speech committee leads the observance, organizing classes and programs to spark community interest with club women coordinating with schools.
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National Federation of Women's Clubs
Better American Speech Committee
Club Women of the Nation
Smugglers Show Great Activity
Jewelry valued at more than $25,100,000 was smuggled into the United States from France last year, and the illicit narcotics trade has grown large enough to prompt government steps at the source. Testimony before the House Appropriations Committee was published as it considered the treasury post office bill.
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Washington, D. C
United States
France
House Appropriation Committee
Treasury-Post Office
Grace Samuels Heads Delta Alpha Class for Third Term
Mrs Grace Samuels was elected president of the Delta Alpha class of the First Baptist church for a third term at its annual meeting and musicale last evening. Officers and committee chairs were named, with a varied program of piano solos readings and vocal numbers. Esther Baker of the Y W C A spoke on her Europe trip and studies in India.
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Katherine Sample
Fern Sharp
Mark William Coyner
Ruth Shoemaker
Merwin Albright
Melvin Metzger
Dorothy Kiefner
Gloria Peck
Isabelle Mucha
Florence Nash
Lucille Horst
Margaret Schwab
Phylis Johnson
Vivian Johnson
Esther Baker
The
Europe
India
Christian Endeavor Bazaar at United Brethren Church
The Christian Endeavor society will hold a bazaar and entertainment at the United Brethren church Friday evening, opening at 7 30. The society will run the musical program and playlet during the bazaar with the Barrontainers providing the program.
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Christian Endeavor Society
The
United Brethren Church
Barrontainers
Sauer Kelley Wedding to Be Held Tonight
The Daniel Sauer home at 410 Park Drive hosts a wedding at 8 PM as Miss Myrtle Grace Sauer weds Paul David Kelley of Sweetland Township. Sixty relatives attend. Rev. E A Lack of Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church New Era will officiate.
Y W Gift Class Plans Wax Flower Making
The Y W gift class will study waking of wax flowers at 7 this evening with Mrs Hazel Korneman teaching. In the next two meetings members will make novelty powder boxes novelty bags and fancy dolls. The class is open to all women and girls interested.
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Y. W
Hazel Korneman
Muscatine County Sunday Schools
Ladies of the Elks Schedule Thursday Card Games
A meeting of the Ladies of the Elks is set for Thursday afternoon following card games. Bridge and five hundred will begin at 2 20. Hostesses are Mesdames Koehler Price, Jess Stevens, John Dora and Will Liebbe.
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Ladies of the Elks Club
Mesdames Koehler Price
Jess Stevens
John Dora
Will Liebbe
Royal Neighbors Plan Christmas Party
The Sunshine club and Aid society met to plan a Christmas party for all Royal Neighbors of America members. The event will be held December 21 at the Woodmen hall with a 19 cent gift exchange conducted.
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Royal Neighbor Societies
Royal Neighbors of America
Woodmen Hall
Sunshine Club and Aid Society
Past Presidents Club Meeting Postponed
Postponed meeting of the Past Presidents club of Banner lodge Degree of Honor due to weather and conflicts. The event will now be held on the second Thursday in January at Mrs Mollie Wiles home.
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Past Presidents Club
Banner Lodge
Mollie Wiles
Miriam Rebekah Lodge Sets Annual Meeting
The Miriam Rebekah Lodge will hold its annual meeting to elect officers at 7 45 Friday evening in the Odd Fellows hall. Members are urged to attend as other important business will be conducted.
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Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Miriam Tiehekzh Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Aviation squads gun ducks to curb inland duck plague
Air forces mounted machine guns on planes to drive back swarms of ducks overrunning feeding grounds in England. Beaters moved through the waters and flight crews trailed the birds as they rose and opened fire, aiming to halt the rapid overpopulation.
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England
Carriages in Mills Speed Logs Through Modern Saws
The carriages feeding logs into saws travel at about forty five miles per hour over forty feet. Women ride the carriages with one guiding the log and the other adjusting the gauge for board thickness.
