Rights secured for gas line right of way in Fruitland area
Easements recorded for Continental Construction of Kansas City to build a gas pipeline crossing Fruitland Cedar and Seventy Six townships toward the Mississippi River just below Muscatine. Property owners include G L Moore H C Toborg Vladis Sagdanske Roger Sagdanske and others. Easement price listed at 50 cents per rod with options to acquire more tracts.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
Muscatine
G. C. Parks
Continental Construction Company
Kansas City
Fruitland
Cedar
G. L. Moore
H. C. Toborg
Vladis Sagdanske
Roger Sagdanske
Orville W. Ketchum
Frank G. Holcomb
Hubert Hafner
Extortion plot alleged against Miss Marian Wright in Chicago
Chicago AP report details the arrest of William Kuhn a 23 year old broker's clerk on charges of attempting to extort $25000 from Miss Marian Wright an 18 year old society figure and threaten harm to her and her father an Edgewater Steel executive Five typewritten letters formed the basis of the case and detectives tied one typewriter to the letters Kuhn denied authorship his brother bonds him for court noting the dispute began after a quarrel with Miss Wright
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Chicago
Marian Wright
William Kuhn
Kuhn
Wright
Thwart Plot to Kill Chilean President and Party
Government agents stopped an anarchist plot near Santiago to blow up the presidential train as it neared the capital. A dynamite charge under a Maipo River bridge was dismantled before detonation. four arrests reported including alleged generals and a medical student.
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Santiago de Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Rio Maipo
Santiago
Four Men Appear In Early Court In City Jail
Four men stood before Police Judge H. D. Horst and Justice J. C. Coster this morning. Martin Santee received ten days in jail on an affray charge. Joe Haynes pleaded not guilty and faces trial at 3 pm for the same incident. Santee and Haynes were arrested on Cedar street between Second and Third streets at 6 10. West Shepard of Rock Island and Charles Green were each sentenced to ten days in jail for intoxication after early Tuesday arrests by police.
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H. D. Horst
J. C. Coster
Martin Santee
Horst
Joe Haynes
Santee
Cedar Street
Second
Third
West Shepard
Rock Island
Charles Green
Justice Coster
Death Claims Mrs. Lanharr in Sweetland Home
Mrs Mary Lanharr 82 longtime Sweetland resident died at her daughter Mrs Peter Bermels home at 635 Tuesday night after a long illness born March 10 1848 in Cook County Ill married Samuel E Lanharr in 1867 Pontiac Ill he preceded her in death in 1916 surviving daughter two half sisters two brothers five grandchildren and one great grandchild funeral by Meyers Funeral Home arrangements pending word from relatives
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Mary Lanharr
Sweetland
Peter Bermel
Cook County
Ill
Samuel E. Lanharr
Pontiac
Lanharr
Bermel
Anna _ Stainer
Pierre
S. D
Rosa Hartle
DeLong
Ind
John Lambert
Watertown
Jacob Lambert
Wisconsin
Meyers Funeral Home
Iowa Bank Robbers Rounded Up After Multi-State Spree
Eighteen bandits tied to bank robbery attempts across Iowa and six states have been rounded up and are serving sentences. Key suspects confessed to participation and the investigation traced their summer and fall actions through multiple jurisdictions.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Manning Blamed in Cathedral Riot Defense
Ben B Lindsey says he will blame Bishop William T Manning for last Sunday's disturbance at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York. Lindsey plans to argue in his disorderly conduct trial that Manning incited a riot by slandering him from the pulpit. The bishop declined to comment and was subpoenaed as a defense witness.
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Rome
St. John the Divine
New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Arthur Garfield Hays
Lindsey
Manning
William T. Manning
Negative Debate Team Triumph Over Iowa City High
Muscatine high school debaters led by Donald Connor Marie Bomke and Harold Leu won their season opener against Iowa City high school affirmatives at the local auditorium. Judges were Rev. Vernon Shantz H W Hyde and I B Richman. Next, December 16 to Washington high school in W. Ia. and December 17 here against Washington affirmative.
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Muscatine High School
Iowa City
Vernon Shantz
H. W. Hyde
I. B. Richman
W. 5 Ia
Washington High School
Washington
Fight Over Relief Near Showdown
Democrats press anew for congressional cooperation on emergency relief while President Hoover faces criticism for attacking non administration relief plans. Senate debates unemployment relief as the World Court protocol is sent to the Senate for acceptance amid ongoing public works funding disputes.
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Washington
Hoover
World Court
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
F. M. Stephenson
Jones
Democratic Leader Supports Relief Bill Amid Treasury Raid Fear
Senator Robinson replying to President Hoover told the Senate that if Tuesday's $60 million drought relief bill passage constitutes a raid on the treasury he is willing to accept the odium that may attach to such a transaction.
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Washington
Hoover
Robinson
Senate
Treasury
Senate Debate Focuses On Hoover Apology Demand
The house approves a construction bill and moves to mediate action. Senator McKellar of Tennessee interrupts to attack Hoover, demanding an apology for Tuesday's declaration. He delivers a prepared speech asserting the Hoover statement charges a misstep.
