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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1927

Page

5

Bank Vigilantes Form Committees to Guard Columbus Junction

Six men, three from each bank, form local vigilante committees in Columbus Junction to defend the Columbus Junction State bank and the Louisa County National bank. Each bank receives three Remington sawed off shotguns and a rapid alert system is planned to summon volunteers during a holdup. Additional Louisa county banks will supply guns and neighboring towns will aid if needed, with insurers offering reduced rates for this protection.

Columbus Junction

Club Elects Officers for 4-H H W Club

Miss Violet Shellabarger was elected seat of the 4 H. H. W. club of Ucord township at the December held at the home of Mrs. Roy Hildebrand. Other officers are Adelia Hafner vice president Grace Mac Cormac secretary treasurer and Lucile Littrel news reporter. Lola Dallmeyer spoke Why Candles Are Used So Much at Christmas Time and Grace McCormac spoke Attractive Christmas Gifts We Can Make.

Columbus Junction Violet Shellabarger H. H. W. Club Ucord Township Roy Hildebrand Adelia Hafner Grace MacCormac Lucile Littrel Lola Dallmeyer Grace McCormac

Heflin Denies Allegations In Hearst Documents

Senator Heflin testified he received no money or emoluments from any source regarding the alleged Mexican fund. He claimed only expenses from a lecture tour and said none from the Mexican government. The hearing also named Dudley Malone as a financial agent and heard from Arturo Elias and others as witnesses. Norris, ill in bed, denied knowledge of a Mexican slush fund beyond what he read in Hearst papers.

Heflin Hearst Malone Reed Pennsylvania Dudley Field Malone New York Senate Arturo M. Elias Calles Senator Reed Victor Watson The Daily Mirror George Hinman Mexico City John Page Senator Norris Nebraska William Randolph Hearst Johnson California Norris Mr. Elias

Young Men’s Christian Association proposes companionate marriage

James E. Sproul of New York, national council secretary of the Y M C A. young men’s department, told Iowa Y M C A. secretaries that present economic conditions make marriage illogical before age 30 and urged companionate marriage as a solution at a Des Moines meeting.

Des Moines James E. Sproul New York National Council Young Men’s Department The Iowa

Legion Auxiliary Install Officers at Wilton Legion Hall

Wilton Iowa December 15 the newly elected officers of the American Legion Auxiliary were installed at the regular meeting. Installing officer was past president Mary Sterner. Officers seated include Nellie Griffith president Anna Rottman vice president Isola Wacer secretary Stelle Laucasap historian Frances Crispin treasurer Julia McCartney chaplain Margaret Looney sergeant at arms Gretchen Schroeder. Committees announced include Flag Frances Kelley Mildred Nopolous Ruth Kiser Constitution bylaws Julia McCartney Mary Walters Mia R. E. Martke Rehabilitation Caroline Maurer Blanche Looney Olga Bacon Child welfare Mildred Thurston Belle Bridges Memorial Margaret Looney Hulda Bujewski Americanism Irene Atkinson Kate Maurer Mary Thurston Cradle roll Blanche Kretchmar Rose Grunder May Sterner Flower Mary Schroeder Clara Ellis Laura Duncan.

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