Budget Hints big build programs and Navy expansion
The budget outlines a $12.9 million dam and irrigation storage project to run five years, plus a $50 million interest bill on the public debt. Navy spending would rise by $48 million, with continued modernization and new ships, while army housing and air services receive large appropriations. The president calls for reduced federal aid to states and a cut in prohibition enforcement, with increased postal and air mail funding.
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Bete Benes Sortes
Annae Ba Fs
Spo Pu
Navy
Congress
Coolidge
Oklahoma
Nevada
Army
Department of Commerce
Prohibition Bureau
Customs Service
Coast Guard
Budget Bureau
Grand Marais
Mich
Ata
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Ainsworth News in Brief Highlights Local Meetings and Farm Trade
Sorosis club studied China with Mrs. John Clegg’s home hosting and Chinese proverbs for roll call. Eastern Star elected officers led by Worthy Matron E W Spessard and Herman Twinam as worthy patron. Wanda Spessard visited from Batavia. Rev J H Krenmyre returned from New York. Annie Simpson visited Riverside. Farmers' Shipping Association moved eight cars to Chicago market, six hogs and two cattle, E G Rabenold manager. Red Cross membership drive tallied 57 new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Sorosis Club
China
John Clegg
Georgia Reaney
Eastern Star Lodge
E. W. Spessard
Ella Crawford
Riverside
Farmers’ Shipping Association
E. G. Rabenold
Chicago
William Simkins
Moline
Everette
Red Cross
Grandview Social News and Local Visits
J J Berk shipped a car of hogs to Chicago. Mr and Mrs C A McGill of Davenport spent Sunday with D C Mc Culley. W E Reed visited Davenport. Families of Walnitz and Lowe visited Littrel in Letts. Elmer Fowler and Louis Johnson visited Antona Fink in Davenport. Mary Steel rode to Oskaloosa. H H Young and families visited W L Sheilabarger. Buster took Sunday school class to Cresswell pond for a wiener roast. Rev H B Gebhart visited Parsons College in Fairfield and Grandview students there. Rev and Mrs Charles Lang of Cairo called. Mrs Leah Pallette of Muscatine visiting relatives. Rev L H Wood of Belle Plaine called en route home from Hammond Ind. Clint Beik fell ill and was sent to Muscatine hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
J. J. Berk
Chicago
C. A. McGill
Davenport
D. C. McCulley
W. E. Reed
W. W. Walnitz
Cecil Lowe
Lloyd Littrel
Letts
Elmer Fowler
Muscatine
Louis Johnson
Antona Fink
Mary Steel
Oskaloosa
H. H. Young
Guy Hardman
W. L. Sheilabarger
J. M. Buster
Cresswell Pond
H. B. Gebhart
Fairfield
Parsons College
Gebhart
Keola
Charles Lang
Cairo
Leah Pallette
L. H. Wood
Belle Plaine
Hammond
Ind
Clint Beik
Local notices and social updates from Keokuk area
An operation revealed a ruptured appendix with latest reports on condition. O. E. Metzger moved household goods to Keokuk. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Connor hosted friends including Owen Wier Roy Jones and families. Ruth Shellabarger hosted Junior Bible class. George Hascher Earl Walters visited Mt. Pleasant. George Cocklin and family and Burdet Dulgar traveled to Washington. Church work continues with bell tower to be finished early next week. Laura Rexroth completed nurse training in Rockford and enjoys vacation before starting at Hershey Hospital in Muscatine.
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E. Metzger
Keokuk
Charles Connor
Owen Wier
Ainsworth
Roy. Jones
Connor
Howard
Ruth Shellabarger
George Hascher
Earl Walters
Mt. Pleasant
George Cocklin
Burdett Dulgar
Washington
Laura Rexroth
Rockford
Ill
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Bridge club hosts kettle drum dinner in Wapello
In Wapello on December 8 members of the Bridge club enjoyed a 6 pm kettle drum dinner at Mrs. Helen Thompson's home. Two new members, Mrs. G L Tree and Mrs. Lyle Duncan, were initiated. Mrs. A W Hinderman reported on the Paris 1928 convention at a Legion auxiliary unit meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Bridge Club
Helen Thompson
G. L. Tree
Lyle Duncan
A. W. Hinderman
American Legion Auxiliary
Washington
Paris
Sam Erwin
Davenport
Myrtle Erwin
D. C
Guy Jamison
Jessie Gardner
Burlington
Jennie
Burlington Hospital
Ed Fisher
Columbus City
Bobby Lowe
Earl Eversmeyer
Emma Otto
John Otto
Frances Brauns
W. E. Edwards
Karl Kastrop
Chicago
Chester Stephens
Elmer Brown
John Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Arthur Brown
Miles Babb
Salmon
Columbus
Local social notes from Letts Iowa and area
Mrs Nora Armentrout returns from Henry county with Mr and Mrs Harry Van De Linder and children. Several visits and calls noted among Letts families including Shellabargers and Mannings. Muscatine and Cedar Rapids residents visit local homes as Christmas funds rise. In Fort Dodge a fatal accidental shooting kills Mrs Walter Scherff, mother of eight. J M Guthrie visits Cedar Rapids. R J Elliott begins clerking for C L Mull.
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T. J. Manning
Raymond Armentrout
Cedar Rapids
C. Tarkington
Nora Armentrout
W. Fay Collins
Clifford Collins
Muscatine
Joe Harmon
L. B. Hendrix
Clark Shellabarger
W. H. Reddick
L. A. Gipple
Mary Shellabarger
Arthur Lieberknecht
M. A. Shellabarger
R. J. Elliott
C. L. Mull
Fort Dodge
Walter Scherff
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Grandview News
Wapello News
East Second Street
Arctic
Certificat
Hansen
Rob Roy
Baronet
Hartman
America
Tim
Bogard Clothing Company
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