Banquet Planned For Muscatine High School Fathers
Muscatine high school agriculture class hosts a banquet for the fathers of its students on Wednesday December Th at 7 PM. Speeches by E A Sparling and F J Howe are planned with other speakers to be announced.
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Muscatine High School
Lindley Hoopes
E. A. Sparling
F. J. Howe
Hannibal Sheriff Returns Praether to Answer Charges
Hannibal Sheriff Leonard arrived in Muscatine this morning and departed at 3 with Lyman Praether aged 39 who is wanted for a months old automobile theft. Praether was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy Marshal Cal Schreiber and Officer Fred Jarvis and was found in possession of a second stolen car owned by Mrs Rudolph Neutman of 515 Cypress Street.
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Leonard
Hannibal
Muscatine
Lyman Praether
Praether
Cal Schreiber
Fred Jarvis
Rudolph Neutman
Cypress Street
Eaton elected Woodmen consul in lodge election
Martin Eaton was elected consul of the Woodmen lodge to succeed A. R. Allman at the regular election last night. Other officers elected include Roy Dun ker adviser J. A. Leyda clerk Harry KE Sequist banker William C. Kirk escort Fred Gould trustee Fred Lulow watchman Helmuth Fuhrman sentry Elmus Diercks chief forester. Lodge physicians named are Drs. G. D. Lezotte E. B. Fulliam Sr. A. J. Oliver A. J. Weaver J. L. Klein J. W. Stiers A. L. Bryan S. D. Folsom W. W. Potter
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Martin Eaton
Woodmen Lodge
A. R. Allman
Roy Dunker
J. A. Leyda
Harry KE. Sequist
William C. Kirk
Fred Gould
Fred Lulow
Helmuth Fuhrman
Elmus Diercks
Drs. G. D. Lezotte
E. B. Fulliam, Sr
A. J. Oliver
A. J. Weaver
J. L. Klein
J. W. Stiers
A. L. Bryan
S. D. Folsom
W. W. Potter
National clubs urged to open grounds to schoolboys
The National Playing Fields Association asks all English football clubs to let schoolboys use vacant grounds under teacher supervision to prevent damage. Several clubs have already adopted the plan.
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England
National Playing Fields Association
Future of Daugherty Mobiles and Palmer Garvan Case Clash
Exclusive dispatch examines a Boston suit against A. Mitchell Palmer and Francis P. Garvan over alleged conspiracy with the American Bosch Magneto company. The government seeks $5,545,564 plus interest, alleging asset transfer and fraudulent bid schemes tied to Hornblower & Weeks and banker Martin Kern. Merton K. Lewis named special assistant to handle the case, with proceedings likely months away in federal court.
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Daugherty
Exclusive Dispatch
Washington
EFS
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Francis P. Garvan
Harry Daugherty
Thomas P. Miller
Capitol
Boston
American Bosch Magneto Company
Messrs
Palmer
Garvan
Daugherty-Miller
Bosch Magneto Company
Hornblower & Weeks
John W. Weeks
Martin E. Kern
Kern
Department of Justice
Merton KE. Lewis
New York State
Sargent
Edmund M. Toland
Sherman L. Whipple
Massachusetts
Wilson
Elihu Root, Jr
New York
Palmer and Garvan
Jackson Will Suit Dropped After Settlement
Bruce P. Jackson, secretary of Davenport Vinegar and Pickle Works, dropped his district court suit to contest his father George B. Jacksons will after a settlement. He had named his stepmother Sue C. Jackson as defendant claiming undue influence. Attorneys Hanley and Hanley and Thompson and Thompson represented Bruce, while C R Stafford and R S Jackson spoke for Mrs. Jackson.
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Bruce P. Jackson
George B. Jackson
Bruce Jackson
Aise
Davenport Vinegar and Pickle Works
Sue C. Jackson
Hanley & Hanley and
Thompson & Thompson
C. R. Stafford
R.S. Jackson
Betty Connell Infant Dies Shortly After Birth
Betty Augusta Connell infant daughter of Kenneth Connell and Myrtle Brambel Connell of 914 Woodlawn Avenue died shortly after birth at 11 o'clock. Burial will be at Iowa City.
