Community Updates From Muscatine And Surrounds
Muscatine residents share travel plans for Christmas visits to Texas New York and Iowa City while locals attend nursing college tours and a Clarke college swimming demonstration. A high school debate team heads to Washington to challenge the chain store issue and thrift drives report strong student participation with 124.57 dollars deposited. Hog receipts at local stockyards total 1005 head with 10 carloads from multiple consignors and Kiwanis and Inter-Church Boys Work Council wrap up Chicago Deck remarks and future meetings. An employment bureau reports 115 names registered at the YMC A.
Davenport Dramatic Team Edges Muscatine In Forensic Duel
Local dramatic team from Davenport and Muscatine high schools tied 16 16 after penalties in a speech duel at the local high school auditorium Monday night. Ronald Lorenzen of Davenport won with The Christus John Haefner of Muscatine placed second with The Hundredth Trick George Moore of Muscatine third with Moonshine.
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Davenport High School
Muscatine High School
Muscatine
Ronald Lorenzen
Davenport
John Haefner
George Moore
School Students Hear Philosopher at Muscatine High
Geoffrey Morgan, a noted philosopher, challenged Muscatine High School pupils with the question Whats the Use at an assembly. He argued for a thorough education through financial social and cultural reasons and kept the crowd entertained with humor.
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Geoffrey Morgan
Muscatine High School
High School Assembly Association
Morgan
Freland to Return to Iowa to Face Leeds Bank Robbery Charge
Walter J. Freland alias Mike O'Brian, part of a captured gang, agreed to go to Iowa to face a Leeds bank robbery charge. He was to depart tonight in the custody of Sheriff Hiram Yackey. Leeds lies near Sioux City.
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Minneapolis
Walter J. Freland
Mike O'Brian
Iowa
Leeds
Hiram Yackey
Sioux City
State budget trims and adds for prisons and institutions
Budget notes show Anderson backing $250 000 for general improvements and $50 000 for new equipment at the university. Increases support for Iowa State college agriculture experiments and major construction at state facilities including cell houses, hospitals, cottages, and an expanded district court judges’ salaries program amid selective department staffing limits.
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Anderson
Agriculture Experimental Fund
Iowa State College
Board of Control
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Davenport Orphans' Home
Mount Pleasant
Woodward
Glenwood
Cherokee
Toledo
Rockwell City
Oakdale
Fair Board
Health Department
Geological Survey
Iowa
Iowa Coal Institute
State Historical Department
State Board of Assessment and Review
Secretary of State
General Assembly
Board of Conservation
Agnes Sam
Woodward Hospital
Glenwood Institution
Cherokee Hospital
Clarinda Hospital
Hope Hall
Independence Hospital
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Main Hospital
Rockwell City Reformatory
Oakdale Hospital
Davenport Orphans’ Home
Green House
Eldora
Mitchellville
Franco Blames Artillery Men for Revolt Failure
The article reports Franco blaming artillery officers for the Madrid uprising setback. He recounts escaping prison, hiding near Madrid, and stresses a brewing revolution. General Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano y Siera says Capt. Fermin Galan’s rashness led to collapse after the Jaca suppression.
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Madrid
Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano Y Sierra
Fermin Galan Rodriguez
Jaca
Galan
Portugal Faces Dilemma Over Spanish Officers Extradition
Twelve Spanish army officers who fled Spain in four planes and landed near Lisbon faced uncertain fate as Portugal weighed extradition. Mafra authorities held them while Spain and Portugal, bound by a mutual aid pact, consider political asylum versus suppression of internal dissent.
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Portugal
Spain
Lisbon
Mafra
Nationwide Cold Wave Grips United States
The Associated Press reports a major cold wave from the Rockies to Maine with subfreezing temperatures across the country. Reading temperatures include 4 in Boston and Albany, 6 in Montreal, 10 in New York, 14 in Chicago, and a record 17 below in Owls Head New York, as far south as Abilene Texas reaches 30 below zero.