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House
Senator McKellar
Democrat
Tennessee
Hoover
McKellar
Thief Takes 25 Hides from Local Metal Works
Max Skolnik reports 18 civet cat hides and seven skunk hides stolen from Muscatine Iron & Metal on East Second street between 6 and 7 Tuesday night. A rear window was opened and bars removed, with about 20 dollars of hides missing.
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Muscatine Iron & Metal Company
East Second Street
Max Skolnik
Skolnik
Women report theft of purses at Y W C A and Hoaglin
Miss Lucy Milligan of the Y W C A and Mrs John Umbanhouar reported to police the theft of their purses Tuesday afternoon. Milligan’s purse was taken from the Y W C A and Umbanhouar’s from the Hoaglin Department store where she works. Little cash was in either purse but receipts keys and other articles were inside.
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Lucy Milligan
John Umbanhouar
Relief Proposals Total Five Billion Dollars in Congress
Washington AP reports that if all relief bills then in Congress became law the treasury would need five billion dollars. Proposals include 110 million for public works 60 million for farmers loans 3.5 billion for World War I veterans certificates and various measures to aid highways unemployment and farm relief with dollars allocated to Arkansas West Point Florida and other areas.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Legislative Mill
Patman
Santa Claus to Arrive Here at 10 a.m Friday
Local youths are sentenced Edwin Johnson of Muscatine received two years in the federal reformatory at Chillicothe Ohio and William Beeks of Muscatine was sentenced to six months with suspended commitment for transportation of a stolen car in Peoria federal court Beach was the police chief Mark Taylor commented on the case and Johnson said the car was stolen after Beach had been riding with him.
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Edwin Johnson
Muscatine
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Willian Beeoks
Mark Taylor Eee
Peoria
Beach
Johnson
Macomb
Ill
Santa to Visit Muscatine With Reindeer Husky Team
A local note reports Santa Claus will arrive in Muscatine at 10 a.m. Friday with five reindeer, six husky dogs, and Miss Merrie Christmas. He plans to roam downtown all day to greet children, promising punctual arrival and festive surprises.
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Santa Claus
Muscatine
Canada
Miss Merrie
Merrie Christmas
Grand Marais
Santa
Trip to Four-H Course Awarded to Miss Koeppe
Miss Alma Koeppe of the Fulton Royal Workers club wins a free trip to the Four-H short course at Ames for her Farm Grove History contest essay merit. Awarded by I T Bode of Iowa State College forestry extension. Koeppe named district winner and praised for Farm Bureau efforts.
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Alma Koeppe
Fulton Royal Workers Club
Ames
Farm Grove
Farm Bureau
I. T. Bode
Forestry Extension Division
Iowa State College
Koeppe
Two Men Facing Larceny Charge in Duncan Auto Theft
Charles Higgins and Ed Clander were arrested by Sheriff Fred Nesper Tuesday afternoon. They face hearings Thursday at 11 in Justice H. D. Horst's court on charges of larceny of a motor vehicle for allegedly taking a Chevrolet roadster from J. Duncan of West Liberty Tuesday.
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Charles Higgins
Ed Clander
Fred Nesper
H. D. Horst
J. Duncan
West Liberty
Life Under Soviet Rule Described in New Series
In a Kremlin two room suite Stalin stands as iron handed ruler of 150 million Russians living under communism. The series asks how they live what they eat and whether they are better off than under the czar. It tells the human story rather than economic theory.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Weather report notes rising river and warm wind
The river stood at 2.2 feet with a gain of 0.2 feet as southerly winds blew. Mercury readings rose to 38 degrees above zero promising clearer conditions this morning.
Five Counties To Seek Joint Plea For Continuous Muscatine Montezuma Road
A group of five Iowa counties Muscatine Johnson Washington Keokuk and Poweshiek met in Wellman to pursue adding a continuous paved road from Muscatine to Montezuma to the state primary system with potential paving in 1931. A five member committee including one supervisor from each county will petition the Iowa highway commission. The route would connect Nichols Lone Tree Wilkenenenian side Kalona Wellman Nira South English and Webster, serving multiple towns.
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Muscatine
Montezuma
Wellman
Board of Supervisors
Johnson
Washington
Keokuk
Poweshiek
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
Charles H. Pitchforth
Nichols
Lone Tree
Wilkenenenianside
Kalona
Nira
South English
Webster
Methodist rallies set for Muscatine churches
World service rallies announced for the Muscatine group of Methodist Episcopal churches including First Church Park Avenue Sweetland Moscow and Sweetland district. The Sweetland rally is at 8 o clock Friday December 12 with sessions arranged by Reverend ee ore. The First Church rally is at 7 30 Thursday evening December 18 and the Moscow church rally at 8 o clock Friday December 19.
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World Service
Muscatine
Methodist Episcopal
First
Park Avenue
Sweetland
Moscow
Ee Ore
1St Episcopal
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