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Betty Augusta Connell
Kenneth Connell
Myrtle Brambel Connell
Woodlawn Avenue
Iowa City
Miss Elizabeth Schaefer to Be Buried in Muscatine
The body of Miss Elizabeth Schaefer who died at her Chicago home will arrive in Muscatine tomorrow morning for burial. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Greenwood Chapel with Rev. R Hilkerbaurter of the German Congregational church officiating. Miss Schaefer was formerly of Muscatine and was sister of Mrs. Joseph Homeier of 1096 Lucas Street.
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Elizabeth Schaefer
Chicago
Muscatine
Greenwood Chapel
R. Hilkerbaurter
German Congregational Church
Schaefer
Joseph Homeier
Lucas Street
Services for Mrs. Hattie Cone Held Friday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Cone are set for Friday at 2 30 PM from Fairbanks Home for Funerals with body at the Park Place home until services. Separate items note local meetings, performances, and minor legal and community notices across Muscatine including a wolf bounty paid, theater opening, and De Molay dance plans.
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Hattie Cone
Fairbanks
Park Place
Beacons Installed for Mail Plane Route near Muscatine
Two new electric beacons of three million candlepower were set up near Buffalo Prairie and Eliza township to guide government air mail pilots on the Chicago Dallas route. One beacon sits on Frank Whitney farm and the other at Jerry Keeting farm with an emergency field leased at the latter. Arthur B. Baldwin supervised the installation by Limestone Products crew. The lights, on 56 foot towers, will operate from dusk to dawn automatically via sun relay and replace acetylene beacons along the route.
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Muscatine
Chicago
Limestone Products Company
Mifflinburg
Chicago-Dallas
Hillsdale
Ill
Unionville
Wichita
Eas
Dallas
Ziegenhorn
Mr. Baldwin
Fairfield
Lester Ziegenhorn
Eliza
Eliza Township
Buffalo Prairie
B. O. Harter
Quarrel Leads to Charges in Factory Altercation
Clarence Jamison is charged with assault and battery and Arthur Stice faces intoxication charges after an argument at the Jamison Button factory yesterday afternoon. Justice H. D. Horst set a double trial for Saturday at 2 PM. Jamison alleges Stice caused a disturbance and was ejected. Stice accuses Jamison of assault and battery.
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Clarence Jamison
Arthur Stice
Jamison
H. D. Horst
Stice
Fourteen Western Stars to Clash With Coast Team
Annapolis Md Dec 8 AP fourteen eastern and middle western gridiron stars including Slagle Princeton Flora Michigan and Broda Brown have agreed to play against a Pacific coast team at Berkeley Calif on New Year s day Navy officials announce Middle coach Navy Bill Ingram will help coach the eastern squad which is expected to number 30 to 40 men.
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Annapolis
Hayne to Speak at Bloomington Farm Bureau Meeting
Ralph A. Hayne of the International Harvester extension will address Bloomington township farm bureau at the Grange hall Friday evening. The meeting starts at 8 oclock after he previously spoke at the Atalissa farmers institute that afternoon.
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Ralph A. Hayne
International Harvester Company
Bloomington Township Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Hayne
Atalissa Farmers’ Institute
Bloomington
Landis Endorsed for Re-election by Baseball Association
The National Association of Professional Leagues endorsed Kenesaw M. Landis in executive session here in Asheville on December 8, recommending his re election without curtailment of authority as baseball commissioner. His seven year term expires December 16.
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Asheville
N. C
Kenesaw M. Landis
National Association of Professional Leagues
Landis
Football Thriller May Be Written by Notre Dame Mentor
Knute Rockne, coach of Notre Dame, is considering writing a football thriller for the screen. An offer for a film story based on his football knowledge was made today. Rockne will consider the proposition after his Notre Dame contract expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Culver City
Calif
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame University
Rockne
Japanese broadcasters plan merger under government aim
Broadcasting companies of Japan are to combine under what is believed to be a plan of the government to eventually control radio broadcasting in that country.
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Japan
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