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Rockies
Maine
Pacific Coast
Boston
Albany
Portland
Montreal
Detroit
New York
St. Paul
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
Norfolk
Abilene
Tex
Owls Head
N. Y
Whie River Junction
Northfield
Berlin
N. H
Malone
Springfield
Mass
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
Three Children Burned to Death in Oregon House Fire
Portland AP report says Gordon Smith six, Oran Smith three, and Velma Seefeld eight died when Carl Seefelds ranch house near Portland burned Monday night. A pet dog also perished in the blaze.
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Portland
Ore
Gordon
Oran Smith
Velma Seefeld
Carl Seefeld
Halsey Rancher
Officers seize Capone records in Melrose Park raid
Chicago AP reports a Melrose Park raid by the state's attorney's office seized records from Capone's organization. Eight men were arrested and the documents were to be turned over to federal authorities for examination in connection with Capone's income.
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Chicago
State’s Attorney's Office
al Capone
Melrose Park
Capone
Buckman named administrator of Buckman estate
District Court appoints Emmett Buckman as administrator of the estate of Louisa W. Buckman with J. E. McIntosh as attorney. Ella Hardenbergh, who objected to the will of Miss Susan Stone, moves to reduce the cost bond from 400 to 150. Her attorneys are G. Allbee and Nichols Tipton and Tipton.
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Emmett Buckman
Louisa W. Buckman
J. E. McIntosh
Ella Hardenbergh
Susan Stone
G. Allbee
Nichols
Tipton and
Tipton
Capone Gangster Jack Guzik Goes on Trial
Jack Guzik a high ranking Capone syndicate official goes on trial for vagrancy in Chicago. Defense efforts to delay fail as jury selection begins. Guzik pleads not guilty while separate Guzik brothers’ case looms. Judge Edgar A. Jonas presides.
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Chicago
Jack Guzik
Capone Syndicate
Guzik
Jack
Harry
Edgar A. Jonas
James “Fur” Sammons
Stimson Halts Red Inquiry in Washington
A surprise House committee halted its probe of communist activity after Secretary Stimson refused a state department visa official’s public testimony. The witness offered to testify in secret, but the committee insisted on public evidence and pressed for specifics. Meanwhile, a Soviet information office official claimed Russian monarchists can enter the U S more easily and spread anti-Soviet propaganda. In Des Moines, a theater operators strike affecting a dozen Iowa cities ended with a settlement with Central Station Theaters.
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Washington
House
Stimson
Dana Hodgdon
Department
Representative Fish
Republican
New York
Hodgen
Bories E. Shvirsky
Soviet Information Office
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
Central Station Theaters Corporation
Iowa Rep Dowell seeks $280000 Knoxville Veterans Hospital addition
Washington AP Dowell Republican of Iowa introduced a bill authorizing the construction of a 280000 addition to the U S Veterans hospital at Knoxville Iowa.
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Washington
Dowell
Iowa
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Burlington Man Commits Death by Own Action
Clemens Fleckman aged 43 died by inhaling gas in Burlington after expressing despondency over job troubles. He left a widow and two sons. In Tipton Cedar county officials reenacted the slaying of Robert G. Sproat on Highway 74 to obtain further evidence. findings were not disclosed.
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Burlington
Clemens Fleckman
Tipton
Robert G. Sproat
Cedar County
Highway 74
Sproat
Inquiry Asked Into Bread Prices By Senate
Senator Wagner of New York introduced a resolution seeking a Senate investigate into whether bread price levels are the result of restraint of trade. The measure notes declines in wheat and flour costs while retail bread prices lag, and calls for a committee to conduct the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
New York
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Ferne Kindler
Iowa University
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Irma Hickey
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Jim Sellman
C. H. Fishburn
Mayo Hospital
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Rita St. Dennis
Harold Kautz
Washington High School
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L. B. Hoopes
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L. A. Green
Emma Howe
H. Margaret Kemble
Mary B. Ryan
H. W. Durian
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Lone Tree
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Fluffy
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